Wei Junlan huffed and puffed as he rowed the boat back out to the middle of the sea. After resting for a good while, he surveyed the boundless waters. "No one should find it, right?"
Then he transformed into a merman and dived beneath the surface. After swimming freely for a while, he turned around and promptly forgot the way back.
With thirteen more merfolk-human hybrids, the Deserted Island had become livelier, yet it remained quiet. Aside from Qian Wanyu, none of the others seemed able to speak, while Dongfang Minghui's booming voice provided the silent island with its sole trace of amusement.
"Hey, don't run! I haven't treated your legs yet."
"Come here, over to me. Seventh Sister, help me catch her."
"And whatever you do, don't slip into the sea. Once water gets into your wounds, they'll keep getting worse. Do you understand?"
The merfolk-human hybrids' fish tails transformed into legs. Apart from a few who dressed themselves, the rest preferred running around naked, utterly direct and without a shred of embarrassment, like the most primitive Eve and Adam. Their uninhibited behavior was almost more than Dongfang Minghui could bear to look at. After their medicine was applied, their leader, Little Mute, took them to gather large leaves to cover themselves a little, though expanses of pale skin remained visible.
Dongfang Minghui was a doctor, after all. Sometimes, when she needed to examine patients, they would voluntarily strip naked for her, more eager than anyone could imagine. An uninformed observer might have thought she was involved in some sort of pornography business. In any case, after adjusting a little, she grew accustomed to it and turned a blind eye.
Qian Wanyu, on the other hand, simply hauled Little White Ball out to serve as a shield. She sat