What does that mean? The mermaid frowned, but he was convinced that the human in front of him might have some intellectual issues, otherwise why would he be so persistent? Could it be that she was too stupid and was abandoned and thrown into the sea by the cunning human?
Then he glanced at Gu Qingqiu's tattered clothes (bitten by fish) and the bluish-purple skin exposed under the tattered clothes (from his own fish tail), his somewhat disfigured face (also bitten by fish), and his uncoordinated limbs (gesturing wildly, trying to make him understand what he wanted to say).
Thinking of this, the mermaid looked at Gu Qingqiu with a hint of pity. So she was a fool.
Gu Qingqiu was unaware that she had become the image of a mentally challenged child in the male lead's eyes. She tried her best to express herself in Mandarin, but the mermaid's expression remained unchanged.
Sure enough... the language barrier is the biggest obstacle. Gu Qingqiu stopped her output in a daze. If she was thrown out by the mermaid again, she would have to find something to eat. Speaking of which, she hadn't eaten for almost two days, and it was a miracle that she was still alive. She wondered if the wizard had done something to her.
The mermaid understood Gu Qingqiu's frustration and, in a moment of compassion, patted her marble bed.
"You mean, I can sleep here?" Gu Qingqiu's eyes lit up. It seems that mermaids are actually quite kind-hearted. If it weren't for the previous conflict, humans and mermaids could have lived in harmony!
"Новоси6ирск" The mermaid's thin lips parted, and a beautiful, seductive voice uttered a sentence that Gu Qingqiu couldn't understand at all.
"What?" Gu Qingqiu knew that her expression must look silly, because the mermaid's expression looked even stranger.
The mermaid tilted her head and repeated herself at an extremely slow pace.
Gu Qingqiu stared wide-eyed at the mermaid's lip movements, but still couldn't remember them. So she put her hands together and said, "Can I hear it again? Again? Do you understand?"
The mermaid stared speechlessly at Gu Qingqiu, his intuition telling him that this foolish human hadn't understood what he was saying at all.
How can there be such a stupid species in the world? They can't even remember a single name!
The mermaid simply grabbed Gu Qingqiu's hand and placed it on her Adam's apple, while pointing to her mouth with her other hand.
Gu Qingqiu roughly understood now; the mermaid meant she wanted to learn on her own. So she nodded.
The mermaid repeated the syllable "Н-о-в-о-с-и-6-и-р-с-к" in multiples of approximately 0.5.
The vibration beneath her fingertips traveled through her fingers to her heart, and Gu Qingqiu felt her heart beating a little faster. What was it like to watch such a handsome mermaid teach her to speak up close? It felt like she was about to fall for him instantly…
Gu Qingqiu still couldn't understand, but she could mimic the pronunciation and read out a few syllables: "Ou...bo...ro...ye?"
Judging from the mermaid's expression, Gu Qingqiu knew her imitation must be terrible, so she continued trying: "Honoya? Bodona? Toroda?"
After trying about a dozen combinations, the mermaid patted Gu Qingqiu on the shoulder, signaling her to repeat it again.
Gu Qingqiu, having tried so many times she couldn't even remember what syllables she had just uttered, could only rack her brains and say, "to...ro...ya?"
Several syllables that she didn't know how to pronounce were omitted in the middle. The mermaid stared at her for a long time before finally nodding helplessly.
This human parrot wasn't very good at mimicking speech, but it seemed to have accidentally uttered his nickname. He hadn't heard anyone call him that in a long time, and he didn't seem to dislike it at all.
Overjoyed, Gu Qingqiu, fearing she might forget, loudly repeated, "Toroya?"
The mermaid nodded.
“Toroya…” Gu Qingqiu thought for a moment, “Then I’ll give you a Chinese name, how about Troye?”
The mermaid frowned. This human seemed to have changed his name to their language. Oh well, she's so pitiful, let's not dwell on it.
Gu Qingqiu was very excited. The other party did not refuse, which was the first step in their relationship!
She pulled Troyes by the hand and spun him around in the stone house. Actually, to be more accurate, Gu Qingqiu spun around with both feet on the ground, while Troyes simply followed Gu Qingqiu's lead, spinning in the water and even flicking his tail.
But he was actually quite pleased. This human seemed to be playing a game with him. No wonder many mermaids say that humans are interesting creatures.
Troye was actually very lonely. Mermaids are lonely; they are used to living alone and each has their own territory. They don't usually bother each other. He never had any mermaid friends. The inscriptions on the stone tablets in his tribe often recorded stories of his ancestors playing with humans. However, his mother later taught him that he should never get close to humans again.
Humans are despicable, ruthlessly destroying the ocean, their habitat, and even killing their own people; this is an age-old feud.
Thinking about this, Troye felt he shouldn't be soft-hearted.
But the girl in front of me looked so pitiful. She wasn't aggressive at all, and she was even adorably silly. She was even willing to play games with me.
At worst... I'll just hide this human in my own sea territory and treat him like a pet.
Gu Qingqiu felt a little dizzy from spinning around, so she stopped and imitated Troye's movements, placing the other person's hand on her throat and pointing to her lips.
Troye nodded; the human wanted to exchange names with him.
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