Chapter 25:
When Zhou Suiyu came home, he brought two boxes of almond tofu, and when he left, he took two boxes of crystal osmanthus cakes made by Chen Ma himself.
In fact, Mother Chen also prepared a lot of food for Zhou Suiyu and wanted him to take it away, but Zhou Suiyu only took this away.
Speaking of which, Mommy Chen is really amazing in making these desserts.
Just like this crystal sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Zhou Suiyu had seen a lot when he was eating at a restaurant outside, but even if it was made by a five-star hotel, it didn't look as good as Chen Ma's.
The crystal osmanthus cake made by Chen Ma is completely worthy of its name in terms of appearance. It looks as crystal clear as crystal, but the color is not pure white, but a little osmanthus yellow, and you can see the petals of osmanthus petals.
Not only the appearance is good-looking, this dessert is also moist, soft, delicate and delicious. After eating, there is a fresh and elegant fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus between the lips and teeth.
Zhou Suiyu felt that the little mermaid didn't even need to be tasted. He would probably like it just by looking at the appearance of this dessert.
After all, she likes things that look good.
…including people.
Zhou Suiyu returned to the island with the sweet-scented osmanthus cake he brought for the little mermaid, and went directly to the heart-shaped reef to find the little mermaid.
As soon as the little conch blew, the little mermaid floated up.
It's just that his expression looks pitiful, not as happy as usual.
Zhou Suiyu felt tight, and subconsciously put down the crystal sweet-scented osmanthus cake he was carrying, and then lifted the little mermaid from his hand to the reef.
"...What's the matter? Did a fish bully you?"
I have to say that the picture of the shark bullying the little mermaid left a great psychological shadow on Zhou Suiyu, so that now as long as the little mermaid is a little wrong, the first reaction in Zhou Suiyu's mind is - other fish must be Bullying the little mermaid again.
Shen Anan shook her head, and reached out to grab Zhou Suiyu's hand.
Zhou Suiyu didn't notice for a while, and her hand was held by her.
Before he could blush, he saw the little mermaid holding his hand and pressing it on her own waist...
"...!!"
Zhou Suiyu immediately froze and began to silently recite various heart-clearing mantras in his heart.
—Empty is form, form is emptiness!
- See no evil, do not listen to evil, and speak no evil!
- A gentleman does something and does something...
As a result, Zhou Suiyu was thinking righteously here, and he felt that the little mermaid took the initiative to rub his hand.
Now let's not talk about the Heart Clearing Mantra, even the Hooping Mantra probably won't work.
Zhou Suiyu only felt that his hands were on fire, so that his blushing face quickly retracted his hands from Shen An'an's waist.
Then his eyes wandered around, but he didn't dare to look at Shen An'an.
He thought he was probably stunned.
You must know that he has never experienced this kind of blushing and heartbeat when facing other research subjects before.
Even if he held those sea creatures in the most private parts of the study, he remained calm.
But now he just touched the waist of this little mermaid, and he felt that it was impossible, and he wanted to jump into the sea to calm down.
Shen An'an is really not a hooligan.
She is itchy.
In the past two days, she always felt that her waist was a little itchy from time to time.
She had asked the old turtle before, and the old turtle said it was normal.
Because the little mermaid will evolve legs when it is an adult, and this evolution is not something that can be accomplished overnight, it requires a slow process.
And itching in the waist is one of the precursors.
When the old turtle heard Shen An'an's itchy waist, he was very excited, there was a kind of pride that my family had a young girl growing up. Shen An'an was also excited at first, because she was going to have long legs soon!
With legs, she can go ashore!
When you get to the shore, it's not like you can eat what you want, dress as beautifully as you want, and flirt with your little brother as much as you want...
But this excitement was quickly replaced by pain, because she found that it was harder than starving to endure the itch that seemed to come out of the bones.
She couldn't let the old turtle and the oarfish tickle her, she always felt uncomfortable if she scratched by herself, so as soon as she saw Zhou Suiyu, she jumped up like she saw Tickle.
So there is the scene that started before.
Zhou Suiyu was shy at first, so he didn't notice anything unusual about Shen An'an, but when he took his hand back, he found that Shen An'an was still scratching his waist, and rubbing against the rocks from time to time. You may have thought too much before realizing. This little mermaid is not flirting with him, she should be feeling uncomfortable.
He carefully looked at Shen An'an's waist, and then nodded across the void: "...What's the matter, is it uncomfortable here?"
Shen An'an nodded heavily.
She was wearing clothes made of dragon yarn, and Zhou Suiyu couldn't see the scene inside.
Then I saw the place where the little mermaid's waist was connected to the fish tail, and it turned red.
Her skin was originally white, so the redness was particularly conspicuous.
Are you allergic?
Still injured?
Zhou Suiyu couldn't care less about being shy now, he just turned to look at the slender waist in front of him. However, I didn't see any wounds, just obvious redness.
Zhou Suiyu thought about it, and felt that it was not an injury, but an allergy. Because it is red and itchy, it is really a very common symptom of skin allergies.
He put down the corner of his clothes and handed the box of crystal sweet-scented osmanthus cakes to Shen An'an: "Wait for me to eat something, and I'll go back to the island to see if I can find you some medicine for allergies."
Shen An'an wanted to say that the medicine was no longer needed, just scratch me more, but Zhou Suiyu had already run away.
Zhou Suiyu carried a small medicine box with him, which also contained some ointments to clear heat and relieve itching, but Zhou Suiyu was a little reluctant to give medicine to the little mermaid, so he went around and finally dug a few wild aloe vera. If I remember correctly, aloe vera also seems to be able to relieve itching.
When Zhou Suiyu returned with the wild aloes, he saw Shen Anan leaning on the reef, eating crystal sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. At the same time, the parts below the waist are soaked in the sea water.
Zhou Suiyu always felt that her state didn't look like she was suffering from allergies, but rather like she couldn't enjoy it. So when he lifted his foot and walked towards Shen An'an, he subconsciously glanced at the sea.
Then I saw a group of small fish conscientiously surrounding Shen An'an's waist, tickling her!
Zhou Suiyu: "…"
If you replace the fake with the real fish therapy, you deserve to have a good helper for itching!
Zhou Suiyu stood on the reef and watched for a while, and put down the aloe vera in his hand expressionlessly.
Before Shen Anan came of age, there was a non-mainstream teenager at the bottom of the sea who came of age one step ahead of her.
That's right, classmate Huang Ooyu also ushered in his adult day.
The Little Mermaid grows legs as adults, while the oarfish sheds their skin as adults.
The previous oarfish, even if it turned into a humanoid, had silver skin, exactly the same as his prototype. But today's oarfish, if it turns into a human shape, except that it retains his classic red hair, it looks no different from normal humans in other aspects.
In human society, birthday is a very worthy of celebration, especially the 18-year-old coming-of-age ceremony. Many families will hold it more grandly and grandly than other birthdays.
But in the underwater world, there is no habit of celebrating birthdays, let alone eating cakes and blowing candles.
Shen Anan wanted to celebrate for the oarfish, but before celebrating, she had to ask how everyone else celebrated.
She went to ask the old turtle first.
The old turtle raised his head and thought for a long time, before barely picking up a few memory fragments: "I didn't particularly celebrate, it seems that I just transformed into a human shape and went for a walk on the shore."
Shen An'an looked at him in shock: "...So you can also transform into a human shape? I thought you've always been like this."
The old turtle snorted coldly: "Of course I will change, I'm just not willing to change."
Shen Anan was puzzled: "...why?"
As a person, although Shen An'an doesn't mind showing herself in the image of a mermaid, if she has a choice, she would definitely prefer to be transformed into a human figure! After all, after becoming a human, you can not only speak, but also run and dance. Thinking about it, you will be much freer than you are now.
Old turtle: "Why, why, didn't I tell you already, I'm a very Buddhist turtle..."
Shen Anan concluded: "I see, you are just lazy!"
Old Turtle: "It's not impossible if you have to understand it this way."
Shen An'an: "..."
Although the undersea creatures do not have the habit of celebrating birthdays, Shen An'an prepared a special surprise for the oarfish on the birthday of the oarfish.
She found a large group of small fish and let them build a giant small fish cake.
In fact, at first, she wanted to directly make the group of small fish display the words "Happy Birthday", but then she thought about what if the oarfish were illiterate?
So in the end gave up the idea.
This small fish cake has ten layers in total, and the layers are circled on top of each other. The top layer is the smallest and the bottom layer is the largest. Not to mention that Shen Anan was a little surprised when he saw the finished product, even the old turtle was stunned for a moment: "...How did you think of it?"
Shen An'an: "I heard what the human scientist said. He said that people there eat cakes on their birthdays. The bottom is big and the top is small, and then they are stacked on top of each other. There are three layers and four layers... Grandpa Turtle, you said the emperor Will octopus like this birthday cake?"
The old turtle nodded: "Yes."
The oarfish really liked it.
Not only like it, but also excited: "When will we start eating? Now or wait?"
"Little Fish Cake" shivered instantly when he heard the words.
Shen An gave the group of small fish a soothing look, and said seriously: "...If you can't eat it, I'm just showing you what it means."
The light in the emperor's eyes dimmed a bit in an instant, and his expression was a bit regretful: "I can't eat it! Then I don't like it."
Shen An'an: "..." Do you want to be so realistic?
In addition to this "small fish cake" that can be seen but not eaten, Shen An'an also prepared another birthday present for the oarfish, which is a necklace she personally strung with pearls.
While wearing a necklace for the oarfish, Shen An'an said with a little regret: "I heard that scientist say that in general human society brothers are left with green dragons and right with white tigers, and the gold necklace is as thick as a dog. There is no gold chain on the bottom of the sea, you should wear it first. Just make do with a pearl chain, and when I go out as an adult, I will exchange it for you with gold."
Although the oarfish felt that it was not suitable for a big man to wear pearls, it was Shen Anan's heart after all, so he obediently let Shen Anan put the pearl necklace on him.
Shen An'an put it on for him, and looked a little further away.
Only after a closer look did I realize that the oarfish actually looks pretty good, and it was too unconventional before, so people couldn't look directly at his face at all. Now that the layer of silver skin has been shed, the whole person looks like a kind of fierce milk.
Moreover, the pearl necklace that Shen Anan made for him is not the kind of pearl necklace that is strung in a circle in the shopping mall counter, but a small ball made of pearls, and then made into a chain with black dragon yarn, which looks quite suitable. his.
Anyway, Shen An'an was quite satisfied.
Not only Shen An'an gave the oarfish a birthday present, but even the old turtle and the octopus spirit joined in the fun and gave them the same.
The old turtle gave the oarfish a piece of tortoise shell, and the octopus essence gave the giant sea cucumber.
Later, Shen Anan realized that none of the gifts they gave were serious gifts. Because these things have a common feature - nourishing yin and nourishing yang.
Zhou Suiyu soon discovered that there was a pearl necklace on the neck of the oarfish.
It's not that the oarfish was showing off on purpose, but the fact that the fish was wearing a necklace was too conspicuous, so it was difficult for Zhou Suiyu not to notice it.
As soon as Zhou Suiyu saw the pearl, he guessed that the necklace might be from the little mermaid. After all, Zhou Suiyu had never seen anyone who liked giving pearls to others more than the little mermaid since he was a child.
And the pearl ball looks round but not round, but flat but not flat. It is as ugly as the pearl boat on Zhou Suiyu's table. If you see the pearl Zhou Suiyu, you just guess that it was given by the little mermaid. , then seeing this pearl ball, he became more and more sure of the speculation in his heart.
He couldn't say why, but he always felt that the pearl necklace on the neck of the oarfish was particularly annoying. So much so that although he was sitting on the reef with the Little Mermaid, his eyes kept chasing the oarfish swimming in the sea.
Shen An'an didn't notice Zhou Suiyu's strangeness at all.
Because her mind was on the lotus leaf powder steamed meat in front of her.
The dish of steamed pork with noodles, which Shen Anan had eaten before, didn't particularly like it. But today's steamed pork with noodles tastes very good. First of all, it is fat and thin, so it is not too greasy or too chai; secondly, the steamed pork is tender and not mushy, and it is fragrant and glutinous. The most important thing is that the bottom of the steamed meat plate is made of lotus leaves, so the meat also has a little fragrance of lotus leaves.
Shen Anan was happy to eat, and she fed two pieces of oarfish.
One person and one fish are very happy to eat, and they seem to have a tacit understanding and a close relationship.
Zhou Suiyu looked at it and wanted to say something, but in the end he just pursed his lips and said nothing.
Shen An'an and the oarfish shared a bowl of steamed pork with noodles, and only later realized that the little brother of the scientist's face seemed a little unsightly.
In fact, the most usual expression on this little brother's face on weekdays is expressionless, but Shen An'an has been with him for a long time and has mastered a set of skills to see the essence through phenomena.
For example, although they are all expressionless, there is still a difference between when the little brother is happy and when he is unhappy.
When he is happy, his lips will be slightly opened, and his eyes will be very gentle; but when he is unhappy, his thin lips will be tightly pressed into a straight line, and his eyes will not be as bright as when he is happy, but dark. Zhan Zhan. When he was sad, he would lower his eyelashes and block his sight with his long eyelashes, just like Zhou Suiyu showed when Shen Anan was hesitating between him and the scumbag hero Xu Qingshu.
With this expression now, there is no doubt that he is unhappy.
But the question is, what is the little brother unhappy about?
After thinking about it, Shen Anan couldn't figure out why this little brother was unhappy.
Forget it, no matter why he was unhappy, it wasn't the same way of coaxing anyway.
Thinking of this, Shen Anan couldn't help but stretched out his hand and scratched his waist.
Paused, then scratched again.
While scratching, he couldn't help but secretly look at Zhou Suiyu.
Zhou Suiyu really quickly recovered from that inexplicable emotion, and asked with concern, "What's the matter, is it itching again?"
Shen An'an nodded with a smile, and gestured with his eyes - yes, it's itchy, scratch it! Do more work to get angry!
The author has something to say: Netizens ask: What should I do if my boyfriend loves to be angry?
Shen An'an: It's just idle time. If you instruct him to do some work, he won't have time to get angry!