Red Beard couldn't help laughing. "You really have grown taller. You look a little taller than Ed now, don't you?"
Ed hadn't grown any taller in years, and he probably had no hope of another growth spurt. When he saw that Ye Chuqi was taller than him, he'd probably lose his mind.
Thinking of that easily flustered young man, Ye Chuqi laughed too. "Did you come early this time, Captain? Is something going on?" She knew Red Beard came every year, but she'd never run into him. She left the island whenever she felt like it, with no set schedule.
Red Beard narrowed his eyes. "Someone may have asked me to bring a certain young lady home. She hasn't been back in years, and it's time for her twentieth birthday Coming-of-Age Ceremony."
Ye Chuqi: "..."
Perhaps even San San hadn't realized how important a Coming-of-Age Ceremony was in this world, let alone Ye Chuqi, who had never given it any thought. Only when Red Beard mentioned it did she realize the day mattered not just to her, but to the Ye Family too.
And after four years away, she really should go back and see them.
When it came to the Thirteen Misty Islands, there wasn't much left for her to do. All she could do was bring out what they needed from the Island of Inheritance and help resolve the crisis facing the Barton Empire.
She had asked Coroa whether she could take those things out. After all, he'd never voiced an opinion about anything she did. Even when she'd asked him directly, he'd only smiled and told her to use her own judgment.
Use my own judgment? Honestly, she wanted to haul everything out and hand it all to Milforth. But she knew bringing all of it