"Yes! Yes!"

"You've arrived very early."

"It's not early." She said, glancing curiously behind Jane Claire.

"Jane Claire, who is this?" she said, then curiously looked at Zuo Qingya's legs.

Jane Claire quickly introduced, "This is Zuo Qingya, she's my playmate now!"

"Your playmate?"

Jane Claire nodded: "My dad hired him. He's been quite busy these past few days and hasn't had time to take care of me, so he hired a playmate for me to play with."

"Oh, I see! Mom and Dad have indeed been quite busy these past few days."

Jane Claire took Zuo Qingya's hand and introduced them to everyone: "Miss, this lady with the baby face is called Abbyman, and that lady with the pigtails is called Ona."

Zuo Qingya smiled and said, "Hello! I am Zuo Qingya."

"Miss, are you a cursed mermaid?"

Zuo Qingya nodded.

"Miss, have you ever been on land?"

Zuo Qingya thought for a moment and shook her head: "No."

"You've never been there?"

"Why don't you go if you have two legs?"

“I’ve heard that cursed mermaids can breathe and walk on land,” Abbeyman said with a look of envy.

Zuo Qingya laughed awkwardly: "I'm usually a homebody and don't go out much. I only came out this time because I heard that a banquet was going to be held."

"I see!"

"Um……"

"Miss, what would you like to drink?" Jane Claire said, picking up the drink menu from the table and handing it to Zuo Qingya.

Zuo Qingya was a little embarrassed and quickly waved her hand, "No, no."

"It's okay, miss, it's on me."

Zuo Qingya hesitated for a moment, then took the drink menu and curiously flipped through it. To her surprise, there were quite a few drinks inside.

Zuo Qingya pointed to a blue bottle of drink called "Dreamy Love": "This one will do!"

Everyone craned their necks to see what Zuo Qingya had ordered.

"Miss, why did you order the cheapest one? You should have ordered something more expensive!"

Zuo Qingya quickly waved her hand: "No, I'll take this one!"

Jane Claire didn't press Zuo Qingya any further: "Alright then!" she said, calling over a waiter and pointing to two drinks on the menu.

"I'll take these two."

"OK!"

After the waiter left, everyone started chatting again, and the topic of conversation was the banquet a few days later.

As everyone was chatting enthusiastically, they heard someone at the next table say, "Have you heard? The coral gardens underwater in Villariel have been ruined."

"What? The Coral Garden has been ruined? What about the banquet?"

"I heard they're trying to find a solution!"

"Without the beautiful coral, can the banquet still proceed smoothly?"

Everyone sighed, since most of the people in the beverage shop were children and couldn't be of much help.

Zuo Qingya wondered how to get the corals she had collected out. What if the mermaids caught her as a thief as soon as she got them out?

I don't know where the banquet will be held, but I can secretly place the coral there and the task will be completed.

As Zuo Qingya was thinking, the drink was served. Zuo Qingya took a sip, and it tasted pretty good, but it seemed to have a bit of an alcohol taste. Zuo Qingya took another sip and felt a little dizzy.

Zuo Qingya grabbed Jane Claire's hand and shook her head: "Jane Claire, why do I feel a little dizzy?" When Zuo Qingya looked at Jane Claire, her head went from one to two, then to three, and started spinning around her.

"I'm so dizzy!" Zuo Qingya said as she collapsed, laughing out loud.

This startled everyone standing nearby.

"Miss, miss, what's wrong?"

"Quick...get to the hospital!"

When Zuo Qingya woke up, she was lying on a clean white bed and shook her head.

Where is this?

When Jane Claire saw Zuo Qingya wake up, she was overjoyed: "Miss, you scared me to death!"

Zuo Qingya hissed, "What's wrong with me?"

"Miss, you're drunk."

"Huh?" Zuo Qingya asked in confusion, "Drunk? I didn't drink any alcohol!"

"Miss, the Dreamy Romance you ordered contains a little alcohol."

"Oh? Then I'll just take a sip!"

Jane Claire laughed out loud: "Miss, we mermaids really love to drink! I didn't expect you to be such a heavy drinker!"

Zuo Qingya felt embarrassed; she was still a little dizzy.

"Miss, you must never drink alcohol again. No, you should never eat or drink anything with even a little alcohol, or you'll pass out like you did today, which really scared us."

Zuo Qingya nodded, "Okay."

"Miss, are you still feeling dizzy?"

Zuo Qingya nodded, "There's still a little bit."

"Let's rest a little longer, then we'll go home."

"good."

A man walked in through the door; it was Lutherto.

Are you alright?

Zuo Qingya shook her head: "It's nothing."

"It's good that you're alright."

Back at Jane Claire's house, Zuo Qingya no longer felt dizzy, but her stomach still felt very uncomfortable, and she felt like vomiting.

That evening, Zuo Qingya still slipped out, trying to find the location of the banquet.

Zuo Qingya looked around to determine a suitable location for a banquet, and finally settled on the Imperial Palace.

Such a grand mermaid's home banquet must be held in the palace! But looking at the palace guarded by shrimp soldiers and crab generals, Zuo Qingya hesitated whether to go in and take a look.

Even though she's currently invisible, she's afraid of disappearing!

Zuo Qingya checked her entire outfit, gritted her teeth, and headed towards the palace.

It went quite smoothly. Upon entering, they found themselves in the main hall. Zuo Qingya slowly surveyed the layout of the hall. To be honest, it felt like there were far fewer decorations. Could it be because the coral had been stolen? But surely there should be more. Couldn't they have used other things instead of coral?

Zuo Qingya sighed and began to arrange the corals she had taken from her consciousness space according to her own aesthetic sense.

Seeing that Task 1 was completed, Zuo Qingya breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally, a task is completed."

"The second task is to stay at the banquet and help out, what should we do?"

Zuo Qingya stepped out of the palace.

After Zuo Qingya left, several maids came to the hall. They were all stunned by the scene in the hall and quickly went to report to their superiors.

Many people in the palace are unable to sleep tonight.

Even when the Mermaid King used his innate ability, the Rewind Realm, he couldn't find the thief who broke into the palace. All he could see was Coral appearing out of thin air and then moving and adjusting its position.

Zuo Qingya returned to Jane Claire's house and went to her room to fall fast asleep.

The next day, while having breakfast, Jane Claire told him mysteriously what had happened at the palace the night before.