Li Qing's face was cold, and his previous smile had disappeared: "set sail immediately and the destination is near the port. I don't want to say the same thing for the third time."
"Yes, yes, yes."
In response, the more than ten sailors hurriedly climbed up from the ground, lifted the anchor and launched the cargo ship.
Li Qing leaned against the boat and breathed a sigh of relief. Although the road ahead is still unknown, he has at least taken a step closer to Lingang.
Lin Mengdie came up and said low, "these people... Do you want to keep them?"
Li Qing looked around and said, "what do you think? Although these people have bad character, they are definitely good at taking charge of the boat. Kill them all. Do you want us to suffer?"
Xinya puffed her pink cheeks and shouted, "I feel flustered and very unstable..."
"Don't worry, I'm watching." Li Qing smiled. "If anyone dares to cause trouble, it's over."
After a slight pause, he said again, "you go to the cabin and have a look. I'll stay up and watch."
"OK." without hesitation, Lin Mengdie handed him the backpack, then rubbed the bloody dagger with the sole of her shoe, and got into the cabin with Xinya.
With the sea breeze blowing on her face, Li Qing felt very happy.
About ten minutes later, Xinya hurried up: "come on!"
"What's the matter?"
"There are a lot of women down there."
"Ah?" Li Qing pulled at the corners of his mouth and waved to a sailor close to him, "come down with me."
The sailor dared not disobey, bowed his head and honestly followed him down to the cabin.
Lin Mengdie was standing there. He had a strange look at the person who came down and raised his chin in front of him: "look."
Li Qing looked over and saw 50 or 60 women locked in the cabin by chains, crowded, agitated and frightened.
The oldest of these women seems to be only 30 years old, while the youngest seems to be only in their teens, and their bodies are pitifully thin.
Li Qing frowned and asked the sailor, "what's going on?"
"Bought... Bought..." I don't know whether it's nervous or not good Chinese, the sailor stammered.
Xinyaqin burst into tears: "they were all bought... The guy whose hands were cut off by miss and sister is a personal dealer. He used to buy me at the market..."
After her reminding, Li Qing seemed to have some impression.
"Let them all go. It's easy to get sick if they're stuck here. Let them go to the deck to get some air," he said in a deep voice. "These people can't be brought back to the port. Let me think about it and find a safe way to settle down."
As he said this, his eyes flashed over the faces of the women in the cabin.
"Hmm?" Li Qing suddenly found an unusually bright eye, but when he looked for it again, he couldn't find it again.
"Is it your own illusion?"
He thought so much in his heart that he felt incredible. When he suddenly touched that look, a strange feeling of electric shock was clearly surging up in his heart.
Seeing that he looked different, Lin Mengdie asked, "what's the matter with you?"
"Ah, nothing." Li Qing was worried about it. After explaining a few words, he took the sailor back to the deck.
He sat on the deck against the railing and felt an inexplicable irritation. Just now, the light in his eyes always lingered in his mind, just like a lingering shadow.
"I'm so paranoid. I really should have a good sleep." he raised his hand and rubbed his temples, pulled his backpack over, pulled open the zipper and saw what Lin Mengdie and Xinya had brought.
Some food, and some bits and pieces for women.
One of the heavy cloth bags attracted Li Qing's attention. He opened it and found that it was full of gold grains in the stream.
He couldn't help laughing: "this must have been picked up by Xinya secretly. This little girl... Is really a money fan..."
Li Qing tied up the cloth bag and stuffed it back into his backpack as if he didn't know. He took out the chart, unfolded it slowly, and stared at the pencil marks on Yamal island for a moment.
A few minutes later, he suddenly stood up as if he remembered something, held the railing and looked out.
But there was only a vast line of sea and sky in the distance, and the shadow of amai island had long disappeared.
Li Qing whispered to himself, "it's really an island. I can't see it for so long."
"What are you talking about?"
Li Qing suddenly turned her head and saw Lin Mengdie standing behind her.
He smiled and shrugged his shoulders. "It's strange to say that before I left, I looked forward to leaving every day. Now I really leave, but I turn to nostalgia for that small place."
"Do you know how reluctant you are?" Lin Mengdie brushed her hair disordered by the sea breeze. "I really hate it."
Li Qing stared at her exquisite side face and said very solemnly, "Mengdie, please believe me for the last time. This time, I will properly handle the relationship between us and won't let you be wronged again."
"If you don't let me be wronged, you will let Lin Qiuqiu be wronged. Is this willing?" Lin Mengdie smiled softly and shook her head immediately. "Forget it, a woman with a man is like a duckweed. Even she doesn't know where she will drift, let alone how much she will compromise."
Li Qing's Adam's apple rolled gently, bent over and stuffed the nautical chart into his backpack, changing the topic: "where's Xinya?"
"I'm still down there, talking to those women. She wants to explain clearly that we have no malice and will take them to a safe place." Lin Mengdie spread her hand. "My Malay language is very poor and can't help. Moreover, the atmosphere below is too depressing. Just come out and breathe."
Li Qing nodded: "Xinya has been too hard these years, so it's very compassionate."
"Yes, she has experienced such days. When she sees those women, she can think of herself." Lin Mengdie looks at him with a smile. "Have you figured out how to deal with these women? Even if you, Master Li, can let these women pass, it can't change their acclimatization."
"I thought about it when I just came up." Li Qing gathered together with the beautiful woman next to him, "we landed on amai island."
"Ah Mai? Are you going to leave them there?"
"Yes." Li Qingdao said, "Du Huasheng has a large plantation on amai Island, which happens to be short of manpower. It's most appropriate to leave them there."
Lin mengdieyu pointed her white chin: "well, it's also a way..."
"Also, although there is no police in aamai Island, there is a local people's autonomous Committee, which has close contact with the police in Darussalam. We will hand these sailors over to Du Huasheng's housekeeper and let him arrange for handling."
When the two men were discussing these things, Xinya had come out with those women.
They looked timidly at Li Qing's direction, then knelt down humbly and expressed their thanks with religious etiquette.
Lin Mengdie smiled and said, "I'm thanking you."
Li Qing waved her hand carelessly, and then said mysteriously, "one of these women... Makes me feel wrong."
"Oh? What's wrong?"
Li Qing frowned and looked a little distressed: "I don't know. I just feel uncomfortable. Maybe it's my illusion. In short, I feel that I have a pair of eyes that are particularly bright, a little cold and familiar..."
Lin Mengdie didn't wait for him to finish, so she said angrily, "are you interested in that woman again?"
"I didn't mean that..."
"No? What are you talking about here? Why don't you keep a cat? It's very bright at night."
Li Qing didn't expect the woman to be jealous. She immediately grinned: "I just said that feeling. These women are dirty. I can't even recognize what they look like. You say me..."
"OK, so you're waiting for me here." Lin Mengdie shouted angrily, "I'll let them all wash and stand in a row for you to choose?"
Li Qing stretched out his hand to cover his crooked head and said nothing at all.
Xinya came up with a smile: "what are you two arguing about?"
Lin Mengdie rolled her eyes: "this bastard wants to find a little wife. Even these abducted women will not let go..."
"Ah?" Xinya was startled and pinched her clothes. "What am I, even if I want to find a little wife, it should be me..."
Li Qing only felt a headache: "don't listen to her nonsense. I don't mean that at all, let alone so dirty."
"But..." Xinya tilted her little head. "A sister seems really beautiful. Do you want to have a look?"
"Even you started fishing?" Li Qing rolled her eyelids. "It's not fishing, it's fried fish. You've only stayed with Mengdie for a few days. You've really learned a lot of ancient and strange bad ideas."
Xinya chuckled, "I didn't lie to you, really. Her face is black, but her eyes are very beautiful."
Li Qinggen didn't take it to heart and waved his hand casually: "don't come, I'm not interested."
Lin Mengdie asked angrily, "what are you interested in? Tell me about it?"
"I'm interested in you. Is this OK?"
Lin Mengdie is about to leave as soon as she spins. She is ready to ignore him.
Li Qing quickly pulled the soft jade wrist and pulled the man back: "there are at least two or three days from here to ah Mai. For safety, you'd better stay by my side."
"Do you think I need your protection?"
Li Qing said with a smile, "what if I need your protection?"
Xinya asked, "aren't we going to Lingang?"
"Yes, but we stopped at amai and put the others on board there." Li Qing explained seriously, "I will contact my family in advance and ask them to send a plane to pick us up, which can also save a lot of time."
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