Half an hour earlier, Mei Chengyu had thrown Sun Heng and the others into the Sea Eye, then slipped back to the boat alone.
The things inside the Sea Eye would keep Shuizhou's people occupied for quite some time, giving him a while to move freely.
Wen Yangxiu, who had waited for him in a small boat, reached down and pulled him from the water. His gaze filled with concern. "Are you all right?"
He hadn't known about his good friend's identity and background before he came to Taiyi. Now that he'd heard the entangled grievances from his father, he couldn't help feeling rueful and helpless.
The two of them understood better than anyone else what Sage Chang Gen meant to Mei Chengyu.
"I don't know." Mei Chengyu wiped the water from his face and replied in a muffled voice, "It doesn't matter whether I'm all right or not."
Wen Yangxiu sighed silently as he watched Mei Chengyu take a Water Windmill from the Mechanism Box and set it at the bow.
"Old Man Chang, Dean Zhang, and Dean Liang got into a fight. They're not at Taiyi right now. If you want to leave, you'll have to go now."
Mei Chengyu didn't look back. "I'll tell you where some of the Sea Eyes are. From now on, you can transport goods through them without Taiyi finding out."
Wen Yangxiu nodded and rowed him back to shore in secret.
At last, Mei Chengyu saw the Water Windmill turn. The moment the rotation of its blades resonated with the movement of the seawater, he received a message from Yu Sui:
"I went to meet your family's wanted criminal."
Mei Chengyu's eyelid twitched. He turned to ask Wen Yangxiu, "Where's my uncle?"
"I don't know. Murong Quan asked me about him earlier,