He wanted to thank Kasai for bringing the truth to his mind. But with Ah Chen in this state, as a friend, he really didn't have the heart to think about his own happiness.
That would be too cruel for Ah Chen.
Ye Ling sighed softly.
On the first floor, the five members of the Pingyao crew were all gathered together. Even if they were in a bad mood, they still had to eat. The two brothers, Jiuli and Jiuxiao, as well as Lengxiang and Dongjun, gradually arrived, along with the fans who rushed to the scene after Yin Chen's accident.
This miniature mermaid has moved her home here in a rather extravagant way. She currently lives next to the Mystic Bar. The giant jellyfish named Aruan, which is the size of an island, can swim freely and easily follows the fans around.
Leng Xiang silently turned on the bar's rear-projection mirage, used the controller to switch it to the military channel, muted it, and quietly changed channels while waiting for the news to begin.
No mermaid was in a good mood to talk in the bar. Even if Leng Xiang didn't care about mermaids, she couldn't be so oblivious as to enjoy watching the mirage at this time and annoy them.
Lan Qi was fiddling with a cocktail glass between his fingers, staring blankly at the stage for a long time. When the mirage light came on, he only glanced at it casually with a blank expression.
Huh? That dragon woke up?
Switching to the live stream, a silver dragon soared down, the camera following him as he swam in the ocean.
The dragon has strong claws, a majestic head, flying horns, slender whiskers, a winding body, and a powerful tail.
A powerful dragon tail...
A dragon's tail?!
Lan Qi suddenly sat up with a start, staring intently at the dragon in the picture.
Leng Xiang pressed the channel switch button expressionlessly, about to switch to their Beichuan District's live broadcast channel, but as soon as the channel switched, a loud roar rang out behind him: "Switch back!"
Leng Xiang turned around coldly to look at the guy who had gotten so bold as to yell at him. It turned out to be Lan Qi, who had been trembling subconsciously when he saw him just now.
"Change it back quickly!! That dragon...that dragon..." Lan Qi's teeth chattered from the cold air, but she still insisted on saying her thoughts: "That dragon's tail is the same as Xiao Xun's! They might be related!"
In short, it was like a bomb being thrown into a calm lake. The mermaids, who had been lying limp in various corners like dead fish, sprang up as if they had been blown up.
"What did you say?"
"Quick! Change it back!"
"Let's switch it back and see!"
...
Jiu Li simply snatched the remote control from Leng Xiang and switched to the channel for the East China Sea Fourth District.
The silver dragon slowly sank to the bottom of the sea, its claws bracing against the seabed. Then, amidst layers of silver light, its form gradually shrank.
As the light faded, a man of unimaginable beauty appeared in the camera's view: long silver-white hair, golden vertical pupils, dragon horns on his head, a tail behind him, and an elaborate and elegant black brocade robe. A pale yellow mouse perched on his shoulder.
Lan Qi, Jiu Li, and Dong Jun immediately became excited. The three of them, along with Jiu Xiao, were the only four mermaids besides Yin Chen who had seen Long Xun in his adult form. They were absolutely certain that the divine dragon on the Mirage Pearl was very likely the suddenly disappeared Long Xun!
The handsome man on TV was expressionless, his lips moving indifferently, and you couldn't hear what he was saying at all, like he was performing a silent pantomime.
Even though the mermaids had quieted down, they couldn't hear anything.
Dongjun stared at the screen for a long time, his lips moving as if trying to decipher what he was saying through lip reading.
Just then, Kasai, the ever-helpful wingman who always steps up at crucial moments, reacted and shouted, "Turn on the sound!!"
Holding the remote control, Jiu Li subconsciously pressed down hard on the volume up button. The loudspeaker, which was usually deafening enough to make the mermaids sway to the music throughout the bar unable to hear each other's desperate shouts, now emitted a piercing sound. Long Xun's deep, slightly cool voice boomed like thunder throughout the entire bar.
“…Ah Chen…”
The instant the sound appeared, a loud bang followed. In the small room partitioned off on the third floor of the bar, the wall of Yin Chen's room suddenly exploded. The golden-tailed mermaid's eyes turned blood red, and her black pupils were completely lifeless. She darted over as nimbly as a golden lightning bolt, her gray hair flying behind her, and rushed straight to the huge rear-projection TV.
His bloodshot eyes narrowed slightly as he listened intently to the loudspeaker that could have deafened him. Fine wrinkles had crept onto the corners of his eyes and mouth, etched onto his once smooth and handsome face.
In the projection of the mirage pearl, Long Xun continued to say the rest of his words: "...And everyone, I'm fine, don't worry about me."
"—(Announcer) It seems the dragon experienced a very wondrous journey before awakening. Hopefully, the dragon's friends will contact us soon. Now, for the next news item..."
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