Chapter 60: Eternal Day (Twenty-four) Fever Period
Hearing Wen Yin's call for help, Cangli's gaze moved slightly downwards, landing on her arms that were tightly covering her chest.
He tilted his head in confusion.
In Cangli's cognition, except for those humans who are hypocritical and need layers of clothes to cover up their dirty hearts and desires, all the beautiful creatures in nature should be honest and unrestrained.
Clothing is a constraint for humans, but not a necessity for mermaids.
But under the gaze of Wen Yin's amber eyes filled with clear pleading, he chose to obey.
The huge dark blue tail fin swung flexibly in the water, picking up a white lace bra belonging to Wen Yin from the corner, which had been scattered at some point last night.
The edge of the tail fin wrapped around the slender shoulder strap with a hint of curiosity. He handed it to Wen Yin and couldn't help but take a few more glances at the strange "human creation".
"Give me."
Wen Yin's cheeks flushed red, and she quickly took back the small piece of clothing as if she was snatching it away.
Cangli's tail swung unconsciously underwater, as if he felt a little regretful for not being able to study it further.
Wen Yin turned her back and sank into the water, covering her key parts under Cangli's purely curious gaze.
After putting on her clothes, Wen Yin finally felt a sense of security.
She let go of her hands and feet, swung her silvery tail fin vigorously, and her body slid out of the water.
The new tail possessed amazing power and fluidity. She quickly mastered the basic swimming skills, weaving and turning in the water, feeling the strange touch of the water kissing her scales, and an unprecedented sense of freedom emerged spontaneously.
But soon, Wen Yin discovered the limitations.
She couldn't retract her fish tail and transform it into legs as freely as Cangyu could.
This gorgeous swimming pool has now become her temporary prison.
She stopped swimming, popped her head out, and lay on the edge of the bathtub, gasping for breath.
Cangli had been sitting quietly by the pool watching her. Only when he saw her stop did he speak softly.
"I have a question. Did you really see...those tragic scenes in your dream?"
Wen Yin turned her head, her wet black hair sticking to her cheeks, and she nodded gently.
"Your blood allows me to see some of your memories."
A trace of pain and complexity flashed in Cangli's dark blue eyes. He lowered his head and looked at his own dark blue tail fin in the water. His voice became low and ethereal.
"Those memories... are so dark."
He paused, and when he looked at Wen Yin again, a hint of stubbornness suddenly appeared in his dark blue eyes.
"Shall I tell you something wonderful?"
"For example, there are forests of underwater fluorescent corals, schools of transparent jellyfish that glow, and giant giant clams where their young play hide-and-seek."
"I don't want the memories of me and my hometown in your mind to always be bloody, hopeless and painful."
After getting Wen Yin's tacit consent, Cangli began to describe it intermittently.
Speaking of his calm personality, he always secretly gives in to his brother Cangyu.
Speaking of a gentle and beautiful mother whose singing can attract schools of fish.
A father who talks about majesty but secretly gives them pearls behind their backs.
And those playmates who always chased after them, their colors as bright as little rainbows...
As he narrated, the light in his eyes gradually became gentle and nostalgic, as if he had really returned to that carefree deep sea.
Looking at his profile immersed in beautiful memories, Wen Yin suddenly spoke softly.
"So... do you still want to return to that sea? Back to the past?"
Cangli's blue eyes dimmed in an instant. He looked out the window at the blue sea bathed in the golden morning sun, then shook his head.
"I can't go back..."
Wen Yin followed his gaze and saw the vast ocean, shimmering under the rising sun, symbolizing absolute freedom.
But she and he could only be trapped in this small pool, gazing at the blue sky that was so close yet so far away.
At this moment, no one noticed that the door of the suite was silently pushed open a crack.
Cangyu stood silently in the shadow by the door.
He did not walk in, but his deep dark eyes were gazing at the backs of Wen Yin and Cangli with complexity, as well as the sea surface covered with the golden morning sun that they were looking at together.
He didn't move away for a long time.
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Wen Yin spent two full days in the pool getting used to her new tail.
Cangli stayed with her almost every step of the way, patiently guiding her to become familiar with the water flow and its power.
And Cangyu has never appeared since that morning.
[Host,]
028's voice sounded again, bringing the latest monitoring intelligence.
[Several more guests on board were transformed and sent to the bottom of the hold.]
[But... it's a bit strange. The number of waiters on the ship, those 'derivatives', has decreased a lot. It seems that they have been centralized or transferred.]
Wen Yin swung her silver tail, maintaining her balance in the water: [Concentrated processing?]
[Hmm,] 028 continued, [It feels like... clearing the area?]
"Host, what should we do next? Should we gather evidence and, once we reach shore, expose the evil deeds committed against mermaids by some powerful individuals to human society? Perhaps we can spark public opinion and put a stop to this..."
[no. ]
Wen Yin's voice was unusually clear and calm.
[Exposure? Then what?]
[Once the 'anti-aging' and 'strengthening' effects of mermaid blood become known to the public, do you think it will be met with sympathy and protection?]
She spoke as if asking and answering her own questions, with a hint of cold sarcasm in her tone.
[No, 028. That will only lead to more and more frenzied greed and plunder. Countless people claiming to be 'good' or 'scientific' will, under the guise of research and with ambitions of immortality, create more and more covert 'sea laboratories' and 'hunting ships'.]
[Human desires are a bottomless pit.]
[As long as merpeople exist and possess such value, they will never be safe.]
Wen Yin's fingertips slid across the edge of the cold pool, as if touching the unattainable freedom.
[True protection does not mean putting them under the spotlight to receive so-called 'trial' or 'attention', but rather making them completely disappear from human vision and cognition.]
The only way is to allow the mermaids to return to the deep sea, allowing the sea to completely swallow up all legends and traces of them, so that humans will not know the existence of this species at all, or will believe that they are completely extinct.
She paused, her silver tail fin drawing an elegant arc in the water.
[This is the longest-lasting and safest protection for them.]
[But...] 028 seemed shocked by this grand plan. [This is too difficult... And, will they cooperate?]
Wen Yin was silent for a moment, and her tone became gentle and soothing.
"No matter how high the fortress of hatred is built, it cannot stop... the longing for my homeland." She said softly, "Perhaps, I just need to wait for an opportunity."
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Wen Yin stayed in the water for a few more days.
In the past few days, her control over this gorgeous silver tail has indeed become stronger and stronger. It can swim smoothly and freely, and can even do some clever flips.
But at the same time, an inexplicable feeling of fatigue that could not be dispelled entangled her like deep sea weeds.
She began to feel frequent bursts of inexplicable hot flashes.
The heat does not come from the external water temperature, but from inside the body.
This feeling made her feel listless and had no appetite. She became lazy as a fish and only wanted to find the coolest place to cling to.
And what made her feel most comfortable and relieved in the entire pool was Cangli's embrace, which was naturally filled with the chill of the deep sea.
So, in the past few days, Cangli has almost become her exclusive "cooling pillow".
She always unconsciously and softly snuggled in his arms, her abnormally flushed cheeks pressed against his cold chest, and her silver-white tail listlessly draped over his dark blue fish tail, seeking the low temperature that could slightly suppress the heat in her body.
Wen Yin's unprecedented clinginess, softness and submissiveness challenged Cangli's self-control almost all the time.
She exuded a scent that was a mixture of her unique body fragrance and the scent of a mermaid, which became even more intense and attractive due to the heat. It was like the most deadly pheromone, arousing his most primitive impulses.
But every time he looked down and saw her closed eyes, slightly furrowed brows and an expression that looked particularly fragile due to discomfort, the beautiful thoughts in Cangli's heart would be suppressed by strong pity and worry.
He could only hug her tighter, trying his best to comfort her with his cold body temperature, his strong tail fin patting her back anxiously yet extremely gently.
Until late that night.
The door outside the pool was pushed open silently.
Cangyu, who had disappeared for several days, finally reappeared.
He was still dressed in jet black, as if he had just returned from the night of the deep sea, with a lingering cold aura on his body.
His eyes immediately locked onto the two mermaids hugging each other in the bathtub.
When his gaze fell on Wen Yin's cheeks, which were obviously abnormally flushed, and her tired appearance that seemed to have lost its luster even on her silver-white scales, his dark eyes instantly sank.
He strode over, leaned over, reached into the water, and carefully pulled Wen Yin out of Cangli's arms.
Suddenly leaving the source of coldness, Wen Yin let out a slight moan of discomfort, her body drooping limply in Cangyu's arms, not even having the strength to lift her tail.
However, when she came into contact with Cangyu's equally cold but stronger breath, her body instinctively sought closer contact, and her hot cheeks rubbed unconsciously against his slightly cool neck, like a cub seeking comfort.
"elder brother."
Cangli's tail is still curled around Wenyin's fishtail
"She's been like this for the past few days and looks very uncomfortable..."
Cangyu did not answer immediately. He frowned and carefully checked Wen Yin's condition.
The cool fingers stroked her hot forehead and flushed cheeks, and finally landed on her waist and abdomen, the area with the most delicate and soft silver scales.
His fingertips seemed to twitch slightly on a certain scale, and he gently probed the edge of the warmer scale.
"Um……"
This subtle movement caused Wen Yin, who was in a daze, to tremble violently, and she let out a sweet and vague sound. Her tail subconsciously wanted to curl up, but was driven by the indescribable heat and moved closer to Cangyu's fingers.
Cangyu's eyes instantly became extremely deep, and understanding and a more complex emotion flashed in his eyes.
He looked down at his anxious brother and said in a low and firm voice:
"She's not sick."
"She's in a... fever phase."
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