The New East China Sea is an incomparably vast ocean, after the Millennium War, the ocean flooded a large area of land, and the original several other seas have no original boundary, the map of the Federation, this large area of the ocean, are called the New East China Sea.

A passenger ship, slowly sailing out of the harbor, heading towards its destination, this passenger ship, no different from those passenger ships that come and go in the ocean every day, except that, this time, there are only three guests on the whole ship.

On the deck, a young woman was walking around happily, with a happy face, bouncing, as if she had never seen these scenes, but this woman was indeed beautiful, with skin like condensation, straight and long legs, Chu Liu's thin waist, bent eyebrows, youthful and beautiful, the most impressive thing was her big watery eyes, which seemed to contain infinite charm, and when she looked at her, there was a feeling that she was going to be fascinated.

And behind her, there was a young man, compared to this big beauty, he looked much more ordinary, he watched the woman jumping around, and said with a smile: "Xiao Ran, stop messing around, get ready for lunch." ”

And next to a table not far behind them, an old man had already begun to eat, and the lunch on the sea was simple seafood, grilled fish, clams, without too much cooking skills, just eating a fresh word.

These three people were Xie Mu, Xiao Ran, and the old man who had left Fang Zhulin, but the old man didn't say his name from beginning to end.

As soon as Xiao Ran saw the food, he jumped over in a flash, hurriedly sat down at the table, and began to eat a lot, without the slightest ladylike style.

Xie Mu also sat down, enjoying the food on the sea, while eating, there was a look of nostalgia and satisfaction on his face: "I haven't eaten seafood on the sea for a long time, but unfortunately, it's not the fattest season in these Dongxing." ”

Xiao Ran mumbled a few words, but there were too many things in her mouth, and she didn't know what she said.

The old man looked at Xiao Ran's unserious appearance, and his expression was a little dissatisfied, "Hey, Xiao Ran, what are you doing?" You have a look of eating when you eat, you can't gobble it up, besides, when you were in Fang Zhulin, you didn't lack these things to eat, even if it was sea cucumber and abalone, you have eaten it many times." ”

Xiao Ran drank a glass of water, swallowed the contents of his mouth, and said, "Can this be the same? The feeling of eating seafood at sea is really different from that in the bamboo forest, it's so refreshing!"

Xie Mu was eating grilled fish while looking at the sea, and a smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, "In the Fang Bamboo Forest, it has been six years in a flash, and I am still a little reluctant to leave this time." ”

Xiao Ran stuck out his tongue, "What's so reluctant about this, I've lived in that shabby place for eighteen years! I've had enough of it, outside, it's really beautiful!"

Xie Mu saw Xiao Ran's beautiful look, and patted her forehead, "You, let's eat your meal, when you arrive at Qindao in two days, I'll ask Daddy to prepare a large cart of seafood for you, so that you can eat enough!"

"A big cart of seafood. Hearing this, the smile on Xiao Ran's face became even happier, "I know that Brother Xie Mu is the best for me, but in addition to these ordinary seafood, I also have to eat sea cucumbers, abalone, shark fins, ......."

Before she could finish speaking, Xie Mu and the old man both laughed, this girl hadn't stopped that mouth since she left Fang Zhulin, and kept eating delicious food outside, as if she wanted to make up for all the things that had fallen in the past eighteen years.

Originally, after Xie Mu left Fang Zhulin, he wanted to go to Jinghai first, after all, Fang Zhulin was in Anzhejiang, not far from Jinghai, but Xiao Ran was reluctant to go, no matter how Xie Mu persuaded him, it was a cry and a trouble, which made him uneasy, no way, Xie Mu couldn't leave her behind, and he could only persuade him to go to Qindao together, go back to Xie Mu's hometown, scatter his heart, and visit his relatives.

Xie Mu misses Yu Wen, the teacher and his wife very much, he hasn't seen him for six years, he has been thinking about their bodies, worrying about Yu Wen, six years, it has not diluted his feelings at all, but has become stronger and stronger.

But compared to these people, what he misses more in his heart is his father, he left Qindao with Donglin, and a full nine years have passed at once, in these nine years, he often thinks of his father, and when he was young, he was with his father, but every time he thinks of his father, he has a feeling of not declining in his heart, he asked the old man, and the old man somehow, but said that it may be caused by his state of mind.

Xie Mu left Fang Bamboo Forest, but it was not easy at all, even if his strength was enough, even if he was already proficient in the formation here, but he was still in danger, the old man also felt very strange about this, when he and Xiao Ran broke into Fang Bamboo Forest, they were not as difficult as Xie Mu.

However, Xie Mu still relied on the accumulation of the past six years, and he broke through, and the day he came out, the old man was very happy, and took Xie Mu and Xiao Ran to the nearest tavern and had a few drinks.

The wind and waves on the sea were very strong, Xie Mu stood next to the railing, looking into the distance, his heart was heavy, from the time he got on the boat this morning, until he finished eating, he had been restless, and he also followed the method taught by the old man, and calculated a hexagram for himself, but the hexagram seemed to be a mess, and he couldn't explain it.

After the servants on the boat finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Xiao Ran noticed Xie Mu, who had been sullen, and quietly walked to his side, then knocked on his right shoulder, and hid to his left side.

Xie Mu naturally knew that it was Xiao Ran, so he naturally looked to the left.

Xiao Ran glanced at him and said with a smile: "What's the matter? It's like this all day, and it's stressful to go home?"

Xie Mu smiled at her, propped his hands on the railing, "The pressure is so bad that I can't say it, Daddy is very good, he shouldn't blame me for anything, but I don't know why, I always feel that something is not quite right today, I feel that I shouldn't go back to Qindao, at least, I shouldn't take the two of you back to Qindao." ”

Xiao Ran looked at him and shook his head, "Little brother, this really doesn't look like your usual style, full of ambition and not optimistic at all." ”

Xie Mu smiled again, "Am I usually optimistic?"

"Optimistic, why aren't you optimistic, you see, when you practiced turning the wind and clouds, you practiced the wind and strength, and your hands were worn out hundreds of times, but you still insisted, practiced the clouds, and was almost not killed by the device set up by your grandfather, I went to comfort you, you even had a smile on your face, saying that it would be fine tomorrow, how optimistic it is, if it were me, I guess I would have given up a long time ago." Xiao Ran said seriously.

Xie Mu listened, his heart was happy, and he said: "That's called optimism? That's called persistence, okay, okay, Xiao Ran, let's take a nap, you can also experience the feeling of taking a nap on the boat." ”

When Xiao Ran heard this, he suddenly became interested, "Okay, okay, I'll go to sleep, but little brother, don't hang your face, it's not good-looking at all." After speaking, he didn't wait for Xie Mu to speak, and ran away.

Xie Mu looked at Xiao Ran who ran away, shook his head, didn't think about those annoying things, and walked to his room, wanting to sleep well for a while.

......

In the past six years, the speed of scientific and technological development of the Federation has surpassed Xie Mu's imagination, and when Xie Mu came out of Fang Zhulin, he felt a little that he had become a primitive person, but thanks to the old man's continuous going out over the years and bringing back all kinds of new knowledge, he did not fall behind completely.

I heard that all this is the credit of Dongxing and the Kirin Club, Dongxing in the support of the college, in the first district, vigorously promote a variety of high-tech products, and the price is cheap, extremely affordable, the Kirin Club is also the best, the major companies under it, but also in various industries leading the progress of the times.

It can be said that although only six years have passed, the development speed of the entire first district is more than 100 times faster.

However, for this phenomenon, the old man's face did not have any joy, he said to Xie Mu, there is a way here, but Xie Mu did not understand how great it is that the two big forces have made great contributions to the development of society together, so that the people can live a convenient and fast life.

Xie Mu, you can even see the reappearance of the civilization calendar, if you continue to develop like this, you may soon be able to reproduce the bright society of the civilization in a district, and maybe you can surpass the civilization calendar!

The old man didn't think so, he didn't reconcile with Mu to express his opinion, but he always felt that this phenomenon was not good, and it was not simple, he clearly told Xie Mu that Donglin was definitely not so kind to lead the development of world science and technology, and to take the initiative to contribute his advanced mechanical technology.

For this reason, Xie Mu also had a big quarrel with the old man, Donglin is his mentor, he doesn't want anyone to insult his mentor so much, although he also has great respect for the old man, but Xie Mu still clearly said to the old man, Teacher Donglin, not that kind of person, it is the old man who is prejudiced against him.

Anyway, the two parted unhappily.

It was Xiao Ran, who continued to mediate between the two, so that the two finally understood each other, but the old man finally said that he wanted Xie Mu to be careful of Donglin, and if he could listen to it or not, it would be no wonder to him.

Xie Mu knew that the old man was kind, but he still didn't believe the old man, after all, he had been with Teacher Donglin for three years, what kind of person he was, Xie Mu thought he was still very clear.

It is said that the Federation is interested in moving its headquarters from the hidden island in the sea to District 1, so that District 1 will completely become the center of the world.

Technology has brought great changes to people, for example, the passenger ship under Xie Mu's feet.

This passenger ship is the use of Dongxing's emerging technology, called the steam power system, it is said to be a gadget of the civilization of the time, but in the federal calendar, it has greatly promoted the development of technology, especially the speed of the passenger ship, in the past, from Anzhejiang to Qindao, it took three or four days, but now it can be reached in more than a day, this speed, I couldn't think of it before.

Xie Mu also personally went to the power system to take a look, which used steam as the driving force to urge the HD system to generate forward momentum for the entire ship.

This made Xie Mu very proud, and he also took Xiao Ran to explain the working principle to her in person, although his explanation was full of loopholes, but he was still very happy.

The old man knew about it, and he didn't say anything, but it just made him even more gloomy, presumably in his heart, it must be uncomfortable.

Xie Mu doesn't care about those, his heart is now full of what to do after returning to Qindao, drinking with his father, going to those childhood playmates, playing cards, playing money, he hasn't killed at the gambling table for many years, this time he goes home, he has to have a good time.

In addition, Xie Mu also wanted to go to Brother Liu in the tavern and have a good fight, that kid was very good, but Xie Mu now has the confidence to surpass him.