When Tang Shengkai caught up, the navy on the port side had already joined up with Chang Yin. Tang Shengkai grinned, showing off his bright white teeth. He was happy; he had probably exerted too much effort in his haste to catch up with Battalion Commander Chang, and he had actually broken through to the second level of Qi Refining.

Even a small advancement in rank resulted in a leap in ability. "Haha, Battalion Commander Chang, your ship is too fast. I've been trying to keep up, but I'm still falling quite a distance behind."

"Um, where's my daughter?"

The two ships were joined together, and Tang Shengkai jumped directly from his ship onto Chang Yin's ship without using a gangplank. The naval battalion commander from Zhougang was also on this ship.

For no other reason than that this ship is truly excellent. Although it is not a warship, many of its features are even better than those on their warships.

Several battalion commanders rubbed their hands together excitedly.

"She's gone."

Tang Shengkai approached, and Chang Yin spoke. The smile on Tang Shengkai's face immediately faded, and he didn't know what to feel. His daughter had been gone for more than a month, and now the weather was getting cold. If they were in Qiligou, it would be snowing by now.

It's already winter, and his child still hasn't come home. He sighed deeply.

Tang Dong then jumped onto this side of the boat and stood behind his father. He had been looking forward to seeing his sister the whole way, but she was already gone. Tang Dong's little head drooped.

Tang Shengkai turned around and rubbed his son's head. "Your sister probably hasn't finished her business over there yet. She'll come back once she's done."

"Hmm!" Tang Dong's voice was muffled. This kid had always given people the impression of being very clever and shrewd, but I never expected him to be so frustrated.

"Dad, can I go over and take a look?"

Tang Shengkai paused for a moment. "Where are you going?"

Tang Dong casually pointed to the sickly-looking Chinese people peeking out of the cabin. Tang Shengkai felt a sense of relief; he had thought he was going to Japan with his daughter.

It wasn't that he was reluctant to part with her; it was that this guy really didn't have his daughter's abilities.

"Go!" Tang Shengkai had also heard that those people were rescued from China by her daughter. Chang Yin had already made contact with the battalion commander at Zhougang; these Chinese people certainly couldn't be directly sent back to their hometown.