If he does not ask of me, there is no need to speak.
If he does speak of me, there is no knowing when we shall meet again.
Jiang Wang did not know what Zhu Biqiong, once as innocent and pure as a blank sheet of paper, had gone through over these past two years.
But from the attitude of Commissioner Lu of Sea Fishing Tower before him, he could perhaps glimpse a little of it.
Her current rank of second on the Sea Merit Ranking List's Secondary Ranking List probably spoke to some of the stories behind it as well.
The little girl Hu Shaomeng had once wrapped around his finger had now become a formidable figure overseas. The little girl once sheltered by her sister, who had never seen the wind and rain of the human world, could now stir up storms with a single word in the Near-Sea Archipelago... Time was this fair to everyone.
The Marquis of Wu'an of Great Qi, Sea Fishing Tower's Sea-Pacifying true disciple.
What they had gained shone before the world. What they had lost lay buried deep within their hearts.
"Tell her for me..." Jiang Wang paused, and in the end only said, "Thank you."
Commissioner Lu withdrew respectfully.
Jiang Wang did not linger on Sea Gate Island, instead heading straight back to Qi State.
There was still no news of Shi Si going to sea. Unable to send a message to Chongxuan Sheng over such a distance, he feared Chongxuan Sheng would go mad.
But... there were no traces in the border counties, and she was not overseas either. Where exactly could Shi Si be?
She pinned a red flower in her hair and put on a long dress.
She brushed on rouge and painted her lips