Chapter 86 [Mermaid Extra] Wen Yin spent an exceptionally peaceful...
Wen Yin spent an exceptionally peaceful night.
In stark contrast to her were the two mermaids, whose spirits were in a highly excited state.
When Wen Yin woke up in a daze in the middle of the night, she only saw Cangli soaking in the shallow pool.
She rubbed her sleepy eyes: "...Where's Cangyu?"
Through the soft moonlight, she saw Cangli slapping the water with his tail fin out of boredom.
"He went to the sea." Cangli's voice was muffled, with a hint of gritted teeth, "He said he needed to calm down."
He curled his lips, his tone full of dissatisfaction with his current tormenting situation: "Soaking in this cold water is useless, I might as well go swim a few laps in the sea."
Wen Yin was stunned for a moment, then reacted.
A feeling mixed with shyness and amusement came over me, dispelling the remaining sleepiness.
She looked at Cangli, who was obviously restless but still forcing himself to stay here, and her heart softened.
She gently pulled up the quilt a little, covering half of her face, revealing only a pair of eyes with a faint smile. Her voice still had the softness of just waking up: "Then... why don't you go swim a few laps?"
Upon hearing this, Cangli slapped the water surface with its dark blue tail fin, splashing tiny water droplets.
He glared at her, as if offended by the question, and retorted righteously.
"Who'll watch over you if I go?" Then, he awkwardly turned back, staring at the shimmering water, muttering softly, "...Besides, what if you wake up and can't find anyone?"
This almost childish stubbornness and straightforward declaration of protection warmed Wen Yin's heart.
She hummed softly and lay back down.
He said he would watch over her.
He won't leave.
This realization completely relaxed her nerves and she fell into a deep sleep again.
In the shallow pool, Cangli looked at Wen Yin's sleeping face, and his tail shook gently uncontrollably.
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In the next few days, Wen Yin did not see Cangyu again.
Only Cangli appears by her side every day without fail.
He was very quiet, spending most of his time just staying near her, silently looking at her with his blue eyes.
This almost obedient companionship formed a sharp contrast with Cangyu's absence.
Finally, when Cangli tried to put a self-luminous pearl into her hand again, Wen Yin couldn't help but whispered, "Cangyu...where did he go?"
Cangli paused, raised his eyes, a hint of understanding flashed in his blue eyes, and then a hint of dissatisfaction like being ignored: "Looking for my brother? He's busy with business."
"Business?"
"Well," Cangli forced the pearl into Wen Yin's palm. The pearl felt warm to the touch and emitted a soft blue light. "I'm going to find a way to allow you to combine with us smoothly without getting hurt."
Wen Yin's heart skipped a beat: "What method?"
Cangli's tail unconsciously wrapped around Wen Yin's ankle: "I heard that in the northern seas, a mermaid obtained a special method, but this method was blocked by the mermaids themselves."
"Cangyu went to ask him about that method."
So that's how it is.
Cangli looked at her drooping eyelashes and slightly pursed lips, and suddenly moved closer.
"If I were to go, would you miss me too?"
Wen Yin raised her eyes and suddenly met Cangli's handsome and charming face.
Looking at his blue eyes that were filled with inquiry and a hint of dissatisfaction, Wen Yin couldn't help but laugh softly.
The sunlight shone through the glass dome and fell on her smiling amber eyes.
Cangli looked at the smile, stunned for a moment, then turned his face away uncomfortably, and his ear fins moved almost imperceptibly.
"…What's so funny?"
His forced calmness and the slightly trembling ear fins that shone a brilliant blue light in the sunlight were like the most tempting invitation.
The evil thoughts in Wen Yin's heart suddenly emerged.
She knew he would never do anything to her at this moment.
"Well, nothing funny."
She responded to his words, but there was a hint of sly sweetness in her voice.
Before she finished her words, and before Cangli could react, she suddenly moved a little closer, at an extremely fast speed and with a clear target.
The soft and warm lips fell precisely on the most sensitive area behind his ear, which was covered with fine scales.
It is an extremely fragile area, with scales finer than elsewhere.
It flashes an even more hazy and dreamy blue light under the light, and is also one of the important organs for mermaids to sense water flow and sound.
“!!!”
Cangli's entire huge body suddenly froze.
It was as if a weak electric current instantly ran through my body, bringing a tingling and shuddering feeling I had never experienced before.
His dark blue tail fin swung uncontrollably, causing quite a splash in the shallow pool.
The touch was too light, too soft, too hot...
The culprit simply tilted his head and asked in an innocent yet slightly provocative tone:
"What's wrong? Cangli?"
Cangli looked at her and smiled like a kitten that had successfully stolen some food. He really wanted to hold her down with his tail and do something he had only done in his dreams.
But she had to suppress and endure it because of her fragile human body.
In the end, he just let out a dissatisfied snort from his nose, leaving Wen Yin with only a blushing profile and still slightly trembling ear fins.
Sooner or later... he would let her know the consequences of provoking a mermaid.
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Cangyu's journey was not aimless.
Relying on the special intuition among the mermaid nobles, he headed north and finally found the legendary mermaid in an area of the sea known for its cold and clear water.
It was a mermaid in her prime, named Lan.
His scales were a calm dark gray. When Cangyu found him, he was carefully handing a peeled fruit to a human woman sitting on a smooth and warm black stone.
The woman had a bulging belly and a peaceful and happy smile on her face. When she occasionally looked up and met Lan's gaze, her eyes were full of dependence and love.
Seeing His Highness Cangyu, the most noble and powerful mermaid, coming in person, Lan was a little surprised at first, and then seemed to understand something.
He patted his wife's hand soothingly, motioning her to wait, then swung his tail fin and swam to the other side with Cangyu.
After Cangyu bluntly explained his purpose, Lan was silent for a moment, and finally spoke in a serious tone:
"Your Highness, there is a way... indeed. But the cost is not small."
He paused, as if trying to organize his cruel words.
"Mermaids have a special bloodline, imbued with a powerful vitality. If you take their heart blood and feed a loved one a small amount daily, it can transform the human's physique, strengthening their bones and muscles, and replenishing their Qi and blood, enough to withstand the mermaid's power. It can even... prolong their lifespan, far exceeding that of ordinary humans."
Blood from the heart.
Lan continued, "But after all, this is the blood of your heart, connected to your very being. Long-term use will cause irreversible damage to your lifespan."
"The exact amount of loss varies from person to person, but... it's definitely not a small amount."
He raised his eyes and looked at his wife in the distance who was lowering her head and gently stroking her abdomen, his eyes full of longing and satisfaction.
"Your Highness asked me why I was willing?"
"Your Highness, without her, my long life would be nothing but endless loneliness and suffering. So what if I want such a long life?"
Cangyu followed his gaze and saw the glow on the human woman's face, as well as the admiring look in Lan's eyes when he looked at her.
After a long time, Cangyu withdrew his gaze, and his voice was drowned out by the sound of the waves.
"So do I."
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Cangyu came back, carrying with him the fresh scent of wind and sea water.
He didn't say much, but just placed an exquisite small bottle in Wen Yin's palm, which contained several small red pills.
"This is extracted from a rare plant that grows in the extremely cold deep sea."
His tone was calm, without any emotion.
"It can slowly improve the human body, making it more adaptable to the ocean's atmosphere. Take one pill daily for a month to see the effects."
Wen Yin had no doubts and had complete trust in Cangyu.
She took the first pill as she was told. There was no special taste at first, only a very light sweet and fishy feeling sliding into her throat.
In the following days, Wen Yin took the medicine on time every day.
She could vaguely feel that her body seemed lighter than before and she had more energy, but she didn't think much about it, just thinking that the island environment was nourishing.
However, the careful Wen Yin still noticed something strange.
She noticed that there was a shallow scar on Cangyu's heart that had never healed.
The mark had been there since the day he returned. It was very light in color, as if it had been scratched by something extremely sharp. With the mermaid's powerful self-healing ability, it should have disappeared without a trace long ago.
She once asked worriedly, but Cangyu just turned sideways, slightly covering it with her long black hair, and said indifferently: "It's nothing, I was accidentally scratched by a sharp object on the seabed. It will be fine in a few days."
But many days have passed, and the scar is still faintly imprinted there.
Wen Yin noticed that Cangli also stared at the scar for a long time once, and there was a complex emotion in his blue eyes that she could not understand.
An inexplicable feeling of uneasiness began to swirl in Wen Yin's heart.
That night, Wen Yin suddenly woke up from her sleep.
I subconsciously reached to my side, but found that there was no one on either side.
The room was completely silent, with only the soft moonlight shrouding the empty bed and shallow pool.
The strange expression on Cangli's face as he stared at the wound during the day instantly appeared in his mind, and the uneasiness in his heart suddenly intensified.
She did not cry out, but gently lifted the silk quilt and stepped onto the cold ground barefoot, as quietly as a cat.
Following a hunch, she walked towards the corridor connecting to the outdoor terrace.
The night breeze is cool, carrying the smell of salty sea water.
Just at the edge of the terrace, close to the cliff where she could hear the sound of waves crashing against the rocks below, she saw the two familiar figures.
The moonlight outlined their tall silhouettes, but the atmosphere was not as harmonious as usual.
They seemed to be talking in low voices, their voices suppressed and rapid.
The moment Wen Yin stopped and held her breath, their keen perception had already detected her presence.
The conversation stopped abruptly and both of them turned around at the same time.
At that moment, Wen Yin clearly caught the words carried by the night wind and had not yet dissipated in the air.
"...Heart blood...will shorten your lifespan..."
In Cangyu's hand, he was tightly holding a dagger that was emitting a cold light.
And one of Cangli's hands was tightly grasping Cangyu's wrist, and the look of his posture seemed as if they were... fighting for it.
The air seemed to freeze at that moment.
All the clues were connected at this moment, pointing to a truth that made her extremely distressed.
Those so-called pills that can improve physical fitness...
It's simply...
The moonlight was cold and the sea breeze seemed to be stagnant.
Wen Yin approached barefoot, her eyes moving from the dagger to the shallow scar on Cangyu's heart.
"That medicine... is made from your... heart blood?"
Cangyu pursed his lips tightly. Under the gaze of Wen Yin's pure and clear eyes, all the lies he had prepared seemed pale and powerless.
He was silent, but that silence itself was an admission.
Cangli on the side also swung his tail, splashing tiny drops of water, as if he was suppressing his turbulent emotions.
She raised her trembling hand and gently touched the scar on his heart that had never healed with her fingertips.
"Why..." Wen Yin's voice was choked, "Why do you want to hurt yourself?"
The skin under my fingertips trembled slightly.
Cangyu lowered his eyes and looked at Wen Yin's warm fingers on his heart. His dark eyes, which seemed to be always calm, finally cracked.
He raised his other free hand and gently wiped away the tears from Wen Yin's cheeks.
"Mermaids have extremely long lifespans, often reaching nearly a thousand years."
Cangyu's eyes were fixed on her, as if he wanted to carve her appearance into the depths of his soul.
"If I only spend a little bit of my heart and soul, I can make you stronger and live longer, so that you can stay with us longer..." He paused, his tone filled with an almost paranoid determination, "This price is insignificant to me."
Wen Yin's tears flowed even harder.
"Wen Yin, mermaids can live for nearly a thousand years, but the lifespan of humans is less than one-tenth of that."
He stated a cold and cruel truth, "Mermaids are a race that is inherently loyal. Once they choose a partner, it's forever."
He leaned down, his forehead almost touching hers, his dark eyes like the darkest night, filled with undisguised madness:
"If you were gone, we would... go with you."
Wen Yin was completely stunned, a mixture of sourness and shock swept over her.
She looked at the seriousness and determination in Cangyu's eyes, and at the silhouette of Cangli beside her, who, though turning away, was tense and clearly agreed to everything...
She finally understood that the pills she took every day carried not only the hope of improving her physical condition, but also the heavy oath made to her by these two powerful beings, transcending race and life and death.
The moonlight fell silently, stretching the figures of the three people and interweaving them together.
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After a night, Wen Yin's mood had returned to calm.
At this moment, she was sitting on the terrace by the water, holding a light red pill in her hand.
His fingertips paused for a moment, then he put it into his mouth as usual and swallowed it quietly with warm water.
Cangli was guarding her side, his huge dark blue tail fin half immersed in the connected shallow pool, but his upper body was lazily lying on the cushion beside Wen Yin.
His deep blue eyes stared at Wen Yin's swallowing movements without blinking, and an almost fanatical excitement and satisfaction surged in the depths of his eyes.
Seeing Wen Yin finish taking the medicine, he immediately wrapped the tip of his tail with cool moisture around Wen Yin's calf affectionately and rubbed it gently, like a large canine that had received a reward.
He leaned closer to her, his voice filled with undisguised pleasure and a strange possessiveness:
"How does it feel?"
He asked quietly, his blue eyes brightening surprisingly.
"I feel like... my blood is gradually merging with yours."
Wen Yin lowered her eyes, and her gaze involuntarily fell on Cangli's open collar.
There was also a shallow scar exactly the same as Cangyu's.
Apparently, without her knowing, the brothers had reached some kind of "rotating" agreement.
The tip of my heart felt like it was pricked by a tiny needle, causing a tingling pain.
But this heartache only lasted for a moment before it was replaced by a more relieved feeling.
She stretched out her hand and lightly brushed the shallow scar on Cangli's heart with her fingertips, her movements as gentle as a feather.
Cangli's body stiffened almost imperceptibly, then relaxed, and he even squinted his eyes in enjoyment.
"If I refuse and let you die with me after a hundred years, that would be truly cruel."
"Since you choose to keep me in this way..."
Wen Yin's lips curled up into a gentle arc, "Then, let's cherish this extra time together."
It is not a burden, nor a debt, but a common choice and a two-way journey.
Cangli looked at the relieved and warm smile on her face, and the tail wrapped around her calf tightened unconsciously.
He suddenly lowered his head, nuzzled Wen Yin's neck with his cold nose, and whispered in a tone that sounded almost like an oath:
"good."
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Wen Yin has been taking the special pills for more than two months.
The effect is obvious.
She no longer feels tired easily, her cheeks are rosy, and her skin has a healthy glow.
But along with that, there was another change that made her feel a little bit dumbfounded... she gained weight.
Not only are her cheeks fuller, but her waist no longer seems as slender as before.
That morning, she faced the mirror in the room, lifted the hem of her nightgown, looked at the flesh around her waist that felt so good to pinch, and couldn't help but sigh softly.
"Why do I seem to have gained so much weight..."
At this moment, the door of the room was pushed open silently, and Cangyu's tall figure appeared at the door.
He seemed to have just returned from patrolling the sea. His long, inky hair was still damp with moisture, and tiny water droplets hung on his scales.
His eyes almost instantly and accurately captured Wen Yin, who was frowning in front of the mirror, with her clothes slightly lifted, and her white and soft waist exposed to the air.
Cangyu paused.
Those deep black eyes suddenly darkened, and some long-suppressed undercurrent surged in them.
Wen Yin noticed his gaze and subconsciously wanted to lower her clothes, but it was too late.
Cangyu's huge black tail fin swung violently, and before he even stepped into the room, the tip of his strong and powerful tail stretched out like a flexible tentacle, and wrapped around Wenyin's waist accurately and quickly.
"ah!"
Wen Yin screamed and felt a surge of force. The next moment, she was wrapped up by the cold and powerful tail, lifted off the ground, and easily brought in front of Cangyu.
The cool and moist scales pressed tightly against her warm waist and abdomen, causing her to shiver uncontrollably and a layer of tiny bumps instantly appeared on her skin.
"What's wrong?"
Wen Yin was startled by his sudden action and subconsciously placed her hands on his solid and cold chest.
I looked up and met his eyes that were so dark that I could hardly see the bottom of them, and I felt a little nervous.
"Cangyu?"
Cangyu did not answer immediately.
His huge tail was still tightly wrapped around her, with just the right amount of force, not hurting her but also preventing her from getting away at all.
Cangyu lowered his head and buried his forehead deeply in her warm neck. His tall nose rubbed against her delicate skin, and his breathing seemed much hotter and heavier than usual.
Wen Yin could clearly feel the tension in his body, as well as a kind of restlessness as if he was trying hard to suppress something.
After several seconds, just when Wen Yin couldn't help but want to speak again, she heard Cang Yu, who was buried in her neck, finally speak in a low voice:
"My... 'flood season' is coming."
The three words "flood season" seemed to carry some strange magic, spraying on the sensitive skin on the side of his neck along with his hot breath.
Wen Yin was stunned for a moment, and then a chaotic memory filled with passion, tenderness and loss of control flooded into her mind like a tide.
She almost instantly understood the source of Cangyu's abnormal behavior.
She also understood why the cold tail pressed against her lower abdomen was so possessive and...impatient.
A familiar tingling sensation in her lower back reflexively made her legs and feet feel weak.
It turns out... this period of time for mermaids is called the "flood period" in this world.
And obviously, as her physique was constantly transformed by the blood in her heart, she became more able to withstand the power of the mermaids and also more able to... attract their instincts.
Cangyu felt her momentary stiffness and the slight tremor, and the tail around her tightened a little. The head buried in her neck moved and he let out an extremely suppressed low moan.
The air seemed to be ignited in an instant.
Wen Yin's heartbeat suddenly became disordered.
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