The Lost Mermaid [Zhongyingmei]

As soon as Carl finished speaking, Doris grabbed his collar tightly.

The matter of Ruth also made her very entangled. On the one hand, she had some grudges against Ruth, after all, she had almost become Karl's fiancée; but, on the other hand, she was also worried and sorry for Ruth. Doris knew that, Ruth sacrificed herself for freedom and played a play with Carl, but now, Carl unilaterally decided to break off any relationship with her, which put her in a dilemma.

"Does...does she hate me?" Doris asked cautiously.

"Of course not, my dear."

Carl took Doris into his arms.

"Ruth knew about us a long time ago, and she proposed to me that she only needs a ticket for the Titanic." Carl shook his head, quite disapproving, "I guess her plan is that after arriving in the United States, she Her mother has nothing to do with her—you know, the Bucket family has almost no savings, and they can’t even afford a boat ticket back to England.”

"How can it be! As long as they are willing to pawn some jewelry, the money for a boat ticket is more than enough! Any necklace and earrings that Ruth usually wears are worth much more than those unpolished pearls of mine! I just arrived When I arrived at the ground mountain, it was my brother who pawned the pearls in exchange for food and clothes."

"Doris, you don't understand those 'nobles' ostentation!"

Carl sneered and shook his head.

Seeing that Doris was still puzzled, he suddenly realized that although Doris looked like a human being, she was completely a mermaid inside—she was innocently like a child.

Carl thinks he has become Doris's reliance, and he is responsible for guiding her to integrate into human society.

He enjoys being such a "guide".

"Even if they are defeated, they have to maintain their previous dignity. That is definitely not a small amount! It is as small as a daily meal, and they will never be willing to lose a glass of white wine; as big as every party, their jewelry Their clothes and clothes must not be repeated, and even the style of brooches must be the latest, otherwise they will be laughed at; their accommodation must not be the most ordinary hotel, and it must not be second-class or third-class cabins..."

Doris frowned in disapproval: "I really don't understand what's the point of this? In my opinion, it's enough for the food to fill your stomach, and there's no need to insist on whether there are gems and pearls on the clothes and jewelry!"

She paused, and added awkwardly: "Except for the heart of the ocean!" That was not just a blue diamond, but also a secret treasure of the mermaid clan!It is related to the survival of the entire race.

Carl laughed and rubbed her long hair. He felt that his heart was softened, and he couldn't touch her or hug her enough.

Doris thinks of all desires/desires too simply, or in other words, she has almost no other desires.

But since Doris is willing to learn more, he is not stingy with teaching.

"Money may be just a string of numbers, a check, or a diamond, but it also symbolizes other desires and desires. Doris, as long as a person has desires, there are weaknesses that can be overcome. .”

"So, I have lust/desire for you, so you are my weakness?"

Doris opened her eyes wide, looked at Carl, and said such a thought-provoking sentence.

Karl was stunned, he didn't recover for a moment, he was almost... moved by Doris's bold, blushing and straightforward words.

Seeing him looking at her stupidly, Doris stretched out her hand in doubt, and pinched his cheek.

"...Yes, you're right." Carl came back to his senses and grabbed her mischievous hand, "You are also my weakness."

Doris didn't know why, but his tone suddenly became low, deep and seductive, and her ears were itchy.Doris pushed back her long hair and fiddled with it.

Seeing her lower her head, Karl was obviously shy, so he started to tease her.

"Once people have desires, they have to constantly compromise and sacrifice what they already have. This is a relatively fair deal." Carl said, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, showing a slightly mocking smile, "Even if I Say, am I out of the rules? No."

"Doris, you are my weakness and the most important part of me. In other words, you are in my heart, higher than myself."

"I am willing to give up some things I already have for you - wealth, status, money and power. However, this does not mean that I can no longer win the power that only belongs to me."

"Father wants to use his power and property to restrict my freedom, and wants me to obey his orders. But I chose you, I chose freedom, and I would rather suffer more, even if it will fail completely, this is the price."

Karl knew his father, and he would never be threatened by him just because Karl was his only heir.

Old Hockley has a hot temper, and in a fit of anger, he would rather sell all those properties for charity than compromise.

Doris's heart trembled, and Carl's words were extremely familiar.

When she chose Karl, she chose freedom; and for Karl, it was the same.

"I see, Carl." Doris was about to say something when she heard a commotion downstairs, as if her friends in 1900 were saying goodbye and preparing to leave.

1900 will come up soon, and their two-person world will definitely be interrupted by then.

Doris hurriedly said, "That's right! I have something very important to ask you!"

Carl nodded.

Doris took out the cloth bag from the cabinet under the coffee table, and hastily opened it.

When Karl saw the contents of the cloth bag, his pupils suddenly tightened.

"It's Joey Love!?"

He reached out to touch his chest, took out a scale from his pocket, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Doris grabbed the scales in his hand and recognized at a glance that they were off her body.

She put the two scales together and compared them in the sunlight.

Carl looked at her gradually serious expression, and explained: "The scales here should be... yours. Do you remember? Last time you disappeared, I found this on the reef by the sea."

"That time was also Joey Love!" Doris said urgently. She had previously considered that Joey Love might really be Karl's confidant, so she suppressed that encounter in her heart and did not mention it.

"I saw Joey Love's face behind that person...that person."

Karl didn't stay at the manor, even if it was because of the black face of 1900, he would not stay cheeky.

What's more, the next day they will officially board the Titanic and leave the UK to "go home".

Both Carl and the Boardman siblings had a lot to do.

Doris didn't have many things, so Mary packed them for her overnight.

Mary was not her personal servant until 1900, when she came to England, and she was temporarily chosen to hire her.But after getting along with her for so many months, she was already reluctant to part with this weak but very talkative little master.

Early in the morning, before dawn, the manor was busy.Whether it is the temporary "owner" or the real owner of the manor, Patrick Crowley, will board the Titanic on this day.

The butler directed the servants to move the boxes of luggage into the car compartment. The boxes, large and small, were stacked together, precariously.

When Doris "walked" out of the gate of the manor, she happened to hear the angry reprimand from the housekeeper, and the servant was sweating profusely, whether it was tired or nervous.

"Hurry up and get in the car, before the sun rises and it's not too hot." 1900 urged, he took Mary's hand, and pushed Doris' wheelchair close to the car.

Doris tacitly supported his hand and got into the car. After she straightened her skirt and sat down, she realized that someone was watching her, so she looked out the car window.

Mary was standing quietly by the side of the road, looking at her with a smile.

Doris also felt sad.

"What are your plans after we leave?" Doris asked loudly, rolling down the car window.

"Maybe go find a job in a factory, miss, it's hard to find a decent job as a maid these days."

Doris tilted her head, not knowing what to say, she didn't understand what it meant.

1900 leaned out and looked at Mary with clear eyes: "Would you like to go back to America with us? I think Doris is used to your service."

Doris' eyes lit up, and she nodded again and again.

But Mary's response was not what they expected.

"Mr. and Ms. Boardman, I thank you for your generosity. I know that you want to help me...but I'm not ready to leave the UK." She pursed her lips and rolled her eyes.

"Even though I may starve here, my family is still here and they are my responsibility."

"However, I think that although it is difficult to find a maid job now, the factory still needs female workers and typists. I am not too stupid to learn. At least it is no problem to support myself."

Listening to her logical explanation, Doris nodded repeatedly.

But 1900 fully understands that although Mary said it lightly, but in this world, if a woman wants to live on her own strength, although it is not impossible, it is by no means as easy as she said.

But he has no intention of interfering in other people's lives.

1900 nodded at her: "It would be best if you have your own plan. But I can promise that if you change your mind and plan to go to the United States, you can come to us."

Mary nodded gratefully.

The car started, and Doris hurriedly took off a pearl-encrusted hair ornament from her coiled hair, stretched out her hand from the car window, and handed it to Mary.

"You have been by my side for so long, and I have never given you a gift."

"No, this is too expensive!"

"You know, this is nothing to me, come here."

Mary had no choice but to get closer to the car window. Before she could reach out her hand, Doris leaned out from the window and put the hair accessory on her hair.

"The color of the pearl matches your brown hair perfectly!" Doris smiled with eyebrows curved.

Mary raised her hand and touched the hair ornament. The cold touch of the pearl was just like the first impression of the siblings in front of her.

But after being in contact with them for a long time, you will find that they unintentionally exude a soft and gentle light like pearls.

Mary didn't think it was a kind of charity, and she accepted the kindness of the Boardman brothers and sisters.

"Gentlemen and ladies, if we don't start the car, we won't be able to catch up with the boarding time!" The butler came over and saluted the Boardman brothers and sisters. He gestured to the driver, and the car started to drive slowly.

Finally able to go home, Doris sat back in her seat, looking forward to it.

Carl should already be preparing to board the ship, right?