Gradually, the columns of smoke became clear.

It's the fleet that has returned!

Ecstasy instantly filled her chest, and she looked at the returning battleships one by one, and gradually shed tears.

Suddenly, she felt the world spin around and fainted.

Yesenia slept for a long time in a big dream. She dreamed that she was at a train station, waiting for a train with many passengers. In the middle of the room was a glass case in which a human skeleton resembled an anatomical specimen she had seen in a museum. While waiting for the train, the cabinet suddenly lit up with a blue glow, from dark to bright, like a lantern that had just been lit. To her horror, Jesenia discovered that the white bones had regenerated flesh and skin, and the body was gradually taking shape, clearly indicating that her adoptive father was resurrected!

The other passengers scattered, all of them hiding against the wall in fear. Holding back her fear, Jesenia stepped closer, resting her hand on the glass door and waiting. But Pablo did not fully return to his original form, and ended up as a living, dried corpse, with skin as thin as parchment, clinging to bones, and moving slowly but frantically, as if struggling in water. He pressed his mouth to the glass, and spoke eagerly to Jesenia, as if there was something most important to be said. Even though her ears were pressed against the glass, Jesenia could only hear a faint sound, and she couldn't make out any meaning. At this time, the wind sounded, and it seemed that a rainstorm was coming. The glass case was suddenly empty. A conductor came over and summoned passengers to board the train. All the passengers got on the bus, they were very cheerful, waving and smiling from the windows. I don't know where a burst of singing came from the carriage. Jesenia stood alone by the tracks, watching the train move slowly.

When I woke up, I was already in the night sky. Dark red Mars looms in the treetops to the west. Yesenia knew. It's definitely past midnight. Because she has been recording the location of Mars in the first half of the night in her notebook lately. The half moon is high in the sky, and the air at night is dry, only a little cool. Jesenia unfolded her scarf and draped it over her body. Naturally, Jesenia had never spent the night alone in the woods before, but she found that it was not as scary as she thought, although she also had a scary dream. The moonlight was like a light veil of blue, enveloping the woods and fields. The mountains in the distance are just a shadow of black in the sky. There was silence, only a lonely pheasant, which chirped a few times. Yesenia didn't feel the need to rush back to her bedroom immediately.

She opened the sealing wax of the clay pot, reached in with two fingers, and pulled out the blackberry compote and put it in her mouth. There is not much sugar in the candied fruit, and it tastes fresh and refreshing. Jesenia sat for hours on end, watching the moon walk across the sky and eating a small jar of blackberries. She remembered her father in her dreams, and the fleet she had seen during the day. Yesenia realizes that the apparition in her dream has a strange effect on her. She didn't want her father to come to her, nor did she want to go with him right away. Although she is deeply in love with her adoptive father, Papa.

She sat until dawn. As the gray morning light first appeared, the sky became brighter and brighter, and the mountains gradually showed their clear faces, but still retained the dark color of the night. The mist that lingered on the hill rose upward, losing its shape and dissipating in the warmth of the early morning. Shadows could be seen on the grass, the shadows cast by the dew under the trees. She stood up and walked to the house below, and when she passed the two chestnut trees, she could still smell the night.

Back home, Jesenia sat down in a reading chair in the hallway. It was still dark, and a golden ray of sunlight was streaming in through the window, right on the desk on her lap. The window lattice divides the sunlight into small pieces, and the beams are filled with suspended dust.

No matter from which point of view, Chen Wei is all her reliance, only by thinking like this, can she see a glimmer of hope for happiness. The attachment to him, and the desire to see if she could live a satisfying life in the ordinary conditions here—the two combined, and they seemed to point to a pleasant prospect of life, though she could not even imagine the simplest outline of what kind of future it would be. Pablo often said that the way to attain fulfillment was to listen to her nature and follow the path it leads, which she believed was absolutely true. But it's easy to say, if a person doesn't know his own nature, then don't talk about going on the road, even if he takes the first step, there are reefs everywhere under his feet.

In the morning, Jesenia sat in front of the window, wondering what to do next. As she was hesitating, she saw a few people walking on the road, and when she got closer to the house, she saw that the leader was a beautiful aristocratic woman.

Yes, she was a nobleman, and although she wore a veil, Jesenia could not see her face clearly, but she could still feel her amazing bearing and beauty.

The lady walked up to Jesenia and looked at her steadily, and then several gentlemen in top hats and tuxedos approached her.

"That's the girl, ma'am." A gentleman said respectfully.

"May I ask who you are......" Yesenia stood up a little embarrassed, rubbed her hands, and hung her head, she didn't expect anyone to come to see her at this time.

"Your name is Yesenia, isn't it?" The lady asked.

"Yes, ma'am, are you? ......" Yesenia raised her head curiously, looked at the lady in front of her, and asked softly.

"I'm James's mother." The noblewoman looked at Yesenia with a hint of tenderness in her eyes, as if she were looking at her own daughter.

"What? You're ......" Before Yesenia could scream, Sara stepped forward to take her hand, turned to the entourage, and said, "Clean up this place, we'll be staying here today." ”

"Yes, ma'am." A gentleman bowed in reply, then turned back to his entourage and gave a few words, and some of the men began to get busy at once.

"I ...... I'm sorry...... Madame, let me come......" Yesenia turned to go to the living room to clean up, but was grabbed by Sarah's hand.

"Sit down and rest." Sara looked at the girl in front of her lovingly, and secretly praised her son's eyesight in her heart, although the girl in front of her looked unkempt, but still couldn't hide the suffocating beauty on her body. And the way she is now, in addition to not recovering from the heavy blow of her adoptive father's death, there is another important reason.

"This ...... How can it be...... I...... There is nothing to entertain you. James got it. Will blame me. For the first time, Jesenia felt so helpless.

"He didn't dare. I haven't blamed him yet. Sara smiled and patted Yesenia's hand, "How dare he leave you here like this......

"Are you hungry? Let's have some cake. A sweet voice sounded, and Jesenia turned her head to see a bright girl standing in front of her, and brought a small cardboard box to her.

"This is James's sister, Tiffany, and Qianguo's name is Chen Huan." Sara smiled and said, "You should eat more." This is a cake that Tiffany made on the boat this morning, you can try it, and she is very good at it. ”

Yesenia's heart was full of warmth, and she took the carton and opened it, and inside was a fragrant chocolate cake, still a little warm, apparently freshly baked.

Jesenia ate the cake and tears flowed unconsciously.

"Don't cry, child, it's not good for the baby in your belly." Sara looked at her tenderly. Said softly.

"What? What do you say, ma'am? ”

"You're pregnant. Don't you know, my child? ”

"Huh? ……”

"James, this guy dares to treat you like this, see if I don't teach him a hard lesson!"

"Don't ...... Madame......"

When Chen Wei finally came to Yesenia, Yesenia almost didn't recognize him.

In front of him, he was dressed in a straight navy uniform, wearing a saber at his waist, and shiny copper buttons on his chest, he was looking at her with eager eyes, his eye sockets were a little sunken, his skin was much darker, and he looked a little haggard, but as soon as he saw her, he returned to his former vigor, and his haggard color disappeared in an instant.

"Yesenia, dear ......" he opened his strong arms to her.

"James, you're finally back......" she muttered and threw herself into his arms, tears streaming down her face.

The two hugged each other tightly.

How many parting thoughts melted at this moment.

I don't know how long it took, Chen Wei heard his mother's familiar voice sound, and couldn't help but be startled.

"I want to remind you, James, that the winter in Gibraltar is not very cold, and you may be used to the weather, but you have to think for Yesenia, she is pregnant." Sara looked at his son and his lover in front of him, smiled slightly, turned her head to Chen Huan beside her and said, "Tiffany, your brother is always like this, and he never considers the feelings of his poor mother and sister. ”

"Mom...... I ......" Chen Wei never expected his mother and sister to appear here, and his face suddenly turned red.

"Come on in!" After Sara teased her son, she was also very happy to see her son return.

Hearing that there was no blame in his mother's tone, Chen Wei's uneasy heart was relieved.

On the way back, he had been thinking about how to open up to his mother about him and Jessenia, but what he never expected was that his mother would come to Gibraltar before him and meet Jessenia.

Chen Wei took Yesenia's hand and entered the living room, which had been cleaned up for Sarah's subordinates at this time, and was richly furnished, like a noble house.

After he returned to Hong Kong, the first thing he did was to go to the tavern to find Jessenia, but after he went, he found that the tavern had been cashed out and run by someone else, and Jesenia was gone. Chen Wei hurriedly came to the small farm again, but found that this place had changed.

Now he understands that all these changes are because of his mother.

Chen Wei glanced at Yesenia beside him, and found that she had also changed into a dress of a noble woman, which was very similar to her sister Chen Huan, and seemed to understand something, and a hanging heart finally let go.

At this time, it was tea time, and it was noon when the "Indomitable" arrived in Hong Kong, Chen Wei got off the ship without eating lunch, and came directly to find Yesenia, who was already hungry, smelling the aroma of the exquisite pastries prepared by his sister Chen Huan on the table, and he actually had a feeling of dizziness.

Afternoon tea began. The family sat around the table. While sipping tea. Eating pastries and chatting, Yesenia listened to Sara tell interesting stories about Chen Wei's childhood, and felt that she was integrating into the family, and a faint happiness filled her body.

"Mom, you know what? Mr. Lin Yiqing of Qianguo found another huge treasure in Qianguo. Chen Huan took a sip of tea and held the tea bowl in her hand. Said to his mother.

"Oh? Where was it found? Sara asked, raising her eyebrows and putting down her tea bowl.

"He didn't disclose it in the letter, but told me that he had found a part of it, was still looking for it, and decided to deposit some of the ingots in our bank." Chen Huan said, "But I found clues from the gold coins he gave me, and these treasures came from a place in Sichuan Province, Qianguo." ”

"He gave you gold as a gift?" Chen Wei heard his sister's words. I couldn't help but be surprised, "You're also communicating?" ”

"Of course. Dear brother. Chen Huan smiled at her brother, "It's not just you who correspond with Mr. Lin alone, my mother and I often write to him." Sometimes telegrams are also sent. ”

"What kind of gold coin?" Chen Wei asked with some curiosity.

Yesenia saw Chen Huan take out a small bag from her pocket, she carefully opened the bag, poured a gold coin with a round square hole in it into the palm of her white and crystal hand, and stretched it out in front of Chen Wei.

Chen Wei gently picked up the gold coin from his sister's hand, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully, Yesenia's eyes also followed his movements, she saw that this gold coin was shining with a dark yellow light, there were four large Qianguo characters on the front that she didn't recognize, and the back was a flat plain surface, without any patterns.

"West...... King...... Reward...... Merit......? Chen Wei read the text on the front of the gold coin in Qian's Chinese, and although Yesenia couldn't understand what he was saying, seeing that Chen Wei could even recognize such a strange ancient script, her eyes flashed with admiration again.

"There is no inscription on the back of it that records the place of origin, how do you know that it came from somewhere in Sichuan?" Chen Wei asked his sister as he showed the gold coin to Yesenia.

"I consulted a scholar from the embassy of the Qianguo Kingdom, and he told me that the name of this 'King of the West' was Zhang Xianzhong, and that this kind of gold coin was minted by him and used to reward meritorious people. He once occupied Sichuan, established himself as a tyrant, was a murderer, and was later killed by the generals of the Great Qian Empire, according to historical records, he once left a huge amount of treasure, in Sichuan Province. Chen Huan replied, "So I think that Mr. Lin Yiqing has found this treasure, and this gold coin comes from this treasure." ”

Listening to Chen Huan's answer, Yesenia couldn't help but be surprised by the vast knowledge of the girl in front of her, who was only 13 years old. Thinking that her knowledge was shallow, and she couldn't even write a letter, she couldn't help but have a fever on her face.

"I see." Chen Wei listened to his sister's story, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes, "You have more and more knowledge of Qianguo, Tiffany." ”

"Hehe, Tiffany is much better than you in numismatics and finance, James." Sara took the gold coin of "Western King's Reward" from Yesenia's hand, looked at it, returned it to Chen Huan, and said to Chen Wei, "Your sister is now my right-hand man. I am considering whether to hand over some of the funds saved by Mr. Lin Yiqing to her to take care of it, so that it can appreciate quickly and give him enough money to start his business. ”

"Mr. Lin Yiqing might have been shocked if he knew that his financial agent in London was a little girl." Chen Wei smiled and squeezed his eyes at his sister.

"Don't look down on people! Brother! Maybe without my efforts, the battleship you designed for him would never have been built! Chen Huan glared at her brother.

"Huh? What did he say to you? No, what are you all talking about in the letter? ”

"That's a little secret between me and him, oh, don't tell you!"

"Okay, okay! Our lovely Tiffany has grown up! I know how to keep it a secret from a man, haha! ”

"Brother, don't talk nonsense!"

Seeing the brother and sister laughing happily, the corners of Yesenia's mouth also rippled with smiles.

What a family......

"Yesenia, I have a gift for you too." As Jesenia watched the siblings lose their minds, Sarah's voice rang in her ears.

Jesenia turned her head in shock to see Sara smile and drop a silver ring from her finger and hand it to her.

Jesenia was pleasantly surprised to take the ring, an ancient artifact engraved with tiny and delicate ancient Hebrew scripts, which shone black in her hand.

"The meaning of the text on it is: Giving is happier than receiving, an ancient Hebrew proverb." Sara looked at Yesenia with solemnity and majesty in her eyes, "This is a gift from a loving elder when I was a child, and I give it to you today, hoping that it will always accompany you and bring you good luck in the days to come." ”

"Thank you, ma'am......" Yesenia understood Sarah's intention in giving her the ring, nodded solemnly, and put it on her finger.

After putting on this ring, Yesenia couldn't help but look at Chen Wei and found that he was also looking at her, his eyes full of surprise. (To be continued.) )

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