The fleet continued to travel at a stop-and-go pace, and in Fang Yuan's memory, it felt like they had been traveling for more than half a year.
When we reached the mainland of the fleet, it was already winter, as I remembered it.
The weather here seems to still be in springtime.
She was right; the fleet did indeed come from a continent.
In the last few days, You Chuan went to her boat again.
They claimed they wanted to explain some important points to her.
"Do you see that? That continent over there is it. Welcome to my country."
Standing on the boat, You Chuan pointed to the vast expanse of land stretching as far as the eye could see and said.
"This...this must be land, right? It feels so big."
Looking at the continent before him, even though Xu Jiaheng disliked traveling to Sichuan, he had to admit that it was indeed much larger than his hometown.
The land stretched as far as the eye could see.
Fang Yuan nodded: "It is indeed quite large."
However, based on You Chuan's previous account, she estimated that the area of this continent might be twice the size of the Sun Kingdom.
However, according to You Chuan, this is already the largest continent he knows.
“Our coastline is full of docks, and many families own them. The nearest dock belongs to another family, and my family’s dock is a day’s walk away.”
As several ships in the fleet approached the shore, You Chuan continued to explain to Fang Yuan.
"It's okay. We've made it through the last six months, so a day or two won't make a difference."
“It’s not the island lord who’s in charge here, but the city lords of each city. The city lords can grant noble titles. If you two need noble titles, I can help you.”
After You Chuan finished speaking, he glanced at Xu Jiaheng.
"It's just an empty title; it doesn't matter whether I have it or not," Xu Jiaheng refused.
“It’s different. Only nobles can have tax breaks and servants. You’ve come from afar, so you should at least have a noble status,” You Chuan replied, shaking his head.
"Could Brother You make an introduction?" Fang Yuan asked in return.
"Of course, you all saved my life, so this is nothing," You Chuan nodded and said.
Another day passed, and all the other ships left, leaving only You Chuan's five ships and hers.
"Look, our dock is just ahead. Mr. Fang, you can rest at my place first, and I'll introduce you to some people later."
You Chuan pointed to the area ahead and said to Fang Yuan.
The entire coastal area is lined with various docks, and naturally, the You family also had one.
They passed several docks along the way, and the other ships in the caravan stopped there one after another.
Fang Yuan saved You Chuan's life, so You Chuan naturally invited them to dock at his family's pier.
"Then thank you very much, Brother You," Fang Yuan said with a smile.
Here's the benefit of saving lives: free parking.
It would also help her expand her network of contacts, wouldn't that be great?
Moreover, she saved not only You Chuan on the way, but also other people.
Thanks to her, although the fleet traveled the farthest this time, the loss of personnel was the smallest.
"Boat owner, if possible, could you provide a villa? There are quite a few of us on board, and it wouldn't be appropriate for us to stay at your place for an extended period."
Xu Jiaheng couldn't help but speak up.
Seeing that Fang Yuan did not object to Xu Jiaheng's words, You Chuan smiled and nodded:
"Look at me, I was careless. I have a small three-courtyard house in the city, I'll give it to Miss Fang!"
Although he was somewhat interested in Fang Yuan, his life was saved by Xu Jiaheng.
He couldn't be so shameless as to take away what he loved.
"That's even better, then thank you very much, Brother You." Fang Yuan did not object.
People from the mainland would send fleets out to sea to collect goods every now and then.
Different families went to different places.
People like Fang Yuan live in very far-off places and usually only go out once every few years.
It would take one or two years to make a round trip.
Upon arriving at the city where You Chuan was located, Fang Yuan realized that this guy was from the city lord's mansion.
He himself is the city lord's younger brother.
Having moved into the courtyard that You Chuan had given them, Fang Yuan looked at Xu Jiaheng, who seemed rather unhappy:
"How about we stay here from now on?"
Xu Jiaheng regained his composure and chuckled softly at Fang Yuan: "As long as I'm by your side, I'm fine anywhere."
He has never regretted leaving with her.
"Don't worry, I can see that you're willing to give up everything to follow me. After we get to know each other here, we can still go back to Biluo Island for a visit."
Now that there are flight routes available, she can certainly go back.
"good!"
Xu Jiaheng then smiled genuinely.
Spring comes and autumn goes, and in the blink of an eye, Fang Yuan has spent a year here.
In one year, Fang Yuan, an outsider, became a rising star here with the help of You Chuan and several other boat owners.
Both she and Xu Jiaheng obtained aristocratic status and became well-known wealthy overseas businessmen.
At the same time, she married Xu Jiaheng, which put his mind at ease.
Five years later, one day after the Spring Festival, she kept her promise to Xu Jiaheng and planned to return to Emerald Island.
It was the same ship they had come on, and the same twenty or so people.
It wasn't that she didn't want to bring two more ships, but that her abilities were currently only enough to protect one ship.
"Mother, where are we going?"
A four- or five-year-old boy stood on the deck of the ship, looking at the increasingly distant coastline and the surrounding azure sea, and asked Fang Yuan curiously.
The boy wore a small, hollowed-out gold ball around his neck, inside which were two beads of different colors.
He was wearing a light blue brocade robe and a fluffy little hat on his head.
With her chubby little face and big, watery eyes, she kept looking around as if she couldn't get enough of what she was seeing.
“Let’s go back to your father’s hometown!” Fang Yuan squatted down, picked him up, and gently stroked his little face as she spoke softly.
Fortunately, the boat was moving slowly, so the sea breeze wasn't strong, and the little one was dressed warmly enough so he wasn't cold.
"Father's hometown? Isn't Father's home over there?"
Xu Weiyang pointed to the land behind him, which was almost out of sight, and asked.
He remembered that he was born here, so why isn't this his hometown?
"Of course not. Your father and I are from other places. We settled here because we thought this place was great."
Fang Yuan patted the little guy's head and replied with a smile.
To her, this so-called 'mainland' was much the same as Kyushu Island.
It wasn't the place she longed for, and she felt no sense of belonging.
"Will we be at sea for a long time? Xiao Liu said we'll stay for a year, a year is a long time!" Xu Weiyang said, frowning.
"Don't worry, Mom will take you back on a fun-filled journey. A year won't be long."
Fang Yuan gently pinched his little nose and said.
My child is over four years old now, it's time to let the little guy see the underwater world.
A short while later, I heard another child shouting:
"Mother, brother!!!"
A cabin door opened, and Xu Jiaheng came out carrying his two-year-old daughter.
"Madam, our daughter woke up and insisted on finding you. I couldn't stop her," Xu Jiaheng complained to Fang Yuan with a wronged expression.
He now understands Fang Yuan's weakness; he knows she responds better to gentle persuasion than force.
"My little sister is such a clingy person, even more clingy than me!" Xu Weiyang said, making a face.
His younger sister likes to compete with him for their mother's attention, and his father even says that he is a little man and should give in to his sister.
He didn't want to be a little man at all; he just wanted his mother.
"Alright, you're both such clingy little devils! But you're a little man now, so let Mommy hug your little sister, okay?"
Fang Yuan put his son down and took his daughter from him.
"Hmph!" Xu Weiyang pouted unhappily.
Then he looked at Xu Jiaheng and said, "Let's go back slowly this time. The children haven't seen the world in the sea yet."
"I'll do whatever you say, Madam." Xu Jiaheng pulled his son to his side, then put his arms around Fang Yuan and his daughter.
The weather isn't very warm these days, but the sea breeze is strong, so be careful not to catch a cold.
A month later, the multi-story ship sailing on the sea suddenly disappeared.
Fifty meters below the surface, a crystal palace is slowly drifting forward.
A group of whales circled around the glittering palace.
"Wow, how did we end up in the sea? Mommy, where is this place? Are those fish? How come there are such big fish?"
Xu Weiyang looked at where he was in disbelief.
This house is so beautiful, it can even fly in the water!
Moreover, why can he still talk and breathe in the water?
When his father was teaching him to swim, he died from holding his breath underwater.
"This is the palace that the Sea Goddess gave to my mother, of course it can be in the sea." Fang Yuan only used one word: fabricated!
"Is Mother the daughter of the Sea Goddess? Are those fish the Sea Goddess's protectors?"
Xu Weiyang didn't know what the Sea Goddess was, but he remembered the annual Sea Goddess Festival, which was very lively.
"The sea is so beautiful! Are our palace being pushed along by these fish guards?"
"Right? Are you scared? Aren't you afraid that such a big fish will eat you?" Fang Yuan threatened the little guy.
"I'm not afraid. I'm a man, and they are my mother's protectors. They definitely won't hurt me," Xu Weiyang said after thinking for a moment.
He then nodded in affirmation.
"My son is so great! Would you like to go outside and touch them, Mommy?"
"Really? Then... then I want to touch it!" Xu Weiyang's eyes instantly lit up, her face full of anticipation.
"Come on, let's touch these little fish."
Fang Yuan took her son's hand and they left the Crystal Palace's barrier.
The water-repellent beads around Xu Weiyang's neck formed a shield that covered him.
"Mom, what is this?" Xu Weiyang asked, touching the invisible air around him.
He didn't understand why it was like this in the sea.
“This is a magical bead that allows you to breathe freely underwater,” Fang Yuan replied after thinking for a moment.
Her son did not inherit her ability to breathe underwater, but he did inherit her affinity for animals in this world.
The fish were willing to swarm around him when they saw him.
"These fish are so big!" He happily touched the fish around him, his eyes crinkling with laughter.
Fang Yuan stayed by his side, watching him laugh and play with the fish.
"Mother, brother... Father!" The daughter stretched out her hands, reaching out to her brother outside.
Seeing her brother playing with the fish outside, she also wanted to go out and play.
Xu Jiaheng had no choice but to hold her and spin around in the sea with her.
They continued their journey, stopping and starting along the way. Xu Weiyang kept asking all sorts of questions, and Fang Yuan's lies were almost turning into a story.
Fang Yuan glanced at Xu Jiaheng: "Explain to your son."
"Madam, I know everything!" Xu Jiaheng said innocently, but he was secretly laughing to himself.
"You make things up if you don't know anything? Can't a grown man like you even make up a story?"
"Does Madam mean that everything you said before was fabricated?" Xu Jiaheng asked meaningfully.
"Are you really curious to know if it's true or not?" Fang Yuan countered.
"No, whatever you say, Madam," Xu Jiaheng quickly replied.
"You'll have to take care of the kids for a while, humph!" Fang Yuan took the opportunity to dump the two children on their father.
It took nearly a year of travel, with many stops along the way, to get back to Kyushu.
The little fish has transformed from one that needed its parents to pull it around in the water to a chubby little fish that can move freely in the sea at any time.
"I never thought I'd come back here. Now that the house is gone, shall we go to the Qin family's place?"
Standing in front of the old courtyard, I realized that the house had already been sold.
"This is the only way." Xu Jiaheng held his daughter, his smile never fading.
"Oh, you two are actually back?" Qin Wenyuan looked at Fang Yuan and the other person, extremely surprised.
"We came back in such a hurry that we forgot we sold the house back then. We've troubled Uncle Qin. I hope you don't mind, Uncle Qin?" Fang Yuan replied with a smile.
"Of course not! I'm so glad you're back. Shengnan always talks about you when she goes back to her parents' home!"
Qin Wenyuan waved his hand.
The fact that the Qin family has descendants is all thanks to Fang Yuan; they wouldn't care about such things.
"I bought that courtyard back then, and now that you've come back, I'm returning it to you," Qin Wenyuan said to Fang Yuan.
When Fang Yuan left, he bought this house as a memento.
Unexpectedly, this person actually came back five years later.
He looked at the two children the couple had with them and tentatively asked:
"Who are these two children...?"
“This is my child with my wife; we are already married,” Xu Jiaheng replied calmly.
Then he said to the two children, "Yang'er, Lan'er, call him Grandpa Qin."
"Hello Grandpa Qin, I am Xu Weiyang, and this is my younger sister Lan'er."
Five-year-old Xu Weiyang stepped forward and, pretending to be an adult, clasped his little hands together in a gesture of respect.
"Good, good, good, what a good boy. I never thought that you two would eventually become a couple. Congratulations to you both."
Qin Wenyuan was genuinely happy for Xu Jiaheng.
After all, he had stayed by Fang Yuan's side for so many years, how could he not be happy to be together with her now?
"Uncle Qin, you flatter me. By the way, where did Shengnan marry?" Fang Yuan asked.
“After you left Pearl Island, she often went to visit He Zhuzhu. Over time, she and Zhuzhu’s son fell in love.”
He was gratified that his daughter was able to marry the man she loved.
“Pearl Island, huh? I’d love to go see them.” Fang Yuan nodded.
For the next six months or so, the area was repeatedly visited by several islands.
The two of them even made a special trip back to Biluo Island.
After meeting with Xu Heng's brother, the two returned to Kyushu Island.
The two strolled back.
A tentative female voice interrupted Fang Yuan's attention:
"Xiaoyuan, are you Xiaoyuan?"
Fang Yuan stared at the woman in her early twenties in front of him, momentarily stunned.
"Sister Qin? What are you doing here?"
Wasn't Luo Qin on Biluo Island? How did she end up in Kyushu?
"It really is you! You haven't been back for so many years, I thought you were gone!" Luo Qin said reproachfully.
He then laughed and said, "I'm only here because of you. The few bolts of fine cloth you sent me helped me find a good husband."
Fang Yuan smiled somewhat awkwardly: "Really? That's good, that's good."
After she impersonated the goddess, she was too embarrassed to go back to her, so she sent someone to deliver some cloth to her.
Unexpectedly, this changed Luo Qin's life.
After a moment of joy, Luo Qin couldn't help but say:
"Do you remember Liu Yan? She died three years ago on Samsung Island."
She knew that Liu Yan had betrayed her and Fang Yuan, which was why she wanted to tell Fang Yuan.
"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have completely forgotten about this person."
To survive for so long despite being disfigured shows that Liu Yan is indeed quite capable.
"She deserved it; who told her to be so wicked back then!"
Luo Qin spoke with some regret, but in the end she couldn't help but curse.
"Yes, you can know a person's face but not their heart. Luckily, we both said it was nothing."
As the two were talking, Xu Jiaheng slowly walked over carrying his daughter. Upon seeing this, Luo Qin smiled and said:
"Is that your man in the back? He's quite something, actually willing to hold your daughter. Your man looks familiar."
For some reason, she felt like she had seen this person before.
"Oh? It's nothing. He has an ordinary face, so he's easy to get along with." Fang Yuan thoughtfully changed the subject.
After chatting for a while, Luo Qin left.
Fang Yuan looked Xu Jiaheng up and down, a knowing expression on his face.
Xu Jiaheng asked somewhat guiltily, "What's wrong?"
"snort!"
After living on Kyushu Island for two years, Fang Yuan took her child back to the mainland.
Every few years thereafter, Fang Yuan would take his family on a trip back and forth.
Twenty years later, her and Xu Jiaheng's appearances, which hadn't changed in a long time, were no longer suitable for strolling around places with many acquaintances.
They then chose another island along the way and settled there for a while.
Fifty years later, before his death, Xu Jiaheng finally asked:
"Madam, did you give me some kind of magic pill?"
"Yes, I don't want my man to be an old man in the future. It's a pity that I can't extend his lifespan," Fang Yuan said regretfully.
The elixir of youth can only preserve youth, but it cannot prolong life.
"But aren't you human? How do you have these things?" Xu Jiaheng asked another question.
"As expected, tell me, when did you find out I was human?" Fang Yuan asked back with an unfriendly expression.
"I found out about your neighbor when I went back to compete for the island's ownership," Xu Jiaheng said with a smile.
"Luo Qin? No wonder, I thought you fell in love with me even though you knew I was a siren!"
At the time, she was quite touched that this man was still following her even though he knew she was different.
“Even if you were a siren, I still fell in love with you back then, really,” Xu Jiaheng said as if making a vow.
"Alright, you've been using cheesy pickup lines your whole life," Fang Yuan said.
"Thank you, Yuanyuan. Meeting you in this life has made my life worthwhile."
"Me too, I'm quite happy in this life."
Not long after Xu Jiaheng left, Fang Yuan also passed away.
Before leaving, she told the system not to find her such worlds again. Although the sea was nice, she still preferred to wander on land.
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