The Guang Ship rose and fell, faint ripples spreading in circles through the moonlight.
Winding trails of water crisscrossed the deck as though many snails had crawled across it. The river otters grabbed collars or ankles, stepped forward, and dragged the families from the cabins up to the upper level.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
Heads bounced repeatedly, the backs of them knocking against stair after stair.
"Ptoo! Ptoo!"
Ta Ta Kai spat into his palms twice and rubbed his paws together. Fixing his eyes on the pile of sand ashore, he seized the unconscious person by the collar with one paw and the belt with the other. He spread his feet, sank his shoulders and dropped his elbows, drew his Qi into his dantian, and let out a low shout. His waist twisted, driving his hips; his hips twisted, driving his back; his back twisted, driving his arms; his arms twisted, driving his wrists. With one swing of his arms, a colossal force of ten thousand jin surged forth like a tidal wave...
Thud.
A knuckle rapped down on his head.
His gathered force scattered in an instant.
Ta Ta Kai let go in pain, squatted down clutching his head, and then a breeze swept past. Long Li bent down to catch E Qi Rui's female relative, slipped past them, and lightly landed on the gangplank.
Ta Ta Kai whirled around in fury.
"What are you looking at? Bare your teeth again! Go on, bare them again! I'll poke your nose! Poke, poke, poke!" Long Yao rolled up her sleeves, her index finger chasing Ta Ta Kai's wildly darting, wobbling wet nose. "Who told you to toss... throw... someone else's family around?
"They came to surrender. Looking after their state of mind is the most important thing. If you treat their