Mermaid Effect 《人鱼效应》 Chinese BL Translation by: 黑猫白袜子

Chapter 9

The fish still maintains a brightly colored appearance.

Rand had a wild idea that it seemed to be aware of the approach of humans. When he came up to the edge of the salad bowl, the fish turned and swayed its tail towards him in a storm... and then it gradually calmed down and resumed its appearance from before Rand saw it— maybe a little different— Rand noticed that its surface color became slightly more vivid and that rainbow-like luster became even more blue-green at this time. It doesn't look like it was as gray as before.

Rand was utterly convinced that the reason for all this was due to the well-healed wound on its fishtail. Perhaps it was originally blue-green, but because of the injury, it appeared gray before. As for the appearance of this fish before the cat's yowling, Rand did not care too much. He once accidentally encountered a small pitch-black fish in the "self-experience pool" at an aquarium, and in the next second the thing swelled into a fist-sized circle, and its outer-surface was even filled with disgusting spines... By contrast, this fish just made it's tail fins become a bit more garishly colorful.

Rand reached out and habitually tapped against the salad bowl. Just as expected, the fish had once again turned into that gorgeous appearance. The bright red membrane shook at Rand like a red cape in a bullfighting ring.

It's probably just that things from the sea are all so strange.

Rand didn't feel any pressure to think about it, and he now feels that apart from its outer appearance, it is not an unacceptable thing for this fish to become his pet.

About half an hour later, Rogers rushed back, and then kindly took Rand to the hospital to inject the expensive and painful rabies vaccination, the doctor there even lent him a hand to treat the wound on Rand's hand. As he walked out of the hospital entrance, there was a multitude of gauze wrapped around his wrist.

He then prayed that Mrs. Smith's black cat would not present with the symptoms of rabies within seven days. If that is the case, Rand must go back to the hospital to conduct a follow-up treatment.

Rand didn't think it would be a pleasant thing to do— in fact, as soon as he was out of the hospital, he started to have a low fever because of the vaccine.

"Don't worry," Rogers apparently thought that Rand's terrible complexion was because he was worried about the damned cat. "Juana's character has been very eccentric, and Mrs. Smith lost it's younger brother yesterday... Ah, that's the reason why that cat, Corolla, was so exceptionally violent today."

"Is that cat really lost?"

Randy strained to make a mental effort talk to Rogers, even though his head was as hurt as if it were splitting open.

Compared with being scratched by a cat, the headache and low fever caused by the vaccine is even more unbearable.

It seems that it is going to rain soon, the air becomes thicker like glue, and Rand feels like he smells an indistinct fishy smell.

The fishy smell of seawater, blood and animal rot, but when he carefully sniffs, he can only smell the heavy perfume on Rogers.

"...Oh, that's right, before I forget to tell you, Mrs. Smith's balcony is very close to your kitchen window. Her cat could slip into your kitchen. You better remember to close the window in time. I think she might also be trying to find you after what happened just now..."

Rogers said some small things afterward, but Rand couldn't help but close his eyes and leaned against the car window. He slowed down his speed and twisted his head around to stare at Rand: a thinning face, a tired expression, pale lips. From the standard of an adult man, when Rand fell asleep, there was a naivety that was completely out of proportion to his age.