The Little Mermaid Fell for the Jiaoren 120

Chapter 120: Side Story: E Star 3 (End)

The Zerg was walking towards the silver-haired cub, step by step. Its eyes seemed to be completely unable to see Deng Xi on the side.

The precarious and dangerous atmosphere made the silver-haired cub unable to care about anything else. He pulled the golden-haired cub, who was stunned in place, and turned to run quickly into the darkness behind him.

Behind him were heavy steps, one by one.

“Thump—thump—thump—”

It was getting closer and closer.

One step was equivalent to several of the cubs’.

The silver-haired cub subconsciously ran towards a place he was familiar with. The giant insects all had a fear of water. As long as he got there, he would be safe.

But, he looked at Deng Xi. The other was running until his face was pale, and he was panting nonstop, but he was still trying his best to keep up with his steps.

Time was too tight. It hardly allowed the silver-haired cub to think much. The damp water vapor suddenly rushed towards him after he had passed through a small path.

Was it the ocean?

Deng Xi was breathing with difficulty. His respiratory tract, which was burning from the intense running, instantly felt much better after it had come into contact with the moist air.

Because there were no tall buildings to block it, the dim moonlight finally illuminated the night. The pitch black before his eyes could vaguely be seen. He was led by the silver-haired cub to the side of a weed-strewn river, and not far away was a viaduct.

But the middle of the bridge was cruelly broken in half, forming an empty space.

He had to look very far to be able to see the other side, past the boundless water surface. The other side, with its bright lights, was like daytime, and it formed a stark contrast with the pitch black of this side.

This was an abandoned city.

But it wouldn’t be long before the entire E Star would also be abandoned by the Empire.

The silver-haired cub looked at the black water surface. The giant insect behind him was dragging its heavy body and rushing towards them.

Deng Xi seemed to have noticed something. He pulled his hand from the silver-haired cub’s and said in a small voice, “You don’t have to worry about me.”

If he abandoned him, he could live.

This was undoubtedly the optimal solution. The Empire had made such a choice, and the E Star government had made such a choice. Although it was cruel and cold-blooded, it could preserve itself.

Under his cold expression, one could see that the silver-haired cub was trembling slightly, his teeth gritted, and his face was tense. After only a few seconds, he suddenly let go of Deng Xi’s hand. “Run. Run anywhere you want, just don’t stay here.”

The golden-haired cub was pushed hard. He stumbled, thinking that the silver-haired cub had decided to separate from him. The two of them would run in different directions, so that at least one of them could live safely.

He couldn’t be a burden.

Deng Xi dragged his weak and sore little short legs, mustered all his strength, and ran forward with his head down. The sound of the silver-haired cub’s running also sounded from behind him.

He couldn’t help but look back, and then he was completely stunned in place. His trembling blue eyes reflected the back of the silver-haired cub who was running towards the giant insect.

In comparison to the giant insect’s body size, he was so small, and he met it like an egg hitting a rock. Under Deng Xi’s widened blue eyes, a flash of silver light suddenly flashed by.

What was that?

Deng Xi looked at the silver-haired cub’s hand.

Could a human’s hand suddenly grow such sharp claws? He had only seen them on the silver Jiaoren.

Deng Xi suddenly realized something, and his whole body began to tremble uncontrollably. His chest, which was already having difficulty breathing, seemed to have been completely blocked in an instant.

He was about to suffocate.

Like a fish that had been living in the water all along, after being cruelly thrown onto land, it would drown in the exposed air.

Don’t go over.

Don’t go over—

Deng Xi suddenly rushed in the direction of the silver-haired cub. His legs were so tired they could barely lift, but he was still running forward at high speed, and was even running faster and faster.

He simply couldn’t understand why the distance that had seemed so short just now had become so long.

The silver-haired cub was buying time for Deng Xi to escape. After the other had left, he would jump into the water, and he would be completely safe.

But he had completely ignored the insurmountable difference in combat power between him and the giant insect.

The cub Jiaoren’s undeveloped claws were like scratching an itch on the giant insect. When they hit the hard carapace, even his claws were aching.

With a loud “thump,” the silver-haired cub was completely overturned and was heavily slammed on the ground. He rolled a few times and fell on the slope at the edge of the river. With the force of gravity, he rolled down frantically.

There was no time to react.

His sharp claws, which were grabbing the mud on the ground, had drawn out bloody marks, but he couldn’t get up no matter what. In the end, more than half of his body was hanging in the air, and below his feet was the turbulent water.

The silver-haired cub endured the intense pain and struggled to raise his head. He saw the golden-haired cub, who had not run far. So his almost-bent-back sharp claws fiercely grabbed the mud and grass stems at the edge, supporting his half-suspended body.

The giant insect was walking towards him, step by step.

With a “splash,” the entire broken sharp claw, along with the pain of the bloody friction, the silver-haired cub watched as he slid down and fell into the water.

His silver eyes, in their last glance, looked at Deng Xi, who was standing in place with dazed pupils, in a state of panic.

The next second, he was completely submerged by the water and disappeared into the black waterway.

The giant insect stood above and looked at the river surface for a while. A hint of doubt flashed across its face. It “tsked” with its mouthparts in disappointment and strode away.

From beginning to end, it had not noticed that there was another person beside it.

Deng Xi’s hands and feet were cold. He was at a loss, panicked, and terrified. All the negative emotions were thick around him. He said with a trembling voice, “I… I—”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”

“Sob, I’m sorry.”

The other was protecting him. It was not at all like what he had thought, that he was running to the other side. It was all his fault. It was his fault.

He had not told the silver-haired cub clearly that others couldn’t see him.

“I’ll be there soon. Wait for me, okay?”

He had a tail, and also gills. He could find the injured silver-haired cub underwater.

With a “splash—” sound.

The golden-haired cub fell into the water.

The cold water immediately submerged Deng Xi’s mouth and nose. Because it was too turbulent, he was carried a long distance away in a few seconds. He struggled desperately in the water. His wet golden hair would sometimes emerge from the surface of the water, and sometimes it would be submerged under the water.

Deng Xi had never thought that there would be a day when water would become such a terrifying thing to him.

It choked his lungs, and his breathing was extremely difficult. It was as if a powerful force was desperately dragging him down.

His tail and gills, neither of them could come out.

A human cub had no chance of survival in a bottomless river. Deng Xi could only watch as he fell towards the dark bottom of the water.

He was submerged by the water.

He couldn’t breathe anymore…

Deng Xi blinked weakly. Under the surface of the water, which was illuminated by the moonlight, something seemed to be shining with a silver light.

It seemed that something was swimming towards Deng Xi. In his blurry vision, he vaguely saw a familiar flash of silver.

The silver fish tail was not as long and sharp as it would be in the future, but…

His blue eyes curved very lightly.

It’s you, that’s great.

It’s you, that’s terrible.

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“Why are you crying?” A deep voice sounded by his ear. Deng Xi suddenly opened his eyes and looked over with a panicked and uneasy gaze. The moment he saw the person clearly, an indescribable sense of security welled up in his heart.

The little merman, who was curled up in the quilt, got up from the soft bed and pounced on the man who was standing by the side of the bed.

Si Jisheng raised his hand and hugged him.

“Sob…” The tears fell in the next instant, and they couldn’t be stopped, like a dam breaking. Deng Xi was kneeling on the bed, and he buried his head in the man’s shoulder and neck. The tip of his nose and his eyes were pitifully red. Because he had cried so hard, the tips of his cheeks were flushed pink.

The cold aura was airtight around him. Deng Xi had finally found a place where he could vent all his emotions. So, the panic and heartache that he had been holding back until now had burst and collapsed at this moment.

He hugged the little mute very, very tightly.

His tears wet his clothes. His silver eyes were calm and lowered. He accepted all of the little merman’s emotions without any complaint. His large palm was stroking the head that was buried in his shoulder and was sobbing. He followed the soft, curly golden hair, and his other hand was securely wrapped around Deng Xi’s waist.

His voice was low and magnetic. “Did you have a nightmare?”

Deng Xi nodded his head randomly. “Mmm! Sob…” Soon, he shook his head again. “No… it wasn’t a nightmare.”

He sniffled.

“Alright.” Si Jisheng replied with a low sound. “Then can you tell me what kind of dream you had?”

Deng Xi nodded his head and, with a sob, said incoherently, “I dreamed of a… very, very good person.” He continued in a daze, “But, but he shouldn’t be like that.”

“Little Mute can’t be like that.”

“There’s no delicious food, no good drinks, no bed, no home. The air doesn’t smell good at all. There’s a very uncomfortable smell, and the sky is also dark.”

It was as if the world had forever lost the sun.

“And it’s very, very dangerous. The sky is constantly ‘beeping,’ and there’s a lot of blood, and a lot of people have died. But it seems that everyone is used to it.”

“And there are very scary insects. It’s so big, bigger than me and Little Mute combined.”

Deng Xi blinked his eyes, and tears fell again. “You’re so small, and you’re not happy at all.” He whimpered, “And here, it hurts so, so much.”

He grabbed Si Jisheng’s hand and placed it on his left chest, on his heart.

Si Jisheng’s palm held Deng Xi’s face, and a very light kiss landed on the little merman’s wet eyelid. “Did you dream of me?”

His lips tasted the bitterness of his tears, but he did not mind at all and kissed away the tears that were flowing from his blue eyes, bit by bit.

Deng Xi replied with a sob.

Si Jisheng lowered his head and kissed him. “It’s all in the past.” He said in a low voice, “The ocean is also very dangerous, isn’t it?”

“Deng Xi also learned to find seaweed to eat by himself, to find new caves to live in, and when he encountered dangerous sea creatures, he would hide in a safe place and only dare to swim out after a long time.”

“When I think of it, I also feel very heartbroken.”

“But it’s okay. They’re all in the past.”

Deng Xi sniffled and continued, “I, I’m amazing, and Little Mute is also… very brave?”

Si Jisheng “hmm”-ed.

Deng Xi’s collapsing emotions slowly calmed down and returned to a normal order. He raised his face with blurry vision. “Then can Little Mute kiss me?”

Si Jisheng bent down and kissed Deng Xi’s lips. “Is it a little better?”

Deng Xi nodded his head. His blue eyes, which were still filled with tears, curved slightly, and he was trapped in a long kiss.

Yes, they were both very brave.

The Little Mermaid Fell for the Jiaoren – End