Chapter 68: Enchanting Hearts

  Just as one wave subsides, another rises. Before they could find the elder sister, Wang Ju was kidnapped by a mermaid.

  Hou Dàyǒng's swimming speed was incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, he caught up with the mermaid and Wang Jue. Wang Jue followed Hou Dàyǒng, who didn't follow him but instead swam to the back of the mermaid and hid. The mermaid saw that she couldn't swim past Hou Dàyǒng, so she stopped and revealed her sharp teeth, looking like an angry cat. Hou Dàyǒng ignored this and charged forward with his fish spear, thrusting left and right, but the mermaid dodged each attack. Just as they were exchanging blows, I snuck up behind Wang Jue and grabbed his arm, trying to pull him towards Hou Dàyǒng's back.

  But he didn't follow me, shaking off his shoulders and swimming to the back of the mermaid, sticking tightly to her. It wasn't until then that I saw Wang Jue's usually deep eyes had turned gray, like a blind man, and when I waved my hand in front of his eyes, he seemed unable to see. I wanted to try if his ears could hear, but as soon as I opened my mouth, a thick, bloody "water" immediately poured into my mouth. It turned out that the surrounding water was still blood, it just looked like water.

  Blood pool is blood pool, crisis lurks everywhere, not a bit fake. Just as Hou Dàyǒng and the mermaid were flirting, a group of big fish swam past us, each one as long as half an arm. They seemed to be swimming leisurely on the surface, but suddenly darted out and pecked at us four in a frenzy. I quickly grabbed Wang Jue with one hand and covered my head and face with the other, the fish that pecked at my tight-fitting clothes quickly flashed aside to peck at the mermaid. I curled up and sank down, and Wang Jue was brought out of the school of fish by my sudden dive.

  Hou Dàyǒng held the fish spear and was not afraid of them, but instead expanded his original target from the mermaid to the school of fish. He remained calm and composed, spearing left and right, catching quite a few fish. With his hand, he pulled out the fish stuck on the spearhead and continued to spear more. The school of fish that had suffered losses at Hou Dàyǒng's hands did not dare to confront him head-on again, and instead swam towards the mermaid.

  At this moment, the mermaid became the target of public criticism, being pecked all over and constantly making mournful cries for help.

  In a daze, I found that the mermaid's face became familiar. She looked at me with a few resentful eyes, her bright and shining eyes, her melon-shaped face, small lips, and delicate nose... I concentrated my mind, rubbed my eyes, and took another careful look.

  No mistake, it's Wen Shu! Wen Shu was surrounded by a group of fish, her arms and legs were pecked with blood marks. Where is the fish tail? Where are the scales? The one suffering in the fish group is clearly my beloved Wen Shu!

  I placed Wang Jia on the stone at the bottom of the lake, swam desperately to Hou Dayong's side, snatched the fishing spear from his hand, and rushed towards Yun Shu, who was surrounded by a large school of fish, fiercely stabbing those sharp-mouthed fish with the spear.

  The school of fish was stunned by the sudden attack, and a dense group of them rushed towards my head and face. Although the fish pecked at my wetsuit without feeling anything, the wetsuit did not cover my entire body, and in an instant, my exposed head, hands, and neck were pecked until they hurt terribly, with rows of wounds appearing on the back of my hand, and I feared that my neck and face would also be unlucky.

  At this moment, the relieved Wen Shu turned around and swam out of the fish group, heading towards a rock in the depths of the lake. As I watched her receding back, a strong desire suddenly sprouted up in my heart, driving me to ignore the attack of the fish group and follow her there.