16. Night 16: Go to sleep
Lu Xi took off his coat and wrapped the little mermaid, then used a little sleight of hand to turn his eyes and hair black, picked him up and went back to the community upstairs. Because it was still early, there was no one in the elevator, and they didn't meet anyone until they returned to the house.
Lu Xi put the little mermaid down and was about to get a towel to wipe his body, but he hugged her tightly.
"Ms. Lu Xi..."
The water stains on his body were imprinted on hers, and the cool touch came through the thin fabric, making her shiver slightly.
"I'll get you a towel."
The little mermaid still refused to let her go. Lu Xi had no choice but to pick him up and go get the towel. The little mermaid was actually quite heavy. If Lu Xi hadn't borrowed spiritual power, she probably wouldn't have been able to pick him up.
She helped the mermaid wipe her hair. The illusion was now gone. She gently wiped the soft silver-blue hair. After wiping away all the moisture, she realized that the mermaid had been staring at her.
Meeting her puzzled gaze, the little mermaid lowered his head.
"What's wrong?" Lu Xi asked.
"Nothing." He put his shaking hands behind his back.
"Are you hurt?" She noticed a scrape on his arm.
"Just now, someone almost discovered me..."
The identity of the demon cubs cannot be discovered by humans.
He always remembers what his mother taught him.
Lu Xi was silent for a moment, then stood up and said, "I'll go buy some medicine."
"No." He grabbed her hand and said in a panic, "I'll be fine soon. No need to buy medicine. Don't leave me."
The little mermaid begged her fearfully.
Lu Xi noticed that his body was trembling. Thinking about the distance from the villa to here, it seemed incredible.
"Tell me, how did you get here?" Although there was a river near the villa, she knew it could not lead here.
Lu Xi was feeling a little complicated at this moment. She didn't expect that he would really come to find her. In her understanding, the little mermaid was always on guard against everyone, and only relied on her outside because he was afraid.
She didn't expect that he would try so hard to find her.
Why? Because he wanted to see her, very much.
Arsenal pursed his lips and did not answer.
Lu Xi sighed, picked him up and searched the room for the medicine box. Fortunately, she found some unexpired disinfectant in the old medicine box.
The little mermaid's face was very pale. It seemed that besides the skin injuries, there seemed to be other problems. "What did you do before?"
He looked like he had overused his mental energy.
"Someone lied to me and took me somewhere else..."
Thinking back to the person who deceived him, Assente's eyes turned bloodshot. He tried to control the bad guy to bring him back, but his mental strength was too weak and he was already struggling halfway.
"I controlled him and made him put me in the river..."
Through just a few words, it was not difficult for Lu Xi to guess what happened to him. Fortunately, he was smart and knew how to use the special abilities of the mermaid.
"I'll pour you a glass of hot milk."
"I don't want hot milk." He refused to let her go.
Lu Xi was planning to use this opportunity to call Lu Man and tell her that the mermaid had been found, but the mermaid refused to let go.
There was no choice but to take out my phone and send a message.
Just as I was about to put my phone away, I felt a vibration in my hand and a message came in: The head of the family asks you to take care of him temporarily.
Lu Xi was stunned for a moment and continued to put the phone away.
"Why did you come to see me?" she asked.
"You said you would tell me a story..."
"They can tell you, too."
"You said you would teach me how to become stronger..."
"Lu Man will teach you how to do it instead of me."
"This is different." He suddenly lost control of his hysterics and began to tremble. "It's different. I don't like her."
The little mermaid's face was full of grievance, and her expression was on the verge of losing control. Lu Xi was silent for a moment and did not say anything else.
"Are you hungry?" She had just finished speaking when she saw the little mermaid's alert look and added, "I'm not going out. I'll order takeout for you."
Lu Xi had just moved back and hadn't had time to stock the refrigerator with food. Plus, she hadn't eaten out for a long time, so she had been ordering all kinds of takeout for the past two days. And now she was hungry.
Lu Xi ordered a lot of things, a KFC and two bowls of beef noodles, as well as some fried snacks. She ate the beef noodles in the bowl. She had never eaten at this restaurant before, and the taste seemed okay for her first time. The fried cabbage and spicy tofu were both delicious.
Arsenal ate very quickly and in a very unpresentable manner. This time, Lu Xi did not correct his eating movements. He slowed down while eating and looked at Lu Xi quietly. In the past, Lu Xi never ate with him in the villa. She always just watched him eat from the side.
Look at Lu Xi now. She is wearing a different dress from before, with her long hair draped over her chest. This dress makes her look different and not as serious as before.
Maybe it was because the beef noodles were spicy, the spiciness made the tip of her nose turn red and her face looked a little more rosy than usual.
"What's wrong?" His gaze caught Lu Xi's attention.
“Nothing… nothing…”
The little mermaid lowered her head, her face turned red with heat. After a while, she looked at her secretly again, being careful not to let her notice.
No longer being a housekeeper, Lu Xi has become very relaxed. He doesn't have to arrange various things during the day, nor does he have to write summaries at night. After taking a shower every day, he watches TV and goes to bed, and the day passes by.
After the little mermaid had eaten his fill, she gave him a hot bath first, and then took a bath herself. When she came out, she saw the little mermaid sitting anxiously on the sofa, staring at the bathroom door. If it weren't for her order, he would have crawled over and knocked on the door.
After taking a shower, Lu Xi was wearing a white nightgown, her body exuding the scent of shower gel, and her freshly washed hair was slightly damp.
"Are you sleepy?" She saw the dazed look on the little mermaid's face.
"Not sleepy." He lowered his head and shook his head quickly.
Lu Xi was silent for a moment, then bent down and picked him up. "Let's sleep for a while."
She carried him into the room, thinking that she should prepare a wheelchair as it was very inconvenient to carry him around like this.
The little mermaid was lying on the bed, but she grabbed the corner of Lu Xi's clothes and looked at her with her beautiful eyes, with no intention of sleeping at all.
"Go to sleep."
"Will Miss Lu Xi leave?"
Lu Xi: “…”
"No, I'm here."
The little mermaid seemed to feel relieved after receiving the promise, but Lu Xi soon realized that it was her illusion, because he closed his eyes for a few seconds and opened them again, then closed them again and opened them again.
It seemed as if he was confirming whether she had left.
When he tried to open his eyes again, they were covered by soft hands and her voice as gentle as the wind was in his ears.
"Go to sleep."
He stiffened for a moment, then quickly relaxed.
Lu Xi stayed with him like this, and only took her hand away when he fell asleep. However, the little mermaid woke up just as she took her hand away.
"Don't go..." His voice was a little hoarse after he just woke up.
She sighed and put her hand back.
Lu Xi watched him fall asleep again. She was tired after not getting any rest all night, so she lay down on the head of the bed and fell asleep unknowingly.
When Arsenal woke up, the afterglow of the setting sun shone through the window onto his face, and his hand, which had been covering his eyes, had been removed.
He suddenly woke up and tried to get up, until he noticed the woman lying on the side of the bed, then he breathed a sigh of relief and lay down again.
Arsenal looked at Lu Xi's sleeping face. The last time he saw her like this was in the car before. Her black eyelashes were long and curly, and her hair was spread on the bed like a waterfall. He couldn't help but reach out and grab a strand of hair in his hand, and it slipped out of his palm smoothly.
When Lu Xi woke up, he didn't know how long he had been watching.
"Have I slept for so long?" She moved her arms, and the numbness and soreness made her gasp for breath, and it took her a long time to recover.
The sky outside the window told her that it was already evening.
"Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling——" Lu Xi's phone rang.
"Hello?" Lu Xi picked up the phone.
"Xiao Xixi, it's me, Mu."
"...Doctor Yuan Mu, what's the matter?"
"I heard that your concealment of your identity as a mermaid was exposed, and now you've been punished and stopped working as a housekeeper."
"So?" she asked coldly.
"So you're free now, right? Do you want to have a meal together? I've booked a delicious restaurant." The tone on the other end was cheerful, without any polite sympathy for her being punished.
"No, I have no appetite."
"Still so heartless?" Yuan Mu said sadly, "You know, because you brought the little mermaid to the hospital for a checkup, someone has come to investigate me. You know I'm always very busy..."
"Are they going to investigate you?" Lu Xi frowned.
"Don't worry, Xiao Xixi. I've always been meticulous in my work. I just wasted some time, so I'm hungry now."
Lu Xi: “…”
"Okay, I understand."
"Are you really coming? I've booked room A0 at Swan Lake..."
Lu Xi interrupted him, "Can you bring someone with you?"
Yuan Mu: "???"
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