"Brother, I finally waited for you!"
The ethereal voice seemed to travel through time and space, brimming with barely restrained excitement.
Lu Ren looked toward the sound, his heart jolting as his piercing gaze locked tightly onto the shimmering surface of Mirror Lake.
The ripples gradually faded like layer upon layer of waves, and the lake soon returned to calm, as if nothing had ever happened.
"Could it be the bottom of the lake is guiding me?"
Lu Ren was filled with uncertainty.
"Lu Ren, what did you see just now?"
At that moment, Little Broken Tower spoke up.
"You didn't see it?"
Lu Ren asked in return.
"Of course this tower did not!"
Little Broken Tower replied.
"I saw Mei'er waiting for someone. She never saw them arrive, and in the end, she sank to the bottom of the lake!"
There was a trace of sorrow in Lu Ren's voice.
"Did she leave behind any final words?"
Little Broken Tower pressed on.
"She said she had always been waiting for her brother and did not dare leave. In the end, she sank to the bottom of the lake. That voice sounded like her tearful plea from beneath the lake!"
A trace of grief filled Lu Ren's eyes.
Although the scene he had just witnessed had not lasted long, it was as if he had seen the rest of Mei'er's life, ending with her falling into the lake.
"Besides, I think I heard her calling out. It was a call from the bottom of the lake—a call from Mei'er to her brother!"
His voice trembled, as though that call still echoed beside his ears.
"Since you have heard her call, why have you not gone to find her?"
Little Broken Tower asked.
"Find her? What do you mean?"
Lu Ren