After a day's work, everyone should have taken a break and chatted, but because something unpleasant had happened before, everyone sat around the table eating in silence, and the atmosphere became a little awkward.
The dishes were leftovers from the morning and some heated steamed buns, so they made do with that as a meal. However, the atmosphere was already uncomfortable, so eating seemed like chewing wax. Lingshang had the biggest reaction. She ate an apple with her head down, a departure from her usual magnanimous and respectable appearance. However, it was indeed the first time for her to become a human being, and her understanding of many things was not the same as ours.
After she finished her meal in a hurry, she asked to go upstairs. The three of us did not stop her and just continued to eat. After seeing her go all the way upstairs, Yunwen said, "Sister Lingshang did not experience the days of sleeping outdoors with me, nor did she witness what Song Bailu and Song Yingchun did back then. She just hopes that everyone will be treated fairly."
"Yes, Brother Zhou Bo and I have experienced your past together. We have been to the places you have been to and walked on the land you have walked on. We understand how we have survived with great difficulty. Everything is hard-earned. So I know why you said those words to Miss Song. It is because you want to protect us and maintain order, and at the same time you are afraid that she will harm others again. It is because of your understanding of her that you said those words, warnings and threats." Su Yuexi said.
"Because now all things, food, clothing, shelter, transportation, threats from wild beasts, evil forces, etc., are far away from us, so everyone is slack and feels that the originally established order is not so important. There is no awe. This is what I fear most. Without awe, we are regressing. We are all in an illusion. Although there are no wild beasts around, there is more fog, and the fog is surrounded by an abyss." I said.
"The development of civilization also promotes new threats. The more developed a country is, the more dangerous a spear is but not necessarily fatal in one blow. However, the same cannot be said for a gun. The more people's hearts are moved, the more selfish they become. We have escaped from a terrible cycle and entered a new one. In this cycle, we begin to face a struggle without an enemy, a silent struggle." Yunwen said.
"Aren't you investigating a mysterious man? How come there are no enemies?" Su Yuexi asked.
"I originally thought that I had to go to the seaside to investigate the records about the mysterious man and guard against his intrusion. But now there is no need, because there is no mysterious man at all. Everything is just a lie, a lie from Hu Lingshang." I said.
"No mysterious person? How do you know?" Su Yuexi asked.
Yunwen and I looked at each other. We knew each other's intentions. I said, "I didn't realize it at first until Hu Lingshang's remarks were so fierce. She has always been calm and gentle. She would never seek justice for Song Bailu in such a fierce way. So I understand that she was bewitched."
"Pretend to be pitiful, gain trust, and then use the Gate of Life and Death to create an illusion. You can then describe as a black shadow appearing, but in fact there is no such shadow. You can make Sister Lingshang be bewitched without anyone noticing. Of course, words are not enough. There is one thing that can be used to communicate with Cheng Feng, and it can also make Sister Lingshang unable to resist, and be manipulated by the Gate of Life and Death at will, and even her cognition will be affected." Yunwen said.
"What is it?" Su Yuexi asked.
Yunwen took out a nail from her hand. Su Yuexi took it and smelled it. She was stunned and understood what we meant.
"This was all planned by her. She knew she would be beaten with a military stick, so she let herself be injured on purpose. When she had the chance, she stayed alone on the second floor and wanted to remove the nail from her finger and burn the evidence. However, the nail could not be burned, so she asked me to go upstairs. Because I had the magic stone on me, I could restrain the evil nature of that thing, so it could be burned. Unexpectedly, things turned out differently than she thought, and in her rage, she forgot about the nail and left it in the corner." I said.
Su Yuexi held the strange nail piece, shook her head, and said, "Alas, as expected, the human heart is hard to predict."
In fact, she saw it at the first sight, and she was probably in disbelief when she smelled it. This nail piece was exactly the nail of the Death Curse that Cheng Feng found from the deep sea. He gave it to Song Bailu, which showed that the two of them had been secretly communicating for a long time. With the ability of the Death Curse, Hu Lingshang had thousands of skills, but was also corrupted by the corrupt breath. Once the magical powers were removed, wouldn't she be at the mercy of others?
That's why Su Yuexi had such feelings, because now the situation has reversed again, and she finally understood Song Bailu's intentions. She was the informer, not some mysterious black shadow. Without that thing, everything was fictional.
But there are definitely alien species, that’s for sure; whether they are dangerous to us is another matter. Therefore, I don’t plan to cancel tomorrow’s sailing trip because of this. Of course, the purpose now is not just one, but several.
Why?
The first is to have fun, the second is to explore the alien species, and the third is to determine whether certain people are still necessary to stay with us.
After we finished eating and drinking, I asked Yunwen to help inform everyone about tomorrow's trip. Then the three of us chatted and I asked, "Yunwen, I was just about to ask you, if you have the chance, do you want to go back to see your parents? And your fiancé? Don't worry about me, just say it."
She thought for a moment, shook her head, and said, "There are too many things here that I can't let go of. All the people and things on the island have become my new family. When I leave, Sanfu will miss me, and all the residents here will miss me, as well as you. I can't bear to be separated from you, and I don't want to go back and listen to my parents' orders. I want to be with you forever in this barren land and build our own world."
I smiled and hugged her tightly. She sat on my lap and smiled happily. I said, "Me too. I can't bear to leave everything here. But when we feel better one day, we can go back and take a look at their living conditions occasionally. It's okay. We can secretly leave some gold on the island for them as a filial piety. But our identities have actually died in that plane crash, right?"
Yunwen nodded, and Su Yuexi also nodded, saying: "That's right, we are all a group of lonely ghosts, people outside the world."
The next day, the five of us and one horse rushed to the beach and arrived at the place where the pirate ship was docked on West Island. The ship had already been cleaned clean by Su Yuexi using the method of manipulating puppets. After going up, we set sail directly, which was quite comfortable.
But when the boat reached a certain place, I came to Song Bailu and sat next to her. She was still angry and turned her face away.
"Bai Lu, you asked me to send you away. I think it is feasible. I will give you this ship. There are also many fish, shrimp, meat, rice, flour, fungus, mushrooms, wild vegetables, etc. in the ship. Of course, there is enough spring water, enough for you to eat for a month. I also left you some bronze objects, gold and silver as your salary. You can go back to the civilized world, but don't abuse witchcraft, and learn to treat people sincerely." I said.
She was startled, and immediately grabbed my hand, shook her head vigorously, and said, "What about you? Aren't you going back?"
I slowly pushed her hand away and said, "I will go back and be my king. In the future, I will establish sacrificial ceremonies, build temples for us, recruit more people, and build a more harmonious country, so that freedom and order can continue to be passed on there. You also remember that when you go back, forget about us, remember that Yunwen, your sister and I all died in a plane crash, understand?"
Tears welled up in her eyes and she said, "Aren't we out here to have fun?"
"Song Bailu, this is all the protection I can give you over such a long time. We are no longer friends now," I said.
On the other side, Yunwen and Yuexi had already convinced Lingshang, and the three of them were waiting for me on the deck. I wiped Bailu's tears and said, "I forgot to tell you that Yunwen is pregnant, so I won't let her stay at sea for too long in the sea breeze. Goodbye."
After saying that, I went back and boarded the Sanfu with Yunwen, while Su Yuexi and Lingshang were like two fairies beside me, flying on my left and right. I watched the boat going farther and farther away, and Song Bailu became smaller and smaller until she could no longer be seen clearly.
"I will come back! Zhou Bo!" she shouted at the sea.
We are flying freely in the sky. There are many free and happy things waiting for us to do. This deserted island will leave us with infinite life possibilities....
Fly!
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