Do you still remember your childhood?

  Luo Lian was originally listening to the story of Little Mermaid Whale, and she was so absorbed in it that when Whale King asked her about her childhood, she suddenly felt like she had been transported back to her school days. Her mood immediately became low, and she said: "I've never been as happy as Little Mermaid Whale, I've never played freely. I've always been very suppressed. When I was a kid..." Luo Lian tried hard to think, but her head suddenly started hurting. "My earliest memory, and all my memories, are of going to school. In school, I only remember two things. One is that I was particularly silly, and the other is that I was particularly rebellious. I have to admit, my brain isn't very good, I had to study hard, study hard, just to get a slightly better grade. But my nature wasn't obedient and well-behaved, I loved to daydream in class, when the teacher was talking, I would think about other things, and think far away, with wild ideas. The teacher would suddenly ask me questions, and I would stand up without knowing what question she had asked. Then came the scolding from the teacher. When I was in girls' school, there was a period of time when I felt very suppressed, every day was doing mock exams, every day was the same life. I endured it day by day, my only motivation was to get into a university by the sea, leave that oppressive life behind, and realize the dream I had been fantasizing about in my heart for many years."

  The Whale King listened and felt incredulous. In his impression, Luo Lian was always the brave and lovely little girl he first met. "Why are all your memories unhappy? I thought you were a very happy little girl." As the Whale King said this, he had already silently vowed that from now on, her memories would be filled with happiness, without any sorrow.

  "I'm not a gentle lady, I'm just inferior," said Luolian.

  The Whale King was astonished again: "What makes you, such a good girl, feel inferior?"

  "The earliest inferiority complex was because I was dark-skinned and always nicknamed by classmates."

  Luo Lian had already forgotten the sensitivity of a child and was used to being heartbroken, but Jin Wang was indignant on her behalf: "Black is such a beautiful color! Look at the pearls in the sea, black pearls are so rare and precious, many people search for decades or even their whole lives without finding one. You are my black pearl!"

  "Now it seems like a small matter, but at that time I was a child with a fragile sense of self-respect. Later, my understanding of myself went beyond just skin color, and I found that from the inside out, there was nothing about me that was stronger than others, except for the color of my eyes. I had no special talents, my name was ordinary, my appearance was ordinary, my academic performance was ordinary, my family background was ordinary, my personality was ordinary, and my accomplishments were ordinary. Everywhere I looked, I was just average, and I couldn't find anything that made me stand out as excellent. My brain wasn't smart, my face wasn't pretty, and I wasn't good at flattering people with sweet talk. Wherever I went, I was always the most inconspicuous person in the corner. Being inconspicuous was okay, at least it brought some peace. But if one day I wasn't peaceful, then something bad must have happened to me. It wasn't until the swimming competition in my junior year that I discovered my affinity for water, and found out that I actually had a special talent. If I hadn't come to Mingwan University, this small advantage of mine might never have been discovered."

  "If you were born and raised in the waters of Ming Bay, then the Whale King would certainly be you, not me." said the Whale King.

  "How is that possible?" Lian Liu smiled and said.