In the evening, the Yan family's boat fished up a box from the burning sea—a wooden box that looked ordinary from the outside, swollen with seawater.

Yan Minglan sat on the edge of the table with her father Yan Huanren and mother Madame Wang in the dim candlelight, looking at the box. After a long time, she said, "Father, let's open it and have a look?" ”

Yan Huanren's expression was a little serious, his brows were twisted into a word "Chuan", his thin lips were pursed, and his fingers were unconsciously knocked on the table: "This ......"

Mrs. Wang said: "Husband, then open it and take a look, this box has been soaked for a long time, there should be no one to find it, we can find this box, it is with us." If there is anything wrong in the future, let's go and apologize to others. ”

Yan Minglan nodded: "That's right, father, let's open it and take a look." ”

Yan Huanren pondered for a long time, and finally opened the box under the gaze of Yan Minglan and Mrs. Wang.

In the next moment, the entire cabin seemed to be illuminated, and even the well-informed Yan Huanren was dumbfounded—it was actually filled with dizzying gold and silver jewelry!

"Oooh!" Mrs. Wang stood up in shock and looked at Yan Huanren, "Isn't it a big family that met a water thief?" ”

"No, if it was a water thief, how could a water thief let go of such a box of jewelry?" Yan Huanren thought for a while, and then said, "Besides, this sea area is very peaceful, and I have never heard of water thieves infesting. ”

Yan Minglan thought about it and nodded: It is precisely because I heard that the waters in this area are safe that my father Yan Huanren will sail here.

"I'm afraid it's coming from other river basins along the current." She looked into the box, "It must be a big family." ”

Yan Huanren nodded, reached out and fiddled with it twice, listened to the crisp sound in the box, and picked out a ring from it.

"Lan'er, you have this ring, if someone recognizes this ring one day, let that person take this box of jewels." Yan Huanren glanced at Mrs. Wang, "Madam, what do you think?" ”

Mrs. Wang frowned, her husband had already spoken, and besides, they didn't want to take it for themselves, so she nodded: "Everything is up to your husband." ”

Seeing this, Yan Huanren said: "Well, Lan'er, you rest early, and your mother and I will leave first." ”

Yan Minglan held the ring in the palm of her hand and got up to send it off: "Father and mother sleep peacefully." ”

After Yan Huanren and Mrs. Wang's backs disappeared around the corner, Yan Minglan spread out her palms and carefully studied the ring.

There was a blue gem on the ring, like clotted cream in the dim candlelight, and it looked like a sapphire of the finest kind—and that's it, the most inconspicuous thing in the chest.

"Miss, it's time to go to bed." The maidservant Pearl stepped forward and also saw the thing between Yan Minglan's fingers, "Miss, this ring is really beautiful." ”

"Really?" Yan Minglan became happy and put the ring on her right index finger, "It just happens, maybe this is my fate with it - it's done, it's not early, let's go to bed first." ”

"Huh!" Pearl looked at her young lady happy, and never asked about the origin of the ring, put down the bed tent for Yan Minglan, bent down and said, "Miss sleep peacefully." And he departed.

There is no wind and no moon outside the window, the stars are hanging in the sky, the quiet ocean is like a mother's gentle embrace, Yan Minglan slowly fell asleep.

……

Everything is like a veil that makes people unreal, but Yan Minglan's panic and fear can't get rid of it.

Run, run......