pure white believer

Southern Colorado, the frontier town of Siren.

The helicopter slowly descended in the open space, making a lot of noise, which attracted many small town residents to watch.

After a while, a man in a white shirt jumped down from above, holding a creature with a long tail in his arms.

The town is named "Siren", but it is actually located inland, and the residents of the town rarely have the opportunity to see mermaids.But because of the name of the town, each of them has a little yearning for this beautiful and mysterious creature.

When it was clear that what the man was holding in his arms was really a mermaid, the residents of the small town didn't care about being polite at all, and they all surrounded him with a huff.

"Hello." They said awkwardly to Wen Zhen in the heavily accented human lingua franca, "May I have a look at your mermaid?"

Before Wen Zhen could answer, a little girl rushed over impatiently: "Mom, look, mermaid!"

"It's really a mermaid! It looks like a princess!"

Nan Ting: "..."

Before he had time to correct the other party's concept, the little girl had already started to pull Wenzhen's sleeve, and asked him seriously: "Are you a human prince? The mermaid princess traded her voice for her legs, you can't just because she doesn't It's not good for her if she can talk!"

Wen Zhen: "..."

By the time he took Nan Ting and got rid of the seven or eight children who were chasing after him and asked him which prince he was, it was already 15 minutes later.

"What are we doing here?" Nanting asked him, "Does Dr. Snake live here?"

"No." Wen Zhen said, "His whereabouts are uncertain, he's only here recently. Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought you so far away."

Regarding the long-distance flight experience just now, Nan Ting still had lingering fears: "Do you have a flight license?"

He was very afraid of asking this question halfway through the flight, and Wen Zhen would say "no", and then he would have to worry about it all day.

As expected, Wen Zhen said, "No."

"..." Nan Ting stared at him silently.

"What are you afraid of? I have learned it before." Wen Zhen said with a smile, "This was a compulsory course when I was in school."

Nan Ting gave a half-believing "Oh", thinking that there is no human school that would teach this kind of thing, he is probably lying.

Their destination was a private clinic in the small town.According to Yao Fan, the consultant has lived here recently.

The consultant is indeed a very mysterious person, so mysterious that even Chi can't fully figure out his details.He is knowledgeable, a [-]% genius in the study of abnormal items and spiritual objects, has solved many difficult problems, and enjoys a high reputation in the whole world.But few people know that his gene grade is only B, and his parents are ordinary people who have not even received higher education.

If he also intends to fight against the dissidents, Nan Ting thinks, maybe he will be the next Wen Zhen.

Fortunately, Mr. Consultant's ability is as gentle and healing as his own. Although this ability is not very useful, but with his personality, when he has nothing to do and does not do research, he will open such an ordinary room. An ordinary small clinic in this ordinary small town.

But that doesn't mean he's an ordinary person.

Wen Zhen was still the same, only wearing a mask and came out to "show off the market". Fortunately, he didn't want to turn Yao Fan's entrustment into a dying entrustment, so he stopped when he approached the private clinic.

"You can only go in alone in a while." He said to Nan Ting, "I have already talked to the doctor, and he will find someone to take you in."

"Aren't you going with me?"

"He knows me."

"Yao Fan said you can put on a little disguise."

Wen Zhen shook his head.

"He'll see through," he said. "He's a genius at it."

In fact, Nan Ting also hoped that he would not go in.In fact, whether he gets in or not, the consultant will know who he is.But if there is some clue between himself and the consultant and he notices it, it will be no small matter.

When we arrived at the downstairs of the clinic, there was already a woman dressed as a secretary waiting at the door.She chatted with Wen Zhen in a low voice, then brought a suitcase and pushed Nan Ting into the elevator.

Their destination is an office at the end of the second floor.

"The doctor is inside." Miss Secretary said to Nan Ting, then raised her hand and knocked on the door lightly three times.

"Come in." A familiar voice sounded from inside.

The secretary pushed Nan Ting in. "The guest who made an appointment with you has arrived," she said.

Nan Ting recognized the consultant at a glance.

He is still the same: blond hair and blue eyes, wearing the most ordinary gold-rimmed eyes, holding a pen in his hand, concentrating on figuring out something on the draft paper.In his hand, the used papers were neatly piled up, fully level with his shoulders.

After hearing the secretary's explanation, he didn't raise his head immediately, but said, "Just keep him."

The secretary nodded.

After the door was closed, the consultant behind the desk looked up.

"Sure enough, it's you, little mermaid." He smiled, changing his cold expression just now, "When Yao Fan told me about this, I guessed that he was talking about you—how are you doing recently?"

Nan Ting breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought you didn't know me anymore."

"Your voice?" The consultant was slightly surprised, "This is..."

He stood up from his seat, walked around the desk, came to Nan Ting, and bent down: "Mind if I have a look?"

Nan Ting shook his head, then took off the sash around his neck and put it in the consultant's palm.

The advisor inspected the contents in his hand carefully, running his thumb along the soft edge of the sash. "Mermaid vocal cords." After a while, he said, "Not a good choice, but it can be used. I won't try to wear it. It seems that it is very malicious to humans."

He returned the sash to Nan Ting and returned to his seat: "Where is that man?"

"Outside, downstairs." Nan Ting whispered, "He doesn't know me...he is afraid that you will recognize him, and then implicate his friends and be, uh..."

In the middle of speaking, he suddenly got stuck.

The advisor had already guessed who he was.

Nan Ting's heart fluttered for no reason.He asked: "Mr. Consultant, have you told Chi about this?"

"You mean Yao Fan?" The consultant really guessed what he was thinking.

Since he knew who the mermaid in the letter was referring to, and also knew that Nan Ting had left the base long ago to go on a mission, he must have already guessed that Yao Fan and Wen Zhen still had a connection.

"Yes."

"No," said the advisor.

Nan Ting: "Huh?"

He thought that the consultant would notify Chi about this as soon as possible.

"I don't really want to get involved in this kind of thing." The consultant said, "Don't get me wrong, my relationship with Chi is not that good yet."

Nan Ting was even more surprised.

"But you... aren't you friends?" he asked.

"After all, I'm not a member of your Alien Management Association, and I don't know much about your affairs. I'm just a consultant, right?" need, not mutual trust.”

When he was not at the base, Nan Ting found that his speaking style was much bolder than before: "I don't quite agree with some of his ideas. For example, I think he is too assertive on many issues."

"It's inconvenient to tell you these things when you were at the base. After all, it will all fall to him in the end. It's always not good to speak ill of people in front of people."

"..." Nan Ting was silent for a while, "Then you are not afraid that I will tell Chi about this?"

Counselor: "You won't."

"But he'll always know. Nobody can keep a secret from him."

"That's true." The consultant thought for a moment, "But it's okay, I'm planning to leave soon."

"leave?"

The advisor nodded. "I don't plan to attach to him anymore. But speaking of it, if I really want to leave, he can't restrain me." He said.

"Then can I see you again?"

The consultant smiled slightly: "It depends on your own choice, little mermaid."

"By the way." He said again, "Do you have anything to tell Chi? I don't plan to leave anytime soon, so I can tell him for you."

After hesitating for a while, Nan Ting said, "Yes."

"On the Liberty ship, there is a genetic tester that contains some of my information and needs to be deleted." Seeing the consultant's puzzled expression, he explained, "You can just tell him. He will know about my information. What are you talking about?"

The consultant didn't ask too much: "Is there any more?"

"Also... Wen Zhen stays at home every day and rarely goes out. He likes cooking very much, and I don't know if this is considered valid information."

After hesitating for a long time, Nan Ting finally did not say anything about Wen Zhen's mother.

He didn't know what was wrong with him.This is obviously extremely important and needs to be reported immediately, but when the words came to his lips, he suddenly didn't want to say anything.

Feeling guilty, he added: "But I will find a way to find his weakness as soon as possible."

"Well, that's all?" The consultant looked at him thoughtfully, "Do you need me to tell you about Yao Fan?"

Nan Ting did not speak for a long time.

"What?" The consultant looked at him.

He pointed out sharply: "You are shaken, little mermaid."

"Well." Nan Ting finally admitted this, "Mr. Consultant, I now find that there are many things... I don't understand enough. There are many things that I don't know are right or wrong, and I find that I am not omnipotent of."

"No one is omnipotent." The consultant sighed, and said to him gently but firmly, "Do what you think is right."

"You...will you tell him?" Nan Ting hesitated, "About this."

"No. You don't have to worry, he won't use the communicator on me." The consultant said, "Just treat it as if we exchanged a secret."

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I almost forgot what I was going to do today—you came to ask about your genetics, right? Yao Fan gave me a copy of your test report."

It was only then that Nan Ting remembered his original reason for coming.

"Actually, since I met you, I have been curious about how such genetic damage is caused and how to repair them. You know, I am a nerd, thinking about delving into these issues all day long." The consultant said to him, " Recently, my research has made a little progress."

"Is what Yao Fan said true? Is my genetic damage man-made?"

"There are indeed some signs." The consultant pondered, "But I'm not completely sure, um, it's too arbitrary to draw conclusions like this. I'll at least have to experiment for a while..."

Nan Ting also didn't understand his complicated research: "Do you have a solution?"

"It's a little bit, but it's not very comprehensive." The consultant said, "I've been here recently, you can come to me often, and if you have any questions, I can also convey the news to Chi on your behalf—don't worry , I will only say what I have to say. After all, we are people who want to keep each other's secrets."

"Great!" Nan Ting said sincerely, "Thank you, Mr. Consultant."

"Let me ask one more question," said the advisor. "You have been away from the base for so long, how are you getting along with that person?"

"is acceptable."

"Be more specific."

"Specifically..." Nan Ting really couldn't think of words to describe the relationship between him and Wen Zhen, and finally thought of Chi's words at the beginning, "Chi is right, he likes me very much."

The consultant said, "Which one do you like?"

"Of course it's his liking for collections." Nan Ting looked at him strangely, "Don't you know that he likes collecting things very much?"

"There are many kinds of human likes."

"I know, but I can't tell the difference clearly." Nan Ting whispered, "I just feel that after leaving the base, many people... they don't like me."

"I don't even know why Wen Zhen likes me so much, from the moment he saw me. But Chi was very sure from the very beginning... Is it because he knows that Wen Zhen likes marine life?"

"How could it be this." The consultant rubbed his forehead, "It's probably because Wen Zhen once told him that he likes mermaids very much."

Nan Ting: "..."

At that moment he almost thought the sash was broken, so that he couldn't make any sound.

It took a full ten seconds before he recovered his voice in shock: "Why did Wen Zhen tell him this? This doesn't seem like a topic they would talk about..."

"Wait, little mermaid...don't you know?" The consultant actually looked at him in surprise, "Didn't Chi tell you?"

"tell me what?"

"They were friends before." The consultant said, "Chi and Wen Zhen."

Nan Ting almost fell out of the suitcase.

Chi...Wen Zhen...friend?

This word can be called a fantasy for these two people.

"How is it possible?" He said loudly, unable to control his volume at all.

Who is Chi?

Counting from the time when Wen Zhen was wanted, he was 17 years old at that time.He is ten years older than Chi, and although he has not yet become the highest official of the Alien Management Association, he is also the number one under the highest official.

What's more, his father was the highest official of the Dissident Management Association and a lifetime member of the Supreme Council.

Chi's father was the previous "God", and he was a child of God.

Not everyone can be friends with a child of God.

241 can be his fiancée, and Yao Fan can have a good relationship with him, at least in name, because their parents are important members of the heterodox society.

The Aliens Society does not allow its core members to have excessive contact with outsiders.

Wen Zhen said vaguely to him at the beginning, "I often went to the base to play when I was young", so that he thought that Wen Zhen's family was composed of some non-staff members. After all, the family members of non-staff members would occasionally come into contact with Yao Fan. Such non-core members.

But now it seems...

"How is that impossible?" The consultant sighed, "I was already working at the base before you came. Well, Wen Zhen was still very young at that time, much younger than you are now—looks like twelve or thirteen years old Bar?"

Nan Ting struggled and wanted to say something, but a scene suddenly flashed in his mind——

In the dark corridor, there is a door with a little light, and the house number is stained like ink...

If it wasn't for that filthy cover, there might be a string of numbers on it that were exactly the same as her own.

He wasn't some genius criminal who just appeared out of thin air.

"You mean, he is..." Nan Ting stared blankly at the consultant across the desk.

The advisor nodded. "Yes. He's a defector."

A bad thought flashed across Nan Ting's mind: "Then he wouldn't know me..."

"Calm down, little mermaid. Impossible," said the advisor. "You came to the base after he left."

"I don't remember the day I came to the base."

"I remember," the advisor said, "I happened to be at the base that day. He had been away from the base for a long time. Even if I didn't remember, Chi would. How could we make such a mistake."

Only then did Nan Ting feel a little relieved.After the initial panic passed, he developed a new curiosity: "Then, Mr. Consultant... What kind of person was Wen Zhen in the past?"

"I'm not too sure about this. After all, I don't come to the base many times, and I don't often see Chi with him." The consultant smiled helplessly.

"Then do you know his specific identity? Not everyone can join the Disparate Management Club."

"Who are his parents, you mean?" The consultant crossed his fingers and put them on the table. "I heard something from Chi. He said that Wen Zhen came to the base when he was almost ten years old."

"But when he came, both his parents were dead."

Nan Ting lowered his gaze.

After a long time, he asked softly, "Why isn't Chi willing to tell me this?"

After leaving the clinic for a long time, Nan Ting remained silent.

For a while, he couldn't accept that Chi actually had been friends with Wen Zhen.

After all, Chi hated that person to the bone.

And it seems that this hatred is not just because Wen Zhen defected.Judging from the fact that Yao Fan still kept in touch with Wen Zhen after he defected, it seems that Wen Zhen's departure did not have much impact on individual people.

Nan Ting didn't understand why Chi had reservations about Wen Zhen.

Perhaps he didn't want to be found out that he had been friends with his worst enemy, which he saw as a blemish on his life.

Wen Zhen thought he was in a bad mood. "What's wrong?" he asked concerned, "What did the doctor tell you?"

"He explained the report to me. I didn't understand it very well." Nan Ting could only make it up. "Maybe you should contact him yourself."

So Wen Zhen took out his phone.

After a while, he said: "The doctor said he needs about four months to give a final solution."

"Four months?"

"After all, it's a big problem." Wen Zhen said, "I'm surprised that he can come up with a solution by himself."

"So are we going home today?"

"Do not."

Wen Zhen finally took him to a hotel in the town.At first, Nan Ting was worried that there was a sign of "No Pets Allowed" hanging at the entrance of the hotel, but when he arrived at the entrance, he was almost driven crazy by the enthusiasm of the receptionist - she strongly urged him to try the hot spring in the hotel, saying that he would definitely be able to attract To attract the attention of all the guests, Nan Ting had to explain to her that she lived in seawater, and would die of cell rupture if soaked in fresh water for a long time.

The front desk lady was disappointed for a while, but soon cheered up again.She took out her mobile phone and took several photos of Nan Ting, saying that she wanted to share them with her friends. At the end, she tentatively asked if she could touch his tail, but Wen Zhen ruthlessly refused .

Their room is on the third floor of the hotel. According to the lady at the front desk, it is the best room in the hotel.

As soon as he opened the door, Nan Ting was almost dazzled by the decoration in the room: the whole room was covered with shiny golden decorations, the red velvet carpet was soft and comfortable, there were bottles of red wine on the wooden desk, and some strange The red petals were scattered on the bed and bathtub.

"You live in a room with me." Wen Zhen said, "After all, being outside is not as safe as being at home. I must take care of you at all times."

Nan Ting nodded: "I can live in the bathtub."

The idea that he had conceived of begging Wen Zhen to stay at home, even in the bathtub, had finally come true today.

"What are you thinking about?" Wen Zhen scolded him, "You can stay in the bathtub at ordinary times, but you must be with me at night."

"why?"

"Because it's not safe at night."

"But..." Nan Ting looked around, "There is only one bed here."

Wen Zhen: "You can sleep with me."

"Huh? But my tail will crush you."

"It doesn't matter if you sleep on me."

Nan Ting hesitated for a while.When he sleeps, he can put the moisturizing suit on his tail, and he will never run out of water or make the bed dirty.

And this bed looked very soft, he really wanted to try it.He hasn't slept in a human bed yet.

"Okay." He nodded, "As long as you don't blame me for crushing you in the middle of the night."

Wen Zhen seemed to be finally satisfied, and smiled: "What do you want to eat? I'll go downstairs and bring you something up."

Nan Ting was not sure what was there, so he asked him to bring some.

However, 10 minutes later, Wen Zhen swiped open the door again, and what was dragging in his hands was not food, but two... unconscious humans facing the ground.

"Nanting," Wen Zhen called his name, pointing to the two unconscious bodies, "Which one do you like?"

Nan Ting froze for a moment, and forcibly restrained the thought of going back into the water and slapping his tail.There is no water tank here to drill him again.

After a long time, he said with difficulty: "...I don't eat people."

Wen Zhen: "?"

Nan Ting turned his head away, his thumb and index finger were about to be twisted together: "I really don't..."

"Baby," Wen Zhen interrupted him, with a touch of disbelief in his tone for the first time, "What's on your mind all day long?"

He closed the door, took out three or four food wrappers from his handbag, and placed them on the desk.

Then, in front of Nan Ting, the head of the ruddy plastic dummy was removed and thrown aside.

Nan Ting: "..."

The author has something to say:

Nan Ting (begins to read the bill): ...What does Sweet Double Suite mean?

Wen Zhen (without changing expression): There will be a lot of sweets in the room.you will like it.

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happy valentine's day~