After Mother Ye rescued Ye Chenghu, Ye Yaodong went back to his room to sleep. He still had to head out to sea that night.
He was sleeping groggily when a knock at the door startled him awake. With something on his mind, he had not been sleeping deeply to begin with. At the sound, he sat straight up and got out of bed.
Lin Xiuqing heard the knocking too. When she turned to look, her husband had already gotten up to open the door. She had only just sat up when she heard voices from the doorway.
"Good, you're up. Wash up, then let's go."
"Got it."
When Ye Yaodong turned back into the room to get dressed, he saw her getting out of bed and nearly jumped. "What are you getting up for?"
"I heard the noise, so I got up. Be careful out at sea, and listen to Dad."
"I know. I'm not a three-year-old. Lie back down and sleep. It's only two."
"Mm."
Ye Yaodong put on his clothes and Rain Boots, then hurried out to eat before heading to sea.
Mother Ye also packed two portions of food into lunch boxes for them, and boiled two eggs, which she handed to Ye Yaodong.
"It's your first day going out to sea today. These two eggs are for you. Your eldest brother and second brother got them too when they first went out with your dad."
He answered, gathered everything he needed to bring, and hurried after his father with his headlamp on.
Outside, it was pitch-black. They could only rely on their headlamps to light the way.
The village was so quiet that it felt as though they could have heard a pin drop. The wharf, however, was bustling when they reached it, with headlamps