Chapter 28 Mermaid 28
Xiaomei did not lie about her past. The only thing she lied to Zhang Jingshu was her purpose.
She did not escape to Lianzhu Company accidentally, but hid in the lounge on purpose. However, unexpectedly, Zhang Jingshu had a strong scent of a mature male mermaid on her body.
In the mermaid race, male mermaids represent strength, bravery, and fearlessness. They are the most terrifying predators in the deep sea. Female mermaids are beautiful and fragile. They do not have the bony spines and fangs of male mermaids. They are protected and bear the responsibility of reproduction.
It was because of the strong smell that Xiaomei gave up her goal of killing Zhang Jingshu and instead tried to find out information about Cheng Shuinan.
In the moonlight, Xiaomei's body was covered in a layer of silvery-white scales. She was undoubtedly beautiful, a captivating radiance flowing from her body. Her curly hair cascaded down her shoulders. Her light brown eyes, shorn of the delicate innocence she had deliberately displayed in front of Zhang Jingshu, were now filled with surging hatred and madness.
"Fortunately, I didn't kill her, otherwise I might not have seen you..." A chill suddenly came over Xiaomei. She noticed that Cheng Shuinan's pupils shrank, and dark scales immediately appeared on his cheeks. She smiled meaningfully.
"What a foolish idea! There are actually mermaids who would willingly fall in love with humans. Don't you know that humans are the most hypocritical, disgusting, and cruel species? They imprison you, threaten you, and coerce you in the name of love, getting what they want from you, and then, without mercy, discard you like trash..."
Xiaomei gritted her teeth and said, "We are all mermaids. Only we should be together."
Cheng Shuinan stood quietly beside her. If he had just thought she was hypocritical before, now he had mobilized all the alert cells in his body. Scales densely covered his body, and his gentle face suddenly grew dark scales, which looked strangely eerie and terrifying under the thick moonlight.
Xiaomei wasn't afraid at all. She smiled and said, "You're still young, believing humans' lies. Zhang Jingshu might love you now for your beautiful looks and not mind your mermaid identity, but have you ever thought about whether she'll still be like this in a few years? The day she abandons you, you'll be tossed aside like a rag, or even handed over to those despicable humans who take pleasure in torturing mermaids."
Cheng Shuinan retorted: "She won't."
Xiaomei sneered and lowered her voice: "Cheng Shuinan, you are really the most innocent mermaid I have ever seen. Ha, innocent is not a good word. Look at your current appearance. I believe you know better than me how difficult it is to maintain this human body...Humans need social interaction, and you can't guarantee that you won't suddenly change your form. When that happens, will humans who are hindered from socializing still indulge and pamper you without any bottom line?"
Cheng Shuinan's spine suddenly stiffened, his fingers slowly curled up, his eyelashes blinked weakly a few times, and his gaze fell on Xiaomei's face full of ridicule.
"Sweet Dreams Incense... isn't that okay?"
Cheng Shuinan's calm expression collapsed in an instant, like a child whose candy had been taken away, helpless and pitiful, even the scales on his cheeks seemed to tremble a few times. Just looking at his expression, one could imagine that his well-protected heart was trembling violently and uneasy.
Xiaomei admired his expression with great interest and laughed, "Of course it's useful, but there are only a few bottles of Sweet Dream Incense, and they're all gone. Mermaids like us who use Sweet Dream Incense will never be able to regenerate legs again after the effect wears off over time..."
There is warm sunshine, fresh air, and a bustling city outside. There are many things that Cheng Shuinan is curious about and wants to explore, but compared to Zhang Jingshu, all of these become dull.
Even if he could no longer transform into human legs and could only hide in the bathtub, waiting for Zhang Jingshu to come home from get off work, he was willing to do so.
However, during the past few days of getting along, I could clearly feel Zhang Jingshu's mood swings. She liked holding her hand in crowded places so that I could openly introduce our relationship.
The closest lovers.
He wanted to protect Zhang Jingshu. On a snowy night, he could go to her company without any scruples to pick her up. There might be many things waiting for them in the future. However, Cheng Shuinan found that the changes in his body began to become uncontrollable. He would grow scales for no reason. He had to use all his strength to control the itchiness in his legs and not turn into a fish tail in front of others.
If that day really comes and he can't accompany Zhang Jingshu shopping or pick her up on rainy or snowy days...will she get tired of such a life and won't want him anymore?
Xiaomei continued, "Humans want to benefit from us, so why can't we fight back? The sweet dream fragrance has a strong smell of blood, perhaps it is caused by human blood. Why don't we give it a try... Kill Zhang Jingshu and take her blood. I can split it with you, or you can want more. Then, her property will be ours alone, and we can continue to live in human society..."
Her body suddenly changed, and her silver-white fish tail landed on the sofa, splashing a large amount of water. She stared at it closely, gradually revealing an expression of disgust: "Why can we only live in the dark and terrifying deep sea, while humans can travel freely in the city? Cheng Shuinan, look at yourself, this fish tail that seems beautiful and strong to mermaids, except for initially satisfying humans' animal desires, later, they will find it sticky and disgusting, disgusting, ha... I even think fish tails are disgusting now..."
——Disgusting, disgusting.
The words filled with thick disgust suddenly tore apart Cheng Shuinan's struggling and sad world. His pupils gradually brightened, as if he had suddenly grabbed a relatively hard branch when falling off a cliff.
Zhang Jingshu would never say that.
Facing the huge black fish tail, Zhang Jingshu went from touching it secretly at the beginning to holding it openly in her arms now. Even when it was wet with water, she never showed any disgust. In her eyes, it was beautiful and lovely.
He has nothing to do with disgust.
Fish scales sprouted on his chest and back, and the itching in his legs intensified. This time, he offered no resistance. Cheng Shuinan quietly gazed at Xiaomei, whose face was ferocious, his expression as gentle as a spring breeze. "How can a fish tail be disgusting? Zhang Jingshu loves my fish tail the most. Even if... she's satisfying her own desires, so what? If I can't grow legs in the future, I'm willing to stay in the bathtub forever, as long as I can be by her side..."
——Zhang Jingshu can do whatever she wants to him.
—Just don’t abandon him.
Xiaomei laughed: "You know, he used to treat me like this, but later, he sold me out..."
Cheng Shuinan pursed his lips and waited patiently for her to finish: "People are different. I believe in Zhang Jingshu. With me here, don't think about hurting her. You know the gap between us. Don't ask for trouble."
He said, "If you hate this place, don't force yourself to stay. We will send you back to the sea tomorrow. The sea is the eternal home of mermaids."
"What about you? You're also a mermaid, why don't you get away in time and return to the sea before anything happens?"
Cheng Shuinan lowered his eyes, his heart whistling in his ears like the wind on a winter night: "Compared to the sea, I want to be by her side more."
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When Zhang Jingshu woke up, she always felt that something had happened at night, but her mind was fuzzy and she couldn't remember anything. She only remembered that when she woke up in the middle of the night, Cheng Shuinan rushed over and kissed her, and said that mermaids were not simple and kind. And then...
He could taste the sweet fragrance of a mermaid in his mouth, which was the liquid secreted from the fleshy thorns on the surface of his tongue.
No wonder I slept so soundly in the second half of the night.
Zhang Jingshu's eyes were not fully open yet, and her clear vision suddenly became dim. A fish tail with neatly arranged black scales appeared in front of her, and a strong fishy smell hit her nose. She turned her eyes away, and the fish tail came closer and closer. When she almost fell to the ground, the fish tail bent and wrapped around her waist, pulling her towards Cheng Shuinan's chest.
The newly changed bed sheets were sticky, all wet with moisture, and a few fallen scales scattered in between.
Cheng Shuinan's voice rang in his ear: "Zhang Jingshu, do you like fishtails?"
Zhang Jingshu nodded.
The fish tail was forcefully stuffed into his arms, along with the ventral fin on the side. As he entered maturity, the ventral fin was no longer as soft as before. The wide, gauze-like ventral fin was wrapped with three long spines, much like the soft sword that could be tied around the waist in ancient times. It was harmless at ordinary times, but turned into hard and sharp bone spurs when he was nervous or excited.
These long thorns that could easily cut the skin and pierce the flesh seemed particularly well-behaved in Zhang Jingshu's arms, allowing her to pinch them, and even to roll them into a ball and hold them in her arms.
Whatever Zhang Jingshu wants to do, they will cooperate fully.
Yuwei, who was held in Zhang Jingshu's arms, seemed to be full of anxiety and kept pushing into her arms. Zhang Jingshu realized that something was wrong. Sure enough, Cheng Shuinan came in front of her, his slightly open mouth full of fangs, and his scarlet tongue stretched out, gently biting her lips.
A stinging pain came, and then a sweet liquid swept across her lips.
Zhang Jingshu nudged him: "What's wrong?"
Cheng Shuinan didn't say anything, but just wrapped his tail around her tightly. After a long time, he whispered in her ear: "Zhang Jingshu, never abandon me."
…
Cheng Shuinan's uneasiness came out of nowhere. Zhang Jingshu thought he was nervous about going to the sea and didn't take it seriously. He was always clingy.
After packing up, Zhang Jingshu drove and soon arrived at the Night Light Sea.
The Nightlight Sea is vast, and Lianzhu Company has only built companies and hotels that provide tourism in the sea areas rich in shells. There are many places they have not yet set foot in.
Zhang Jingshu parked the car in a deserted sea area.
I don't know what happened, but Xiaomei seemed like a different person after one night. She became silent and taciturn, and occasionally looked at her with suspicion and vigilance, which made Zhang Jingshu feel uneasy. If Cheng Shuinan hadn't been sitting next to her, she would have been really afraid that Xiaomei would do something bad.
Fortunately, we arrived at the beach safely.
Xiaomei took away the food that Zhang Jingshu specially prepared without even saying thank you.
Zhang Jingshu looked at her back in confusion: "She wasn't like this yesterday, what's going on..."
Cheng Shuinan turned her gaze back: "I told you before, there are very few mermaids who are pure and kind. I am the only one."
There was a glint in his eyes as he stared at Zhang Jingshu intently and tenderly.
Zhang Jingshu laughed helplessly. Although he didn't say it out loud, she seemed to be able to sense what he was going to say -
Just love me, Zhang Jingshu.
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