The next day, before dawn, Li Jingyu woke up in bed with a start.
The reason was simple: he encountered the mermaid who had been meeting him in his dreams.
She told him to tell his royal aunt that her grandfather had agreed to see her.
However, there are conditions; his aunt needs to provide conditions that satisfy their clan.
Before he could ask anything else, a flash of white light appeared, simply telling him to go find his imperial aunt.
His aunt will explain it to him and give them a satisfactory answer.
After all, this is a deal between the two parties!
Fair and just transactions are what they all hope for.
Li Jingyu shook his head, unable to understand why A-Kui wanted to find his royal aunt. He couldn't suppress the throbbing in his heart!
He was also eager to find out what was going on, so he sat up and, regardless of whether it was dawn or not, knocked on his uncle's door.
Li Qishang was drowsy, looking towards the door. He was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes and didn't want to answer.
After being kicked by Xiao Tuantuan, he reluctantly asked, "Who is it? What do you want?"
"Uncle, it's me, Jingyu. I have something very important to tell Aunt."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Tuantuan immediately sat up and nudged Li Qishang, who was still covering his ears with his hands.
"Get up quickly, the merman has probably sent a message."
Li Qishang got up and opened the door while yawning and looking exhausted.
He was furious and flung the door open with a creak. His head was drooping and his eyes were squinted, he was just too sleepy to keep them open!
Seeing Li Jingyu about to raise his hand to knock on the door, he said, "Are you crazy? Why are you knocking on the door so early in the morning?!"
Li Jingyu took a step back, clasped his hands in a fist and said, "Uncle, please forgive me! It's just extremely urgent!"
"I didn't want to either, but Ah Kui was urging me so much, so Jingyu..."
Xiao Tuantuan's voice came from inside, "It's okay, come in!"
Li Qishang stepped back to let Li Jingyu into the room, and then closed the door behind him.
Little Tuantuan, already dressed, came out from the inner room, looked at the boy coming in from outside, and said with a smile, "So what did she say?"
Li Jingyu lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly, mainly because he found it difficult to speak!
He kept his head down. Xiao Tuantuan poured him a glass of water before saying, "Speak freely, there's nothing wrong with it. After all, how should I put it? Transactions are always fair."
This was the second time Li Lijingyu had heard these words; he had just overheard them from A-Kui.
"Yes, Auntie is right. A-Kui said that her grandfather said that Auntie needs to make a fair deal."
Upon hearing this, Li Qishang, who was standing to the side, immediately stood up and looked at Li Jingyu with an incredulous expression.
"Tuantuan, no!"
He knew what price Tuantuan would have to pay for a fair and just transaction, and as her man, how could he possibly allow it?
He looked up at Li Jingyu, about to reprimand him, but was stopped by Xiao Tuantuan.
"I agree, it's fair, there's no such thing as getting something for nothing."
Li Jingyu didn't quite understand what his aunt and A-Kui were up to, and why he couldn't understand them at all.
"Aunt, about this matter..."
"It's alright! Jingyu, you must understand that with great power comes great responsibility."
“Tuantuan, but what you…” Li Qishang interrupted.
Xiao Tuantuan shook her head without explaining anything, but turned to Li Jingyu and said, "Go back and rest for a while, and tell her that I agree and that I will go to see her later."
Li Jingyu didn't understand, but he still obeyed and did as instructed.
"Yes, then I'll take my leave!"
The two nodded and watched Li Jingyu leave, disappearing from their sight.
Li Qishang then looked at Xiao Tuantuan and said, "Tuantuan, you know what she wants. We can't indulge them."
Xiao Tuantuan said, "It's okay, I know what to do. They just want my blood, so I'll just give it to them."
Li Qishang said with great concern, "Tuantuan, you know what I'm going to say, you can't do that!"
"My lord, believe me, the only important thing for us now is to eliminate the mermaid. That is our top priority."
Although he still wanted to say something, Li Qishang had no words left to express himself to her.
The two went back to bed and lay there for a while, reminiscing about the past.
However, when Li Jingyu returned to his room, he closed his eyes again, and soon Mu Yikui's voice appeared in his dream.
"Brother Jingyu, you're here!"
"A-Kui, I've been waiting for you for so long."
Li Jingyu looked at A-Kui and asked, "A-Kui, do you and my imperial aunt have some kind of deal?"
Instead of answering, Mu Yikui asked a question!
"Brother Jingyu, would you like to come and see the seabed where I live?"
Li Jingyu was terrified. His eyes widened, and he stood there, looking somewhat incredulous.
Can he go to the bottom of the sea?
That can't be!
Isn't this a bit too far-fetched?
"Can I go to the bottom of the sea?"
Li Jingyu pointed to his nose, asking uncertainly.
Mu Yikui nodded vigorously in response, "Yes, I don't know if Brother Jingyu wants to."
Li Jingyu nodded hurriedly; he had never been to the seabed before!
What kind of world is the seabed? Is it like the land around them?
There's a dazzling array of goods everywhere!
"Akui, do you have tall buildings and palaces like ours in your underwater world?"
Mu Yikui said, "No, there isn't!"
"So what do you have?"
"We have an endless ocean, and a huge castle too!"
"A castle? Is it a house?"
"Yes, I also have a jade bed."
"Jade bed?"
"Yes, it's the white warm jade kind, and it's super big."
Mu Yikui told him a lot, and Li Jingyu's eyes were filled with longing; his thirst for knowledge was too strong.
He wanted to see for himself everything Ah Kui described, to see what kind of place could raise a woman with Ah Kui's personality.
He was incredibly curious!
“But, as far as I know, no human can move freely back and forth in the ocean!” Li Jingyu said, a hint of sadness in his eyes.
Mu Yikui stepped forward, gently patted his shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to Brother Jingyu. Will you come, Brother Jingyu?"
"Okay, I'll definitely be there today."
After the two made their agreement, Mu Yikui went back to tell her grandfather that the fairy princess had agreed to come to their territory.
"Alright, then Ikui will be waiting for your arrival at the Mermaid Clan." Mu Yikui said with a smile, and then disappeared.
Li Jingyu was still very uneasy because he didn't know how he should get there.
Moreover, he was going to be following his own royal uncle and aunt; he felt as if he were about to do something extremely important.
He clenched his fists tightly, mentally encouraging himself.
So they will eventually meet again, they are destined to meet again.
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