The mermaid boy stiffly tilted his head. "If you trust me, you'll come back with me?"

"right."

Seeing the human's resolute answer, the merman boy grinned silently again. His expression was stiff, his face a deathly white beneath a black hue. His smile was neither attractive nor warm.

But Cheng Shuang acted as if she couldn't see it, took out a rope, and tied her wrist to its wrist. "Let's not disturb their meal, let's go!"

The mermaid boy seemed uninterested in verifying the truth of Cheng Shuang's words. He turned around and, like a hardworking ox, diligently pulled Cheng Shuang along, gradually leaving the mermaid behind until they could no longer be seen.

Cheng Shuang had no intention of bullying the homeless. After the sunlight shone through the water, she had rested enough before starting to help herself paddle.

Working together, the mermaid boy soon appeared, and rows of small bamboo houses in the river, exactly like the previous village, appeared in front of Cheng Shuang.

The sun was shining brightly, warm but not glaring. After wiping the water droplets off her face, Cheng Shuang felt a moment of disorientation after getting out of the water.

Her face slowly paled, and with a sinister and impatient expression, she raised the hand connected to the mermaid boy and untied the rope.

She hadn't slept all night; she was exhausted, and her frail body had depleted the pills' effectiveness.

The mermaid boy's face was also pale and weak. Facing the sun, he reacted even more strongly than Cheng Shuang, letting out strange whimpers from his throat, which gradually grew into roars.

Cheng Shuang witnessed firsthand the process of its fish tail transforming into human legs.