C16 The Mermaid

This was a leisure place in the suburbs, the River Gazing Manor.

The River Gazing Manor was a place where the high officials of Findochty City would gather for leisure. Those who could appear here were either rich or noble.

A group of people was fishing by the river.

"I say, Pron, what's going on? Why are all the fish running towards your fishing rod? We haven't even caught a single fish!"

Elton looked at Prynne's bucket and said angrily.

Preston sat on the shore indifferently.

He was dressed in casual clothes. The early spring sunlight fell on his body, and the breeze blew, making him look even more handsome.

Fortunately, there were no women here. Otherwise, there would definitely be screams.

Elton spat, "What a monster! Don't ever go to my house again!"

His sister was only fifteen years old, yet she was already so obsessed with Preston.

Elton had just turned around when he suddenly stopped and exclaimed, "Damn, no one ever said that there were mermaids in the river!"

Wang Changqing looked at him with disdain, "Can you be quieter? Don't scare my fish away!"

"Why are you still fishing? Hurry up and look. Is there a mermaid in the water?"

When everyone saw that he wasn't lying, they all looked over.

Sure enough, there was a woman in the clear river!

"Could it be that the owner of the manor paid someone to act as a mermaid?"

"If she was paid to do this, she should at least wear a mermaid dress …"

Amidst the discussions, the woman in the water suddenly raised her head.

She broke out of the water, and her fair face that was dyed with water droplets shone with a dazzling light under the sunlight.

"Holy shit! A beauty!"

"This is too beautiful! Is there such a good girl in Findochty?"

"Do you guys feel that this woman's face is a little familiar?"

"Forget it, Elton. You playboy, you feel that every beauty is familiar …"

Lottie had just poked her head out of the water when she heard someone talking.

She was a little far away, so she couldn't hear what they were talking about clearly.

However, she had already swum three to four hundred meters, and her physical strength was exhausted. She had to go ashore.

She supported herself on the green stone slab by the shore and climbed up with a flip.

The woman's hair was dripping wet on her shoulders. Her entire body was like a lotus flower that had just come out of the water, delicate and beautiful.

Her skin was white and translucent, and under the sunlight, it was as if it was transparent. It was filled with an unreal feeling.

Her eyes were like limpid autumn water, and her red lips were dotted with water droplets. It was like a painting.

Her clothes were tightly clad around her body, revealing her exquisite curves.

The group of men on the shore were all stunned.

"Holy shit! She is too beautiful!"

"Oh my god, I'm going to bleed!"

"I definitely know her!" Elton's eyes widened as he said, "I definitely have seen her before!"

His voice attracted a lot of booing.

As he listened to his friends discussing the woman's figure, for some reason, a trace of disgust surfaced in his heart.

Without thinking, he threw down the fishing rod and walked down the stone steps, heading straight to the shore.

Then...

Under the dumbfounded gazes of the crowd, he took off his black coat and draped it over Lottie.

"Fuck! Pron is too cunning. His movements are even faster than mine!" Elton clenched his teeth.

"Doesn't Pron not like women? Why is he running faster than anyone else today?"

"Who said he doesn't like women? If he doesn't like women, where did his son come from? Did he jump out of a rock?"

Everyone immediately reacted. Preston had a son.

Because this guy hid his son too well. Even their friends who had grown up with him rarely saw the two children.

That was why they had forgotten that Pron had a son.

Lottie was trying to decide which direction to go when a man with a cold body suddenly appeared in front of her.

Then, he wrapped an outer coat around her.

She recognized him. It was Prynne, whom she had met on the road yesterday.

Thinking about the man's arrogant attitude yesterday, Lottie also became cold.

She frowned. "No need, thank you."

As she spoke, she was about to take off the coat.

Preston's eyes were filled with coldness. "The shore is full of hungry wolves. If you are not afraid, you can go up naked."

Lottie wanted to say that she was wearing clothes.

However, those clothes were wet on her body, as if... it was no different from being naked.

She pursed her lips and said lightly, "How much is this?"

Preston raised his eyebrows. "Why?"

"It is better to be clear with strangers."

Lottie took out her wallet from her wet pocket and threw a stack of wet money into Pron's arms.

"Mr. Peterson, please keep it."

After saying that, she walked onto the shore without turning back.