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

"It seems you had a happy life."

“That’s true,” the mermaid princess laughed. “It would have been even better if she hadn’t become Tuso’s partner on her coming-of-age day.”

"You seem to dislike Tuso very much, why?" Yun Qingyi asked in confusion, looking at Tuso standing next to her. Although she didn't know what Liang Jiao looked like, Tuso, being a merman, couldn't be too bad-looking.

It's not an exaggeration to say that she was even more exquisite than herself, and the mermaid princess liked her so much that she didn't even want to look at Tu Suo, which puzzled Yun Qingyi.

“You seem quite puzzled,” the mermaid princess said. “But you don’t need to be too surprised. What you like or dislike is never something you can decide for yourself. You just dislike something, there’s no special reason for it.”

Looking at the mermaid princess's indifferent expression, Yun Qingyi remained skeptical for the time being. She glanced around the room; although it was still dimly lit, everything was clearly visible.

"This room is quite well-decorated. As far as I know, the pattern on the wall can only be carved by female merfolk as mates."

At this point, Yun Qingyi glanced at the mermaid princess: "Didn't you despise Tuso? Why would you personally carve the patterns?"

The mermaid princess remained silent for a long time, her brows furrowed in a deep frown.

Seeing that she seemed unwilling to talk, Yun Qingyi turned her head to the side and pointed to the wall clock: "Since you don't want to talk about it, can you tell me about this wall clock?"

Upon hearing this, the mermaid princess visibly breathed a sigh of relief. She looked at the clock with some confusion, but her tone became noticeably more relaxed: "Is this thing called a clock?"

"You do not know?"

The mermaid princess shook her head and said, "I'm not really sure. This thing suddenly appeared when my soul was in hibernation. At first, I was very wary, but apart from the two long needles inside moving, there was nothing special about it."

"Besides, there were also those kinds of spells up there, so I couldn't get close. Over time, I just stopped paying attention to it."

After hearing the mermaid princess's description, Yun Qingyi was somewhat disappointed: "Is that all you know?"

"Hmm?" The mermaid princess narrowed her eyes slightly. "You seem to care a lot about this thing called a wall clock."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi became alert and pretended to regret it, saying, "Of course I care. In our human world, wall clocks are very rare. This thing has the meaning of blessing. As long as you know how to use it, you can send blessings to any living being. Now that we have finally seen one, it is a pity that we do not know how to use it."

After saying this, Ji Zhaoze and Yun Qingrou both looked at Yun Qingyi: "???" How come they didn't know there was such a saying?

"I see." The mermaid princess was relieved and smiled at Yun Qingyi, "Since that's the case, then this clock is yours. You can study it carefully and maybe you can figure something out. Anyway, it's of no use to me."

Seeing that Yun Qingyi was still hesitating, the mermaid princess said again, "The area around the clock is very safe. There's no need to worry about any danger. I can still make decisions in this house."

Seeing this, Yun Qingyi no longer hesitated. She nimbly jumped onto the cabinet next to her, stared at the clock whose hands were completely out of order, a cold glint flashed in her eyes, and carefully took it down and held it in her arms.

Apart from the delicate texture of the bell, everything else is pretty much as the mermaid princess described; there's really nothing special about it.

Yun Qingyi turned her head and said to the mermaid princess, "You said that this clock suddenly appeared when your soul was asleep. Is it possible that it is related to the things on it that you mentioned?"

Upon hearing this, the mermaid princess's expression changed slightly: "Don't talk about this, don't mention them here."

"Oh? Why?" Looking at the mermaid princess's serious face, she continued to ask, "Are they really that scary? But you just said that you had the authority to make the decisions about this room."

"No! Please stop talking. If you keep going, you'll be punished." The mermaid princess looked around nervously, somewhat frightened.

"What is the punishment?" Yun Qingyi narrowed her eyes, ignoring any attempts to dissuade her.