Chapter 199 Unknown Journey
Xu Tuohai: "Now that they're gone, isn't it time you told me the whereabouts of the Star of Heaven?"
Situ: "They've left, but they haven't left your territory yet. Why are you so anxious? It's not even ten o'clock yet!"
Junlan rushed to Tianzi No. 1 Pier with her children. When she looked at her watch, it was already 9:45. She was so anxious that she paced back and forth on the ferry pier.
At this time, Mingli pointed at Junlan's pocket and asked, "Junlan's mother, what's in there?"
Only then did Jun Lan realize that there was a dim blue light coming from her pocket. She quickly reached into her pocket and took something out. Unexpectedly, this thing shocked the mother and son.
"How come the Star of Heaven is here with me?" Jun Lan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise as she looked at the Star of Heaven emitting a dim blue light on the pitch-black dock.
Thinking back, it was this gem that took the lives of Liu Xi and Wang Qiang. Now that Situ handed this life-saving gem to her, wasn't it the same as taking his life as well?
Mingli: "Mother Junlan, such a precious thing, no matter who gave it to you, you must never let others see it."
Junlan: "You're right, but where should I hide it?"
Jun Lan thought about it again and again but still couldn't figure it out. Still, he was sensible and alert. He pointed at her chest and said, "I think it's best to hide it here."
Junlan poked Mingli's head with her finger and said, "You are such a clever guy with so many ideas."
While everyone was watching, she secretly stuffed the gem into the gap of her underwear.
Suddenly, a strong light shot out from the sea.
Jun Lan covered her eyes with her hands and saw through her fingers a fishing boat slowly approaching them.
The leader of the other party stood at the bow and asked loudly: "Auntie, what's your name? Do you want to take a boat?"
Jun Lan thought to herself, "How can I be an aunt? You are the aunt, and your whole family are aunts."
Mingli shouted to them: "Her name is Lin Junlan."
The leader turned off the searchlight, then pulled the boat to the dock and said, "If you want to go to Burma, get on board. Are you just women and children? Where are your men?"
Jun Lan: "He...may not be able to come."
The leader asked: "Do you still want to get on board?"
Junlan held Mingli's hand and said to him, "Should we still go to Burma? It's not too late to regret now. Once we get on the boat, we'll be giving our lives to them, and there's no turning back."
Mingli: "There are hungry wolves in front and pursuers behind, it's better to leave first!"
After hearing this, Junlan said to them helplessly: "Get on the boat, we are going to Burma."
After hearing her say that she wanted to get on the boat, the leader put a piece of wood from the boat so that they could walk to the boat from the shore.
Just as they were about to set sail, Junlan suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Junlan..."
Jun Lan quickly stopped the leading brother: "Wait a minute, brother, where are the others?"
The leader turned on the searchlight and shone it towards the source of the sound.
Only then did Jun Lan see clearly that it was Fan Xi running towards them with blood all over his head.
Jun Lan: "Brother, it's him, one of us, take him on board!"
Just then the leader discovered that there was someone chasing Fanxi.
Vansh shouts at them, “Leave me alone and start the boat.”
The leader quickly started the motor and drove towards the dark ocean.
Jun Lan: "Brother, why don't you save people?"
The leader said: "Didn't you see that the man chasing him has a weapon in his hand? If he gets entangled with him..."
Fan Xi shouted with all his might towards the dark ocean: "Yang Ning is not dead."
Jun Lan took the leader's hand and asked, "Did you hear anything just now?"
The leader said: "It seems that Yang Ning is not dead."
Jun Lan: "I knew it, I knew he wasn't dead."
She shouted toward the shore, "I know."
Junlan knelt at the bow and burst into tears.
Mingli: "Junlan's mother, please don't cry. I'm glad that uncle is okay. Even if you cry hard, you can't save the people on the shore."
The leader said: "Sister, I hate to see women cry, so please stop crying, okay? I apologize to you. It's not that I'm being unkind and unwilling to save your man, but you saw what happened just now. If I don't start the boat in time, not only will I not be able to save your man, but everyone on this boat will be buried with him."
Jun Lan: "The man on the shore just now is not my husband. I don't blame you. Just drive the boat safely and send us to Myanmar."
The leader said: "Okay, the wind is strong at night, you and the children should go to the cabin to take shelter! It's really pitiful for an orphan and a widow. My wife and children are in there, and since you are all women, it will be easier for you to take care of them."
Junlan took the children into the cabin. Perhaps Yang Di was frightened or had caught a cold, but she suddenly started crying non-stop. No matter how Junlan and Mingli tried to comfort her, she couldn't stop crying.
Jun Lan: "Why are you so naughty? Don't cry like your mother! What if you disturb others? If you cry again, I will beat you."
At this time, a middle-aged woman's voice came from the corner: "You can't do this, your baby may be hungry."
In the darkness, a woman lit a kerosene lamp, and the entire cabin suddenly became bright.
"I'm sorry, there are rules on board. Try to avoid getting angry as much as possible." She said quietly.
Junlan looked around the cabin and found that they were really poor and didn't have any decent electrical furniture.
Junlan: "Sister, what's your name?"
"My husband's last name is Zhao, so you can just call me Sister Zhao."
Jun Lan: "I'm sorry, did my child wake you up by being disobedient?"
Mrs. Zhao: "It's okay. I heard my husband is going to pick up a few people to go to Myanmar tonight. Are you guys the ones he's talking about?"
Jun Lan: "I'm so sorry to bother you."
Mrs. Zhao: "There's nothing to be embarrassed about. We do this for money, but you are very different from what I imagined."
Jun Lan: "What do you mean by that?"
Mrs. Zhao: "Hearing you say that, I know I'm right. You really are one of those city kids who's been pampered and cared for since childhood, right? If I hadn't seen you taking care of so many children, I wouldn't have believed you were already a mother."
Jun Lan: "But now my husband is not by my side. I'm afraid I will have to suffer with these children in the future." As she spoke, she couldn't help but wiped away her tears secretly.
Mrs. Zhao: "Well, what's the big deal if your husband isn't around? It's not like the sky is falling. You look so pretty that you won't have to worry about food and clothing no matter where you go. If you're worried that you can't raise so many children on your own, you can go to Myanmar and find a good family to marry into. Maybe they'll really treat them like their own children."
Jun Lan: "This is absolutely not possible, Sister Zhao. My husband is still alive and I can't do anything to let him down."
Mrs. Zhao: "But you have to survive first. If you don't eat, your children will have to eat too, right? A woman like you who doesn't marry over there will only have two fates: one is to be captured by drug lords and militia leaders and forced to work as a prostitute, and the other is to become a whore. It's your choice!"
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