37. Night 37 Returning Home
"Lu Xi." Lu Xi was stopped as soon as the get out of class started. Li Cancan ran to her desk and asked, "Tell me, are you secretly in a relationship?"
Lu Xi: “???”
Xu Ting said, "I haven't seen you after class recently."
"I told you, I have something going on at home."
Li Cancan: "Are you free on Saturday?"
"We're going to have a dinner together on Saturday," said Xu Ting.
"My cousin goes to No. 14 Middle School. She's having dinner with some classmates on Saturday, and I asked her to bring us along." Li Cancan covered her mouth and laughed. "I heard some very handsome seniors will be coming."
Lu Xi blinked, "No premature love."
"Teacher Lu, we're not in a premature relationship. We're just making friends, just like looking at handsome guys on TV." Li Cancan put her hands on her hips. "Just tell us if you want to go. If not, we'll go on our own."
Xu Ting said, "Go ahead, it's more fun with more people."
Lu Xi looked at the fierce female student in front of her. Although it was her cousin who invited her, they were still good friends from the same school. Lu Xi was a little worried about them going alone. "What time is it on Saturday?"
"Gather at the school gate at 10 a.m."
It happened to be a rainy Saturday. At the gate of the magnificent Xiecheng High School, a beautiful figure holding a black umbrella appeared.
Raindrops fell on the asphalt road, on the roofs, and on the streets, and dark clouds dyed the sky a gloomy gray.
"Lu Xi, here." An expensive black car rolled down the window, and Li Cancan waved to her from the car.
"Where is your car? Why don't you wait in the car?" Li Cancan asked.
"I asked the driver to go back." Lu Xi couldn't possibly say that he just came out of school because everyone went home on weekends.
"Hurry up and get in the car, you're all wet."
Xu Ting was also sitting in the car, holding her phone and chatting with someone. She looked up and greeted Lu Xi when she saw him get in the car.
"Uncle Lin, let's go to Kinmen Sushi Restaurant."
This car belongs to Li Cancan's family, and the driver is also their driver. The rain outside the window is getting heavier and heavier, and the dark clouds seem to be overwhelmed by the city. It has been a long time since Xiecheng has had such heavy rain, as if it wants to pour down the rain of so many days in one breath.
"It's so unlucky! It's raining heavily today." Li Cancan looked at the car window blurred by water, "My good mood has been worn away."
Lu Xi leaned back in the chair and saw out of the corner of his eye that his phone was on. He picked it up and saw that it was a heavy rain warning from 10086, reminding people that there would be heavy rain today and they should be careful when going out.
"Orange alert! The rain is really heavy." Xu Ting had apparently received the text message as well. "I hope it stops soon."
"We may need a boat to cross the road soon." Li Cancan looked at the water on the road and said worriedly. The drainage system in Xiecheng is not very good, and heavy rain often floods some streets.
Amid their complaints, the car finally arrived at the entrance of Kinmen Sushi Restaurant. The sushi restaurant was located in a very remote area. If it weren't for cousin Li Cancan, they would not have come at all.
"My cousin is here, let's go in."
Li Cancan took the lead into the store. As soon as she entered the door, she met Li Cancan's cousin who came out to greet her. She was a very beautiful girl. There were three boys following her, all of whom were very handsome.
When they sat down in the box, Li Cancan leaned close to Lu Xi's ear and said, "My cousin is pretty, isn't she? She's the school belle of No. 14 Middle School. Did you see that boy in the white shirt? He's the school hunk of No. 14 Middle School and is pursuing my cousin, but she hasn't agreed yet."
Lu Xi looked at the boy that Li Cancan pointed at. He was indeed very handsome, but she was used to seeing the faces of mermen, so she thought these people were a bit ordinary in appearance. However, Li Cancan was fascinated by him. He came close to her and whispered, "This school hunk is really handsome. My cousin is not very enthusiastic about him. Why don't I try to pursue him?"
"High school students are not allowed to fall in love prematurely."
"I know. I'm just admiring him. I purely admire his looks and want to make friends with him." The high school girl, who was so excited that her heart fluttered, couldn't hold back any longer and her eyes were full of love.
Lu Xi looked at her shining eyes. The box was filled with laughter. Although premature love was not allowed, the feelings at this age were the purest. Sometimes one could fall in love in an instant. Liking someone was a normal phenomenon during puberty.
The premise is that it does not affect learning.
Li Cancan and Xu Ting mingled with them, but Lu Xi kept eating sushi in silence. Halfway through, she quietly left the box to get some fresh air. Due to the rain, there were few customers in the restaurant.
"Don't you want to chat with everyone?"
The person who was talking to Lu Xi was the school hunk that Li Cancan had just fallen for. He had a very handsome smile on his face.
If it were Li Cancan, she might be dizzy.
"Well, I need some fresh air."
"I heard that you are in the same class as Li Miaomiao's sister?"
Li Miaomiao is Li Cancan's cousin.
"Yeah." Lu Xi responded coldly.
"Nice to meet you. My name is Ji Zixin." He smiled faintly. The girl in front of him nodded calmly. She didn't have the crazy look that other girls had when they saw him. But it was this look that caught Ji Zixin's attention. "Can you add me on WeChat?"
"No, I don't like adding WeChat."
If he had suspected Lu Xi was playing hard to get before, now he finally believed that she was really not interested in him.
It has always been others who pursued Ji Zixin. When has he ever lowered himself? Perhaps he was too embarrassed to admit it. Ji Zixin stopped talking to Lu Xi and turned back to the box.
When they were ready to go back, the sky was still gloomy and the heavy rain had not subsided. Lu Xi got into Li Cancan's car. Before returning to the bustling city, Lu Xi suddenly looked up at the window, frowned, closed his eyes and felt something.
"Miss, the road ahead is blocked and we can't get through." Due to the heavy rain, that section of the road has been flooded.
"What? Let's take a detour."
"Okay, so are we going to Miss Lu's house or..."
"Lu Xi, where is your home?"
Lu Xi opened her eyes and said, "Cancan, I want to get off."
"Get off? What do you want to get off now?"
"My driver is here to pick me up."
"Why call the driver? I can just take you home. Don't get out of the car in this weather. You'll get wet again later."
"No, I have somewhere to go."
"I can take you wherever you want to go."
Lu Xi shook his head and insisted on getting off the car.
"Then call me when you get home." Li Cancan reminded the driver as he stopped in front of a hotel.
Watching Li Cancan's family car leave, the smile on Lu Xi's face disappeared instantly, and he opened his umbrella and walked into the heavy rain.
The suburban streets are already sparsely populated, and now that it's raining, even fewer people go out. All you can hear is the noisy sound of rain.
Lu Xi walked while feeling the breath in the air. It was the breath of a mermaid, and it was very chaotic. He might be injured.
Her originally slow pace quickly quickened after she turned into the alley. She even threw away her umbrella and ran all the way.
Arsenal, wait for me.
Deep in the deserted alley, the young boy was surrounded by some people. Although they were called people, they were actually a group of strange-looking monsters. Some were standing on the roof, and some were standing on the wall. All of them had ferocious faces, staring at the people below with ill intentions.
"Mermaid, stop struggling."
Blood kept oozing out of the young man's body. He held two short blades in his hands and stood coldly among them.
He used actions instead of words and rushed towards a monster. The monster was almost injured because it didn't catch him. Fortunately, his accomplices helped him block the force, but even so, a bloody wound was cut on the monster's face and blood gushed out violently.
“Ahhhhhhh——” it screamed.
"Useless thing." The one who said this was a demon in human form. He seemed to disdain other demons and did not get wet in the rain like the others. Instead, he stood on the wall with an umbrella.
If it blends into the crowd, this demon will look more like a social animal leaving get off work after overtime rather than a murderous monster.
He took out a utility knife and shot it at the mermaid. The utility knife grazed the mermaid's shoulder, leaving a bloody wound.
"You know, a successful work of art is completed after thousands of carvings and polishing. This is the real beauty." The demon holding the umbrella raised his hand gently, and the utility knife flew back into his hand. He put the knife to his mouth and licked the blood on it.
Mermaids have a strong healing ability. Freshly cut wounds heal and disappear at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the blood loss will not recover so quickly. The mermaid's face is as pale as paper.
But he was like a mad dog, constantly pouncing on the monsters around him. Many monsters were already injured. He seemed to be unafraid of death and felt no pain, just like a robot.
"Tsk, boring, so boring."
The demon holding the umbrella jumped down. Even though he was injured, the mermaid was still difficult to deal with. No wonder so many people were sent.
He rushed towards the mermaid, sparks flying from the friction between the dagger and the utility knife, and his speed was too fast to see clearly.
The demon's neat suit was slashed several times. He became angry and his moves became faster and faster. While the boy was slowed down by his injuries, he stabbed the knife into the boy's shoulder. The boy groaned.
"It's over," the demon sneered, pulling another utility knife from his pocket and stabbing it into the boy's chest.
Everyone thought it was over, but the fact was that the utility knife broke before it touched the mermaid. The demon suddenly widened his eyes and fled from the mermaid at the fastest speed in his life. The screams of other monsters followed. He watched with his own eyes as they were swallowed and disintegrated by the circular translucent barrier formed outside the mermaid's body, leaving no residue.
"This...what on earth is going on?"
He has never been reported to possess such strong power. What happened to this mermaid? Why did he suddenly mutate?
No, the reason why no one has discovered his power so far may be because all the people sent out before have died.
If he had been a step slower, he would have been dead.
"I don't want to play anymore, you guys continue."
The demon, who could judge the situation better than anyone else, turned around and fled. He knew that if he didn't leave now, he would be unable to leave later. However, after running for a hundred meters, he was suddenly suppressed by an invisible force. His eyes were bloodshot and his face was full of horror, and his body exploded the next second.
When the other monsters saw the demons stronger than them die so miserably, they were immediately frightened out of their wits and quickly fled.
But they all had the same ending, their bodies inexplicably caught fire and turned to ashes in the rain.
The mermaid who killed everyone was surrounded by a translucent circular light shield, his body suspended in the air. He had an expressionless face as if he had become a different person, with indifference to life written on his face.
These lives are nothing in his eyes.
"Yuan Sen, are you okay?"
Lu Xi arrived after running wildly in the rain. The bloodstains on the ground let her know how fierce the fight had been. The mermaid, whom she prayed was safe, was suspended in mid-air surrounded by a circular light shield. The scene was the same as when she found him in the warehouse that year.
"Yuan Sen."
Lu Xi wanted to get closer to him, but was stunned by his cold eyes, a look she had never seen before.
Lu Xi slowly stretched out her hand and touched the translucent light shield. She felt a burning sensation at her fingertips. She did not stop until a force hit her and sent her flying.
"Ugh..." She fell into the corner.
Lu Xi got up, walked towards him, and stretched out his hand towards the light shield, but was bounced back again and fell to the muddy ground.
Her hair was stained with water and her face was dirty. She got up again and walked slowly towards him.
He warned her with cold eyes.
Lu Xi was very sure that he didn't recognize her now. Although she didn't know what had happened, she couldn't ignore him.
"Yuansen, Asent..."
"Don't call me that name." He suddenly widened his eyes, like a cat with its fur standing on end. "Only Miss Lu Xi can call me that."
The merman's chest heaved violently, his body trembled violently, and his voice was hoarse, "Only she can do it, only she..."
Lu Xi sighed, walked to him and stopped, stretched out her hand like a translucent light shield, "I am Lu Xi."
"Lu Xi, Xi means Chenxi." Lu Xi said seriously.
She thrust her hand into the light shield with all her strength. A mountain-like pressure surged toward her fingertips, but she still gritted her teeth and thrust her hand inside.
Finally, she grabbed the mermaid's wrist.
"Asante, let's go home."
The mermaid looked at her in a daze, her beautiful face reflected in his dazed eyes. Then, with a click, under the pressure of the terrifying force, a crack appeared on Lu Xi's wrist.
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