RPAGF Chapter 540 Escape
Chapter 540 Escape
"If you're afraid of dying, go inside. Don't just stand outside."
Old Lu said impatiently, reaching out to pull the person inside.
When he met the gazes of Sanchuan and Sihai, he deliberately forced a smile.
"How's it going outside, Grandpa Lu?" Sanchuan immediately put down the book in his hand and asked.
Old Lu waved his hand: "You three just stay put. There's food if you're hungry, and a bed if you're sleepy. It's nothing."
I don't know how long I waited.
The fog gradually dissipated, disappearing bit by bit, revealing the original, menacing appearance of the islands and reefs, and the empty gray-blue sea in the distance.
The boatmen panicked even more. One by one, they gripped their poles, sticks, and harpoons tightly, their knuckles turning white, their eyes wide open, staring at every gap where the fog was receding.
Qingshan handed over a long spear, which Lao Lu took, held in his hand, the tip of the spear pointing towards the deck.
"Are you scared?" Qingshan swallowed hard, his eyes wary.
"What am I afraid of? I've lived all these years, what storms haven't I weathered?"
Old Lu said dismissively, looking down at Qingshan's two legs.
It's like trying to keep a sieve still, no matter how hard you try.
"Calm down. You're supposed to be the master of the Song family business, at least make it look convincing."
Old Lu said jokingly, tapping his leg with the spear in his hand.
"There's nothing I can do. It's a problem I've had since I was a child. You can't tell from it on a normal day, but I'm very timid. I can't handle even the slightest thing."
Therefore, all matters, big and small, in the business were managed by his wife, Jiuya.
Xu Yiyi blocked the cabin door. While the two were talking, she had already pulled the dagger from her waistband, held it in a reverse grip, and kept it close to her side.
Not long after that.
The fog has completely disappeared.
It was already evening.
The clouds in the west burned, a ghastly red, reflecting on the sea as a shimmering blood-red expanse.
"Nobody's here..."
The boatman leaning against the bow murmured to himself, while the others looked around.
Only the cargo ship remained, anchored alone among the reefs.
The seawater was a dark blue-gray, crashing against the black reefs with a loud gurgling sound.
Looking around, nearby there are only jagged rocks and surging seawater, while in the distance, the sea stretches out to the horizon.
There was no one in sight, nor any boat.
Xu Yiyi and Qingshan simultaneously took out their telescopes from their pockets, held them up to their eyes, and slowly rotated them to carefully look around.
The east side was deserted.
The west side was deserted.
It's the same in the south and the north.
The sea surface was smooth, with only small waves.
The sky was a bluish-gray, just before dusk.
The pirate ship has long since disappeared.
"There's really no one left." Aoyama breathed a sigh of relief.
The boatmen were silent for a moment, then burst into cheers.
A commotion broke out on deck; the shipwrights patted each other on the shoulder, and some people slumped down, panting.
"Ow!"
……
"They're gone! The pirates are gone!"
……
"May God bless us! May the Sea Goddess bless us!"
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"That scared the hell out of me!"
Everyone was saying that they must go to the Sea God Temple to offer incense and properly thank the Sea Goddess when they got home.
Hearing the commotion, Fatty Wang rushed out to see what was happening.
The setting sun cast an orange glow, obscuring his originally deathly pale complexion.
Everyone stood on the boat, completely intact.
"Thank goodness, I'm not dead, I'm not dead..." Fatty Wang collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.
He blocked the cabin door, so Sihai could only squeeze out through the crack.
Everywhere I looked, everyone had a smile on their face.
It was quiet over there at the sheepfold.
Hundreds of sheep collapsed in the filth and remained completely still.
Qingshan looked at the sheep, then at the living people, and said, "Except for the sheep, who are all dead, everyone else is fine."
"As long as everyone is alright," Xu Yiyi said calmly.
Qingshan glanced at him sideways and said, “I used to think you were like your father, but now I don’t think so. He was similar to me in temperament, sometimes loud and boisterous, but you are quite different.”
Qingshan hesitated, but Xu Yiyi could clearly see the panic on her face.
Old Lu came down and looked at the sheep lying on the ground.
"It's not hard yet, but you can still eat it."
Upon hearing this, Qingshan immediately went down to check, and found it to be true.
He sounded surprised and quickly called to the boatman.
With Qingshan at the helm, the cargo ship carefully sailed out of the reef area.
Once on open water, the helmsman took over, turned the course, and headed towards Ping'an Town.
After the boat had been sailing for a while, when it was almost reaching Lingxi County, the sky became completely dark.