After seeing Jiaojiao off, Jiao'er slumped her shoulders, utterly dejected: "When did the leader find out about this?"
Meng Qingyin said calmly, "If you don't want anyone to know, then don't do it in the first place. Everything you've done can't escape the leader's eyes. Hurry up and tell the whole story from the beginning! Maybe the leader will give you a break."
Mermaid stopped resisting and began to explain: "Mermaid Master once saved my life, and I am doing this to repay his kindness..."
Meng Qingyin secretly guessed that Jiao Si must be Jiao Jiao's maternal grandfather.
"Jiao Si was a criminal and could not leave the place of imprisonment. However, if he did not participate in the sacrificial ceremony to receive the blessing of the ancestors, given his physical condition at the time, he would not live for more than a year. Moreover, he was carrying the newborn Nian En with him... I couldn't bear it, so I secretly sent him the medicine I had been researching."
Is Nian'en, the newborn, Jiao Jiao's mother?
Meng Qingyin mentally sorted out the relationship between the three of them.
Jiao Er's gaze fell into the distance, lost in memories.
At that time, Sameji lay on the bed like a lump of mud, with a baby crying loudly beside the bed.
Jiao Er and Jiao Si had a fairly good relationship, and Jiao Si asked with great confusion, "Jiao Si, why did you do such a rebellious thing? Now that Jiao Lang and his wife have atoned with their deaths, are you satisfied?"
Sameji has committed the grave crime of treason!
But how could he and his wife Jiaolang possibly succeed with just the three of them? It would be like throwing an egg against a rock.
Moreover, the Merfolk were thriving under the rule of their former leader, Jiao Ming, and were so powerful that all the sea creatures in their territory submitted to them. Jiao Ming was deeply loved by his people, and he simply couldn't understand why Jiao Si would conspire with Jiao Lang and his wife to rebel.
Sameji didn't answer his question, but looked at him with eyes full of despair and hatred and said, "I don't regret it!"
The merman was frightened by the merman's gaze, but still remembered their friendship and wanted to heal the merman's wounds.
"Now that I'm imprisoned here like a cripple, what good will it do even if you heal my wounds? I'll still die soon, won't I?" Sameji waved his hand in despair. "Don't waste your time."
Jiao Er couldn't bear it: "I've researched a secret medicine that will allow the merfolk to live without relying on their ancestors..."
Before he could finish speaking, a glimmer of life suddenly appeared in Sameji's eyes: "Use it!"
Jiao Er hesitated: "But I'm not sure if the secret medicine has any side effects. If I use it on you rashly, what if there are irreversible consequences..."
"Irreversible consequences?" Jiao Si smiled bitterly. "Do you think I still care about those things now? Even if you don't give me the secret medicine, I'm afraid I won't live much longer, will I?"
He looked at the baby by the bedside, "And there's Xiao Nian'en. She's the only bloodline left by my brother and sister-in-law. I have to raise her myself to comfort their souls in heaven."
Jiao Er was eventually persuaded and went home to get the secret medicine.
He carefully instructed, "The sacrificial ceremony this year will be held in a month, at which time you can take the medicine. The effects of the medicine will only last for a year. If you are still alive after a year, I will come to deliver the medicine to you again before the sacrificial ceremony. As for the side effects of the medicine..."
Sameji: "Don't worry, even if I die from the side effects of the medication, I won't resent you. It's always better to live with hope than to die silently."
Jiao Er didn't say anything more, healed his wounds and left in a hurry.
Jiao Si was, after all, a criminal, and he didn't want the other merfolk to know about his close relationship with him, so he didn't visit him again for the next year.
Life and death are predestined; whether Sameji can survive depends on fate.
The following year, the day before the sacrificial ceremony, Jiao'er secretly arrived at the place of imprisonment.
The place of imprisonment has restrictions, but these only apply to Jiao Si himself. He cannot leave the place of imprisonment even a step, but other members of the Jiao clan can come and go freely. However, since Jiao Si is a criminal, no one is willing to come.
As soon as Jiao Er entered the courtyard, a little boy grabbed her tail.
He looked closely and saw a lovely little girl with silky black hair and big, bright eyes.
Even though Jiao Er is usually cold-hearted and indifferent, she couldn't help but soften her heart at this moment.
"Who are you? Why are you in my house?" Jiao Nian'en asked, blinking her eyes.
Mermaid said softly, "I am your uncle's friend."
Jiao Nian'en held up one finger: "Then you're my uncle's first friend."
She led the merman by the hand into the house and excitedly said to the merman lying on the bed, "Uncle, your friend is here!"
Sameji looked very weak: "You've come. Did you bring me medicine?"
Jiao Er sent Jiao Nian'en away, and Jiao Si shook his head upon seeing this: "There's no need to deliberately send her away; she'll find out sooner or later."
Jiao Nian'en has a special identity, and she will definitely not be able to participate in the sacrificial ceremony after she comes of age. In order to survive, she can only rely on Jiao Er's secret medicine.
Mermaid: "Has your body always been so weak?"
Is the side effect of the secret medicine that it makes people weak?
Sameji: "No. I started feeling unwell a month ago, and as the ritual approached, I became weaker and weaker until yesterday, when I could only lie in bed and had no strength to get out of bed."
Jiao Er seemed to be deep in thought. It seemed that the secret medicine did indeed have side effects, but these side effects would only appear in the last month.
This was much better than he had expected.
Jiao Er took out the secret medicine, and Jiao Si took it in one gulp. Gradually, the color returned to his face.
Jiao Er didn't linger and left quickly.
In the years that followed, the two maintained this pattern.
When Jiao Nian'en was ten years old, Jiao Si asked her to go to Jiao Er's house to get medicine.
When Jiao Er saw Jiao Nian'en, he was so frightened that his heart almost stopped. He immediately pulled her into the house and asked nervously, "You didn't encounter any other merfolk on your way here, did you?"
Jiao Nian'en: "No, my uncle warned me to come quietly. I didn't encounter any other merfolk."
Jiao Er handed her the secret medicine, saying, "Be careful on your way back."
"I understand." Jiao Nian'en put away the secret medicine and left quickly.
From that year on, Jiao Nian'en came to fetch the medicine every year. Jiao Er learned about Jiao Si's situation from her, but he never saw Jiao Si again.
The story ends here.
Jiao Er looked at Meng Qingyin and said, "I've said everything I need to say. You can go and report back to the chief now."
Meng Qingyin lowered her head in deep thought.
Jiao Er just said that Jiao Nian En's hair is black.
However, Jiaojiao's mother's hair was silver.
Could she have guessed wrong? Were they not the same person? Was Jiaojiao not Jiao Nian'en's daughter?
If she wasn't Jiao Nian'en's daughter, why would she be so familiar with Jiao Er?
Meng Qingyin looked coldly at Jiao Er: "Are you sure there's nothing you've missed?"
Jiao Er's heart skipped a beat.
She was clearly a seemingly weak and harmless girl, so why did she feel a chill run down her spine after just one cold look from her?
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