One Piece: Heart Set Sail

At dinner time, Xue took out his newly acquired weapon to show everyone. It was confirmed that it was indeed not a "waste", but Xue was thinking about one thing, that is, she had not yet given a suitable name to this dagger. But I'm not in such a hurry now.

On the eve of the Lantern Festival, the entire city of Ning'an is full of festive atmosphere. Red lanterns are hung high, the streets are bustling with traffic and people are buzzing, and the lantern riddle competition is already ready.There is a weeping willow tree in the backyard of the inn that is about to sprout buds. Xiaochan, who is timid about being close to home, has a lot of thoughts. She stands under the weeping willow tree. Not far away is the river that runs through the entire Ning'an City. Under the backdrop of countless lit lanterns Under the light, the orange-red waves sparkle smartly.

The medical family that helped the world more than ten years ago has long since disappeared. As a descendant of that once big family, Xiaochan sighed deeply.

"Xiaochan, are you worried?"

"Pekin, it's you."

The breeze blew the broken hair around Xiaochan's temples, and her elegant clothes swayed slightly. She looked sideways at Peijin. At that moment, Peijin thought that the most dazzling light in the galaxy appeared in front of her eyes.

"You seem a little unhappy." He suddenly changed his usual teasing style and walked up to Xiaochan: "I've never heard you talk about your time in the Central Plains. In fact, I really want to know, but seeing You look excited and depressed at times, and I suddenly don’t want to know anymore.”

Xiaochan lowered his head and smiled softly: "Why don't you want to know again?"

"Because I'm afraid that after listening to what you said, you will think of unhappy things. If you are unhappy, I don't seem to be happy either." Peijin didn't know how to be obedient. At this moment, he looked a little bit dissatisfied. Foolish.

"Maybe I'll tell you later."

"Really?"

"Who can tell for sure."

Peijin simply sat down and leaned against the willow tree: "I heard that there is a lantern riddle competition tomorrow. You will definitely go there, right? I have never seen what it's like to guess lantern riddles. You are so smart, you can definitely guess it."

"If you praise me so much, what if I can't guess it right tomorrow?"

"Hahaha, I believe you."

At the window sill on the second floor, Xue, Ikaku, Bebo and Xia Qi were also holding their chins with their hands, their four big eyes widened, their gossip souls burning.However, the two people under the tree were chatting with each other, and there seemed to be nothing to continue paying attention to. After a while, they lost interest.

Ika Ku stretched himself out and said, "I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's lantern riddle contest. Go to bed early today, it will definitely be lively tomorrow."

"And they say there's something called painted candy on the street that's delicious."

"Bebo, why do you only know how to eat?" Xia Qi complained coldly: "The more you eat, the more fat you will get."

"I'm sorry...I'm a bear, I don't have to lose weight."

Xia Qi said helplessly: "That's true. The fatter you are, the cuter you are. The cuter you are, the cuter you are, the more the captain and everyone will like you. Suddenly, I think it's not bad to be a bear."

"Sorry……"

"..."

It was getting late, but Ke Xue was new to the Central Plains, so he couldn't sleep, and it wasn't like there was soothing wine on the ship.With nothing to do, she thought of the bunch of herbs that Luo got back during the day: "It seems that I can also go and have a look. Maybe Brother Luo has made a new discovery."

The number of people in the inn gradually decreased, and perhaps they all went inside to rest late at night in order to recharge their batteries and have a good day during the Lantern Festival tomorrow.But there are always some energetic ones.

"This mission is completed, and I finally won't be punished. Eat more, the food in this inn is pretty good."

"How can I be in the mood to eat?" Then there was the sound of chopsticks being clamped on the porcelain bowl: "Every time you fail to complete a task, you will be punished. Who knows what will happen next time. That bastard Enzola really treats us as human beings. "?" 7K妏橩

"Qiao Qiao, be careful that walls have ears. If your master finds out what you said, you will have to suffer physical pain again. You have forgotten the last time you contradicted him and was imprisoned for seven days with thirty thorn whips."

"Shaohua, this is really tiring."

At that time, Xue was on the corridor heading to Luo's room. When she heard this conversation, she couldn't help but slow down. Looking down from the second floor, the two people were sitting just within sight of her, but Shaohua's back was facing away. Looking at her, what she could see clearly was the woman sitting opposite Shaohua. Wasn't she the one she met in the knife shop during the day?

"We have no choice, Qiaoqiao, we can't escape, and we can't break free from the master's control." Shaohua obviously accepted his fate. This was the surrender he had earned after countless beatings.

The woman slowly took off her bamboo hat, picked up the tea cup on the table and drank it to the end: "Are we going to be like this for the rest of our lives? The scars on our bodies can never be erased, and old wounds just add new ones. If we lick blood like this, we still can't. How long can you live?"

Xue had never been so shocked as she was now. She covered her mouth and dared not make a sound. She finally knew why she felt that the woman was so familiar. Her stunned look came from the face under her bamboo hat, the one whose memory had been blurred. The face came into view again, and all the memories of the past were forcibly pulled out from the depths of my mind, and clearly played again: "She is actually Sister Joy... She is not dead..."

Whether he was panicking or being frightened, when Xue stepped back, he stepped on the edge of his skirt and came into close contact with the wooden floor. The two people downstairs heard the sound and looked up. Xue quickly rolled half a circle and hid on the pillar. back.

"Is it my imagination? I think someone is watching us? There was also the noise upstairs." Joey frowned slightly, but there was no one around.

"Maybe it's a certain tenant. This inn is not small. But it's better to be cautious." Shaohua poured another seventy percent of tea into the cup in front of Joey: "Eat some more. When we are full, we should go back. ”

"Ah."

Xue sat there without moving and waited until the two people left before relaxing. During this period, her mind was blank and she didn't know what she was thinking.He stood up and walked forward in a daze, circled several times, and finally stopped outside Luo's room door.Xue wanted to tell Luo what she had just discovered, but the moment she raised her hand to knock on the door, her hand that was about to knock on the door was fixed in mid-air.

How would Joey feel if she knew that the Heart Pirates were at this inn?Listening to the conversation between Joey and Shao Hua just now, Xue was sure that their current situation must be dire. In that case, what would happen if Luo knew that she was still alive and living in pain?He has been thinking about her for so long. If he knew about it, he would definitely try his best to rescue her. The result would be that Joey would come back and return to the Heart Pirates.

No!Can't!The voice deep inside told her that Luo couldn't be allowed to know that Joey was still alive!Xue put down her hand and turned around, but struggled again: "Am I too selfish for doing this? Sister Joy is such a good person, but now I plan to sit back and ignore her when she encounters such a situation? But, Brother Luo, he If you know..."

Two different voices appeared in Xue's ears. One said to her: "Go! Go and tell Brother Luo that Sister Joy is still alive! He will definitely be very happy!"

The other one said: "You can't go! If Brother Luo goes to save her, the two of them will be together! In this way, no matter how much you love Brother Luo, you will have no chance!"

Snow put herself into a difficult decision-making situation.Luo in the room was keenly aware of the person at the door. He knew it was Xue, but he didn't expect that she had been standing at the door for a long time without knocking on the door or showing any intention of leaving.

"Xiaoxue? What's wrong with you? Are you worried?" Robben was about to open the door and take a look, but heard Xavier's voice.

Seeing the sudden appearance of Xavier, Xue immediately came back to her senses: "I, no."

"Obviously there is. You are here to see the captain, right? Why are you standing at the door and not going in?" It can't be disconnected and it can't be sorted out.

After listening to Xavier's words and the fact that Xue had been standing at the door for a long time without moving, Luo was a little worried about her. He opened the door and saw Xue and Xavier standing outside the door.

Xue didn't expect Luo to open the door. The moment she saw him, her entanglement reached an extreme: "Brother Luo, um, actually...I..."

He hesitated, but the words were clearly on his lips, why couldn't they come out?Looking up and looking into those calm and clear eyes, Xue frowned slightly: Should I say it or not?explain?Or not? !

"What's wrong with you?" Luo could clearly feel something was wrong with her. She had never been like this before.

Xavier saw admiration and admiration, distress and pampering, as well as apology and guilt in the way Xue looked at Luo.Why is she so confused?

Xue felt that her psychological defense was about to collapse, and she didn't even care that Xavier was right next to her.She approached Luo and buried her face deeply in his arms, which also shocked both Xavier and Luo.

"Brother Luo, if one day I do something wrong, will you blame me?"

"What did you do wrong?" Xavier didn't understand. She had always been obedient and sensible, and she had never done anything that could make the captain blame her.

"What's wrong?" Looking at the person in her arms, she seemed to be afraid of something. Recalling that she was still very lively during the day, she didn't know what was going on now.

Xue shook her head, but held the clothes on Luo's chest tightly with both hands: "No, nothing. Brother Luo, I'm just afraid, I'm afraid I'll lose you."

Xue's words came out of nowhere, and Luo didn't respond. To be precise, he didn't know how to respond.

"I'm sorry." Xue let go of her hand and ran away without looking back. She was really afraid that when she looked back and saw Luo's eyes, she would regret her choice: Sister Joy, Brother Luo, what I did was really bad. Oh, so selfish!However, if I don’t do this, I seem to be unable to accept you being together...

Xavier and Luo were stunned for a long time.

"Captain, she has grown up."

Luo probably knew what Xavier wanted to express. In fact, it was not that he had never thought of it.

"Sorry, Captain, there is actually one thing that I have always known." Xavier was a little embarrassed, but said cryptically: "The epiphyllum that night was really good for making rock sugar water."

"..."

"I think Xiaoxue cares too much about the captain. There are really too many things that are uncontrollable in this life." Xavier looked at the direction in which Xue was leaving and said thoughtfully: "It's getting late, so I'll go back first." Rest, but don’t worry, Captain, I will continue to keep that matter a secret.”