8. Encounter with a tooth shark (Part I)
- I'll never forget this night.
Ao Bai sighed in his heart.
The sea is calm tonight, and the waves of eternity gently crash against the reef; There was a bright moon hanging high, and the bright silver light fell on the surface of the sea, blowing the water of the whole sea with the breeze blowing.
Ripple
The most important thing? The most important thing is, of course, the little reef in front of him, because there is a merfolk sleeping on it.
Ao Bai reverently guarded his partner, and his head finally rested on the other person's face, instinctively licking it heavily, leaving his own smell on his partner.
It wasn't until the bright moon gradually sank in the west, and the sea became colder and colder, and Ji Mo couldn't help but hug himself and shiver slightly, that Ao Bai had no choice but to take his mermaid back to the warm underwater cave.
Soon after entering the water, Ji Mo's legs gradually turned into fish tails again. Ao Bai observed it for a while and decided to tell his partner about the discovery tomorrow.
Carefully pulling out the shark yarn robe and covering Ji Mo's body, Ao Bai instinctively circled the mermaid and leaned on each other to sleep.
*****
"What? Are you sure? Do you really see my tail turn into legs? Ji Mo sat on Ao Bai's back and asked again and again excitedly.
After they got up early and had their fill, Bai Long took the initiative to put the mermaid on his back, although Ji Mo felt guilty, but in order not to slow down the trip, he could only desperately paddle with his arms to reduce Ao Bai's burden.
"Okay Ji Mo, you really don't have to paddle, I'm carrying you on my back as if I didn't have a back, really." Ao Bai laughed and dissuaded his stupid fish again, and finally solemnly promised: "I really saw your leg, but after entering the water, it quickly turned into a fishtail." ”
The boulder in Ji Mo's heart finally fell, and he said quite fearfully: "That's good, that's good!" Brother thought that he would never experience the feeling of walking on his feet in his life. Next time I try it on the surface, maybe my change is spontaneous? A tail without water will turn into legs? ”
Of course, Ao Bai agreed, "Okay, we can go up as often as you like." Then he couldn't help but take the initiative to confess: "Ji Mo, your legs are very long, very white, and very slippery, I touched them." ”
- The mermaid sitting on the back of the white dragon almost fell headlong: foggy! Dude, why do you sound so dirty? Fortunately, it was me who ran into it, and if I met a little girl, I wouldn't scold you for being a hooligan|Ah!
"You—You can't
Ao Bai apologized unnaturally: "I'm sorry, I asked you last night, but you didn't answer me when you fell asleep, I really can't help ......", paused and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely ask you first next time." ”
Mermaid: "......" This conversation was so shocking to my brain that I couldn't continue.
*****
The days of rushing are relatively boring, during the day, Ji Mo can try his best to swim with Ao Bai, who slows down in the morning, for half a day, and when the sun rises and the sea becomes hot, he will dive down to forage for food and rest at noon; In the afternoon, Ao Bai insisted that his partner must sit on his back, and the white dragon could easily swim with him until the evening when he found a safe cave to spend the night.
Although they are now free and unfettered, they both want to enter the Sicilian sea before the cold season arrives. Although the world is big, there is always a need for a place to settle down and a home.
Half a month later.
"We've already left the East China Sea, haven't we?" Ji Mo observed the plants and creatures on the seabed with different styles, as well as the breath of the unfamiliar sea and asked Ao Bai.
"Well, it's on the edge of the Western Sea, and it's going to leave completely soon...... The East China Sea is up. Ao Bai was a little sad, after all, this was the hometown where he was born and raised, however, his father and queen mother had resolutely and indifferently sent him to the most remote part of the sea.
After getting along well these days, Ji Mo has regarded Bailong as the most important and intimate partner in this other world, and he can also accurately detect the changes in Ao Bai's mood. So he was able to speak in time to comfort: "It's okay Ao Bai, as long as you want to go back in the future, you can go back at any time, Donghai is your hometown, this fact that no one can change." ”
Ao Bai didn't speak, but just subconsciously leaned over to the mermaid and rubbed him lightly.
"Hey buddy, I'm in a hurry, don't ruin my athletic swimming style." Ji Mo is quite able to take pleasure in suffering, he can now control his body skillfully, and can swim in coordination and effortlessly, unlike at the beginning, when he couldn't master the trick, he could only swing his tail stiffly.
The white dragon simply encircled him and wrapped him around and led him to dive underneath.
Ji Mo struggled to protest: "What are you doing? What are you doing? ”
"It's time to rest."
"How long have you just swam, a few more steps, big brother?" Ji Mo was speechless.
"The storm is coming, it's not safe to stay shallow, you're going to be scared." Ao Bai's voice was smiling and reassuring.
"Oh, is it? Me, I...... Are storms scary? Ji Mo shrank completely quietly.
Ao Bai said gently: "Yes, there are often thunderstorms in the marginal areas, don't you feel it?" What a little silly fish. The final tone naturally brought with it some pampering, and he enjoyed taking care of his partner in a holistic manner.
Ji Mo: "......" storm is coming, I don't want to talk now.
In fact, whenever this happens, Ji Mo, the earth fish who has crossed over, is very weak-hearted, because he doesn't know why, he actually loses his ability to sense these subtle changes in nature. Not only that, but he also couldn't accurately and quickly identify directions, tastes, currents, and so on in complex oceans. Ao Bai soon found out, but he didn't think it was strange? Just laughing......
However, this time they were a little unlucky, and when they dived, they found that the water here is very shallow, and the entire huge and wide plot belongs to the "plateau" of the underwater world, and there is not even a cave to dodge!
And before they could find a safe place, the storm came.
"Ao Bai!" Ji Mo looked up at the terrifying lightning and monstrous waves not far above his head, as well as the turbulent and turbulent water around him, and shouted in a little panic, because he was still an inland fish on the earth in his bones, and the original owner had always lived in the safe deep sea, and none of them had experienced the extreme weather of the ocean.
Bai Long was a little annoyed, he had actually felt the breath of the storm for a long time, but he thought it was no big deal, but now looking at his partner's nervous and scared expression, he began to blame himself and reflect.
"Don't be afraid, I'll always be by your side." Ao Bai comforted the mermaid and held him tightly to continue his search for a safe cave.
For the first time, Ji Mo felt that even if he became a mermaid, he was still so in awe of the power of nature, and he clinged to the claws of the white dragon, for fear that a torrent would rush over and separate them, and then he would be finished: a mermaid who could not recognize the direction of the current breath was lost in the sea, and most of it was about to become a poor Robinson drifting fish.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I will protect you." Ao Bai continued to comfort him, trying his best to break through the turbulent and tumbling water, and quickly swam towards the edge of the plateau where he was located.
"I'm sorry, I, I'm ...... You take your time and leave me alone. Ji Mo was about to be terrified, and kept looking up, feeling that the lightning and thunder that kept falling were about to split this sea in half.
"I'm the one who should say I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of you." Ao Bai struggled against the current for a long time before he finally saw the edge of the deep sea, and with a powerful leap, he finally took his partner into the warm and stable deep sea.
The white dragon soothingly encircled his mermaid and slowly dived until it landed on the fine sand next to a coral reef.
"Ji Mo, Ji Mo, are you okay? Don't be afraid, we're safe. Ao Bai rubbed him gently.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me." Exhausting and spitting out a large string of bubbles, Ji Mo felt that his whole fish was scared and weak, and lazily slammed on the white dragon's body, and subconsciously felt that it would be great if he could have a partner like Ao Bai.
One black and one white are entangled and embraced, each thinking about things in their hearts.
"Not anymore." Ao Bai finally gave such a promise.
"This is not something we can control, don't think about it." Ji Mo comforted the white dragon.
After a brief pause, Ao Bai regained his energy, knowing that his partner needed a quiet rest and that he had to find a safe cave as best he could.
"Let me go, I can swim by myself." If it is not necessary, Ji Mo does not want to be a burden to others and cause trouble to others, no matter who the other party is, no matter what the situation - only independent people deserve to have an independent personality, this is the experience he has summed up in many years of work in society.
The white dragon compromised again, "Okay, you take it slowly, don't be in a hurry, the thunderstorm hasn't passed yet, we can rest enough before leaving." "As long as you're safe, as long as you're happy, a lot of things are up to you.
The two worked together, and it didn't take long to find a cave of the right size.
"Fortunately, I didn't throw away the baggage in such an emergency just now." Ji Mo said with some smugness that he took this little burden very seriously - this was an old fish.
The baggage consisted of a robe of shark yarn from the kelp he had been awake from the beginning, large pearls seized from the crook's clams, beautiful little shells collected from the vicinity of the caves where he had settled on the upper and upper floors, small stones of strange shapes, and interesting little corals.
Ao Bai praised him sincerely at the right time: "Well, you are so brave! ”
Ji Mo: "......", are you sure this is not a backword, buddy?
Next, the two worked together, Ao Bai was responsible for cleaning out all the big stones, and Ji Mo was responsible for leveling the sharp small stones and cleaning up a resting area.
The change happened in an instant, and Ao Bai, who was carrying the big stone out again, suddenly returned in a hurry, and solemnly explained:
"Ji Mo, a group of toothed sharks are here, I have to deal with them, you stay here, don't come out!" After saying that, he pushed over a boulder to completely block the entrance to the cave and left quickly
"Hey! Ao Bai! Ao Bai! Ji Mo reacted and pushed desperately, but the boulder didn't move.