The boat travels on the sea, swaying.

Tian Youwei woke up, her side was empty, and when she reached out and touched it, the quilt was already cold, and Shao Jing didn't know where she went.

The cabin was stuffy, and she got up and pushed open the small window.

She breathed a sigh of relief as the hot sea breeze swept in and the waves crashed against the ship's side, but she heard someone whispering outside the window.

“…… Have you heard? Tan Jiedu wanted to marry his daughter to his uncle, but he was very angry when his uncle refused, and he even insulted his uncle for being born with soft bones and deserving to be a child husband for a lifetime, and even his own ancestors were lost, and he had to be surnamed Tian ...... when he gave birth to a child."

"This is not the first time, since my uncle became a jinshi, everyone knows that he is handsome and talented and good at doing business with Fanren, and he is making money every day, I don't know how many famous nobles want to marry him, and some people promise him a bright future, he is not tempted, he only thinks of the nurturing grace of the Tian family, and is only good to the master mother."

"What is this? There are also many people who heard that their aunt and the housemother have no children, so they want to send their aunt's beautiful concubine red sleeves to add fragrance and pass on the ancestry. Our master's mother has such a good life, and she has met such a good husband. ”

"Our aunt really has a conscience, but it's a pity that his fate is not good enough to be a child husband, otherwise the princess is still good, but I'm afraid that the future is immeasurable......"

Tian Youwei stood by the window, looking through the crack in the window, looking at the quiet sea in a daze.

Yes, she has an excellent husband, who is very handsome and capable, versatile, and treats her very well, loyal, considerate and gentle.

Everyone said that she had a good life, and that she should be content, happy, and happy, but she didn't.

Because she knew that Shao Jing didn't love her, she only became her child husband to repay her kindness, and because of a promise, she tried her best to protect her to this day, support the Tian family that was about to collapse, and have been the richest man in Yuezhou today.

Kindness and righteousness are like mountains, so that people can't raise their heads, obviously they don't love, but they have to bear all this, it must be very hard.

Sister Youlan once jokingly said: "Sister is really blessed, as long as she looks as beautiful as a flower, she holds the recipe for preparing porcelain enamel firmly, and the child does not have to be born, and her brother-in-law is still obedient and obedient, and she is really the most intimate ...... raised since childhood."

Although it was a joke, it was also a satire that she couldn't do anything other than having an empty face and knowing how to make porcelain enamel, and it was even more sarcastic that she was coercing her to repay her.

She is actually not so useless, she has her strengths, but Shao Jing is too good, so she seems mediocre.

Tian Youwei's eyes were a little sour, and she gently put her hand on her abdomen, she also wanted to give him a few more children.

But she didn't have any of them, she had been married for several years, and she didn't know if she was getting together less and leaving more, and because of her difficult circumstances, she couldn't get pregnant.

Since this year, he has rarely touched her - people are lying next to her, she knows he is awake, but he has been pretending to be asleep.

Perhaps, he doesn't want to have a child surnamed Tian, after all, for a man who has achieved fame, "child husband" is not a good reputation......

Rengui is self-aware, and in such a situation, she naturally doesn't dare to trouble Shao Jing.

For example, at this moment, when she woke up in the middle of the night, he was not by her side, and she didn't ask.

It's not that I don't want to, I just don't want to bore him.

The conversation outside the window stopped for some time, the bright moon shone on the sea, quiet and gentle, Tian Youwei covered her eyes with her hands, and cried silently.

Do you want to live a difficult life with each other in this way? She doesn't want to, let alone be looked down upon.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, unhurried, calm and powerful, it was Shao Jing coming.

She quickly wiped away her tears, turned around and smiled, and said in a cheerful tone: "Ah Jing is back." ”

The cabin was dim, and no one could see anyone's expression clearly, but she still tried to laugh.

Shao Jing was tired for a day, she definitely didn't want to face a crying face, and she didn't want to make herself look too miserable and pitiful.

"What's wrong?" Shao Jing's voice is low and pleasant, very good.

He is a perfect person from beginning to end, even his voice is ten times better than others.

Tian Youwei thought in her heart, and replied quickly: "The cabin is a little stuffy, I am breathable, you don't have to worry about me, just go and get busy, and rest early when you are done." ”

Shao Jing stopped and stood silent not far from her.

Tian Youwei knew that he was angry, but she didn't even know why he was angry, this was her sadness.

They weren't like that in the first place.

Shao Jing is two years younger than her, and when she was six years old, she came to her house in distress, and she didn't say that she wanted to be her child husband, but raised her as a younger brother.

He has kissed her since he was a child, is her little tail, and follows her all day long with the call of "Sister, Sister", remembering her for any good things, and no one is allowed to say anything bad about her.

Later, there were a series of accidents in the family, first the elder brother died, the father was seriously ill, and the clansmen wanted to seize the family business, so the father let Shao Jing be her child husband, recruit at home, and inherit the family business.

From that day on, he no longer called her Sister.

Later, he added a lot of things to hide from her and refused to say, and if he asked too much, it was just perfunctory, and over time, she stopped asking.

Rumors are like knives, killing people without seeing blood, and knives cost lives.

Tian Youwei was full of desolation and explained in a low voice: "I'm not urging you to come back and join me, you're busy and tired, I'm afraid of noisy you, there is an empty cabin next door, I've arranged it, it's as you ......."

Shao Jing suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm and dragged her over vigorously.

Tian Youwei was taken aback: "Ah Jing? ”

In the darkness, she heard Shao Jing gasping lowly, the kind of gasp that desperately suppressed her anger.

She was a little uneasy, tentatively took his hand away, and said softly, "Ah Jing, I actually have something to tell you. ”

Shao Jing exhaled slowly, and his voice was quite calm: "You say." ”

Tian Youwei said in a low voice: "I have wronged you all these years, and I should have traveled thousands of miles, but I was delayed." In fact, you don't owe anything to the Tian family, and you don't owe me anything, you have done your duty. Let's go together! ”

These words lingered in her heart for too long, and after she finished speaking, the boulder that had been pressing on her heart also loosened.

"And leave?" Shao Jing was stunned for a moment, and then said loudly: "Why? ”

Tian Youwei said sincerely: "The marriage between me and you was wrong from the beginning, and we were reluctant to be together and mislead others and ourselves. We don't have a husband and wife, so if we continue like this, we will torture each other, and it will be too late to ......"

"As long as I have the family's field and kiln, the rest of the property belongs to you, and you have earned it by running around and working hard, but you have to take into account the rights and wrongs of the clansmen, and you have to operate it secretly. What do you think? ”

"You ......" Shao Jing seemed to be angry, but finally suppressed it again, and asked in a deep voice: "Torturing each other, misleading others and yourself, do you see it like this?" ”

Tian Youwei gritted her teeth: "Yes!" We are relatives who depend on each other, so there is really no need to be enemies. ”

"Enemies?" Shao Jing muttered and stopped talking.

Tian Youwei couldn't wait for him to speak, and she was uneasy and shamefully expectant: "Ah Jing, what do you think?" ”

Shao Jing was silent for a long time, his voice was tired and desolate: "You're right, we don't have a husband and wife, it's too late to ...... early."

He turned around suddenly and strode out: "Just do as you say, all the family property will be given to you, and I only need a few clothes to carry with me." ”

The hatch was opened and closed vigorously, and the sea breeze blew into the cabin, bringing a bit of coolness.

Tian Youwei was so cold that her teeth chattered, and she wanted to laugh, but her face was full of tears.

She struggled to climb into bed and slowly lay down, telling herself that it was okay, that it was time to let go.

I don't know how long later, there was a sudden shrill sound of gongs outside the cabin.

This is the alarm gong, there are pirates infested!

Tian Youwei was stunned, quickly got up and got out of bed, and ran to the window to look out.

The moonlight was dim, a layer of mist rose on the sea at some point, and the deck was chaotic, she heard Shao Jing giving an order: "Speed up, hang a red light to warn, guy, prepare to fight!" ”

Tian Youwei pushed open the hatch and ran out, holding on to the side of the boat and looking back.

I saw that at the rear of the ship, there were two sea ships that took advantage of the fog and quickly outflanked them.

Tian Youwei had an ominous premonition in her heart, and she was even more puzzled.

This place is not far from Mingzhou Port, and the imperial court has long been cleared of pirates in this area, why are there pirates again? And they don't have any valuable cargo on board, so they don't deserve such a big deal from the pirates.

Someone ran up to her and shouted, "Go back to the cabin!" Uncle asked you to go back to the cabin! ”

Tian Youwei hurriedly turned around and ran back, but before she entered the cabin, she heard a loud "boom", and the ship shook violently, but it was a sea ship that viciously hit their ship.

She was thrown out and hit the side of the boat, fell down again, and was about to get up, when Shao Jing grabbed her arm and pushed her behind her.

"Ladies and gentlemen, all the assets on the ship belong to you, just beg to spare my life......"

Before the boat boss finished speaking, he was shot to death by a cold arrow in the chest, and then, many hooks hooked the side of the ship, and a large group of masked men rushed up fiercely with Pu knives, killing people when they saw them, very ferocious.

Shao Jing pushed Tian Youwei to the hatch and led people to face each other.

Tian Youwei was scared and desperate, the enemy was outnumbered, the other party was masked, and he didn't say a word and only cared about killing, obviously not to seek wealth but to take his life.

She looked around, but when she saw that the red light hanging the warning had been shot off and the lanyard had fallen, she rushed over to pick up the red light and re-tied the rope to hang it up.

There are sailors patrolling the imperial court around, and when she sees a red light, she will come to the rescue, she can't go into battle to fight, at least she can do this well.

The wind was a little strong, the boat was jolting badly, Tian Youwei was unstable on her feet, she simply lay on the ground and pulled the rope tightly, and the red light rose little by little.

Suddenly, someone shouted to her urgently: "Be careful! ”

Immediately afterward, she was carried and rolled to the ground, the rope in her hand broke, and the lamp fell.

Before she could figure out what was going on, the man let go of her, leaped to his feet, raised his sword and slashed a masked pirate cleanly.

It's Shao Jing.

He saved her life again.

Tian Youwei pressed the tumbling emotion, picked up the lantern with red eyes, and prepared to re-raise the lantern for help, the enemy was outnumbered, this was their only hope of survival.

Halfway through the rope, she heard a faint sound of bowstrings.

She felt something, and hurriedly looked up, just in time to see a feather arrow shooting towards Shao Jing with a cold light.

"Ah Jing be careful!" She screamed in horror and threw the lantern away, but was a step too late.

In the sound of thousands of battles, she only heard a muffled sound of "poof", and watched the cold arrow shoot into Shao Jing's heart accurately.

Shao Jing glanced back at her and collapsed.

"Ah Jing......" Tian Youwei's liver and gall were split, and she fell to the ground with weak knees, and her hand only grabbed a corner of his clothes.

"Sister, I'm sorry......" Shao Jing looked at her steadily, and before she finished speaking, the light in her eyes had dimmed.

"Don't ......" Tian Youwei seemed to have been hollowed out, picked up Shao Jing's simple knife with a sad scream, and slashed at a nearby pirate like crazy.

There was a soft sound of "poof", her belly was slightly cold, she lowered her eyes, and saw that the tip of the knife penetrated her belly, reflecting the moonlight, and the snow was full of blood.

She fell to the ground, her body cold.

A pair of luxurious boots stopped in front of her, the golden beast nailed to the laces was beautifully and rare, and the young man spoke in standard official dialect and said slowly, "What a pity. ”

This is the person who killed her and Shao Jing, such a costume is by no means a pirate.

Why? She and Shao Jing are both diligent and trustworthy people, and they have never had a life-and-death enmity with anyone, why do you want to kill them all like this?

Tian Youwei's heart was full of anger and unwillingness, she desperately wanted to see who it was, but she couldn't raise her head.

Before she lost consciousness, she heard the owner of the boots say, "It's all burned, clean it up, and don't leave any traces." ”