Kerry became busy. As an earl, many things had to be done personally. But even so, Kerry still came to the coast on time every night, as usual, sitting on the reef and talking to Qi Yan about what happened on land.
Qi Yan couldn’t bear his increasingly thin face, so he asked him to take a break occasionally, otherwise he would come and see him again
Kerry did not get angry, but nodded uncharacteristically, and then he invited Qi Yan to live in Hilar’s mansion for a few days.
“A Yan hasn’t been on land yet, has he?” Kerry peeled a crystal-clear grape and handed it to Qi Yan’s mouth. He brought fruit today, because Kerry had long discovered that Qi Yan liked fruit more than those greasy pastries.
Kerry suddenly invited Qi Yan to his mansion, which surprised Qi Yan.
“It’s true that I’ve never been to land, but…”
“Then it’s okay, right?” Kerry’s eyes lit up: “With me around, I won’t let A Yan get hurt. And it’s just in my mansion. It was so close to the sea; nothing would go wrong!”
At this point, Qi Yan would no longer refuse Kerry’s hopeful gaze.
“Tomorrow morning, then.” Qi Yan brushed the surface of the water: “I can only last my human form for a week.”
One week was Qi Yan’s greatest limit, because he had never set foot on land. Just as practice made perfect, mermaids who often step into the land might last longer.
That night, Kerry was excited and did not sleep well. From time to time, he sat up from the soft bed, looked at the bright moonlight outside the window, and raised a smile from the heart.
The next day, Kerry was up at dawn. He cleaned his bedroom for a while, wiping it clean inside and out. Then he ran to the bathroom and scrubbed the bathtub until it was white and shiny.
“Lord Earl!”
There was an extremely frightened cry outside the door. The housekeeper walked in from outside the door and saw Kerry rolling up his sleeves and cleaning the bathroom with a towel in his hand. The whole person shook.
“Could it be that the maid didn’t clean it up!” The butler wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead: “Even so, you don’t need to clean it yourself, Lord Earl. I will find a more capable maid to clean it!”
“Oh no, butler.” Kerry was in a very good mood: “Today I will invite a distinguished guest to visit.”
The butler breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the bright look of the earl, this distinguished guest seemed to be very important.
“If this is the case, then I will order someone to clean up a guest room…”
“No need for guest room!” Kerry waved his hand: “He’ll be staying with me.”
The housekeeper paused, coughed lightly, and boldly asked: “I’d like to ask, this distinguished guest…is it Master Garber of the Guaguez family?”
“No.” Kerry glanced at him and waved his hand: “Go prepare breakfast and have more fresh fruit.”
“Eh? Will your guest come soon?” The housekeeper was a little frazzled. After all, if the earl’s distinguished guests were neglected by the servants, they would not be able to escape.
Kerry didn’t bother talking with him, just sorted himself out, then put on his coat and walked outside.
The butler in the room looked at Kerry’s back and sighed.
——It seemed that today’s subordinates couldn’t be lazy anymore. This distinguished guest was obviously on the tip of the earl’s heart.
…..
Qi Yan woke up on the coral bushes when a beam of sunlight penetrated into the sea. Qi Yan wiped his eyes and stretched out his hand to touch the ray of light.
The world under the sea was much simpler than on land. There was no intrigue, no moral standing, a clear blue as far as the eyes could see, refreshing, as if the unique fragrance of the sea flower permeated every part of the sea.
“A Yan–”
Suddenly there was a soft call from above the sea, accompanied by the fluctuations of the sea, it reached Qi Yan’s ears.
With his thoughts called back, Qi Yan swam towards the surface with flourish.
“A Yan!”
As soon as Qi Yan appeared, Kerry waved impatiently. Qi Yan swam over and saw Kerry holding a stack of clothes.
“What is this?”
“This is the clothes I prepared for you!” Kerry said happily: “Although I don’t know what you like, you can wear this suit and choose what you like later, I will buy it for you!”
Qi Yan nodded and said, “You might want to step back.”
Kerry followed his words and retreated. Qi Yan felt the surging of the waves, suddenly jumped up, and landed firmly on the reef.
The light blue fishtail soaked in the sea was finally completely exposed to the air with a dreamy luster and Kerry was stunned.
Then, just like magic, the tail of the fish slowly turned into a pair of slender and straight legs at a speed visible to the naked eye. The skin that had not been exposed to sunlight all year round was white and transparent. With a little drop of water on it, there was a different kind of temptation.
Kerry swallowed, he couldn’t help but squatted down and slowly put his hand on Qi Yan’s chest.
The unguarded Qi Yan was attacked in the chest like this.
Qi Yan looked at the hand covering his chest in silence, his indifferent gaze moved up and fell on Kerry’s dazed face.
“Kerry” Qi Yan said meaningfully: “What are you doing?”
“Uh.” Kerry quickly retracted his hand, his cheeks were slightly flushed, and he turned his head: “You wear this first. Call me after you wear it…”
After saying that, he stuffed his clothes into Qi Yan’s arms and jumped off the reef in a panic.
In the shadows, Kerry’s red and almost ripe face seemed to be dripping blood.
Qi Yan got dressed. This set of clothes was a little big, but it didn’t look strange on him.
“Okay, take a look… what are you doing there?”
Qi Yan looked blankly at Kerry who was covering his face and asked inexplicably.
Kerry quickly eased his excitement and turned around to see Qi Yan wearing his clothes. Although it was not very decent, he was filled with a deserted and elegant beauty.
Such Qi Yan was only revealed for him.
——They had gone beyond the concept of friends, so a little more affection is worth being forgiven, right?
“Let’s go to the castle.”
Qi Yan called out to Kerry who snapped from his reverie and followed in response.
Sure enough, Qi Yan was Qi Yan… There was an indescribable smile at the corner of Kerry’s mouth.
Entering through the side door, Kerry first took Qi Yan to the round tower that accompanied him in his childhood.
“Two years ago, I still lived here.” He sighed softly as if mocking, but deep in his words, it was so sad.
Qi Yan took a turn in this small house, looking around and said, “Not bad, at least I like it very much.”
“That’s because you’ve never had a residence like this before, A-Yan.” Kerry shook his head helplessly and smiled: “In the human world, to have such a prosperous mansion, but living in such a humble room, it’s like telling the world that the person living here is not to valued.”
“I thought I would stay here for the rest of my life.”
“Until I met you, A Yan.”
——You are the driving force behind my survival and you are the one I tried my best to protect.
We used to be friends, what about now?
I’m sorry, perhaps there was no way for me to be separated from you for another winter that long anymore.
When one day seemed as long as a year, such a separation would kill me.
