woman and sea

Chapter 40

What happened was like this——

One day, Haicao went to the bathroom to take a bath as usual, Yang Fan finally mustered up the courage after thinking about it, took off his clothes and followed her.

Of course, for the sake of modesty, she still wrapped a bath towel.

After the seaweed was washed clean, just as he was about to sit in the tub to take a bath, Yang Fan rushed in through the door, like a big baboon, squeaking strangely: "Come here, little grass——sister! You rub your back—”

Hai Prairie first turned its back to Yang Fan, seeing Yang Fan rushing in, Dang even screamed in shock, but then leaned his back against the wooden wall, exposing his front to Yang Fan's sight—— — This is not the same as it is shown on TV.

Then, Haicao put his hands against the wooden wall, clamped his arms tightly, and tightly protected his back, and asked in a trembling voice, with a panicked look on his face, "Xiaofan...you...what are you doing here... ..."

Yang Fan folded his arms in front of him, lifted his chin slightly and curled his lips, raised his eyebrows indifferently and said, "Don't worry, I won't rob you. I just came to rub your back just thinking about it——"

The seaweed was still clinging to the wooden wall, as if trying to glue itself to it.Then he drooped his eyes, shook his head fiercely, and said in a muffled voice, "Mmm... no need..."

Yang Fan shrugged his shoulders, and said with a look of disgust: "Tsk, that's not allowed! - Taking a bath without rubbing your back is like eating without salt, can that be called a bath? - You are in a hurry Otherwise, my old man will make a move!—”

Hearing this, Haicao still lowered her head fiercely, however, her voice was already a bit crying: "Hmm... no need... Xiaofan... really no need..."

Yang Fan heard it in his ears, although he was a little distressed, he still insisted on showing a cynical and out-of-shape look: "Tsk, what's the matter? You're treating me like an outsider, right? ——This is outrageous Shout out! I seriously criticize this!—”

Haicao hurriedly shook her head, looked straight at Yang Fan with flickering eyes, and moaned pitifully like a frightened deer: "Hmmmm...no...how could I, how could I put Xiaofan As an outsider?..."

Yang Fan pouted his mouth in satisfaction, raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded, and hit the snake with the stick: "Then it's over? - Xiaocaoer, let me tell you, I was at home back then. When I was a child, every time I took a bath, I helped each other rub their backs with our little stupid donkey. This is called strengthening sisterhood. ——Come on, come on, sit here quickly. ——Wait for the water It's so cold..."

Said, Yang Fan pointed to the small square stool in front of Haicao, then turned around and took out her washbasin and her small square stool from the cabinet.

The seaweed was somewhat shaken by Yang Fan's words, but still biting his lower lip, he clung to the wooden wall reservedly, and after a long while, he hesitated carefully and said: "But... there is a... ...a lot of ugly scars, I'm afraid...to scare you..."

Haicao spoke cautiously, and the more she spoke, the voice became softer, and in the end, it turned into a mosquito humming.

Yang Fan curled his lips, rolled his eyes nonchalantly, and said with a snort, "Cut—I, Daxia Yang, was frightened.—Let me tell you, it's not me. When I'm at home, I can do it." While watching a zombie movie, I was eating instant noodles. I’ve seen bloody and violent scenes, isn’t it just a few scars?——Don’t scare me——Don’t worry.—”

After finishing speaking, he raised his eyebrows in a serious manner as a relief.

"Well... then... well..."

Only then did Haicao nodded cautiously, walked obediently in front of Yang Fan, and sat down on the small bench with her back facing her.

The moment Yang Fan saw the scar on the seaweed's back, his scalp went numb and goose bumps all over his body.

——Those shocking scars, like skin and flesh that grew after being splashed with sulfuric acid, were tangled and twisted together, ferocious and mottled, very terrifying.

Yang Fan's scalp exploded, and he couldn't help shivering greatly.

After a long while, she took a deep breath while trembling. With trembling fingertips, she carefully stroked it up, rubbing her soft fingertips along the lines of the purple-red scars.

For a while, there was no words.

Seagrass naturally and clearly felt the trembling from Yang Fan's fingertips, so she lowered her head slightly and said sadly: "Here, let me just say, you will be frightened, don't you believe it?" ..."

"Hmm...not..."

Yang Fan withdrew his hand, tapped on his thigh, then bit his lower lip and clenched his fists, raised his head, blinked fiercely, and forced the tears that gathered in his eyes After returning home, I couldn't hide my regret and said: "I just... feel very distressed... You see... you're hurt so badly..."

Reminiscent of Aunt Haixing's memories at that time, Yang Fan clenched his back molars unconsciously, and his body trembled.

Hearing the distress in Yang Fan's words, Haicao shook her head quickly and explained to her: "Xiaofan, you, don't get me wrong... this... is actually not a big deal. —— After all, this is what I asked for when I was a child.

Aunt Haixing said, I was mischievous when I was young and didn’t remember anything. I ran around the house in a winter and accidentally fell into the charcoal basin. That’s why I got so many scars. , I was bullied by someone. ——

I was very happy when I was young, and I didn’t have a miserable childhood, so don’t make up your mind—” Haicao lowered her head slightly, covered her lips and smiled, “Xiaofan, don’t be so serious. ——Hey, I'm not used to you looking like this. -"

Yang Fan naturally knew that it was Aunt Haixing who lied to her, but she didn't point it out, she just gritted her teeth and endured the distress, and then changed into a gloating tone, and said in a low voice: "Tch! ——Damn it! It’s been like this for a long time! ——SHIT! I almost felt sorry for it!

If this is the case, then you really deserve it.Who told you to be dishonest—hey, Xiaocao'er, then you are the 'restless dead baboon', right? ——No, you should be a 'restless dead monkey', you are not as strong as a baboon. "

Haicao half turned her body and gave Yang Fan a look, gritted her teeth and said, "Hmph! Damn Xiaofan! If I'm a monkey, then you're a Malaysian monkey!"

Before Yang Fan could reply, Haicao changed into a dominatrix's caressing appearance, and stretched out her hand to scratch Yang Fan with all her teeth and claws.However, she was still an attempted crime, and Yang Fan, who had a short reflex arc, quickly blocked her.

Then, the two scooped water from the washbasin, opened their teeth and claws, and started the Songkran Festival.

——Thus, Yang Fan relieved Haicao from his heartache in the midst of such gags.

Although in a daze, he was almost scratched and disfigured by the seaweed without noticing, but Yang Fan was still extremely satisfied with the result.

Later, seaweed gradually became used to it, so every time I took a bath, I would promote my sisterhood with Yang Fan in this way, and even developed to the point where the two of them took a bath in the same tub.

Now, the seaweed has even reached the point where it can't wait for someone to come, so it comes to catch people in person.

After taking a bath and changing his clothes, Yang Fan stretched out his dead body on the floor of the bedroom.

Yang Fan's hair has now grown from a hair inch to ear-length short hair, so he can casually flick his hair twice, and then let it dry naturally, and he doesn't need to dry his hair with a towel.

After a while, she put her arms behind her head, crossed her legs and turned her head to the side, looked at the seaweed, and said with a relaxed face: "Oh, it's much more comfortable! - It's been so hot for a while, The whole person is like being covered in a steamer. Maybe it will take another two days, and I will be steamed!...Emma...Thanks for the clear weather today, otherwise, my hero Yang It really becomes a steamed Yang prawn."

Haicao was sitting upright beside Yang Fan with her knees on the ground, while wiping her waist-length hair with a towel, she smiled at Yang Fan and said, "Well, tomorrow will definitely be a good weather."

After drying her hair, Haicao put the towel around her neck, then bent her index finger and flicked Yang Fan's eyebrows lightly, motioning her to sit up, then took the towel away from her neck, and put a little force on her face. Pressing it on her head, he wiped her hair frantically: "Damn Xiaofan, you just slept like this without drying your hair, be careful when you wake up tomorrow with a big chicken coop on your head!  …

Hmph, it will look great then! ——Anyway, we also raise so many chickens and ducks. If there is not enough space, then just put them on your head! -"

Yang Fan was sitting there with his back on his back, crossed his arms crossed his legs, groaning and complaining with an expression of resentment: "Tch...you're going to dig out a chicken coop for me if you play like this." ? What's the difference..."

Haicao freed one hand, and patted Yang Fan's shoulder with a little force: "If you are too lazy to comb your hair later, then you can scratch it twice with your paw, and it will be ironed in minutes."

——Because of being together day and night for a long time, Haicao's language style has been subtly influenced by Yang Fan.

Yang Fan gritted his teeth and protested: "Hiss! You only have claws!—"

"laugh……"

Haicao chuckled, and stopped arguing with Yang Fan, but changed the subject quietly: "—I'll check with the chart later, if the course is correct, it will take another three to five days Yes, you should be able to reach the 'Twin Harbors'."

"Oh!--that's great!--you can play in the fields again!--"

Yang Fan grinned all the way to his ears, clapped his hands and laughed, "——What a fucking Demacian! I haven't seen the coastline for seven or eight days! If I don't do it, I'm about to get sick It's gone!—"

Haicao shrugged and smiled, removed the towel, and wrapped it around Yang Fan's neck.

Yang Fan touched the small mirror from the side again, and Qiao Zhang scratched his head and posed pretentiously, and then hummed dissatisfiedly: "SHIT...kill Matt with one head...it's better to be a chicken coop!... "

Haicao chuckled, grabbed the wooden comb, and combed Yang Fan's hair quietly.

After being idle for a while, Yang Fan seemed to think of something again, so he clapped his hands and laughed: "That's right, that's right, then tomorrow, I will go to the storage room to check and see what we still lack, so I can make a list then. We can go to the ground to buy when we dock.

Also, that... after the 'Twin Harbors', where is the next stop?By the way, we have been running along the coastline for the past few months, but when can we also run along the inland river?Occasionally go to experience the unique inland scenery.For example, there is an Amazon River on our planet, that--guy!The tropical rainforest along the coast is simply beautiful!Well...although I've only seen it in 'Animal World'. "

Seagrass smiled slightly, and gently put the comb aside.

Yang Fan rolled on the spot, leaned in front of the seaweed, lay on the ground with his elbows on the ground, his palms on his cheeks, like a small blooming flower, his eyes were shining brightly at the seaweed She blinked her eyes, as if she was saying silently - "I didn't take any medicine today, and I feel cute."

"Well...let's talk about it later..."

Haicao turned sideways slightly, pretending to pack her things, but a fleeting trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes.

——"After Twin Harbors, where is the next stop..."

The world map of the known world given to Haicao by Captain Yunshan has already been imprinted in Haicao's mind.She clearly remembered that after the "Twin Harbors" on the nautical chart, there was a large shaded area drawn with slashes.

It means, unknown.

After the "Twin Harbors", there is an unexplored and undeveloped unknown sea.

No one knows what dangers and challenges await him in that sea area.

But there is one thing that everyone agrees on—throughout the ages, no one has been able to come back alive from that sea area.

All explorers died on the journey or on the way back to explore the route.

Thinking of this, Haicao couldn't help retreating a bit.

She thought: Sure enough, she should not let Yang Fan be involved in this danger.Because what will happen tomorrow, no one knows.

"Hey, by the way, Xiaocao'er, show me the map, where are we now?" Yang Fan sat up, and leaned close to her by the seaweed's shoulders.

"What are you looking at, anyway, you can't understand..."

Haicao gave Yang Fan a blank look of contempt, pushed her away, got up and went to the cupboard to get the nautical chart, and laid it on the ground carefully, "Here, it is almost near this position now."

Haicao pointed casually, deliberately pointing to a position that was more than a little bit off.

"Oh...here..."

Yang Fan, who was illiterate, put his hand on his chin and looked at it seriously, "Hey, by the way, isn't this already very close to the shadow part? When can we explore the New World?—"

"That... it will take about a year and a half, don't worry..." Haicao smiled casually, talking nonsense.

"Hey, by the way... where is the 'Twin Harbor' you mentioned just now? Look at the ghostly symbols written all over the picture, I can't understand a single word—"

"Hmph! Who asked you to fish for three days and hang the net for two days, so you can't study hard?——You have the face to say it!..." While complaining plainly, Haicao pointed to about two The "Black Reef Harbor" that passed by only a month ago, said lightly: "Here, here it is."

"What are you afraid of? I still have you here.—" After Yang Fan pouted his lips in protest, he stretched out his fingers in a serious manner, and compared them in a pretentious manner on the picture.

Then, as if he suddenly thought of something, he took his hands back in resentment, folded them leisurely in front of him, and said with a look of disgust, "Tsk... I almost forgot, the people around you They don’t put a scale on the map, not even a ‘sea mile’...”

Only then did Yang Fan remember that the unit of area here is "positive", not "square nautical mile" or "square kilometer".

Staring at the map with big eyes like cow bells, Yang Fan raised his head, pointed to a place and asked Hai Cao: "Hey, Xiao Cao'er, what's the name of this place?"

What Yang Fan is referring to is exactly the direction of this trip, that is, the real "Twin Ports".

There was an instant "hum" in Haicao's head, and he felt dizzy.

Calmly suppressing his ups and downs, Haicao changed into an understatement and said softly: "This is 'Cloud Island' and 'Dayu Island'. - 'Cloud Island' because of cumulus clouds all the year round, It got its name from the lingering mist; "Dayu Island" got its name from the fact that there is a bottomless valley running through the whole island, like a moat. The top of the mountain has been flattened, so now you can see the whole valley from the top of the mountain, and 'Dayu Island' is a bit of a misnomer."

Seaweed is no nonsense.

"Cloud Island" and "Dayu Island" are the old names of "Twin Ports".

Because the unknown sea area was gradually explored and developed, "Cloud Island" and "Dayu Island" were naturally not discovered one after another, but were explored by two fleets.

In the middle, there was a time interval of nearly one year, so at the beginning, their names were not unified.

Here's another little tidbit--

Because "Cloud Island" is cloudy and foggy all the year round, a certain exploration fleet sent by the ship owner discovered this small island and planted a royal flag here to swear sovereignty. After operating for half a year, suddenly one day, unexpectedly A typhoon came to the ground, and all the mountain clouds that lingered all year round were blown away.

After the weather calmed down, the navigators stationed on the island discovered that there was a vague coastline visible to the naked eye on the sea, so they sent ships to it, intending to occupy it.

However, when he arrived, he found that the island already had an occupant, and he was also a navigator who belonged to the same ship owner as himself.

It wasn't until later that the ship owner who ruled here opened up the territory and became the king of the ship. Then he merged the two islands, built large-scale construction projects on the island, reclaimed the sea and built land, burned mountains and steamed clouds, and renamed it "Twin Harbor". The natural harbor and sailing waterway have set up a nautical college here.

Yang Fan looked at the pair of islands that looked like Tai Chi Yin-Yang fish, put his arm on his chin, and murmured, "Well... If these two islands are called Twin Harbors together, how appropriate... "

Haicao smiled slightly, without realizing it, got up and put the towel on the rope hanging from the top of the bedroom, then took out two stacks of blankets, pillows and summer quilt from the cupboard, spread them on the floor silently, and said to Yang Fan: "Xiaofan, let's go to bed early. If you have enough energy, you can take out all the things in the storage room to dry tomorrow. It will be bad if you accidentally grow mushrooms after a long time——"

"Well, good." Yang Fan grinned, stretched his waist and yawned again, then rolled on the ground and got under the quilt quickly.Then, he smiled at the seaweed again, and said in a cute and flattering way: "Hey, Xiaocaoer, you are so careful.—"

"Huh?..." Haicao blew out the oil lamp in the lamp frame nailed to the wall, and lay down lightly on his bed, "Why are you so careful?"

Yang Fan squirmed a few times in the bed, found a suitable sleeping position, then turned his head away, raised his eyebrows at the seaweed, and said with a sweet smile: "I said you, you are always so careful—— Every day, I diligently and deliberately take the quilt and pillows to the kitchen to dry. Otherwise, I have been so damp for the past two days, mushrooms should have grown on the quilt, and maybe I can cook a plate of them -"

"It's fine if you feel comfortable..." Haicao smiled lightly, and gently covered her with the quilt.

"What?..." Yang Fan didn't hear clearly.

"I said—go to sleep quickly.——" Haicao shrank back into the quilt, unable to restrain her laughter.

Yang Fan let out an obedient "Oh", so he closed his mouth obediently, concentrated on sleeping, and stopped making jokes with seaweed.

Not long after, the breathing of both of them calmed down, and the surroundings gradually returned to silence.

Above the sea, everything is silent.

In the surroundings, there is only the deep sound of light waves shaking the hull, which is as empty and quiet as the bell of an ancient temple, and the sound enters the heart and dreams.

If it wasn't for a swimming fish accidentally bumping into the side of the boat, it would even give people the illusion that time has stood still.

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