Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

"We cannot thank you enough for taking care of our daughter."

Honestly speaking, Bai Ye was secretly happy that in this ocean, an existence like the Red Hair Pirates would willingly bow down and express their gratitude.

Just as Beckman said, although the Straw Hat Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates had established contact early on, this was really the first time they met.

Coincidentally, in the original comics, the Red Hair Pirates were supposed to meet Luffy at the top war, and there would also be two famous scenes of the captain and the deputy captain.

But because of the appearance of Byakuya, the Red Hair Pirates did not go to Marijoa at all.

It's a kind of butterfly effect.

Of course, now Byakuya is also the vice-captain of the Straw Hat Pirates. No matter in terms of strength or status, he is already on par with the person in front of him, and in some sense even superior to him.

After all, Beckman's bounty isn't as high as Shanks'.

So it was only right and reasonable for Bai Ye to accept the gratitude of everyone in front of him with peace of mind.

"Ms. Uta is my captain's childhood sweetheart. Helping her is what all of us want."

Bai Ye motioned for everyone to stand up and explained:

"I hope what I said just now won't make you think I'm meddling in other people's business. After all..."

At this point, Bai Ye turned his head and glanced at Shanks and Uta who were in an awkward atmosphere:

"Personally, I just don't have a favorable impression of irresponsible parents."

Hearing this, Laki Lu and others behind Beckman all lowered their heads in shame.

Although Uta is Shanks' daughter, in their hearts, they have long regarded her as their daughter.

What Bai Ye said before still makes them blush.

Yes, they are the Red Hair Pirates, and they would abandon Uta because they were afraid that she could not bear the truth and the bounty on her.

This is something that only a crazy person would do.

They didn't even dare to think about how hard their daughter's life was these days.

Compared to them, Beckman obviously thought more.

In addition to his guilt towards Uta, he also guessed something from Bai Ye's words.

Beckman smoked a cigar and looked at Bai Ye meaningfully.

Ever since the Straw Hat Pirates went out to sea and caused several major incidents, the backgrounds of almost all of them have been exposed in the news.

Only the man in front of him seemed to have appeared out of thin air in this world.

No parents, no family, not even anyone who could prove that he had known Bai Ye.

And the words he just said were filled with real resentment.

Beckman couldn't help but have a guess:

Bai Ye may have been abandoned by his parents.

Even like Uta, his parents who abandoned Bai Ye are still alive in this world.

If this is true, it is not difficult to understand why Bai Ye, who was able to remain calm during the Battle of Marineford, would have such complicated personal emotions in the matter of Uta.

Beckman exhaled a puff of smoke, and there was a hint of kindness in his eyes when he looked at Bai Ye.

If you think about it carefully, the man in front of you is obviously the same age as Uta, and is also a child.

And his maturity and stability...perhaps it comes from having experienced worse things than Uta.

If Bai Ye could understand Beckman's thoughts, he would be surprised.

After all...he had indeed been through worse things than Uta.

And these are things that Bai Ye has never mentioned to Luffy and the others.

It is not wrong to say that Bai Ye was adopted by the Wudang Taoist Temple.

But in fact, Bai Ye was abandoned on Mount Wudang.

At that time, he was only six months old.

When the master and his fellow brothers found him, he was wrapped in only a tattered blanket, without any note or anything that could prove his identity.

It was a night, which was why his master named him Bai Ye.

Of course, Bai Ye’s process of growing up to his current appearance was not all smooth sailing.

The first is that Bai Ye has a serious illness.

It was the master who asked an old friend to help him, and he stayed by his side for two full years before finally bringing Bai Ye back from the brink of death.

So for a long time afterwards, everyone, including Bai Ye's senior brothers, believed that Bai Ye's parents chose to abandon him because they had no money to treat Bai Ye's illness.

Although he was sad, Bai Ye didn't think too much about it because he had never seen his parents since he was a child and his senior brothers and master in the Taoist temple loved him very much.

It was not until Bai Ye was 16 years old that his master handed him some information, which allowed Bai Ye to understand his own life experience.

It turned out that the master had known the identities of his parents for a long time and had already investigated them clearly.

As for how the master knew...

This is because the surveillance camera captured the entire process of Bai Ye’s parents abandoning him, and their faces were clearly visible.

From that information, Bai Ye learned that his parents were just two students who had just reached adulthood when they became pregnant with him.

I ran away from home because I was afraid that my family would find out.

Because of his youth and ignorance, his mother became addicted to gambling and drugs...

It was also because of drug abuse that Bai Ye was born with a serious illness.

In fact, to be honest, it was a blessing from God that Bai Ye did not die in the womb.

But obviously, his parents didn't think so...

Seeing that the doctor said that he was seriously ill, the two quickly decided to abandon Bai Ye, and went up the mountain overnight to throw him to the Taoist temple.

After all, Bai Ye's appearance itself was an accident, and the relationship between the two was not that deep, they were just being held there.

Just seeing this, Bai Ye didn’t dare to continue reading.

It was only with the encouragement of my master that I regained my composure and continued reading.

After abandoning Bai Ye, the two of them became noticeably more active.

After all, I ran away from home because of the child. Now that the child is gone, there is naturally no need to think so much.

So after a year, the two returned home and chose to break up.

Sixteen years later, Bai Ye's father found a job, remarried and had children, and had a perfect family.

With the help of her family, Bai Ye's mother successfully quit her drug addiction, had a successful blind date, became a housewife, and gave birth to a daughter.

From the beginning to the end, neither of them thought of returning to Wudang Mountain to look for the children they had abandoned.

It seems that in their hearts, the White Night is just a small episode in their lives and is not worth mentioning.

To be honest, Bai Ye hated his master a little. Why did he let him read this information?

But the master still convinced Bai Ye for only one reason:

Bai Ye is qualified to know his own life experience.

That night, Master and Bai Ye talked for a long time and said a lot...

But the master knew that no matter how much he said, the harm Bai Ye suffered was real and would accompany him throughout his life.

Perhaps even Bai Ye himself is not so clear about this.

This is also why he felt that what he did in the Uta incident was relatively normal, but in Beckman's eyes it was so conspicuous, and he even speculated something.