One Piece: Heart Set Sail

At dawn, everyone had already finished repairing. After all, there was still some distance to the seaside where the Polar Diver docked, so they set off early.Xiaochan looked at her hometown getting farther and farther behind her. Although she felt reluctant to leave, she still moved forward firmly. The outside world was much more exciting than staying stuck in her hometown.

"Xiaochan, don't be sad. If there is a chance in the future, I will come back with you to see you!" Peijin had a yuppie smile on his lips, and at the same time handed over the gift in his hand: "This is for you."

"Ah?" Xiaochan took the wooden box handed over by Peijin without knowing why, and opened the lock with a click. Inside lay a sandalwood hairpin of exquisite craftsmanship: "You..."

"Isn't it very similar to the hairpin you had before? I found it after wandering around the city for a long time. I thought you might like it, so I bought it as a gift to you, but I never found the opportunity. No, it's just... ..." As he spoke, Peijin actually lowered his head in embarrassment.

Xiaochan was also a little shy, but she still took out the hairpin and inserted it into her hair, and put away the wooden box: "Thank you for your hard work, Peijin, I like it very much."

"Really, haha, I, I'm happy that you like it." He looked at a loss and didn't look very smart.

"You two should stop falling in love, you are all being left behind!" Ikaku curled his lips and said, making both of them blush.

Back on the ship, Luo immediately summoned the crew. Sitting next to Luo were Xue and Bei Bo. Everyone was ready: "Bei Bo will write the logbook after a while. Now I want to tell you something." Very important thing.”

"When I get to the next island, I will find a permanent recording pointer to fix the direction. I have to do a very important thing. While I am away, everyone will follow Bebo's instructions and head to Zou at full speed." Luo hadn't told Xue yet, so when he gave the order like this, Xue was stunned on the spot. Aren't you going to take him with you for what Luo said you must do?

"Captain?" Xia Qi was shocked: "No matter what it is, shouldn't we all do it together?"

"Yes, at least let us know whether it will be dangerous for the captain to go by himself. How can we let the captain take risks by himself?" After knowing Luo for so many years, Peijin and the others have almost never acted separately from Luo.

Luo's tone said without hesitation: "This matter has nothing to do with you. It is my own mission, so I don't need you to follow me. Follow my order and go to Zuowu."

"Brother Luo..."

"Same for you." He didn't want to discuss the matter with her too much.

Xue understood that what Luo was going to do must be a big thing and very dangerous, and he was unwilling to let everyone fall into a trap with him.The conference room was very quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the sound of sea water outside the cabin lapping against the hull of the ship, as if it was about to write a new chapter for their progress.

After the meeting, Xue made a cup of tea and went to Luo's room.He seemed to be thinking hard again. He was like this before. He put the tea cup on the table, walked around behind him, and gently rubbed his temples for him: "I know, you don't want to tell us, you must have your intention, and I'm not here to talk to you. Let’s discuss letting you take mine.”

Luo took her slender hand and placed it in his palm: "Axue, this is also to protect you."

"I understand, but how long are you going to leave?"

"I don't know either, but I promise you, I will come back as soon as possible."

"Okay, I will wait for you to come back with everyone." She still hugged him from behind and pressed against his cheek as she did before. She really couldn't bear to part with him: "Okay, brother Luo, don't get hurt, I will always Worried about you."

For the first time, Xue didn't want to get to the next island so quickly.Before Luo went to do his own thing, she would make delicious food for him every day and cherish every minute with him.

It was night, and the crew members all went back to do their own things. Joy's injuries were not serious. She could move around freely. When she came out of the room, she happened to see Xue entering Luo's room. She was about to follow him. In the past, Shaohua appeared around me.

"Jojo."

"what happened?"

Shaohua glanced in the direction of the captain's cabin: "Aren't you afraid of being discovered when you go there so rashly?"

Joey responded to him with a cold expression: "So what if I found out? If it weren't for her, that position should be mine."

"You're jealous." He said with a hint of coldness, "Don't you no longer love me?"

"What exactly do you want to say, Shaohua?"

"I just want to remind you not to forget the mission that Lord Nzola gave us, and not to be emotional."

"I know, you don't need to remind me." After saying that, Joey pushed Shaohua away and walked towards the deck.Stay where you are.In fact, he didn't mean to say harsh words to her, but it was obvious that she couldn't let go of the past, and she loved her so much that she always felt resentful.

The sea breeze blew across the deck, and Joey felt a chill. Even now that she was back, the feeling was different from before. Her companions no longer respected her as the captain's wife as they did before, but they were all polite to her. Getting along with each other is not as natural as before.But now the 'quasi' captain's wife was a weakling girl back then.How unbalanced she felt inside, it was obvious that she fell in love with Luo first.The sea breeze dispersed her murmuring voice: "If I had not gone to Alistea, everything would have been different..."

In the captain's cabin, Xue took the book away from Luo's hand: "It's late at night, don't read. It's not good for your eyes to light an oil lamp and read. I'll bring you milk. I'll go back to your room to rest after you finish it."

"Okay." Luo took the warm milk.

When Xue inadvertently opened the hatch curtain, she happened to see Joey standing on the deck facing the sea breeze. She did not call out to Luo, but just watched quietly.Unexpectedly, Joey didn't rest so late, so he just stared at it for a while. Just when he was about to put down the curtain, Shaohua appeared in his sight.

She couldn't hear what they were saying, but Shaohua and Joey seemed to be arguing about something. Later, Shaohua's expression became helpless, and he took out a ceramic bottle from his sleeve and gave it to Joey.

"What's wrong, Ashue?"

Xue wasn't sure about the situation, so she didn't tell Luo: "No, I just saw that it was so late and a few of my friends were still awake. It seems that we are not the only ones who are energetic."

"Well, get some rest early. According to Beibo's navigation report, we can land on the island in two days."

The reluctance in Xue's heart was infinitely amplified by his words, and she still threw herself into his arms: "Okay, good night, brother Luo."

"OK, good night."

After Xue reluctantly left the captain's room, she returned to the room as if in a fugue.The two of them had a tacit agreement not to mention what happened in the illusion in front of anyone. Although they had truly experienced it, they still had not reached that point in reality.

Xiaochan and Ikaku had already changed into pajamas and were chatting together. They just came back when they saw her, and they joked: "Xiaoxue is very different from the captain now."

"Ikaku, you, who said that..." Xue lowered her head shyly, the tone of the question was so unconfident.

Xiaochan pouted and pretended to say: "Okay, you, you have been either with the captain these days or making food and preparing to go to the captain. You also said that there is no difference. Please tell us about the relationship between you and the captain." What's going on? Let's satisfy my good friend's desire for gossip."

Xue also didn't expect that Xiao Chan, who was originally reserved, would be like this: "Pei Jin led you astray, it's all his fault."

"Bad Xiaoxue, you will kill my army, right?" The three of them started tickling each other and started making noises on the bed.

This night, Xue dreamed again.She remembered having this dream a few days after eating the Devil Fruit.Still in a foggy place, she saw Luo, and then fell into the pool in the ice room where the Heart of the Ocean was taken out.

There is still a mirror at the bottom of the pool, and Xue's face is reflected in the mirror.The dark blue dress floats in the water, and her long hair is extremely soft. The only difference this time is that the Heart of the Ocean hanging around her neck emits a dazzling light.

When she woke up, she wondered why the same dream appeared twice. It seemed that solving the mystery of the heart of the ocean still had to be put on the agenda.

At noon, after breakfast, everyone also wrote diaries and repaired equipment.Xue was not busy in the kitchen with Caiden as usual today, or she was in the captain's cabin reading a book with Luo.It just so happened that Luo and Bebo were checking the sailing conditions today. Xue planned to take the Heart of the Ocean to Luo's room first and think about it with him later.

When she was walking around the corner, Xue actually saw Joey avoiding other companions and sneaking into Luo's room.Her eyes looking around and evasive behavior made Xue very wary. She couldn't help but frown, and she silently took a step back, just as her figure was hidden by the corner.

"No." Xue began to think again: "Brother Luo is with Bebo now and is not in the room at all. Then she didn't go to find brother Luo. Why did she enter the captain's room?"

Thinking of this, Xue walked quickly towards the captain's cabin, walking as calmly as possible.As she got closer, she could hear Joey seeming to be rummaging around in the house, with the sound of papers being turned and falling and the sound of drawers opening and closing.Maybe it was because the snow was getting closer and couldn't cover up the sound, so Joey noticed it.

The moment Xue opened the door, she happened to bump into Joey. Xue asked a little seriously: "Sister Joey, what are you doing in Brother Luo's room?"

Joey felt a little guilty, but she quickly covered it up: "I'm here to find Luo."

Xue's questioning look was unabashed: "Brother Luo said during breakfast that he would be in the navigation room all morning. If you want to find Brother Luo, shouldn't you go to the navigation room?"

"Yes, I forgot about it. Thank you for reminding me, but Xiaoxue, you have really become not cute at all." Joey looked at Xue with unkind eyes: "I remember you used to be a very soft and waxy girl. Woolen cloth."

Xue smiled half-smilingly and said: "In my memory, Sister Joy is also a gentle and pleasant woman. Maybe many years have passed, and we are all different from what we remember."

"You're right, Luo is probably very busy today, so I won't go looking for him. I don't want to bother him all the time and make him worry about things other than sailing." Joey said meaningfully.

The connotation of her words was obvious. After she finished speaking, she glanced at Xue provocatively and left the captain's cabin leisurely.Xue pursed her lips tightly. She could feel Joey's deep hostility towards her. After thinking about it, she felt that only the relationship between herself and Luo affected Joey. Otherwise, why would she hate herself so much?

Entering the captain's cabin, Xue found that Joey had just put the things he had dropped on the ground back to their original positions, but he was too hasty and could not cover up some flaws.