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Tao Sai sighed softly, not knowing what to say. A feeling of powerlessness spread throughout his body from the inside out.

She narrowed the world channel, put it back in the corner of her vision, closed her eyes, and rested.

At this time, An Nan, who was holding on to the railing, waved exaggeratedly. She saw a familiar figure in the exit passage.

The young couple soon noticed her and walked towards her.

An Nan enthusiastically went to meet him and went straight to the baby in the young man's arms, "Pengpeng, I miss you so much, come and hold you!"

"Nannan, speak a little more quietly, he finally fell asleep." The young woman made a gesture of silence and then spoke softly.

"Oh, okay." An Nan nodded in understanding and moved away from the young man very quietly.

"Sister Sai, this is my brother and sister-in-law." An Nan said to Tao Sai who was walking behind her, and then introduced them to the two, "This is the Sister Sai I mentioned to you."

After An Nan's introduction, both parties smiled and nodded in friendly greeting.

An Nan's parents and grandparents all died young, leaving her only direct blood relative alive: her brother, An Song. An Song is five years her senior, and the two have grown up together, relying on each other for survival. Two years ago, An Song married his current sister-in-law, Xia Ruowei, and their child, An Peng, just turned eight months old.

Following An Nan's brother and sister-in-law were Lan Xiaojia and Lin Yan's family. The three families had already known each other when they met at the airport.

Tao Sai's eyes swept over them one by one. Lan Xiaojia's parents and Lin Yan's parents were ordinary middle-aged men and women, both looking quite easygoing. Grandma Lin Yan and Grandma Zhou were of similar age, so the two elderly ladies would probably have some common topics to talk about.

The only thing she was a little worried about was Lin Yan's younger brother. He looked about ten years old. He had been snacking with his hands and his mouth never idle since the beginning. He looked very naughty. But if he really was an unruly child, Tao Sai didn't mind reining him in for his parents.

After the headcount was complete, Tao Sai stepped forward to help with the suitcases and loaded them into the trunk of the car. The airport was already crowded with people, so Tao Sai didn't linger there and drove straight back to the fishing boat dock.

Both cars were fully loaded. An Nan was carrying her brother, sister-in-law, nephew, and Lan Xiaojia's parents, while Tao Sai was carrying Lin Yan's family.

As expected, as soon as Lin Yan's brother Lin Kang got in the car, he started a series of maddening behaviors.

He sat in the back seat, playing games with his Pad in his hand, and from time to time he reached into the snack bag to grab almonds, biting the nuts with his teeth and spitting out the shells, which fell under the seat.

"Little boy, this car is rented by my sister, please don't make it dirty." Tao Sai saw this scene through the rearview mirror and reminded politely.

When Lin Kang's mother, who was sitting next to him, heard this, she quickly bent down to pick up the fruit shells on the ground, and said apologetically, "Miss, I'm sorry."

Then she took out a plastic bag from her bag, opened it and placed it in front of Lin Kang to catch the fruit shells he spit out.

Lin Kang kept staring at the cool graphics of the game, tapping the screen quickly with his right thumb without even raising his eyes.

A few minutes later, a "game over" sound effect sounded.

"I died again! I don't want to play anymore!"

Lin Kang angrily threw his Pad away and took out a PSP to play. Lin's mother put away the Pad, peeled an almond with her hands and fed it to him, then unscrewed the cap and handed it to him, "Kang Kang, drink some water."

"I don't want to drink it, take it away!" Lin Kang pushed the water bottle away impatiently, causing him to almost lose the gold coin.

Tao Sai finally understood that the child's current bad habits were inseparable from the adults' excessive pampering.

This is not raising a child, this is serving a little emperor.

Half an hour later, having probably finished playing the game, Lin Kang turned off his PSP, stretched happily, and turned to his mother, Lin, who was standing next to him, and said, "Mom, I want some chocolate."

"Okay, Mom will get it for you." Mother Lin rummaged through her bag but couldn't find it. Suddenly, she remembered, "The chocolates are in the box at the back. Kang Kang, we can eat them when we get them, okay?"

"No, no, I want to eat now!" Lin Kang touched his belly, "I'm hungry!"

"Eat the potato chips and the bread first, and you won't be hungry anymore. Be good." Mother Lin tore open the potato chips package to coax her son.

"I told you I don't want to eat it. I want to eat chocolate! I want to eat chocolate!"

Lin Kang snatched the potato chips from Lin's mother's hand and threw them to the ground. The chips spilled out of the package and all over the car.

The suitcase is placed in the trunk and can only be taken out by stopping the car.

"Miss, um... could you please stop the car for a moment?" Mother Lin leaned forward and asked in a pleading tone.

Before Tao Sai could answer, Lin's father, who was sitting in the passenger seat, spoke first: "This is the express lane, why park your car here?"

Their car had entered the expressway ten minutes ago. There was no auxiliary road, the speed limit was 80 kilometers, and parking was prohibited on the entire road.

Tao Sai remained silent and focused on driving.

Lin Kang started to act coyly because his request had not been met for such a long time.

"Kang Kang, oh, don't cry." Grandma Lin, who was sitting on the other side of Lin Kang, patted her grandson gently, but it was of no use.

"Girl, I see there aren't many cars on the road. Could you please pull over for a moment? I'll get it out quickly." Mother Lin couldn't bear to see her son not being able to eat what he wanted, so she pleaded again.

“Nonsense!”

Mr. Lin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, reprimanded in a low voice, but quickly turned his face away. He actually didn't have much say at home.

Grandma Lin started feeling carsick as soon as she got on the bus. She felt a little better after putting a piece of motion sickness medicine given by Tao Sai in her mouth. But after Lin Kang's disturbance, she felt even more dizzy and had to lie on the backrest of the front seat to rest.

"Auntie, I'm really sorry. You can't park in the expressway. It's too dangerous. Let me check the navigation." Tao Sai remained polite, his finger sliding quickly across the navigation screen. "There's a fork in the road ahead, a county road. You can park there. We'll drive there later."

"Okay, thank you for your help, girl. Thank you so much." Mother Lin kept thanking her, and then turned around to comfort her son.

However, Lin Kang had just been quiet for a minute when he saw the car still wasn't stopping and started making a fuss again, "Mom, I need to pee, I can't hold it anymore."

"Hold on, we're almost there." Tao Sai glanced at the navigation, "Only 500 meters."

"I need to pee." Lin Kang shouted, stood up from the back seat, took off his pants, and a stream of water gushed out without warning. Mother Lin quickly turned Lin Kang around and let him pee by the car window.

Mother Lin apologized again: "Miss, I'm sorry, children can't hold it in. It might get hurt. I will definitely clean the car for you when the time comes, don't worry."

Tao Sai smelled the smell and her eyebrows twitched. She turned the car onto the ramp with an expressionless face, stepped on the brake, and stopped the car steadily by the roadside.

"Girl, wait a few minutes, I'll be there soon!" Mother Lin quickly got out of the car to rummage through the suitcase, and Lin Kang followed her.

Mother Lin laboriously unloaded a 30-inch suitcase from the trunk and opened it. It was mostly filled with colorful snack packaging. Someone who knew would think he was escaping, while someone who didn't would think he was traveling.

Tao Sai opened the car door, walked up to Lin Kang and said, "Little boy, sister wants to play a game with you."

"What game?" Although Lin Kang was puzzled, he looked expectant.

"Endurance challenge." Tao Sai blinked and said, "I believe our little Lin Kang has the best endurance."

Then Tao Sai turned to Mother Lin, who was still squatting in front of the suitcase and carefully searching, and said, "Auntie, I checked the navigation. It's not far from the fishing boat dock here, about 5 kilometers away. Just follow this county road and you'll get there. When you get to the dock, call me. You have my phone number."

With a bang, Tao Sai slammed the trunk door shut, got in the car, started it, stepped on the accelerator, and drove out directly.

Mother Lin in the rearview mirror reacted belatedly and waved, "Hey, girl!"

Looking at his wife and son moving away in the rearview mirror, Father Lin was equally shocked. "They didn't get in the car!"

"It's not far, let them walk." Tao Sai looked straight ahead to see the road conditions.

Because of the tone of statement she used, Mr. Lin was stunned for a moment, and for a long time he actually thought that what she said was correct.

An Nan's car arrived at the dock first. Zhou Ning played the role of a butler, welcoming everyone on board and taking them to the rest cabin to arrange beds first, and then have dinner. Li Yinzhu and Grandma Zhou had already prepared a sumptuous housewarming banquet for everyone.

Ten minutes later, Tao Sai's car also arrived at the berth at the dock. Lin Yan ran up and opened the car door, happy to think that she could be reunited with her family, but she only saw her father and grandmother.

As soon as grandma got out of the car, she couldn't help but vomit in front of the trash can. Lin Yan had no choice but to ask her father: "Dad, where are Mom and Kang Kang?"

Father Lin glanced at Tao Sai, scratched his head embarrassedly, not knowing what to say, and went to support Grandma Lin.

Lin Yan probably guessed the reason. She walked up to Tao Sai and said in a slightly lowered voice, "Sister Sai, is my brother mad at you?"

"Yes." Tao Sai said straightforwardly, without any concealment.

They were allowed to board the refugee ship because of Lin Yan's consideration. The refugee ship is not a shelter, and not everyone can come there if they want.

"Don't worry, the road is easy to walk on, just a little far." Tao Sai comforted Lin Yan.

When Lin Yan heard this, she immediately understood. It must be that Lin Kang was throwing a tantrum in the car again, so Sister Sai dropped them off and let them walk back by themselves.

In the past, every time their family went on a road trip, Lin Kang would always make a fuss about stopping the car a thousand times for various reasons. Whenever Lin Kang made a fuss, her mother would always pamper and coax her, and her father would always listen to her. But this time, it wasn't her father who was driving.

Lin Yan felt complicated for a moment. Although she knew that this was not good, she was indeed a little... secretly happy.

Sister Sai won't spoil you.

Lin Yan silently shouted in her heart: Sister Sai is awesome!

Tao Sai turned around to get a mop and clean up the urine in the back seat of the car.

At this moment, the world channel in the corner of her vision suddenly jumped out with shocking red words, and she enlarged the interface.

[Player [Li Du] has been killed and his information has been erased.]

[The player system carrier [USS Reagan] has been disassembled.]