The little female soldier who was desperate to find her family became a national hero

Chapter 173: Bad old man

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire restaurant suddenly fell silent. The crew members who had just made sarcastic remarks couldn't help but take a few steps back.

The fourth uncle named d'Artagnan also had a changeable expression on his face, as if all kinds of colors were holding a meeting on his face, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking inside.

In the end, he could only pound the board beside him to vent his anger, snorted coldly, and turned to go into the kitchen.

Shen Yiyi saw that the female captain named Ci Pengpeng was quite courageous and couldn't help but secretly admire her:

"No wonder such a girl can lead a group of desperate men to do such a head-losing job. You know, the fourth master just now was obviously taking advantage of the situation to challenge this female captain and win over the hearts of the people. Unexpectedly, she retreated to advance and forced him back with just a few words. This girl can be considered to have some skills."

At this moment, Qin Xinghe, the weak young man disguised by Shen Yiyi, seemed to be frightened and curled up behind a seat in the corner of the restaurant. After what happened just now, no one came to bother him.

But in fact, at this moment he was carefully observing the female captain Ci Pengpeng through the heavy obstructions.

At this moment, she had a calm expression on her face, and from time to time she whispered a few words to the people around her, and the people around her were also very respectful to her.

However, when all the crew members had finished their meal and left, Shen Yiyi found Ci Pengpeng sitting there alone, sighing softly.

Her face, which had been calm just now, suddenly showed a helpless expression, as if she was just an ordinary girl who had just suffered some injustice, and there was even a mist in her eyes.

At this moment, Miss Shen couldn't help but feel a sense of pity.

Yes, being the captain of a smuggling ship full of contradictions and ulterior motives would be a headache even for a strong man, let alone a girl whose father just passed away?

Her tenacity and helplessness deeply touched Shen Yiyi's heart at this moment.

Just as Shen Yiyi was observing Ci Pengpeng and calculating in her mind the impact of this incident on her itinerary, the female captain keenly sensed that someone seemed to be watching her.

So she stood up and looked around the restaurant, and immediately saw Shen Yiyi curled up in the corner. She frowned immediately, strode up to him, and dragged him out from behind the chair.

Then, she frowned and asked in a cold tone, "You are the Qin Xinghe, right?"

Shen Yiyi mumbled in response. Seeing his cowardly look, Ci Pengpeng frowned and said:

"You can rest assured. Since you have paid, we will definitely send you to the Sun Kite Country responsibly. But as you have just seen, you must be careful here and don't get into any more trouble. If something happens again, I will no longer care about your life or death."

When she said this, the female captain Ci Pengpeng returned to her arrogant and proud look. Seeing Shen Yiyi nodding with tears in her eyes, she snorted with disdain and turned around and walked out of the restaurant.

The restaurant was empty at this time, and there was no way to find any clues, so Shen Yiyi slowly slipped out.

Of course, she did not go back to the cabin on the bottom floor, but turned and walked into the small bar next to the restaurant.

Yes, there is a bar open to the public on the smuggling ship.

So why is there a place specifically for drinking?

It turns out that a smuggling ship like this spends much more time sailing on the ocean than a ship taking ordinary conventional routes.

Because the cargoes on board are usually contraband, smuggling ships usually take routes around public waters to shorten the time spent in a country's sovereign waters as much as possible.

Moreover, the routes they took were often quite dangerous. Many of them did not even appear on general nautical charts, but only on private charts secretly recorded by ancestral smuggling families.

Take the route from Huayue Kingdom to Riyuan Kingdom for example. Generally, a ship carrying cargo takes a public route and usually only takes more than 10 days to arrive.

However, this smuggling ship named "Black Pearl" has to make a big circle in the public waters and pass through several fog areas. Only in this way can it pass through the gaps between several extremely dangerous fogs and directly enter the waters where the capital of the Riyuan Kingdom is located. It takes a total of nearly 30 days.

Therefore, during these 30 days, if we don’t set up a special place to numb everyone with alcohol, I believe not many people can persist.

Shen Yiyi pretended to be pitiful, humble and cowardly, quietly slipped into the bar, found a seat in the corner and sat down, then ordered a glass of the most ordinary beer and drank it slowly.

It's just that he or she pricked up their ears and listened quietly to the conversations of the people around them, hoping to filter out useful information from them in this way.

Just as Miss Shen was listening attentively and enjoying this rare gossip moment, suddenly, a thin figure sat down in front of her quietly.

The figure appeared so abruptly that Shen Yiyi, who was usually very sensitive, almost didn't notice his arrival.

When she looked up, she found that there was a disabled old man sitting opposite her with his clothes stained with plant nutrient solution.

One of his legs had obviously been transformed into a plant, and he walked like a snake, moving forward by twisting and gliding left and right. No wonder he didn't make any sound just now.

Seeing Shen Yiyi's puzzled look, the old man smiled, showing his big yellow teeth, and said, "Little chicken, how about buying me a glass of good wine?"

In fact, Shen Yiyi had already noticed this disabled old man in the restaurant just now. When the two sides had a conflict, he had been watching from the side.

I don't know why he suddenly appeared at this time and made a kind face. I don't know if he wanted to trick me into drinking.

But thinking about her own personality, Shen Yiyi still forced out an appearance of trepidation and nodded repeatedly, saying: "Okay, okay, sir, please wait."

She didn't dare to wave to the burly bar waiters, so she could only walk to the front of the bar and buy a bottle of strong liquor from the bartender who was rolling his eyes to the sky.

Of course, the price of this bottle of wine is quite high, equivalent to dozens of times the price on land.

Shen Yiyi took the wine back to the old man, filled his glass diligently, and then said in a flattering voice:

"Old man, they say that people who are destined to be together can cross the river together. I don't know the rules on the boat, so please take care of me in the future. This cup is for you."