Chapter 18 We will see him soon

As night falls, the waves unique to seaport towns are mixed with the inconspicuous sound of bubbles rolling, but these sounds have long been drowned out by the bustle of people in the inn.As the largest maritime transportation hub in the Gaohuang Continent, caravans, rangers, and monks from all over the world will gather together for their own purposes.

A place with a lot of people is naturally lively. The entire inn lobby is dappled with light and shadow, people are drinking wine, and the atmosphere is full of alcohol.People were drinking and punching, their laughter was deafening, and the tea on the table was shaken with ripples.

Tan Xi and the other two sat in an inconspicuous corner of the lobby, dining with the old man.

Obviously, neither the old man nor Mu Yeli had ever seen such a scene full of martial arts atmosphere, and they were stunned for a moment.

"It turns out it's so lively at night." Makino looked around curiously, holding a tea cup. "Maybe this is some kind of famous inn. It feels like everyone is gathering here."

She replied nonchalantly: "Maybe it's because we are here."

"What do you mean?"

Tan Xi didn't answer. The old man had already eaten. He glanced at the faces of the young men, hoping to find familiar faces.

But how can there be such a coincidence——

"Old man, what does your son look like?"

Tan Xi suddenly asked, and the old man was stunned for a moment, and answered as he remembered: "My son...he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, his skin is a little dark, and he looks very honest. His hair has just been cut and has become very short... "

She started scribbling on the paper based on the description. Makino came over to look at it and muttered in a low voice: "But after so many years, people must have changed."

"Who knows."

After finishing the painting, Tan Xi showed the painting paper to the old man. The old woman with gray temples was stunned for a moment. She took it with trembling hands and rubbed the rough paper with her fingertips, as if she was really touching her son. Like, I don’t dare to use force, but I try hard——

"It's him...this is him! Xiaolong...my little dragon..."

There were tears in the corners of his eyes, but he did not dare to let them drip and wet the paper. The old man kept wiping them with his sleeves, and the tears became mushy.

"Xiangu, can I see him soon?"

"...Tomorrow." Tan Xi looked out the window. It was pitch black and there was nothing there. "We will find him tomorrow."

"Thank you...thank you so much!"

The sleeping people had already fallen into a long dream, until the sky lit up again, it seemed that only a moment had passed, and it seemed that a long time had passed.Tan Xi originally planned to go out alone, but when she opened the door, she saw a tall figure leaning against the door with his eyes closed, as if he had been waiting for a long time.

"...Why are you here?"

Hearing the sound, the man opened his eyes and habitually showed a big smile: "My intuition told me that Fairy Girl would leave me and go out by myself. Just in case, I got up early and waited here."

He seemed to think he was very smart, and his slightly raised eyebrows were filled with pride.

"It seems that my intuition is quite accurate."

"...How do you know I won't call you for a while?"

"Will Fairy Girl come and call me?" Makinoli began to imagine this possibility, but out of recognition, he shook his head, "I can't think of it."

So annoying this guy.

Is this called predicting her prediction?

"Now that we're all awake, let's go." Tan Xi snorted and strode past him, "Go find someone."

"okay!"

It's said to be looking for someone, but actually it's more like hanging out.They went to the pier again and asked when the next boat to Wuyawu City would leave. They learned that it was at [-]:[-] a.m., which was still early, so they strolled on the pier one after another.

"Xiangu, when you said you were looking for someone, where were you looking for?" The dark-skinned man followed her step by step. He gently grabbed a strand of hair of the woman in front of him and tickled him in the palm of his hand. He couldn't help it. Live snickering.

The woman didn't notice his little movements, her steps were calm and calm, her clothes were flying: "Aren't you the helmsman? Just look for him here."

Makino raised his eyes and glanced at the busy workers at the dock: "Then what are we doing now...?"

"What do you think of this place?"

She suddenly stopped and Makino almost hit her, but luckily he stopped the car.

"Here? I feel...something's wrong."

"Whether it's the dark sea, the workers at work, or the people drinking in the inn last night, I feel...a little strange."

Makino has been holding these feelings in for a day. He always thought it might be his problem so he didn't say anything. But now that he was asked, he was finally able to express it.

"But I can't say why it's strange, it just feels..."

"Feel--"

Before he finished speaking, Tan Xi suddenly tugged on his clothes, signaling him to stop, and turned his attention to a ship approaching slowly in the distance.

A ferry that had never been seen before docked on the shore. The hull was covered with rust soaked by the sea water. The vermilion rust and mottled moss formed a hard shell attached to the hull. It looked very old. The moss showed from the engravings. The three words "Fengxinghao" grew out.And next to it, there is a pattern smoothed by rust, which looks like an ichthyosaur——

"coming."

"what?"

The ferry docked at the shore, and a group of young men wearing dark blue helmsman uniforms poured out of the ship.They quickly merged into the busy crowd at the dock, unloading, moving, and reuniting with their families - they were a group of boatmen who had returned from a long voyage, covered with wind and frost and the smell of sea.Makinoli saw a familiar person among the group of people.

A young man with short hair, wheat complexion, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a hearty smile at the corner of his mouth.

But he was not surprised. Instead, a chill spread down his spine. His heart skipped a beat and he looked at Tan Xi in disbelief.

"That's... Aunt Ma's son?"

"Correct."

"He really looks exactly like your painting!"

How is this going?A young man who has been working outside for five years is still exactly the same as his mother remembered him five years later?
Something was wrong with this place.

"...This is no longer the Jibei Ferry that it used to be." Her voice was cold, just like the shivers that ran through her body, making people's hair stand on end. "That flood ruined everything. Jibei Ferry has been there for a long time. No longer exists.”

She glanced over: "You probably haven't eaten the food here, right?"

"I only ate what you gave me, Xiangu."

"That's good." She nodded and patted his back, "Go ahead and bring him over. We'll take him back to see his mother."

Mu Yeli felt a little confused, but he had to obey the fairy girl's order. He cheered himself up, crossed the crowd, and walked to the short-haired young man.

A shadow blocked his body. Ma Baolong looked up and saw this Hu man, who was half a head taller and stronger than him, looking at him with complicated eyes. He subconsciously made a vigilant movement and after hearing this After the person said something, he was stunned again.

"Are you Ma Baolong? We asked your mother to bring her here to meet you. Are you free now?"

"Mom is here...?"

The short-haired young man was stunned for a moment, as if the word mother evoked some memory in him. It took him a while to recover, and he nodded without hesitation: "Okay, I'll go with you. Where is my mother now?"

(End of this chapter)

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