17. A Contest of Wills

What exactly had happened between Shi Xinglan and Yimo?

After the two of them had stayed at the hotel that day, Shi Xinglan used getting Yimo to buy clothes as an excuse to go shopping with him the next day.

During the outing, Yimo had to push Shi Xinglan's wheelchair and carry the things she bought.

He also had to listen to Shi Xinglan's taunts every now and then, and it was truly miserable.

Of course, Yimo wasn't the type to put up with it in silence. Throughout the outing, he had been verbally sparring with Shi Xinglan-in other words, trading barbs.

Since he couldn't beat her, Yimo stuck to the principle that if he could talk trash, he absolutely wouldn't throw a punch.

By the end of the day, Shi Xinglan had come out on top, which left Yimo very annoyed.

Since the two of them were going abroad, Yimo obviously couldn't use his own identity. He used Ji Ran's instead.

Yimo disliked wearing women's clothes, but so he could get through inspection, he bought regular, gender-neutral clothes and a wig with the short hairstyle of a high school student.

But when they got to the airport, Shi Xinglan actually produced another set of identification for a man. Yimo was so furious he ground his teeth, and his desire to give Shi Xinglan a good "lesson" grew stronger and stronger.

The two of them didn't fly straight to the Northern Islands Archipelago.

They first flew to San Sebastián in western Spain. After spending a day sightseeing there, Shi Xinglan took Yimo aboard a ship, planning to cross the Atlantic to reach the Northern Islands Archipelago.

As Shi Xinglan put it, "Hmph, what's the point of flying?"

"If you don't conquer the ocean at least once in your life, you'll