Suddenly, a rush of heavy footsteps echoed from the distance through the quiet forest!
The little mermaid boy's ocean-blue eyes widened in sudden terror, his face going completely pale. "Someone is coming!" he whispered frantically to Yueyue.
He grabbed the edge of the lake bank, looking at her with desperate, pleading eyes. "Please... don't tell anyone about me! If they find out I'm hiding here, they'll definitely kick me out of the estate. I have nowhere else to go!"
Before little Yueyue could even nod her head to agree, Yuze immediately dove back into the deep water. With a soft splash, his shimmering blue tail vanished beneath the dark surface, leaving not a single trace behind.
A second later, Xuan Long, Su Qinglan, the other beast husbands, and all the cubs burst into the clearing by the lake!
When their eyes landed on tiny Yueyue sitting safely on the grassy bank, everyone let out a massive, collective sigh of sweet relief. Nothing bad had happened to her!
