My years as a menswear boss

"Hey, Simon!" Totti stopped Jiqiu who was cleaning the deck. He looked at the small ball lying on the ground, his hands were a little itchy, and he always wanted to reach out and rub it.

Without raising his head, Jiqiu continued to clean up the dirt on the deck, "Is there something wrong?"

"How is old Arthur?" Totti asked why he came, he wanted to make sure that the old sailor was still alive.

old Arthur?Jiqiu was stunned for a second, thinking of the old sailor who was pushed into the sea by herself, a bold idea came to her mind, "His condition has improved a bit, and he can sit up after a few days of recuperation."

"Oh, did you bring him his food these days?" Totti asked.

Jiqiu lied without changing his face, "I softened the bread and fed him a little bit."

She quietly asked Totti about old Arthur's life experience.

At night, Jiqiu stared indifferently at Dantès who was massaging the kitten, "Mr. Edward, you don't want to be seen in a mess, do you?"

She looked at the pale complexion of the man in front of her. In this era, whiter skin means richer.

Although this Edward reveals strangeness everywhere, Jiqiu feels that he is a person with a history.

Of course, all of this is based on the fact that she didn't know there was an island prison. After all, Simon Roshi's short life experience is too short to know too much about the social situation, let alone the Chateau d'If prison.Otherwise, Jiqiu can immediately deduce that this man is a fugitive.

"You are really too careful, Simon." Dantès said gently, pretending to be troubled, "Do you have any ideas?"

"There used to be an old sailor named Arthur here. He was sick, so he was driven to this abandoned storage room. On the day I arrived, he had returned to heaven, and I sent him into the sea."

Jiqiu said calmly. She looked at the man sitting cross-legged on the ground and listening carefully, "I am the only one who knows about this matter. Today a sailor asked about his condition, and I told him that Old Arthur is still alive."

"You mean to let me take the place of old Arthur?"

Dantès found that the young man was more daring than he had imagined, "How do you deceive people who know old Arthur? He has lived on the ship for many years. If he is replaced, won't he be exposed immediately?"

"No, as far as I know, old Arthur is a very lonely man, and he is also a mute. You only need to whitewash your beard with lime, and bend over, and you can pretend to go to the shore when the ship is docked. After a week, this The ship will stay in the port of Marseille, and you can take the opportunity to leave."

Jiqiu said that this was the best way she could think of, as she was unable to support a grown man.

"Thank you." Dantès said in a low voice.

Jiqiu put on a world-weary face, and didn't want to communicate with him more, but soon his stomach started growling, especially in a quiet environment.

"Pfft, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Dantès covered his mouth and suppressed his laughter.

Jiqiu felt that the blade under his hand was about to move, and his stomach growled louder and louder, and the little orange paralyzed in Dantès' arms was also howling with hunger.

"Maybe you can lend me your fishing rod?" Dantès turned his head away from Jiqiu's predicament.

The sea level is not very calm tonight, the whole ship shakes a bit, but fortunately there is no sign of a storm coming.

Dantès changed the simple fishing rod in his hand, and broke the tip of the hook inside a few times, "The hook has to be shaped like an eagle's beak to hook the fish. The hook you made originally was a little inclined, and the fish It's easy to get away."

Jiqiu memorized these words silently. She stood on tiptoe and pulled the side of the boat, "I'm so hungry, hurry up."

Dantès smiled helplessly, stretched out his big hand and rubbed the boy's hairy head, "Okay, we can eat right away."

After a while, Dantès caught a big fat fish, and the fish was jumping around on the deck. The kitten rushed forward and bit hard, but was slapped by the big fish, its ears turned into airplane ears, and its throat roared threateningly. .

Jiqiu picked up the fish and opened his mouth to bite, but was stopped by Dantès, "Wait till I cook it!"

"But, the alcohol lamp has been used up." Jiqiu pinched the live fish in her hand, with a frustrated face, she didn't like to eat raw ones, but she couldn't go to the kitchen to steal matches.

Dantès sighed, he twisted the fish in Jiqiu's hands, and threw it on the ground twice. After confirming that the fish was dead, he cut off a small section of hair with a blade, put it on a stone, and used another stone to Knocking upwards, a small flame appeared out of thin air.

"Wow~" Jiqiu blinked, it turned out that it was a flint and steel.

Dantès cleaned the internal organs of the fish and fed it to the cat. He skewered the fish with an iron rod, put it on the fire to bake, turned the fish over from time to time, and finally sprinkled a handful of natural salt on the fish.

Jiqiu took the grilled fish, the thorns on it were cleaned, she swallowed it with confidence, "It's delicious." She began to miss the meticulous care of Barton in her previous life.

Dantès has lived on the sea since he was a child, and his fishing skills are many times better than Ji Qiu's. The fish he caught in one night fed two people and one cat.

Jiqiu touched his full stomach and let out a full belch, "I feel so happy after eating~"

Dantès felt that he had raised two cats, and he unknowingly acted as a shit-shoveling officer.

Jiqiu feels that this man who calls himself Edward has a growing sense of disobedience. A businessman can actually understand physics, mathematics, and economics.

Dantès patiently teaches the young apprentice some useful knowledge, hoping to help him to be self-reliant, but he doesn't know that Jiqiu's suspicion of him gradually deepens.

"Seabirds are also a way to predict the movement of the sea surface. Animals are far more sensitive than humans."

Lying on the deck of the storage room, Dantès said warmly, he soon found that the sound of breathing in his ears became even.

Jiqiu rolled over to Dantès with the little orange in her arms, squinted and fell asleep, instinctively looking for a heat source to warm her cold feet.

Dantès felt the boy's icy feet resting on his lap, and turned sideways to block the air leaking door behind him, and the child used his arm as a pillow.For a moment, he realized that life was not so difficult.

'He was sold on the boat by his family at such a young age, if I don't show up, how long will he be hungry? '

He didn't know how big a child's appetite was when he was growing up. After being fed by the unknown sailor, Jiqiu grew up a little bit compared to the beginning.

'Will he live to manhood? Dantès couldn't help but think about the boy's dark future, and he thought about leaving the ship with the boy, but he was dismissed by his plan of revenge.He originally lived for revenge, so what qualifications did he have to raise a child?

Jiqiu stuck to the sailor who cooked for her every day, she quietly turned her head to observe Dantès at the end of the dining table, but fortunately no one noticed.

Even if someone asked, he was left bored by the man's slurred ahhh.

At least she doesn't have to worry about revealing her secrets. The boat will dock tomorrow morning.A bit of reluctance appeared in Jiqiu's heart, she was reluctant to part with the man's grilled fish, and her cat was also fed slick by Dantès.

The seabirds circling in the sky heard hoarse and piercing calls, and Jiqiu heard a sailor chanting, "The storm is coming."

The sailors on the ship started to run, performing their duties. They had seen many storms and waves, and they were already prepared.

It's just that this storm was more violent than any previous one, and it was accompanied by small tornadoes.

Not far away there were several bolts of lightning visible to the naked eye, and the waves were about to overwhelm the cargo ship. The captain hurriedly stood at the top and began to command. Jiqiu saw for the first time how insignificant human beings are in front of nature.

The hull was tilted at a 45-degree angle by the blow, and Jiqiu hugged a mast tightly. She didn't dare to let go. If she let go, she would fall into the sea and die without a whole body.

At the same time, another man slid up to Jiqiu and grabbed the same mast as her.

She looked at that ferocious face, it was Larry she saw on the first day on board.

The mast that Jiqiu was holding was the thinnest on the ship, and with Larry being such a heavyweight, it began to break.

Larry looked at the pair of golden eyes beside him, feeling disgusted in his heart, he kicked Jiqiu in the stomach with all his strength, "Let go of your hands, little monster!"

"Hmm." Jiqiu felt a sharp pain in her stomach, but she didn't dare to let go, and stared at the villain in front of her without blinking.

Larry kicked a few times and saw that Jiqiu was still holding on to the mast, and the mast made a sound of being overwhelmed.

He became panicked, so he freed one hand and opened Jiqiu's fingers one by one. Finally, he saw the boy's small body sliding down. A satisfied smile appeared on Larry's face, but he froze soon .

Not far away, Dantès took everything into his eyes when Larry kicked Jiqiu. He grabbed a thick hemp rope and crawled there vigorously. He just caught the boy when he slipped and held him in his arms. .

Jiqiu hung on Dantès like a koala, feeling a sense of security in her heart. Like a real cub, she buried her head on the man's strong chest muscles aggrievedly, grunting sadly Voice.

It didn't take long for Larry to be happy, the mast he was holding on to broke, and the whole person accelerated down, "Oh, don't!"

Clinging to the smooth deck with his hands, he caught a rope in the confusion, and at last he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his head, and met Dantès' eyes.

It turned out that he was at the lower right side of Dantes, and his head was level with Dantes' feet.

Dantès touched Jiqiu's head with one free hand, telling her to grab herself. Before the boy could react, he swung like a pendulum.

Larry saw a foot kicking towards his face, his nose cracked, and he couldn't help crying, "Please...don't."

Dantès was using his sharpened nails to cut the piece of rope next to Larry, and at the same time he was pressing the weight of himself and Jiqiu on the rope, and the rope broke soon.With nothing to rely on anymore, Larry fell into the sea.

Jiqiu lowered her head and saw Larry's last desperate eyes, showing a small smile.