Lin Hu got up, grabbed whatever he could find to cover himself, and stood up.

Lin Hu pretended to be calm and retreated to the box containing clothes, taking out a shirt that was exactly the same as yesterday and changing into it.

Throughout the entire process, Duan Linzhou's eyes never left him.

Lin Hu changed his clothes and went out to ask someone to prepare water for him, as he wanted to take a bath.

During this time, Lin Hu questioned Duan Linzhou.

But Duan Linzhou started pretending to be mute again, or he would try to make him repeat what happened last night.

Lin Hu was scared. He had originally planned to hand him over to Xi Yuan for interrogation, but when the other party looked at him with those hurt eyes, he softened.

As a result, on the way to Ouxi Bay where the mermaid had once appeared, Lin Hu spent several days struggling at night and agonizing during the day.

Finally, a month later, the ship arrived at Ouxi Bay.

Lin Hu, as if reborn, fled to the island with his men, leaving Duan Linzhou and a few others to watch the boat.

Of course, Duan Linzhou was always hiding in Lin Hu's room, and no one would enter Lin Hu's room, so no one knew that there was actually a mermaid on the ship all along.

After the group arrived on the island, Lin Hu took the lead and walked ahead.

The island is covered with towering trees and lush greenery, with moss on the rocks and fungi growing on the broken, dead wood.

There are roads on the island, which have clearly been cleared, so people must live there.

The group soon encountered several beautiful women with wooden basins hanging from their waists, walking barefoot on the stone-paved path.

There were still clothes in the wooden basin, and it looked like they were going to wash them in the stream they had just passed by at the foot of the mountain.

Lin Hucheng went up to the women and chatted with them for a bit. The girls smiled shyly, clearly because Cheng Yuan had flattered them.

Cheng Yuan returned with news that the people on the island were all mermaids, but all of them had families.

Because only by exchanging fluids can they gain legs and live on land, while those mermaids who do not yet have a partner live in the sea.

After hearing Cheng Yuan's explanation, Lin Hu thought of the mermaid in his room.

So he approached him because of his semen?

Lin Hu thought that the way the two of them interacted was similar to how Zhang Hu and his wife interacted, and assumed that their relationship was also like that...

I feel inexplicably lost and suffocated.

"Boss, the willow catkins are gone." Sun Xiaoxiao ran over, looking a little flustered, instantly pulling Lin Hu back to reality.

"What's going on?" Lin Hu frowned, suppressing the tension that had been building up around Sun Xiaoxiao.

"After you left, Liu Xu said she wanted to get off the boat and walk around the area, so I went with her. But as we were walking, I turned around and she disappeared. I searched the area but couldn't find her." Sun Xiaoxiao became more and more anxious as she spoke, and she was so anxious that she almost cried.

Lin Hu reached out and gently patted her shoulder, comforting her, "Don't worry, everything will be alright."

He turned to the twenty-odd men he had brought and said, "Go back and find someone!"

Everyone agreed and turned back the way they came, during which they saw the women washing clothes by the stream.

Back on the raft, the group spread out to search the surrounding area, and Lin Hu also went to look for him.

But in the woods, Duan Linzhou, who had been following him at some point, suddenly pounced on him and pushed him behind some bushes.

Lin Hu initially intended to pull out the dagger from his boot and knock the man down, but stopped when he saw that it was Duan Linzhou.

Then he noticed that fish scales were faintly visible on the other person's bare feet. He thought of the news Cheng Yuan had just received and how he had rejected the other person yesterday.

Is it necessary every day?

Seeing the other person's bulging pants and Ying's restraint from taking things further, Lin Hu admitted that he softened.

Lin Hu rarely takes the initiative, and Duan Linzhou is so charmed that he loses his composure. When he regains his senses, he tells Duan Linzhou not to worry about Liu Xu, as he will ask his friends to help him find her.

Lin Hu accepted it with resignation, having grown accustomed to it, and he was aware of it himself.

After an unknown amount of time, Lin Hu vaguely heard Cheng Yuan calling him, which brought him back to his senses. He then reached out to push Duan Linzhou.

“Stop…”

"Soon... baby, call my name..."

"Duan, Duan Linzhou."

...

"That's strange, I clearly heard the boss's voice just now?" Cheng Yuan scratched his head in confusion and left.

However, right behind the big tree and bushes where Cheng Yuan had just stood, Lin Hu seemed frozen in place, not daring to move at all.

When Lin Hu returned, Liu Xu had already been found; a mermaid named Wen Mofei had brought her back.

It is said that the willow catkins stepped on the rocks, lost their footing, fell in, hit their heads, and were knocked unconscious before being swept away by the waves.

It's good that nothing serious happened.

However, Lin Hu noticed that Wen Mofei was interested in Liu Xu, and Liu Xu seemed to have feelings for him as well. But he wasn't sure if Liu Xu's feelings stemmed from gratitude for being saved. He decided to wait and see.

If the two of them get together, it should be easy to get Wen Mofei to join them.

Duan Linzhou followed directly out from behind Lin Hu. When he saw Wen Mofei, he smiled at him with great interest.

Wen Mofei was somewhat incredulous when he saw Duan Linzhou's legs, but he did not go forward to acknowledge them. He only glanced at Lin Hu, who was standing in front of him in a protective posture by Duan Linzhou.

Got it!

It was a false alarm. Lin Hu called everyone back to rest. They had spent the whole day looking for people and hadn't accomplished anything else. They hadn't even eaten. They ate something casually and then went back to their rooms to rest.

"You went too far today!" Lin Hu closed the door, shutting out the noise.

Duan Linzhou looked at Lin Hu with a somewhat aggrieved expression, without saying a word.

Lin Hu really fell for his act, and her tone softened, changing from scolding to lecturing, "You can't mess around outside anymore."

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