Although he outwardly expressed his dislike, Troyes still fully respected Gu Qingqiu's preferences and made her some "shell bikinis".
Gu Qingqiu finally changed into the whole set of "new clothes". Although she felt a little awkward, it was made by Troyes himself after all.
Troye admired his "work" for a moment, then began to tidy up the remaining tools scattered on the ground.
What does a mermaid do in a day? Gu Qingqiu was a little curious, but since she couldn't communicate normally with mermaids, she could only draw conclusions through observation. So now she just followed Troyes wherever he went.
Troye seemed a little uncomfortable, but also seemed to enjoy having a shadow by his side.
As Gu Qingqiu aimlessly followed Troye around, she seemed to spot something, her eyes lit up, and she stepped forward and grabbed Troye's arm.
Troye turned his head in confusion and saw his human sidekick pointing excitedly at a pile of seemingly ordinary pebbles on the ground to the side.
Humans like these junk things? They're small and ugly, nowhere near as good as the stones he used to build houses!
Troye expressed his helplessness, but fully respected the pet's preference for choosing toys. He pulled out a net from somewhere, picked up all the small stones on the ground, and handed them to Gu Qingqiu.
Gu Qingqiu excitedly held the small stone and pulled Troye towards the stone house.
After taking a few steps, Troyes realized her intention. Disliking that Gu Qingqiu was walking too slowly, he simply picked her up by the waist and swam towards the stone house.
Gu Qingqiu gasped in fright and immediately clutched the net bag in her arms tightly, afraid that the small stones inside would fly out.
Once inside the stone house, Troyes crossed his arms and looked at Gu Qingqiu.
Gu Qingqiu threw all the small stones in her arms onto the ground and sorted them in a certain order.
Troye observed for a while and noticed that Gu Qingqiu had placed the patterned pebbles on the left, the relatively white and smooth pebbles on the right, and some oddly shaped pebbles of different colors and sizes in front of her.
After sorting all the small stones, Gu Qingqiu took out a net and scooped up the pile of small stones in front of her. She then gave Troye a big smile, pointed to the left, and then to the right, "Troy, pick one you like!"
Troye tilted his head. Was this a choice? Weren't these pebbles all rather ugly? So he pointed listlessly to his left.
So Gu Qingqiu pushed the pile of small stones that Troye had chosen in front of him, and then pushed another pile of small stones in front of herself. She then got up and found the leather that Troye had left over from when he made her a dress last time, and used the stones to draw a grid pattern on it.
While drawing the grid, he explained, "Troy, you seem pretty bored every day. Let me teach you how to play!"
Troye struggled to keep up with human speech, extracting the key phrase, "youxiba?"
Gu Qingqiu said patiently, "It's a game! A game!"
Troye nodded: "A game."
Gu Qingqiu gave a thumbs up and, while placing the stone on the grid, demonstrated it to Troye with exaggerated gestures. Troye's learning ability was stronger than Gu Qingqiu had imagined; he quickly understood what Gu Qingqiu meant.
Yes, the game Gu Qingqiu is teaching Troyes is actually Gomoku (Five in a Row). You win by connecting five stones of the same type in a line.
Although the conditions were somewhat rudimentary, the rules of the game were simple, and Troye quickly mastered the game's techniques.
At first, he was somewhat dismissive, thinking that humans could invent some interesting games. But as he played, he became quite addicted, especially after winning a few rounds against Gu Qingqiu when he only had a vague understanding of the rules. This aroused his strong competitive spirit.
So Gu Qingqiu was forced to play Gomoku with Troye for a whole day. She finally stopped because she was so hungry, but after Troye took her to find food, she was dragged back to play Gomoku.
Of course, we're eating seaweed again today.
Troye's enthusiasm for the game was clearly higher than Gu Qingqiu had imagined. When Gu Qingqiu was woken up by Troye the next day, she saw a pile of small stones on the ground and strongly felt that she had brought trouble upon herself by doing something unnecessary.
In order to reduce Troyes' obsession with Gomoku and to tell him that he was a human who could play many games, Gu Qingqiu immediately started teaching Troyes how to play cat's cradle.
The teaching effect was remarkable. Troyes indeed became obsessed with cat's cradle again. However, his IQ seemed to be too high. When he got to the end, even Gu Qingqiu didn't know how to change the rope. He even tore the rope apart with a casual flip.
Troye looked at Gu Qingqiu with resentment, his face full of "You stupid human."
"Haha..." Gu Qingqiu chuckled a few times. In an attempt to salvage her image, she dragged Troye to the sandy edge outside for a "hopscotch" lesson.
However, after she finished teaching, she realized that Troye did not have legs. Just as she was feeling a little embarrassed, Troye flicked his tail and stood upside down, using his arms as legs quite naturally.
Gu Qingqiu: ...You're awesome.
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