Tang Rou's vision went dark, and she felt the hand on her waist slowly tighten. One hand went up along her back, and its cold and soft fingertips passed through her hair, and passed along her scalp, clasping the back of her head.
Hug her tightly and intimately into your arms.
His embrace is not warm.
But Tang Rou felt inexplicably attached to her and felt at ease.
It seemed that the child who had been lost for a long time finally found his way home, relaxed his muscles and bones, lazily buried himself in his neck, closed his eyes and even felt a little drowsy.
He closed his eyes, helpless.
Feeling that the person in his arms was gradually softening his arms and legs, as if he was about to fall asleep, he finally spoke hoarsely.
"Is this how you coax them too?"
Tang Rou suddenly woke up.
It was like being poured a basin of cold water over someone's head, and every blood vessel was cold.
The hand that was clasping the back of her head wandered to the back of her neck at some point, caressing her fragile neck bones, and pressed hard with his fingertips, causing a slight redness to appear on her skin.
"Is this how you do it, to appease them after they are unhappy?"
"They forgive you every time, right?"
He seemed to be abusing himself.
The heart was dug out and the blood dripped.
Keep reminding yourself that she is not special in her heart.
In particular, she was silent and couldn't speak for a long time. She didn't know whether she was thinking or acquiescing.
After a few seconds, she seemed to be about to say something, but the mermaid interrupted her, "It's okay, no need to explain anything, I'm not blaming you."
He just fell into a state of self-loathing.
He was burned with anger, constantly endured torment and roasted.
He hated her and wanted to force her to fall into the sea, causing her pain and cold.
He wanted to use the fish tail to trap her layer by layer so that she could not go anywhere but to him.
He couldn't tolerate her disappearing, even for a minute, so he had the dark idea of locking her with him by force.
However, he couldn't bear it.
"Let go."
He was very calm and there was no warmth in his voice, which frightened Tang Rou.
"Narcissus..."
"That's not my name." He held her waist, lowered his head, and restrainedly sniffed the fragrance of her hair, but his face showed a look of weariness.
Then, his platinum silver eyes regained their clarity inch by inch, "I don't need a name. Names are the names you humans use to distinguish each other."
He doesn't need it, not all "exotic creatures" need it.
The mermaid tilted her head, avoiding the girl's eyes that looked up in panic, lowered her eyelashes, and said softly, "Now that you have remembered it, there is no point in staying here anymore."
Sure enough, as Tang Rou said, if he wanted to break away, she had no room for maneuver.
His slender fingertips opened up her tightly clasped fingers, circled her wrists, and pulled Tang Rou's arms off her shoulders.
She watched helplessly as he pulled her arm away and broke away from the embrace that made her nostalgic.
"Let's go." He said calmly.
Many years ago, he also told her to leave, but the situation was different.
At that time, he was blocked on the other side of the long and narrow bay, raising a terrifying tsunami with his hands, using his body to bear the terrifying human weapons, and intercepting all the aftermath of high radiation, just because he was afraid that the cubs on the other side would be affected at all.
harm.
She walked alone through the rugged rocks. There was not even a roar there, it was so quiet and beautiful that it felt like a paradise.
The mermaid's body was broken and could not even be condensed into a solid shape.
He sank into the sea without healing, weaving a huge illusion with his flesh, blood and flesh, making those people unable to see the island behind him.
He wanted her to escape, to the utopia where he tried his best to shield her from the wind and rain.
He wants her to be safe, even if the price is that he will be annihilated into the sea.
Those scientists who were isolated on the other side by the illusion were puzzled, "Why didn't it escape?"
"I thought it would go downstream. Why hasn't it dived into the deep sea?"
"It seems that this creature is not very smart. Can it be salvaged?"
"It can't be salvaged. There is no complete body."
"Then extract the water here and bring it back for research."
…
Tang Rou was helpless under his calm and indifferent gaze, she lowered her head in embarrassment and let go of her hand.
She thought he would be soft-hearted towards her.
Tang Rou was a little confused, she seemed a little carried away.
"sorry."
Her gentle tone was mixed with dryness, and she lowered her hands cautiously.
Only those who are loved are qualified to be willful.
She returned to the orphanage where she grew up, wearing a mask of peace.
"I didn't know you didn't like the name."
After feeling love, she actually learned to be arrogant. This was a luxury for her. She didn't grasp it well, lost this love again, and self-righteously imitated other people's coquettishness.
After stray cats and dogs are fed food, they will wag their tails and want to get close to them. They think people will like them, just like those precious pet dogs held in their arms.
But dirty stray dogs will not be hugged. They can only recognize their situation through repeated disappointments.
Tang Rou raised her head, her eye circles were a little red, and her usual gentle smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Then, will it be possible for me to see you again?"
The mermaid felt a pain in her heart and her blood almost solidified.
She is smiling, but very sad.
The fingers that were pulled apart by him were twisted together, revealing some white spots from blood loss.
"If I said that I forgot about you because I was sick, would you believe me?"
There was some mist in the room, and the surrounding scenery gradually became blurry.
Like an ice-carved house about to melt, the entire island has a distorted feeling that threatens to collapse.
Tang Rou raised her hand and wiped the ends of her eyes, as if it wasn't her who had the red eyes, she still had a gentle smile like a mask.
"It's true. I didn't lie to you. I remembered part of the past, and some may need to be recalled slowly."
Her brain was confused and her speech was incoherent.
"At the Tower of Babel... I didn't know it was you, and I didn't know they were doing this to you."
The mermaid supplemented her in her heart, because he was not important in her heart.
So it was forgotten.
The so-called not knowing is just not caring.
The illusion is about to dissipate, and the mermaid loses its flawless appearance, revealing its fish tail covered with scars and the metal goggles fixed on its eyes.
Tang Rou wiped away the water stains under her eyes and stood stubbornly in the heavy fog. The bed under her body turned into cold sea water. She stretched out her hands to grab the scales hanging around her neck. Her heart felt as if she was soaked in vinegar.
,
"And didn't you say that if you tell Dahai that you miss you, you will know?"
"I told Dahai, but you didn't hear me."
Her eyes turned red again, and her smile was uglier than crying, "So, you are also a liar."
"You didn't keep your promise."
Tang Rou spoke a little faster.
"You said you would find me and accompany me, but you didn't at all."
"You said you would be behind me, but you weren't."
Her cheeks flushed unnaturally from her rapid breathing.
"And why don't you take me to reminisce with you? Obviously you remember everything."
The scales on her neck were torn off by her, and a blood mark instantly appeared on the delicate skin.
The mermaid immediately tensed up her body and clenched her fingers hanging on the rocks, as if she was restraining herself.
"I'll give this back to you."
Tang Rou stretched out her hand, with her palm facing upward. There was a piece of tail scale made into a necklace lying inside, "I can't hold your things anymore."
The sea that had become calm once again surged with faintly roaring waves. The sky was covered with gloomy black clouds, and the surrounding area was covered by thick white fog, like a separate space that was disconnected from the world.
Tang Rou let go of her hand.
The bright scaly flower fell into the sea water without even causing any splash.
The mermaid's body is stiff, like a cold, motionless sculpture. Even though the eyes are invisible, one can still see a trace of gloominess from the thin lips closed into a line and the clenched jaw.
Tang Rou lowered her eyes and stopped looking at him, turned around and walked towards the mist.
But the poison from the poisonous mushroom came just in time. Her head, which had been agitated by the washing machine, became dizzy and heavy, as if someone had hit her head with a stick.
After insisting on taking two steps forward, her vision went dark and she couldn't help but fall into the water.