It had been several days since he'd seen another side of Jin Se.
But Jin Se hadn't brought it up, and Dan Zhe had played the coward, too.
He avoided facing Jin Se head-on...
All Dan Zhe wanted was to "keep the peace."
For them both to be "fine."
But...
Several days of nightmares in a row had reminded him that he couldn't.
He couldn't go on like this.
Jin Se...
Now, whenever he thought of that name, his heart wasn't filled with love anymore. All he felt was panic and fear.
He didn't want to see her.
Yet he didn't even dare come home late.
Because Jin Se would get angry.
He was like a bug trapped in a spiderweb.
Silk wound around him, layer upon layer.
He couldn't move.
He couldn't struggle free.
Because the powerful predator...was right in front of him.
"You don't like this appearance..."
The mermaid furrowed her brow slightly.
Then her expression relaxed.
"I won't appear before you looking like this again."
"That's good—"
"It's not!"
Dan Zhe's voice went shrill.
He gasped for breath.
He glanced at Jin Se, then immediately looked away again.
"Even if you always looked like you used to, I'd still break up with you!"
"Why?"
The mermaid didn't understand.
Dan Zhe had always liked her human appearance.
"You don't—"
"You like—"
"I don't like you!"
Dan Zhe shouted.
"I—"
"You said you liked me."
The mermaid's voice was still melodious and lovely, like a calm expanse of water, without much of a ripple.
"Many times."
"You gave me flowers..."
"Many times."
"And—"
"Shut up!"
Dan Zhe clutched the front of his shirt.
"Ha... ha..."
"Yes..."
"I gave you flowers, I gave you perfume, I gave you so many gifts..."
"I even let you live