As Lan Cangming left, his silver-blue tail swept past the stone wall of the pool, causing a loose reef to make a soft CLICK.
Su An'an glimpsed a faint passage behind the reef. She shot upright, her pink tail instantly tensing.
Lan Cangming paused at the cell door. "By the way, the Sea Witch said you stole my Calming Pearl."
He turned his head to the side, and moonlight filtered through a crack in the ceiling of the Water Prison, landing on his long eyelashes.
"But my pearl has never left my side."
Stunned, Su An'an looked down. The blue Calming Pearl on her wrist was gone—Lan Cangming had taken it back without her noticing.
"Give it back!"
Su An'an swam forward, but Lan Cangming had already closed the door and left.
'That wretched mermaid! I can't tell if he's a good guy or a bad guy.'
Su An'an gulped down the steaming seaweed gruel in one go, then looked back at the loose reef.
'I have to get out of this blasted place first,' she decided.
