The Lost Mermaid [Zhongyingmei]

"Are you waiting for me? I'm sorry, I'm late." Jack hurried over with the drawing board on his back, and stood in front of the group of people. His hair was matted with sweat, and his eyes were almost blurry in the sun. Like a fine emerald, crystal clear.

"No, Mr. Dawson." Mary's voice was like a glass of ice wine, with a unique charm in the coldness, "Your timing couldn't be more opportune."

Jack touched his head. Although he didn't know what happened here, he could still feel the weirdness of the atmosphere.

He put aside the undercurrents among those strange ladies, and greeted Doris happily: "Doris, long time no see! Last time your brother found you before me, so I didn't have a chance to say hello to you .It looks like you are fully recovered now!"

"Hello, Jack. Yes, I'm perfectly fine."

"Who was it that time, actually—" Jack's words stopped abruptly, and he realized that the fact of being kidnapped would not only damage a lady's reputation, but also hurt her fragile heart.

But it was too late for him to change the subject, Little Edward and Ruth asked in unison, "What happened?"

The two of them looked at each other, and they both saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Ruth walked to Doris's side, lowered her body and asked in a low voice, Doris just shook her head and said, "It's okay, everything is over, it's just a small kidnapping."

"Kidnapping!?" Ruth couldn't help calling out.

"Kidnapping!?" Little Edward's eyes widened.

Even the two Miss Crawley, who were diametrically opposed, stopped arguing and showed concerned expressions.

Doris shook her head: "Everything is over, don't worry about me, those bad guys have also been punished. Look at me now, am I still healthy?"

"You can't be considered healthy like this, Miss Boardman. You should pay more attention to your body. Are you in a wheelchair because...?" Little Edward asked.

Doris shook her head: "This is an old problem. Gentlemen and ladies, don't surround me! I'm fine. Don't you go fishing?"

Mary nodded and invited Doris to sit with them and drink tea under the tree, and Doris did not refuse.As the host, Mr. Edward had to entertain his classmates, so he and Jack bid farewell to the ladies briefly.

They came to the group of young people who were fishing, and Doris heard their hearty laughter from a distance. The fish swam away in shock. A young man couldn't help but shake his fishing rod, trying to warn them to shut up Mouth, the dripping water caused a group of people to laugh.

Ruth arranged for Doris to sit beside her as a friend.

But as soon as they sat down, several other ladies stood up, and one of them, who looked quite plump, came up and said: "We have been sitting for too long, and our feet are a little numb, we are going to go there Take a walk and see how they fish. Mary, I will trouble you to entertain new friends!"

Mary nodded knowingly, no emotion could be seen on her face.

Edith couldn't help but also stood up, grabbed the girl's hand, and said to Mary, "I'll go with them!"

Without waiting for Mary to respond, Edith bounced and pulled her friends away with her.

Ruth, annoyed at their slight, cursed under her breath.

Doris shook her head indifferently, and patted the back of Ruth's hand.She knew that with her status, it would be easy for those aristocratic ladies to look down upon her, and people like Ruth who were informal and even disgusted by class positions were in the minority.

Those aristocratic ladies walked gracefully by the lake, pretending to be casually approaching the group of men.

"Miss Boardman, are you from America?" Unexpectedly, Mary Crawley broke the silence under the tree first.

"Yes."

"My mother is also from the United States. Every time she talks about her hometown, Cincinnati, she is full of nostalgia."

"Why don't you go back and have a look?" Doris asked. "Ten days away, the Titanic will sail to New York."

"My grandparents have passed away." Mary said lightly, "My hometown may also be a sad place for her."

"Sorry?" Ruth said.

Mary twitched her lips: "It's okay...my mother doesn't want to leave my father and go back alone, but my cousin Patrick will take the Titanic to New York. He and his father seem to be interested in the business and investment there. very interested."

"There is a saying--America is gold, Miss Crawley. It may sound haughty, but my brother did gain fame and respect on the stage there. Mr. Crawley must It's going to be a big hit there."

Doris was not a talkative person at first, but Patrick was a friend in 1900, and there seemed to be a broken relationship between him and Mary. Doris wanted to say something nice for him—when Doris was in the entanglement with Carl In the midst of it, when she cast her gaze on other people's emotional entanglements, she was surprisingly clear.

"Thank you, Miss Boardman." Mary lowered her head and picked up a biscuit from the exquisite vessel. "Of course I hope they can achieve their goal, provided they reach the United States safely."

Doris nodded. She was now more determined to ensure the safety of the Titanic. The terrifying scene in her dream really worried her.

Although human beings may be just a kind of ration to her.But now she has brothers, friends, and... people who care about all have to embark on this journey.

Doris didn't want anything to happen to them.

Ruth was already interested in the United States, so she asked: "I haven't heard the story between you and Mr. Boardman? Doris, would you like to talk about it? That seems very interesting."

"It was an interesting experience, Ruth." Seeing that Mary did not answer, but her mind was completely hooked, Doris continued, "Unlike England, there are opportunities everywhere. My brother and I have nothing to do Special network, to put it arrogantly, we are just very talented in music-"

"That's genius!" Ruth flattered with a smile.

Doris pursed her lips, but did not refute: "My brother first played the piano in a bar, and then a manager came to the door, claiming to let his music spread across the streets, my brother did not agree at first. "

"Of course he might be a liar," said Mary.

"Yes, we thought so too at the time." Doris showed a nostalgic expression, "That man came to the bar every day to listen to my brother playing the piano, and pestered him to take him to the largest concert hall in New York to play—— It lasted for about a month, and my brother finally couldn't stand his pestering, so he agreed to try it."

"Ah! Mr. Boardman's skill must have conquered all!"

"Yes, it was that time. My brother became a star in New York." Doris nodded proudly, "Everything is going well, my brother's stage is getting bigger and bigger, and there are many people from the record company, To record his music and spread it all over the United States and even the world. And me, I don't want to stand on stage, my brother's manager helped me publish the score-it hasn't been released yet!"

Mary frowned when she heard this: "Then, what do you mean, as long as you have talent, you will be able to succeed in America?"

"That's not necessarily the case, Miss Crawley. My brother and I are very lucky. He is free to play the music he likes, and I can work on a simple career behind the scenes. There are thousands of underappreciated people in America." , didn't wait for that opportunity." Doris shrugged and made a typical American gesture.

"It's just that there may never have been kings and nobles in the United States, and we are relatively free-at least, we have climbed to this position by virtue of our talents."

The two ladies were silent, they were birds in the golden cage of the aristocrat, destined to be trapped all their lives.

Doris felt a little tired after talking so much, picked up the tea that Ruth had poured for her earlier, and drank it in small sips.

Not far away, there was a scream, and a gentleman seemed to have caught a big fish.Little Mr. Edward helped his friend to catch the fish, but he lost his grip, and the big fish fell on the grass and jumped up.The ladies, both delighted and startled, jumped away screaming.

"What a coward, but a fish!" Doris muttered.

Ruth stood up, eager to try fishing too.But Doris said, "Fishing is so boring, what's the point of just standing there and waiting for the fish to get the bait?"

"Do you still want to jump into the water to catch fish?" Mary joked coldly.

Doris pouted: "Of course not—Ruth, can you call a servant for me? I think I need a harpoon."

"Harpoon!?" Ruth called out, eyes widening.

"That's right! Let's compete with those 'silly pillars' who are fishing! We must be faster and catch more than them!" Doris urged, "Go!"

Ruth looked embarrassed—fishing with a harpoon?That's too much of a faux pas for a lady!

think about it!They would tie their long skirts to their legs, then take off their shoes, step on the shallow sand by the lake, and plunge straight into the water with their rude tridents.Perhaps because of unsteady standing, the whole person fell into the lake!

But she never expected that the meticulous Miss Mary stood up and said, "I'll find a servant!" After she finished speaking, without waiting for Ruth to react, she walked towards the servant waiting area far behind her. .

"My God! How could Miss Crawley agree to your request!" Ruth whispered in disbelief, "She is the most polite person!"

"Maybe she needs to be released."

"what?"

Doris smiled and said nothing more.

"My God! How did you mess yourself up in such a mess! If the countess sees...God! I can't guarantee that she will faint from anger!" The housekeeper of the manor greeted the servant People found towels and wrapped them tightly around the half-wet ladies.

"Mrs. Alisa, we didn't go into the water, we just spearfished on the shore!" Ruth's voice came out of the towel in a muffled voice.

"Porkfish!" screamed Lady Alisa. "How can ladies do such a thing? God, Mrs. Crawley and Mrs. Bucket will blame me!"

Mary and Ruth broke free from the towel wrapped around their heads, looked at each other and smiled.

Doris originally proposed to go into the water to catch fish, but the two still insisted on their ladylike posture and dared not go into the water, so the three of them looked for a place where no crowd could see, where the water happened to be not deep, just a shallow Mary and Ruth stood on the bank and plunged their harpoons into the water.

Doris was asked not to approach the shore, but she is a mermaid!How can you be afraid of water?

So she quietly manipulated the fish to gather to the shore, and the two "ladies" really caught a few fish.

Doris shook the bucket next to the wheelchair, and the half-dead carp inside was still struggling to jump, causing splashes.

"Mrs. Alisa! There is an extra meal on the Countess's table today!" Doris bent down and poked the little fish.

Mrs. Alisa covered her head and almost fainted.

Jack and Edward hid behind the tree. They had already noticed that the three of them had quietly moved away from the main force, and they followed after fearing that something would happen to them.I didn't expect to see such a crazy scene.

The two looked at each other, and they both saw interest in each other's eyes, and punched each other's fists with a smile.

The author has something to say: 1. I think the next chapter is a small Shura field...

2. I suddenly want to talk about the role of Doris. In the past two days, there have been many comments saying that she is "stupid and sweet". Haha, yes, she is a love brain in a certain sense.Of course I like a calm, self-sufficient, and independent heroine. Just like the heroine in the previous article, she conquered the hero with her charismatic personality beyond the times. This is the way I want to live.As for Doris, I have a motherly (?) mentality. She is not human, and money, power, and status are just a thing of the past to her, so why should the universal "Isn't it good to make money" be trapped by narrow love? ’ mentality didn’t apply to her.Everyone (biology?) has different pursuits, some people love power, some people love money, and some people - love is higher than life for her.

3. Of course, I do not advocate that ordinary people like us also regard love as the equivalent of life like Doris. This is irrational in reality, because each of us is striving for survival and life. And compromise.Mermaids are a legend, so this story is just an atypical fairy tale.