How Did Your Family End Up Like This?

Zhou Wanwan smiled and said, "Then eat more today."

The two were stuffed. Looking at the sea view, Shen Tao said, "I never expected the sea to look like this at night. It always gives me a sense of tranquil beauty."

He had barely finished speaking when a wave surged up, and it was quite high.

Shen Tao was startled, and even Zhou Wanwan was startled.

Fortunately, these trees paddled faster than the waves.

They quickly ran out, and all the miners were put inside.

They all stood there dumbfounded, at a loss for what to do.

Zhou Wanwan asked Shen Tao to bring in some seafood, and then had Shu make some porridge, saying, "You guys eat first!"

One of the miners said, "Young lady, I'd like to ask, where are we going now? Are we going somewhere else to mine?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "So, are you willing to mine?"

"We're not really willing, but if you insist, we can mine."

"Yes, we'll do anything as long as we have enough to eat."

Zhou Wanwan looked at the thousands of miners and said, "Mining is meaningless, but I'll let you farm. Are you willing?"

Mining doesn't really need these miners, because those trees are much faster than these miners.

But Zhou Wanwan now owns too much land.

These trees simply cannot be cared for in time; now they are all being tended to manually.

The miners nodded and said, "We're willing. We'll do anything as long as we have enough to eat."

"Yes, I haven't eaten for several meals in a row."

Zhou Wanwan looked at them and said, "You should rest for a while! We'll be there soon."

Zhou Wanwan also went into a room and slowly fell asleep.

She was asleep, but the Black Shark Gang nearly went crazy.

The leader of the Black Shark Gang checks his warehouse every day.

He led a group of people and said, "I got a treasured sword from the warehouse a few days ago. I really like it, and I'll show it to you today."

The person behind him flattered, "Congratulations, Chief, on acquiring such a divine weapon! Truly a cause for celebration!"

"Those ships carried really good goods; a single shipment of spices could fetch tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"And that ship full of silk and medicinal herbs is also quite valuable. We can sell it in a few days."

"To be honest, those two boatloads of grain are more practical. After all, there are so many people on our island, and without food, we'd be quite anxious."

"Yes, I think we should expand our islands a bit more. It would be even better if we could take over the Jiang Family's island."

The Black Shark Gang leader shook his head and said:

"The Jiang Family is quite powerful. Didn't you go to the island to see them before?"

The house was built in a very old and grand style, and the ground was entirely made of blue bricks; it was clear that the owner was very wealthy.

Let's not provoke them. If we anger them, they won't be so easy to deal with.

I heard that their family has a general, a prefect, and a county magistrate.

"If we really anger them, it'll be troublesome."

The further he walked, the more uneasy he felt.

Am I drunk today?

Why do I feel like I can't get to the warehouse? It's like I'm in a maze. Where is our warehouse again?

"Hey, you know what, you know what, we should have arrived much earlier than usual! Why have we been walking in circles today?"

"What happened to our woods? Why are they all bare now?"

"Wow, there are so many dead trees here! I wonder where they came from?"

The more they walked, the more uneasy they felt.

The leader of the Black Shark Gang looked at the empty space and said, "Now I know what's wrong. Where's my warehouse? Where's my warehouse?"

"Yeah! Where did such a big warehouse go?"

"Look at this ground, it's completely bare, there's nothing there at all."

Everyone was stunned. The leader of the Black Shark Gang shouted, "Go find them! Investigate immediately! We must find out who did this! My treasured sword! My treasure! It's all gone!"

Everyone sprang into action, and it took them quite a while to find the Jiang Lineage members.

The Black Shark Gang members looked at Jiang Lineage's group and said, "Jiang Ce, what are you doing on our island?"

Jiang Ce groggily opened his eyes and asked, "Where am I?"

"Don't play dumb with me, what are you doing here in our Black Shark Gang?"

Jiang Ce sighed and said, "If I said I came to your island for a visit, would you believe me?"

The leader of the Black Shark Gang snorted coldly:

"I don't believe you for a second! You're not leaving today; let your father come and ransom you!"

Do you know how much our Black Shark Gang has lost?

"Our Black Shark Gang's warehouse is missing. Did your Jiang Lineage steal it?"

Someone ran back and said, "Boss, something terrible has happened! Not only is the warehouse gone, but the ship is gone too!"

The Black Shark Gang leader's lips twitched as he said, "Jiang Ce, you'd better hand over our ship right now!"

Jiang Ce almost burst into tears. "If I told you that all of our Jiang Lineage's ships have disappeared, would you believe me?"

"Don't play dumb with me. I don't believe you. Hand it over now! Otherwise, don't force me to kill you."

Jiang Ce looked at them and said, "If you don't believe me, fine. I'll take you to our island and you'll see what happened."

The Black Shark Gang leader followed Jiang Ce back to the Jiang Lineage's island and said, "What exactly do you want? Are you planning to kill us once we get to the island?"

Jiang Ce's lips twitched. "It can't be that bad. Our two islands aren't at that point of no return, are they?"

"That's true. We're neighbors after all, so we can look out for each other to some extent."

"As long as you're willing to return what's on our island, our grudges will be wiped clean."

Jiang Ce sighed, "It's not that I don't want to pay you back, it's that I don't know how to pay you back. You have to believe me, I'm even more desperate than you are."

The ship soon arrived at the small island owned by the Jiang Lineage.

The Jiang Lineage clan chief looked at them and said, "Jiang Ce, why did you bring them here?"

The leader of the Black Shark Gang said:

Chief Jiang, what do you mean by that?

Does that mean we can't come back with you?

"You stole things from our island, so naturally we had to come and check."

Chief Jiang said sarcastically, "You're crying 'stop thief' when you're the thief! Who took your things?"

"Keep acting, you two keep acting! Within this radius of hundreds of miles, there are only our two families."

"If it wasn't your family who took it, then tell me who it was? Was it a ghost?"

Jiang Ce suddenly said in a sinister tone, "If I told you, it might really be a ghost!"

The leader of the Black Shark Gang was so angry that he stomped his feet.

The Jiang clan chief led him to the Jiang Lineage family's territory and began to speak:

"Come here, you said the Jiang Lineage stole things from your family, come and see, come and see what the Jiang Lineage has left?"

Even if we did take your things, where could we put them?

The leader of the Black Shark Gang toured the Jiang Lineage's island, and his lips twitched as he said:

"Didn't your Jiang Lineage used to have many houses? Where are those houses now?"

Also, I remember that your old road was paved with bluestone.

I was so envious back then, you know? The cobblestone path!

The Jiang Lineage patriarch remained silent, his head bowed.

Jiang Ce suddenly burst into tears.

Many of Jiang Lineage's people stared blankly at the sea.

The Black Shark Gang leader patted the Jiang Lineage Clan Chief on the shoulder and said:

"My goodness! What happened to your house? It's a mess!"

I've seen poor people, but I've never seen anyone poorer than those on your island.

At least we left some houses on our island, but you didn't leave us anything at all!"

The Jiang Lineage clan chief burst into tears:

"Waaaaah... It's a long story! I have no idea which bastard did this, do you even know?"

Six ships! Such big ships, and they just disappeared like that.

I'm not heartbroken about the ship, you know? I'm heartbroken about all the effort I've put in—it's money I've painstakingly saved up my whole life!