In the blink of an eye, the sunset fills the sky with clouds, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflects the calm sea, away from the hustle and bustle of the world, immersed in the emptiness of the moment.

From the dreary cabin lounge to the ship's side deck, Xia Lan put her hands on the railing, letting the gentle sea breeze blow her face, people are on the journey, the scenery changes, strange and lonely, distant and desolate, stop the hurried footsteps to reminisce about the past, clear and hazy, like a long dream.

He is not an emotional person, and the occasional sensibility is only used to regulate the mood or solve certain problems.

At some point, Brady came to his side, and the two of them watched the sea side by side, as if they were strangers who didn't know each other.

"Mr. Lowell, do you like the sea?"

For a long time, Brady was the first to break the silence.

"No, I just like to be quiet." Xia Lan turned her head to Brady and smiled slightly, "The sea is unpredictable, just like a woman's mind is always unpredictable, but under the beautiful and colorful appearance, there is a fierce and terrifying deadly threat. ”

"It seems that this unfortunate shipwreck still haunts Mr. Lowell." Brady chuckled.

"Makes you smile." Xia Lan smiled bitterly: "Although it is said that on the road of life, you can only grow by constantly experiencing setbacks and tribulations, but I don't want to encounter such an unlucky thing again, if I am not fortunate enough to meet Mr. Captain and you to rescue, maybe I will already be dead in the next line." ”

"Do you have any plans for Mr. Lowell to return to Colchith?" Brady said intentionally or not.

"I don't know...... Xia Lan's expression suddenly darkened, "Actually, I don't want to go back, but I have no other choice." ”

Brady heard something unspeakable in his words, and he didn't ask deeply. Instead, he said to himself: "I came from an ordinary family of fishermen. Since childhood, life has been stable. I used to think that I would continue to fish for the rest of my life, but once I saw the people in the town who returned from trading at sea, I completely changed my mind, because I didn't want to live a mediocre life, I wanted to take risks, I wanted to see the big world outside, I wanted to live a more exciting life...... So, I secretly ran away from home with the ship that went out to sea for trade. I didn't go home for six years......"

He stared in amazement at the setting sun on the sea level, the last of the orange afterglow pouring into his face full of vicissitudes.

"In the past six years, I have met a lot of people, experienced many things, experienced the customs of different cities and countries, if I had stayed in the original town, I would never have had these unforgettable experiences in my life, and later, with my hard work, I managed to earn enough contacts and merchant ships to go home, because I proved my success. Proved their choice, but. Reality played a joke on me...... My parents passed away due to grief. Brady took a deep breath and continued, "I once asked myself if I regretted my choice? Eventually, it took me a year to figure out the answer, no! ”

"No?" Xia Lan, who seemed to be deeply attracted by the content of Brady's story, spoke in surprise.

"Yes." Brady nodded and said lightly: "Human life is too short, everyone has the right to chase the meaning of life, such as dreams, freedom, and feelings...... I was right, I just used the wrong method. ”

"I can't see that you, Mr. Captain, are still a wise philosopher." Xia Lan complimented.

"Don't laugh at Mr. Lowell, he's just an illiterate and vulgar businessman down there." Brady shook his head and laughed at himself.

"Captain! Mr. Lowell! It's time to eat! ”

At this time, little Toby trotted out of the cabin sweating profusely, and immediately shouted loudly when he saw Brady and Charlan at the railing of the ship's side.

"We'll get over later."

Brady replied to little Toby, and then said to Charan: "Mr. Lowell, the coarse tea and light meal may not be well treated, and I will specially have someone bring you a good meal when the time comes." ”

"Mr. Captain, you're gracious." Xia Lan hurriedly said: "Thanks to your kind rescue, how can I be too picky in the future." ”

"Hehe, Mr. Lowell, don't forget that you are still our most honored guest, and we will not be able to neglect you for the sake of the gold coins alone." Brady said with a smile.

"Maybe I don't really have the self-consciousness to be a guest." Xia Lan touched her nose and said.

"Let's go and make arrangements for the next one, Mr. Lowell, please feel free."

With that, Brady said goodbye to Xia Lan and left.

There is no special galley in the cabin of the merchant ship, but there is a small compartment in the freshwater pantry, which houses a mess of pots and pans, and most notably a small clay stove wrapped in tin sheets.

There is an iron pot on the small stove, and a thick soup mixed with salted meat, salted fish and beans is boiling in it, and the unique fragrance is overflowing, and you can smell it from a distance.

When Brady walked into the storage room, Tarber and little Toby had already returned to their posts with their food, and there was a shaky figure in the dimly lit cubicle, and upon closer inspection, he realized that it was Wright who was stirring the soup pot with a spoon.

"Brother Brady, are you here? Let's try the broth that I have carefully cooked. ”

When Wright saw Brady, he immediately filled a bowl of broth and handed it to the other party.

Brady took the steaming broth and took a sip, saying, "It seems that there are too many spices." ”

"Yes, it's hard to mask the taste of anesthetic powder if you don't put too much spice." Wright smiled.

Brady silently put down the soup bowl in his hand and said, "Remember to add white bread when the food is delivered later." ”

"White bread? Is it okay to give them a meal before they die? Wright said, "Anyway, the white bread will be spoiled in a day or two, so it doesn't hurt to give it to them...... By the way, I seem to have heard you and the man having a nice conversation on the side deck, can you know what you're talking about? ”

"It's nothing, just a casual life experience." Brady stared at Wright and said, "Don't worry, since I have decided on this matter, I will not regret it." ”

Wrights breathed a sigh of relief, letting go of the last of his worries, and then he took out a packet of powdered medicine from his bosom and slowly poured it into the boiling soup.

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……

The atmosphere is still dull in the lounge, and the three people are silent.

Charan leaned against the door as if to close her eyes, and Adrina sat by the window, staring at the sea after nightfall.

Cold war?

Winnie thought to herself, for some reason, she felt a pleasant pleasure.

Conflicts will eventually erupt when two people with incompatible personalities get along, unless one party is willing to endure the disguise forever.

But the reality is that Xia Lan is the first to lose patience and expose her true nature, which leads to a dispute.

This was strange to Winnie, because Charan's actions were completely inconsistent with his original nature.

Maybe if she has the opportunity, she will seek the other party's answer in person.

Knock knock knock -

There was a sudden knock on the door, and an unfamiliar, deep voice came in.

"Mr. Lowell, I've come to deliver you a meal at the captain's orders."

Xia Lan opened her eyes and opened the door, and then saw a man standing respectfully in front of the door with a tray full of food.

"I'm sorry."

Xia Lan took the tray of food and said a word to the man, then closed the door again.

He glanced at the food on the tray, smiled inexplicably, looked at the silent Adelina and Winnie, and said, "Let's eat something first." ”

Winnie was the first to come forward, she took a bowl of broth and a loaf of white bread from the tray, and then returned to her place where she had been eating and drinking, but she was so hungry that she had been so hungry that she had been swimming in the sea for most of the day, and she was so exhausted that she had no strength to speak.

Adelina was just about to get up to get food from Charan, when suddenly Winnie vomited, throwing the soup bowl in her hand to the ground and coughing.

"Winnie?! What happened to you? ”

Seeing this, Adelina immediately exclaimed.

"Poison in broth!"

Steady down the violent rise and fall of her chest, Winnie gasped for breath and said like frost.

"What?" Adelinea's eyes widened.

Xia Lan stretched out her finger and dipped the broth in the tray and tasted it, savored it for a while and nodded: "Winnie is right, the broth is indeed poisonous, but it is not a fatal poison, it seems to be a poison for anesthesia." ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect that I would also have people poisoned me." Winnie panted and leaned against the wall bulkhead of the ship to laugh at herself.

"What's going on? Why do they poison their meals? Adelina said nervously.

"Probably out of the sight of wealth." Winnie looked at Xia Lan with a deep meaning in her eyes.

Before, she was still wondering why he didn't just kill the crew and seize the ship after boarding the ship, but wantonly threw out a large amount of gold coins to hire the other party, and considering that he suddenly exposed his true nature in front of Aderina, could it be that he did it on purpose?

"Adelina, this world is far from being as kind and beautiful as you imagined, and blind kindness will only hurt you in the end." Xia Lan said lightly at the right time.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it! ”

Adrina walked quickly up to Charan, picked up the broth on the tray and took a sip despite the heat, and soon, the onset of the narcotic toxin in the broth proved that Charan and Winnie were not lying.

"If you still don't believe me...... Please come with me, and I will let you witness the truth with your own eyes. ”

Charan whispered to Adrina, turned to open the wooden door and walked out of the room.

Adelina froze for a moment, then calmly followed.

Winnie was the only one left in the room, she shook her head and shook, struggled to get up and staggered towards the door, for the simple reason that she could not miss the next good show! (To be continued......)