Breeding of Mermaids

He Xi is not in good health, can't be emotionally fluctuating, and can't exercise excessively. What he usually does most is to read books. The books he reads are also peaceful essays and poems, or read novels that are not so life-threatening. Sometimes he also reads recipes and Books on food and drink written by those gourmets will also write blockbuster novels that fit the scene.

Besides, just sitting in a daze, he could sit in the pavilion not far from the lake and watch the lake for a long time, until the servant said it was cold and asked him to come in.

He can also draw, but not often. He can also play the cello and piano, but not often.

He came to this country house to recuperate from his illness. The air here is good and quiet, and it is a good place to recuperate from his illness.

Although this is called a villa in the country by his family and him, in fact, this villa is not a small big house, facing a small lake, a forest not far behind, a creek and a vineyard not far in front, all of which It belongs to the scope of this villa, so this place is actually not a small manor.

The He family made their fortune by doing vineyards, and then started a business, and then got involved in securities. The He family is the kind of rich family who doesn't show their faces in public.

He Xi is 22 years old. Because of his poor health since he was a child, he never went to school. He has been taught by a private tutor all the time. As a result, he has no classmates and few friends. His parents are often away, and his brothers and sisters rarely see each other. Other than that, my friend, life seems pretty dull.

Because I sleep a lot during the day, I can't sleep much at night these days, but there is nothing wrong with it.

In midsummer, the manor was not particularly hot. At night, because it was facing a small lake, there was a cool breeze. He Xi couldn't sleep, so he sat on the big balcony outside the bedroom in a daze, watching the stars in the sky, listening to the The rustling sound of the woods in the distance, listening to the chirping of insects, watching the lake glowing softly under the moonlight...

The moon in the countryside is always very big and bright.

He Xi likes the moon. On nights when the moonlight is soft and the brilliance of Tsinghua University is bright, he always watches the moon until very late. Even if the servants come upstairs to persuade him, he usually won't listen.

So, when Hongyan first appeared in that lake, He Xi discovered him.

Because of the limited moonlight, He Xi's balcony was some distance away from the lake. Looking over, it was not very clear. He only saw the tranquility of the water in the middle of the lake was broken, and the sound of splashing water was very soft when the calm water surface was broken. , It sounded softer than the sound of insects, but He Xi was sure that he heard it, rattling, like a beautiful musical sound.

He didn't think it was a mermaid at first, he thought it was a person from a nearby village who didn't sleep at night and ran into the manor to swim.

After thinking about it, I found it unrealistic. No one would come to swim at night, because although the manor is privately owned, the lake is also privately owned, but it does not restrict others to come in and enjoy it at will. If anyone likes swimming, they can come during the day and at night. Not safe is it?

And it doesn't seem practical to only swim in the middle of the lake. He has been to the middle of the lake by boat, and the water there is quite deep.

Looking at the tossing energy of swimming in the middle of the water, it seems that humans cannot do it.

He is a person full of imagination and romanticism, so he began to imagine that it might be a water monster, so he wrote a romantic novel during the day, the girl by the lake meets the water monster in the lake, and The love that is not considered love happened between a person and a monster, and ended in tragedy.

Maybe it was because writing novels was too dramatic, so he wanted to go to the lake to see it clearly.

This morning, while having breakfast, he asked the servant who took care of him, "Aunt Mary, did you hear the sound of water in the lake at night?"

Mary poured hot milk into He Xi's cup, smiled, and said, "I carried you to the bedroom when you accidentally fell asleep, young master, and read two pages of the manuscript you wrote in the study. I think it's very well written. Okay, but water monsters are not so easy to have, the small lake next to us is only about [-] meters deep, so it can't accommodate big water monsters."

He Xi sighed and said, "Auntie, you always hit me like this."

Mary's husband Thomson stood by He Xi's side and said, "I'm sure there are no water monsters inside. We have lived here for more than 40 years, and my father also lives near here. I have never heard of any water monsters inside. But , There is a sound of water inside at night, but it is true. Maybe the big fish inside jumped out of the water under the moonlight at night, because it is too hot in summer, and the fish will do this.”

He Xi drank the milk and said, "Is that so?"

But he always felt that it was not like an ordinary fish. He Xi felt that sometimes he would see the reflection of that animal under the moonlight. It was a very beautiful crystal refracting brilliance, gorgeous.

He Xi then made a decision and said, "Uncle Thomson, please prepare the boat. I want to take a boat to the lake in the evening."

Thomson happily agreed, but Mary said to He Xi, "Master, look at you, you don't sleep well at night, you sit on the balcony and watch the moon again. You came here to recuperate because of your poor health. Sitting on the balcony and watching the moon every day, how can you recover from your illness? Don’t care about the sound of water, just sleep well at night. Otherwise, even if there is a water monster that disturbs your sleep, young master, I will drive him away .”

When she said that, He Xi laughed.

In the evening, the sun went down, leaving only the brilliant sunset glow burning from the western horizon to the mid-heaven, the flame-like color, gorgeous and dazzling.

The sunset glow also shines in the lake water, which makes the clear lake water also bring brilliant colors.

He Xi sat in the boat, and Thomson drove the boat slowly towards the center of the lake.

There are indeed a lot of fish in the lake, because they seldom fish, except for the nearby people who come to fish and the people who come to live here from the He family sometimes fish, the fish here have not been treated at all, so the fish gradually When you grow up, there will be a lot of big fish.

He Xi looked at the scene in the water, stretched her finger into the water and stroked it lightly, it felt cool.

He was in a good mood, and he could look at the water for a long time with his head propped up. Thomson drove the boat to the middle of the lake, where the wind was quite strong. He was afraid that He Xi would be ill again, so he asked for his permission, "Master, let's go back. Right. There can't be any water monsters here."

Sitting on the boat, He Xi didn't want to leave. Looking at the water, she thought, if she was a fish, maybe it would be good.

Then Thomson saw that he didn't speak, so he drove the boat back to the shore.

He Xi didn't say anything about it, he just asked someone to find a telescope and set it up on his balcony, and he adjusted the focus to the middle of the lake.

He actually didn't think much about it, he just wanted to see what was going on in the middle of the lake at night.

Mary nagged him for a while because he had the telescope, and said he didn't take care of his body.

He Xi didn't tell her, but she couldn't help but think in her heart, what difference does it make if such a boring day ends earlier and later.

So, in fact, he doesn't care so much about his body.

The night came quickly, and after ten o'clock, the last quarter moon rose into the sky, casting a clear light on the earth, and the lake was also shrouded in its light.

He Xi didn't get up until after a short nap. He lay on the soft mattress, listening to the sound of wind and insects outside the window, and then, he thought he also heard the sound of water that appeared almost every night recently.

The sound was so subtle that He Xi even felt that he could hear it because he was in touch with the sound of the water.

He got up slowly, took a coat from the chair by the bed and draped it over his shoulders, then walked slowly in his slippers and opened the screen door on the balcony, where the telescope was mounted. I sat down on the bed and looked at the lake, and found that someone had indeed broken the tranquility in the middle of the lake. The sound of the water was actually inaudible, but the sparkling waves of the moonlight being splashed in the middle of the lake could be seen.

He settled down, sat in front of the telescope, and began to look for the target in the middle of the lake.

This is a night-vision telescope, which should have been brought by his elder brother. He observes the stars here, and uses a low-power lens to see the lake under the moonlight four or five hundred meters away. He can see it very clearly.

After searching for a while, he found the target. The first time he saw him, he popped his head out of the water.

He Xi was startled, because there was indeed a person swimming inside, and he was also a beautiful man, but this person was very bitter and bitter when swimming at night. In fact, He Xi couldn't see his facial expression clearly. I don't think this person is very happy.

Seeing the other person's fiery red hair, he was even more surprised, wondering if anyone around had red hair like this, and it seemed to be quite long.

The more he watched, the more surprised he was, and he was about to adjust the focus closer, but the man suddenly dived into the water, so he kept tracking, looking for his trace everywhere, but he couldn't find it for a long time.

So he had no choice but to abandon the binoculars, stood up and looked at the lake, and found that there were indeed no ripples in the middle of the lake. He was disappointed for a while, wondering where this man had gone.

He sat for a while, and found that water was splashing again on one side, so he quickly adjusted the telescope to the past, and saw an unforgettable scene in his life.

It was a red mermaid jumping up from the water. In the air, he twirled. His long red hair fluttered, and his tail was extremely beautiful. The scales on his tail were also red, shining under the moonlight. It was as breathtaking as a red crystal.

He Xi felt that her heartbeat stopped at that moment.

However, that was only for a moment, and the mermaid immediately went into the water again.

He Xi stood up, recalling the scene he saw just now, he couldn't help shaking slightly, it was because he was too excited, he suddenly felt difficult to breathe, so he had to take a deep breath, and then stretched out his hand to stroke his chest.

Are there really such beautiful creatures in the world?

Is that a mermaid?Or is the koi in the lake turned into a goblin?

He opened the door, afraid of disturbing the sleeping servants, so he went downstairs carefully, then opened the side door leading to the lake, he pressed his chest, and ran towards the lake.

The boat he used in the evening was still parked by the lake. He was afraid that turning on the motor would disturb the mermaid, so he just quickly picked up the oars and rowed towards the middle of the lake.

Fortunately, he often rowed a boat to sit in the lake, so his skills were good, and the boat sailed towards the middle of the lake.

The sound of the water gradually became clearer, and his boat was approaching the middle of the lake, but there was no sound in the lake, and only he was left there quietly. When the wind blew, the water rippled layer by layer.

He Xi looked around, but indeed saw nothing, except water waves.

He sat there, listening to all the sounds quietly, and then called softly, "Are you there? Are you still there? I won't tell others, I just want to see you. Will you answer me?"