"You two gentlemen, do you...really want to leave?"
Hongye stood aside, hesitated for a long time, and finally asked.
When Yu Xilin heard this, he thought it was because Hongye was reluctant to let them leave, so he smiled and joked:
"Sister Hongye, if you are reluctant to let us leave, why not come back with us? I will take you to eat candied haws!"
Yu Xilin's words made Hongye's pretty face suddenly turn red.
She quickly waved her hands and explained:
"Young Master Yu, you have misunderstood me. I just have something to say to Mr. Lin."
"oh?"
Yu Xilin raised his eyebrows and his eyes fell on Lin Xiao.
Lin Xiao was also wondering why Hongye suddenly called out to him. When he saw this, he smiled and said:
"Sister Hongye, if you have anything to say, just say it, I'm listening!"
"Master Lin, you must be careful on the road... on the road! The boat... be careful not to miss it..."
Before Hongye could finish her words, a guard in black hurried over and interrupted:
"Miss Hongye, my lord invites me!"
"Go quickly, I will be careful!"
Lin Xiao waved his hand and said with a smile.
Hongye bit her lip, and finally lowered her head and turned to leave.
The moment she turned around, tears couldn't stop falling from her eyes, dripping on her fair skin, and instantly turned into water droplets.
Lin Xiao and Yu Xilin did not see this scene. Both of them focused their attention on the small boat in front of them.
The ship slowly left the pier and headed towards the coastline.
Lin Xiao sat at the stern of the boat, looking at the island that was getting further away, with deep eyes.
Yu Xilin stood beside her, looking at Lin Xiao with complex eyes:
"Why do I feel like leaving was a little too smooth?"
"Well, it is indeed a bit weird that it went smoothly. By the way, I have always had a question that I don't understand. Do you people from the Yu family have any special marks? Otherwise, how could the lord recognize you as a member of the Yu family at a glance?
?”
"If you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten about this!"
Yu Xilin's face was full of confusion and he said while rowing:
"We don't have any special marks! Even if our ancestors of the Yu clan betrayed the ruler of the Ming Kingdom, a thousand years have passed. How could the descendants of the Ming clan's royal family recognize me as the Yu clan at a glance?
Where are the descendants of this clan?”
"Well, there is indeed a problem!"
Lin Xiao nodded, then his face changed slightly as if he thought of something:
"Do you think they have always been in contact with the outside world?"
"What's the meaning?"
"Think about it, just now you asked Hongye if she wanted to go with you, and you said you wanted to take her to eat candied haws, but Hongye's reaction didn't seem like she had been staying on the island."
"How do you know?"
"As a girl who has never been out of the island, does she know what candied haws a stick is? Normally, she should be very excited when she hears candied haws Lu!"
"Maybe she doesn't like sweets at all?"
"Even if you don't like sweets, you should still be curious and ask, what is candied haws on a stick?"
Lin Xiao's analysis suddenly made Yu Xilin realize it, and she couldn't help but pat her head:
"Oh, why didn't I think of that? When it comes to brains, it's all your fault!"
Lin Xiao rolled her eyes at Yu Xilin and said angrily:
"Stop joking! Just concentrate on rowing!"
"Shall we keep paddling forward?"
Lin Xiao opened a map drawn on fish skin, looked at the boundless sea around him, and nodded affirmatively:
"Well, keep going."
This fish skin map was specially drawn by Ah Hai based on his own navigation experience.
If nothing else happens, they should be able to return to the east coast smoothly.
However, just as the two of them were rowing forward...
"I say, young master, can you use more skill when rowing? The sea water has soaked the food!"
Lin Xiao looked depressed and complained, staring at Yu Xilin unhappily, with a fish cake soaked in seawater slipping in his hand.
Yu Xilin curled his lips and fought back unwilling to admit defeat:
"I have rowed very carefully, it can't be water on the oars."
"Isn't the water on the oars a leak in the boat?"
Lin Xiao's eyes widened with an "I don't believe it" expression.
Yu Xilin ignored Lin Xiao and continued to row the oar vigorously. However, they discovered that there seemed to be more and more sea water in the cabin.
"how so?"
Yu Xilin panicked. He quickly stopped paddling and leaned forward to carefully inspect the cabin.
The two of them checked the boat inside and out, and finally found a small hole in an inconspicuous place, through which sea water was pouring in continuously.
Yu Xilin was dumbfounded and was stunned for a few seconds. Then he realized it and shouted:
"Damn it! They actually gave us a broken ship! Wouldn't it cost our lives!"
Lin Xiao frowned, calmed down for a moment and said:
"My lord has never thought about letting us go back alive!"
"What should we do now? I'm afraid this ship won't last long!"
"What else can we do? Turn around and row back. If we are lucky, we might be able to get back to the island before the boat sinks!"
Lin Xiao gritted his teeth, glared at Yu Xilin fiercely, and said:
"What are you doing standing still? Turn around quickly!"
Yu Xilin also knew that he could not afford to waste time, so he immediately rowed the boat, turned the bow and headed back.
"Wow!"
As soon as the two people turned the boat away from the hull, the boat could not withstand the rolling waves and tilted instantly. Then, the boat rolled violently, and the small hole in the cabin was washed away by the sea water. Then a gap opened, and then the sea water poured in crazily.
in.
"Oops!"
"Run away!"
Lin Xiao and Yu Xilin exclaimed at the same time and quickly grabbed whatever they could around them.
The next second, the boat was completely submerged
"Ah! Help!"
Lin Xiao struggled desperately, but she could only hear her own voice. Sea water continued to pour into her mouth, nose, lungs, and throat, and her whole body seemed to be suffocated.
Yu Xilin was even more unbearable. Due to the invasion of sea water, his legs had lost their intuition.
The two of them were like drowning people, kicking their feet, punching, and struggling desperately, trying to surface.
However, no matter how hard they tried, they could not escape the shackles of the sea water and could only watch their bodies sink deeper and deeper...
“Pfft~~”
Suddenly, a severe dizziness spread throughout his body.
Lin Xiao felt himself being pulled up by a huge force, and then nothing happened.
…
“Awake! He’s awake!”
"That's great! He woke up st!"
“Thank’s God!”
Lin Xiao was in a coma when she heard a familiar voice ringing in her ears. Then she felt her body light up and her whole body regained its balance.