I shall tell you a "secret". The Sea God fell in love with a woman from the land, a love that could not last forever, no matter how much he wished it. The Sea God then mourned the love he had gained and then lost, the realization of the loneliness that comes with the sea, and dispersed himself into the waves. That is the reason I exist.

But Zhong Li does not like fish.

[ his smile is wry, because hearing zhong li say all that about the transience of mortals and loneliness sure was a thing. ]