When the boat approached Lan Shuang, she realized that it was not a small boat, but a large cargo ship. When it stopped in front of her, she had to look up and open her eyes wide to see the edge of the deck.
"Hi! My dear friends, how are you?"
The captain and the first mate stood on the deck, holding onto the railing and waving at them with all their might! They looked so excited as if they had seen their loved ones.
But from Lan Shuang's perspective, the heights of these two people were a bit too subtle.
She hadn't eaten normal vegetables for a long time, and now these two people looked like potatoes and eggplants skewered on railings in her eyes.
Especially since the captain was wearing a brown jacket, and the first mate...ah, was wearing a purple shirt.
These two people look strangely delicious standing together.
Lan Shuang swallowed and waved. "Hello, I'm Lan Shuang Modo, and this is Los. We accidentally fell into the sea and drifted to this deserted island. Can you help take us back? I will give you a generous reward!"
"Ah..." The bearded captain showed a very shocked expression, "How long have you been here?"
Lan Shuang held up a finger: "One month."
"Oh my God, you are amazing!" The captain immediately lowered the ladder. "Come up, my friends. I don't need your payment. This is just a small favor!"
"Thanks!"
Lan Shuang immediately grabbed the rope ladder, but she didn't go up. Instead, she looked at Los and said, "Let's go."
Ross nodded: "Okay."
He went up first. When he was almost on the deck, the captain and the first mate reached out to pull him up, but he refused. After he stood firmly, he reached out to Lan Shuang below and said, "Come."
Lan Shuang smiled and climbed up nimbly at such a fast speed that the captain and the first mate were stunned.
"Wow, Miss Lan Shuang, you're so amazing! Have you practiced before?"
The captain was like a human-shaped boasting machine. Without waiting for Lan Shuang to reply, he looked at Los beside her and exclaimed in an extremely exaggerated way: "Oh my God! Sir, how can you be so beautiful? You are even more handsome than the sun god! Looking at you, my heart is melting!"
Lan Shuang: “???”
Los: “…”
The first mate raised his hands to cover his face, obviously feeling embarrassed. He tugged at the captain's clothes and whispered in his ear, "Captain, didn't you notice they were a couple? What are you talking about in your sleep?"
Captain: “Hmm?”
He glanced at the first mate, then turned to look at Lan Shuang and Los, and found that the two were holding hands tightly. Then he suddenly realized: "So he is your little sweetheart!"
As he said this he shook his head with regret.
Lan Shuang: “…”
If you keep doing this we're going to jump ship!
Seeing that his words were getting more and more out of line, the first mate pushed them aside and said to them with a smile, "I'm sorry, our captain is just like that. He's never been very smart since he was a child. Don't take what he says to heart."
Lan Shuang also smiled and said, "It's okay, he's quite enthusiastic."
The first mate laughed heartily: "It's windy here, let's go to the cabin and talk."
…
The group moved to a clean and bright restaurant. Several sailors were moving things back and forth, and many people with nothing to do were standing not far away and watching them.
"What did you say your name was?"
The first mate was interrupted by the captain just now and didn't get to ask the question. Now he asked Lan Shuang again.
Lan Shuang gathered her long hair that had been blown a little loose by the wind and said, "I am Lan Shuang Modo, the eldest princess of Modo Country."
The first mate was surprised: "Is it really the eldest princess? Haven't you already..."
"He's dead?" Lan Shuang asked with a smile, "Has the news spread outside?"
Ross, who had been sitting quietly beside her, frowned in dissatisfaction when he heard the word "death". He took her hand and squeezed it, "You won't die."
"Of course I won't die. I will stay with you." Lan Shuang pressed his palm soothingly.
The first mate watched with a nauseous look on his face. "Ahem... well, so what's going on? Your maid ran back to the palace crying, saying you'd fallen into the sea and disappeared. The captain sent sailors to look for you, but they found nothing. Everyone assumed you were dead, and the king and queen were planning to crown the second princess as crown prince on her birthday."
He felt a little lacking in confidence when he spoke the latter part, and carefully observed Lan Shuang's expression.
However, Lan Shuang's face did not show any anger, jealousy, sadness or other emotions.
She just nodded calmly: "Yeah, it's expected. They must have been waiting for this day for a long time."
The first mate smiled sheepishly and said, "I didn't expect the princess to be alive. It's really God's blessing. It seems their plan will fail."
"I am the legitimate heir to the throne. With me here, how could the Second Princess take over?" Lan Shuang said calmly, "Besides, I didn't fall into the sea by myself."
"What do you mean?" The first mate frowned, and Los's eyes became dangerous.
"It was my maid who pushed me down. She must have been bribed."
Lan Shuang recalled the maid's smug face at that time and couldn't help but sneer.
"How could this be!" The captain, who was walking over, slammed the table in anger. "This is too much!"
Lan Shuang smiled: "So I went back this time to get my things back. I will never forget your kindness."
The captain and the first mate looked at each other, shook their heads, and said, "It's really just a small favor. Your Highness, don't worry about it."
Lan Shuang didn't continue to express her gratitude, but instead asked, "Why are you here? No one has been in or out of this sea area all year round."
"Well……"
The captain and the first mate suddenly laughed awkwardly. Lan Shuang raised an eyebrow: "Could they be lost?"
The captain laughed. "We are indeed lost, hahahahaha. We encountered a storm and then strayed off our original course. We have been wandering here for two days and have no idea where to go. I didn't expect to meet you."
"Maybe this is fate." Lan Shuang laughed, "You are the ones sent by God to save me."
"So do you know the way back?" The captain placed his hopes on Lan Shuang and Los.
Lan Shuang: "I..."
"I know."
Ross suddenly spoke, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
Lan Shuang looked at him in surprise: "You know?"
"Yeah." He stared at Lan Shuang with his beautiful and pure eyes, but did not elaborate.
Lan Shuang noticed it, so she didn't ask any more questions and said, "Los knows the way back. Let him tell the helmsman."
“That’s great!”
The first mate immediately stood up and said, "Please—"
Los pulled Lan Shuang up and followed the first mate to the deck. The captain asked someone to prepare food so that they could eat it after they came back after talking to the helmsman.
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