Become a cat [Zhan Zhao]

When Ah Lan woke up, it was almost dusk.She was surprised that she had been in a drowsy sleep for a whole day, and even more surprised that Zhan Zhao didn't wake her up.The turbulent feeling of floating on the sea is no longer a problem, and Alan didn't even wake up once, but was immersed in the boundless fantasy dreamland.

So when he opened his eyes, Alan had a strong feeling of unreality.However, the soreness all over her body was suggesting the opposite, so she got out of the cabin and squinted her eyes to look into the distance.The setting sun weaves golden shuttles happily in the sea, which seems to have a warm temperature, but in fact it is chilly.

Zhan Zhao was standing on the deck, this time he didn't joke with He Lian.Alan still kept his sleepwalking expression, and walked slowly to his side.

"Are you awake?" Zhan Zhao glanced at her and said casually, "It will take a few more days for the return journey, you can take this opportunity to rest well. When we land on the shore, we will leave here and head north to the next place. "

Alan nodded, feeling a little more real.She turned around and looked behind her, all she could see was the vast sea, and the isolated island had disappeared.

"We really came out." Ah Lan couldn't help muttering, as if she wanted to get Zhan Zhao's confirmation.She had a strong illusion that she had left a part of herself on that island, so she was out of her mind.

Zhan Zhao looked at A Lan in surprise, and asked, "Could it be that you fell asleep?" He stretched out his hand suddenly, and flicked A Lan's forehead lightly.

With a jolt, Ah Lan suddenly broke free from the feeling of wandering, covered her forehead and let out an "ah"."I'm just not awake yet," she muttered.

"Haven't woken up yet?" Zhan Zhao deliberately teased her, "Do you know how many hours you have been asleep? Why, still sleepy? Go to sleep for a while when you are sleepy, and you will grow up when you wake up."

Alan curled her lips in dissatisfaction, feeling resentful towards Zhan Zhao's "growth" remarks.She still remembered the surprise when she saw Zhan Zhao last night, and she also felt attached to the warmth of Zhan Zhao's embrace, but at this moment, these feelings were inevitably dispelled by Zhan Zhao's unsightly ridicule.She finally returned to normal, cheered up and asked, "Sir, have you got what you want?"

"Don't call me sir." Zhan Zhao answered irrelevantly, and what he said surprised A Lan.However, before Ah Lan's heart reached his throat, he continued, "Call Master."

Alan was dumbfounded.For a moment, there was only the sound of He Lian paddling and He Zhou yelling on the boat.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Alan, and said, "What, are you stupid? Don't you want to follow me? If you want to follow, then you must have a title, otherwise, what would you look like?"

"..." A Lan stammered, "I, I..." She finally straightened her tongue, summoned up her courage and called out "Master" cautiously.

This "Master" seemed to herald a certain change, and a stronger relationship was established between the two, which made Ah Lan feel a kind of joy and satisfaction spontaneously, and even his eyes were a little hot.However, in the depths of his heart, there seemed to be a trace of loss, suppressed by tranquility and joy, and screaming in a low voice.

As for Zhan Zhao, he responded calmly and said, "Our school doesn't pay attention to etiquette, so we don't have to go through the process of apprenticeship. You follow me, you have to study hard, understand?" He said Looking at Ah Lan, her heart is actually not as peaceful as it appears on the surface.

It's a lie that Shimen doesn't pay attention to hypocrisy, but it's true that he has selfish intentions.On the one hand, Zhan Zhao recognizes A Lan as his apprentice, as if reminding himself, but on the other hand, he is unwilling to take things seriously, as if he still holds some unrealistic hopes.

Alan nodded vigorously ignorantly.Now she is full of the joy of being relied on, she doesn't even care about the question just now, and looks at Zhan Zhao with a foolish smile.

Not far away, He Lian watched this side without saying a word, and couldn't help feeling a little toothache seeing this scene.

At this moment, He Zhou suddenly yelled loudly: "Sister! There is something floating in the sea!"

"Don't make a fuss." He Lian's mind was still on that awkward couple, she didn't pay much attention to her younger brother's words, and just responded casually, "Isn't it common to see things floating in the sea? It's worth your shouting." .”

He Zhou raised his voice again: "It's not an ordinary thing, I look like a human being!"

He Lian was startled suddenly, and looked in the direction her brother pointed.Zhan Zhao and A Lan also followed the reputation, and their eyes were fixed on the distant sea.

A fuzzy black spot rises and falls between the waves. Some seabirds try to stop on it, but they always fly away after circling a few times.

A Lan couldn't help feeling a chill in her heart, and thought: Is that really a person?Floating on the sea like this, it doesn't look like... a living person.

He Lian had already pulled the oars vigorously without saying a word, and the fishing boat sailed towards that direction quickly, drawing a straight wave on the sea surface, and then was quickly swallowed by the waves.Alan couldn't help but reached out and grabbed Zhan Zhao's sleeve, and stood on tiptoe nervously to watch.

And Zhan Zhao has already withdrawn his gaze, he has excellent eyesight, even from such a distance, he still recognizes it—it is indeed a person, but he is already a dead person.

He tugged Alan lightly, and asked in a low voice: "Are you going back to the cabin?" Girls are always timid, and they will inevitably be afraid when they see a corpse later.

However, Alan shook her head and stubbornly stayed by Zhan Zhao's side.

When He Lian heard Zhan Zhao's words, she suddenly came back to her senses, and shouted at He Zhou, "Go back to the cabin."

"I don't!" He Zhou poked his neck, "Don't worry about me!"

"Go back!" He Lian raised her eyebrows and said coldly, "Be obedient, or my sister will get angry!"

He Zhou stared, gritted his teeth, panting like a calf.He suddenly asked loudly: "Is it because we know that person?" His voice was already crying, "It must be, it must be someone from the village."

He Lian was taken aback, and after a while, she couldn't help but sighed deeply, and said softly, "Brother, go back to the cabin, children can't watch this."

He Zhou stood there and stared at his sister for a while with those red eyes, and finally turned around and rushed back to the cabin.Not long after, the sound of his crying came from the cabin.

He Lian couldn't help but let out a long sigh.She turned her head again and looked towards the black spot on the sea, perhaps because her younger brother couldn't see it, so her face was a bit sad.Ah Lan looked at the sea surface, then at He Lian, feeling sad for a while.She grabbed Zhan Zhao's sleeve tightly.

The waves are so treacherous and unkind, not everyone is as lucky as them.

After a while, when He Zhou's crying gradually stopped, the fishing boat approached the floating corpse.A Lan raised her hand to cover her mouth, her eyes widened involuntarily, and she felt an indescribable fear.

It was a naked | naked man, but his body had already been soaked white and swollen by sea water.One can still vaguely see his robust figure before his death, and on that unrecognizable face, the messy beard is tangled together and connected with seaweed.

"Lao Gu." He Lian said in a low voice, with an indescribable meaning in her tone.

Ah Lan recalled that she once had a relationship with this person.

Suddenly, Ah Lan's eyes darkened, and Zhan Zhao covered her eyes with his hands.He whispered to He Lian, "Do you want to salvage his body?"

"Forget it." He Lian said lightly, but there was a kind of sadness in the words, "We fish from the sea for a living and rely on this sea to survive. It is only natural to return everything to the sea after death." should."

Zhan Zhao was silent, and didn't say anything about "peace in the ground".He just looked at the man who had talked to him in silence.

Suddenly, he felt something was wrong, and said, "Wait, Miss He."

"Huh?" He Lian pulled the oars to stabilize the fishing boat, and asked with a frown, "What's wrong?"

Zhan Zhao stared at the floating corpse, and said in a low voice, "It doesn't look like this person fell into the sea and drowned, but he seems to have been killed."

"..." Alan couldn't help but tremble, and a chill rose in his heart.And Zhan Zhao's warm hand was still covering her eyes, which somewhat comforted her.

Zhan Zhao frowned tightly, forgetting that he was still covering Ah Lan's eyes.He stared closely at the floating corpse, his ferocious face was swollen and deformed, but he saw a black mark between his brows.

That was a sign of poisoning, maybe a hidden weapon with poison was shot between his eyebrows.It should be a small hidden weapon like a steel needle.This person's martial arts are not low, although he was plotted against, but the hidden weapon is shot from the front, so the opponent's martial arts must not be underestimated.

"Look!" He Lian suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, she seemed to feel great fright, and her face instantly turned pale.

Zhan Zhao then raised his eyes to look into the distance, and couldn't help being terrified for a moment.

——Not just one corpse, but more floating corpses floating in the sea, like the mess after a terrible sea festival.He Lian suppressed the trembling of her voice, and said in a low voice: "You're right, they definitely didn't drown in the wind and waves when they went out to sea, they must have been killed."

"How did this happen?" Ah Lan couldn't help asking, "Did anything happen on the shore?"

He Lian's face was pale, she murmured: "This is impossible, Master has been guarding this coast, it is impossible for anyone to break in."

"Could it be that they killed each other?" A Lan couldn't help but shuddered after speaking, and said to herself, "Impossible."

He Lian said firmly: "Impossible. We have lived peacefully for so many years. We can't say that the neighbors are harmonious, at least there is no deep hatred. How could we suddenly kill each other and kill so many people? Someone must have broken in. "

"Then we can't go back rashly." Zhan Zhao said in a deep voice, "If they have already occupied this coast, we might run into trouble if we go back directly."

He Lian nodded slowly, and said, "I can go around to the west side of the coast, where there is an abandoned port."

"Shall we go back?" Ah Lan gently stretched out his hand to pull Zhan Zhao's arm off, blinked his eyes, and asked in a low voice with his head raised.

He Lian on the side said in a deep voice: "We must go back, we must know what happened on the shore."

Ah Lan didn't feel too scared, so she nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhan Zhao patted Ah Lan's head lightly, and said in a low voice, "Good boy."