Jiang Shuyin discussed the future of the former clan chief Chunhua with the high priest in the side hall. The high priest was shocked for a long time after learning of her thoughts.

"I never expected that even at this point, you would still treat us kindly. I, Yu Xi, guarantee that from now on, your enemies will be our enemies."

"Just say the word, and the entire merfolk will do everything in their power for you. I know with Changji here, all this talk is pointless, but I still need to make my stance clear: I'm entrusting Chunhua to you. She's not actually that bad."

Jiang Shu smiled and thought to herself: I'm doing this entirely for Alvin and the children's sake.

Just then, Changji returned from outside, walked straight here, greeted the high priest, and sat down.

After a moment of silence, the high priest rose and left.

Changji then spoke up: "Lin found a male merman and has arranged for him to stay at the clinic. I suspect he might be a blood relative of my father. Do you remember this person?"

Jiang Shuyin thought carefully and had not heard of Alvin having any relatives other than his sister: "Bring him here and you'll know for sure."

Changji asked Zixin to relay the message to Lin, who immediately put down his work and went to ask Awen, "Jiang wants to see you, I'll take you there." As he spoke, he pulled Awen's hand and started to walk out, but Awen reacted strongly, hurriedly breaking free and pulling his hand back, saying, "I...I'm not going."

His long, drooping eyelashes trembled slightly, and Lin could vaguely see the unease on his face as he looked up from below.

“My mother isn’t fierce at all, so don’t be afraid. It’s just a meeting. If you can’t speak, I’ll speak for you.” Anyway, she likes talking to her mother.

Awen still shook his head, resisting with all his might.

Lin tried to persuade him for a long time, but he wouldn't listen. Having no other choice, she went to the side hall herself and told her mother, "He refuses to come no matter what I say. I told him you are a great beauty, but he wasn't moved at all."

Jiang Shuyin chuckled, but a suspicion arose in her heart: "How about this, I'll swim up to the clinic later, and you can take him to work at the counter. I can see him from the stairs."

Lin thought for a moment and said, "That's a good idea. Shall I go back now?"

Jiang Shuyin waved her hand.

Staring in the direction Lin left, she wondered: Could this suddenly appearing merman be him?

Xie Yin has been doing things she never expected lately, but why is he doing them?

Jiang Shuyin couldn't figure it out for the time being, so she went to take a look.

The clinic has been packed with patients these past two days. Merfolk's illnesses are quite different from humans'. For example, they are prone to worms and need to take deworming medication regularly to expel the worms.

There is also ichthyosis, which is similar to acne in humans. It is a very common disease. Merfolk love beauty as much as life itself, and they will feel so uncomfortable that they cannot sleep if they have even the slightest blemish on their bodies.

Relatively speaking, external injuries are quite simple for them. Small cuts heal on their own in no time, and large wounds heal in two or three days at most with the help of red herbs. As for losing an arm, they would need to use their supernatural abilities. Losing a head is even easier; they can simply send it back to the embrace of the sea god so that the soul can return to its homeland.

Lin pulled Awen down onto the counter from behind: "There are a lot of people in front, so you stand behind me and help get the medicine. I'm really too busy."

Without thinking much, Awen carefully prepared the medicine.

The counter was two meters high. Awen was close to the ground, with only her shoulders and above exposed. When patients saw her extra helper, they laughed and said, "You've been busy lately. Even Baoping is helping you with your work. It's so nice to have a brother like you."

Lin stared wide-eyed and looked back.

Someone immediately chimed in, "If you're so envious, hurry up and let Huayuan give birth. Work harder! The clan has always encouraged childbirth. You don't have to raise children; the clan provides the expenses for raising them. Why don't you hurry up?"

"What if we try but can't get pregnant? Who can be as good as Alvin? He was the first to get pregnant. His talent is in conception. If he were here, he would bless us and we would definitely get pregnant quickly."

"Yes, yes, Lin, what are you looking at? Where's the medicine I asked for?"

Lin turned around abruptly, bent down and took out packets of wound medicine from the drawer to give to him.

"I don't need that many, one pack is enough. Here, take the mirror you want."

Lin accepted the mirror and called out, "Next."

Jiang Shuyin, who was upstairs, could see clearly that when the patient said the name "Alvin," the merman behind Lin froze, his hand holding something stiff.

Lin waited until the clinic closed, then leaned against the counter and sighed, "I'm so tired."

Awen gazed at her tenderly with his deep blue eyes, the corners of his lips curving slightly.

"There are no other merfolk now. Can you tell me why you don't want to see Jiang?" Lin knew that her mother was still upstairs.

After a moment of silence, feeling that Lin was trustworthy, Awen opened his voice, which had been closed for a long time: "I dare not go."

That voice... there's an 80% chance it's him.

Lin sat up abruptly: "You don't dare? She's not going to eat you."

Awen pinched the strand of hair that had fallen into his palm: "I don't know, when I get close to her, I..." He put his hand on his chest, and even just lifting it up, his heart felt like it was about to jump out of his chest.

Lin felt a heavy weight pressing down on him. Awen's delicate chin was taut, as if he was enduring some unspeakable pain, and his expression was somewhat haggard and sorrowful.

"Alright, alright, don't talk about feeling unwell. Go and rest after a long day."

After persuading Awen to leave, Lin went up to the second floor.

"Did you notice?"

Jiang Shuyin regained her senses: "I can see that... he is indeed your relative, Alvin and the chieftain's brother."

Lin almost jumped up, her eyes filled with joy: "Really? That's great! I still have elders, I want to tell my brothers."

Jiang Shuyin instructed her: "You must take good care of him. He has suffered and has something on his mind. Don't ask too many questions. Just be good to him. Let him do whatever he wants. If there's anything you can't decide, let Changji ask me."

She left her mobile phone with Changji for communication. After returning, she would report the situation of the Merfolk to her superiors and request more mobile phones so that at least one person in the Merfolk tribe could have one and enter the Internet age.

Lin blinked and nodded slowly. She felt a pang of sadness when she heard her mother's words, which sounded like she was about to leave.

Jiang Shuyin calculated the days; she had already been on this sea for far more than seven days. Finally, she greeted Changji: "Call me if anything comes up. Do you remember how to use it?"

Changji demonstrated it to her, and Jiang Shuyin was finally relieved, swimming up to the surface with alternating legs.

Standing on the deck, seeing the seven children in the water in his hand, he raised the corners of his lips and waved vigorously: "Go back, I'll be back soon."

Changji, accompanied by his sisters and brother, accompanied them for 500 li before stopping.

On the way back, they hunted a group of mutated beluga whales that didn't know their place. Only after the battle was over did Changji put aside his feelings of parting.

Holding up the beluga whale's eyeball, he said to his compatriots, "From this moment on, for the sake of the merfolk and for the sake of humanity, I want you to follow my guidance and eradicate these mutated marine creatures. Remember, this will be the first step for us merfolk to officially step onto the world stage. This great undertaking requires us to complete it together; not a single person can be missing!"

Li was the first to respond: "Yes!"

The other five followed closely behind.

A massive transformation of the ocean is quietly unfolding.

The beginning, development, and end of a great change are always accompanied by bloodshed and sacrifice, but the Merfolk, with their strong physique and amazing speed, delivered a satisfactory alliance agreement to humanity within a month.