When Lin told Awen the good news, he paced anxiously around the room, grabbed Lin's pet jellyfish, hugged it to his chest, and muttered while pinching one of the jellyfish's tentacles, "Go, don't go, go, don't go..."

As he pinched the last tentacle: "Go..."

He put the jellyfish back, pursed his lips, and went back to his room to pack his things.

Then let's go.

After arriving at the shore from 50,000 leagues underwater, Lin and Awen took a plane directly to Anshi from Jiaozhu Island. Both of them had spatial pouches, and only had two handbags to disguise themselves.

As soon as the two entered the airport, someone approached them and asked, "Are you merfolk? Can we take a picture together?"

Lin looked at Awen, but Awen turned his face away, looking impatient.

"Sorry, my uncle doesn't like taking pictures."

The man pursed his lips and walked away.

Mermaids are beautiful, and Mermaid Island is their territory. Anyone with an outstanding appearance is likely a mermaid. Many curious people come here to take street photos and make money. Awen and Lin are new faces, so they can fetch a good price. Another point is that there are few male mermaids, so the prices are ridiculously high.

Even a high-definition photo of the clan chief Changji at a press conference could sell for the price of a house. Zixin, who was stationed at the central base of Z country, had to learn disguise on his own to maintain his learning environment. Baoping's whereabouts were uncertain and no one could find him.

Li often appears among the crowd. His main job is to maintain the security of Jiaozhu Island. It's a pity that he wears a mask. The photos he takes are very sexually provocative. The arm holding the weapon is as thick as a girl's calf. He has broad shoulders, a thin waist, and long legs. Buyers of the photos all want to see what kind of face is under the mask.

These are all public figures that everyone knows. Ah Wen has never left his clan's territory in all these years. Everyone is interested in the handsome man who suddenly appeared on Jiaozhu Island, and the forums are buzzing with discussion.

After boarding the plane, Lin led Awen through a special passage and sat in a private cabin first. Only after the cabin door was closed did the other passengers board the plane.

When the plane arrived in Anshi, the ground temperature was 34 degrees Celsius, which was bearable for humans, but for the merfolk, it was like being roasted on a fire.

Jiang Shuyin waited at the exit in advance. When she saw Lin and Awen's skin turn visibly red, she quickly got into the car and turned on the air conditioning. With a smile on her face, she said, "You almost turned into grilled fish. Go home and have lunch first. I'll take you to the herbal medicine market in the morning. Don't go out at noon, it's too sunny."

Lin nodded heavily, and Awen listened quietly.

Every time Jiang Shuyin spoke on the way, he would look up at her in the rearview mirror and then look down again.

When they got home, Heimei and Shuining had already prepared dinner. Zheng Lanxiang had a few more gray hairs on her head and was sitting at the table with Lao Xiao, waiting for the children to come home and have dinner.

The square table on the first floor was replaced with a rotating marble round table. With many people eating, at least ten dishes need to be cooked for each meal. Zheng Lanxiang is over seventy years old and can no longer handle cooking in a large pot, so Heimei and Shui Ning took over. As long as these two don't go out, everything is negotiable.

The food is clean and hygienic; don't worry too much about the taste, as long as it's edible.

At noon, there were guests, so Lao Xiao bought cooked food and braised dishes from outside. Zheng Lanxiang also secretly ordered four dishes from a restaurant and had them delivered, making it a very lavish meal.

There were eighteen dishes on the table, six of which were fish.

A plate of deep-fried crucian carp piled into a small tower, a plate of steamed perch, a plate of steamed mandarin fish, as well as braised carp, grass carp with minced garlic and chopped chili, and black carp soup.

Zheng Lanxiang was a particular person, and she always maintained a hierarchy of seating in her home, with guests always seated at the head table.

Lin and Awen sat on either side. Zheng Lanxiang had Xiao Youliang on her left and Awen on her right. She used serving chopsticks to put a sea bass on Awen's plate: "Chunhua sent them all. She hasn't asked me for money today."

Awen's body stiffened.

Seeing that he hadn't moved, Zheng Lanxiang urged, "Eat up, it won't taste good if it gets cold."

Awen nodded stiffly and picked up his chopsticks somewhat involuntarily.

That's strange. He's never used chopsticks before, so how does he know how to use them?

Seeing that Lin's chopsticks technique was clumsy, and she failed to pick up the food several times, dropping it on the table, Heimei sat next to her to help, almost feeding her.

“I must be getting senile. I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before, young man. Maybe I’m mistaken,” Zheng Lanxiang suddenly said, causing Jiang Shuyin to choke: “Cough cough cough... Mom, can you please stop talking?”

"What's wrong? I remember something like this. It seems this young man came to our house decades ago. It's the house that's currently occupied by the Huang family. He stayed there for a few days." Zheng Lanxiang also had a temper and insisted on saying it.

Jiang Shu drank water to suppress the itch in her throat and made up an excuse: "Didn't Chunhua come to our house decades ago? Awen and Chunhua are siblings, you must have confused them."

Zheng Lanxiang suddenly realized: "Oh, so that's how it is! No wonder she didn't take my money, they're siblings. Then why didn't she come to eat?"

Jiang Shuyin: "You two had a fight, let's stop talking."

Zheng Lanxiang then stopped talking.

After dinner, everyone sat in the air-conditioned room chatting. With Heimei around, Lin quickly integrated into this big family.

Awen seemed to be still in his own world. Occasionally, his peripheral vision would catch a glimpse of a girl named Shui Ning. Shui Ning resembled him more than Xiang Xie, He Hua, Meng Shen, and Lin.

Will Shui Ning know the secret he carries?

Awen turned around, his pupils suddenly contracting.

It's him, the person I saw when I woke up. How did he end up here?

Xie Yin met his gaze, his eyes filled with inquiry.

Awen looked away, grabbed Lin's hand, and said under the questioning gazes of the crowd, "Take me to the former clan chief."

With a barely audible plea, Jiang Shu stood up and said, "I'll take him there."

"Let Qingwu go." Xie Yin looked up at her.

The room remained silent for a full minute.

Jiang Shu led Xie Yin to her side, bent down, and whispered in his ear, "Jealous husband."

He then straightened up and patted his shoulder and back: "He must have a lot of questions that we need to answer. If you can talk to him properly, I will let you go."

Xie Yin, having been appeased, reluctantly agreed.

Jiang Shuyin didn't want Lin to follow. After getting into the car with Awen, she drove to the entrance of the Garden Community and stopped. Under Awen's trembling blue eyes, she pointed to the balcony full of clothes and said, "You used to live in that house for a while. After that, you used your talent to conceive a child. You couldn't stay on the mainland, so you went back. The next time I saw you was before I died. You trusted me a lot and asked me to help take care of your child."

Indeed, he was willing to believe everything she said.

Perhaps he can find out everything he wants to know from her.

Awen's tense fingers relaxed: "How did the merfolk get here?"

"This is a long story, but I'll keep it short." Jiang Shuyin thought for a moment and said, "Let's start with the Goddess of the Moon. When I first met you, you were the attendant chosen by the Goddess of the Moon. However, the Merfolk had a long-standing grudge against the Goddess of the Moon and were unwilling to hand over their last male. They almost came to blows. I used some tricks to deceive her, and she was a little wary of the guy behind me, so she put you into the world I live in."

Hearing this, Awen's gaze towards her changed: She could even deceive the Goddess of the Moon... How can I still trust her?