The sea is vast. From a distance, the ice-blue sea is green-gray when you look closer. Because it is a fishing bay, the water quality here is not as clear as that in tourist cities, but it is unusually clean.

Chris sat at the bow, watching the sunlight sprinkled on the sea, a few scattered beams, like spots of light.

With a soft sigh, a cup suddenly appeared in his sight, and there was sweet rum in it.

"If people going out to sea don't drink umber, it's like going out to sea in vain!" The uncle put it into his hand with a smile, sat beside him and said, "Look at this sea, we have lived here for a lifetime, we are tired of seeing this sea."

Chris was silent for a while and said, "But we all like the sea very much."

"Yes, it's because we have been seeing it for a lifetime that we can't live without the sea." The uncle took a sip of umber: "Sometimes, we all believe that the sea has humanity."

Chris looked at the uncle indifferently and listened attentively.

"I have been going out to sea with fishermen for ten years, and have led them out to sea for forty years. I will be sixty next year, and I have been going out to sea with the boat since I was a child. But this month's foggy weather is the first time I have encountered."

"I don't think this is ordinary fog. It may be trying to tell you the answer to something through me."

"Although my intuition is not very accurate, this time, I think it has something to do with mermaids."

"Even if it is not Mr. Qi Yan, as long as we meet a mermaid, we can find out something, right?"

The uncle's words made Chris nervous. Yes, he was too excited, as if he was certain that the mermaid singing in the thick fog was just like Qi Yan...

The mood when he first boarded the boat had been worn out, and the little firelight left in the ashes was his only hope.

The uncle led the fleet, fishing and sailing towards the reef in his memory, but when he found the reef, it was foggy and difficult to find it in this cloudless sunny day.

"Don't be discouraged, we have many days." The uncle comforted Chris: "Even if we do nothing for a day, it will be difficult to find that place on the sea."

Chris knew that the uncle was comforting him, so he nodded and said nothing.

The uncle sighed, and said, "Maybe I shouldn't have given you so much expectation... but I just mean well, Chris. If nothing works out, please don't blame me."

"No, uncle." Chris said, "The town took in Qi Yan and me, and we can't thank them enough."

"Oh, that's a thing of the past. Why bring it up again? You are not taken in by us now, but you are part of this town just like us."

Chris smiled, and a trace of loneliness flashed across his eyes.

At this time, if Qi Yan was here, it would be even more perfect.

"Uncle!" The sailor's call suddenly came from a distance. The uncle nodded to Chris and hurried over.

Chris turned his head. The rippling sea was like a quiet child at this moment. If he didn't get close to the beach, he couldn't even hear the sound of the waves.

The sea was so quiet that it was scary.

Chris stared into the distance, and suddenly he heard hurried footsteps behind him, the sound of heavy footsteps on the wooden boat.

"Chris! Come on! We found the reef!"

Chris's ears were filled with these words, and he stood up suddenly, almost staggering and falling backwards.

"Slow down!" The uncle came over and supported him: "Come on, we found the reef!"

"Is it true?" Chris asked uncertainly, feeling uneasy.

"Of course, there is only this place with such a large reef." The uncle took Chris to the bow of the boat and looked into the distance. At the edge of the sea, there stood patches of black and gray reefs.

Maybe it was an illusion, but Chris could hear the intermittent singing of the music floating into his ears. He stared and listened carefully to the source of the singing.

"Uncle, is there singing..."

"I can hear a little bit." The uncle said, "Chris, why don't you get off the boat and go over there. The reefs are too dense, and the big ship can't go in, and it's easy to hit the reef. I'll go with you to the boat."

Chris didn't know the waterway and didn't know how to row a boat, so he agreed to the uncle's proposal.

The uncle, Chris and two sailors got off the boat and quickly rowed towards the reef. Soon, a large reef was in front of them. Chris looked at the reefs and was shocked for a while.

This is a reef that I have never seen before. It is connected in a line and seems to be naturally formed, but the shape is too strange, it seems more like it was intentional. The boat moved forward along the reef. It could not go deeper, so Chris could only watch from the outside.

I don’t know what happened, the singing seemed to have disappeared, even the faint sound was gone.

Chris was a little disappointed. Could it be that the singing was not coming from here... or was it some natural wonder that the singing from other places would be transmitted through the reef?

The boat circled the reef, and there was nothing strange. Seeing that it was getting dark, the uncle began to prepare for the return journey.

"We have to go back to the big ship." The uncle said to Chris, "The sea is too dangerous at night, let's come back tomorrow."

Chris frowned and suddenly shouted in the direction of the reef: "Qi Yan——!"

The sea echoed, but there was no other response.

Chris was unwilling to give up and shouted several more times, but there was no response.

Finally, he gave up and sat in a corner of the boat with his head down with despair in his heart.

"I miss you so much..." Qi Yan.

Why are you gone? Do you hate me? What should I do? I want to imprison you in that crystal coffin again...

The boat was about to go back, and suddenly, a sound that did not belong to the waves came from the depths of the reef, as if something fell into the water.

Chris suddenly raised his head and looked at the dark depths of the reef.

"Qi Yan?"

There was another splashing sound. Chris couldn't help but jumped into the sea and prepared to swim in through the gap between the reefs.

The uncle and the two sailors saw him and called out to him, but to no avail. The uncle sighed and asked one of the sailors to jump into the sea as well, following Chris to avoid any mistakes.

The space inside the reef was very large, and from the outside it looked like a cage woven with thorns.

After entering, Kerry found that the space inside seemed to be isolated, and it was difficult to breathe. Moreover, the moment he went deep into the sea, he found that the root of the reef was nowhere to be seen. The entrance he swam in was just a gap.

The inside of the reef was bumpy and sometimes you could even step on the reef in the sea, which shows that this is a very large natural reef.

Floating in the water, Kerry called softly: "Qi Yan?"

"...Kerry..."

The weak voice was like the bell in the bell tower, knocking deeply in Kerry's heart.

"Qi Yan! Where are you?!"

"Kerry...I'm trapped here..." Qi Yan's voice was particularly weak.

"What should I do? How can I save you?" Kerry floated in the water. From the small gap in the reef, he could vaguely see the ice-blue fish tail surging.

"I can't move now." Qi Yan's voice was as weak as a baby: "Kerry, you go back first..."

"No!" Kerry's voice was filled with tears: "I miss you so much... I really miss you."

"Sorry... I miss you too." Qi Yan's voice was slightly deep: "I have been trapped here for eight days... I was wondering when you would come to save me..."

Hearing this, Kerry's tears finally couldn't be stopped and fell.

"Sorry, I'm sorry, I'm late..."

How long can the love between a person and a mermaid last, and what can be used to maintain it, even Kerry and Qi Yan can't say for sure.

In fact, Qi Yan hasn't come back for such a long time, and Kerry can find someone he likes to be with.

And after leaving Kerry, Qi Yan can also completely leave this place and choose another place suitable for him to live.

But he was waiting hard, and when he tried his best to rush back, he was washed into the reef by the tide, trapping himself like a cage.

The power of one person cannot break the reef.

But many people can. As

mentioned before, the reef is like a natural formation, with too many gaps and small holes, like a coal nest. As long as you hit it hard, you can quickly break a bigger gap.

The uncle led the people on the big ship and worked non-stop to break the reef in just one night.

Qi Yan was able to get out. He was originally in the reef deeper inside, but he swam out quickly after the breach. The reef without support collapsed the moment he swam away, creating a huge splash in the sea.

"Ke Li!"

Before Ke Li had the chance to express his joy, he was hugged tightly by Qi Yan.

"Ke Li, I'm sorry to have worried you." Qi Yan, who was always aloof, actually did this, leaving Ke Li stunned.

For a long time, he hugged Qi Yan tightly, as if he had integrated him into his body.

"Don't leave me again." If you

leave me again, I don't know what I will do.

Qi Yan returned, and everyone was very happy. The town seemed to have returned to its original lively state. Although it had always been lively, some of the stones that weighed on the bottom of their hearts were finally gone.

Qi Yan woke up again in the morning, opened his eyes, saw Clay's sleeping face, and smiled.

[I want to keep you by my side forever.]

[I just want to stay by your side forever.]