The Silent River meanders around the walls outside Alpha Castle and through the atrium of the Nine Universities, embracing most of the First University in its bosom.

Few students know where the river originates. All you know is that these rivers run through the Silent Forest, connecting the four colleges, the many research institutes, and many other hidden and magical territories on Phuket Island.

The extensive waterways that connect all corners of the First University are the second transportation network covering the entire campus of the First University in addition to the 'promenade'. It's just that unlike the promenade where people come and go, the popularity of this river is a little more miserable.

On the one hand, because of the long distance and slow speed of the river, it is very unfriendly to the students who often step on deadlines to attend classes, and on the other hand, there is often an endless stream of pests such as water ghosts and kappa in the river, and no one wants to be contaminated with resentment every day except for those crazy people who are addicted to fighting in the Star Academy.

After all, everyone is a wizard.

Fighting, killing, and killing are not labels on wizards.

As a result, there were very limited means of transport floating on the river, with only a few small wooden boats that were worn out.

When Zheng Qing and the others arrived at the dock of Linzhong Lake, the small wooden boat was about to set off.

"Hurry up, hurry up, you won't be able to catch the starting ship!" Xiao Xiao held the notebook in one hand and the hem of the robe in the other, shouting in his mouth, running fast.

Fat Xin followed behind, chattering, and complaining intermittently: "Blame me?......! Otherwise, we would have arrived a long time ago!"

Zheng Qing was sandwiched between the two, without saying a word, happy and quiet.

The old boatman stood on the dock, waved at the young wizards, and shouted, "Hurry, hurry, the last one will leave in the morning!"

This ferry, which is very famous in the entire wizarding world, is not large, about ten meters long, and compared with the largest number of boats in Linzhong Lake, the ferry boat that can travel to the Silent River is a small cabin. Most of the time, the students on the boat need to stay in that small cabin.

The route and number of ferries departing from Linzhong Lake are fixed. From seven o'clock in the morning, there were five ships every half hour. Sail up the River of Silence, through the Silent Forest, past the homes of several colleges, four blocks of Beta, and then back to the docks at Bell Lake in the evening.

The boatmen of the ferryboat are all old school workers of the school working committee.

The old man Verne, who was in charge of Zheng Qing's night patrol last semester, was transferred to the ferry office as a boatman because of the night patrol accident.

It's just that the person who is responsible for ferrying Zheng Qing today is not the old man of Verne, but an old school worker named George Bernard Shaw.

It is said that this teacher Xiao used to be a professor at Jiuyou College, and he worked in the school since he was young until his retirement, and he had no hobbies except laboratories and teaching, and he had no family and friends in the school. After retiring, he had nowhere else to go, so he simply joined the school working committee and became a ferryman on the silent river - many of the old school workers on the school working committee have such qualifications.

When Xiao Xiao handed the ticket to Zheng Qing in the morning, Zheng Qing once doubted the relationship between him and the old man George Bernard Shaw.

"To be reasonable, both of you are surnamed Xiao...... Does it really matter?" Zheng Qing asked Xiao Xiao like this.

The doctor said that he had nothing to say about the doubts of the public scholarship students: "Andrew Taylor and Andrew of the Three-Pronged Sword are both called Andrew, are they related? How come I have never questioned the relationship between you and Zheng Zhe!"

"Who is Zheng Zha?!" Zheng Qing scratched his head.

"The captain of the veteran hunting team Zhongzhou team," Xin Fat replied as a playful interjection on the side, "It is one of the few powerful hunting teams that can be independent of the two super hunting groups of Xian Qin and Saint Tang...... This is the basic skill of every hunting team leader!"

"The new world is so big, everyone can remember it. Zheng Qing muttered, not blushing at all: "And the "First University Newspaper" or the "Beta Town Post" never broadcast outside news...... It's normal not to have heard of it. ”

When he saw the old man George Bernard Shaw, Zheng Qing was finally convinced that there was indeed no relationship between Xiao Xiao and the old school worker.

On the one hand, the old man George Bernard Shaw has a large 'skeleton', which is more than two meters tall, which is in stark contrast to Xiao Xiao's slightly delicate figure, and on the other hand, the old man has a pair of dark green eyes, which is obviously of the same race as Dr. Xiao.

Similar to the old man of Verne, the old man George Bernard Shaw was also an alcoholic.

This was confirmed from the first time Zheng Qing saw him.

At that time, Xin Fatzi was adhering to the identity of a qualified reporter, solemnly interviewing the old boatman who was packing up his things and preparing to set sail: "...... What's the point of this boat ferrying on the Silent River?"

"Hey," said the old boatman, looking up and pouring a large sip of wine, which slid down his unkempt beard into his clothes, but he did not mind at all—this seemed more bold than the old man of Verne.

Swallowing his drink, the old boatman blinked his reddened eyes vigorously, and laughed:

"Young people nowadays are so cute, and everything you do has to have a meaning. If I don't make sense, it seems that what I'm doing is meaningless!"

Xin Fatzi waved his hand again and again: "That's not what I mean, I mean, there is no reason why you don't know the meaning of your ferry? I heard that you are crossing people in the river, how do you understand this ferryman?"

"Magic is an unreasonable thing!" the old man's answer was as simple and clear as before.

The onlookers laughed dumbly.

The old man continued:

"I'm ferrying just because I want to, it's as simple as you live to live. ”

"My ferry is just a ferry, as for what you are doing with my ferry, it is your business, what you do, it is not my meaning. ”

Although this sentence was a bit confusing, Zheng Qing heard it very clearly.

George Bernard Shaw's ferryman was not for the sake of ferrying people or anything like that, but purely for the sake of ferrying. As for the students who want to go somewhere else, some who want to go sightseeing, some who want to explore the forest, some who want to collect materials, etc., none of these have anything to do with the old boatman's ferry.

Leaving the deck and entering the small cabin, Zheng Qing was still thinking about the words of the old man George Bernard Shaw before, but he was caught off guard by a figure that caught him off guard.

Elena.

"Hi, Happy New Year!" the gypsy witch saw the young student at a glance, immediately raised her arm, waved her hand, and greeted briskly: "You are also on this boat!"

Zheng Qing held back for a long time before answering the word "um".

Then nothing else can be said.

This made the two companions who were traveling with him shake their heads.

It's not that he has nothing to say, in fact, he has a lot of things to say to Yelena - such as how she is doing during her winter vacation, why she is hot and cold to him, how is her final exam, they are still friends, etc - there are so many questions, but there is only one mouth, I really don't know where to start.

Also, the presence of other wizards in the cabin made it difficult for him to speak privately to the witches.

Just when he was silent, the ferry boat had already left Linzhong Lake unhurriedly and sailed into the quiet and wide main channel of the Silent River.

Outside the cabin, the old boatman held up the ship's penny and sang a melodious sailing tune:

......

The silent river swayed

Who will be dreaming noisy

Wandering around, only the wind chimes disturb.

......

Silence in the woods and voila

I heard a demon laughing

I looked left and right, but I saw that the fog was misty.

......

but he went away with wine

Scoop the green bee

Just by the sunset

Come to the dream to find it

......

Find it in a dream

The breeze is blowing

Foolish smile

Before I knew it, it was dawn

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