Yan Qiong

"Kyaaaah! You are finally awake!" the newly entered woman squealed like a five-year-old child. Wearing a long silk bathrobe, and with her hair slightly messed up, the maids guessed that she has been woken up from her deep slumber.

It's too late for a Sunday evening to still be up, yet the earliest for a Monday morning.

Yan Qiong scrutinized the features of the young maiden, and each second she does so, the air thickens and it becomes more awkward.

"Woah, you're really beautiful, are you a foreigner perhaps?" the eldest daughter of the Qiong's questioned eagerly, her dark pupils light up in amazement. However, Andromeda kept her mouth sealed.

'Foreigner?'

Is that some kind of fish? A coral? Seaweed?

Ah! She doesn't know.

"Look at your hair, it's gold! If it's not attached to your body, I would've mistaken it as pure  and real gold!" Yan Qiong once more exclaimed in awe.  Her hands found its way to the girl's silky long hair, it drips water upon holding it to see it closer.

Andromeda remained frozen, she quietly stared at this new person who touches her freely.

Is it normal for humans to lay their hands carelessly on other people?

She should shove her away!

This is what her mind screams at her, but deep down, she knows she cannot afford to mess up with this person, her gut feeling tells her so. Her eyes lingered a bit more to the black-haired woman.

A foreigner...what could it be?

She wanted to wack her mind but nothing came up, sure, she knows some complex words they use but not all.

"Remarkable..." Yan Qiong's word sent chills to Andromeda, with those dark orbs staring intently at her, exploring and observing all her body parts with her eyes. The princess felt uncomfortable yet she didn't utter a word.

Even the maids felt uneasy with their Miss' behavior, however, they get her, this beauty in front of their eyes is one of a kind, a true goddess that descended on the land, it's as if they are sinning just by merely catching a glimpse of such beauty.

A moment passed by, and if not only when Gina, the head maid, coughed, would Yan Qiong awaken from her dazed state.

Wow, she's a woman, one of the top models in her country, yet she still can't help but be enchanted by this woman's beguiling looks.

"Aha...you must be hungry" Yan Qiong spoke excitedly after recovering from her initial shock, she also hurriedly removed her hand from the stranger's hair.

She would've touched it more if only it will not look weird.

'But...it was so smooth' her thought seeped out of her mind.

It was delicate, her hair...what more of her breast?

She shoved off the thought, how can she even think of that?

Witnessing how fine the lady is, Yan Qiong has a small smile plastered on her face, surely, her younger sister, Linlin, would never be able to contain her weird habits when she saw this new face.

In an instant, her drowsiness faded away, "Tell our chef to prepare salade aveyronaise"

With this, one maid went out to inform and wake up the chef of the Qiong's. It's a rowdy night indeed.

In the head of Andromeda, she encountered another unfamiliar word, 'Salade aveyronaise'

Bowing her head down to her legs underneath the water, she suddenly started to miss her golden tail, it was long and marvelous, unlike these ugly pair of legs, pale and unsteady.

In an eerie silence, she can care less if the master of the house, is just behind her, sitting pretty as her eyes began to wander once more of the place. There are two large windows, and from her place, she can see the glistening ocean while the moon slowly kisses it goodbye.

She lays in a big tub, it's square and enormous, tiled to a perfect measure, very different from the raspy texture of the sand and of the seafloor.

In the bottom of the ocean, where everything is arranged according to nature's will, this building that the human resides is the exact opposite. It is the fruit of one's manual labor, and right then, she wondered if it's fulfilling to build something by breaking another one.

Deep thoughts ran into her head, love and hate started crashing inside her heart, 'Why must it come to this?'

It would've been easier if the humans did not abuse their power, the mermen are always willing to help them, to co-exist peacefully, yet, why do they keep owning things even though it will harm others?

Is it pleasurable to have things that will not last?

Her turquoise pupils continued to stare at the moon's shape, it seemed closer that day.

"Ahem" a small cough from what supposed to be the owner of the building disrupted Andromeda's train of thoughts, she turned her head over her shoulders to see the face of the woman.

"What is your name?" Yan Qiong straightforwardly asked, beside her is a glass of wine prepared. She sits comfortably in a chair with her legs crossed, her gaze never left the porcelain back of the woman.

She's intimidating as usual, with her legs slightly showing and jet-black hair in one the right side of her shoulder.

'What is so astonishing outside that this woman finds? It's the same sea and moon we see every day'

Aside from her physical appearance, Yan Qiong took an interest in what is happening inside that person's mind.

She found her naked in the seaside, what person would stand lifelessly in the middle of the ocean?

"If you are not going to respond to any of my questions, then I shall do whatever I want with you," Yan Qiong smirked, playing nice doesn't suit her at all, but at least she tries, her patient has a limit though.

Andromeda is sure that she's not in the mood to talk nor to answer inquiries, she decided that this woman is not worthy of her voice, that evil smirk plastered on her face says much.

"Nixie, that is the name I have bestowed upon you, as long as you are in the Qiong's place, you will entertain me to the fullest"

A small hint of danger can be traced in every word Yan Qiong speaks, it was like a dagger neatly hidden yet full of poison.

The eldest miss of the Qiong household is not sure of the whereabouts of this lady if she's playing dumb with her or is really illiterate. One thing is for sure though, she discovered a potential cash cow.

'Xiulan aims to reach the eighth ranking yet with Nixie, even ranking second seems probable now,'

'What an interesting turn of events'