"...Why?"
Dan Zhe tilted his head.
What?
Why?
Why what?
"Why do you want to break up with me?"
A hollow, ethereal female voice entered Dan Zhe's mind.
A chill shot through his limbs, like he had just eaten a mint.
Even the crown of his head felt cold.
Dan Zhe suddenly "came to."
Why?
Dan Zhe smiled bitterly.
His fingernails dug into the flesh of his palm.
He slowly let out a breath.
"Because I don't like you anymore."
"Why don't you like me anymore?"
A look of innocent confusion appeared on the girl's face.
Her pale eyes shimmered.
In the shifting light, it seemed as if something were quietly brewing within them.
Dan Zhe lowered his gaze to the ground.
"I just don't like you anymore."
"There's no reason."
"Things like this happen all the time among humans."
"If you get along, you stay together. If you don't, you go your separate ways."
"We can part on good terms—"
"Shriek!"
A piercing sound suddenly rang beside their ears.
"Snap~"
A crisp snap of the fingers.
"Crackle~"
Then came the rustling sound of something like glass shattering.
The mermaid froze.
Its savage expression faltered.
Just now...
It stared at Xiao Xiao, wariness and caution in its eyes.
Xiao Xiao smiled as if he hadn't noticed.
"The way you look right now will scare Mr. Dan."
A trace of surprise flickered through his eyes.
Then understanding dawned.
Seeing the mermaid as it was now, he finally understood why Dan Zhe had been afraid of it.
By Dan Zhe's account, the mermaid had been a girlfriend whose gentleness and thoughtfulness were practically exemplary.
And there was no need to mention how strikingly beautiful the mermaid was.
A girlfriend like that should have been the