Chapter 16

The mermaid subconsciously tightened its body, and it raised its eyes to look at Boyce, who had the intention of retreating in his eyes.

They were so close, the merman thought, that it could jump on the lift and catch him when he didn’t react.

and then?

The tail under the water shook slightly, and the mermaid thought unwillingly, I couldn’t take him away.

At least, it couldn’t take him away until he was willing to go with him.

Feeling the anger in Boyce and the vigilance in his eyes, the mermaid silently stepped back a little.

there will be this day…

It hides the certainty in his eyes, and one day he will be taken to the bottom of the sea by himself, and hidden in the depths of the ocean…

The mermaid’s body relaxed, as if she didn’t understand Boyce’s words at all, she deliberately showed a disappointed look and looked at him expectantly.

Sofia…

After Boyce said that, he subconsciously looked at the mermaid in the pool, thinking that it would be annoyed and angry because he was out of its control.

Boyce looked at the figure in the water vigilantly, will it pounce on it? Like the S-19 attacked Beard, perhaps dragging himself down and drowning in the water.

But to Boyce’s surprise, it still stayed in the pool, just looking at Boyce, as if he didn’t understand him at all.

Seeing Boyce’s retreat, there was obvious disappointment on its face.

But Boyce knew it was just playing dumb.

It was trying its best to express its innocence, and seeing the vigilance in Boyce’s eyes, it retreated a little further.

You see, I won’t hurt you.

This mermaid expresses such a message all over his body.

Boyce would have almost believed it if he hadn’t realized what it had done to him.

He took a deep look at the mermaid, dropped the glass again, got off the lift, and left without looking back.

Behind Boyce, the mermaid floated quietly in the water, watching the back of his departure, until the door closed, the mermaid’s tail shot a huge splash, turned and dived to the bottom.

The mermaid frowned, recalling his actions during this time.

What went wrong?

It has one foot into the trap’s prey, and suddenly it runs farther away…

Sofia—

The mermaid sticks to the cold glass, what should I do to make him willingly follow me and leave?

—

Because of the merman, Boyce didn’t fall asleep almost all night after he went back.

After calming down a little, Boyce also realized that the mermaid might not really want to kill himself. After all, during the time they were together, it had countless opportunities to kill itself but didn’t do it.

Since it doesn’t want to kill itself, what does it want?

Boyce remembered the “Sofia” he heard that day. What special meaning does the word have to make it treat him special?

And, was S-19 showing hostility to himself that day, was that also the reason?

—

Early the next morning.

Boyce, who was a little lethargic, met Ivey in the restaurant. He had a sad look on his face, and he didn’t know what trouble he encountered.

“morning.”

Ivey looked up at him: “Boyce?”

He replied, “Morning.”

Ivey’s eyes swept across the dark circles under Boyce’s eyes: “You haven’t slept well?”

“You also know the news of Professor Chris?”

“What news?” Boyce was taken aback, is it the news that Professor Chris is coming back?

Ivey saw something on Boyce’s face: “It’s the professor’s loss of contact.”

“When did it happen?” Boyce heard someone discussing the return of Professor Chris yesterday.

“News from the middle of the night last night.” I haven’t had time to inform.

Aiwei hesitated: “They met the waves last night, and then lost the news…”

This time, they may be more fortunate than others.

In the restaurant, some researchers who heard the wind exchanged the news they knew. In the afternoon, the research institute issued an announcement at the behest of the investors, confirming the authenticity of the news.

“The position of the director of the institute is temporarily replaced by the deputy director of Oriel.”

Boyce frowned at the last sentence of the announcement.

Ivey on the side had almost the same expression.

“Who made them investors?” Ivey complained to Boyce on the way back.

He took a breath, looked at Boyce, seemed suddenly emotional, and said, “I’m a little homesick.”

Boyce later mentioned Ivey when he met Juliana.

Juliana sighed: “Ivey entered the institute just to enter Chris’ experimental group.”

Boyce was a little surprised, but he hadn’t heard Ivey say this.

The two chatted about some experimental matters by the way. Juliana handed Boyce the book he wanted and started chatting like: “The logistics ship will be here in a few days.”

“If you have something you want, you can ask them to help bring some back if you don’t violate the rules.”

Boyce nodded.

—

When the time came, Boyce went to the feeding room to feed the s-37.

The distance between them once again returned to the state when Boyce first entered the minus five layers. Under the condition that Boyce deliberately wanted to distance himself from the mermaid, there was less communication between them.

Boyce looked down at the information in his hand, ignoring the mermaid who had swam back and forth in front of the glass three or four times within ten minutes, realizing that his previous behavior was all induced by the mermaid, and Boyce didn’t really want to see it now.

After being ignored again, the mermaid lay on the glass and looked at the humans not far away, with a rare trace of confusion in her eyes.

Is he still angry?

Because of what happened before?

Through the glass, the mermaid saw that the information in Boyce’s hand had turned another page.

After it met Boyce, it instinctively chose the most beneficial way for itself.

But obviously its Sofia doesn’t like it that way.

He was angry that day.

The mermaid thought that he would lose his temper after a while.

But it didn’t.

It looked at Boyce, who didn’t even look at himself, and there was a hint of distress in his golden pupils, and Sofia looked even more angry.

Sofia is angry, what should I do?

The mermaid dug out the solution in her head, got angry, and should apologize.

As for the apology…

It piled up a lot of beautiful shells, pearls and ancient coins collected from sunken ships in its lair on the seabed. Thinking of this, it flicked its tail irritably and did not go back for a year. fish occupation.

The merman lowered his eyes and saw the scales on his body. The old scales that had fallen off were placed at the bottom of the pool. It glanced at Boyce, who was watching intently, and turned to dive into the bottom of the water.

After the blue fish tail disappeared, Boyce raised his eyes and sighed suddenly.

Those behaviors were induced by the mermaid, but whether it was the emotions amplified by the mermaid first, or the later interactions, they were all real. For Boyce, they really existed.

Boyce looked down at the time, packed his things and prepared to leave.

The mermaid who was picking out the scales at the bottom of the pool heard the movement of his leaving, and hurried up with his old scales, only to see the back of his leaving.

Boyce closed the door, as if relieved, and walked away briskly.

But some things are different.