The calm lake surface is splashing with water.
Sophia swung her beautiful fish tail, supported herself on the lakeshore with her two white arms, tried to stand up, and looked at the tree people walking towards her in the distance.
Hearing the excited little voice of little Dumpling Lingling, she fell into the lake as if she had suddenly lost all her strength, but soon she swam back and forth along the shore, splashing in the water, as if this could ease her strong emotions a little.
Lingling ran to the lake and saw her usually quiet sister Sophia swimming happily in the water, and she also smiled with her eyes curved.
"Sister, you can go home now~"
Lingling raised her little hands high and jumped twice on the spot while speaking.
Sophia finally calmed down a little from her joy and excitement and moved closer to the shore again.
"Yes, sister heard it. Thank you Lingling for passing the message on for me."
Lingling tilted her chin up, put one hand on her waist, and waved the other at Sophia.
"It's okay~ Lingling is happy for her sister too."
Then he turned to look at Holly and the others who had already reached the shore, and asked in confusion: "Uncle Holly, how are you going to take my sister home?"
Holly put the water tank down with a thud, patted the big tank, and said casually, "Put it in here and take it away in the carriage."
Lingling glanced at the big water jar in Holly's hand, and then her smile gradually disappeared.
"It? It! It? Pretending to be a sister?!" Lingling's baby voice was a little broken, and she couldn't believe what she heard.
Before Holly could explain, Lingling started grumbling, "You're so small and gray, and your sister has a big, pretty tail. It's going to be hard on you. No, no, no, no."
That little head is shaking like a rattle.
Holly, who can accept being criticized for the water tank's size but cannot accept being criticized for being ugly, defended his own water tank and said, "Little guy, don't underestimate it because it's small. It might be packed with things. Your sister was sent here in a water tank like this. Besides, being ugly doesn't affect its use. Don't worry about so many details."
Lingling opened her mouth and was about to retort, but was interrupted by Sophia.
"My dear, it's okay. This is indeed the best tool. I can't live without water and I have to travel far. It's great to have a water tank. I don't mind it being ugly."
The thoughtful Sophia did not say the word "ugly", but just used a euphemism.
Mermaids cannot transform their fish tails into human legs before they reach adulthood at the age of 25, so they generally do not come to land.
She was only fifteen years old, and in her current situation she couldn't go back on her own.
Her friends from the Tree People tribe had been running around for her for so long. Even though she had been in a water tank when she was captured and was already a little traumatized, she still pretended to be calm and comforted Lingling. She didn't want to make her worry, nor did she want to disappoint Holly and the others' kindness.
Lingling looked at the ugly water tank with her big eyes, and then at the lively Sophia.
The sensitive little guy noticed Sophia's hidden uneasiness.
She squatted down, hugged her little head, looked at the grass on the ground, and thought hard.
Seeing her squatting down, Holly thought she had accepted the reality, so he called the other two tree people to fill the water tank with water.
Suddenly, Lingling stood up abruptly, but her movements were too fast. She staggered back two steps and sat back down on the grass.
Ignoring the small exclamations of the surrounding tree people, the little guy casually patted his butt and slowly stood up. He walked very close to Sophia and said softly, "Sister, let's dress up this not-so-good-looking big water tank so that you won't be scared~"
Sophia was startled. She didn't expect the little guy to say that. She said in a gentle voice with a smile, "Okay, then I'll trouble Lingling."
Seeing that she agreed, Lingling smiled sweetly at her and told Sophia to go find some beautiful stones at the bottom of the lake. She would go find some flowers for her and then quickly turned around and ran away.
While running, she asked for help in a baby voice: "Brother, brother, help Lingling pick flowers, beautiful and fragrant flowers."
Several little tree people in training had been standing by and watching silently since Holly and the others arrived. When they heard that their sister wanted to pick flowers, they hurried over to help.
"Sister, brother is here~"
......
Finally, an upgraded water tank came into being, with colorful stones paved on the bottom and colorful wild flowers wrapped around the rim with thin vines.
Holly held his forehead and wondered why these little girls loved beauty so much. This is just a simple big water tank.
But he didn't dare to say anything. He couldn't afford to offend anyone, big or small. Elder Ashley was still staring at him hungrily.
He squatted down as if begging for mercy and looked at Lingling, who was still staring at the big water tank with a serious expression.
Holly said pitifully, "Lingling, my dear, can uncle take your sister away? We still have a long way to go."
Lingling looked hesitantly at Holly, then at Sophia.
Sophia gave her a beautiful smile in response, without showing any reluctance in her heart.
"Uncle, can Lingling go with you to see my sister off?" Little Lingling asked uncertainly.
"no!"
"No! Sister!"
"No, Lingling!"
Everyone present spoke up in opposition, including Ashley, who was standing by and watching everyone with a smile on her face.
Ashley came over and looked at Lingling, who was looking at Sophia reluctantly, and comforted her, "Lingling, it's too dangerous out there. Your uncle Holly and the others are grown up and can protect themselves, so they can go and send Sophia off. You're still too young, so why don't you go with them?"
Lingling lowered her head and said nothing, her whole body exuding the aura of "I don't listen", "I don't listen", "I don't listen".
Ashley had a headache and looked towards Sophia.
Sophia understood, and she admitted that she was ecstatic when she heard Lingling was going with her.
However, as Elder Ashley said, Lingling was too young, there were too many unstable factors along the way, and it was too unsafe. She couldn't ignore Lingling's safety just for her own reluctance.
so.
"Lingling, I'll come see you again when I have the chance, okay? You're too young, and it's too unsafe for you out there." She paused and added, "Besides, people out there love to catch pretty little cuties and sell them to bad guys."
When Lingling heard that there were bad guys, her little neck shrank, but she still didn't say anything. She was thinking about what her grandma and sister said.
"Uncle Bai, Lingling really can't go? Lingling wants to see her sister off. After this, Lingling may not see her sister for a long, long time."
The little girl understood everything. She knew that it might not be safe outside, and she also knew that after this separation, her sister Sophia would have to grow up before she could come ashore to find her.
She was not a disobedient child, but from childhood to adulthood, her playmates were only the brothers from the tree people, and there were no younger sisters. The elves were all aunts who were much older than her.
What's more, she is such a beautiful mermaid. From now on, one of them will be on land and the other will be in the water.
Therefore, she was particularly reluctant to let go.
Really, I can’t bear to let go.
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