The Lost Mermaid [Zhongyingmei]

On April 4, the first second the sun slowly rose from the horizon was extraordinarily cold.

Doris was woken up early by the sea breeze. She opened her eyes in a daze and looked in the direction of the wind. She vaguely found that the bedroom window was not closed.The light blue curtains are fluttering gently in the wind, under the crab-blue sky, it looks like water flowing under the sea.

The wind was still blowing, and Doris shivered. She struggled to get up and close the window, but her chest was pressed down by a heavy object.

"……Um?"

Doris struggled to open her eyes and groped.

Doris woke up suddenly when she saw those black eyes.

Carl's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at her tenderly.Seeing Doris wake up, he moved his arm around her.Doris watched his face come closer, and then, his lips touched her forehead lightly, and moved away in a moment.

"You continue to sleep, I'll close the window." Carl's voice was extremely hoarse, he stretched out his hand, grabbed a soft velvet quilt, and draped it over her body.Doris felt the warmth from her side was suddenly pulled away, and the cold air poured in instantly. The mattress beside her was light, and she couldn't help stretching her arms.

Her eyes never left Carl. He was wearing the clothes he had worn the night before. The white silk shirt was already crumpled, and most of it was exposed outside the belt.His face was a little pale and tired, his hair was messy and fell on the side of his face, and he was completely devoid of his usual meticulous look.

He even looked a little cute.

Doris secretly smiled, it seems that the hairspray he usually uses is not that long-lasting.

After watching Carl close the window, she immediately turned around and looked at her who was still in bed.

The two of them didn't know what to say for a while, they just looked at each other quietly.

Time seemed to stop at this moment. Doris was lying on the bed, looking at him sitting on the window sill, feeling extraordinarily peaceful in her heart.She had a vague guess in her heart, but she didn't dare to say that that thing would definitely happen today.It's just that such a quiet and peaceful atmosphere hasn't been here for a long time.

I don't know how long time has passed, Doris's eyelids began to droop, and they slept late last night, because of those annoying things, from confrontation to silence, everything disappeared in the two tightly entangled Between the lips and teeth.

Doris continued to sleep heavily, but the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

When she awoke again, Doris heard the clock strike twelve.

She tapped her drowsy head and blinked vigorously to wake herself up.She tilted her head to the left, wanting to look at the sky outside the window, but saw a solid wooden wardrobe standing upright.

Doris' eyes widened in an instant, she sat up on the bed, and the glass slipped from her shoulders.

The light came from the right, and Doris realized that the window was on the right!

The window is on the right?

Doris looked around at the layout. At the foot of the bed, she often put dirty clothes on the footstool, and now there was a long sea blue dress.

Layers of net gauze on the dress reflect deep and shallow blues, and under the blue gauze, diamonds sparkle under the light.

After Doris' eyes stayed on the skirt for a long time, she slowly looked away.

She looked around and saw that the furnishings here were exactly the same as those in her own room. The small sofa and coffee table on the left were now placed on the right. Only the oil paintings hanging on the opposite side of the boat were different from those in her room.

This is Carl's room, Doris realized.

Her wheelchair was already at the bedside, and Doris grabbed the bedposts and stood up.Instead of sitting in the wheelchair immediately, she moved slowly and walked to the window.

Doris pulled open the curtains, and the sun couldn't wait to climb up the scarlet floor of the room.She narrowed her eyes in the sunlight and slowly opened the window.

The sound of the waves and the joyful screams of the passengers flooded her ears in an instant.

In the distance, the familiar piano and orchestra played tacitly, accompaniment to those laughter and conversations.Doris took a deep breath and finally felt herself waking up.

The door was opened.

With the sound of footsteps approaching quietly, the corners of Doris' mouth curled up slightly.

A pair of warm hands were placed on her waist.

"Good morning." His voice made Doris' ears suddenly itch and tingle.

"Early?" she said with a smile, it's getting late now.

Doris turned around, and was surprised to find that Karl had changed into a particularly delicate and gorgeous suit.His hair was also neatly combed back by pomade, revealing neat and bright eyes.These eyes looked down at her intently, as if they were about to kiss her at any time.

Doris involuntarily stood on tiptoe and kissed her.

It was another long, tender kiss.

When Karl let go of her reluctantly, he hugged her horizontally and placed her in front of the dressing table beside him.

"Let the servant do your makeup, Doris, there's a big party tonight—Little Edward and Ruth are going to hold an engagement party."

As soon as he opened his mouth, it was a shocking bomb.

"What!? So urgent?" Doris screamed, her eyelashes fluttering rapidly, "What happened to little Edward just now, how could it be... don't say whether he is willing or not, just follow common sense Said, wouldn't you be in such a hurry to settle such a major event on the ship?"

Carl sneered: "When Earl Rose learned of his mental illness, he probably gave up on this grandson—this is not a good heir candidate. Doris, for an ancient family, an excellent Only a wise, wise and calm patriarch can lead them to glory. Little Edward has lost his most important bargaining chip and role, and can only cover his disgusting ugly face for him."

Doris didn't know what to say, and she suddenly felt that little Edward was pitifully less annoying.

"But he doesn't deserve to be pitied, dear, he has enjoyed that kind of favor and preferential treatment, of course, he will not be sad in the future." Carl said, straightening up, "As for Mrs. Bucket, she Of course, she didn't expect this. The Luoshi family is a lifeline for her. She can't wait for her daughter to hold an engagement banquet with little Edward as soon as possible—where can there be more powerful witnesses than on the Titanic? ?”

As he spoke, he took out the pocket watch in his pocket and said, "I have reserved a maid who is good at dressing up for you, and she will come to help you, Doris, don't refuse me." Carl held her He hurriedly printed a kiss on his hand, "You must be more beautiful than Ruth! Well, I will pick you up later, and I have some things to deal with. Those bedbugs..."

He frowned, put down her hand, and left the bedroom with big strides.

Doris looked at the gorgeous dress and worried about Ruth's situation.

Even though that was what she and Ruth had planned to happen, it suddenly happened earlier, and even more "perfectly," in a way that was overwhelming.

She looked at herself in the mirror. The person inside was wearing a loose nightgown and her hair was scattered over her shoulders.

——She suddenly blushed.

Her nightgown couldn't have been changed by Karl...?

Thinking of this possibility, Doris almost couldn't sit still, and wanted to rush out and grab Carl's tie to ask for clarification.

"Dong dong dong."

There was a knock on the door, and Doris thought it was the maid Karl had found, so she coughed lightly to calm herself down.

"Miss Doris, I am your maid today. Mr. Hockley asked me to put on the most beautiful makeup for you." The maid's voice sounded from behind, but Doris' eyes widened in surprise, she looked in the mirror , the face of the maid behind her was gradually revealed.

"Mary! Why... how are you on the Titanic? Didn't you say that day that you still have family members in England and you would never come to America? Where is your mother? Is she okay?" Doris asked a series of questions Well, she really didn't expect that this was actually Mary who had served her for four months in England!

Mary pursed her lips and smiled: "Mr. Hockley sent someone to persuade me to get on the boat. Before that, I was with my mother in the guest room on deck E—by the way, she is very good. Mr. Hockley also offered a boat for my mother." She can still do some mending work, I have considered for a long time, even if I work longer in the factory, the salary offered by Mr. Hockley will not be so attractive."

She blinked, and her laughter was extraordinarily hearty.

Doris laughed too, and she finally relaxed, letting Mary brush her long hair.

Her messy black hair was quickly and gently combed, and fell down like black silk.Mary had left a few strands of hair on the side of her face, held back with curlers.Then, Mary deftly made a small bun for her, and fluffed up the rest of the thin hair.Doris opened the jewelry box in front of her, and inside was the hair accessories Karl had prepared for her.

Mary took the fish-shaped sapphire hairpin held in place by a silver border and put it on her head.The curlers were put down, and the curly black hair hung down on the side of her face, and as she turned her head, there was a faint sparkle.

Mary looked at her in the mirror, and felt that it was not enough, so she took out more small sapphire hairpins from the box, and decorated her black hair a little.

Just for her hairstyle and hair accessories, Doris dared to say that it took at least two or three hours to do it!Doris was a little helpless.

"That's enough, Mary." Doris quickly stopped when she put the heavy blue diamond earrings on her ears, "It's so gorgeous, I'm afraid I'm going to steal Ruth's limelight, she Tonight is the protagonist."

After carefully putting on the earrings for her, Mary didn't insist on adding an extra necklace. She followed her words and said, "Well, my task is half done, and I'll put the skirt on for you next." Then, she turned around and picked up the thick, fluffy and gorgeous dress.

Doris let out a long sigh and stood up while leaning on the table.Before Mary rushed over to help her, she waved her hand and slowly moved to the side of the bed, grabbing the bedposts of the four-poster bed.

Mary quickly took off her nightgown and put on a royal blue dress. While zipping up, she said: "Miss Doris, you should eat more, you are too thin, which miss Like you, who don't need a corset to cinch your waist at all?"

Her waist is too thin to hold.Doris shook her head. In this world, women's figures are too demanding. If she hadn't been a mermaid, she would have suffered a lot for this dress!

Has she ever seen that terrible corset in Ruth's room, with Ruth's plump figure, trying to stuff it into that corset, she can hardly breathe smoothly!

She smoothly pulled the zipper straight to the end, bent down and scattered the big skirt.

The layers of net yarn do not need the function of whalebone panniers at all to form a huge and wide skirt.From the innermost light blue mesh to the outermost dark blue mesh, Doris just felt that the skirt on her body was too heavy. She couldn't count the dozens of layers of mesh and how many Ten gems are hidden in the thin veil, shining with luster.

Mary moved a full-length mirror from the side and placed it in front of her.

"You are really... so beautiful." Mary looked at the girl in the mirror and praised sincerely.

She hasn't put on any makeup on her face, but her lips are as delicate as rose petals; under her slender and long curved eyebrows, there are a pair of big blue eyes, and her curly eyelashes are like any doll, fluttering; she The tip of her nose is small, with a small cock, which looks very playful.

Doris pouted, and so did the person in the mirror.

Enduring the pain in the soles of her feet, she turned slowly in front of the mirror, admiring the dress that Karl had prepared for her.

At some point, Mary quietly left the room.

In exchange, Karl came behind her.

"It's a perfect match, Doris, we are a perfect match!" Carl stood beside her, looking at the two in the mirror.

"Mr. Hockley, dare I say, you are the most arrogant person in the world!" Doris' eyes met Carl's in the mirror, and she couldn't help laughing, and fell on him .Carl didn't object, he picked her up and placed her in front of the dressing table.

Doris was sitting in front of the dressing table, shaking her head from side to side, her diamond earrings hanging down her shoulders.

Carl bent down behind her, leaning his face against her side, his eyes swept over her facial features one by one, and there were continuous praises in his mouth.Embarrassed by his exaggerated words, Doris couldn't help stretching her hand behind her, trying to cover his mouth.

Carl laughed, took advantage of the situation and grabbed her hand, interlocking her fingers.

"Honey." Carl hugged the back of the chair and wrapped her in his arms, "Your neck is a little empty, isn't it?"

After hearing what he said, Doris also looked at herself in the mirror.

Her hair was dotted with sapphires, and long flamboyant necklaces hung from her ears, but her neck was empty, as if something was really missing.

Doris quickly realized his intentions.

She held her breath and nodded.Carl took out a miniature key from his pocket, opened the bottom of the jewelry box in front of the dressing table, and pulled out the drawer.

In the drawer, a black velvet box was revealed.

Doris' heartbeat suddenly accelerated, but she subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

She has long been used to the smell of the heart of the ocean on Carl, but...

Why is there no breath of the heart of the ocean in that box?

Doris quickly reached out her hand, pressed the box, and pushed the drawer back.

"What's wrong?" Carl was confused by her movements, and turned his face to look at her.