Lin Hu thought it was something important and immediately agreed with a beaming smile.
Belle then left a conch shell for communication and immediately departed, after which the others gathered together.
"What do we do next? Move to another place? Or stay here?" Wang Fuqing asked, catching the Rubik's Cube that Lin Hu had tossed to him.
"There should only be that black mermaid from yesterday around here. Maybe she didn't come today because she came yesterday but didn't find anything, or maybe she's already discovered us, or maybe it's because of that mermaid from earlier." Duan Linzhou analyzed and felt that he was more inclined to believe the latter.
"Let's go somewhere else," Duan Linzhou said, and the group turned and left.
Lin Hu and Duan Linzhou walked a few steps behind, the young couple holding hands. Anyone who didn't know better would think they were taking a walk after dinner to digest their food.
The four walked ahead. Wen Mofei and Liu Xu were clearly not in a good mood. They had just been misled by the singing. Apart from Lin Hu, Duan Ling, and the two people involved, the other two were unaware of what had happened.
However, Sun Xiaoxiao could tell that her sisters had feelings for Wen Mofei, so she took the initiative to talk to Wang Fuqing.
The two were engrossed in their conversation, unaware that the two people next to them had already fallen two steps behind.
Lin Hu and Duan Linzhou saw this but didn't say anything, quickly walking forward and leaving the two behind.
"Thank you for what you just said." Wen Mofei broke the silence between them, not daring to look at Liu Xu. His slightly red ears betrayed his feelings, but night had already fallen and Liu Xu did not see them.
"You really like saying thank you to me," Liu Xu said, her voice soft yet clear.
"Huh? Really? I've always been like this," Wen Mofei immediately said, but still didn't know what to say.
"Hey!" Liu Xu had originally planned to find a topic to chat with Wen Mofei, but she slipped and lost her balance.
For some reason, Liu Xu's body reacted faster than her brain, and she veered directly towards Wen Mofei, where she was successfully caught.
"Are you alright?" Wen Mofei asked anxiously, her concern outweighing her affection, completely forgetting that she was currently holding the person she loved.
Liu Xu looked up and met his gaze. Their eyes met, and it was like being electrocuted. Her heart stopped uncontrollably for a moment, followed by a violent pounding that made her ears ring. It was only when Lin Hu, who had turned around in front, called out that she came back to her senses.
Lin Hu: Are you alright?
"No, it's nothing," Wen Mofei and Liu Xu replied in unison, jumping back as if they had been electrocuted.
"It's alright. The roads are slippery in the snow, so watch your step," Lin Hu reminded him, then turned and walked forward side by side with Duan Linzhou.
"Okay." The response was unanimous.
Liu Xu tucked a strand of short hair behind her ear. Her mature and sophisticated demeanor had vanished, and she looked like a young girl experiencing her first love.
This time, she looked down at the road beneath her feet, the small nightlight in her hand dispelling some of the chill. Her feet crunched on the snow, and it began to snow lightly again.
The sound of each other's footsteps on the snow felt like they were stepping on each other's hearts, and it even felt like their heartbeats were in sync with their footsteps.
No one spoke along the way; the only sounds were the crunching of snow and the increasingly heavy snowfall.
There were few trees on the island, and the surrounding area was desolate. The wind carried snowflakes that fell on the group.
Sun Xiaoxiao took out four umbrellas, one for himself and one for Wang Fuqing, and the rest for Duan Linzhou and Lin Hu.
When he handed the last umbrella to Liu Xu, he winked at her and then deliberately said to the two of them, "There are only four umbrellas left, so you'll have to make do."
After saying that, he opened his umbrella and ran ahead, leaving the two of them behind the group.
Liu Xu was wearing black Martin boots and was about 170 cm tall, but she still had to hold her umbrella higher when facing Wen Mofei, who was 183 cm tall.
"Let me do it," Wen Mofei said, taking the umbrella from Liu Xu's hand and holding it over their heads.
Whether it was Sun Xiaoxiao's doing or not, this umbrella required two people to stand close together to avoid being hit by snowflakes.
The umbrellas on the Linhu side are larger, but since there are two boys with larger frames, they need to stand close together.
Duan Linzhou held an umbrella in one hand and put his arm around Lin Hu's shoulder with the other, and Lin Hu accepted it without hesitation.
This caused Sun Xiaoxiao, who was in front, to frequently turn around.
The group stopped in front of a beach with rocks and dead trees. Waves occasionally swept over the sand, smoothing it over time.
Wang Fuqing set up the Rubik's Cube, which contained an iron cage, on a dead tree nearby.
Fearing the tree wouldn't be sturdy, Lin Hu let Yan release its vines to entwine, leaving Yan by Wang Fuqing's side to watch over the cage.
Lin Hu then took out the medicine. This time, instead of pouring it directly onto the sand, he sprinkled some into the seawater.
After measuring the location of the cage, the remaining medicine, along with the white porcelain bottle, was placed on the sand below the cage without a lid, allowing the smell to evaporate.
The others concealed themselves, and Lin Hu hid behind the rocks with Duan Linzhou this time.
Because there are no green plants to provide cover, he can't fly, fearing that the black merman, with its good eyesight, will be spotted.
After waiting for only a few minutes, the sound of the waves crashing against the rocks, which had been orderly, became unusual.
Duan Linzhou, with his psychic abilities, was the first to notice and quietly turned to look at the beach.
Others noticed and also peeked out to take a look.
It's the mermaid from yesterday, the black mermaid Belle mentioned.
The mermaid then used her tail to reach the white porcelain bottle, picked it up, and brought it to her nose to sniff.
Perhaps because there were too many eyes watching, the mermaid noticed and was about to run away when Duan Linzhou shouted to Wang Fuqing, who was hiding behind a dead tree.
"Flame, let go!" Lin Hu immediately told Flame to retract the vines.
At this moment, Liu Xu immediately used her supernatural power. A vine grew from her palm, wrapped around the mermaid's waist, and controlled the area under the cage.
Sun Xiaoxiao and Duan Linzhou used their fire-based abilities together to draw a circle of fire on the ground around the mermaid.
The mermaid let out a beastly roar, covered her eyes, and her tail could no longer support her body, causing her to fall to the ground.
The cage snapped shut instantly, and Wang Fuqing jumped out, landing on top of it.
Wen Mofei reacted quickly, taking a running start, pushing off the tree trunk, and using the momentum to somersault onto the cage.
They sank the cage into the sand before jumping down with Wang Fuqing.
Lin Hu immediately ordered Yan to release ice silk to seal the mermaid's mouth.
They completed the task in one go, in less than a minute. If it weren't for Belle's experience, the group wouldn't have been able to coordinate so well.
Several people gathered around, wanting to see what the black merman actually looked like.
All that could be seen was a black fish tail; at first glance, it looked like a python.
The black merman's eyes are afraid of fire, so he always covers them, and you can't see his facial features, only a long, wavy, jet-black hair that reaches his waist.
Like Belle, she was decorated with many things from the sea, such as seashells, fish scales, pearls, and starfish.
"Look at the sea!"
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