Gu Qingqiu mimicked Troye, drawing out her words: "Gu—Qing—Qiu."
The mermaid had a strong learning ability: "GU-QING-QIU." His intonation was a little strange, but he pronounced the syllables perfectly.
Gu Qingqiu immediately gave a thumbs up: "Troy, you're so smart!"
Troye repeated it again, then, after thinking for a moment, he pronounced it as simply as Gu Qingqiu pronounced his name: "QIU, QIU..."
Gu Qingqiu felt inexplicably shy, but still dutifully continued to teach: "First tone... um... do mermaids know what tone is?"
So she drew a smooth horizontal line with her hand: "Autumn—"
Troye nodded knowingly: "Qiuqiu."
Gu Qingqiu didn't know what expression she had right now. Even though she was in the water, she felt her face getting hot. She never expected that a mermaid could be so innocent and cute!
She touched her belly, looked at Troyes, and gave him a pitiful look.
Is it hungry?
Troye hesitated for a moment, then grabbed Gu Qingqiu's hand and swam away.
However, the mermaid's speed in the water was completely unexpected for Gu Qingqiu. She felt extremely unsafe moving in the water at such a rapid pace. What if she bumped into a sea turtle or a shark? Her brain would be smashed open!
So she unconsciously changed her position, hugging Troyes's slender but strong waist with both hands and pressing her cheek against his eight-pack abs, but her lower body was still swaying in the water, after all, she was afraid that her legs would affect the swinging of Troyes's fish tail.
Troye paused, but did not stop the human's somewhat rude behavior, probably finding her huddled up in fear rather cute.
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