The maid Lingxi and the boatman also chimed in: "This young man is seriously injured and has been in the water for who knows how long. If we don't save him, he will die."

Facing unanimous opposition from everyone, Luo Lingyu softened her tone and said, "We will arrive in Jianye in two days. I am a woman, and there is an extra man on the boat. I saved this man, and after getting off the boat, I met the Lu family. How can I explain it?"

"Besides, his clothes are so tattered and he is injured. He may not only be poor, but also have committed murder. Such a dangerous person..."

Nine-year-old Luo Yunhuan hesitated for a moment: "... Then, let's rescue them quietly and let them go quietly without letting anyone know... Sister, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda."

Luo Lingyu: "We are all on the boat. We don't have enough food and clothing, and we need to be frugal. If we save another man, what will we eat..."

Luo Yunhuan swallowed her saliva and looked at the two fish spilled from the fish basket reluctantly. She struggled for a moment, thinking that she could only eat vegetable soup to fill her stomach anyway, so she could just continue to endure the hunger. Miss Luo Yunhuan frowned and said miserably, "Then I won't eat it. Can I give my share to this big brother?"

Luo Yunhuan used her ultimate weapon: "Sister, if someone had rescued mom and dad at that time, maybe they would have survived!"

Luo Lingyu was startled, her eyelashes fluttered like feathers, her dark eyes were slightly empty, and she stared at her sister's face absentmindedly. She retreated far away from the injured man, not wanting to look at the dirty man at all. But her sister's words made her eyes dim, her throat dry, and she couldn't say anything to refute.

Golden light hangs over the river, the moon fills the lake, and the red sun breaks through the water.

There were only two days left before reaching Jianye. The others on the boat were busy taking care of the rescued man. From beginning to end, Luo Lingyu never looked at him. She gave up the only couch in the cabin and took the initiative to move to a corner, flipping through the account book and continuing to calculate the daily expenses of the Lu family. She was clacking on the abacus, and under the green gauze window, the floating light and water shadows shone on her face layer by layer.

Lu Sanlang was in and out of coma, and woke up several times. Even though the nine-year-old girl and the tired maid were taking care of him, the first person he saw was the girl with a beautiful profile sitting under the window.

After the wounds of the rescued man were bandaged, he still had a high fever, his lips were dry and cracked, and his face was horrible. Miss Luo Yunhuan was extremely kind-hearted and discussed with Sister Lingxi about taking care of the patient. Knowing her sister's temper and not bothering her, Luo Yunhuan was patient, like taking care of a pet, and she wanted to take off this brother's rough white clothes and change him into clean ones.

As there were no men's robes on their ship, they had to give up.

After two days of taking care of the patient without taking off their clothes, on the night before entering Jianye City, both Lingxi and Luo Yunhuan could no longer hold on. The patient slept soundly, and the two ladies, one big and one small, lay on the edge of the couch, resting their heads on their arms and taking a nap. After Miss Luo gave all her food to the patient, her stomach growled with hunger, and she ate heartily in her sleep, her mouth full of delicious food. Lingxi also fell down on the edge of the couch with hunger, her face as yellow as vegetables.

The night wind chased away the fleeting shadows, and the lights in the cabin went out. The boatman and boatwoman rowing outside also fell asleep. In the dark night on the water, only the sound of the oars in the water could be heard. The moonlight was hidden behind the clouds, and it was clearly extinguished and fell on the water as if it was shattered. The light that shone through the window and onto the bed was already extremely dim.

Everyone was asleep. Luo Lingyu, wearing a long skirt with wide sleeves and a silk belt around her waist, lifted the hem of her skirt and tiptoed around the edge of the bed to get away from her sleeping sister and maid. The closer she got to the bed, the more she lifted her sleeves, covered her nose, and hid most of her face behind her sleeves.

She pushed the person on the bed. There was no light on the bed. Luo Lingyu didn't even look at it. She just poked it lightly with her finger. Her movements were very light, but she didn't expect the patient on the bed to stiffen suddenly. He opened his cold eyes and looked at the beauty at the head of the bed. The beauty covered her face with her sleeves and glanced at him casually, indicating that he should follow her out of the cabin.

Lu Sanlang was handsome and good-looking. But first, it was dark at night, second, he was dressed in a rough way, and third, the beautiful woman looked disgusted and didn't even look at him. Lu Sanlang had never been rejected by anyone since he was born.

Lu Saburo had only ever had the experience of being passed notes by girls and being asked to express his feelings.

Lu Sanlang pressed his hand on his badly injured lower back and frowned silently to hide the suppressed pain. After lying on the boat for two days, he recovered a little. Luo Lingyu walked in front of him gracefully. He glanced at her neck, waist, and figure from behind, then retracted his gaze and got off the bed. With a slightly heavy step, Lu Sanlang followed her out.

After the girl called him out, she walked to the bow and pointed at the misty water. Still three steps away from him, the girl's voice was soft and sweet, like an oriole singing: "Tomorrow at noon, our ship will arrive in Jianye. Now we have entered the tidal channel of Jianye waterway, and are not far from the main city of Jianye. We can arrive at any time."

He could not figure out the woman's tricks, but only saw the beauty of her figure. She spoke facing the water, not even looking at him... Lu Sanlang said "hmm" in a noncommittal manner: What then? You can't ask him to marry you just because you saved his life, right?

In this era, men and women were not restricted, people were open-minded, and women from noble families were even more sturdy. But Lu Sanlang... was very, very, very unwilling to accept this.

Lu Sanlang must have misunderstood. Luo Lingyu said softly, "My dear, we are an orphan girl who came to Jianye to seek refuge with our relatives. It is inconvenient for me to take you with me. If my relatives ask, I will not be able to answer." Moreover, it would be troublesome to save a poor person who has enemies, and it would not help her future. "My dear, let's say goodbye now. You can get off the boat here."

Lu Saburo: “…”

Standing in the moonlight, his clothes and face were hidden. Luo Lingyu faced the lake with a pale face. To show that she did not want to establish relations with him, she did not turn her head from beginning to end. She was afraid that she would know his appearance and meet him by chance in the future. The beauty did not even look at him and could not wait to chase him away... It was an unprecedented experience.

Lu Sanlang remained calm, his voice clear and frosty: "This place is still a few miles away from the pier. May I ask how I can get off the boat?"

Luo Lingyu: "Jump into the water, swim away... My dear, you survived the previous fall into the water, so I think you are a good swimmer. Jumping off the boat and swimming back to Jianye should not kill you. My dear, I have no other choice. Please consider my reputation."