Several hours later, Song Qingshu and the two women were already out on the boundless blue sea. Hero's Island had dispatched a large ship to escort the Brocade-Robed Young Master in their hearts back to the Central Plains. Because of the previous assassination attempt, the people of Hero's Island did not dare be careless this time. They had sent a great many experts solely to ensure that no mishap befell the Brocade-Robed Young Master along the way.
"People from Hero's Island are everywhere outside the room. How are we supposed to leave when the time comes?" Zhou Zhiruo asked worriedly, cracking the window open a sliver.
Since Song Qingshu had been mistaken for the Brocade-Robed Young Master, he had been assigned the most comfortable room on the entire ship. Zhou Zhiruo and Qi Fang, whom others regarded as the Brocade-Robed Young Master's concubines, were naturally housed in the same room.
Ever since boarding the ship, Zhou Zhiruo had been observing Hero's Island's defenses. In the end, she discovered dejectedly that not even a fly could get out.
"Zhiruo, come back and sit down. Stop looking." Song Qingshu reclined sideways in his chair, his hands clasped behind his neck as he spoke carelessly.
"I truly do not know how you can be so relaxed." Zhou Zhiruo knew she would not come up with a solution by continuing to look, so she shut the window. When she returned to his side, she could not help rolling her eyes at him.
"You won't catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's den. I'm truly curious about just who the formidable figure behind Hero's Island is." In his previous life, when Song Qingshu read Ode to Gallantry, he had merely regarded the people of Hero's Island as a group of martial arts-obsessed experts detached from