By the lake.
Lingling nervously held the little sister's slender hand, which was a little wet, and didn't know what to say.
The pretty girl called me a little cutie~ How should I respond?
Lingling looked at the two old tree people behind her as if asking for help.
Ashley chuckled and took a leisurely step forward to save the situation.
"Sophia, sorry to bother you. Are you used to staying here these past two days?"
Sophia also noticed the little girl's nervousness, so she gently pinched Lingling's soft little hand and winked at her playfully.
This was Ashley's elegant reply.
"Thank you for your care. I have been doing well these days and have recovered."
The voice was clear and cold, showing no sign of the playful teasing of the little one just now.
Ashley was used to her tone of voice and knew it was just her temper, not that she had any objections to her, so she didn't take it seriously and continued to introduce her, "This is Lingling, a cub of my tribe. I went out to play a while ago and just returned home. I heard you were here, so I wanted to come and meet you. I hope you don't mind."
"I don't mind. I feel a little lonely staying here alone." He didn't think there was anything wrong with the treeman's cub being a human baby.
Sophia lowered her eyes to look at Lingling, pulled her closer, stared into the little girl's big eyes like black grapes, and greeted her again seriously: "Hello, little cutie, I'm Sophia, you can call me Sister Sophia."
Blue, who was standing next to her, heard her gentle tone, looked at Sophia suspiciously, and muttered to himself.
"This Sophia has always been so aloof and speaks so quietly, but I didn't expect she also likes cute things?"
Blue was alert, but soon he calmed down.
"Hey, she won't stay long anyway."
Lingling didn't know what Grandpa Blue was planning. She felt like she was going to be in trouble when the beautiful girl stared at her and spoke to her.
"Uncle Bai, Lingling is about to be sucked into her sister's golden eyes!" Lingling urgently asked for help in her mind.
If Bai Jiu didn't have hands, he would have wanted to hold his forehead at this moment. He didn't know what to say about this useless little boy's appearance.
"Baby, Uncle Bai thinks you can avoid her gaze?"
Yes, Lingling quickly looked away, retracted her little hand, and rushed back behind Ashley, quietly revealing a big, rolling eye.
"Hello, Sister Sophia, I'm Lingling. I, I came to see you."
Seeing Lingling's shy appearance, Sophia didn't force her. She smiled slightly and swam along the shore with her tail swinging twice.
She seemed a little hesitant, and after thinking for a while, she turned to Blue and Ashley and said, "Excuse me, you said before that you could find a way to send me back. How long will it take?"
Blue spoke first: "The time is currently uncertain. Please understand. We will notify you when the time comes."
Sophia's beautiful eyes dimmed, and she said softly, "I'm sorry, you saved me, but I urged you to send me back."
"It's okay. We know you miss home. After all, you are not that old." Ashley was not as direct as Blue and comforted Sophia.
Sophia was actually only in her teens, not a very mature age. It was inevitable that she would feel panicked when she was stranded alone in the depths of the forest.
Lingling walked out from behind Ashley, took Ashley's hand and asked, "Grandma, what happened to my sister?"
Ashley glanced at Sophia, who looked a little sad by the lake, then took Lingling aside and explained to her, "This young lady is Lingling. Not long after you arrived in the Western Continent, she was found in the forest by our tribe. She was captured by some bad guys who were planning to take her for money. Our tribe felt sorry for her and notified us to come rescue her."
......
Sophia was discovered by a tribe member who could transform into human form. At that time, the tribe member was returning to the territory from the human town and found a group of people in the forest. They used some unknown tricks to capture Sophia.
When Blue and her people arrived, she was covered in wounds, her hands were tied, and she struggled to jump out of a large water tank, intending to use her last bit of strength to kill the human closest to her, but ended up being beaten severely.
"This little girl actually wants to kill me." The man with scars on his face pinched Sophia's chin and said contemptuously.
The other man next to the scarred man also came over and touched Sophia's face in an extremely obscene manner. He said in a greasy tone, "What a pity for this pretty little face. Look at it, it's all hurt."
The other members of the gang laughed.
The scarred man didn't laugh, because what they wanted was the mermaid's blood and pearls made from her tears. They collected a lot of blood along the way, but the little girl refused to shed tears.
He thought about it and decided to try threatening to kill her, but just as the knife was about to touch Sophia's neck, the tree people hiding in the woods took action.
After that, the tree people successfully rescued Sophia, and the group of men were fed to the beast.
......
Later, Sophia explained to them that every mermaid has a relatively fixed activity area in the sea. She didn't know how the group found her and threw an injured child in her sea area. She was anxious to save the child and was caught without paying attention.
They also brought anesthetics and gave her a bottle every few days.
When she regained some energy, she found herself being taken to a human town.
They say that a noble in town is offering a high price for the mermaid.
It is said that there is a rumor among the nobles that if you crush the pearls made from the blood and tears of a mermaid girl and apply them on your face, you can keep your appearance forever youthful.
There are even more terrifying ones, saying that eating the flesh of mermaid girls can prolong life.
Poor Sophia, she was caught and tortured because of these rumors.
After hearing what happened to Sophia, Lingling's face was filled with tears and she thought of herself.
I was also taken to the laboratory by those hateful experimenters, but I heard that little girls have the best physical adaptability.
In fact, Uncle Bai told her that although she encountered war at that time, she almost waited for the army to rescue her. However, she was lured and captured by a seemingly gentle experimenter. Since then, she has never been free again.
"Wow! Woohoo!"
Lingling couldn't stop crying, her little face was pale.
Bai Jiu wasn't feeling well either. Lingling's spiritual sea had problems again, and he couldn't even comfort her.
Two years have passed, and Lingling still has some trauma, so she can empathize with Sophia and feel the same way about her experience.
Ashley was also anxious. She didn't know Lingling would react like this when she told her about Sophia. She had tried to express it to Lingling as subtly as possible.
Blue was so anxious that he picked up Lingling and hugged her, just like he coaxed her when she was a baby. He patted Lingling's back gently and rocked her slightly in his arms.
Seeing this, Sophia by the lake also opened her perfectly shaped mouth.
“La~ la la~ la la la la~”
The sound is ethereal and beautiful.
Poor little Lingling sobbed and gradually stopped crying.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
