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

“My sister kept asking about Tuso and Naliangjiao.”

"Junior sister, have you found out something?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Qingyi stood up, hugged the wall clock tightly, smiled mysteriously, and said in a good mood, "Although the whole matter is still not very clear, I have a general understanding of the overall situation."

Yun Qingrou pondered for a moment: "Does Sister think that the overall situation is related to someone closely connected to the Mermaid Princess?"

Ji Zhaoze stood up at this moment. Hearing Yun Qingrou's words, he said calmly, "This is basically certain. If the mermaid princess is the main figure, then those closely related to her cannot possibly remain outside the whole incident."

"More than that, what the mermaid princess just said has made me even more certain of my suspicions about something else."

"Hmm?" Upon hearing Ji Zhaoze's words, Yun Qingyi and Yun Qingrou became interested.

He asked excitedly, "Senior brother, what are you talking about?"

Upon hearing their questions, Ji Zhaoze said, "Don't you think all of this seems to have been completely planned?"

"Qingyi fiddled with the clock, met the mermaid princess, and slowly pieced together the story from her words... These events were so coincidental that they made one suspicious."

Yun Qingrou blinked; she hadn't expected this at all. She asked Ji Zhaoze, "If what you said is true, then who do you think designed all of this?"

Before Ji Zhaoze could speak, Yun Qingyi said softly, "Mermaid Princess."

“The mermaid princess…” Yun Qingrou silently repeated these words, then suddenly realized: “Sister, you mean…”

Seeing Yun Qingrou's slightly widened eyes, Yun Qingyi nodded to her.

"It seems that both of you junior sisters have thought of this as well." Ji Zhaoze said with a faint smile, looking at their expressions.

Looking at the wall clock in her hand, Yun Qingyi sighed: "Let's go. The situation is already quite good. At least we haven't deviated from the normal course of events."

"As for why we were sent here, perhaps we will only know the answer when things come to an end, or when we return to the room and ask her."

After saying their last words, the three of them walked out again in the direction they had come from.

When they went outside, the whale named Beibei was slowly approaching them.

On its enormous body, the mermaid princess excitedly waved to the three of them: "Seniors! I'm here, come on up quickly—"

Hearing the sound, the three swam toward the broad back of the whale.

The female whale named Beibei thoughtfully lowered her body so that the group could quickly get onto her back.

Seeing that the three of them were standing safely on the whale's back, the mermaid princess patted Beibei and said excitedly to her, "Beibei, let's go! This time we're going to go back in style and make our people look at us with new eyes!"

"We need to show them that what they can't do, I can do!"

The whale understood the mermaid princess's words and let out a long, melodious whale cry.

Then it carried several people and swam towards the settlement of the merfolk.

As Yun Qingyi visited the places, she gradually became familiar with them. This was the same road that Liang Ming had taken them along before.

Although a thousand years have passed, the landscape has changed, and time has eroded it, making it vastly different from what it looks like now, Yun Qingyi could still vaguely discern a familiar outline.

This road is indeed the road to the Mermaid Palace.

only……

Yun Qingyi glanced at the other road and the familiar direction, and couldn't help but ask, "Does this road also lead to that energy trench from before?"

"Senior has excellent eyesight," the mermaid princess said with a smile. "I forgot to tell you all that the area near that energy trench is where our mermaid clan gathers."

Uh……

All three of them were a little confused.

Were they really that close to the settlement of the Merfolk?

Yun Qingyi said, "Didn't you run away to avoid marrying Tusuo? How come you're there? Aren't you afraid of being discovered by your people?"

After being asked three questions in a row, the mermaid princess remained calm and huffed coquettishly, "So what if they find me? They can't catch me. Besides, with my abilities, escaping from them is a piece of cake, okay?"