I didn't know what I was supposed to do, so I could just keep dancing mechanically. But I felt like I should say something, and I began to search for the words I could think of, imagining what she would do to me after I said it, and guessing what effect I would have on her. Thinking about it again, could it be that she just drank a little too much, kissed me just couldn't help it, maybe she just regarded me as a very good friend. I glanced at her again, and she seemed to be a little embarrassed, obviously absent-minded, and seemed to be a lot more sober, and she lowered her head and was obviously thinking about what had just happened.

Forget it, let's not mention it, I think, what can I give her, I'm just a passerby. Thinking of this, I can't help but think that I am a strange person, and every time I go to the island, I hope that some girl will like me, but when there are really beautiful girls who fall in love with me, I regret it, and I hope they are just hospitable. I sighed, a tiny breath wading into the dark night. I looked up as if I was far away, and the old captain was drinking alone again, far away from him, but I could seem to see the wrinkles on his face, the scars from the fishtail, the yellow spots that had grown from years of exposure to the sun... He's really old, and alas, I can't leave him when he needs me most. Thinking of this, I let go of my grip on Luke and Cher and sat down alone at the small table next to me.

Luke and Cher stopped when they saw me doing this, Luke said something to Cher and walked over to me, Cher turned around and stood there staring into the distance.

"You still belong to the ocean, don't you?" Luke sat next to me, his eyes looking into the distance and said slowly. Perhaps because of the firelight, the moon is unusually dim tonight, and the stars are not as bright as they used to be. I knew Luke knew the answer in my heart, and I looked at the sky and didn't speak.

We woke up early the next day, and from today onwards, the daytime is a time for everyone to visit and trade with each other, and the evening is still a bonfire party and a carnival. I said hello to Cher, and she replied to me as usual, but we couldn't hide that we were embarrassed.

It's only two kilometres from here to the centre of the village, but it seems like it's longer than two days on the sea. Uncle Lu Jin walked in the front, still smiling and greeting his fellow villagers, and the three of us followed behind him, only this time Luke stood in the middle, and Xue'er and I stood on his left and right. Luke tried to talk to me about her sister last night, but we didn't seem to be good at words, and we couldn't get to the point. But one thing I know for sure is that Luke loves her sister very much, more than I ever imagined, like faith.

At this time of the day, the village is dominated by a bleak cool breeze, but today it is surprisingly warm. The sun was shining through the clouds early in the morning, trying to see what was happening here. I saw the old captain smoking a pipe in the distance, and sure enough, he had brought out a purple jade ornament and a tortoise shell, and a few other things that he thought were worth seeing. The people around him were playing and talking, but he just smoked silently as if he didn't see it. Seeing us coming over, he raised his left hand to me and extended his first three fingers to greet me. It was a specific greeting between us, of course arranged by the old captain, and I liked the arrangement, it made me feel like I was different for him.

If Cher is Luke's faith, I think my faith is the old captain, and it was destined from the day he rescued me from the island to the ship. With him, I always have inexhaustible strength, even in the face of the sea, I am not afraid.

Luke didn't say anything all the way, he was a smart guy and did think of me as his best friend, otherwise he wouldn't have acquiesced in Cher's behavior towards me. Someone waved at him in the distance, and he smiled back and walked over. The atmosphere that had just eased became tense again, and Uncle Lu Jin had already been chased by several children running around the street. Now I'm the only one on the street, walking side by side with Cher.

"Will you ever come back?" Xue'er looked at me and asked softly, Qingsi was floating in the drunken air in the breeze, I was too close to the fragrance.

I never came back. I've never met anyone I've seen before, and when I waved goodbye to them, I knew in my heart that this was goodbye. So I can't answer. Some answers are clearly definite, but they are always difficult to say.

I looked down into Cher's eyes, and I knew I had to say something.

"Cher, it's pretty again." An old woman holds a basket of apples and hands it to one of Cher. I know her, she also gave everyone fruit at yesterday's bonfire, she should be in her 80s, her pure white hair on her forehead is stuck in deep wrinkles with sweat, but she is still smiling, like Santa Claus with gifts. She enjoys her life and gives is joyful, though just an apple.

"For your boy, you're really handsome." After saying that, she searched in the basket and took out an apple that looked bigger: "Come, give you a big one." "The old grandmother didn't look at me, but just stretched out her old hand, and she was defenseless, just like me. I took the apple and looked at her back as she staggered away, and it suddenly dawned on me that everyone had a different definition of happiness.

This time the choice doesn't seem to be as easy as before, I really should have a home, but there is no old captain, is it still called home? I looked at Cher again, and she leaned over and took a small bite of the apple. I don't know why I have a soft spot for her, I've been wandering for so long, it seems like the first time I'm so excited. It is different from the original restlessness, but it is like having a pool of hot springs in your heart, and every time you jump, it flows out of a refreshing spring water, which makes you want to stay here forever. And every time they meet each other, the warm spring water seems to gush out until it fills the whole body...

The parade carriage passes in the middle of the road, and there are treasures that have been discovered over the years, and people stop to watch them wherever they pass. Uncle Lu Jin was also brought to the carriage by the child's beard, and I don't know which naughty child pulled the horse's tail, and the heavy porcelain fell from it, if I hadn't hugged Xue'er, it would have hit her head.

I don't know why I did this, I was dizzy and lay on the ground, as if there were many people surrounding me, someone rushed over and lifted me, I couldn't see whether it was Lu Jin or the old captain, I slowly closed my eyes.