The moment she broke free from her restraints, Shen Tang hugged Jia Lan tightly, overwhelmed with excitement.
She buried her face in his chest, both happy and worried, her voice choked with sobs, "Ah Lan, it's really you... I-I thought I was dreaming..."
She spoke with urgency, "Why did you come alone? They didn't do anything to you, right?"
Jia Lan gently stroked her hair, soothing her gently, "Don't worry, if anything had happened, you wouldn't be seeing me today."
Mermaids are deep-sea cold-blooded creatures, similar to snakes, their body temperature is always low. Even in warm sunlight on land during summer, their skin remains cool.
But at this moment, Shen Tang felt that Jia Lan's body temperature was lower than usual. As he held her, she even shivered slightly from the cold, and his body exuded an indescribable stiffness, as if he was tense all over.
She felt as if she were holding a piece of stone without warmth.
There was also a slight dampness...
