Xie Yongnian actually said that on purpose.

His purpose in saying that was simply to amuse himself and then provoke Cao Chengye.

This young master from the county was dressed in fine clothes and had delicate, fair skin.

The children of Lanhai Village, who spend all their time playing by the sea and are tanned dark by the sun, are naturally jealous and xenophobic when they see a rich young master like Cao Chengye.

Cao Chengye didn't want to admit it in front of so many people.

However, provoked by Xie Yongnian, he immediately nodded and said to everyone, "Maybe once Wanwan teaches me to swim, I'll swim better than you all! What's there to be so smug about!"

"Fine! Since you're so bold, how about we teach you to swim? Do you dare?" Xie Yongnian raised an eyebrow at Cao Chengye, still trying to provoke him with words.

"What's there to be afraid of! If you dare to teach me, I dare to learn!"

"Okay! Let's go to the beach and try it out now!"

"Let's give it a try!!"

The group of people were so excited that they all rushed to the beach.

I was afraid that if I arrived even a step too late, I would become the cowardly and fearful one.

Baili Wanwan couldn't persuade the two of them, and she was afraid that they would have a conflict.

So he hurriedly followed and ran towards the sea.

The closer they ran to the sea, the more familiar a call could be heard in their ears.

The call has a buzzing frequency similar to that of a whale, which is inaudible to most humans.

Only Baili Wanwan, upon recognizing the call, had a hint of joy in her eyes.

This is a special way for mermaids to communicate.

This frequency can only be heard by those of the same kind as the Taiwanese, while Cao Chengye and Xie Yongnian, along with their group of children, cannot hear it.

Baili Wanwan was very excited when she heard this voice.

She gazed at the sea in the distance.

The azure sea shimmered, and suddenly, not far away, a beautiful blue fish tail emerged from the water before quickly disappearing back into the sea.

Baili Wanwan recognized it at a glance; the fish tail was unique to mermaids.

She ran forward excitedly, unaware that she had overtaken Cao Chengye, Xie Yongnian, and their friends.

Just as she approached the shore, a head slowly emerged from behind the rocks in the sea.

She smiled and waved at Wanwan, then quickly disappeared back into the water, seemingly afraid of being discovered by the people on the shore.

Wanwan had a premonition that the mermaid wanted to say something to her, but because there were humans present, she didn't want to be discovered.

So Baili Wanwan hurriedly stopped the group and took the opportunity to send them away.

"I suddenly have a cough. Could you go back and get me some water? My aunt has a few coconuts at home. Could you go and get them together so we can all drink together?"

Along the seaside in Lanhai Village, every household plants a few coconut trees. The long summers and abundant sunshine make it an ideal place for coconuts to grow.

Upon hearing this, the group of friends also felt thirsty and readily agreed.

Xie Yongnian and Cao Chengye both vied to take it, hoping to leave a better impression on Wanwan.

Before long, only Wanwan remained on the bustling beach.

"Where are you? Come out, there's no one here anymore!"

Wanwan took off her shoes, rolled up her trouser legs, and waded through the seawater, looking around at the surface of the ocean.

Perhaps hearing Wanwan's shouts, a head slowly emerged from the sea after a short while.

Her clear, bright eyes held a smile as she slowly swam towards the crescent moon.

Wanwan then saw who it was.

The mermaid had curly, jet-black hair like seaweed, and the pearls and seashells on her head shimmered in the sunlight.

Judging from its appearance, it should be an adult mermaid.

Her fish tail was ice blue, with smooth lines between her waist and tail, covered in fish scales.

The gills behind its ears were also blue, and a spirit pearl hung around its neck, shimmering with light and circulating spiritual energy.

Who are you? Why are you here?

Baili Wanwan had lost most of her memories, so she was quite unfamiliar with this mermaid who was her kind.

But perhaps because they were of the same kind, she trusted this adult mermaid a lot.

"My name is Lan Xuerong, and I'm a mermaid from the bottom of the South China Sea," Lan Xuerong introduced herself to Baili Wanwan with a smile.

When the South China Sea was mentioned, a familiar scene suddenly flashed through Wanwan's mind, but it passed by so quickly that she couldn't grasp it or remember it.

So she had no choice but to give up and continue talking to the blue snowflake that was just like her.

Why did you come here?

Mermaids also have their taboos; generally, mermaids are not allowed to approach the coast where humans live.

Once they are discovered by humans, they are very likely to be hunted and killed.

“I’ve come looking for you. I saw you a long time ago…” Lan Xue Rong looked her up and down, then asked, “Did you come ashore to gain experience?”

Baili Wanwan nodded, then looked somewhat melancholy: "But when I got ashore, I accidentally bumped my head and can't find my way home."

Lan Xuerong chuckled.

She knew that Baili Wanwan had lost her memory because someone had done it on purpose.

The reason she came ashore to find Baili Wanwan was entirely because she was acting on that person's orders.

"You don't need to be afraid. Once all the trials are over, you'll remember everything."

Lan Xuerong's words gave Baili Wanwan a sense of security.

The two talked for a while longer, with Lan Xuerong asking only about her current life.

Whether you're happy or not, whether you're joyful or not, whether you've learned anything.

Because they were of the same kind, Baili Wanwan trusted Lan Xuerong completely, so she told her everything.

"Grandpa Wan's family has been very kind to me, and my aunt loves me very much. Now I'm officially their daughter..."

Seeing that Baili Wanwan was indeed very satisfied with her life after getting ashore, Lan Xuerong also knew that her mission here was about to be completed.

But having come all this way, she didn't want to leave just like that.

So, feeling playful, he started playing a game that mermaids often played with Baili Wanwan.

Her tail stirred up waves, enveloping Baili Wanwan within them.

The comforting seawater lapped against Baili Wanwan's body, causing her to transform into a tail the moment she fell into the water, and she swam happily in the water.

The mermaids' territory is actually in a very, very far place, deep in the heart of the ocean.

No humans have set foot there, and mermaids can freely sit on the rocks and sunbathe.

The most common game that mermaids play is to use their tails to create waves and then slap their companions into the water.

The two of them could spend a pleasant afternoon chatting back and forth.

But Lan Xuerong forgot that she was on a shore inhabited by humans, not in the middle of the sea where no one was around.

So, just as she was about to put the curved pen into the water, it was witnessed by Xie Yongnian and a group of children who had rushed over.

"Waist!"

"Wanwan was swept into the sea by that monster!!"

Xie Yongnian and the other children who could swim dropped what they were holding and jumped into the sea without thinking to save Wanwan.