The Old Man and the Mermaid

It was raining heavily, on par with the rain of the previous nights.The sound of rainwater hitting the outer wall of the lighthouse sounds extremely crisp, and each raindrop is as destructive as a bullet. Even if it cannot directly break through the masonry wall, it is still enough to wash away the soil and fine sand. It was a mess.

Aigre walked to the window, just opened the lock of the window, before he had time to stand still, he was subconsciously backed half a step by a sudden gust of wind.He raised his hand to half cover his eyes, frowning and looked out the window.

The rain outside was indeed quite terrifying, but what really worried Aigre was the bursts of noise coming from the direction of the sea—it sounded like music from some kind of high-quality stereo, and at the same time It was also vaguely mixed with the voices of some young people cheering and singing.

Aigre's face suddenly became a little ugly.As he turned his head and ran to the top of the lighthouse, he picked up his mobile phone and dialed the number of the Twilight Island emergency team.

The call was quickly picked up. Aigre didn't say much, and told the other party the key point directly: "This is the northern lighthouse. There are about three young foreigners on the sea who are approaching the reef area by speedboat. It is raining too much now. My emergency boat can't go directly to sea, please send team members to stop the speedboat from advancing as soon as possible."

"Understood." The other party replied quickly, "Please give a brief description of the appearance of the ship."

While Aigre answered his question, he stretched out his other free hand to operate on the device, turned on the red warning light directly under the headlight, and directed it at the location of the speedboat.At the same time, he also tried to send a call request to the communication equipment on the speedboat, but as he expected, no one answered at all.

These guys were so drunk they couldn't even stand when Aigre left the party and God knows how they got on the speedboat and out to sea.

Aigre frowned and shone the two warning lights on the area where the speedboat was most likely to collide with the reef. Then he called Royce and told him and Professor Nice about the situation.

"Those bastards!" Royce yelled, ignoring Professor Nice's presence, "I will definitely write a letter of complaint that looks like shit to the school when I go back this time. A hard lesson for them—if they can really go back to school alive!"

Aigre didn't hear Professor Nice's voice, but he felt that this calm and wise man must be extremely angry, because he heard the sound of some kind of glass instrument being broken from the other end of the phone, followed by a burst of noisy footsteps.

"Be careful when you come here. Let me think about whether there is any way to tell them to stop." Aigre continued.

"Don't go out to sea, Aigre!" Royce said eagerly, "Don't think I don't understand you, you are not from the emergency team, the small rescue boats in your lighthouse are suitable for searching for people, and in the case of strong winds and waves. Going down into the reef area is tantamount to courting death. Wait for the rescue team to pass, don't be impulsive!"

"Even if I want to go now, I can't go." Aigre continued to control the lights to shine around the speedboat all the time. "After the rescue team arrives, I still need instructions from the lights. I can't leave the lighthouse."

"That's good." Royce breathed a sigh of relief, "We'll be here right away. How long will it take for the rescue team to arrive?"

"The fastest, I should be able to arrive before these stupid guys hit the rock." Aigre felt quite a headache, but he still kept his tone as calm as possible, lest Royce mishear any of his words , "But even if you can enter the line of sight, you may not be able to catch up with the speedboat, so everything is still unknown-when did they disappear from you?"

"It was just a few minutes before you called me." Royce gasped, sounding like he was running. "We just started to find out that a few of them were missing, and you called."

"Remember to find out sooner next time." Aigre frowned and said, "Since they can come from the pier, they must have left the town for a long time."

"Okay, okay, it's useless to say anything now, it's important to tear them off the boat first."

Just as Aigre was about to make a final answer, his eyes that accidentally glanced at the sea quickly gathered together—the scene he saw made his nerves tense all over his body, and he even subconsciously wanted to rush out of the lighthouse, but his duty And rationally stopped him in time.

"Aigre, what's the matter?" Royce's tone became visibly tense because he didn't hear Aigre's answer.

"...It's okay." Aigre still stared at the place just now - in such a poor visible environment, he couldn't even tell whether what he just saw was a fish tail, or he was just too nervous .

But he sincerely hoped that Mr. Mermaid would not approach the coast at this time, otherwise, under such strong searchlights, he would almost [-]% be found by the guys on the speedboat and the rescue team that might rush over at any time.

In fact, Mr. Mermaid had already seen these two unusual rays of light when he was still in the sea quite far away.It's been a long time since he came to Dusk Island, and it was the first time he saw Aigle turn on this kind of warning light, so something must have happened near the coast.

He didn't know the specific situation, so he temporarily put the two books in his hand on an inconspicuous reef bottom, hidden in a thick clump of seaweed.

And just when he was about to get closer to the coast and figure out what happened, he was a little surprised to see the previous fellow-and her husband.

The mermaid couple swam over one after the other, and the girl swam around him first, her tone quite bewildered.

——Your friend is on top of that tall building. He should be the one who made these lights. He looks a little nervous.

Mr. Mermaid turned his head to look at the top floor of the lighthouse, and indeed saw Aigre who was operating something.Although separated by a thick layer of rain, he couldn't see the expression on Aigre's face clearly, but he could tell from Aigre's movements that he was much faster than usual that the bank must have encountered some trouble.

So he nodded his thanks to his two fellow clansmen, and swam quickly towards the coast.

In the process of approaching the coast, before he had time to see the appearance of the speedboat, the speedboat hit the nearest rock quite directly.

Several sharp exclamations followed, and the several people on board fell into the sea with the overturned hull at the same time the head of the speedboat broke.

Mr. Mermaid stopped in place the moment they fell, and immediately turned around to make sure that the humans who fell into the sea would not see him. After thinking for a few seconds with a frown, he put his hands behind his back On a reef, the tail swung quickly, driving the current to push those unlucky eggs towards the shore.

At the same time, the couple following him also kindly swam from both sides to ensure that the drowning humans would not hit their heads directly on the reef.They didn't swim back to Mr. Mermaid until those guys were washed ashore safely.

His male compatriot still had no expression on his face, but the cute girl wrinkled her nose and stuck out her tongue.

—they smell so strange!

That's the smell of alcohol.Mr. Mermaid made a judgment in his heart in silence, and then politely expressed his gratitude to the two fellows again.

The speedboat rolled over when the rescue team was about to break through the reef area.Aigre almost completely paused his breathing, and only took a deep breath after seeing those guys washed ashore in just a few seconds.

It is absolutely impossible for these stupid guys to survive because of those useless luck.

He raised his hand and rubbed it on his forehead a few times, then picked up his coat and quickly trot out of the lighthouse.

When he ran to the shore, the rescue team had already gone ashore before him.Several team members ran directly to those guys, squatted down and began to confirm their safety.

In order not to disturb their rescue, Aigre did not get too close, but the captain of the rescue team turned his head to see Aigre, saluted politely and said, "Thank you for notifying us in time, Mr. Payer."

Aigre bent down and supported his knee with his left hand, and at the same time raised his right hand and waved it lightly twice, "Let's see their situation first."

The condition of the few guys is not too bad, but because of the heavy drunkenness, they did not take any protective measures when they fell into the water, so they poured a lot of seawater into their lungs.After they recover, their lives will probably not be in danger.

After listening to the rescue team's explanation, Eigre was completely relieved. He picked up the phone and directly notified Professor Royce and Nice, who were still on the way, and told them to go to the clinic first, and then watched the rescue team carry the medicine. Thinking of the drunks who were paralyzed into mud, they left in the ambulance that had just arrived.

Aigre finally had a few words with the rescue captain, and since he couldn't leave the lighthouse directly at this time, he had to simply ask him to take care of the subsequent matters.

After the calm on the coast was restored again, Aigle exhaled softly and put the phone in his pocket to prevent it from getting wet by the rain.After doing all this, he finally had the opportunity to turn his head to look at the sea, guessing the current location of Mr. Mermaid.

No matter what their relationship is, he needs to thank this alien friend this time.

Aigre directly ignored the torrential rain that was still pouring overhead, walked to a smooth boulder, half squatted on the stone, and put his hand into the sea water that was close at hand to feel the cold temperature.

And when he stretched out his hand, Mr. Mermaid also floated out of the sea. At the same time, he grabbed Aigre's hand and raised it to look at his slightly tired look.

He didn't look like he wasn't rested.Mr. Mermaid speculated in this way, stretched out his other hand and shook it twice in front of Aigre's eyes.

But no matter what kind of action they made, they didn't speak.

This kind of staring seems to have lasted for a century, and Eigre even felt that he might be immersed in an unknown dream, and the appearance of Mr. Mermaid at this time was just a beautiful illusion.

After a bad night, his mind was in turmoil and he was desperate to do something to soothe his nerves that were always on edge.

He felt that he might not be able to control his mind and body at all—because he was almost completely unable to restrain himself from gradually approaching Mr. Mermaid while staring at each other silently.

The mermaid still watched him quietly, not even surprised by his strange movements at this time.

Aigre slowly closed his eyes, and decided to obey his own thoughts and instincts, and do things without any regard for the consequences.He gradually bent down, and when he was about to achieve his goal, he felt his left foot slipping suddenly on the smooth stone.

...and fell into the sea.

Aigre: "..."

Mermaid: "..."

The moment he fell into the sea, Aigre instantly felt an indescribable despair rushing into his mind.

He absolutely, will never have any more embarrassing experience than now.