Chapter 26 Going to Sea
The next day, Yun Chen wanted to leave Yanque Hall and continue on his journey to the third address to find En.
But when Yan Shijiu heard that it was her first time to see the sea, he insisted on playing the role of host and took her out to sea on a boat, saying that he wanted to catch two sea fish for her to taste.
Unable to resist his nagging, she had no choice but to follow him to the beach.
The wooden pier stretched out into the sea, with a solitary small sailboat tied to the bridgehead.
The small sailboat is really small and can only seat three people at most, but it looks well-made and quite sturdy.
After being used to seeing the Huo Gang’s big ships, Yan Shijiu’s small boat was like seeing an ant.
Looking at the endless sea, Yun Chen couldn't help feeling a little worried.
Yan Shijiu patted his chest and assured:
"Don't worry, I've read 'Beauty and the Sea' many times. I'm a good sailor and have never flipped a boat."
Seeing Yan Shijiu jump onto the boat lightly and manipulate the sails skillfully, Yun Chen reluctantly felt relieved.
The two of them sat in a small sailboat, slowly sailing away from the coastline with the wind and the current.
The white sand beach gradually blurred, and the sea water changed from blue-green to dark blue and black.
As the boat sailed into the deep sea, the surrounding coastline, mountains, forests, seabirds... were all out of sight.
Yun Chen only felt that the blue sky suddenly became very low, so low that it was tightly connected with the sea water.
Between the empty sky and sea, there is only a small boat and two small people, as if they have drifted to the end of the world.
An indescribable feeling of loneliness welled up in her heart.
For the first time, I felt how insignificant I was in this world...
From childhood to adulthood, I have seen and dived in many different kinds of lakes. Now I know that lakes and seas are completely different.
Rivers, lakes, streams, no matter how far she swam, she could always see the steady mountains in the distance.
Even if she swam very far and the shore was so blurry that only a line remained, she felt at ease.
But the sea is different. It is like an old and majestic elder, accustomed to seeing the wandering ghosts drowning in the sea, and has a coldness that shows no regard for life.
Yun Chen was very good at swimming, so she sensitively smelled that compared to the water in rivers, lakes and ponds, the sea had a more life-threatening and dangerous smell.
Yan Shijiu was not bragging, he was indeed a veteran at sea.
He tied the sail rope, took out some snacks and wine from the storage compartment under the bow and gave them to her, while he took the fishing rod and started fishing.
It took her a long time to recover from the shock of her first time in the sea. She ate snacks without any appetite, stretched her head over the side of the boat, and stared at the sea.
"Yan Shijiu, what's in the sea?" she asked.
He sat at the bow, swinging his feet leisurely, and thought her surprised and questioning look was really cute.
"There are fish, all kinds of fish, water snakes, sea bats, seaweed and corals."
She plunged her hand into the cold water. "The sea is so vast, the fish must be huge too. Can our little boat pull them all?"
Hearing the word "we", he found it strangely pleasant and said with a smile:
"First, catch two small ones and bring them back for you to eat. Then catch a big one, and we'll put the boat on the fish and ride it back."
"There are fish that can be ridden? How big would it be? Bigger than the Huo Gang's boat?" She widened her eyes with excitement.
He suppressed a smile and said, "It's much bigger. That fish could swallow a whole ship of the Huo Gang in one bite. Do you think it's big?"
"Wow..." She was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth. "I wonder if the young master has ever seen such a fish. Do you know that there are fish in the world that are bigger than the Huo Gang boat?"
She wondered, if she had the chance, how should she describe to Huo Gannian what she was seeing at the moment?
"Got it!" Yan Shijiu shouted happily, interrupting Yun Chen's thoughts.
He reeled in the fishing line and saw a big green fish biting the hook and struggling constantly.
It was obviously a big fish, but he took off the hook and threw the fish back into the sea, saying, "It's too small, not enough to eat."
He caught one fish after another and released one after another. She seriously suspected that he came to the sea to do charity and give relief food to the fish.
Fortunately, she had nothing else to do, so she let him go.
The two of them chatted casually as they enjoyed the sea breeze.
"Miss Yun, I know your secret of disguising yourself as a man, and I've always kept it a secret for you. I've never threatened or exposed you. So, are we friends now?"
"How dare I not count..."
"Look at the sea and speak kindly to the people who are drowning in it."
"That's too much."
"Then Miss Yun, if you find your benefactor, what would you like to do?"
"Of course it's to repay the favor and keep him safe and sound throughout his life."
"What if you can't find it in your lifetime? Will you still stay in the Huo Gang?"
"Probably not. If even the young master can't help me and I can't find it, I will probably leave Nan Country."
"Where to go? Dongzhao Kingdom? Northwest? Or how about Dongyunyan?"
"Go all over again."
"Wouldn't that be very hard?"
"It's hard work, but I can't stop looking just because I can't find it or it's too hard. I'd rather die on the way to find my benefactor than do nothing and just talk about repaying him."
After hearing her words, he stared at the sea and was quiet for a long time.
It was not until she pointed to the sky not far away and said "Huh?" that he regained his composure, followed her gaze, and his face immediately turned pale.
Yun Chen didn't notice Yan Shijiu's expression at all, and was still sighing:
"Is it going to rain? The dark clouds over the sea are much more spectacular than those on land—wow, there's even lightning—Yan Shijiu, I feel like the dark clouds are coming towards us..."
She had a bad feeling in her heart, and looked at Yan Shijiu again. He had already set the sail high and full, and was rowing the oars in his hands so fast that sparks were about to fly.
He rowed with all his might, but the boat drifted further and further in the opposite direction, and even began to speed up.
The sea storm soon came over their heads, and the wind and rain were blowing in their faces.
The sea, which was originally sunny and bright, suddenly became dark and oppressive.
As someone who had just gone out to sea, she had never seen anything like this before. Her calves were trembling a little.
"Yan Shijiu, you'd better be better at swimming than me..."
He was about to speak when he saw her expression startled and an expression of extreme fear appeared on her face.
He looked back and saw a huge black wave standing like a city wall, rushing towards the two of them!
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