Infinitely Criticizing the Villain for Being Like My Ex-Boyfriend

"Are you awake?" Uncle took Zhang Chunliang to the vegetable storage room.

"I'm awake. I slept well last night..." Zhang Chunliang replied dryly.

My uncle's cloudy eyes looked at Zhang Chunliang for a moment, then he shook his head with a look of disappointment.

"You haven't woken up yet, so I have nothing to say to you." The uncle said, "When you feel you are 'awake', come find me again. Also, don't eat anything here."

He kicked the long eggplant beside him as if to vent his anger, then staggered away.

Zhang Chunliang stayed in the vegetable storage room, thinking about his words. He didn't quite understand what "waking up" meant.

Is it possible that in my uncle’s eyes, everyone is “asleep”?

Where is the boundary between "awake" and "asleep"?

He recalled what Wang Shaofan said, that the ship had been staying in the same place but all the passengers were used to it, and he felt as if he understood something.

He picked up a tomato, put it to his nose and sniffed it. The sour and sweet taste of the tomato lingered in his nose, making his mouth water and giving him the urge to take a bite.

However, beneath the sweet and sour taste, Zhang Chunliang vaguely smelled another smell - an indescribable fishy and rotten smell.

The smell flashed by, so ethereal that it seemed like an illusion created by some psychological suggestion.

He put the tomatoes back where they came from and found on the box the date they had been shipped.

5 month 24 day.

It was the day the ship set sail. Zhang Chunliang had seen this date on the cruise ship's brochure.

So what day is today?

He frowned and recalled, it seemed that he had not seen any information related to the date since he woke up on this ship.

Even clocks are rare.

A huge bone claw came up to Zhang Chunliang and waved it, bringing him back to his senses.

Big Bone has excellent hiding skills. It followed Zhang Chunliang all the way here without being discovered by anyone.

It saw Zhang Chunliang staring at the basket of tomatoes for a long time and thought he wanted to eat some, so it put its arms around his waist and carried him out of the storage room lightly.

Zhang Chunliang: "...I don't plan to eat."

Big Bone seemed to like the feeling of holding Zhang Chunliang in his arms and taking him away. He flapped his tail happily and held him in his arms, walking on the empty deck while enjoying the sea breeze. The tail was big enough for it to stand up on the fish bones, and it was even taller than the average person.

It was still very early and most of the passengers had not gotten up yet. In addition, the floor where Zhang Chunliang was located was mostly warehouses, so it was very quiet.

Zhang Chunliang's face was pressed between the mermaid's ribs, which felt a bit uncomfortable. He could see the empty inside of the mermaid's body through the gaps between the bones.

In the place that belonged to the heart, there was still the beautiful rose, it was blooming brilliantly, and the mermaid had carefully watered it with some water droplets.

Zhang Chunliang suddenly felt a little regretful for being a little cheap and buying it the cheapest flowers.

"…What's your name?" he asked in a low voice.

Mermaid Bones was stunned at first, then carefully put Zhang Chunliang down.

It stretched out a finger, gestured awkwardly on the floor for a long time, and then drew an "i".

Then, it won’t write.

"... Ai? Ai what?" Zhang Chunliang looked at the letter in confusion and felt a little embarrassed for a moment.

The background of this world is probably more inclined towards Western civilization. Most people's names are in English, and the same is probably true for mermaid bones.

One man and one bone stood by the railing on the deck, looking at each other.

"Then I'll call you Xiao Ai." Zhang Chunliang said decisively, "I can't keep calling you a skeleton. That's too rude."

"Actually, Xiao Ai isn't that good to listen to." The Holy Father System said in a faint voice.

Of course, the mermaid bone had no objection. It accepted the name obediently, then hooked the tip of its tail and hugged Zhang Chunliang in its arms again.

"We can't delay too long." Zhang Chunliang looked at Xiao Ai's blue bones and said patiently, "Do you remember how you got out of that swimming pool? I want to go back."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ai and Zhang Chunliang came out from different places.

It took Zhang Chunliang to climb randomly on the decks and stairwells, and climb over the eaves and walls, making him dizzy and not even sure whether he was up or down. Then, they climbed into a room that looked like a library. The room was filled with rows of heavy metal bookshelves with many folders on them.

Before Zhang Chunliang had time to observe, Xiao Ai dragged him to the deepest bookshelf.

This bookshelf is embedded in the wall. It is solid and heavy, and is filled with ancient books. Looking at the names on the spines, most of them are legends related to mermaids.

Xiao Ai climbed to the top of the bookcase, and using her claws to pry open the gap between the bookcase and the wall.

The bookcase slowly opened like a door, and on the back of it was a copper heart that Zhang Chunliang was familiar with.

Zhang Chunliang took out the collected mermaid eggs from his backpack and brought it close to the heart.

The pale yellow fish eggs suddenly turned into a pool of liquid, unlocking the seal of the heart.

In the familiar light, Zhang Chunliang once again came to the swimming pool where the mermaid was locked up.

On the walls inside the swimming pool, there are several new human "ovaries", their bodies are filled with densely packed eggs, but their faces have confused and happy smiles.

It seems that the blonde mermaid is not dead yet. In just one day, it gave birth to new offspring full of energy.

"Is this fish really not afraid of kidney deficiency? By the way, do fish have kidneys...?" Zhang Chunliang murmured.

Big Bone obviously didn't understand what he was saying and searched around his own skeleton for a long time in confusion.

"Don't look for it. You probably don't have it now." Zhang Chunliang sighed helplessly.

Big Bone was obviously a little uneasy. Its subconscious told it that "kidney" seemed to be a very important thing and must not be thrown away.

So it turned around in circles worriedly, turning over all the bones in its body.

Zhang Chunliang ignored its nervous movements and turned to look at the dead green water. He said gently, "I'll give you ten seconds to climb out of the pool by yourself, or I don't mind shocking the fish again."

There were faint ripples on the water surface, but the guy who had sunk to the bottom of the pool was still stubbornly pretending to be dead.

Zhang Chunliang took out another lightning tattoo from his pocket and slowly approached the pool: "Ten, nine, eight..."

Perhaps the tattoo left too deep a shadow on the blonde mermaid, and she was really worried that this black-hearted human would electrocute her again. Therefore, before Zhang Chunliang finished his countdown, a golden head floated up from the water.

"I'm glad you're still alive." Zhang Chunliang thanked him sincerely, "Otherwise I don't know what I would do."

He didn't know where to find a mermaid who could cooperate with him in answering questions.

“You ran away, why did you come back?” The blonde mermaid Vio’s eyes were full of fear. “You’d better leave quickly, otherwise I won’t be able to control myself.”

Zhang Chunliang was slightly stunned, frowned and asked, "What do you mean you can't control it?"

Vio's body, which had sunk into the water, suddenly shook violently, and its head slowly swam towards Zhang Chunliang.

At this moment, Zhang Chunliang smelled a subtle scent in the air. The fragrance was so sweet that it made his whole body warm and he felt light.