There's a mermaid in my bathtub

The heartbeat stopped, and Jin Sheng's brain roared. He thought the man looked familiar, but he forgot that when the water on the mermaid's surface is completely gone, it will also lose its legs.

It's just that those slender, well-proportioned legs are useless and just for display.

His eyes were fixed on the fish scale necklace in the man's hand. The originally crystal clear disc was scorched black by the fire, and the flawless hand that Jin Sheng was familiar with, which often walked around his body, was now full of cracks on the back of his hand, and the flesh and blood of mixed blood Covered with dirt and mud, it is still hideous and terrifying from a distance.

It's Nanli.

The one-eyed monkey threw another fruit core on him, but Nanli didn't care about it. He continued to crawl towards the woods with all his strength, not knowing where the target was, until a naughty monkey snatched the burnt red rope from his hand, and he struggled. He raised his head, baring his piercing fangs like a threat.

That face...was also cracked from moisture loss, said face, more like a scab that seemed ready to fall off at any moment.The already cold and pale face was even more bloodless, like a ghost crawling out of a grave to take his life.

This is land, so what if it is invincible at the bottom of the sea?

Now Nanli doesn't even have the ability to protect himself, let alone take back his "precious things" that were snatched by the monkeys.

The group of monkeys teased him, just because they thought it was novel and boring, and Nan Li's fierce reaction of being taken away from the necklace hit his chest, instantly igniting the atmosphere of the group of monkeys.

I planned to hide behind the tree and pretend to be dead. I didn't want to come forward. I was even more afraid that I would be pulled back to the deep sea and be locked on the only rocky shore like before, helpless.

But Nanli was hit by gravel again.

Strange mucus overflowed from the cracks of the already "cracked" skin, as if it was about to fall off.

Jin Sheng's heart was clenched into a ball, numb with pain, and he still had no ability to consider the pros and cons, so he couldn't help but rushed forward, swiping the long wooden stick used for self-defense last night, driving away the monkeys that were bouncing around.

"Go away!"

The angry shouts were mixed with the squeaking sounds of the monkeys, and the dominant humans seemed aggressive.Most of the monkeys saw Jin Sheng for the first time, so they naturally didn't dare to fight back easily, and immediately stopped, hid in the tree, and observed secretly for follow-up.

Panting heavily, after driving the perpetrator away, Jin Sheng stood in front of Nan Li for a long time, never daring to look back at him.

This guy should have started chasing him after he regained his ability to move.

It's just... he was so injured, why didn't he go back to the sea?

Obviously compared to the forest, the sea is closer, isn't it?

Even if he is covered with scars, should he be taken back to save the silver-tailed mermaid?

Why is Nanli so sure that he will give up his life to save an irrelevant "rival in love", what if...he doesn't find himself?

If he hadn't chased that monkey just now, Nanli would have died here...

Looking back at him with difficulty, except for his eyes, Nanli is no longer what he remembered.

There was not a single intact piece of good skin all over his body, and his chest was festered. The dry and dehydrated wounds were glaring, with light blue transparent liquid oozing from it from time to time.And the hand he stretched into the fire to save the necklace was completely useless.The sharp nails were missing, and the slender five fingers were bare bones. This hand seemed to be made of wax, which had been roasted and melted by fire.

As for it?

Unable to imagine how important that silver-tailed mermaid was to Nanli, Jin Sheng felt extremely heartbroken, with bitter tears streaming down his cheeks, he slowly approached and half-kneeled beside Nanli, his dark blue eyes revealed joyful look.

"Nanli, I... didn't want to hurt you..."

Jin Sheng laughed lightly, saw Nanli reaching out to him, closed his eyes in resignation, and said in a trembling voice: "...I'll go back with you, I lost, you can use this heart to save anyone or anything. , I will never run away again."

"I'm just, just a little jealous of that silver-tailed fish. I'm jealous that you can do so much for him...I'm just jealous that you like him...I really never wanted to hurt you."

"But... I was obviously very careful, why did it still end up like this?" Tears flowed all over his face, Jin Sheng's body twitched slightly, and he didn't know whether it was for the injured Nan Li or for himself who had completely "dedicated" his heart.

The familiar palm touched his cheek, and the dry to rough touch was a bit irritating. Jin Sheng opened his eyes, and met those blue eyes full of affection, "...please, don't look at me like this again, I I'm going to fall in, I..."

"...Then sink in."

The male voice was hoarse, but pierced his heart, and his heart was beating. Nanli tried hard to wipe away the glittering eyes of Jin Sheng, but his hand slipped and fell down. Wrong, it still hurt you."

Strengthening his strength to prevent Jin Sheng from pulling back, Nanli propped himself up, lay down on his knees, raised his face, and looked at him closer, looking at his misty, reddened black eyes, even though The physical condition is not good, and there is a sense of satisfaction in the bottom of my heart.

"What... a silver-tailed mermaid?"

"In what I said, I only lied to you, that is... there is no reincarnation at all."

"...You can go home anytime you want, the passage...is always open."

"But I don't want to, so... I don't want to say it."

The voice was extremely difficult to swallow, and Nanli's reason seemed familiar.

Once, Jin Sheng also hesitated when to send the mermaid back to the sea, and he was also reluctant to part, after all, once he entered the sea, there would be no chance of reunion.

Sweet and sour intermingle, this development makes him at a loss.

Since time travelling, Jin Sheng has always felt that he is the one who suffers the most. He never thought that Nan Li would be charged with so many trumped-up charges for this strange reason, and he would not let go of being wronged, all because of this ridiculous worry.

"...The rest, there is nothing left."

The corners of Nanli's mouth curled up, as if he was smiling, but his face was full of cracks and ravines, he couldn't feel handsome, only pervasive.

Facing such a face, Jin Sheng was not afraid, and even carefully stretched out his hands to hold it, gently touching the dry and stretched skin.

This guy came all the way from the coast, he thought it was just for him.

"...Nanli, I...Nanli?" Before Jin Sheng could think of a reply, his fish had already closed its eyes, and the light blue blood seeping through the cracks in the dry skin was almost congealed.

This fish is going to die.

No matter how you scream, you can't wake up, and you will be confused if you are concerned. Jin Sheng's movements were a little flustered, and he slapped his forehead twice with his palm before regaining his composure.

He needs water, a lot of water.

With awareness, he quickly put Nanli on his body, took the huge weight of the fish and took steps, and tried his best to move towards the pool he found yesterday.

It was too far to go back to the sea from here, and neither he nor the current fish could last that distance.

He called Nanli's name over and over again, but the guy didn't move at all.The human gritted his teeth and quickened his pace, and tried his best to find the shade of the tree to prevent him from being exposed to the sun, so as to prevent the water from evaporating.

Nanli has never been so weak, even in other worlds, he has never been in this situation.

It became more and more difficult to walk, after all, the weight of the mermaid was terrible, Jin Sheng almost fell to the ground with Nanli.

It's almost there.

The shoulders that were supported by force felt like tears, and the bare feet walked through the bushes, and the thorny paper cut the flesh without feeling the pain.The water pool that he wandered to yesterday was so far away this time, and he was not familiar with the way, but fortunately, he still found it.

Looking at the sparkling water surface under the sun, Jin Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, and once again mobilized his tired body.With the destination in sight, he accelerated for the second time and almost brought Nanli to the water's edge.

"Nanli, we're here." Putting her body on the shore, she smelled sweet water vapor in the air, but her bewitching blue eyes never opened again.

The pale pink lips and petals of the past have become pale and shriveled, and the once smooth skin is as lifeless as a thousand-year-old mummy that has been drained of water.

"Nanli?"

He repeated in a hoarse voice, and slowly reached his nose with his fingers, without breathing.

Jin Sheng was extremely flustered, and the fear of death almost overwhelmed him.

Regardless of whether this behavior would damage the environment or pollute the water source, they directly dragged the silent Nanli into the deep freshwater pool.

Under the water, he hugged Nanli's body tightly and pressed it down hard, making every part of his body absorb as much water as possible, trying to activate the mermaid's powerful self-healing system and wake up this "sunburned fish".

"Nanli..."

The body in his arms was still stiff, but Jin Sheng refused to give up. After all, this guy is a mermaid with rough skin and thick flesh, how could he die?

Obviously, I was out of water for a long time before, and I went out to the aquarium with him...

Perhaps, what made Nanli decline so much was not only the sun baking and long-term dehydration, but the most deadly thing was the high-temperature torch that Jin Sheng threw on him.

Standing up to get out of the water, wiping the water off his face and panting heavily, Jin Sheng kept hugging Nan Li's stiff body.

"You... can you open your eyes... You have hurt me so badly, and I haven't forgiven you yet... Bastard..."

His voice was choked up, and his throat was dry and smoked in the water. Jin Sheng repeatedly pushed Nanli's body into the water, but his legs were still unwilling to slough off into fish tails, as if he had lost all the reactions of "living".

On what basis, I tricked him into kissing me to this strange place, I was misunderstood from the beginning to the end, and there were many crises.Now, the fish was finally willing to explain everything, so he died like this and was thrown on the isolated island.

He is clean and has no "regrets", so why should he leave all the guilt and reluctance to him?

Slowly let go, let Nanli float in the water, weeping: "I'm sorry...forgive me, I forgive you too, is that okay?"

Never get a response again.

Thinking like this, he lowered his eyes, but covered his waist with a hand, his rough skin rubbed against him for a while, and then he immediately got a hoarse response: "Okay."

Looking at Nanli in disbelief, this guy has opened his eyes, the dark blue pupils are gleaming, absorbing enough water, and the dry and patchy skin cracks are slowly healing.

This bad fish!

The tears had already burst, but Nanli relied on regaining the ability to control his body, and swam to wrap his arms around his waist.

Lost too much water, the fish tail has not yet recovered, but in the water, the condition is obviously much better than that on land.

Involuntarily took two steps back, the bottom of the pool was abnormally slippery, the mermaid who was paddling in the water waiting to recover suddenly gathered strength and rushed towards the human standing in the water.

The water splashed everywhere, the body was pressed into the deep pool, and was re-wrapped by the water flow. Before Jin Sheng could dance and dance, he was ruthlessly taken away from his thoughts by the oppressive force on his lips.

Nanli's mouth is so dry.

But with spring water for nourishment, it is sweet.