On the Ark

"Of course, it's sold in any pet store. Why do you say it's a specialty of your hometown?" Tianhuo looked at Lin Ye suspiciously, "Besides, it's for cats, why did you give it to me... …Wait, you know I have cats?"

Lin Ye, who didn't know how to end it, heard the second half of Tianhuo's words, and said as if he had found a step: "Yes, yes, it's for your cat. Ah, when I saw you, I felt that you I keep cats at home. To be honest, I used to be a veterinarian, so I am more sensitive in this regard, and catnip...is there nothing wrong with saying that it is a specialty of the veterinarian?"

Lin Ye reluctantly found an explanation for himself that sounded nonsense.

But what he didn't expect was that after he finished speaking, Tianhuo's slightly wary eyes softened a little bit.

"Really? So you are a veterinarian." Tianhuo's tone was much lower, as if a little disappointed, "You are right, I raised a cat, but it has gone to heaven now... I will give you this gift." Accept it instead. As a reward, I will not tell the soldiers of Ursus what you went to sea last night."

Although the process was a bit different from what he had imagined, the result was good, which made Lin Ye heave a sigh of relief: "Thank you."

"I also thank you for the gift for 'Phil'." Tianhuo shook the catnip in his hand, "Before he went to heaven, he really liked this."

"Phil" is probably the name of the pet cat raised by Tianhuo.When he learned that Tianhuo was also a shit-shoveling officer, Lin Ye liked her even more.After all, he was the owner of seven cats in his previous life, and he has been a pet doctor for two years in this life. He has a kind of intimacy with cat owners like Tianhuo that others don't have.

Later, he recommended Tianhuo to Magellan, Lan Du and others.

When everyone felt that Lin Ye's attitude towards Tianhuo was completely different from what it was an hour ago, they couldn't help being surprised, thinking that Dr. Lin Ye was very good, and it had only been a long time before he pulled away the people who were still conflicted before. It's on my side.Although it can't be called a companion, it is enough as long as Tianhuo doesn't tell Ursus's military what happened last night.Moreover, Tianhuo is also a top student, so it is a perfect fit to join their discussion.

It's just that it was difficult for Lin Ye, an outsider, to join in their subsequent discussion.He tried to listen for a while, but found that he couldn't understand it at all.

The main members participating in the discussion were Magellan, Landu, Tianhuo, and Youmeng, a marine researcher from the Longmen Guard Bureau, while Lin Ye, Shuangye and Chanwan were listening.At the beginning, professionals will take care of non-professionals, and what they say can be barely understood by non-professionals.But as the discussion deepened, when various professional terms popped up, and when the speed of speech continued to accelerate, non-professionals would not be able to do it.

Chan Wan listened for a while, and almost fell asleep directly.

Shuangye listened for a while, then silently turned up the volume of the earphones.

Lin Ye listened for a while... He really wanted to continue listening, because he really wanted to find Skadi.But he also realizes that this is no longer his field, and those professional knowledge and experience of fighting against the deep sea cannot be understood by hard work now.And he can't let other people explain too clearly, after all, this will only delay efficiency.So after listening for about 10 minutes, he silently withdrew from the circle and decided not to bother these people anymore.

Walking to a position about 20 meters away from the others, Lin Ye sat down cross-legged facing the ocean.

Putting [Maple] on his lap, facing the sea breeze, Lin Ye suddenly felt a little lonely.

Scotty... where the hell are you?

"This is really not a good place, is it?" Chan Wan's voice sounded behind Lin Ye, and before he could turn his head, Chan Wan sat beside him carelessly, "Although my country is surrounded by The sea, but I don't really like the sea."

"……How did you come?"

"Because I don't understand." Chan Wan said it as a matter of course, then turned to look at Lin Ye, "Then why are you here?"

The corner of Lin Ye's mouth twitched slightly: "Because I don't understand either."

"Haha." Chanmaru laughed loudly, then spread his hands, "That's why."

Lin Ye also wanted to respond to Chanwan with a smile, but he couldn't smile, so he tried to squeeze, but it didn't work, so he gave up.

After the two were silent for a while, Zenmaru asked, "What kind of person is Skadi?"

"Huh? Why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"I'm more curious." Zenmaru said, "I can see that you should be the person who wants to save Skadi the most."

"Of course, she is my colleague."

"It's not as simple as a colleague, is it?" Zenmaru said with a smile, "It's too perfunctory."

"...what are you trying to say?"

"I told you, I'm just curious. Doctor Lin Ye, I heard you haven't joined Rhodes Island for a year?"

Lin Ye nodded: "Yes, it's only half a year."

"It's only half a year. Did you know Skadi in half a year?"

"Is there a problem?"

"No problem. Although I haven't met Skadi a few times, I've heard rumors about her a long time ago." Chan Wan turned to look at Lin Ye, "And it's not a good rumor. , you should know something about it.”

"...Those rumors are all false."

"How do you know it's fake?" Chanmaru said, "Those rumors have been circulating in Rhodes Island for a much longer time than Dr. Lin Ye, you joined Rhodes Island. So many people in Rhodes Island have seen Skadi, so many people have been in contact with Skadi, if it is true, it should have been refuted long ago."

As soon as Chan Wan talked about the rumors about Skadi, Lin Ye felt a little restless.If it was normal, he could explain to Tanmaru without hesitation, and tell Zenmaru that Skadi is not that kind of person.He believes that as long as there is enough time, the people of Rhodes Island will one day know what kind of person Skadi is.

But now he doesn't know if that day will come. There is still no news from Skadi, and the only clue has been cut off.Even though Lin Ye kept telling himself to calm down, how could it be so easy to calm down in his heart? At this time, Chan Wan's words made Lin Ye realize that most of the operators in Rhodes Island were not interested in Scar Dee's impression is still stuck in those rumors.

In case something happens to Skadi, there is really no way to go back.Then other people's impression of her will never change.

Although Lin Ye didn't know why he cared so much about Skadi's impression in other people's minds. He obviously didn't even care about Skadi himself, but he was eager to do something, which seemed like the emperor was not in a hurry.

"Actually, I don't really believe those rumors." Just when Lin Ye was struggling, Chan Wan's slow words interrupted his chaotic thoughts, "Although I only met her once, I don't think she is just a rumor. people like that.”

Lin Ye looked at her in surprise: "Have you seen Skadi? Didn't you say you haven't seen him before?"

"Well, it's right to say I've seen it, and it's right to say I haven't seen it, because I don't know if that counts as seeing it." Chanmaru said with a smile, "Because she is a little far away from me, and her back is still facing me. , I didn't see her face, and she naturally didn't see me. Of course, it's possible that she saw it, but she didn't say hello. "

"When did this happen?"

"About a year ago, anyway, you were definitely not there." Zenmaru tilted his head, "But the time is not important, what I want to say is that when I saw her, she was sitting alone on the deck On the edge, a person was humming softly. If the people around me hadn’t reminded me that it was Skadi, I would never have believed that she was the legendary deep-sea hunter.”

"... Humming a song?"

"Yeah, it's a very sad tune. Even though she is such a powerful person, does she have such sad moments?" Zenmaru said softly, "At that moment, I realized that she might be different from the one in the rumors. , she may be a person like me. I also like to do this when I leave my country and wander in strange lands. I don't think such a person should be a vicious person. She is probably just... too Alone."

Lin Ye was silent.

"Huh? I seem to have said something inexplicable." Chanmaru touched his head and said with a smile, "Does it sound strange?"