It was still the same dilapidated pier. Shen Cheng sat on the pier, holding a fishing rod and fishing. Even though his whole body was wet, he still stared intently at the movement of the float with his eyes and nose.
What was different from before was that the mermaid was now sitting next to him, resting her little head on Shen Cheng's shoulder, her cherry-pink tail flapping left and right.
At the same time, the mermaid's cherry pink eyes were staring at the float, and she didn't seem bored at all.
Shen Cheng did not resist. Recalling his anxiety when he was looking for the mermaid not long ago, Shen Cheng even laughed at himself.
When was the last time I was so anxious, so... scared?
Are you looking for Sugar who left alone in the pouring rain like a headless fly?
Or did you see Milk Tea lying motionless in the alley near the cat cafe?
No matter what, that feeling of losing and regaining something, even if it was very gratifying, was something Shen Cheng never wanted to experience again.
Shen Cheng came back to his senses slightly after sniffing the mermaid's body fragrance lingering on his nose.
The fishing rod in his hand moved slightly, Shen Cheng's eyes focused, and he exerted force with his arms. With a splash, another fish was hooked.
"Ah!" The mermaid seemed even more excited than Shen Cheng, and clapped her hands.
After putting on the bait and casting the hook again, Shen Cheng looked at the calm lake and said with a faint smile: "How about giving you a name?"
“Hmm!” The mermaid still responded with a short pronunciation.
Chen Cheng, who was bad at naming, pinched his chin and thought for a long time, not even noticing that he had let the fish escape.
Sakura pink fish, sakura pink, sakura...
"Let's call you 'Yingyu'." This time, Chen Cheng seemed to be reliable for once, and the mermaid nodded happily in agreement: "Yes!"
"Then Yingyu, try to say your name? Come on, Ying-Yu--" Chen Cheng opened his mouth and made mouth shapes to Yingyu, trying to teach Yingyu to speak.
But Ying Yu just tilted her head and looked at Shen Cheng without saying a word.
The corner of Chen Cheng's mouth twitched slightly: "What on earth are you going to say?"
Hearing this, Ying Yu's eyes narrowed into crescents: "Chen Cheng!"
“…”
After a moment of silence, Shen Cheng turned his gaze back to the fishing float and said nothing more.
It was time for dinner, but Shen Cheng didn't go back. He just talked to Lin Yuhui on the phone.
Yingyu kept leaning on Shen Cheng's shoulder, with a faint silly smile on her lips, and she seemed to be enjoying this tenderness very much.
Time passed quietly like this, the sky turned from light to dark, and then from dark to dark. Lin Yuhui's calls urged him again and again. Looking at the moon appearing in the night sky, Chen Cheng knew that he should go back.
"... Yingyu." Finally, Chen Cheng hardened his heart and broke this beautiful tranquility.
"Hmm?" Ying Yu raised her head, her cherry pink eyes looking at Chen Cheng.
"I'm leaving." Shen Cheng continued.
"Yeah!" Ying Yu nodded obediently, jumped into the water, and waved to Chen Cheng with a smile as always, as if she thought Chen Cheng would come again tomorrow.
Chen Cheng was silent for a moment, then said, "When I say leaving, I don't mean leaving this dock, but leaving this place. By then, we won't know how long it will take before we can meet again."
"Eh?" Ying Yu froze in her beckoning motion, the smile on her face froze, and she spoke awkwardly, "Aren't you coming...to play...tomorrow?"
Hearing Ying Yu finally say something other than Chen Cheng's name, Chen Cheng couldn't help but feel relieved and nodded: "Maybe the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow... for a long time, I won't come again."
In fact, it should not be long before someone from the Institute of Biological Sciences will come to take Ying Yu in, and then Shen Cheng will be able to meet Ying Yu at the Institute of Biological Sciences soon.
But in order to let Yingyu stay alert and prevent this stupid fish from being abducted by the Fantasy Asia organization in another country, Chen Cheng did not tell Yingyu about this matter. He could only say sorry to Yingyu silently with some heartache in his heart.
As for whether the Institute of Biological Sciences could accept Ying Yu, Shen Cheng was not worried at all.
After all, the Fantasy Asian Organization in other countries is fishing in someone else's fish pond, so naturally they have to be cautious, but the Institute of Biological Sciences is fishing in its own fish pond, and no one cares even if it is drained.
Ying Yu stared at Chen Cheng in the water, the smile on her face gradually fading.
The next moment, Ying Yu suddenly plunged into the water and disappeared without a trace. Only the tears falling on the water surface could allow Chen Cheng to catch a glimpse of her heartbreak.
He sat at the old pier for a while, but Yingyu didn't show up in the end. Shen Cheng sighed, put away his fishing gear, and stood up to leave.
“La-la-la-la—”
At this moment, a gentle and clear singing voice reached Shen Cheng's ears.
Chen Cheng was startled and turned around, only to see a graceful figure floating in the middle of the lake with her back to him. Her long cherry-pink hair was framed by a layer of moonlight, faintly revealing her white back underneath, which was quite beautiful.
The song was light and melodious, as if it could capture people's hearts. And in this heavenly song, Shen Cheng clearly heard a series of heartbreaking... emotions.
Gratitude, loneliness, reluctance, sadness, solitude, loss, and even...unrequited love.
This is... the mermaid's song...
Like the most beautiful music in the world...
Chen Cheng stood on the dock, staring at the figure in the lake for a long time.
As if wanting Chen Cheng to stay for a while longer, the singing never stopped until Chen Cheng left.
Until the phone in Chen Cheng's pocket rang, the beautiful singing was interrupted by the noisy ringtone, and Ying Yu's singing stopped abruptly. Chen Cheng seemed to see Ying Yu's shoulders tremble and twitch twice, and then silently dived into the water and disappeared.
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