I woke up to find myself as the villain's older sister.

The three arrived at the seashell bed of the two mermaids.

Yun Qingyi glanced at it a few times, but couldn't help turning her head slightly away to take a closer look at the room.

This room isn't very big, but it's furnished much more than Liangming's room, making it look more like a place where people live.

There's also something hanging on the wall... um?

Yun Qingyi stared blankly at the old-fashioned wall clock, feeling somewhat incredulous.

There's a clock here?

Yun Qingyi looked at the text above. It didn't contain the Arabic numerals she was familiar with, but rather a script similar to ancient Chinese characters.

Yun Qingyi frowned slightly. The long pointer had already pointed to the position of midnight. In about a quarter of an hour, it would point to the midpoint, which is now exactly midnight.

"Sister, these two merfolk seem to be getting more and more stiff."

Yun Qingyi turned around and, just as Yun Qingrou had said, her movements were much slower than when she first came in.

"Their eyes... have also changed slightly, and their ear fins seem to show signs of splitting."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi followed Ji Zhaoze's gaze and saw that the two mermaids' azure eyes gradually turned pitch black, and dark red blood began to seep from their ear fins.

Yun Qingyi's mind immediately went into overdrive, alarm bells rang, "This is bad!"

She glanced up at the wall clock and said to the two of them, "Let's go out first."

If she guessed correctly, when the pointer reached the midpoint, this room would become just like the first room, filled with danger from all sides.

Ji Zhaozhe and Yun Qingrou didn't ask any questions and quickly followed Yun Qingyi to the door. However, no matter how they pulled, the door didn't budge, as if it were welded to the wall.

Yun Qingrou condensed water elemental power in her hand and smashed it against the wall beside her. The wall seemed to be alive, swallowing the ball of spiritual power without being damaged in the slightest.

Yun Qingyi: "...It seems we can't get out for the time being."

"This seems to be a puzzle," Ji Zhaoze said thoughtfully. "Judging from the situation in the previous room, there should be a corresponding solution for this room as well."

The first room was escaped thanks to Liangming's seashell bed, so what is the key to this room?

The three walked back to the two merfolk. Although they were still floating and sinking together, their gazes toward each other had become strange and fierce.

The ambiguous sounds emanating from his mouth gradually became more and more mournful.

"Separate them and see." Yun Qingrou frowned and spoke, her spiritual power already gathered in her hands striking the two merfolk, scattering them on either side of the bed.

The moment they were separated, the eyes of the two mermaids returned to their azure blue color, and the blood from their ear fins stopped seeping out.

Yun Qingyi's eyes lit up instantly. So all she had to do was separate them?

Before she could even feel happy for a moment, the two merfolk walked to each other expressionlessly and embraced each other again.

Seeing this, Yun Qingrou immediately threw one of them into the west corner of the room and the other into the east corner, preventing them from coming together.

"Sister, see if the door can be opened yet."

Yun Qingyi looked at the two mermaids whose expressions were blank but had not changed at all. She walked briskly to the door and tried to open it with joy, but no matter how hard she tried, the door remained unmoved.

Undeterred, he pulled again, only to find that it was indeed impossible to open, so he had no choice but to return to the two people.

Ji Zhaoze and Yun Qingrou also noticed Yun Qingyi's actions just now.

“It seems that separating the two merfolk can only temporarily eliminate the danger, but it is not enough to open the door,” Gu Qiqing said.

"Why don't we just kill them both?" Yun Qingrou said, her gaze towards the merman clearly revealing impatience.

Uh... While Yun Qingyi was debating whether or not to let Yun Qingrou kill the two merfolk, Yun Qingrou had already started to act.

All around, water elemental energy surged, transforming into threads that strangled the two merfolk into a cloud of blood mist.

Yun Qingyi: "..."

He then quickly ran back to the door and tried to open it.

Still no use?

Turning around, they found that there were two more merfolk on the bed, exactly the same as the two from before, repeating the actions that had happened when they arrived.

The atmosphere among the three instantly became strange, their expressions turning extremely serious. Apart from the ambiguous sounds emanating from the two merfolk, none of the three spoke for a moment.

“It seems that even if we kill them, the door won’t open,” Gu Qiqing said.

"Moreover, nothing will change." Yun Qingrou said expressionlessly, looking at the merman in front of her.

No, there are still changes.

Yun Qingyi returned to the seashell bed, staring at the eyes and ear fins of the two mermaids, thinking to herself.

Besides gradually turning back to pitch black, its eyes also gleamed with a faint red glow, and the dark red blood seeping from its ear fins became more vibrant in color.

what happened?

Yun Qingyi frowned, looked around, and walked to various corners of the room, tapping and banging on things.

Since there's nothing on the surface, could there be some kind of hidden door mechanism?

And so, Ji Zhaoze and Yun Qingrou watched as Yun Qingyi kept knocking and banging, until she had knocked all over the room, but still couldn't figure it out.

Ji Zhaoze and Yun Qingrou: "..."

Yun Qingyi returned to the two men's side, feeling somewhat exhausted. The ambiguous sounds coming from beside her also made her a little irritated.

She didn't care about embarrassment anymore; all she knew was that if she couldn't get out soon, and the pointer reached the midpoint, Ji Zhaoze would be finished.

As for why only Ji Zhaoze was included, it's because he was the only one without a space.

When she came in, she had already planned that if anything went wrong, she could just go back to the small world. Who knew that these two would actually flash in with her.

Yun Qingyi was speechless. She wanted to kick the seashell bed in front of her, but she paused for a moment before kicking it.

He crouched down and picked up a pearl necklace that was stuck under the seashell bed.

Ji Zhaoze and Yun Qingrou also gathered around when they saw the necklace.

The pearls on the necklace are pale gold, round and full, and occasionally flash with some intricate patterns.

After the necklace came into the sight of the two merfolk, the three of them clearly felt their continuous movements pause for a moment.

“High-quality cloud pearls are usually given as gifts to mates among the merfolk,” Ji Zhaoze said calmly.

"Partner?" Yun Qingyi held the pearl necklace in her hand, examined the room's layout again, and glanced at the two mermaids on the seashell bed.

The room was indeed much more exquisite than the first one, and the wedding ceremony of the Merfolk was not as complicated as that of the Humans.

Suddenly, something popped into Yun Qingyi's head...

Could this be the timeline in this room right now, the wedding night of these two merfolk?

Yun Qingyi's lips twitched. Once the idea popped into her head, she couldn't take it back. Instead, the more she thought about it, the more reasonable and well-founded it seemed.

No wonder the room is generally dimly lit.

No wonder those two merfolk would do something like this at this time.

And those pearls on her hand...

Cloud pearls are gifts that mermaids give to their partners, and they are usually given to their partners on their wedding day.

But why would such a precious gift be left forgotten, stuck under this seashell bed?