Junjun hasn't woken up today.

He had been sleeping all day. If Xu Qiaoqiao hadn't felt his strong heartbeat while biting him, she would have thought he was a corpse.

What exactly is going on?

Xu Qiaoqiao panicked completely, unable to eat, her eyes filled with worry. She hovered around Jun Qi every day, but truly didn't know what to do.

This is the first time I've encountered this situation. She's so sleepy; it's driving her crazy.

The beautiful mermaid lay there quietly, her eyes closed, as if she would never wake up again.

Ahhh, no, maybe we should go back.

Let's go back and see what's going on!

Go to the place where Junjun grew up. There must be some clues left there. Xu Qiaoqiao thought about it all day, but she couldn't figure out why Junjun had been so sleepy lately.

Surely it's not that I ate something I shouldn't have.

That shouldn't be the case. He eats nothing but grass every day, and it's all the most common kind of aquatic grass. How could anything be wrong with that?

Xu Qiaoqiao thought for a long time and decided that it would be better to take Jun Qi back. He wasn't the main character in that book, and he didn't have many scenes, so it wasn't very useful. She decided to go to the sea area where he grew up and see if they could find anything new.

And so, Xu Qiaoqiao, carrying Jun Qi, began her journey home.

It's been more than a month since I met Xiangsi.

Xu Qiaoqiao believed that the little girl would not live more than a few days. Although she could have helped her, she did not. However, she did not regret it.

But who would have thought that the two sides would meet again?

It was a bright afternoon with a few white clouds drifting across the sky. The sunlight warmed the sea, and through the shallow water, it illuminated Xu Qiaoqiao's face, making her look like she was glowing.

Just then, she heard a child's cry.

"Ah, Little Blue!!"

Xu Qiaoqiao was so focused on getting on her way that she didn't pay any attention to the scenery, so she naturally missed the dilapidated little boat not far away.

When Xiangsi saw that the other person was ignoring her, her first reaction was that she had made a mistake. But when she gestured with her hand, it was indeed her. Why was she ignoring her? The other person was very fast and quickly disappeared from sight.

Xiangsi was stunned for a moment, and then Xu Qiaoqiao disappeared. She immediately came to her senses, rowed her small boat, and swam towards Xu Qiaoqiao.

Throughout the process, he kept calling out the other person's name.

Finally, Xu Qiaoqiao froze. She thought she heard someone calling "Xiao Lan." Could it be a hallucination? She surfaced, and the voice became even clearer.

"Little Blue, Little Blue, Little Blue!!!"

Xu Qiaoqiao: "..."

Is that sound of longing?

She turned around and saw, sure enough, a dilapidated little boat swimming toward her. She saw the figure in red and a look of surprise crossed her eyes.

She's still alive?

How could a person survive drifting on the sea for over a month with scarce food?

Wow!

In the few seconds that Xu Qiaoqiao was shocked, Xiangsi had already rowed her small boat to Xu Qiaoqiao's side. At this moment, Xu Qiaoqiao saw the other person clearly. Her clothes were already tattered, and her black hair was messy. She looked like a refugee.

Moreover, he smelled like salted fish.

Xu Qiaoqiao noticed something: there were actually two salted fish hanging on the other party's boat!

...As expected of the female lead.

When Xiangsi saw Xu Qiaoqiao and her bright eyes, she smiled happily and said, "Xiao Lan, it really is you! I almost thought I had mistaken a fish for someone else, but thinking about it, the biggest fish I've seen in a while is you."

"That's great, don't you think?"

Xu Qiaoqiao, with Jun Qi in her mouth, was eager to go back, but upon seeing the female lead, she suddenly thought of something. Perhaps the other party knew something about Jun Jun's current state.

In this world, she is essentially blind.

Xiangsi was obviously overjoyed to see Xu Qiaoqiao again. She had been adrift on the ocean all alone for so long and desperately needed someone to keep her company.

Even if it's a fish, it's fine.

Before Xu Qiaoqiao could even shed tears, Xiangsi had already started chattering away, recounting everything that had happened since she left Xu Qiaoqiao and the others, like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.

Finally, Xiangsi noticed Xu Qiaoqiao's situation and realized that the merman was not with Xiaolan.

Xu Qiaoqiao looked at Xiangsi with sorrowful eyes. She slowly backed away and opened her mouth. When Xiangsi saw the sleeping mermaid, she unconsciously softened her breathing.

Seeing Xiao Lan's wide-open mouth, as if realizing something, she immediately rowed her small boat towards the other's mouth and then moved Jun Qi onto her small boat.

Suddenly, the small boat became crowded.

Junqi's tail was so long that almost the entire tail was covered in seawater.

Xu Qiaoqiao looked listless, her bright eyes filled with sadness. She made some sounds, but the human in front of her couldn't hear her at all.

After Xiangsi moved Jun Qi onto her boat, the first thing she paid attention to was his pulse. Feeling the rhythm of his pulse, she breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at Xu Qiaoqiao, and when she saw the sorrow in Xu Qiaoqiao's eyes, she felt sad as well.

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