Chapter 32 The Innocent Fool

Lin Xiaodong read the message Lu Xing sent him, and found that his previous guess was not correct at all, and the other party had indeed discovered his identity from the beginning.

He didn't even doubt it, so he directly invited Lin Xiaodong when he came up: "I saw you holding a copy of "The Little Prince" that day, and it happened that I had a private rose garden in the central star, which is now in the flowering season, welcome to visit at any time. /smiley/smiley/smiley"

In addition to the invitation, Lu Xing also sent a photo of the interior of the rose garden.

The photo was taken in the early morning. Under the soft sunlight, large clusters of roses bloomed warmly among the green leaves, and the dew reflected the bright diamond-like light between the petals.

But what attracts attention is the one-to-one restoration of the white jade mermaid fountain in the center.

The mermaid sat on the pedestal of the fountain with its head lowered, the tail fin swept across the water like a dragonfly, holding a bright red rose in his hand, as if he was drooping his eyes and sniffing the rich fragrance of the stamens. The surrounding fountains fell into the pool, and the misty water vapor reflected the colors of the rainbow in the sunlight, which instantly eclipsed the roses in full bloom in the garden.

Lin Xiaodong noticed that the rose held by the mermaid statue was just picked from the branch and was very fresh.

He stared at the photo for a few seconds and clicked Exit.

System: "So Lu Xing knows more about mermaids than we thought."

"That's right," Lin Xiaodong nodded.

He's not really a fool. Lu Xing sent him the photo of this fountain, naturally it couldn't be just to show how beautiful his rose garden was. Just by looking at the mermaid statue, you can see that if there is no prototype, it is basically impossible for even the most powerful master to carve so realistically, and even the tiniest joyous expression on the mermaid's face is perfectly reproduced.

"Lu Xing wanted to imply that he knew the whereabouts of the mercenaries who were plundered back then?" He thought for a moment and guessed, "But Tong, I remember that it seemed to be said in the plot introduction that in this world, except for me, there are already There aren't any mermen still alive, right?"

System: "Yes."

"But it doesn't make it clear how these mermaids died," Lin Xiaodong said to himself, "maybe because they were too far away from Jialan Lake and died of weakness, or because they were tortured to death by nobles or their mental strength was exhausted. In short, there are many possibilities. I have also searched on the star network during this period of time, but there are different opinions, and there is no unified statement at all. It seems that there are hidden secrets in the original matter. "

"So you decided to go to the appointment?" The system asked subconsciously, "What about Gu Xi's side?"

This is indeed a problem.

Lin Xiaodong didn't think of a good way for the time being, and he didn't believe Lu Xing was a smiling tiger at all, so he simply sent the other party with a cat head emoji, neither agreeing nor rejecting it, but gave an ambiguous reply.

Lu Xing, who had hit a soft nail, didn't seem to mind, but he would send Lin Xiaodong a meteor shower or two every day when he was on the live broadcast, as if he was just here to cheer him up.

But the question is, as the prince of Lu Xing Empire, how could he not attract the attention of others?

Only a week after the broadcast, the account "I have a big tail" was directly parachuted into the No. 1 anchor in the music area, and even squeezed out a group of old-fashioned original singers. This immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of a large number of fans - very simple, Lin Xiaodong neither has his own works, nor shows his face, just humming songs every day can be on the list, why?

"Could this be some royal family?"

"I'm not sure. On the first day of the broadcast, the prince gave gifts. Who would believe it if it wasn't the royal family?"

"Even if it's a real royal family, it can't be like this. I admit that his voice is very nice and his timbre is very special, but this is the original music area. How can an anchor who can only hum a song occupy the first place?"

"So-and-so sings much better than him!"

Lin Xiaodong didn't intend to pay attention to these comments. He was here to treat illnesses and save people. How could he have a kung fu fight with fans of Internet celebrities. But Lu Xing sent him a message "just right" again, euphemistically saying that if necessary, he could help Lin Xiaodong solve these troubles.

Out of curiosity, Lin Xiaodong agreed.

I don't know what method Lu Xing used. After just half a day, the entire Xingwang could no longer find a comment about him, the title of the title, the ban of the ban, it can be said that the red and black are all gone in the blink of an eye.

"Lu Xing's control over public opinion is stronger than I thought," Lin Xiaodong looked at the silence of netizens on the forum, not angry, but commented with interest, "It seems that these nobles are not all useless. The strength of the new school in terms of technology and media far exceeds that of the old school, and the old school is better at infrastructure construction and the most critical manufacturing industry. If Gu Xi really wants to lead the military to kill these nobles, it will take at least 20 years. effort."

After arriving at Sagittarius, Gu Xi had not contacted him for a while.

Every time Lin Xiaodong dialed, he could only hear messages like "I'm sorry, the signal has been blocked" or "The distance between the star domain where the other party is located is not in the service area", but the man had given him a vaccination before, saying The next period may be more tense, so Lin Xiaodong didn't care too much.

Just in case, he recorded three songs for Gu Xi in advance, and instructed the other party to listen to them and fall asleep if he was restless or unwell. Gu Xi also knew what effect the mermaid's singing had, so he readily agreed.

After finding out that the blooming period of roses is only two months on the Internet, Lin Xiaodong decided to take this opportunity to go to the appointment of Lu wake up.

Because he didn't want to reveal the location of Gu Xi's safe house, and at the same time to leave a way out for himself, he took the initiative to contact Lulu, and moved the woman on the pretext of wanting to find the location of the mermaid cemetery, and persuaded her to agree to help.

The soft-hearted Lulu agreed quickly, but although she was kind, she was not stupid. After all, she was a princess who had been educated by aristocratic elites and grew up in the royal family. She repeatedly warned Lin Xiaodong: "Don't believe anything that man said, this brother of mine was brought up by me, he is a man who will do anything to achieve his goals. madman."

Lin Xiaodong was a little eager to try. Apart from his poor health, Lu Xing looked like a dog on the surface. Could it be that this person and Lin Xiamian are the same crazy type?

Seeing is believing, he still intends to meet each other for a while in person.

He boarded his own Star Network backstage and asked Lu Xing if he had time recently, and the opposite was almost a second: "See you at Rose Manor in three days."

Rose Manor...

Lin Xiaodong checked the Internet and found that the manor was registered under the name of a person named Noah, but he searched all over the public register of the royal family, but there was no such person on it.

With suspicion and temptation, Lin Xiaodong came to the gate of the manor three days later.

A squire in a tuxedo respectfully led him into the gate of the rose garden, following a long and narrow stone road, flanked by lush rose bushes on both sides, and a fragrant fragrance came to his nostrils, Lin Xiaodong suddenly felt An illusion of being in a sea of ​​roses.

He thought that the end of the path was the end, but he didn't expect it to be a huge maze composed of rose stands. As if trying to stun him on purpose, the attendant took him back and forth in the labyrinth. If it was an ordinary person, he would have been confused, but Lin Xiaodong has a system. It doesn't make any difference either.

"The design of this manor is really weird," but he still couldn't help complaining to the system, "When we came up just now, it was a big uphill, and there was only one way to go up and down the mountain. Is Xing building a manor or a prison?"

After finally getting out of the maze, I saw the familiar mermaid fountain sculpture. Lu Xing was sitting on the edge of the fountain, holding a book in his hand and quietly flipping through it. Hearing the footsteps, the pale young man raised his head and showed a gentle smile to Lin Xiaodong:

"Welcome to the Rose Manor."

The attendant who led the way brought a tray with a rose-shaped ear stud on it, and a ball of alcohol cotton used for disinfection beside it.

Lin Xiaodong didn't answer, but stared at Lu Xing, meaning to ask the other party to explain.

"This is a technology product developed by a company under my name. It can automatically judge what a person wants to say based on the vibration frequency of the vocal cords and convert it into a standard sentence." Lu Xing smiled slightly, looking at him without any malice, "The only disadvantage is that it is expensive and difficult to mass-produce, so there is only one style of earrings."

Lin Xiaodong understood.

This thing is equivalent to a high-tech translator, you can have a normal conversation with people when you wear it. It's just that no matter how you look at such a novel function, it doesn't look like it was developed for the real disabled, and Lu Xing doesn't look like the kind of guy who can do charity.

In other words, this is a translator dedicated to serving mermaids.

Seeing Lin Xiaodong's delay in making a decision, Lu Xing simply closed the book, put it aside, got up and walked towards him.

The young man picked up the earring from the tray and calmly cast a glance at the attendant, who immediately bowed his head and stepped back with interest.

"If you're afraid of pain," he thoughtfully suggested, turning his attention to Lin Xiaodong, who was standing still, "I can do it for you."

"Or," after a pause, Lu Xing asked casually, "Xiao Dong, don't you believe me?"

Lin Xiaodong looked at him.

Lu Xing's light-colored eyes were clean and magnanimous, and he couldn't see the slightest malice, as if he was really thinking of him.

System: "Don't forget..."

"Don't worry," Lin Xiaodong snorted softly, "I know, I'm a fool now."

I also know that a real foolish white sweet will never have the word "vigilance" in his mind.

So the little mermaid just shook his head, reached out and picked up the long hair beside his ears, and without doubt bare/exposed his most vulnerable snow-white neck to a stranger.

But Lu Xing noticed that the little mermaid's hand clenched the corner of his clothes unconsciously, and the thin tail fin also trembled in the air because of the tension, and his eyes quickly switched back and forth between the earrings and the ground, a pair of strong Hold on as if you're not afraid.

"Don't be afraid." He involuntarily lowered his voice, "It doesn't hurt at all."

The young man wiped the ear studs with alcohol cotton, and placed one hand gently on the back of Lin Xiaodong's head, while the other hand aimed at the little mermaid's fair and small earlobe and pressed hard, the nails automatically popped out, and in the blink of an eye. pierced through delicate skin.

"Okay." He said briskly, before taking out a mirror from nowhere to show Lin Xiaodong, "It's beautiful, and the roses suit your complexion very well."

The little mermaid picked up the mirror tearfully. There was no way. The mermaid's lacrimal glands were too developed, and he didn't want to cry. In the mirror, the young Qingjun's face turned pale pink due to the stinging pain in his ear, and his left ear, which had just been damaged, was as red as a drop of blood. The originally ordinary rose earrings added a bloodthirsty charm.

Lu Xing stretched out his hand, seemingly inadvertently rubbing the little mermaid's ear with his fingertips, helping him wipe away the drop of blood.

"It's beautiful." He smiled and sighed again.

Lin Xiaodong looked at the smile on Lu Xing's face and opened his mouth: "I..."

The sound of the earrings was a little strange, not like the recorded sound of the artificial intelligence tablet, but it was slightly lower than his original voice, but it was very charming, and it sounded like the voice of a young man.

"Come here and sit down."

For some reason, Lu Xing looked at him with increasingly dangerous eyes, but when Lin Xiaodong looked over, he returned to his previous smile.

He wanted to pull Lin Xiaodong's hand, but was avoided by the little mermaid. The young man's movements paused for a second, his smile was slightly stiff, but he still suggested warmly: "It's hard going up the mountain, just in time, go to the fountain and rest for a while. "

Lin Xiaodong nodded. He looked at the book with the cover down by the fountain and asked, "What book are you reading?"

"I think you should be able to guess." Lu Xing bent down and picked up the book "The Little Prince" with a graffiti-style cover. Lin Xiaodong noticed that although the book was well preserved, the footer was slightly rolled up. , it should have been turned over many times.

He was indeed a little tired. The hard work of walking with his tail is not something that a human with legs can understand. The little mermaid glanced at the clear water in the fountain with some eagerness, and asked politely, "Can I go in and swim for a while? "

Lu Xing smiled: "Of course."

He asked Lin Xiaodong to hold his hand in a gentlemanly manner, and helped the little mermaid to send him into the pool, and then turned on the starter of the fountain. In an instant, the water mist in the sky moistened the dry skin, the light of the rainbow flickered in the air, and the white mermaid stone sculpture above and the silver-tailed mermaid in the pool formed a beautiful and wonderful picture together.

Lin Xiaodong shook his head subconsciously, the water vapor contaminated his long hair and condensed into strings of tiny crystal beads, which were foggy and indistinguishable. But such humidity was just right for the mermaid. He took a deep breath in enjoyment, lowered his head and plunged into the water.

The pool is wider than expected and far deeper than a typical fountain, as if it was built with future functions in mind beyond just ornamental horticultural decoration. Lin Xiaodong's inner doubts deepened. He narrowed his eyes underwater and carefully observed the situation inside the fountain, but he really found a clue.

Just below the pedestal of the mermaid statue, a whitish irregular mark is faintly visible, which looks a bit like handwriting.

The little mermaid dexterously swung its tail in the water and looked up at the sky. Very well, Lu Xing didn't seem to notice it for the time being. Taking this opportunity, he quickly swam to the vicinity of that location and glanced down casually.

Two words were engraved on the pedestal--

"Escape".

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There is no horror content, except for attacking and receiving, the characters in different worlds have no contact with each other~

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