One Piece: One Hundred Ghosts at Night

On the deck of the Mobis, as the ship carrying Nu Liang and his party got farther and farther away from Rogge Town, on the harbor, the old man stepped forward and originally wanted to comfort Smoker, who was looking angry. .

After all, in the old man's opinion, what Nuliang did this time was indeed a bit excessive. He took other people's mothers away to sea and left the children aside.

But when he walked forward, he found that Smoker originally had an angry expression on his face. When he found that the Mobis had gone away, the anger on his face also faded away. There was a complicated look on his face, with anger, but More blessings and relief, he murmured,

"Be happy"

Smoker looked at the departing ships with a look of blessing in his eyes.

In fact, Smoker has always understood that his mother is actually very lonely.

When I was sensible, the first thing I saw was a gentle and beautiful face, teasing myself with slender white fingers and saying with a gentle smile,

"Smog, I'm mom"

Next, his mother has been taking care of him. In the eyes of the young Smoker, his mother is strong, gentle and great.

But as Smoker gradually grew up, he discovered that his mother was not as strong as he thought. Sometimes his mother would cry silently when she was alone.

The smile facing him was even a little forced in Smoker's eyes at that time, as if it was a smile forced out of him so that he would no longer worry.

Alone, taking care of his mother alone, when Smog was young, he often found that the ruffians in Rogge Town were causing trouble for his mother.

Although with the help of the nearby neighbors, those gangsters did not dare to do whatever they wanted, but my mother did not dare to wander around casually. Every day when it got dark, she would tightly close the store at home, as if this was the only way. Only then can it give her and her children a sense of security.

But even so, Smoker still saw a tired look on that gentle woman's face from time to time.

Smoker understood that this was not only physical exhaustion, but also mental exhaustion.

At that time, Smoker understood that her mother was not strong at all, but she had to pretend to be strong for her own sake.

But this kind of pretending to be strong may not cause any problems in the short term, but as time goes by, people will become more and more tired.

Until a person's limit is reached, this kind of exhaustion will even crush a person's life.

Of course, this was not clear to Smoker, who was still young at the time, but he still had this feeling vaguely.

This was what Smoker felt vaguely at the time, but even if he felt it, so what, he was still young and didn't know what to do.

At that moment, a little guy broke into my mother's life.

That is Nuliang Liban.

The first time I met Nuliang was at the dining table at Smoker's house. When Smoker went downstairs to have dinner, Smoker spotted Nuliang at first sight. After all, compared to the past, he and his mother were alone. There is an extra person at the dining table, and it’s hard not to notice.

Smoker's first reaction when he saw Nuliang was surprise, because Smoker knew very well how wary his mother was about outsiders after dusk.

But now he actually invited a strange kid to his home for dinner. Then Smoker gradually approached the dining table and looked at it carefully, and then he realized why his mother would let this kid into the house.

Exquisite facial features, big eyes, fair complexion, and smooth black hair.

She was just like a delicate doll, eating the dessert bite by bite. Her big eyes squinted from time to time as she was eating the dessert, with a look of enjoyment on her face, making her look extremely cute.

The appearance of this little devil really makes people unwary.

Moreover, I have to say that this kid's appearance is simply terrifying for women.

This was Smoker's first impression of Nuliang, and in the following days, the evil-looking kid ran into his store from time to time, followed by a little girl about his own age as a follower. .

Then that kid ate ramen in the store from time to time, and kept being attentive to his mother, either helping with things, or chatting around her.

Perhaps even Nuliang himself did not expect that it was precisely because of his actions that Smog's mother, Aya, no longer felt lonely.

This was something that only Nuliang at that time could do.

If he were an adult male, Aya would already be wary of those ruffians and the need to raise and take care of Smoker.

And Aya herself is not the sociable type, so she has almost no friends in Rogge Town.

So as long as Smoker can remember, his mother seems to have been alone.

But with the intervention of this kid, Smoker obviously found that his mother became more cheerful.

Perhaps only at this kid's age can the mother, who has always been wary, let down her guard.

So Smoker was sometimes really grateful for this kid who suddenly broke into his and his mother's lives.

It is precisely because of him that his mother can escape from isolation and loneliness, as if she has someone to communicate with.

This is irreplaceable for Smoker, because in Aya's eyes, Smoker is a child after all, a child who needs protection and care.

However, Nuliang Liban's mind often makes Aya ignore his age when chatting with Nuliang, but there is no doubt that Nuliang is just a brat.

However, although Smoker was grateful to Nuliang in his heart, he felt like a child as if something had been taken away from him. Therefore, this was one of the reasons why Smoker had a bad attitude towards Nuliang.

But when he learned that Nuliang was going to sea, Smoker knew when he saw his mother's expression that maybe her mother would never be alone with him again.

So when he saw his mother going to sea with that kid, although Smoker was angry, he was not surprised.

Looking at the Mobis going away, Smoker's mind echoed what Nuliang said to him before leaving,

"Wait for me on the sea. Then I will become stronger, stronger than you. If you bully her, I, the son, will never let you go, Nuliang brat."

"In the past, you were the one who protected me and accompanied me to grow up. Now, if you want to pursue the happiness you want, then let me protect you, mother."

Smoker turned his head and looked in the direction of the naval base in Rogge Town. He clenched his hands unconsciously and silently made up his mind.