Of course, it is impossible for the tree man to refuse. Although because of the existence of the Duke, he has always held a grudge against the mermaids, and after being locked up here for so long, its feelings of wanting to escape, avenge its mother, and reunite with its tribe not only did not disappear during the decades of captivity but became more and more intense.
But when it comes to the Moonlight Tree, a plant that is like a sacred object to the Treants, he can’t help but hesitate. And the other party’s unhurried attitude, as if he was sure that he would definitely agree, made him feel very annoyed.
“Okay, I agree to your terms.” The tree man gritted his teeth and finally agreed, “But I don’t have the seeds of the Moonlight Tree right now.”
“I know.” The mermaid glanced at him casually, “But you have the key to the breeding ground of the Moonlight Tree in your hand, it was left to you by your mother, right?”
“You—!” The tree man widened his eyes in shock and anger, “How do you know such a thing?!”
There is a reason why he behaves like this.
Not every fruit of the Moonlight Tree will produce seeds, and the seeds must be carefully cultivated by the Treant Race before the seeds can truly appear. This is why the Moonlight Tree has been on the verge of extinction these years.
The tree people attach great importance to the seeds of the moonlight tree, so they opened up a separate space for breeding. This space is impossible to enter without a key, and the tree people girl was the one who was in charge of the key.
Logically speaking, if the key was lost, the tree people should have worked hard to find the whereabouts of the keykeeper. However, the tree people themselves were not very united. A civil war broke out that year, and the whole group split into two parts.
Once the civil war broke out, no one cared what happened to the key holder. When the civil war was over, they wanted to search, but they couldn’t find any news about her at all-of course, this was basically due to the Duke’s excellent secrecy work.
In addition, except for the tree people, no one knew that the girl was the key holder. Even among the tree people, there were no more than five people who knew the news. So after the mermaid said that the treant was full of disbelief.
“It doesn’t matter how I know this news.” The mermaid replied slowly, “You just need to answer if you want to give me the key.”
“…” The tree man frowned tightly.
If the mermaid just wanted a moonshine tree seed, that was acceptable to him, but once he took the key, it was a big deal.
He was quite struggling to look at the mermaid, but soon, as if he had thought of something, a flash of inspiration flashed in his eyes, and then his brows relaxed.
“Okay.” The tree man suddenly became calm, completely unable to see the irritable appearance before, “As long as you take me out, I can give you the key.”
Xia Nuo couldn’t help being a little surprised by the rapid change in the tree man’s attitude, but it seemed that this was also expected by the mermaid. He said calmly, “Okay, the deal is established.”
To take the treant away, you have to go through the long underground passage flooded by the river.
The tree man had been unable to leave before. On the one hand, the passage was too long, and he couldn’t swim out without enough oxygen. Although the tree man had tried many methods over the years, he still couldn’t leave in the end. The appearance of the mermaid and Xia Nuo gave him a little hope of escape.
Since they can come in, they can naturally go out. And looking at the relaxed appearance of the mermaid, one knew that this was not a difficult task for him.
He was right, taking him out would be easy for the mermaid. But as a matter of course, the treant cannot get the treatment of being hugged and swim out by the mermaid-like Xia Nuo. He was contained in a huge bubble by the merman, who dragged him and jumped into the passage.
Finally able to leave, the treants were excitedly sticking to the wall of the bubble, watching the rushing water outside.
Because the Bubble blocked the sound, he couldn’t hear the conversation between the mermaid and Xia Nuo outside the Bubble.
The mermaid held the young boy and swam in front. Seeing him hesitate to speak many times, he took the initiative to speak: “You want to ask, why do I know so much, right?”
Xia Nuo hesitated for a moment but still nodded. He didn’t ask before because he felt a little embarrassed to explore the secrets of the mermaid, but this doubt had been in his mind for a long time. Since the mermaid took the initiative to speak, he also admitted it.
“Actually, I’ve been thinking, is there anything in this world that you don’t know?”
This statement is a bit exaggerated, but it is the most intuitive feeling in Xia Nuo’s heart.
“Just like before, you seem to know who the real person who stole the necklace is from the beginning.”
Thinking about it now, that person should be the Duke, although I don’t know his motives.
“There’s also the matter of the Duke killing a tree-human girl and pretending to be his own son.”
Apart from the person involved, probably only the mermaid knows about this, right? And he said it in such detail as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
“There is also the matter of knowing that the key to the birthplace of the Moonlight Tree is in the hands of the Duke’s son.”
Seeing the surprised expression of the tree man when the mermaid said this, he knew that this should not be a well-known matter.
If one incident is accidental, then the sum of so many incidents is enough to show that the mermaid knows many unknown secrets.
Xia Nuo wrung his fingers and counted each item in detail. Finally, he raised his head and said seriously: “I don’t have to know the answer. After all, this is your secret. You can decide to say it or not. But if you are willing to tell me, I will be very happy too.”
The mermaid laughed: “It’s not really a secret.”
He looked down at the boy in his arms, thought for a second and said, “It probably won’t take long before you will know.”
Judging from the tree man’s performance, he obviously knew something. The mermaid hesitated for a moment but decided to reveal the secret through him.
Because he had a hunch, if he said it now, the boy would definitely be angry. While there is still time, he must first think of a countermeasure.
In the mermaid’s mind, the treatment he enjoyed when he was nestled on the boy’s chest when he became smaller not long ago suddenly appeared. At that time, the boy was very indulgent to him.
Xia Nuo didn’t know what to think of when he saw the mermaid, his eyes suddenly lit up, and there seemed to be a hint of excitement in his expression?
He wasn’t sure if he read it wrong, but he shivered involuntarily.
The mermaid noticed the boy’s movements, and couldn’t help speeding up his movements—he didn’t know that Xia Nuo didn’t feel the cold because of the river water, but just faintly noticed his perverted aura and had a bad premonition.
Soon the mermaid took Xia Nuo and the tree man to the shore and returned to the secret room at the beginning. On the one hand, the tree man was excited because he finally escaped; On the other hand, he looked at the white-headed crocodile hiding far away and not daring to approach it, which further confirmed his guess.
The tree man said thank you with a complicated expression, followed them out of the secret room, and then parted ways.
Xia Nuo was not very clear about what happened after leaving the secret room, because they had separated from the tree man at that time, but he saw the tree man’s sullen expression when he left, and he knew in his heart that he must seek revenge from the Duke.
The mermaid didn’t intend to interfere with the tree man’s actions. After all, he just agreed to bring the tree man out. As for other things, he was not interested in taking care of things that had nothing to do with the boy.
At this time, the banquet was over, although they left halfway, they did not get much attention for some reason, but when they saw the young man’s drenched dress, the guests all showed ambiguous expressions tacitly.
Especially when Xia Nuo’s shoes fell into the water, after he failed to refuse, he was carried by the mermaid all the way. When they heard the mermaid ask the waiter to bring him a pair of shoes, they all showed strange smiles as they looked at the young naked feet covered by the dress.
They probably thought that the mermaid and the boy left midway to play some strange game.
There are so many tricks for young people. The guests all sighed in unison, Xia Nuo looked blankly.
It wasn’t until the waiter led them to the room that had been arranged that he realized: “Is there only one room?”
The waiter nodded as a matter of course: “Aren’t you and Mr. Mermaid lovers? So the housekeeper only arranged one room.”
As if thinking of something, he added: “Please rest assured, the sound insulation in the room is very good, I wish you a pleasant night.”
Xia Nuo: “…”
As soon as these two sentences were connected, he immediately understood what the waiter meant, and his face quickly flushed with a blush.
“No, not, we…”
Before he could figure out how to explain, the waiter bowed and left, leaving only Xia Nuo there in a daze, Xia Nuo, avoiding the topic, thought the other guests looked at them so strangely, couldn’t they have misunderstood the same as the waiter?
The mermaid who was smiling at the side obviously knew about this a long time ago. He pushed the boy who hadn’t reacted yet into the bathroom: “Is there anything to do after taking a shower? Although you won’t catch a cold, it’s uncomfortable to wear soaked clothes, right?”
Xia Nuo: “What you said makes sense.”
But when he came out of the shower, the mermaid eagerly stepped forward to wipe his waist-length black hair.
I have to say that Xia Nuo had never faced this kind of problem when he had short hair before. His long hair became heavier after it got wet, and because it was thick and thick, it took a lot of effort to dry it.
The mermaid liked this job very much. His fingers ran through the slippery long hair, and occasionally massaged the top of the young man’s head with moderate strength and with that a wave of tiredness sets in.
He yawned several times in succession, and his consciousness was already a little groggy. Just at this time, the mermaid had already dried his hair, and Xia Nuo let him gently put him on the bed.
In a daze, Xia Nuo heard the mermaid say, “If you really mind, I can sleep on the carpet.”
He chose to bring up the boy’s entanglement before taking a bath at this time. It has to be said that he really chose a good enough time.
Xia Nuo’s brain was occupied by drowsiness, he thought in a daze, why do you want the mermaid to sleep on the carpet? Obviously, the bed is really spacious, so it won’t be a problem to accommodate two people
“Well,” he subconsciously patted the soft bed under him, and muttered, “Come on.”
The mermaid complied kindly. He lay beside the boy, half-raised his body and stared at the boy’s cute sleeping face, and then kissed him lightly on the forehead.
Moist lips opened and closed slightly: “Good night, dear Chang An.”
Xia Nuo fell into a deep sleep with his pillow on the mermaid’s arm, completely unaware of how frightened he would be when he woke up tomorrow, in various senses.
Of course, it is impossible for the tree man to refuse. Although because of the existence of the Duke, he has always held a grudge against the mermaids, and after being locked up here for so long, its feelings of wanting to escape, avenge its mother, and reunite with its tribe not only did not disappear during the decades of captivity but became more and more intense.
But when it comes to the Moonlight Tree, a plant that is like a sacred object to the Treants, he can’t help but hesitate. And the other party’s unhurried attitude, as if he was sure that he would definitely agree, made him feel very annoyed.
“Okay, I agree to your terms.” The tree man gritted his teeth and finally agreed, “But I don’t have the seeds of the Moonlight Tree right now.”
“I know.” The mermaid glanced at him casually, “But you have the key to the breeding ground of the Moonlight Tree in your hand, it was left to you by your mother, right?”
“You—!” The tree man widened his eyes in shock and anger, “How do you know such a thing?!”
There is a reason why he behaves like this.
Not every fruit of the Moonlight Tree will produce seeds, and the seeds must be carefully cultivated by the Treant Race before the seeds can truly appear. This is why the Moonlight Tree has been on the verge of extinction these years.
The tree people attach great importance to the seeds of the moonlight tree, so they opened up a separate space for breeding. This space is impossible to enter without a key, and the tree people girl was the one who was in charge of the key.
Logically speaking, if the key was lost, the tree people should have worked hard to find the whereabouts of the keykeeper. However, the tree people themselves were not very united. A civil war broke out that year, and the whole group split into two parts.
Once the civil war broke out, no one cared what happened to the key holder. When the civil war was over, they wanted to search, but they couldn’t find any news about her at all-of course, this was basically due to the Duke’s excellent secrecy work.
In addition, except for the tree people, no one knew that the girl was the key holder. Even among the tree people, there were no more than five people who knew the news. So after the mermaid said that the treant was full of disbelief.
“It doesn’t matter how I know this news.” The mermaid replied slowly, “You just need to answer if you want to give me the key.”
“…” The tree man frowned tightly.
If the mermaid just wanted a moonshine tree seed, that was acceptable to him, but once he took the key, it was a big deal.
He was quite struggling to look at the mermaid, but soon, as if he had thought of something, a flash of inspiration flashed in his eyes, and then his brows relaxed.
“Okay.” The tree man suddenly became calm, completely unable to see the irritable appearance before, “As long as you take me out, I can give you the key.”
Xia Nuo couldn’t help being a little surprised by the rapid change in the tree man’s attitude, but it seemed that this was also expected by the mermaid. He said calmly, “Okay, the deal is established.”
To take the treant away, you have to go through the long underground passage flooded by the river.
The tree man had been unable to leave before. On the one hand, the passage was too long, and he couldn’t swim out without enough oxygen. Although the tree man had tried many methods over the years, he still couldn’t leave in the end. The appearance of the mermaid and Xia Nuo gave him a little hope of escape.
Since they can come in, they can naturally go out. And looking at the relaxed appearance of the mermaid, one knew that this was not a difficult task for him.
He was right, taking him out would be easy for the mermaid. But as a matter of course, the treant cannot get the treatment of being hugged and swim out by the mermaid-like Xia Nuo. He was contained in a huge bubble by the merman, who dragged him and jumped into the passage.
Finally able to leave, the treants were excitedly sticking to the wall of the bubble, watching the rushing water outside.
Because the Bubble blocked the sound, he couldn’t hear the conversation between the mermaid and Xia Nuo outside the Bubble.
The mermaid held the young boy and swam in front. Seeing him hesitate to speak many times, he took the initiative to speak: “You want to ask, why do I know so much, right?”
Xia Nuo hesitated for a moment but still nodded. He didn’t ask before because he felt a little embarrassed to explore the secrets of the mermaid, but this doubt had been in his mind for a long time. Since the mermaid took the initiative to speak, he also admitted it.
“Actually, I’ve been thinking, is there anything in this world that you don’t know?”
This statement is a bit exaggerated, but it is the most intuitive feeling in Xia Nuo’s heart.
“Just like before, you seem to know who the real person who stole the necklace is from the beginning.”
Thinking about it now, that person should be the Duke, although I don’t know his motives.
“There’s also the matter of the Duke killing a tree-human girl and pretending to be his own son.”
Apart from the person involved, probably only the mermaid knows about this, right? And he said it in such detail as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
“There is also the matter of knowing that the key to the birthplace of the Moonlight Tree is in the hands of the Duke’s son.”
Seeing the surprised expression of the tree man when the mermaid said this, he knew that this should not be a well-known matter.
If one incident is accidental, then the sum of so many incidents is enough to show that the mermaid knows many unknown secrets.
Xia Nuo wrung his fingers and counted each item in detail. Finally, he raised his head and said seriously: “I don’t have to know the answer. After all, this is your secret. You can decide to say it or not. But if you are willing to tell me, I will be very happy too.”
The mermaid laughed: “It’s not really a secret.”
He looked down at the boy in his arms, thought for a second and said, “It probably won’t take long before you will know.”
Judging from the tree man’s performance, he obviously knew something. The mermaid hesitated for a moment but decided to reveal the secret through him.
Because he had a hunch, if he said it now, the boy would definitely be angry. While there is still time, he must first think of a countermeasure.
In the mermaid’s mind, the treatment he enjoyed when he was nestled on the boy’s chest when he became smaller not long ago suddenly appeared. At that time, the boy was very indulgent to him.
Xia Nuo didn’t know what to think of when he saw the mermaid, his eyes suddenly lit up, and there seemed to be a hint of excitement in his expression?
He wasn’t sure if he read it wrong, but he shivered involuntarily.
The mermaid noticed the boy’s movements, and couldn’t help speeding up his movements—he didn’t know that Xia Nuo didn’t feel the cold because of the river water, but just faintly noticed his perverted aura and had a bad premonition.
Soon the mermaid took Xia Nuo and the tree man to the shore and returned to the secret room at the beginning. On the one hand, the tree man was excited because he finally escaped; On the other hand, he looked at the white-headed crocodile hiding far away and not daring to approach it, which further confirmed his guess.
The tree man said thank you with a complicated expression, followed them out of the secret room, and then parted ways.
Xia Nuo was not very clear about what happened after leaving the secret room, because they had separated from the tree man at that time, but he saw the tree man’s sullen expression when he left, and he knew in his heart that he must seek revenge from the Duke.
The mermaid didn’t intend to interfere with the tree man’s actions. After all, he just agreed to bring the tree man out. As for other things, he was not interested in taking care of things that had nothing to do with the boy.
At this time, the banquet was over, although they left halfway, they did not get much attention for some reason, but when they saw the young man’s drenched dress, the guests all showed ambiguous expressions tacitly.
Especially when Xia Nuo’s shoes fell into the water, after he failed to refuse, he was carried by the mermaid all the way. When they heard the mermaid ask the waiter to bring him a pair of shoes, they all showed strange smiles as they looked at the young naked feet covered by the dress.
They probably thought that the mermaid and the boy left midway to play some strange game.
There are so many tricks for young people. The guests all sighed in unison, Xia Nuo looked blankly.
It wasn’t until the waiter led them to the room that had been arranged that he realized: “Is there only one room?”
The waiter nodded as a matter of course: “Aren’t you and Mr. Mermaid lovers? So the housekeeper only arranged one room.”
As if thinking of something, he added: “Please rest assured, the sound insulation in the room is very good, I wish you a pleasant night.”
Xia Nuo: “…”
As soon as these two sentences were connected, he immediately understood what the waiter meant, and his face quickly flushed with a blush.
“No, not, we…”
Before he could figure out how to explain, the waiter bowed and left, leaving only Xia Nuo there in a daze, Xia Nuo, avoiding the topic, thought the other guests looked at them so strangely, couldn’t they have misunderstood the same as the waiter?
The mermaid who was smiling at the side obviously knew about this a long time ago. He pushed the boy who hadn’t reacted yet into the bathroom: “Is there anything to do after taking a shower? Although you won’t catch a cold, it’s uncomfortable to wear soaked clothes, right?”
Xia Nuo: “What you said makes sense.”
But when he came out of the shower, the mermaid eagerly stepped forward to wipe his waist-length black hair.
I have to say that Xia Nuo had never faced this kind of problem when he had short hair before. His long hair became heavier after it got wet, and because it was thick and thick, it took a lot of effort to dry it.
The mermaid liked this job very much. His fingers ran through the slippery long hair, and occasionally massaged the top of the young man’s head with moderate strength and with that a wave of tiredness sets in.
He yawned several times in succession, and his consciousness was already a little groggy. Just at this time, the mermaid had already dried his hair, and Xia Nuo let him gently put him on the bed.
In a daze, Xia Nuo heard the mermaid say, “If you really mind, I can sleep on the carpet.”
He chose to bring up the boy’s entanglement before taking a bath at this time. It has to be said that he really chose a good enough time.
Xia Nuo’s brain was occupied by drowsiness, he thought in a daze, why do you want the mermaid to sleep on the carpet? Obviously, the bed is really spacious, so it won’t be a problem to accommodate two people
“Well,” he subconsciously patted the soft bed under him, and muttered, “Come on.”
The mermaid complied kindly. He lay beside the boy, half-raised his body and stared at the boy’s cute sleeping face, and then kissed him lightly on the forehead.
Moist lips opened and closed slightly: “Good night, dear Chang An.”
Xia Nuo fell into a deep sleep with his pillow on the mermaid’s arm, completely unaware of how frightened he would be when he woke up tomorrow, in various senses.
