It was completely dark, and the forest was thick with shadows.

In the open space, Holly had quickly built a fire, so the darkness around him was not scary.

However, after hearing what Lingling said, the three siblings were a little frightened.

Besides my father, how could there be someone in this world who looks like them?!

In order to make it easier for their sister and Lingling to talk to them, Jeffrey and Jeremy were always half-squatting.

Hearing Lingling's words, they both stood up suddenly, turned around and stared at the grove opposite the clearing.

but.

There was no one in sight, not even a single animal.

Their big move also alarmed Holly and Tag.

One of them was setting up the tent, and the other was adding dry branches to the fire. Neither of them expected the two mermaid boys to suddenly move.

Holly casually picked up the long sword he always carried with him and asked them, "What happened?"

The two brothers didn't speak.

Jeremy, still unwilling to give up, ran to the other side of the clearing and took a few steps into the woods.

But still nothing was found.

His already expressionless face became even colder.

Holly and Tag followed.

Tag patted his shoulder and teased, "Are you scared by the sound of the wind blowing through the trees? Don't worry, there's no one around. Holly and I have checked. Don't worry."

Jeremy didn't say anything. He could vaguely sense the presence of other people. Lingling also said so, so this definitely couldn't be an illusion.

But then he thought about how Tag and the others had taken care of his sister, and even though he didn't want to speak, he replied, "I felt like someone was following us all the way. That little guy just said there's someone here who looks like me and my brother. I originally thought it was my father, but if it was him, why was he hiding from us?"

Tag and Holly also lost their smiles. Even though they didn't believe Jeremy, they had heard from the elders about Lingling's peculiarity. Lingling's existence was a miracle, and her abilities were extremely special. It was possible that she could see people that they hadn't noticed.

Besides, Lingling is such a well-behaved child, how could she lie to others for no reason?

So, the three of them tacitly began to look around in the small woods.

......

Under the tree.

Sophia hugged Lingling tightly, and Jeffrey stood in front of them in a protective posture.

Lingling didn't expect her brothers and sisters to react so strongly. Are they scared?

She patted Sophia and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, that uncle has gone away~"

Sophia was also looking across, but didn't see anyone. After thinking for a moment, she lowered her head to look at the little one in her arms: "Lingling, can you tell me what the characteristics of the person you saw were?"

Features? Lingling thought for a moment, then pointed at Sophia's eyes and said, "Golden!"

Sophia understood that this was referring to eyes with the same golden color as hers.

Sophia thought about it, looked at her eldest brother, and a guess in her heart was gradually confirmed.

"Brother, do you think it might be our father?" Sophia asked hesitantly.

Jeffrey pondered for two seconds and nodded.

"It's possible, but when Jeremy and I came out to look for you, we had a big fight with my father, so..."

So he was not sure whether his father had also come ashore to find his sister. If he really had come ashore, why did he follow them and not show up?

"Fight? Big brother, why are you fighting with father?"

Sophia's eyes widened slightly, obviously shocked by this incident.

You know, her father, the Mermaid King Triton, is an extremely powerful, aloof, noble, and taciturn mermaid.

When the brothers were doing their daily physical and mental training, no matter how hard or tiring it was, they dared not resist their father. Even at a young age, they learned to be like their father, acting like an iceberg, which made the whole family look serious.

Jeffrey looked a little embarrassed and his voice became a little lower.

"It's all because Father failed to protect you. We were both completing a coming-of-age ceremony and you were captured. He still has the nerve to lecture us about training hard, gaining great strength, and protecting Mother, you, and the people of the territory."

"He didn't even do it himself! And he didn't even notice you were missing in the first place."

Sophia was stunned. She hadn't expected her brothers to have such a big fight with their father over this. She was a little touched, but she still had to explain on behalf of her pitiful father, "I sneaked out to prepare gifts for your coming-of-age ceremonies. I wanted to give you a surprise, but my father had no idea. He has so many things to do every day, so it's understandable that he didn't notice it right away."

"Besides, even you didn't expect that someone would set a trap in my usually extremely safe sea area, right? It was my fault for sneaking out, so please don't be angry with father."

Jeffrey looked a little unnatural.

"I'm not angry anymore. I found you."

As he spoke, his face darkened as if he had thought of something. He told Sophia, "You were captured because a drunkard in a seaside fishing village heard about the noble's high reward for the mermaid. He also happened to have seen you surface before, so he contacted the bounty hunters and sold them the news."

Sophia's face turned pale, and she spoke with some difficulty: "What about the child I saved? If it weren't for saving that child, I wouldn't have been arrested."

She was afraid that the evil people would kill an innocent child in order to catch her.

Jeffrey thought about it. Before he and Jeremy found the man, he seemed to see a woman fighting with the man. The fight was so fierce that she wanted to kill the man. In the end, the woman went into the house with injuries all over her body and took away a child, leaving the man lying outside the house cursing.

I think the child my sister is talking about is that child?

"That man probably had a child, but it was taken away by the child's mother. He must have used the child as bait and was discovered by the mother. Don't worry, the child seems to be fine except for being a little pale."

Sophia breathed a sigh of relief. She was glad that nothing happened, otherwise she might feel guilty for the rest of her life.

Sophia touched Lingling, who was nestled in her arms and listening to her conversation with her brother. She asked in a cold tone, "Brother, that man?"

Jeffrey nodded.

Sophia understood. Her brothers should have dealt with it, just like the tree people in the forest. Whether in the forest or in the sea, it is the law of the jungle. If you have the courage to provoke them, you must be prepared to be retaliated by them.

In your next life, choose someone you can afford to offend.

Lingling had been listening carefully to the conversation between her brothers and sisters. Although she didn't quite understand her sister's last sentence, she felt that the bad guys must have been defeated by her sister's brothers.

Awesome! Just like Uncle Bai saving Lingling.

Thinking of this, Lingling once again expressed her love for Uncle Bai in her sweet, baby voice: "Uncle Bai~ Lingling loves you so much~"

Bai Jiu's system made a crackling sound as if there was a power outage.

Wait a minute~ This is so sweet! Hahahaha!