Before Landlin could say anything, the woman before him continued, "Who sent you back?"
Landlin, "..." The amount of information in this question was a bit overwhelming, and he needed a moment to process it...
As Landlin was reeling in confusion, he suddenly heard the woman in front of him muttering to herself, "Could it be... they discovered your identity? Impossible! I was so meticulous back then, how could it be..."
Landlin, "..." What kind of identity did he have? It was confirmed, he was indeed the male lead of this world!
While Landlin was lost in his own wild speculations, he heard the woman before him say with a gloomy expression, "My son, how could they do this to you!"
Landlin, "???"
In the end, Landlin stayed by Red Anna's side.
...
Meanwhile.
After Ming Li left the witch world, she accidentally got lost.
The next time she opened her eyes, she saw a vast expanse of blue sea before her.
Ming Li gazed out at the boundless ocean.
Just as Ming Li was preparing to leave, she suddenly paused, her brows furrowing slightly, a trace of confusion and bewilderment flashing in her eyes.
The system in her spatial dimension sensed the anomaly and popped out, asking doubtfully, "Host dear, what's wrong?"
Ming Li ignored the system's question, turned back, and her gaze fell upon the sea again. What was happening? In that instant, how had she sensed a familiar aura within this sea...
As Ming Li fell into thought, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind, "Li Li'er! How did you end up here?!"
Recalling her thoughts, Ming Li turned around and saw the old king chasing after her on Big Black.
Ming Li, "..." Why was this old man chasing after her?!
As Big Black reached Ming Li's side, the old king spoke breathlessly, "Are you alright? Are you injured?"
Seeing this, Big Black's eyes were about to roll out of its head. What was so tiring for him? Wasn't it always the one running?
Ming Li also looked speechless, and asked the old king, "Why did you follow me?"
The old king, "I was worried about you! If anything happened to you, how would I explain it to your mother?!"
Ming Li, "..."
Seeing Ming Li fall into silence, the old king scanned the sea behind her and asked curiously, "Didn't you send that child back? How did you end up in the mermaid world? If it weren't for Big Black's keen nose, we wouldn't have found you."
At this moment, Big Black also proudly lifted its head and said, "When we went to the witch world to find you, we encountered that wicked woman who imprisoned me before. She still wanted to capture me, but luckily I ran fast!"
Ming Li's expression was blank, and she said righteously, "I got lost."
The old king and Big Black, "..."
An awkward silence fell over them for a moment.
After a long silence, the old king patted the back of Ming Li's head and said, "Come, Father will take you home!"
Ming Li, who was staggered by another pat, "..." Fine, let's go, but why did you have to hit me?!
Soon, the old king took out a teleportation magic scroll. After a burst of blinding white light, the two people and the dog quickly disappeared from their original spot...
In the sapphire-blue depths of the sea, within a crystal palace, a mermaid with a silvery-white fish tail suddenly felt something. The movement in her hands paused, a flash of surprise in her eyes. With a flicker of her figure, she disappeared from her spot and appeared where Ming Li and the others had been. Looking at the golden sandy beach before her, the exceedingly beautiful mermaid fell into thought.
Suddenly, a man in red appeared beside the mermaid, "Master, what is it?"
"Her, I felt her aura..."