A treacherous bay? Wan'er shuddered, took a deep breath, her gaze turned serious, and slowly nodded, "I understand, we'll go to the Bone Bay, thirty miles away."

Dry Bones Bay, as its name suggests, is a deep and turbulent bay where skeletons are frequently found floating in the water. Legend has it that unidentified objects also mysteriously appear there...

This place is rarely visited, not even during the day, let alone at night.

"The location is nice, and it's far from the Water Palace."

"Where is the Water Palace?" Wan'er pressed.

"Well, like I said, we'll find out when the time comes. But Wan'er, if you go swimming, there might be some unusual things to happen..." Mercury changed the subject, hesitated, but then looked at the little prince. "Otherwise, maybe we shouldn't bring him."

“Uncle,” he said, sitting down on the sofa with the little prince in his arms, “why are you being so fussy? My mom isn’t like that.”

Exactly, this uncle is worrying too much. It's like he's wary of me. All I did was accompany her to take a bath. He should just do his job and stop nagging.

The Little Prince lay on the sofa and secretly glanced at Mercury. His gaze made Mercury's heart skip a beat! This wasn't a cat; it was clearly a man!

"But..." Mercury wanted to say something more.

"No buts, it's settled then." Sitting on the sofa, Wan'er looked up at the clock on the opposite wall, somewhat impatiently. "Uncle, it's almost 12 o'clock. I'm hungry. Could you cook this meal?"

"You little devil, I don't think you treat me like your uncle," Mercury said angrily, crossing his arms and sitting down on the other side of the sofa. "You're not even as good as a pet, all you do is order me around."

"Oh, Uncle! You are my only family now, how could I possibly ask you to do anything? When my mother was alive, she once said that her family could cook delicious food, but I have never met her family. So I was thinking that maybe you, Uncle, could let me taste my mother's cooking again?" Wan'er said, her voice trembling with sadness, and she raised her hand to wipe away her tears.

"Oh, I see. Then you've really come to the right person. Your mother learned her cooking skills from me." Hearing Wan'er's words, Shui Xing felt relieved. "Uncle is a gourmet among the Shui tribe. During the years on land, whenever it was late at night, I would secretly catch some wild game, then hide in a corner where no one knew me, and cook what I liked to eat. His skills were truly amazing."

"Really?" Wan'er raised her hand to wipe away her tears, and smiled through her tears.

“Of course!” Mercury said, a drool almost spilling from the corner of his mouth. With a “slurp!” he opened his mouth, curled his tongue, and pulled the drool back. At the same time, his expression suddenly became a little sad. “Being a fool is very free, so free that no one will believe that you can cook delicious food.”

"Don't be sad, I believe you!" Wan'er got up happily and pushed Mercury into the kitchen. "I've prepared a lot of dishes, they're in the vegetable basket. Now's the perfect time for you to show off your skills."

"Alright, you wait here!" Mercury, looking refreshed, rolled up her sleeves, went to the vegetable basket, and bent down to inspect the vegetables...

"Also, could you make some small fish for the little prince? I always keep some in the fridge," Wan'er said as she turned to leave the kitchen.

"Meow!" The little prince on the sofa, upon hearing Wan'er's words, felt grateful and proud, and meowed loudly at Wan'er.

Wan'er sat back on the sofa, holding the little prince, and turned on the TV.

"Him?" Mercury was taken aback at first, then "slap! slap!" she slapped herself twice. "You're such a brat!"

"Uncle," Wan'er called out again, her hand on the remote control pointing towards the kitchen, "thank you for your hard work."

"Alright! From now on, I'll serve you two ancestors." Mercury stood in front of the stove and began washing a bag of small green peppers...