While everyone in the estate remained busy with their own matters, nobody noticed the quiet disappearance that happened in the darkness.
The cubs had already fallen asleep.
The adults were busy inside the main residence, and the master bedroom was once again filled with enough chaos to make everyone outside pretend they heard absolutely nothing.
Meanwhile, far away from the garden...
The mysterious female, the male accompanying her, and the little mermaid cub quietly disappeared into the darkness.
No one saw them leave.
No one knew when they had arrived.
And no one even knew that they had ever been there.
By the time the first rays of sunlight appeared the next morning, there was no trace of them left.
It was as if they had never existed.
The next morning, after waking up and eating a hearty breakfast, all the cubs headed straight back out to the garden to play.
However, little Yue Yue had her own secret mission. Since she had not yet gained a human form, her tiny, snow-white snake body slithered quietly through the lush green grass.
She sneaked away from the main group, awkwardly pushing two big bottles of milk along with her snout and coils.
She made her way to the secluded pond at the edge of the garden, where she had previously spotted that fish cub. Resting her chin on the bottle, she let out a few soft, piteous hiss-hisses, waiting behind the tall grass.
She peeked out again and again... but no one appeared. The pond was completely empty and quiet.
Little Yue Yue flicked her pink tongue in total confusion, staring helplessly at the water.
Suddenly, her older brother Xiao San heard her tiny rustling in the grass. He trotted over from the main garden on his little legs to check on his little sister.
"Yue Yue? What are you doing all the way over here?" Xiao San asked, tilting his head.
Little Yue Yue couldn’t speak human language yet, but as snake beastmen, Xiao San understood her perfectly. She let out a soft, questioning hiss, gesturing with her small white tail toward the quiet water.
Brother... is there another cub living in the pond?
Xiao San walked up to the edge of the bank, lifted his small nose, and sniffed the air carefully.
"There’s no other cub here, silly," Xiao San said, shaking his head. "All of us are playing in the garden. Come on, let me take you back."
Suddenly, his eyes landed on the heavy, full bottle of milk resting beside her white coils. His little eyebrows furrowed in concern. "Wait... you haven’t drunk your milk yet?"



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