Pei Yang had his back to the dormitory, and his tall and broad figure blocked Shen Mingzhu so completely that neither of them could see the scene in the dormitory.

Pei Ziheng quickly found the seaman's certificate in the luggage bag, secretly put it in his pocket, and then restored the zipper of the luggage bag to its original state.

"Dad, I'm going to go pee, I'll be back soon."

Pei Yang turned around and looked at his son, "Can you find the way?"

"You can find it. Turn left and walk to the end."

Pei Yang nodded with satisfaction, "Go ahead."

Both of them subconsciously followed Pei Ziheng's small figure until the dormitory door was closed. Shen Mingzhu withdrew her gaze, and Pei Yang also turned to look at her.

The two of them stared at each other for a while.

Pei Yang spoke first, "Don't be angry, listen to my explanation first, okay?"

Shen Mingzhu was annoyed, "How can I not listen?"

"No, you must listen."

Although Pei Yang's voice contained a smile, his tone revealed a certain unquestionable strength. In addition to the fact that he had spent several years in the army and his work habits, it was probably related to his personality.

Well, the Pei family members all have strong personalities.

Pei Yang briefly recounted the process of how he and Wang Xiuzhu met, "...When Master first told me about this, I didn't know you yet. Master introduced such an outstanding girl from his family to me for a blind date. If I didn't agree, wouldn't I be ungrateful?

Later, my mother had an accident. After I finished taking care of her funeral, I went to Shenjiagou, where I met you and married you. When I came back, Wang Xiuzhu was already at my master's house. We had dinner at my master's house that night, and that was the first time I met her.

I explained everything to her and Master and his wife at the time, and they all knew that I had a wife. Today was an accident. I was so busy looking at you at the time that I didn't expect Wang Xiuzhu to do that."

"Oh, you blame me?"

"Well, it's because you're so beautiful that you've captured my soul." Pei Yang said with a smile in his eyes.

Shen Mingzhu rolled her eyes speechlessly, but her face felt inexplicably hot.

She didn't know whether it was because the man's attitude was serious enough, or because his voice was nice, but the anger in her heart dissipated like a balloon with a hole in it.

The public restroom today is obviously much busier than usual.

The water platform was crowded with several men with bare arms and only wearing pants. These were the crew members who had just returned today. They were laughing and taking a shower, washing their hair, and washing their faces.

The public bathroom is on the first floor. There is hot water for showering, but you need a water ticket. They are too lazy to go downstairs and just use cold water in the bathroom.

Anyway, for them who have been drifting on the sea for many years and have experienced countless storms, taking cold showers in winter is a routine operation. Going downstairs to take a hot shower will be despised and ridiculed by their friends.

When little Pei Ziheng appeared in the public bathroom, the bustling bathroom suddenly became quiet for a moment.

"Hey, where's the child from?"

"It seems to be the second mate's. I saw him holding him at the dock earlier."

"Ha, is this Brother Yang's son?"

A young man in his twenties wiped the water off his face, walked up to Pei Ziheng curiously, and looked him up and down carefully.

"Why doesn't he look like Brother Yang?"

Pei Ziheng's face immediately turned dark.

"Haha, I was just kidding. You and Brother Yang look a lot alike."

The young man laughed loudly and reached out to touch Pei Ziheng's face, but Pei Ziheng dodged him in disgust.

"Hey, you're still shy? Don't be afraid, we don't bully children!"

Pei Ziheng ignored the crew's teasing and walked towards the toilet with his short legs.

The other crew members laughed and gave way to him, and some of them deliberately splashed water on his face for fun, which made Pei Ziheng so angry that his face was as cold as ice.

"Remember to take off your pants, don't pull them up!"

Pei Ziheng squatted in the toilet like a little mushroom, and was annoyed by the crew's teasing but could do nothing about it.

Fortunately, the crew members only teased him verbally and did not run over to see him squatting in the toilet.

Pei Ziheng's small body was just blocked by the low wall of the toilet pit.

He took out his seaman's certificate from his pocket and tore it into pieces bit by bit with an expressionless face.

Watching the scraps of paper swell up due to the sewage and then be washed away without leaving a trace, Pei Ziheng finally broke into a smile.

In this way, Dad wouldn't die.

——

In the dormitory, Pei Yang had no idea what Haoda'er was doing. He stared at Shen Mingzhu's face as if he was looking at a rare treasure, which made Shen Mingzhu's face turn red.

"Tell me first, are you still angry?"

Shen Mingzhu was so angry that she laughed, "You won't let me go until I calm down?"

"Yes, I have this plan."

Shen Mingzhu was speechless. "With your attitude of apologizing, I can't calm down."

Pei Yang smiled, "Then let's stay on the balcony and enjoy the breeze for a while until you calm down."

“…”

Inexplicably, Shen Mingzhu recalled the background music in her mind: I have felt the evening breeze that you have felt, so can we be considered to be hugging each other...

Bah, stop it!

Shen Mingzhu looked at the man and said, "I'm not angry."

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"Um."

"Little liar."

Shen Mingzhu was puzzled. "What did I lie to you about? And why did you add a small word? How am I small?"

"You are small in front of me."

"I mean body shape and age. What did you think of that?"

Seeing Shen Mingzhu's eyes constantly looking at his chest, Pei Yang chuckled and quickly changed the subject before Shen Mingzhu could lose her temper, "If you're not angry, why did you pack your luggage and leave as soon as you got back? If I hadn't come back so quickly, would I have gone to the station to catch you?"

"I packed my stuff because it was taking up space in your closet, and I wanted to make room for you. Also, I'm not your criminal, so the word 'arrest' is inappropriate."

"Then what is the appropriate way to use it? To coax?"

Shen Mingzhu turned her face away, not wanting to admit that she was a little aroused when the man said the word "coax" in a deep and magnetic voice.

"You're really not angry?"

Pei Yang leaned slightly sideways and turned his head to look at her.

"Um."

As soon as she answered, her waist tightened and then she fell to the ground.

After landing, Shen Mingzhu felt like she had instantly turned into a dwarf and had to tilt her head slightly to look the man in the eye.

"I told you that you are young and you are not convinced. That's why you come to me."

Pei Yang raised his hand and gestured between the area below her Adam's apple and the top of her head, "Did your family not give you enough food when you were a child?"

Shen Mingzhu doesn't want to talk to you and has blocked you.

Looking at her petite figure as she returned to the dormitory angrily, Pei Yang touched his nose.

Why are you angry again? You're such a stingy person.

——

After Pei Yang finished cleaning, the family of three took New Year's goods and gifts and went to Lin's house for dinner.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and since Lin Guofu and Pei Yang have just returned, Wang Huizhen has prepared a rich variety of dishes tonight, including chicken, duck, fish, shrimp, crab, abalone and sea cucumber.

When the three arrived, Wang Huizhen was busy in the kitchen, with Wang Xiuzhu helping her. Seeing this, Shen Mingzhu also took off her coat and went to the kitchen to help.

Lin Guofu looked at Shen Mingzhu's back, turned his head and said to Pei Yang with a smile, "No wonder you looked down on Xiuzhu, it turns out you found Mingzhu."

Lin Guofu's "Shen Mingzhu" does not refer to Shen Mingzhu's name, but is a rhetorical expression.

Pei Yang smiled, thinking that it was indeed a round, small and attractive little pearl, which made him want to put it in his pocket and hide it.

In the kitchen.

While Wang Xiuzhu was preparing the ingredients for salt-baked shrimp, she secretly watched Shen Mingzhu who was peeling garlic.

It's not cold in Xicheng Port today, so Shen Mingzhu didn't wear much. She wore a slim apricot wool sweater as a base, a tweed skirt underneath, and a camel coat on the outside.

Before entering the kitchen, she took off her coat, revealing her slim-fitting wool sweater and A-line tweed skirt, which clearly showed off her beautiful figure.

No matter how jealous Wang Xiuzhu was, she had to admit that Shen Mingzhu was far better than her in dressing.

"Shen Mingzhu, you rural people have to work since you were young, so your cooking skills should be pretty good, right?"

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