That afternoon, Gu Shuo, Qian Fanji, and Zhan Chi arrived one after another. They heard along the way that Xianhailou was buying a container of
Seeing the bottle with the strange note, I guessed something.
They rushed to Xianhai Tower, but Dean Chen was out and had not returned yet. It was not until almost noon the next day that Dean Chen returned to Xianhai Tower, exhausted.
"Dean, where have you been?" Zhan Chi was the first to step forward.
Dean Chen took off his bamboo hat and said, "I went to the sea outside the city to investigate something. Come on, follow me upstairs. I have something to tell you."
Several people vaguely understood what was going on and followed Dean Chen upstairs.
Dean Chen entered the private room and took out the porcelain bottle and the note from the compartment of the cabinet and placed them on the table.
"What's written on this?" Zhan Chi picked it up and looked at it carefully.
Qian Fanji's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he grabbed another piece of paper with trembling fingers: "This is...her handwriting."
Gu Shuo shuddered upon hearing this, his eyes fixed on the note: "Are you sure?"
"Yes, there is no mistake. Her handwriting is unique, and the font is so strange that I guess no one in the entire continent can write it." Qian Fanji suppressed his joy.
Zhan Chi's pupils widened, and the words that came to his ears made him excited and at a loss for words: "So...so...our previous guesses were all correct."
"Yes, she is still alive and well."
"Really? The dean is real?" Zhan Chi was excited.
Dean Chen nodded and took the note from Gu Shuo's hand. "You may not understand it, but I can."
"Does the dean know what is written?" Gu Shuo asked in surprise.
"Well, the little girl taught me simplified Chinese before. She listed the twenty-four letters to make it easier for me to understand." Dean Chen picked up his pen and listed the letters one by one on the rice paper. "These letters can spell out all the syllables of the characters. She also said that once I learned them, they could use pinyin to send messages. That way, even if someone intercepted the message, the message wouldn't be leaked."
The three of them looked at it and found that the letters written by the dean were exactly the same as those on the note, and they were overjoyed.
"What do these three notes say?"
"This one spells out, 'Master, I'm doing well, don't worry. I'll be back in ten years.'" Dean Chen wrote it down and picked up the second one: "Master, I'm on an island in the sea, everything is fine, and I want to say hello to the fathers." The last one seems to be cursing someone..."
After listening to the first two notes, the three of them were 100% sure that they were written by Ye Qianning. They were excited, but when they heard the latter part, their excitement was mixed with doubts.
"Who are you scolding?"
"She said the old man withheld her food and didn't give her any bread... He also abused her all day long. She hoped the sea god would see her and flood her island..."
"You won't give her food?" Zhan Chi slammed the table and stood up angrily when he heard that.
Qian Fanji's face also turned cold: "I will arrange for manpower to go to the South China Sea."
"Let's go now." Gu Shuo stood up.
"Don't be anxious, just listen to what I have to say." Dean Chen gestured for everyone to sit down.
The three of them stood there slightly shifting, the anger on their faces telling it all.
If he didn't feed his child, he wouldn't know how thin and hungry he would be now. His child has been a big eater since he was young.
Zhan Chi couldn't help but think of a little kid in tattered clothes, skinny and chopping wood with a small axe. He worked without food and was locked up in a small dark room.
Thinking of this, the tip of his nose suddenly felt dry and he turned around and rubbed his eyes with his sleeves.
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