Chapter 239
Ika rushed out of the water and stretched out his hands to hug Rong Heng like before. With his strength and speed, he would probably pull Rong Heng into the water again.
"stop."
Rong Heng stretched out a hand and pressed it on his forehead in time. The little mermaid who pounced on him was fixed in place and could not move forward any further.
The little mermaid looked at the hand on her forehead in confusion, not understanding why she stopped. This was a situation she had never encountered before.
At this time, Rong Heng withdrew his hand and at the same time released the power to control the object.
He had just gone out to fight a monster in the morning, and had just used Replacement twice in a row. He had little strength left in his body, and he couldn't hold the little mermaid down for long.
As soon as Rong Heng withdrew his strength, Ika fell back into the water with a splash, and the splashes of water splashed all over him.
However, Rong Heng had just been dragged into the water by Ika and was now soaked, so he was not afraid of the splashes.
The little mermaid in the pond struggled to swim out of the water again. Although he knew that it was because of Rong Heng that he fell back into the water, the young man was not annoyed at all. His eyes were still full of joy as he looked at Rong Heng, curved into two lovely crescents.
"Yang... Yangyang."
He stretched out his hands to hug Rong Heng, but thinking about how he was pinned down just now, he learned his lesson this time and only gently grabbed the corner of Rong Heng's clothes, with a little more aggrieved expression on his face.
Rong Heng was about to speak when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.
"elder brother……"
Xiao Lihua came closer, called him a little, then hid behind her brother and looked at Ika with curiosity and a little fear.
The way Ika jumped out of the water and attacked her just now really scared her. She thought it was a monster hiding in the water and eating children, but now she saw...
This monster with a fish tail is... quite good-looking?
Xiao Lihua has never been able to resist beautiful things. In addition, neither she nor her brother were injured, so she instantly forgave Ika, but she couldn't help feeling a little scared in her heart.
When Xiao Lihua peeked out, Ika noticed her. His smiling eyes suddenly changed, becoming fierce and alert again, and even his teeth were slightly bared.
Seeing his fierce look, Xiao Lihua quickly retracted her head and said, "Brother..."
"No."
Rong Heng comforted his sister and turned to look at Ika. He didn't agree with him scaring people like this at first, but when his eyes swept over the little mermaid's body and saw the purple bruises on his smooth skin, he couldn't help but soften his heart.
He softened his tone and said, "This is Xiao Lihua, my sister. She won't hurt you."
Then he paused slightly, frowned and warned, "You are not allowed to hurt her, understand?"
Ika's beastification was so advanced that he could hardly understand human language, but he could sense Rong Heng's emotional changes and roughly understand what he meant.
He pouted a little in grievance, but when Xiao Lihua poked her head out to look at him again, he did not show any more aggression.
Little Lihua's courage gradually grew.
She walked out from behind Rong Heng and squatted next to her brother, her eyes fixed on Ika's enchanting and beautiful face, and couldn't help but look at his beautiful fish tail gently swaying underwater.
"You are so beautiful." Xiao Lihua said with a smile.
Ika, who had been pouting and looking somewhat reluctant, was slightly startled when he saw the little girl's sweet smile. He looked a little more cute and no longer had the fierce look he had just had.
Xiao Lihua smiled even sweeter and looked at Ika's gradient blue fishtail again. She felt that this was a color she had never seen before. Under the clear water, there was an unusually ethereal and clear beauty.
Then she noticed the paintbrush in the pool - it was thrown by the little monkey just now and rolled into the pool at some point.
"Ah, my paintbrush!" Little Lihua pointed at the paintbrush and said anxiously.
Ika followed her finger, then let go of Rong Heng's clothes, turned around and entered the water again. Her beautiful fish tail swayed in the water, sparkling and beautiful.
The lion brother and sister squatting by the pool were stunned.
The little mermaid dived to the bottom of the pool, picked up the paintbrush, then turned around and swam towards the surface.
Watching the young man gradually approach until he broke through the water and appeared before her eyes, Xiao Lihua happily stretched out her hand and said crisply, "Thank you!"
However, Ika withdrew his hand and did not hand the paintbrush to her.
Xiao Lihua was stunned. "This is my paintbrush..."
Seeing that Ika was playing with the paintbrush in his hand and refused to give it back to her, Xiao Lihua thought for a moment, then reached into the spirit storage bag and took out two candies.
"You...you give the paintbrush back to me, and I, I will treat you to some candy." As he said that, he handed two candies to the little mermaid.
Ika looked at the two candies, which were wrapped in plastic wrappers and sparkled in the sunlight, reflecting tiny rays of light like two gems.
He fell in love with the two candies at first sight, reached out to take them, and then saw Xiao Lihua staring at the paintbrush in his hand, so he stretched out his hand and handed it to her generously.
Xiao Lihua took the paintbrush, smiled and said thank you.
Rong Heng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the two of them becoming friendly. He stretched out his hand to Ika, wanting him to give him his hand so that he could see the wound on his nails.
But when Ika saw this, he placed the two candies he had just received on his palms, and then gave Rong Heng a bright smile, full of pure joy.
He didn't know that the two candies were edible, so he just gave the "gems" he had just obtained to his Yangyang.
Rong Heng looked at the candies he gave him with some surprise, then looked at the little mermaid's happy smile. Finally, he accepted one, peeled off the candy wrapper of the other one, and handed the candy inside to him.
"Eat," he said.
The little mermaid blinked her eyes, twitched her nose, sniffed the candy, and finally took Rong Heng's hand, opened her mouth and put the candy into her mouth.
As soon as the little mermaid tasted the toffee, her eyes lit up.
tasty!
Rong Heng curled his lips slightly and handed him another candy, "This is edible."
Ika looked at the candy, then looked at him, but shook his head and pushed his hand back, his smiling eyes shining, as if he wanted him to eat the candy.
Who can resist such a beautiful and lovely little mermaid? Especially when he tries hard to show you kindness.
Rong Heng finally accepted the candy, then pulled the little mermaid's hand over and carefully looked at the wound on his right ring finger.
"How did this happen?" he frowned.
Ika said nothing, just staring at him with eyes full of trust. It was Xiao Lihua who spoke up: "It looks so painful, did someone hit you?"
Then she continued, "Are you the new cub? What's your name?"
At this point, Xiao Lihua naturally realized that the boy with a fish tail was not a monster, but a beastly cub.
He should be a newcomer like Xixi Mubao.
Ika still didn't answer, but just smiled happily at them.
Seeing this, Rong Heng ignored Xiao Lihua's one-sided conversation and reached into his spirit storage bag to take out medical spray and adhesive tape - because he often went out to fight, he always carried these first aid items with him.
He took the spray and sprayed it on Ika's injured finger. The slightly irritating smell of the medicine made the little mermaid frown unhappily.
In the distance, Creek, who had been observing this side, couldn't help but hold his breath.
Every time they added healing potions into the water tank, Ika would become more manic. He would either run around in the tank or bang his head against the tank wall frantically. Now, watching Rong Heng applying medicine to him, Creek felt a little worried.
Fortunately, Ika just wrinkled his face and didn't make any other moves, not even pulling his hand back.
Rong Heng helped him apply medicine, and then bandaged his wound with adhesive tape. This adhesive tape has good waterproof properties and is not afraid of getting wet in water.
Ika, who had a frown on his face, looked at Rong Heng's serious expression and gradually became absent-minded, not knowing what he was thinking about.
"alright."
Rong Heng let go of his hand and looked at his upper body again. The part that was not covered by scales was covered with bruises. The little mermaid's skin was white and tender, and it looked very painful.
However, the boy seemed to have gotten used to it.
It’s hard to imagine that this is the little boy who cried and asked him for a hug after a slight fall without even a break in the skin.
After Rong Heng let him go, Ika withdrew his hand. He looked at the tape wrapped around his fingers, lowered his head and sniffed it curiously, then frowned again.
Apparently, he still really disliked the smell of medicine.
Rong Heng's voice softened again, and he asked, "Is there anything else you want to deal with?"
Ika looked up at him and blinked in confusion.
Rong Heng sighed, pointed at his shoulder and the arm covered with fish scales, and then waved the medical spray in his hand, "Swim closer, I'll help you apply the medicine."
Ika understood what he meant and shook his head in resistance. Not only did he not get closer, but he swam towards the center of the pool.
It seems that he really doesn't like taking medicine.
Rong Heng was just thinking about what to do when Li Sinian took the opportunity to come over and said to his son, "Xiangyang, go change your clothes first, don't catch a cold and get sick."
Thinking about how Lu Li had been sick and lying in his room for two days, Rong Heng didn't dare to show off. He waved to the little mermaid, and then left here with Li Sinian.
Although Ika swam away, his eyes were always fixed on Rong Heng. When he suddenly disappeared, he was stunned for a moment and then swam over hurriedly.
“Yang…Yangyang!”
The little mermaid swam to the shore, her expression full of anxiety and panic. She touched and searched the place where Rong Heng had just disappeared, but found nothing.
Countless broken images flashed through Ika's mind.
That was the scene when he and Rong Heng played together when they were children, but those scenes had long since become fragmented, and only the last scene was so clear.
"My sister is about to be one month old. Mom said that once she is one month old, she can play with us."
"I'll bring her to see you tomorrow."
Little Ika said yes, then stood on the steps at the door of his house and watched his best friend Yangyang being taken away by the housekeeper.
It was not until he completely disappeared around the corner that little Ika reluctantly withdrew his gaze and returned to the empty house where only he and the housekeeper robot were.
Even though they had just separated, he was already looking forward to meeting again the next day.
He went to bed early that day, and got up early the next day. He went to the door of his house as usual, sat on the steps and looked at the street corner, waiting for that figure to appear.
That little Ika kept waiting, from day to night, for many, many days, until all his memories turned gray.
His best friend Yangyang never showed up again, disappearing forever from his lonely life...
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