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

This statement immediately stirred up a huge wave of discussion.

Many of the merfolk looked bewildered, but some of the older ones widened their eyes slightly, as if Yun Qingyi's words had taken them to a memory they hadn't touched in a long time.

Among them was Uncle Shang.

"Yiyi, what... what did you just say? Another faction of the merfolk?"

Although he had a vague idea of ​​the answer in his heart, Uncle Shang still found it hard to believe. Supported by the mermaid princess, he came to Yun Qingyi and asked softly.

In response to Uncle Shang's question, Yun Qingyi nodded and affirmed, "That's right, actually my parents are from another faction of the Merfolk."

She looked at everyone and slowly said, "My parents left the Merfolk tribe for some reason, which is why they have been living with us in a remote corner of the West Sea."

From a young age, she told me and my siblings that the merfolk were divided into two factions: one lived in the Merfolk Palace, while the other did not have a fixed residence and was therefore relatively mysterious.

But our mother told us that our Merfolk are a very harmonious and loving people. The factions are just to distinguish our habits, not to treat the entire group as two different races.

That's why, when Princess Liangmeng said she would take us back to the Mermaid Palace, we agreed without hesitation to follow her.

"I see... I see... then it all makes sense." Uncle Shang murmured after listening to Yun Qingyi's words.

Not only Uncle Shang, but also the older merfolk showed expressions of sudden realization, and tears welled up in their eyes.

An old woman swam up shakily, looking at Yun Qingyi from left to right, her eyes filled with affection, yet also as if she were looking through Yun Qingyi at someone else.

Knowing the historical reasons behind this, Yun Qingyi naturally understood why this mermaid grandmother would make such a somewhat abrupt move.

Not only this grandmother, but all the elderly people among the merfolk looked at the three of them with the same gaze.

"I'm so sorry, Yiyi, I misunderstood you before. Grandma apologizes to you all. Grandma is so sorry..." The old lady in front of me was full of self-reproach, and more and more tears were glistening in her eyes, as if they were about to fall at any moment.

She looked around and saw that some of the merfolk were covering their mouths and noses and crying silently.

Yun Qingyi: ...

No, although she intended to evoke sympathy from these knowledgeable elderly people by explaining her background, she never expected them to cry their eyes out.

He gently patted the mermaid grandmother's back and said softly, "Grandma, don't be sad. Look, I'm fine now. You have to believe that my parents and our people will all be alright."

Upon hearing this, the mermaid grandmother said nothing else, but simply took Yun Qingyi's hands and gently patted them, saying, "Good child... good child... you have suffered..."

Although the young merfolk beside them didn't know what was going on, they couldn't help but be moved when they saw their elders in this state.

The whole occasion seemed to have fallen into a strangely warm atmosphere.

After watching for a while, Ryogo, sensing that the atmosphere around him was getting increasingly strange, immediately sounded the alarm.

"What the hell is going on! What other merfolk clan? What non-merfolk palace? This is utter nonsense! Uncles, grandpas, and grandmas, don't be fooled by this person!"

"I've never heard of such a thing in my entire life. They must have made it all up!"

As soon as Ryogo finished speaking, the surroundings immediately fell silent.

Those old merfolk stared intently at Liang Wu, and the surrounding atmosphere seemed to drop several degrees in an instant.