Every move of Ye Zhihan and Ming Luo was seen by Uncle Tuan who was hiding in the dark.
In fact, Uncle Tuan did not leave. He had been staring at the crystal house from which laughter and joy were coming from not far outside the window. His face was hidden behind Qilanzhu, and his expression flickered. After seeing Mingluo finally put on the neon dress as he wished, he seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.
Then Uncle Tun turned his head and whispered to Sister Bei behind him, "Keep an eye on these two people. This girl is wearing a colorful dress, she will definitely attract the abyss monster!
After changing into a beautiful dress, Mingluo happily followed Ye Zhihan out to investigate the whereabouts of the mermaid.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they walked out of the door, they were stopped by Sister Bei, who was covered in pearls.
"Don't the two contestants want to buy some local specialties? I think this girl has a slim figure, but she is too thin. It would be better to buy her a pearl necklace to make her look rounder." When Sister Bei said this, she only glanced at Ming Luo lightly, and then stared at Ye Zhihan with lingering interest, her eyes full of businessman's shrewdness.
Ye Zhihan looked down at Ming Luo beside him again. He was indeed a little too thin, and his neck was a little empty. He needed some jewelry to dress him up.
Sister Bei noticed that Ye Zhihan had the intention to buy, so she gently untied a simple necklace from Bo's neck. There were only two pearls dripping on the silver thread, and there was a circle of fine texture above the pearls. Sister Bei said that this was the characteristic of Liuguang City.
Mingluo always thought that pearl necklaces were tacky, but she didn't expect that the necklace that Sister Bei took out would make her eyes light up. The two pearls on the necklace seemed to have life and were particularly attractive.
But when she thought about how she didn't have the money to pay for the necklace, Mingluo reluctantly gave it up and said, "I'm sorry, I don't like wearing jewelry."
Ye Zhihan seemed not to have heard Mingluo's words. He bought the necklace recommended by Sister Bei and handed it to Mingluo, saying, "This one should suit you very well."
This gift-giving scene made Ming Luo blush and also made Sister Bei laugh. She said, "Hahahaha, young man, this isn't the way to give a girl a gift, especially a necklace. Look, you two are holding hands, why don't you put it on her yourself?"
Ming Luo's face flushed bright red as soon as he heard these words. Two crayfish swimming by jokingly said, "Did you see that girl's face? My brother once strayed into an underwater volcano, and his face was just as red when he came out."
Ming Luo was a little confused for a moment. What she was most curious about now was whether the lobster brother could still survive after becoming so famous. Boiled crayfish should be delicious.
Then she immediately thought of Ye Zhihan putting the necklace on her personally, and her whole body froze. She secretly raised her eyes to look at the tall man next to her.
It doesn't matter if she doesn't look, but once she does, she will laugh. Ye Zhihan pursed his lips, holding Mingluo with one hand, feeling helpless. He had just handed the necklace to her with the other hand. Now, not only his face was flushed, but even his earlobes were red.
Ming Luo saw that the other person was more nervous than himself, so he was not nervous anymore.
"No, no, I'm really not used to wearing necklaces. How about I just wrap it around my hand and use it as a bracelet!" In order not to embarrass himself and Ye Zhihan, Ming Luo simply wrapped the necklace around his hand with one hand.
When Sister Bei saw Mingluo accept the pearl necklace, she smiled meaningfully, then said a few polite words and left.
Ye Zhihan breathed a sigh of relief after watching Sister Bei swim away. This Sister Bei gave him a very strange feeling. She didn't seem like a real businessman.
In order to avoid further embarrassment for the two of them, Ming Luo simply ignored what had just happened and said, "Ye Zhihan, where should we go to find the whereabouts of the mermaid?"
Ye Zhihan held Ming Luo's hand and thought as they walked. They knew very little information at the moment. Apart from the information revealed by Uncle Tuan, they only had the white fish scale with the image of a beauty on it. So for now they could only do the opposite of what Uncle Tuan said. The only known clues were the seabed abyss and the Qilan plant.
"Let's investigate the Qilan plant first." Compared to the dangerous underwater abyss, Ye Zhihan decided to take Mingluo to see the Qilan plant in Liuguang City first.
The Qilan plant is as tall as a towering tree, and the branches grow closely together like coral. It has an elegant light blue appearance, and its thick branches are as smooth and tender as fish skin.
Ming Luo relied on her slender body and squeezed in through the gap with the flow of water, while Ye Zhihan held her hand and waited outside.
In fact, just by checking like this, nothing abnormal can be found, but Mingluo's neon skirt seems to have a strange influence on the Qilan plant. The Qilan plant is very happy to get close to Mingluo's skirt. After the branches touch the skirt, it will rub against it like a puppy, as if it wants to drill into her body.
Ming Luo's maximum forward distance was only the sum of the lengths of her and Ye Zhihan's arms. After she could no longer move forward, she looked up and down at the Qilan plant carefully.
There was a big difference between the inside and outside of the Qilan plant. She looked down and saw that the rotten roots of the Qilan plant were turned over. The roots were densely covered with disgusting black spots, and there seemed to be something wriggling in the black spots.
"Ugh..." Ming Luo couldn't help but almost vomit. She quickly shrank back to Ye Zhihan.
"Ugh!" Ming Luo retched again after coming out. She felt nauseous when she thought of those black spots. After her stomach felt better, Ming Luo straightened up and said to Ye Zhihan, "The roots of the Qilan plant seem to have been gnawed and rotted by insects. There are black insect eggs on their roots."
Mingluo muttered to himself again, Uncle Tuan, it wasn't Ye Zhihan and I who damaged your precious flowers, but they were already infested with insects, so this shouldn't be considered their fault.
"Black insect eggs?" Ye Zhihan frowned, and his frosty blue eyes flashed. The residents of Liuguang City are generally the incarnations of ordinary marine creatures, so there shouldn't be black insect eggs.
"Should we go ask Uncle Tuan?" Mingluo asked with a worried look on his face.
"Not for now, let's get some more clues." Ye Zhihan waved his hand and took Ming Luo to the outskirts of Liuguang City.
If Liuguang City is located on the mainland, Mingluo feels that it must be located in a naturally dangerous location such as a cliff, because this can prevent external interference.
But Liuguang City is not on land, but in the deep sea, so what is the purpose of it being backed by the abyss like a cliff?
Ye Zhihan brought Mingluo to the other side of Liuguang City. Mingluo saw that Liuguang City was located right on the edge of the abyss, and his head was immediately full of question marks. No wonder Liuguang City needed a barrier to protect it. Building a city in such a dangerous place, isn't that courting death?
Ming Luo looked into the abyss from afar, and just one glance gave him goosebumps.
The abyss was bottomless like a huge mouth that swallowed everything. Mingluo even felt that there seemed to be many terrible monsters looking up in the thick darkness, and she was being stared at like a fish on a chopping board.
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