Chapter 248

That night, Rong Heng watched videos with the little mermaid. Because they were played at normal speed, each video could be watched for a long time, so he went to bed two hours later than usual.

Finally, under the urging of the base's intelligent computer, the two teenagers reluctantly turned off the light screen and lay down to sleep.

The bathtub has a constant temperature mode, so Ika didn't feel cold lying in the water.

After a while, he couldn't help but turn over, holding the edge of the bathtub with both hands, his chin resting on the back of his hands, and a pair of clear blue eyes staring at Rong Heng's sleeping face without blinking.

The light in the room was dim, but there was a faint light coming in from the window, and it was hazy, so he could only barely see his outline.

However, just looking at him like this, Ika felt very satisfied.

However, Rong Heng seemed to have sensed something. Under his gaze, she slowly turned her head and opened her eyes to look at him.

When meeting the little mermaid's gaze, Rong Heng paused slightly, then asked in confusion: "What's wrong?"

Ika whispered: "I... can't sleep..."

"Isn't it comfortable to lie in the bathtub?" Rong Heng sat up.

Ika shook his head. He was used to staying in the water, and this bathtub was much more comfortable than a closed water tank.

He stared at Rong Heng with a pair of watery blue eyes, and said with obvious uneasiness in his voice: "I'm afraid that when I wake up, you'll be gone again..."

Hearing this, Rong Heng remembered the day when he left to change clothes and saw the heartbroken look of the little mermaid when he returned.

He couldn't help but feel guilty. If he hadn't suddenly disappeared and failed to keep his promise, leaving a shadow on Ika, he probably wouldn't be like this...

"Don't worry, I promised you that we won't be separated this time." Rong Heng said, extending his hand to Ika.

Seeing this, Ika quickly reached out and held his hand tightly.

Then, he felt Rong Heng holding his fingers in return.

The little mermaid grinned, and there was no more uneasiness on her face.

"Go to sleep." Rong Heng said.

"Yeah!"

Ika nodded obediently and lay back down. As soon as he closed his eyes, he heard Rong Heng humming a song softly. It was a well-known lullaby in the Tes Empire.

Listening to the moving melody and the sound of Yangyang, Ika finally felt completely at ease.

He closed his eyes and fell asleep peacefully.

Rong Heng's voice gradually became quieter. This was the song Yan Ya often hummed when she was trying to coax Xiao Lihua to sleep. He learned it by listening to it. He

originally wanted to coax Ika to sleep, but he fell asleep while humming.

The night went on like this.

The next day, when Rong Heng woke up under the influence of his biological clock, he found that Ika had woken up at some point.

Their hands were still clasped together, and the beautiful little mermaid was lying on the bathtub, looking at him with a smile, and greeted him with his clear and moving voice: "Yangyang, good morning!"

Rong Heng was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.

"Yeah, good morning."

He took back his hand, rubbed his eyes and sat up.

After taking a look at Ika's still clean upper body, Rong Heng turned his eyes away and said, "I'll get you some clothes later."

"Okay, thank you Yangyang!"

Ika patted his fish tail happily.

Rong Heng went to wash up, and when he came out, he also brought toiletries for Ika. After Ika finished brushing his teeth, he twisted a towel and wiped Ika's face skillfully.

When he reacted, he realized that the person in front of him was Ika, not his sister who he had taken care of since childhood, but... Looking at Ika's squinting eyes and enjoying it, Rong Heng paused and continued.

This is what he is used to doing on weekdays, and he is very good at it.

After washing up, Rong Heng changed into new clothes, and then received applause and praise from the little mermaid.

"Yangyang is so pretty!" Ika's eyes were full of sparkling smiles, as if there was nothing about Rong Heng that he didn't like or was dissatisfied with.

Rong Heng felt a little embarrassed by his compliments. Looking at the little mermaid's messy blue curly hair, he walked over and took out a comb from the soul storage bag.

Just as he was about to hand it over, Ika said in surprise: "Yangyang, do you want to comb my hair? I'm so happy!"

Rong Heng: "..."

Well, it's not like I haven't combed my sister's hair before.

He came behind the little mermaid, combed his curly hair a little bit from the end of his hair, and then slowly moved up. His movements were skillful and natural, which made Ika squint his eyes in enjoyment, and his expression was full of happiness.

It was nice to have Yangyang by his side...

And Yangyang was still the same as when he was a kid, which was really nice...

Ika's eyes were red, but he blinked hard to suppress the tears that welled up, and Rongheng didn't notice.

Soon, Rongheng combed Ika's waist-length hair.

Looking at this fluffy, dense, long curly hair with no less hair than his sister's, Rongheng thought for a moment and said, "Do you want me to tie your hair up and braid it?"

Although it looked good with the hair loose, it was more convenient to move with the hair tied up.

"Okay!"

Ika responded, smiling, "Yangyang is really amazing, he can even braid hair!"

Rong Heng took out the hair tie and shook his head, "I'm not amazing, Xuewei's braids are the best looking ones."

Not only is the style exquisite and beautiful, but the hair is not messy at all, unlike him, the hairstyle he braided for Xiao Lihua always looks a bit frizzy, and I don't know why, the same hair becomes so well-behaved in Xuewei's hands.

"I just think Yangyang is good!"

Ika didn't care so much, he pouted and said, "I want Yangyang to braid my hair, no one else can touch my hair!"

Rong Heng couldn't help but smile when he heard it. No matter who it is, facing such full trust, they will be happy.

In order to repay this trust, he braided Ika's hair with extra care this time. He

first braided two small braids at Ika's temples as decoration, and then twisted them together to form a long fishbone braid.

The little mermaid was androgynous to begin with, and after tying her hair into a braid, her delicate and beautiful features were fully revealed, and her slightly curly bangs fell casually, making her look as pretty as a doll.

Ika looked at her new look through the water, then looked up at Rong Heng and asked him, "Yangyang, do I look good?"

Rong Heng looked at him with a slightly dull look in his eyes, and then he sighed and said, "I look good."

Moreover, it was the kind of good-looking that Xiao Lihua would like very much.

He shook his head and drove his strange thoughts out of his mind. Ika was his good friend, and wasn't it great that his sister liked him? Why should he be unhappy?

Rong Heng put the comb back into the soul bag, then pushed the bathtub into the bathroom. After changing the water, he pushed it back to the bedroom window and said to Ika, "You can enjoy the scenery here. I'll go eat first and then bring you breakfast."

After saying this, he thought for a moment and said, "When your fish tail turns back into legs, I'll take you to the restaurant for dinner."

"Yeah! Okay!"

Ika nodded obediently. He looked at Rong Heng and said softly, "Come back early when you're full. I'll wait for you here."

Although he was reluctant to let Yang Yang leave his sight, he didn't want Yang Yang to dislike him even more.

Rong Heng looked at Ika like this, and always felt like he was seeing his little sister. The little kid at that time also clung to him like this and tried hard to act sensible.

"I'll be back soon."

Rong Heng patted Ika's head, and he suddenly felt fortunate in his heart. Fortunately, Ika and he were both boys, and they didn't need to be separated because of growing up.

Otherwise, he didn't know how sad he should feel because of the distance between his sister and him.

He opened the window, and the breeze from outside blew in, bringing fresh air.

"I'm leaving. If you need anything, you can call Xiaozhi, and it will help you." Rong Heng said, and then spoke with concern, "Xiaozhi, right?"

Although Ika is older than them, since he was sent to the brooding house and registered with Susu, he should also be considered a cub in the brooding house, right?

The light curtain in the void emerged reluctantly, and slowly emerged a word: [Yes]

Rong Heng breathed a sigh of relief, and Ika smiled slightly and said politely: "Then trouble you, Xiaozhi."

Ika originally just wanted to show his polite and sensible side in front of Rong Heng as much as possible, but he saw that the light curtain in the air actually slowly emerged a reply: [Hmm]

The little mermaid blinked.

He was raised by a robot butler since he was a child, and he was too familiar with artificial intelligence. This way of reply was really not like a robot's answer.

Is it a special setting?

"Then I'll leave."

Finally, Rong Heng left the room and went to Xuewei's place to pick up Xiao Lihua as he promised last night.

Xiao Lihua also put on the training clothes prepared by A Yan. Her hair was braided to look particularly beautiful, and it was dotted with round little pearls, which made people's eyes light up.

"Brother, you are here!"

Xiao Lihua ran out and threw herself into Rong Heng's arms all afternoon, "Look, this is the hair that my sister braided for me~"

"Yeah, it looks good."

Rong Heng looked at Xue Wei in the room. Compared with Xiao Lihua's exquisiteness, Xue Wei herself was much more plain and elegant, with only a hairpin in her hair.

Afterwards, the three of them were about to go to the restaurant for dinner, but they saw Lu Li walking out of the room.

"It's the little monkey!"

Xiao Lihua shouted, "Brother, that little monkey stole my paintbrush!"

Lu Li was holding a little monkey the size of his palm. Hearing the sound, he looked over here, ignoring the monkey's squeaking, and walked straight towards Xiao Lihua and the others.

"Liuliu, this monkey..."

Xuewei had the best relationship with Lu Li among the three, so she took the initiative to greet him.

"Squeak!" The little monkey yelled at her angrily.

"Don't be so rude." Lu Li said, and the little monkey calmed down.

It can be seen that the little monkey wanted to jump off Lu Li's palm, but it seemed to be restrained by some force and couldn't jump out at all, so it looked very irritable.

It was very irritable, but Lu Li was very happy.

Perhaps because of yesterday's accident, his mind-controlling skills finally made some progress, and he was able to restrain the little monkey to his side and prevent it from running around.

He said to Rong Heng and the other two who looked over curiously, "Let's go to the restaurant. I have something to tell you."

Rong Heng and Xue Wei nodded, and Xiao Lihua reminded, "Liuliu, you promised me to draw a little monkey for me."

"Yeah, I didn't forget."

Lu Li smiled slightly, and when he arrived at the restaurant and saw that everyone was there, he took the initiative to stand up, holding the depressed little monkey in his palm, and introduced it to his friends.

"This is another me, the embodiment of my natural talents." Lu Li said, "You can call him Liuliu."

He paused and continued, "As for me, you can call me Lulu."