The gray sky is illuminated by sunlight, which is bright but still gives people a somewhat oppressive feeling.

By this time, everything in Wyatt's Manor had woken up, and after packing up, they silently came to the gate of the manor, waiting to see off someone who had not left the house in two years.

Mr. Wyatt stood at the door with a complicated expression, and the lady beside him gently held his hand, and the faces of both husband and wife were full of pain and reluctance, but they were full of helplessness.

After waiting for a long time, the figures of Lird and Jenny appeared one after another, and to the surprise of the Wyatts, their daughter, Jenny, who had always been lawless, was now staying by Liard's side like a bird, dressed not in a long coat and trousers, but in a black dress that had not been worn for a long time.

Wyatt's brow became a little heavier after he was stunned, and then sighed helplessly.

When Lird and Jenny came to Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt, Lird bowed to them with a deep salute filled with his infinite gratitude for the care they had taken over for more than two years, and Lird wanted to say something, but when it came to his lips, he could not say anything.

Wyatt let out a long sigh and said, "Now I'm still sticking to my ideas, and that's never going to change." Lird didn't say anything about it, which shows his attitude.

Wyatt sighed and said helplessly, "When you get over there and see Pym, please greet me and tell him that I am sorry for him in this life." ”

"You have never been sorry for my father, and our family has always taken that to heart. ”

Wyatt said to Lird, "Son, although your relatives are gone one by one, you are not left with nothing, we are all your family, and this will always be your home." ”

Lird nodded and said, "I'll be back as soon as everything is settled." ”

"That's good, that's good. Wyatt nodded as he muttered.

Mrs. Wyatt on the side also came over and hugged Lird in her arms and said: "Good boy, you must take care of yourself along the way, even if you go to India, you don't need to worry too much, if you encounter difficulties, please find a way to contact us, I will do my best to help you solve it." ”

"Thank you, ma'am. Lird thanked him.

...

Despite his grief, Lird ended the sad farewell, and everyone sent him to the car, where Jim was sitting in the back seat with his eyes closed, and Wyatt had no good impression of him, and only turned his head away angrily.

Mrs. Wyatt, after a few words to the driver, followed her husband and retreated silently, handing over the last shred of time to her daughter.

Lird lowered his head to look at Anne, who had been silent, reached out and gently scratched her face, and then said, "Don't cry and mourn, can you smile at me when I'm gone?" ”

Jenny pursed her lips vigorously, and then reluctantly showed a smile, and Lird smiled when she saw this, "It's really ugly." ”

Jenny stretched out her hand and slapped Liard, and tears of reluctance finally burst out of her eyes. Lird gently took it in his arms and comforted him softly: "Don't worry, I'm only going to be away for a few months, believe me, I'll definitely come back when the spring flowers bloom here, and we will be able to walk apart by then." ”

Jenny sniffled and looked up at Lird and said, "Is that true?"

"When have I ever deceived you?" said Lird, "Don't forget that I have a very strong position." Jenny burst into tears and laughed. Lird lovingly scratched Jenny's nose with his hand.

"I'll wait for you. Jenny said affectionately to Lird.

"But don't worry me too much, so you have to be safe along the way and come back as soon as possible. ”

Lird nodded and said firmly, "I promise you." Then the two young men hugged each other tightly.

Eventually, the hug was still parting, and Lird opened the car door and sat inside. Eventually, the car slowly drove away from Wyatt's estate.

Looking at the back of the car leaving, Jenny waved vigorously and burst into tears.

Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt walked up behind Jenny and held her in their arms, and Jenny was like a child who had been greatly wronged, crying bitterly in the arms of her parents.

Wyatt was also extremely sad to see his daughter so grief-stricken, but he couldn't help but complain softly: "You shouldn't have let him go, if it were you... It should be possible to keep him..."

Jenny cried and shook her head, "I don't want him to do something he will regret for the rest of his life, maybe this is an inevitable fate, so let him face it head-on." ”

...

In the midst of the bumpy car, Lird painfully closed his eyes to prevent tears of parting from flowing from his sockets. He had been controlling his emotions at Wyatt Manor, telling himself to be strong in front of the Wyatts and Jenny, but at this point he could no longer control his feelings.

"It's a very easy decision to make, because it's very difficult to let go of everything you have, even if it's temporary. ”

Jim, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.

Lird shook his head lightly and said, "It's not a big deal, it's just that the situation has been a little special recently, that's why they are so worried about me, as if they are parting with life and death..."

Jim said: "This journey is indeed very dangerous, and I admit that the whole world is in an extremely dangerous period now, and completely unexpected things happen in every country and place at every moment, especially our destination, which is a place full of uncertainties, but please believe me, I will definitely do my best to keep you safe, if anyone wants to hurt you, then he can only step over my corpse." ”

Jim's words surprised Lird, he didn't expect this quiet, almost harsh and cold man to make such a promise, and Lird also believed that Jim would definitely do what he said.

This made Lird's previously nervous heart relax a lot, he chuckled, wiped the moisture from the corners of his eyes with his fingers, and said: "No matter what you say, now that I have set off with you, it also shows my trust in you, so can you tell me your name now?"

Jim thought for a moment and tilted his head, "Does it matter to you whether my name is true or not? It's just a code name at best, and you can't guarantee that the name I tell you next will be true." ”

Lird smiled and said, "It's just a way of expressing trust between you and me. ”

"There are many ways to show trust, but I don't think that's the most important of them," Jim said. You don't trust me as a person, but you trust Mr. Pym as I convey it. And I don't trust you as a person, and I am also here because of Mr. Pym, so there is no connection between us except Mr. Pym. You think you're taking a lot of risk when you go to India, but we're also paying a lot, and it won't be long before you understand our 'stake' in you. ”

...

The roaring whistle of a passenger ship roared in the harbor, and the loud sound instantly obscured the figures of the people on the dock who wanted to look around and wave goodbye to the ship.

Standing on the deck, Lird looked at the crowded scene on the dock, feeling the roar echoing in his ears, and he couldn't help but feel a little trance in front of him.

He thought that more than two years ago, he and his grandmother Marg had traveled all the way from Poland to the United States to escape the war, and now two years had passed in a flash, the war had not ended, and he was about to leave the land for a while to go to a war-torn area.

Two years ago, it was his grandmother who was in contact with Lird, and after forgiving you, Lird was next to a mysterious man who didn't even want to tell him his real name.

In two years, Lird has lost a lot and gained a lot, and in two years Lird has grown a lot, and now he needs to learn to face a lot of things independently.

Jim was unimpressed by the chaos in front of him, and silently made a gesture to Lird, motioning for him to follow him back to the rest cabin, and Lird did not want to immerse himself in the memories of the past for long, so he left the deck with him.

After entering the rest compartment and packing his luggage, Jim said, "This voyage should be more than ten days long, if nothing else, and then we will arrive in Mumbai, through where we will make our way to our destination." ”

"Where are we going on this trip?"

Jim shrugged his shoulders and said nothing, Lird was not annoyed by this, and even took it for granted, he could already foresee how many hidden things would be waiting for him to face in the future.

Lird thought for a moment and said, "What is the situation on the ground in Mumbai now?"

Jim thought for a moment and said, "Fortunately, although the whole of India is in chaos now, Mumbai's pattern and environment are slightly special, and the influence of political, religious and other forces in the whole of India is extremely influential, so even if the whole country is in chaos, it is still relatively calm." ”

Lird nodded indifferently, his question just now was not casual talk, but had another purpose of his own. Before leaving, Wyatt had instructed him to contact him through some of his friends in India, one of whom was in Mumbai.

Liard wondered if he would give Wyatt an announcement when he arrived in India, so that his family would not worry about him.

Jim, of course, did not know what was going on in Lird's mind, so he lay down on his bed, and then said to Lird: "I advise you to be very prepared to rest now, otherwise you will not be able to resist the feeling of turbulence when the ship sails into the drifting sea, and the violent seasickness will make you extremely uncomfortable." ”

Lird laughed when he heard this, and then said to Jim, "It seems that you really don't know much about me. ”

It turns out that Jim did not know Lird, just as Lird did not know Jim, and the reason why Jim had just said that to Lird was because he himself was extremely seasick.

Less than an hour after the liner sailed, Jim's face became extremely ugly, and before Lird could react, Jim vomited.

Jim then vomited and sweated as if he had been in the middle of a demon, and his entire body collapsed on the bed due to intense vertigo.

In this regard, Lird could only scramble to help Jim clean up the mess, clean up for him, and then find the ship's doctor to treat Jim, and finally tossed back and forth for several hours before Jim was quiet and stable.

Lire, who had calmed down, wiped the sweat on her forehead, and looked at Jim, who was sleeping on the bed, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Soon, the day was over, and the passenger ship was sailing into the open sea.

In the evening, Jim woke up, and when Lird asked him if he wanted to eat, Jim shook his head with difficulty.

Lird sighed and said, "In any case, you must eat for a while, otherwise your stomach and intestines will be greatly damaged under such stimulation, which will further damage your body, and that kind of continuous deterioration is very likely to kill you!"

Jim closed his eyes a little dissatisfied, looking like a big boy with a temper, and Lird smiled bitterly when he saw this: "Since you have such seasickness, how did you come to the United States from India?"

Jim muttered, "Just like this time, there was a nice sailor who had been taking care of me, so I survived." ”

Lird shrugged his shoulders and said, "It seems that this time I will have to replace the sailor." ”

Jim struggled to open his eyes again and said, "I'm sorry for the trouble." ”

Lird said: "No, maybe I will trouble you more later." ”

Jim said, "That's all as it should be." ”

Lird thought for a moment and said, "I'm curious about one thing now, since you have such a strong seasickness, I don't think you should be much better when you take other means of transportation, in that case, why did your people send you to me?"

Jim said weakly, "Because I... English is the best..."

Hearing this, Lird smiled and said, "I see, it seems that this is indeed an important condition. After that, Lird got up from his seat and said, "You continue to rest for a while, and I will prepare some food and medicine for you, and after eating these things, I will take care of them according to some of the methods I said, and I believe that you will get better soon, at least you don't have to spend the next ten days in bed." ”

"Please. Jim's voice was like that of a mosquito, but his tone was full of sincerity, and it seemed that he was indeed steaming from seasickness.

Soon after, Lird returned, poured food and medicine into Jim, and then lifted him up and moved around the cabin, and Jim's face finally improved.

"Are you studying medicine?" this time Jim took the initiative to ask Lird, and Lird smiled, "Not really, but I am a professional above the sea, but this voyage is not my first trip." ”

Then Lird said: "Now that the outside environment is good, come with me to the deck." ”