Chapter 1479: The crawling fish

Zhou Jing and Abby skillfully finished their makeup. Basically, they only painted eyebrows, eyeliner, and red lips without any foundation cream. The eyebrows and eyeliner would be covered by goggles, which would not come into contact with water, so there was no need to consider whether it would pollute the water. The lipstick was different from the ones commonly seen in the market. It seemed to be hand-mixed, and was probably a natural color component that could be waterproof. Snowy had already tried to persuade him, what else could she say? Although she had good intentions, this man had to rely on this job to support his family and make a living. If he lost this job, there might be more terrible consequences. At this time, Zhou Jing and Abby were still wearing one-piece diving suits. Before going into the water, they had to take off their diving suits and change into mermaid suits. Zhang Zian thought that they would at least find a dressing room or something to change their clothes, but he did not expect them to start taking off their clothes in front of him. He was about to turn around and leave when he realized that it was unnecessary because the two of them had already put on their bikinis under their diving suits. They put on swimming goggles, not the ordinary kind, but diving goggles. They were white and transparent, the kind that covered their eyes and nose. However, they couldn’t wear breathing tubes because it would affect the image. The breathing tubes prepared in the room were for daily practice and couldn’t be used in official performances. “One minute,” Abby raised a finger at Zhou Jing. Zhou Jing nodded. Because they didn’t have a breathing tube or a water lungs, they just had to hold their breath and dive into the water to interact with the aquatic creatures and greet the audience. Even for those who had been trained for a long time, in order to ensure their safety, they usually had to hold their breath for a minute at a time, and then take turns to float up to breathe. The frequent floating up to breathe affected the audience’s feelings, so if a Big Shot came to watch the mermaid show live, they would try to hold their breath underwater for one and a half minutes, which was the safety limit. If it exceeded two minutes, they were likely to be in danger. Some of the audience members in the livestream expressed that holding their breath for two minutes was too easy, but their time of holding their breath was calculated in the swimming pool. If they dove five to ten meters underwater, their body’s oxygen consumption would increase greatly. Coupled with their nervousness, those who had not undergone training would probably be squeezed out of the water in one minute, let alone two minutes … It was just a regular performance today, and one minute was enough. They couldn’t wear watches, so they could only count in their hearts. There was a small electric kettle in the room. Zhang Zian had noticed it before, but he didn’t pay much attention to it because Chinese people liked to drink hot water wherever they went. At this time, Zhou Jing took a pot of cold water, took out a small bag of red sugar and her own cut ginger from the small refrigerator, and turned on the kettle. Two or three minutes later, the water was boiling, and the sweet taste of the red sugar and the spicy taste of the ginger quietly filled the room. She poured two glasses and handed one of them to Abby. The latter accepted it without any reservations and held it in her hands, silently waiting for the temperature to drop to a level suitable for consumption. She poured the rest of the ginger tea into the thermos and placed it by the pool. She would drink it when the water came out. Red sugar ginger tea was a little trick brought by Zhou Jing, a Chinese person. At first, Abby didn’t care about it at all. She was more willing to drink a cup of coffee or black tea before going into the water. However, after drinking it once out of curiosity, she regretted not knowing this little trick before. “You can’t see the performance from here. The side door leads to the tourist area. You can go there and watch our performance.” Zhou Jing pointed to a small door in the room and said to snowy. She squinted her eyes naughtily and whispered,””Remember to give me a few more shots and make me look more beautiful.” Zhou Jing was just joking because she didn’t have to deliberately lower her voice. Anyway, Abby didn’t understand Chinese. Xiaoxue nodded and worriedly said,””Then you … You guys be careful, don’t force yourself …” “Alright, see you after the performance!” Zhou Jing smiled and waved her hand. Zhang Zian was about to follow snowy through the side door to the tourist area, but he was stopped by Zhou Jing. “Ah, wait! If you don’t mind, can I ask you for a small favor?” Zhou Jing requested. “Help with what?” Zhang Zian asked. Zhou Jing smiled bitterly,”I may not be in a good state today. When the performance is over, I’m afraid it will be difficult for me to go ashore. Can you please stay here and help us when we go ashore?” Two sets of mermaid clothes were already placed by the side of the small pool. The edge of the pool was a gentle slope, like a slide ladder into the water. The surface of the slope was covered with rubber to increase friction. It was easy to get into the water, as long as you rolled in the water. But when you came out of the water, the 50-pound tail was soaked in the water, and it weighed far more than that. The mermaid had to drag her heavy tail and crawl ashore on the slope with her arms propped up, just like a primitive fish climbing out of the sea with two evolved pectoral fins and becoming the first land animals. If the slope was made of smooth ceramic tiles without rubber, their arms would have no place to support themselves and they would not be able to climb up at all. However, if the slope was covered with rubber, friction would increase the difficulty of climbing while dragging the fishtail. It was a double-edged sword that must exist. After their performance in the water, they were already exhausted, and they still had to get themselves ashore. This process was very difficult to think about. If it were the usual Zhou Jing, it would not be a problem, but today, her physical strength was relatively weak. She was worried that she would lose her strength halfway and had to wait for Abby to climb up first, take off her fishtail, and then pull her. Since Zhang Zian was there, Zhou Jing asked him to stay by the pool and help her and Abby when they came out of the water. “Sure, no problem.” Zhang Zian agreed without thinking, and then his calf was kicked by snowy Lionet, because he wouldn’t be able to see the performance if he stayed here. “Thank you. Sorry for disturbing your performance.” Zhou Jing lowered her head and apologized. “There won’t be any delays.” Zhang Zian took out his cell phone.”Didn’t snowy go there to do a live broadcast? I saw the same thing in her live broadcast room.” However, watching it live and watching it on the phone were completely different. It was like watching a movie on the phone and watching it in the cinema. Zhou Jing also knew this, so she smiled apologetically,””The next time I’m in a good state, if you come over again, I’ll pay you for your travel ticket. Just take it as compensation.” “No need. You can take us backstage for a tour and let us see the preparation process of the mermaid show with our own eyes. This is already a novel experience that you can’t get in exchange for any number of tickets.” Zhang Zian said. It was almost time. Zhou Jing and Abby sat by the pool, put their legs into the fishtail, and then tried to pull the fishtail up to the waist to tighten the body. Their fishtails … Or rather, their legs were soaked in the pool. They picked up the red sugar ginger tea and drank it in one gulp. Then, they raised the water to wet their upper bodies. When their bodies adapted to the water temperature, Zhou Jing nodded to Zhang Zian, put on her goggles, and jumped into the water with Abby.