Wen Jianning lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry." ”

Seeing that she didn't make excuses to quibble, Wen Baiqing's face looked a little better, and her tone was still stiff: "Do you know how dangerous it is just now, fortunately, those people have no intention of pursuing it, otherwise neither of us will be able to escape." ”

Wen Jianning nodded, seeing that Wen Baiqing's expression had eased, he had the courage to comfort him: "I know, but I'm not afraid, and you shouldn't be afraid." ”

Wen Baiqing was about to be laughed at by her: "You are not afraid, why are you not afraid." Do you know who they are, they are human traffickers, who specialize in buying and selling women and children. If you are caught by them, the people of the Wen family will not be able to save you. ”

Wen Jianning took out the knife that had been hidden in his sleeve, and handed it to him with both hands: "I brought this." ”

She was still wearing an old-fashioned skirt and wide fat sleeves, which seemed to be able to hide the twenty-pound hammer used by Zhu Hai to kill Jin in the story told by her uncle, not to mention that it was just a knife.

This knife was used by Chun Tao to cut fruits, and she secretly hid it on her body before she dared to walk around the boat alone.

Wen Baiqing gasped, "You have this with you?"

Wen Jianning raised a pair of black and white apricot eyes, although his expression was childish, he was very serious: "My family used to sell fish, I used to kill fish, I have a lot of strength, and I can use a knife, so I am not afraid of him." ”

Although Mingshui Town is located in a remote area, there is no shortage of black-hearted bad people anywhere, and she is a girl. Ming Li taught her early on how to observe bad guys, as well as self-defense. Although the latter is also a last resort in the teaching of my aunt. But Wen Jianning took his ability to kill fish seriously.

A little girl with a knife against an adult, she can think of it.

Wen Baiqing sneered, and angrily confiscated her knife.

remembered that I had heard someone talk about this little girl's life experience before, Wen Baiqing's expression gradually softened, and suddenly said: "My family used to sell tofu, my mother is good-looking, others call her Tofu Shih Tzu, and often come to our stall to buy tofu." ”

He only said this sentence without a head, but in an instant, Wen Jianning understood what he meant.

They are like-for-arms.

She was not a lonely outsider in the Wen family, or he was in the Wen family, and there was another person like them.

Their bodies were confined to the ship and drifted away into the distance, but their hearts were always with their loved ones.

The two were tall and short, one looking down and the other looking up, their eyes met.

The cousins, who had just given birth to a little tacit understanding, were still brewing their feelings, and the door not far away suddenly rang, and Mr. Qi walked out of it. Seeing that it was the two of them, Mr. Qi said strangely: "Jianning, Bai Qing, why is it so late, you two haven't slept yet." ”

Wen Baiqing didn't know how to explain it for a while, so he had to stand there straight, making up excuses in his head.

Mr. Qi looked at the big and the small, and said suspiciously: "Why did you two get together, don't you usually don't even speak?"

Wen Baiqing hesitated, and Wen Jianning had to make up a lame excuse: "He is afraid of the dark alone, so he talks to me." ”

Mr. Qi glanced at her, did not expose the little girl's clumsy lie, and only said: "Okay, go to bed, and talk about it tomorrow." ”

The brother and sister glanced at each other and obediently went back to their respective rooms.

Maybe it was because the scene I saw on the deck earlier was too terrifying, Wen Jianning didn't sleep peacefully this night, and he kept having nightmares at night. It wasn't until dawn that she finally had a good dream.

Wen Jianning dreamed that as soon as they arrived in Hong Kong, they soon received a letter from their aunt.

The aunt said in the letter that they had money and had sent Husheng to school, and that their family of three was doing well now, and they also hoped that Jianning would live a good life in the Wen family, and when she grew up, they would come to see her.

When Wen Jianning woke up, the previous nightmare had been forgotten, and there was only a sense of tranquility and certainty in his heart.

Auntie, they'll write to you.

On the second day, the wind and waves at sea gradually decreased, and the boat was not so turbulent.

Wen Jianning and Wen Baiqing went to inform them early in the morning that when they should go to Mr. Qi's room for class today, the doctor who happened to come to their follow-up was also there.

He was talking to the little girls, and his attitude was gentle: "You are almost fine, you don't need to take any more medicine." If you're still not feeling well, let your adults call me. ”

This voice was the man on deck who had thrown people down last night.

Wen Jianning only felt that the hairs on his body stood on end, and when he glanced at Wen Baiqing next to him, his face was not very good-looking.

The two glanced at each other, and then realized that the expression on their faces might not be very good-looking, and quickly lowered their heads, their hearts fluttering, for fear that the doctor would see something.

Seeing that it seemed that he didn't sleep well last night, he was a little blue now, and he didn't have much energy to see Xiu and Jianyu, and he yawned with his head bowed, and after listening to the doctor's words, he only responded weakly twice.

The three of them sneaked out of the room in the middle of the night to watch the excitement of the ballroom for a while, taking advantage of the adults' inattention. Although I soon slipped back again, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep well all night.

The doctor looked at them thoughtfully and smiled: "You children are growing up, so you must get a good night's sleep and don't run around on the boat." Otherwise, maybe one day the bad guys will catch you. ”

Seeing that Wan was secretly yawning halfway, when he heard the doctor's words, the whole person suddenly froze.

Jianxiu and Jianyu were also taken aback.

The three little girls, you look at me, I look at you, they swallowed their saliva in unison, and still saw Wan boldly said: "We know, thank you, sir." ”

The doctor smiled mildly and said, "No thanks. Is there anything you two need my help with?"

He turned his head to Wen Jianning and Wen Baiqing to say this.

Wen Baiqing froze suddenly, but Wen Jianning calmly replied: "No, thank you, we are healthy." ”

The doctor didn't care, and quickly left.

When the doctor left, all the children breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing Wan, they packed up their books and prepared to go to Mr. Qi's room for class.

Wen Jianning and the two of them deliberately fell behind, and while others were not paying attention, she whispered to Wen Baiqing: "Don't be afraid, he shouldn't know that it was us last night." ”

Wen Baiqing said coldly: "I'm not afraid. As for what happened last night, I don't know, and you'd better forget about it. ”

While speaking, they had already arrived at the door of Mr. Qi's room.

The two children couldn't help but glance at each other.

Having said that, from each other's eyes, they both quickly understood that they were afraid that what they saw and heard on the deck last night would not be easily forgotten by either of them for a long time to come.

......

may be because they shared a secret together, and the relationship between the brother and sister, who were originally a little rusty, quickly became closer.

When Mr. Qi asked them to simply greet their companions in the two sentences of English they had just learned, Wan was stunned to find that for some reason, Brother Bai Qing, who had ignored her before, actually opened his mouth to talk to Wen Jianning, a country girl.

The way these two people get together and talk to each other, not to mention how dazzling it is.

I even saw the embroidery and looked at it several times.

But because she had lost a lot of face in front of Wen Baiqing before, Wen Jianwan was always a little restrained in front of him, although there was an inexplicable anger when she saw the two of them together, but she could only suppress her anger and didn't dare to take the opportunity to attack.

Fortunately, this kind of scene that made her scratch her heart and liver did not last long, and as the end of this trip approached, Wen Baiqing got off the ship first at a port at noon that day.

Unlike Wen Jianning's destination, he wants to transfer from here to Guangzhou to study, and in two years he will go to military school there.

As soon as Wen Baiqing, the only peer who could communicate with her, left, Wen Jianning returned to a taciturn state holding books.

That afternoon, when Mr. Qi pushed open the door of her room, Wen Jianning was still lying on the table reading a book.

Mr. Qi gently advised: "It's a good thing to love reading, but you should also pay attention to rest and don't burn your eyes." ”

Since the husband has spoken, Wen Jianning has no choice but to put away the book, but she has nothing to do without reading.

The teacher and student didn't say anything and sat quietly opposite each other.

Probably bored, Wen Jianning turned his head to look at the sea outside the window, with a childish face with contemplation that did not match his age.

The fog that pervades the sea condenses on the cold glass, obscuring everything outside the porthole.

The gray-blue ocean has no boundaries as far as the eye can see, and the boat gently rocking in the waves is like an island, and the people in it can only drift aimlessly around in the vast sea with it.

Wen Jianning raised her finger and wrote the two English "Hello" and "Goodbye" that Mr. Qi had taught her before repeating it on the upper window of the glass, and soon, the curvy English letters crawled all over the glass.

Mr. Qi watched her write over and over again, and was about to ask, when he suddenly heard a tsunami-like cheer from the deck outside. If you look closely, it seems that someone is shouting about Hong Kong.

Mr. Qi said to Wen Jianning, "Let's go out and have a look." ”

Wen Jianning nodded, stood up and followed Mr. Qi to the deck.

The deck was already full of people, men, women and children all holding hands and looking in the same direction.

The teacher and student walked through the crowd and soon saw them.

Seeing that Wan and the others had already run to the deck, they were standing on the railing and looking forward on tiptoe.

The cold sea breeze was blowing in my face, with a bit of biting cold. The wind blew so much that the little people could barely stand still, so they could only hold on to the railing tightly and look ahead with the crowd.

Mr. Qi stretched out his arms to protect them from behind, and said happily: "It should be Hong Kong in front." ”

Wen Jianning and the others looked in one direction.

The sky was heavy lead-gray, the waters were a muddy gray-green, and snow-white foam was tumbling rapidly under the steamer.

At first glance, the faint silhouette of high-rise buildings and the bright and dazzling giant advertising signs can be seen, and then the harbor ahead and the large and small ships moored nearby.

Hong Kong is just around the corner.