My heart suddenly skipped a beat.

When he spoke again, his voice was almost broken: "Li'er... she, didn't she, come to Yangzhou to find you? You are not together? Or, she has-"

I dare not say the guesses behind me, just for fear that I will become a precept.

This time, he looked at me in shock and said nothing. After a while, he seemed to have heard some absurd story. Suddenly, he laughed and said, "You, don't talk to tease me. Didn't Li'er go back long ago? Why would he be with me?"

“…”

Han Zitong gasped.

She looked at me and Liu Qinghan again, and her eyes were filled with unconcealed fear.

I no longer care about anything and grabbed Liu Qinghan's arm: "I mean this time you went to sea. Didn't Li'er come to find you?"

Liu Qinghan frowned and said, "She is indeed here to look for me, but she didn't go out to sea with me."

"What?!"

"I promised you that I won't get too close to her. Besides, going to sea this time is a risky one. How could I take her with me?"

"But--"

Before I could speak, he said clearly: "Before my ship set sail this time, she did come to see me, but she didn't want to go out to sea with me, but - it was just that she was in a bad mood. I thought she might want me to comfort her. So, I took her to sit for a while and chatted with her for a while."

"She is in a bad mood?" I immediately frowned: "Why is she in a bad mood?"

He looked at me, then looked at Han Zitong again, seemed to hesitate for a moment, but said: "She seems to know that you plan to have another son... Little girl, worried that her parents will no longer care for her."

“…!”

I just felt like the back of my head was hit hard by a heavy hammer, and almost all my eyes were black.

Li'er, she actually knew what Pei Yuanxiu and I were planning? She knew that we were going to have another child, and maybe a son, so she was worried that we would not love her anymore?

this--

This may be a worry a girl may have, but how could my Li'er think that her mother will no longer love her?

I was suddenly a little panicked and a little amused, but when I realized it, my eyes were already red and tears were almost about to fall.

"Although I know that you couple have their own plans," Liu Qinghan looked at me again and made a faint smile: "She is still young, so you should also be more concerned about her."

After saying that, he smiled.

But for some reason, the faint, faint smile seemed like a heavy blow, hitting my chest hard.

For a moment, my breathing was a little difficult.

Pei Yuanxiu and I were planning to have a child. How did Li'er know? Who told her? The purpose of telling her was - these questions were like thousands of threads of thread, which made me feel a little suffocated for a moment.

After a while, I slowly said, "So, she is not with you?"

"I comforted her for a while," he said lightly, "and then delayed the departure time and took her off the ship."

“…”

"I was going to take her to the south bank, but she said that she had a servant following her and didn't want to disturb me too much. I handed her over to her servant before I got back on the boat, set sail and went out to sea."

As soon as these words came out, Han Zitong and I immediately frowned.

Han Zitong immediately asked, "Who did you say you gave her?"

"Her servants."

"Are you sure?"

Liu Qinghan glanced at her and said seriously: "I won't be sure of such a thing."

After saying that, his eyebrows flipped again and turned to look at me: "What's going on? Is Li'er... gone again?"

I looked at him, and for a moment I couldn't speak, and my mind was in chaos.

Although Li'er went to Yangzhou, to the dock, and even boarded his boat, he was just looking for some comfort. He was not as ignorant as before. He wanted to "run away from home" without even saying hello. After she got off the boat, Liu Qinghan even handed her over to the hands of the servants who followed her across the river.

But--

Han Ruoshi said that they could no longer find Li'er on the pier.

Perhaps, when I got on the boat, Li'er was worried that the boat would be about to drive, and she would not see Liu Qinghan, so she would go on the boat regardless of the people she was following. I also guessed this possibility that she would board Yao Lao's ship to chase Liu Qinghan and his fleet.

But, if you follow what Liu Qinghan said, then—

"You are lying!"

Before we could speak, Han Zitong stood up with a pale face and glared at Liu Qinghan.

Liu Qinghan also frowned: "I'm lying? What lie am I?"

"You didn't hand Li'er over to those servants. My sister took her to Yangzhou. If I handed it over to those people, how could my sister not know?"

Liu Qinghan looked at her: "Your sister?"

He was silent, but the wrinkles between his eyebrows slowly deepened. After a while, he raised his head and said to me with a smile: "Is it because Li'er has not returned, and some people say that they can't find her, and my boat set sail again, so you suspect that Li'er is on my boat and went out to sea with him?"

I bit my lower lip and nodded gently.

Then, it seemed as if he heard a chuckle.

There was an indescribable meaning in the laughter.

Even myself could hardly help laughing.

This is a good game - if you want to talk about the method, it is definitely not a clever one, just because of Li'er's previous "bad record", and because I had long thought that someone would try every means to force me to go out to sea, so for Li'er, I have no choice but to "will someone to take the bait"; but in fact, Li'er is not important in this game, it is just a bait to lure me to take the bait. Even whether she goes out to sea is not the most important thing, it is just-

Fortunately, the person who set up the plan did not really let her go out to sea.

Or, she didn't really go out to sea!

In other words, she is fine, at least now, she will not be able to encounter storms, be attacked by pirates, and suffer these life and death hardships as I had previously guessed. At least, she is still safe!

Thinking of this, I didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, but my whole body suddenly became a little limp and almost fell down.

Liu Qinghan leaned against me and staggered slightly at this time, but he just glanced at me and didn't say anything. Instead, Han Zitong next to him became angry and said in a bad voice: "What do you mean? Do you believe his words?"

I looked up at her.

"You believe in him, nor do you believe in my sister?"

I looked at her, and the resentment I felt was really deceiving and plotting could not be suppressed for a moment. I comforted her, or said perfunctory words to her at this moment. When I turned my head to the side so hard, she became even more angry. She stomped her feet hard, turned around and brushed her sleeves away.

Liu Qinghan and I were not in the mood and the other had no strength, so we didn't stop her.

Here, there are only two of us.

Both of them didn't speak anymore.

The wind blew over with the light sea sand, blew the dense branches and leaves around us, making rustling sounds. For some reason, it made the moment quieter.

It was so quiet that he could hear his heartbeat.

And his breath slowly penetrated through him, which was tightly pressed against my body, and through his clothes that were hot by the body temperature.

Almost as I let him go, he gritted his teeth and supported his body. Both of them subconsciously looked at each other, but at the same time avoided the other's gaze.

I was also slightly exhausted and sat beside him. Both of them were silent for a while. He whispered: "Are you plotted against?"

I nodded: "Yes."

He sighed, but said, "But you should also rest assured, at least Li'er is still on land now. She is very safe and will not be like us..."

I haven't finished speaking.

Because I looked around and looked at this small island with a radius of only ten miles, and outside the island, the boundless and undulating sea, and the huge world, it seemed that there was only this place to live under my feet, and we became the loneliest group of people in the world.

Just when it was quiet, suddenly, I heard a very strange sound-

Guru...

I was stunned for a moment and looked at him immediately, but saw him looking down at his stomach. His pale face turned red because of the loss of temperature.

I couldn't help but feel a little funny: "Are you hungry?"

"……Um."

"Wait."

I got up and walked to the place where food was placed on the other side, picked up two grilled fish wrapped in banana leaves, but did not return to him immediately. Instead, I looked up and looked around, and immediately saw the not-so-low bushes ahead. Han Zitong was holding a dagger and slashing left and right inside, venting her anger angrily, and almost all the bushes were cut off by her.

However, that's good.

I really don’t have the mood to comfort her now, especially this matter is related to Han Ruoshi. If I talk too much, it will cause a rift. There are only three of us on this island. If we are separated, it will be even more difficult to get along with.

It’s good to make her lose her temper, after all, it’s enough to feel uncomfortable to fall on this deserted island.

Thinking of this, I looked at her again, saw her lowered her head and picked up a stone, smashing it hard into the distance. Then I shook my head gently, turned around and walked back to Liu Qinghan's side.

He was sitting there, trying to clench his fists, as if he wanted to see how much strength he had. I walked up to him and opened the grilled fish on the grass. He was stunned for a moment, looked up at me, and then looked at the grilled fish that was just roasted, not roasted, but was completely cold.

I said, "The things are cold, but I'm afraid you're very hungry, so I'll eat a little first. I'll catch some fish later and bake it hot for you to eat."

He didn't say anything, but lowered his head, picked up a grilled fish, put it at his mouth and took a bite.

The two of them became quiet again.

The sea water was not far from us, slapped the coast one by one, bringing a wave of chill. I watched him eat little by little. Although I felt that he had been floating on the sea for many days and was already very hungry. Even his hands holding the fish were shaking, he seemed to be trying to eat calmly, neither too fast nor too slow, and even asked me to ask for some water to drink.

After he finished eating a fish and his face slightly regained a little bloody, he breathed a sigh of relief.

I was relieved, too.

Then he asked, "How come you do this?"

"..." He looked up at me.
Chapter completed!