Xin Yue glanced at him lightly: "There are actually many people who can be called strong. However," she pursed her lips, "the pirates who take plunder by force are definitely not among the strong."

"You..." Chu Zhiling's eyes became a little sinister, and then more complex emotions emerged from the bottom of his heart, "Since you don't bother to associate with a pirate, why do you want to help me deal with the Dutch, even at such a high price?

?”

Facing his questioning, Xin Yue fell into deep thought and didn't answer for a long time.

A smile suddenly flashed across Chu Zhiling's eyes. He stood up and wanted to pat her shoulder. Xin Yue dodged and dodged. Looking at Chu Zhiling's expression that had obviously softened and his eyes as gentle as the sea, Xin Yue

A trace of doubt slipped through my mind.

Chu Zhiling was wearing a snow-white gown today. He had a long and graceful figure and an extraordinary bearing. He was a little more elegant and lost some of his original arrogance and domineeringness.

He looked at Xin Yue's evasive appearance, and the smile on his lips became deeper and deeper: "She is really a stubborn girl."

With a height of nearly 1.9 meters, Chu Zhiling looks very oppressive. However, when he raises his eyebrows and smiles, he looks like a dragon and a phoenix, standing like a jade mountain in Tianzhu, standing tall and majestic without being cramped.

Xin Yue was stunned by the smile. It had nothing to do with being seduced by the beauty, but just vague curiosity and fear - why did Chu Zhiling suddenly smile so... with ulterior motives?

Thinking of some things, all the anger in his heart dissipated, and he said: "Forget it, I won't care about the past things with you. You, a daughter, sacrificed your life for me like this. I understand your intentions."

Xin Yue was unusually stunned: "What do you mean?"

Chu Zhiling couldn't help but hold Xin Yue's hand: "If you want to marry me, you don't have to be so coy."

Xin Yue had an epiphany: "So you thought I helped you deal with the Dutch because I liked you," she raised her eyebrows calmly, "so you think all my refusals were just trying to get at it?"

Chu Zhiling nodded: "Although I am not a gentle person, I still value friendship. I was rude to you before because I didn't treat you as one of my own. Now that you are paying so much for me without hesitation, how can I ignore it?"

Xin Yue took out his hand and rubbed his brow, his expression was unusually tired, and his heart felt like he wanted to cry without tears.

Chu Zhiling said to her: "Do you know why my fleet can dominate the sea?" He answered himself, "Because there are many people on my ship, and they all obey my words."

After a pause, he continued: "You are also curious about why the crew members are so obedient to me, right?"

Xin Yue nodded truthfully.

"Because I not only cherish my talents, but also my feelings. If you follow my brothers, you will not suffer any loss."

Xin Yue looked at him without speaking.

"So even though I don't love you, if you marry me, I will definitely not let you be wronged. I had the idea of ​​marrying you when I was applying medicine on you a few days ago. Your injuries are all because of me, and

, although I have driven the Dutch army out of China, there is no guarantee that they will not harbor a grudge against you and secretly attack you. You have helped me, and the thief emperor Zhu Yan will not let you stay for a long time. Without my protection, you can go out.

There is only a dead end."

"Really?" Xin Yue smiled lightly, "You are so considerate of me, don't you remember that I deliberately framed you and provoked a relationship between you and the Dutch?"

Chu Zhiling said helplessly: "If I didn't send you to the Dutch, would you use this trick against me?"

He smiled brightly.

Xin Yue was stunned for a moment. This man always thought that she almost gave up her life to drive away the Dutch just to help him. The reason was very funny - she liked him.

If you don't admit it, it's because you are shy.

And he understood her past actions because she liked him, and he wanted to keep her for his own use because of her outstanding naval military talents.

In order to fulfill her, and also to keep her, so——

Marry her.

Xin Yue seemed to have thought about it for a long time before softening her expression. Her voice was crisp and tender at the age of fifteen or sixteen: "I am a serious girl. I want to be married to a matchmaker, and I want an eight-carriage sedan chair." She raised her chin with a silk ribbon.

Looking at Chu Zhiling provocatively, "Can you, a big pirate, do it?"

Chu Zhiling did not hesitate to make more concessions and smiled boldly: "What's so difficult about this? Quanzhou is my territory. If I go there, I can carry ten sedans."

Chu Zhiling looked at her, Xin Yue also raised his eyebrows, and the time was silent.

Gradually, Xin Yue felt that something was wrong. Chu Zhiling's eyes were a little blurred and stained with silky color. He also reached out and took Xin Yue's hand, smiled and said in a warm voice: "In that case, Madam,

Let’s just rest.”

Xin Yue broke away from his hand, took a step back and said: "As I said, I am a girl from a serious family. Everything follows the rules of my hometown. The groom and the bride are not allowed to meet before they get married. We are not allowed to see each other these days.

Don’t meet anymore.”

She turned around and closed the door with a bang.

Passing through the main deck connecting the bow and stern of the ship, Xin Yue walked towards her room. As soon as she left Chu Zhiling's room, six pirates followed her, supervising her until she entered her room.

There were people holding hands all around her cabin, and this situation made it difficult for her to fly.

She calmly took out her key and walked into the room.

The light was like beans and the candlelight flickered. Xin Yue wiped the sharp saber he took from Chu Zhiling's cargo hold. There was no obvious emotion or anger on his face. The sea water surged outside, and the blade in the girl's hand shone faintly with a cold light.

.

"Knock knock."

There was a knock on the door. Xin Yue hid the knife, stood up and opened the door. Chu Zhiling stood outside the door.

Apparently he didn't listen to her words about not seeing each other again before getting married.

Xin Yue said lazily: "I'm going to sleep, what are you doing?"

Chu Zhiling strode forward and sat on the chair: "My shoulders are a little sore. Madam, rub them for me."

Xin Yue sat directly on the bed: "It's boring." Her voice sounded tired, "I still want someone to rub it for me. You can go back to sleep. I'm so sleepy."

She seemed to be in deep sleep, her eyes half-closed: "We haven't gotten married yet, so don't call her madam."

Perhaps because she knew that Chu Zhiling would not kill her, she relaxed a little, so that when Chu Zhiling put his hand on her shoulder, she suddenly reacted, and she did not show any obvious reaction to Chu Zhiling's touch.

Feeling disgust, he just moved away quietly, his eyebrows slightly wrinkled and then relaxed calmly.

It's a disgust that's been concealed. It's silent but hidden deep in my heart, as strong as taking root.

Chu Zhiling didn't notice Xin Yue's expression at all, thinking that her avoidance was due to shyness. A hint of smile flashed across his dark eyes, and he put his hand on Xin Yue's shoulder, rubbing it with just enough strength.

Xin Yue's shoulders were small and thin. Chu Zhiling rubbed them and said, "I have to eat more in the future, otherwise others will say that I treat my wife badly."

A very comfortable feeling came from his shoulders, and Xin Yue couldn't help but relax, but he was really not used to Chu Zhiling treating her like his wife.
Chapter completed!