The Lost Mermaid [Zhongyingmei]

After Hockley finished speaking, he straightened up under 1900's angry eyes, and stepped back three feet away from Doris.

Doris couldn't believe what she had just heard.

'He loves me?Or... is he playing tricks on me again? '

Doris couldn't understand at all, could "love" be taken as a joke?Why did he say the word so easily?They even only met a few times?

Even if she admits her feelings, she can't say it so simply and decisively.For her, this kind of relationship is not a chance encounter or a superficial encounter, but a relationship between life and death.

Doris was dragged into the car by 1900 in a daze, forgetting even a simple farewell, and set foot on the way home.

After watching the Boardman brothers and sisters leave, Hockley turned and walked in the other direction.He didn't let anyone get close, waved his hand, and asked the driver to drive behind him alone.

He felt that he needed to calm down, and his impulsiveness was like a devil, making him say what was in his heart regardless, but after he finished speaking, he regretted it.

There was no laughter or admiration on Doris's face. Her suspicious eyes made him wake up instantly from the self-movement, and his whole body was cold.

Regret and shame were like a pair of invisible hands, choking his throat fiercely.

Behind him, the car honked suddenly, waking him up.Hockley was about to reprimand, but when he looked up, he found that on the other side of the road, Mrs. Bucket looked serious, holding Joey Love's hand, and getting out of the car with a heavy skirt.

Ruth's fiery red hair was exposed in the trunk.

The sun was setting and the daylight was getting darker and darker. In the wilderness, on the bumpy road, only the cars of the Bodman brothers and sisters were driving.Soon it was completely dark.

"What do you think? Doris?" 1900 didn't beat around the bush, but asked bluntly, "Hockley must be up to no good. What did he tell you?"

"He said," Doris's voice was barely audible, "that he loves me...?"

For a moment, there was silence in the carriage.

"This bastard!" 1900 cursed in a low voice, wishing he hadn't hit him harder before.

"Doris, a man like Hockley, lingers in the flowers, and comes with sweet words! Don't believe his nonsense!" After finishing speaking, 1900 tried his best to suppress the swear words that almost blurted out, and took out a cigarette from his arms , click on it.

"I don't believe what he said." Doris watched the flame of the cigarette butt flickering in the darkness, feeling her heartbeat coincided with this rhythm. "How sincere his words are, I don't know." Doris shook her head, her tone low, "This kind of uncertainty is not what I want, what I want is wholeheartedness."

If it is not equal love, it is destined to be a tragedy.

Doris does not want to be the resentful woman who is cruelly abandoned by men in the opera. Once she suffers from infidelity, her fate is far more terrible than that of "The Girl of Avignon".

What's more, between her and Hockley, there is Ruth.

Although she accidentally learned today that Ruth may not love Hockley, her mother and her family need her to be Mrs. Hockley.Doris saw her pain firsthand, and there was nothing she could do about it.

1900 squinted his eyes and took a puff of a cigarette. The gray-white smoke lingered on his fingertips. He coughed lightly and said, "Now I understand why you are anxious to move out of the hotel. Is it because of Hockley?"

Doris was taken aback for a moment, then nodded.

"If you want to avoid him, I'm relieved." 1900 opened the window and put his hand on the window, letting the smell of tobacco disperse in the night wind.

"You should never provoke someone like Hockley."

Hearing his categorical opposition, Doris felt bitter in her heart.Of course she herself understands this truth, but such a relationship is not favored by others, but it makes people sad for no reason.

Speechless all the way.

After arriving at the manor, Doris did not go back to her room immediately. She told 1900 that she needed to be quiet and replenish her energy.Under his brother's worried eyes, he silently sank himself into the bottom of the lake.

In the early morning, the first ray of golden sunlight pierced through the clouds and the water surface, casting towards the bottom of the lake.

Doris was lying among the reefs and aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake, the sun was flaring spots on her eyelids, her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Last night, she was full of thoughts and fell asleep in a trance.

It was not yet bright, Doris pushed aside the water plants, shook off the sand and sand from her body, and slowly floated to the surface of the water.The fish didn't want to part with her, and hovered beside her, kissing her skin.

Doris smiled and brushed away the small fish and shrimp, her fingertips stretched out of the lake, and her hair, face, neck, and body were all exposed to the air.

Thin water vapor and smoke floated on the lake, and everything was completely silent, except for occasional birds fluttering their wings in the distance, and there was a quacking sound.

The manor is slowly waking up from his sleep.

Doris walked towards her room, and when she passed her brother's room, gorgeous and unrestrained music was pouring out of it, high and low notes pierced through the heavy door, and even the vases in the corridor followed. There was a slight sound - such a rhythm made her jump for joy.

The song ended, and the door of 1900 opened.

"Is this a new song? I haven't heard it yet." Doris asked, "I guess you must have had a wonderful experience outside during this time!"

"Ha! You guessed it."

1900 pushed her back to the room, and said as he walked, "Do you still remember my friend Mike? He used to be a violinist on a ship, and now he is looking for a way out, and after earning money, he will open a piano shop."

"Ah, it's him!" Doris nodded. This violinist was exactly the cover that 1900 took her to near the university.

"He played the violin on the street, people came and went, and he met a few friends in the steel factory." 1900 explained, "Oh! Of course it's not those tycoons who only need to count money in the office. The workers in the workshop always Gathered in pubs for drinks, and Mike and I went to a few of their parties - seriously, it was a lot more fun than a high society dinner party!"

"I want to take you there to meet some new friends. In short...you can't be left alone at home." That person already knew that they rented Crowley's manor, and he might come to her again at any time and disturb her heartstrings.

Doris was silent, she understood what her brother meant.

Hockley's silent confession left her at a loss.

Even though it was lunch time when Doris and her brother arrived at the agreed tavern, there were workers sitting in twos and threes in the tavern.

As soon as Doris and 1900 stepped into the tavern, the owner behind the bar laughed and waved in greeting.

"Hey! Danny! Look, I haven't seen you for a few days, and you brought such a beautiful lady to visit?" He winked at Doris in a playful and funny way, and then 1900 punched him in the chest.

"Fuck you! Jeff, this is my sister, Doris." 1900 put his hands on the back of Doris' wheelchair, acting as a protector, "If you dare to talk nonsense, I will cut off your tongue Come down and feed it to the dog at the entrance of the gambling field!"

Jeff pretended to be panicked, screamed, and apologized to Doris again and again.

Doris pursed her lips and smiled.

After some squabbling, Jeff waved his hand: "I've already reserved your usual seat for you, see if I'm loyal enough!" He pointed to a small round table by the window, on which there was a A bouquet of flowers, "The flowers sent by Mrs. Anna, I won't be greedy for such..." Before he finished speaking, he jumped long and laughing.

1900 picked up the small wine glass in his hand and made a gesture to throw it.Jeff "hastily" hid under the bar.

Doris laughed out loud, her eyes narrowed into a curved moon.

She knew that her brother was exaggerating on purpose and wanted to make herself happy, so she also made a carefree expression in cooperation.

At noon, strong sunlight penetrates through the glass windows, wrapping this side of seats in warmth.There is a rose in full bloom in the glass vase, and the dew reflects colorful luster in the sun.

Doris raised her head to look at her elder brother opposite, and was about to make a little joke, but suddenly she felt a strange feeling of being watched, which gave her goosebumps all over her body.

Under the refraction of the glass window, a black eye stared at her for a moment, then flashed by.