Chapter 27 Mermaid 27
As it got closer to getting off work, it was getting darker.
Zhang Jingshu held her chin and looked out the window.
A passing colleague joked, "Jingshu, your boyfriend must be very handsome. He looks so good even with a mask on, and he has such a great figure..." She gave him a knowing look, "No wonder you look so rosy these past few days. It turns out you're getting a lot of male attention."
Zhang Ning passed by and said with a smile: "Jingshu is so shy, you're blushing so hard, you frivolous girl."
"Sister Zhang, I'm not being frivolous," a colleague said, touching Zhang Jingshu's face while she wasn't paying attention. "Jingshu has gotten a lot plumper lately. I was wondering what delicious food she's been eating, but then I snagged a steamed bun the other day. It was delicious. Jingshu's boyfriend's cooking skills are so good! I'm so envious. What a good family man!"
Ever since Cheng Shuinan showed up that snowy night, Zhang Jingshu's colleagues would often tease her whenever they saw her. Zhang Jingshu listened helplessly. The distant colleagues' comments were fine, and she could still follow through. But the ones she was close to didn't hold back, spouting all sorts of dirty talk.
Zhang Jingshu was completely oblivious. She hurriedly left the office under the pretext of printing some documents.
The water dispenser in the restroom must have been leaking; the floor was soaked with water and a faint dripping sound could be heard. Zhang Jingshu casually picked up a mop. The water dispenser was placed on a very ordinary table, and the light below was dim. When she reached in, she could clearly see something was touching it.
Zhang Jingshu's back immediately felt numb. She stood there for a few seconds and slowly looked at the person hiding behind the table.
She had thick, curly long hair and a pale, beautiful face. She was hiding naked under the table. Her skin was oozing with water, soaking the ground. Although she had two legs, the outside of her white thighs was covered with dense silver-white scales.
It's a mermaid.
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Zhang Jingshu didn't know when it started, but she suddenly became strong enough to support the weight of an adult woman. After putting the mermaid in the back seat, she was so tired that she was out of breath and bent over to take several breaths.
The mermaid's condition was much better than Cheng Shuinan's at the beginning. She looked more like she had not eaten for a long time. She was weak all over, with not much flesh on her body, and bones protruding from her collarbone and shoulders.
Zhang Jingshu found some food and handed it over: "Eat some snacks first. You look very weak and need to replenish your food."
The mermaid took it. The arm she extended was white and soft, like a piece of white jade. The silver-white fish scales scattered on her forearm seemed like decoration. She thanked him and introduced herself: "You can call me Xiaomei. Thank you for the food. Shall we go back to your home now?"
Zhang Jingshu glanced at Xiaomei in the rearview mirror. She was wearing Zhang Jingshu's down jacket, which covered her smooth body. Her neck was covered with fluff, revealing her delicate and charming face. Her eyes seemed to ripple with water when she looked at people.
Zhang Jingshu came back to her senses and said, "If you have somewhere to go, I can take you back. If you don't have a place to stay, you can go to my house first."
"I don't have a place, thank you." Xiaomei wrinkled her nose and clung to the leather driver's seat with both hands. Her white fingers were particularly clear against the black leather. She asked, "You smell like fish. Have you seen my companion?"
Zhang Jingshu nodded: "You can see him at my house."
"That's great." Xiaomei smiled.
…
According to Xiaomei, she and her parents were captured together. There was a pool specially used to raise mermaids. They were locked in it with no sunlight or fresh air. The companions who left never came back.
Xiaomei's parents are no exception.
After a long time, the people who imprisoned them never came back. Led by the strongest mermaid, they snatched "Sweet Dream Fragrance" and tried to escape with human legs. However, there were guards outside the door and they were killed without mercy. Only Xiaomei escaped by chance.
The pool where mermaids were kept was right below the Lianzhu Company. Xiaomei fled to the interior of the Lianzhu Company and hid in the lounge. She didn't dare to make a sound until she smelled Zhang Jingshu's scent, the scent of a fellow mermaid.
Talking about the past, Xiaomei's eyes were filled with tears. She was still wrapped in a white down jacket, revealing only her beautiful face. "Thank you, sister, for saving me. Can you take us back to the sea?"
Most of the dinner prepared by Cheng Shuinan went into Xiaomei's stomach.
The little roses that have been supplemented with nutrients look visibly like flowers blooming beautifully after being watered, and are eye-catching.
Xiaomei sat on the sofa and Zhang Jingshu sat opposite her.
Cheng Shuinan leaned against the back of Zhang Jingshu's chair, his eyes lowered, silent, and he felt Xiaomei's gaze on him several times.
Cheng Shuinan: "I'll just send you back. I want to stay here."
Xiaomei widened her eyes in surprise.
Zhang Jingshu keenly noticed Cheng Shuinan's sudden drop in mood. She quietly reached out and grasped his palm, smiling and saying, "Xiaomei, don't worry, I will get you to the beach safely. If you need food, I can also prepare enough for you. I only have one bedroom in my house, so you can only sleep on the sofa."
Xiaomei responded obediently.
Zhang Jingshu brought out a quilt and put it on her.
When he returned to the room, before the door was completely closed, he was pressed against the wall by Cheng Shuinan. Cheng Shuinan was in the process of maturing, and there was no sign of any changes in his body. Zhang Jingshu blushed and said in a tone without any momentum: "What are you doing!"
Cheng Shuinan held her waist relentlessly, and his thick hair rubbed against her cheek, which was very itchy. Zhang Jingshu tilted her head to avoid it, but was bitten hard by Cheng Shuinan. His sharp teeth sucked the flesh of her shoulder and rubbed it slowly.
It's like pinching thin skin with your fingertips.
Zhang Jingshu retaliated by pinching the flesh around his waist with her hands.
Cheng Shuinan hissed, not letting go, his voice filled with obvious grievance and panic: "Why did you bring her back?"
Zhang Jingshu: "She looks pitiful."
Cheng Shuinan was silent for a long time. He pressed his entire body against Zhang Jingshu, as if to embed him completely. His vague voice was filled with resentment: "If you meet a mermaid in the future and feel sorry for them, will you take them home? If it's a mermaid of the opposite sex, will you treat them like this?"
Cheng Shuinan held her lips: "Can they treat you like I do?"
Zhang Jingshu opened her mouth weakly.
Cheng Shuinan's eyes have always been clear and clean. Perhaps it was the warm indoor temperature in winter, or perhaps it was the jealousy he had imagined, but the inside of his eyelids was glowing with an alluring red, extending all the way to the corners of his eyes.
He did not close his eyes, but stared at Zhang Jingshu seriously and persistently. The strength of his mouth became gentler from the initial harshness, but his eyes were relentless and insisted on getting an answer from her.
——If people want to explain, there must always be space for speaking.
Zhang Jingshu stared at him helplessly, and only spoke when she finally had a break to breathe: "...Don't be so suspicious! You've been here for many days, don't you know that playing two-timing is immoral? Even if I rescued a mermaid one day, it would only be out of pity for them. There's no comparison with you!"
Cheng Shuinan pursed his lips, not admitting his mistake, but confidently demanded: "I want to listen more."
He slightly sucked his lower lip into his mouth, his eyes moist and bright.
Zhang Jingshu: "What are you listening to?"
Cheng Shuinan leaned against her: "I want to hear your last words, Zhang Jingshu, say it again."
Cheng Shuinan leaned against her shoulders and hugged her with both hands. Zhang Jingshu said it again as he wished -
"You are unique to me. No other person, no mermaid, can compare to you."
His arms suddenly tightened, and he fell onto the soft bed while holding her.
…
Late at night, there was a tapping sound outside the door.
Zhang Jingshu was a light sleeper. Normally, she would fall asleep right away when she was extremely tired and sleep all night long. But today, because there were other people at home, Cheng Shuinan didn't do anything stupid. He just hugged her and kissed her endlessly until Zhang Jingshu deliberately put on a serious face and asked him to go to sleep.
"What's wrong?" Zhang Jingshu rubbed her eyes and tried to open them.
Cheng Shuinan pulled off the blindfold and covered her eyes. Zhang Jingshu's vision suddenly became dark. His voice became clear at this moment, and his slightly prejudiced tone sounded: "Mermaids are not what you think..."
Considering that he would be included in the list, Cheng Shuinan explained in advance: "I am an exception, but I can't guarantee that other mermaids will be included. Their temperaments are not as pure and innocent as described in fairy tales."
Zhang Jingshu still felt that he was jealous, so she perfunctorily said, "Xiaomei is still a little girl. She just wants to go back to the sea. Let's take a rest tomorrow and send her back to the sea on the way. Haven't you always wanted to see the sea? How about we find a less crowded beach and spend the whole day with you?"
Cheng Shuinan hummed, not very interested.
Zhang Jingshu pushed him and said, "You two are the same kind. She should be closer to you. Go out and see what's wrong with her."
Cheng Shuinan: "Okay, go to sleep."
The moment he left Zhang Jingshu, Cheng Shuinan's gentle expression changed. He left the bedroom almost expressionlessly and looked directly at Xiaomei who was sitting on the sofa.
Zhang Jingshu might be deceived into thinking that Xiaomei was a little girl, but he wouldn't. When Xiaomei came home, he smelled the sweet fragrance of maturity coming from her.
Xiaomei lost her childishness and when Cheng Shuinan came over, she whispered softly in her lips -
"Kill her, and we'll be together."
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