clown clown fish

Chapter 8

Shen Dong felt that he dug a hole for himself, and then jumped down accidentally, and then he could only watch Cao Mu bury himself with shovel after shovel.

after a while.

It was so obvious that Cao Mu casually popped up to appease Cao Mu's emotions that seemed to have been severely hit at the time, but Cao Mu regarded it as a promise.

Shen Dong now wants to knock on the table when he thinks about it. He regretted it when he said this sentence. He clearly knows what kind of person Cao Mu is. Cao Mu probably doesn't know what perfunctory is, and what Called to decline.

He only knew that Shen Dong was a good man, and he could believe what a good man said.

"I'll, give...you a, day, Japanese name, name." Shen Dong half-lyed on the chair, with his legs on the table, looking at the dark computer screen.

"What is a Japanese name? I have a name, and my name is Cao Mu." Cao Mu sat on the window sill, half-closed his eyes, blowing the sea breeze, and had no interest in Japanese names.

"Desperate."

"It's ugly," Cao Mu frowned, "What does Japan mean?"

"On the side of us, on the side..."

"On our side? On the side of Guanhua Town? Japan Town? I don't know this place," Cao Mu thought for a while, "Maybe I don't even remember it."

Shen Dong didn't speak, just sighed, was it the same when the mermaid Yu Xiaojia left with someone?He couldn't imagine what kind of things would happen to such a person, as a little girl, and he could only hope that the person she met was really a good person.

"It's so ugly, much worse than Cao Mu," Cao Mu was still studying the name, and finally he turned his head to look at Shen Dong, as if he had realized something, "You're kidding me!"

"No." Shen Dong smiled.

"I know what it means to be stubborn." Cao Mu continued to look at him.

"Anyway, the reaction is really, really slow." Shen Dong laughed.

"I'll give you a Japanese name too," Cao Mu thought for a while, "Stutter."

Shen Dong jumped up from his chair and slapped Cao Mu's arm.

"Ah!" Cao Mu yelled, covering his arms, "Shen Dong, can you change your career? If you say I'm stubborn, I can't say you..."

"Huh?" Standing beside him, Shen Dong narrowed his eyes.

"I can't say you... that!" Cao Mu hesitated for a while but still didn't say the words. In fact, he was not afraid that Shen Dong would hit him. He didn't want Shen Dong to be angry, although he couldn't understand why Shen Dong was angry.

"It's best not to say it." Shen Dong sat back on the chair, put his legs on the table, and continued to be in a daze.

"Shen Dong," Cao Mu turned his head away after being silent for a while, "Shen Dong."

"Ah."

"Why? Why don't you like people saying this? I'm not angry when the captain says I'm a fool." Cao Mu jumped off the window sill, dragged a chair and sat beside Shen Dong.

"I don't remember." Shen Dong closed his eyes and replied.

"Huh?" Cao Mu was stunned, "Huh?"

Shen Dong didn't speak anymore, he didn't taboo the word stuttering itself, what he couldn't bear was the contempt, ridicule, and maybe some inexplicable sympathy and embarrassment that came with it?

It bothers him anyway, and he doesn't need it, whether it's malicious or kind, he doesn't need any attention to the way he speaks.

Maybe there should be some other reasons. He felt that he was not a person who was too fussy, but he was very concerned about this matter, but he couldn't think of any other reasons.

"Shen Dong." Seeing that he was silent, Cao Mu called him again.

"Ok?"

"You don't stutter sometimes."

"Yeah." Shen Dong opened his eyes and looked at Cao Mu, he could indeed speak very fluently sometimes.

If Cao Mu didn't mention it, he wouldn't pay attention to it. This kind of situation appeared after he got to know Cao Mu, that is to say, when he faced Cao Mu, he would occasionally stop stuttering.

"Probably because you are not human." Shen Dong continued to rest his eyes with his eyes closed, and this time he said it smoothly.

"Ah, is it?" Cao Mu looked suddenly enlightened, and after a while he moved closer to Shen Dong, "Then tell me why I won't forget you? I always remember you."

Shen Dong opened his eyes again. Although Cao Mu occasionally forgot what he was doing, he still remembered "Shen Dong" clearly. Compared to Captain Jack, he had a deep memory.

"do not know."

"Why?" Cao Mu frowned and began to think.

Ever since Shen Dong said the phrase "after a while", he could basically see Cao Mu every day, and then chatted with each other in the duty room for a whole day.

When he was in a good mood, he would cook noodles for Cao Mu. He tried to make up some tricks with the side dishes. When he was not in a good mood, he would cook noodles. He would throw two cabbage leaves and it would be finished. But Cao Mu always ate with relish. Can't seem to tell the difference in taste.

That's pretty shocking for a half-cook.

He knew that Cao Mu was waiting for his "after a while" to end, but he still couldn't think of a suitable reason to reject Cao Mu.

In a week or so, Uncle Chen will be back, and Cao Mu will no longer be able to stay in the duty room. There is no popularity on the island, but the rule that idlers cannot enter the duty room still exists.

Uncle Chen is quite persistent in some aspects, such as rules and regulations.Equipment maintenance records and the like are in order, and he has to write a duty log. Shen Dong usually writes XX, XX, XX, and the equipment is normal, and there are no emergencies. Sometimes he writes "same as above" if he is lazy.But Uncle Chen is not like this, he has to list them by time period.

In the first two years when Shen Dong came to the island, he had to wear a uniform every time he was on duty. Uncle Chen approved him to wear casual clothes until the uniform became a mop and the upper management stopped issuing uniforms to them.

"Cao Mu," Shen Dong stood up and stretched his arms, "After, after two, two days, Uncle Chen will... come back."

"Well, that fat uncle?" Cao Mu thought for a while, "Ah! Can you leave now that he's back?"

Actually, Uncle Chen is not very fat, is he?Shen Dong stood in front of the window and looked at the waves and rocks outside. The second half of Cao Mu's sentence left him at a loss as to what to say next.

"You can't come to the duty room when he's back. Non-staff members are not allowed in here." Shen Dong continued to stare out the window, he could imagine Cao Mu's expression, he didn't want to look at Cao Mu's eyes that might be very disappointed .

"Ah..." Cao Mu sounded surprised, "Is this so? Then I won't come in, I'll wait for you elsewhere."

"Cao Mu..." Shen Dong knocked on the window frame, "That, that..."

"Huh?" Cao Mu stood next to him, waiting for him to finish.

"...Forget it," Shen Dong sighed, "No, it's nothing."

"I'm hungry, do you want to cook something?" Cao Mu rubbed his stomach suddenly, "You can't cook something for me when Uncle Chen comes back, right?"

"Now, now... cook for you, cook noodles." Shen Dong looked at the time, it was almost meal time.

Shen Dong cooked this noodle very seriously, for some reason, he felt that he definitely cooked this pot of noodle with a deep sense of guilt, even the shredded Chinese cabbage was finer than usual.

Although he had no obligation to accompany Cao Mu to find Yu Xiaojia, and it was a very normal reaction to refuse when he had known Cao Mu for a short time and Cao Mu still had this status, but he still felt that he was sorry for Cao Mu.

This feeling makes Shen Dong very uncomfortable. He is not a soft-hearted person, and he has no love. He thinks that a person who is willing to spend his whole life guarding the lighthouse on an uninhabited island should not have such speechless emotions. I don't understand why I act like this when facing Cao Mu.

"Let's eat." Shen Dong put the noodles in front of Cao Mu.

"Delicious!" Cao Mu picked up the chopsticks and shouted, "No, it's delicious!"

"Who, who taught you, you use... chopsticks, chopsticks?" Shen Dong sat opposite him, watching him bury his head in eating noodles. Cao Mu's eating state is very contagious. Shen Dong didn't have much appetite at first, but now My son suddenly became hungry.

"My sister, she said that although she doesn't usually use it, it will be useful in the future, and there is no harm in learning it." Cao Mu held up his chopsticks and pinched them in the air twice, and smiled smugly, "I'm using it now. "

"Hurry up and eat." Shen Dong lowered his head and started to eat noodles, he was afraid that Cao Mu would ask him about Yu Xiaojia again after a while.

Cao Mu didn't say much else, he buried his head in eating the noodles, and after eating, he shouted that he was tired and wanted to go back into the water. He jumped down the stairs before Shen Dong reminded him not to run around just after eating.

"I'm leaving, I won't be in the duty room tomorrow—"

Cao Mu's words counted, and he said that he would not be in the duty room. Shen Dong didn't see Cao Mu near the lighthouse for three or four days. To be exact, he didn't see Cao Mu again for several days.

There was something wrong with the lighthouse. Shen Dong climbed up the lighthouse countless times in a few days, and when he finally got it down, his legs were shaking and he was so tired that he didn't want to move when he returned to the tower and lay down on the sofa. I don't have the energy to think about where Cao Mu went.

When Uncle Chen came back with the big boat, he brought a bunch of vegetables and two sets of clothes for him.

"I asked my daughter-in-law to buy it, and you should change those clothes too." Uncle Chen patted him on the shoulder, "You must be tired during this time, go and rest, I don't ask you, you don't have to come here."

"No, it's okay." Shen Dong took the clothes and smiled, he didn't know how to describe the eyes of Uncle Chen's daughter-in-law, the emerald green T-shirt was quite eye-catching, compared to the royal blue one, it was not bad, "Thank you. "

"Go to sleep, I see that your face is dark." Uncle Chen was in a good mood after returning home.

"Ben, originally, it wasn't... white." Shen Dong smiled.

During this period of time, he hadn't gone to see the corals. When Shen Dong came out of the tower, he didn't go back to the dormitory. He planned to go there first, and then...to find Cao Mu, maybe the clownfish was basking on the rocks.

The air on the island is very good, although it is a bit sticky, but Shen Dong can smell the pure sweetness from the sea breeze with a faint smell of the sea, which has always made him enjoy it.

When he got to the shore, he saw a person sitting on the rock at a glance, staring at the sea in a daze.

Instead of turning into a fish and basking on the rocks, Cao Mu changed into sitting naked on the rocks basking in the sun. This surprised Shen Dong, and he stopped.

Cao Mu didn't seem to notice him, and sat quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.

Shen Dong didn't bring out the dial, so he couldn't count the time, but until his legs went numb and he had to squat down, Cao Mu kept the same posture staring at the sea in a daze. When the wind blew, Shen Dong felt that he was no different from a sculpture.

Concentration is really good.

Shen Dong squatted down and sighed in his heart.

"Shen Dong." Cao Mu called him suddenly.

"Ah." Shen Dong was taken aback, Cao Mu's voice was very calm, as if he was not surprised at all by him squatting behind, and he didn't even turn his head.

"Do you have a bowel movement?" Cao Mu said, and turned to look at him.

"...No." Shen Dong answered truthfully very helplessly.

"I saw the big boat, Uncle Chen is back?" Cao Mu smiled.

"Well," Shen Dong walked up to him and sat down, "I haven't seen you for the past two days."

"I'm right here. I thought you would come to see the coral, but you haven't seen it for a long time." Cao Mu scratched his hair.

"Busy," Shen Dong threw the sapphire blue suit to Cao Mu, "Put it on, put it on."

"The new one?" Cao Mu smiled happily, but hesitated to put it on, "Where's the old one?"

"Put it on!" Shen Dong didn't bother to explain, "This set is for you."

"Really?" Cao Mu called out loudly, "Really?"

"Ah."

Shen Dong watched Cao Mu happily put on his clothes. In fact, Cao Mu's complexion looked ugly in sapphire blue, which looked dark, but emerald green probably wasn't much better.The most important thing is that Shen Dong can't bear this green, Cao Mu and Uncle Chen will see it when he wears it on his body, but he has to see it every day if he wears it on Cao Mu's body.

After Cao Mu put on his clothes, he stopped talking, and returned to the state of staring at the sea. Shen Dong didn't make a sound, although he thought it was amazing that Cao Mu could not speak for such a long time.

The silence lasted until Shen Dong felt that the sea breeze was making his forehead feel dull, Cao Mu moved and said: "Shen Dong, you actually don't want to accompany me to find my sister, do you?"

Shen Dong was stunned, he never expected that Cao Mu would say such a sentence, he looked at Cao Mu for a long time before he said, "Why this, so...say?"

"I don't understand a lot of things, but I'm not stupid," Cao Mu first smiled, then sighed, "I was just wondering if you would be willing again in a few days, so I kept waiting, anyway, I waited It's been a long time, and I don't care about these few days."

"I..." Shen Dong didn't stutter this time, but really hesitated. Cao Mu's low sigh poked him in the heart, giving him the feeling that he had been suffocating himself all the time. The person in the can suddenly found that the lid of the can had been lifted by a corner, and some familiar and unfamiliar emotions rushed over.

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you don't accompany me. I remember someone said that you can accompany me." Cao Mu frowned and thought for a long time, "I don't remember who it is..."

"Boat, captain?" Shen Dong tried to remind him, Hong Jie was the only one who would be willing to accompany him on this matter.

"Yes! It's the captain!" Cao Mu shouted happily, "How do you know?"

"Guess."

"But the captain said he couldn't leave the boat and the sea, and he can't leave until he's been in the sea enough," Cao Mu tapped his fingers on the rocks at his feet, "He's not a fish, why can't he leave the sea?" ah."

Shen Dong stood up, stared at the sea for a while, in order to encourage himself, after staring for a while, he shook his arms violently a few times, and jumped on the spot twice.

Then he patted Cao Mu on the head, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll accompany you."

"Are you going with me?" Cao Mu jumped up and stared face to face with him, "Are you going with me?"

"En." Shen Dong poked his forehead with his fingers and pushed back.

"Really? Aren't you unwilling?" Cao Mu was still confirming repeatedly.

"No." Shen Dong looked up at the sky, and the moment he said he was willing to accompany Cao Mu, he suddenly had an indescribable feeling that it had been seven years.

At night, Shen Dong lay on the bed and couldn't fall asleep, tossing and turning, the bed was kept creaking because of his shaking.

Shen Dong wanted to laugh when he heard the voice, he arched his body and slammed it on the bed twice, amused: "It's quite similar."

Uncle Chen's voice came after the intercom buzzed, "Shen Dong! Are you there? Are you awake?"

Shen Dong jumped off the bed, took the walkie-talkie: "Here."

"Our computer is broken?" Uncle Chen's voice was very depressed.

"Yes, it has been broken for half a month."

"You didn't fix it?"

"I do not know."

"Then what should we do?" Uncle Chen became even more depressed, "Why didn't you get someone to take it to repair when the boat came?"

"Forgot." Shen Dong sat on the edge of the bed, and he really forgot. During this time, he spent almost every day with Cao Mu, and he didn't feel any pain after losing the entertainment method of computer, so when the boat came, He forgot that he should ask someone to take the computer over and fiddle with it.

"Where did you put the cards I brought back last time?" Uncle Chen asked.

"In the third drawer of the table next to the filing cabinet..." Shen Dong was stunned, "I don't know how to play cards."

"Whoever wants to fight you, I will tell the fortune," Uncle Chen sighed, "It will take two months to repair the computer, I can count the whole village once."

I'm really sorry, Uncle Chen.

Shen Dong put down the walkie-talkie, thinking that he should try to repair it tomorrow. Uncle Chen is not like him, with his age, it would be too cruel to be on duty without any entertainment.

He picked up the cup and took a sip of water. He turned around and was about to lie back on the bed when he suddenly saw a black figure shaking outside the window, which startled him and knocked his knee directly on the bed.

"Who!" Shen Dong yelled while covering his knees.

In fact, when he shouted, he had already reacted, who else could be.

"I, Cao Mu." Cao Mu pressed his smiling face to the window glass, and tapped lightly on the glass.

"What, what... what?" Shen Dong was a little surprised. Cao Mu had said before that he was going to sleep when he was tired, but he ran over in the middle of the night in just a few hours.

"Can I go in?" Cao Mu asked cautiously, "It's boring for me to stay alone, and no one talks."

"The door is not locked." Shen Dong waved his hands and lay down on the pillow.

"Are you going to sleep?" Cao Mu entered the room and stood by the bed, looking down at Shen Dong.

"Well," Shen Dong turned over, "Do you want to chat?"

"You don't want to talk when you sleep," Cao Mu smiled, turned around and sat on the small stool by the door, leaned against the wall and closed his eyes, "I don't necessarily want to talk, I just don't want to be alone, there used to be a grandfather , Later, I was with you in the duty room every day, and I feel very uncomfortable by myself these few days."

"No, uncomfortable?" Shen Dong frowned, the injury on his back still not healed?

"I just feel uncomfortable and want to cry." Cao Mu opened his eyes and looked at him.

"Oh," Shen Dong heaved a sigh of relief, and closed his eyes. After a few minutes, he sat up, stared at Cao Mu, and finally confirmed that this person was going to sleep against the wall. He patted the bed board, " Why."

"Chat?" Cao Mu opened his eyes.

"No, don't talk, you... want to sleep?"

"Yeah, aren't you sleeping? Why don't I sleep?"

"Sitting and sleeping?"

"Well," Cao Mu yawned, "I can fall asleep no matter what."

"Didn't you turn back into a fish while you were sleeping?" Shen Dong was a little surprised, how comfortable it was to turn back into a fish and float in the water.

"Dangerous." Cao Mu smiled.

"...Oh." Shen Dong got up and got out of bed, took out a blanket from the small cabinet, folded it, and put it next to his pillow, "Come on."

"Sleeping together? Okay!" Cao Mu jumped up, jumped to his side, reached out and touched the bed, "I haven't slept in the bed yet!"

Shen Dong slept on the side next to the wall. He originally wanted to sleep on the outside, but considering that he was surrounded by a person who had never slept in a bed before, and might be kicked out of bed by this person at night, he chose the inside.

Cao Mu was lying next to him, rolling the blanket on his pillow and couldn't stop tossing and turning in excitement: "It feels so strange! It's very comfortable!"

There were only two blankets in Shen Dongxia's bedding, one was used as a pillow by Cao Mu, and the other was swept away by Cao Mu as soon as he covered it, pulled it over and covered it again, Cao Mu turned over and swept away again.

The island was very hot during the day, but it was still quite cool at night. After a few stretches, he began to regret asking Cao Mu to sleep on the bed.

"Shen Dong, you said..." Cao Mu turned over again, and rolled the blanket away again.

"I said your uncle!" Shen Dong couldn't bear it anymore and slapped him on the back.

"Ah!" Cao Mu suddenly turned over and shouted at him, "Shen Dong, if you do this again, I will fight back!"

"If you keep rolling around to grab the blanket, you'll just go back to the chair and squat down to sleep!" Shen Dong ruthlessly pulled the blanket over and covered himself.

"Oh," Cao Mu was stunned before he realized, "I didn't pay attention, I didn't move."

After Cao Mu said this sentence, he didn't move immediately, and turned sideways to Shen Dong, breathing on Shen Dong's neck all the time.

"Cao Mu..." Shen Dong sighed.

He wanted to say don't blow on me, but before he could say it, Cao Mu suddenly leaned towards him, then stretched out his arms, wrapped his arms around his waist, and put one leg directly on him on his lap.

Shen Dong's whole body froze.