You are as gentle and cool as the moon

After three days and three nights of traversing mountains and ridges, they arrived at the seaside on foot. This place belongs to Haiwang Gorge and is only ten miles away from Xiaguo's Ferry Valley.

Xiao Wenzhu fired a signal cannon dedicated to pirates on the beach, claiming that a pirate ship would come to rescue them within half a day.

Su Yinran sighed: "I have never been out in the sea when I grow up, so I don't know if I will get seasick."

Xiao Wenzhu smiled and said: "As long as you want, I can take you on a voyage for ten years without returning. There are also many anti-sickness drugs on board. You will definitely get used to it within three days."

Su Yinran said hesitantly: "I can't sail with you all the time, Dragon City will definitely have to go back."

Xia Luoning agreed: "Our army is almost wiped out. If we don't go home in time to tell our parents the truth, I'm afraid it will deepen the panic and turmoil, which will not be good for Xia, Hua or Mongolia."

Xiao Jiale also echoed: "Those mixed races may also track our location, and even more Desaisi witches will chase after us. It is the best policy to return to their respective homes as soon as possible."

Xiao Wenzhu didn't take it seriously: "Our naval combat strength is the best in the world, no matter how many wizards come here, they are not our opponents!"

Su Yinran: "But it's not good to cause you to lose troops and generals. Neither Luo Ning nor I should stay here for a long time. It's better to send us back to the Ferry Valley to land in two days."

An Qingling: "I am willing to give up my status as the queen of Huaguo, and go to the paradise with Sister Luoning to stay together forever."

Xia Luoning: "..."

Xiao Wenzhu looked at Su Yinran affectionately, and asked: "Are you willing to give up your princess status and marry me to grow old at sea?"

Su Yinran said in embarrassment: "Even if I want to pair up with you, I have to go home first to repay my safety."

Xiao Wenzhu was a little melancholy: "But you may not be able to get out after you go back, and you may even be sent by your king to make a marriage."

An Qingling smiled and said, "You might as well fake your death and spread the news to Dragon City, saying that Sister Luo Ning and Her Royal Highness were killed by a Desais half-breed."

Xia Luoning shook her head: "I can't fake my death, my parents are still at home waiting for me to go back, I have to provide them with retirement, and I must not elope with others."

Xiao Wenzhu suggested: "Why don't Aurora go back by herself and lie to the royal family that the princess has been killed by a wizard?"

Xia Luoning waited for Su Yinran to make a statement.

Su Yinran said hesitantly: "This is a matter of life and death and marriage. It's no small matter. I can't make a decision right away. I need to think carefully before making a decision."

Xiao Jiale: "If the princess loves my aunt, how can she be hesitant and difficult to make a choice? If you don't love her enough, it's better to leave as soon as possible, so as not to regret it later and blame aunt."

"Jia Le!" Xiao Wenzhu glared at her, "Don't interfere with me and A Ran. As long as she is willing to live with me, I believe she will love me very much in the near future."

"My aunt is biased." Xiao Jiale held back tears and stared at her.

An Qingling smoothed things over: "Everyone is a life-and-death friend who share weal and woe, so don't hurt your friendship casually. No matter what, my sister and the princess will spend a few days with us at sea, we should be happy and cherish it."

Xiao Wenzhu nodded, and led Su Yinran to a distance.

An Qingling saw Xiao Jiale staring at the backs of the two of them with resentful eyes, and didn't know how to comfort her for a while, so she had to leave her alone in place and take Xia Luoning away.

Seeing Xiao Jiale under the coconut tree, Xia Luoning was still looking at Xiao Wenzhu's figure like a watchman's stone, and felt a little sympathetic to her.

"I didn't expect Jia Le to be so dependent on her aunt. Now seeing her aunt's heart and eyes are full of others, it is inevitable to feel sad."

An Qingling put her arms around her neck and said: "My heart and eyes are all about you, but I am luckier than her, the person you like is me!"

Xia Luoning smiled helplessly: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't."

"Are you afraid to admit it?"

"I'll just admit the facts."

"Then what do you think is wrong with what I just said?"

"Wenzhu and Jiale are aunts and nephews, and Aran is a married couple. It is obviously inappropriate to describe you as Wenzhu to Wenzhu."

An Qingling tilted her head and asked with a smile: "So sister knows well that Ah Ling loves you like bamboo loves the princess?"

Xia Luoning: "..."

An Qingling said proudly: "In my opinion, Jia Le actually likes bamboo, and his clinginess is even more clingy than I cling to you."

Xia Luoning looked around and saw a lone figure squatting on the waves and drawing sand.

"Jia Le is still young, and maybe he still can't tell where his relationship belongs. He only regards bamboo as his only support."

"That's fine, let's talk about each other instead of talking about others!"

An Qingling kissed Xia Luoning's mouth, and asked with a smile: "Sister, you actually like me very much, don't you?"

"I denied it just now." Xia Luoning pushed her away, "Don't kiss me casually again."

An Qingling asked aggrievedly: "You like me, why don't you allow me to kiss you?"

Xia Luoning avoided her gaze and said, "I don't like you, I only have Jinlan friendship with you, so I shouldn't do Zhougong's rituals and love affairs."

An Qingling stared at her for half a minute, then said stubbornly: "You just like me, I know, I can feel it."

"You may not understand, you don't know that your feelings for me are love. You may also be not used to it, and you don't want to admit that the person you like is me."

"You may also be afraid because your parents know that you are in love with me and will order you to stop liking me."

Xia Luoning looked back at her and said, "Excuse me, why can you think that my liking for you is because of love rather than friendship?"

An Qingling said bluntly and confidently: "Just because you will live and die with me that day! You could choose to run away, but you stubbornly stayed with me. You would rather be killed with me than leave alone .”

Xia Luoning said in a low voice: "I regard you as my sister and good friend, so of course I can't bear to leave you."

An Qingling clenched her fists and said angrily, "You clearly care about me very much. You are worried when you see me in danger, and you feel distressed when you see me hurt. I don't believe that I am just unrequited love!"

Seeing her sad and aggrieved look, Xia Luoning couldn't bear to refute her.

"A Ling, you are the Empress of Hua Kingdom, Zhao Yize's wife."

"As long as you agree, I can immediately take you to travel around the world and spend the rest of your life in peace."

"Have you forgotten why you married him in the first place? You said you wanted to be a queen and do good things for the country and the people."

"But these ideals and dignitaries are not as good as you, and now I want to stay with you even more!"

Xia Luoning saw the love and sincerity in An Qingling's eyes, and her heart was moved by it.She felt warm and sweet, but also hesitant and sad.

There are too many fetters and gaps between each other, and it is impossible for the two of them to go away incognito.

An Qingling saw that her eyes were moist, and asked expectantly but anxiously: "Sister, do you admit that you like me?"

A few seconds later, Xia Luoning lowered her eyes and said, "I don't admit it."

An Qingling became gloomy, turned around and walked away quickly.

Three hours later, a mother ship and three sub-ships docked on the shore together.

Xiao Wenshuang got off the boat and looked at them one by one: "I thought someone stole our small cannon for a surprise attack, but I didn't expect that it was you who were going to Mongolia to see off your relatives."

Xiao Wenzhu and him are cousins, they had a very good relationship when they were young, but they had a lot of quarrels when they grew up, last time they had a conflict because of the competition for the title of Pirate King, and now they don't have a good look at each other.

She said calmly: "An Ling and I were hunted down by the witches on the border of Mongolia, and we came here today. These two beauties are from Xia, they are my friends and guests of honor on this trip."

Xiao Wenshuang's eyes wandered between Xia Luoning and Su Yinran, and asked, "Dare you ask the girls' names? Do you want me to send you back to Xia Kingdom?"

Su Yinran said politely: "My name is Xiaoran, and her name is Aning."

Xiao Wenzhu took Su Yinran's hand, and said as he walked, "The two of them will stay with us at sea for a few days, and don't ask you if I don't talk about other things."

Xiao Wenzhu looked at the two of them holding hands meaningfully, and jokingly said: "You kidnapped a daughter-in-law when you went out, it's really good."

Xiao Wenzhu curled his mouth and took the lead to board the big boat to arrange the girls' daily meals.

In the afternoon, the sky is clear and the sea breeze is not strong.

Xia Luoning just woke up from a nap when she was dragged out of the cabin by the beautiful girl who ran in.

"Sister, there are a lot of dolphins coming over there suddenly, you must like it!" An Qingling excitedly led her to the bow of the boat, smiling and looking at the dozen or so cute ones playing in the sea.

Xia Luoning didn't expect that she would take the initiative to reconcile with him, and suspected that she might not be angry anymore.

Her mood also improved, and she watched the dolphins' water performance with a gentle and moving smile.

An Qingling saw her smile and asked, "Sister, are you not angry anymore?"

Xia Luoning looked at her tenderly: "I thought you were the one who was angry."

"I... will calm down soon." An Qingling asked hesitantly, "My sister is not angry anymore, is she?"

"I've never been angry with you." Xia Luoning said softly, "Thank you for taking me to see them, they are so cute, I really like them."

"Hee hee!" An Qingling lay on the guardrail and looked at the dolphins.

Xia Luoning couldn't help but said: "But to me, you are actually cuter than them."

An Qingling was flattered and opened her eyes wide: "You think I'm cute?"

Xia Luoning looked at the dolphin and nodded.

Just as An Qingling wanted to tease her with a witty remark, she suspected that the cuteness in her mouth was like a sister's liking for a younger sister, a feeling that had nothing to do with love.

After a quiet quarter of an hour, An Qingling finally mustered up the courage to confess.

"elder sister."

"Ok?"

An Qingling looked at her with a bright smile and said, "I don't love you at all, just like the salt in this sea."

Xia Luoning looked at her, and felt that her whole body was nourished by her warm gaze, not only her heart rate accelerated, but she was also fascinated.

She blinked her eyes before regaining her dazed soul.

She found that the beautiful girl was still looking at her intently, so she said: "Your words are quite contradictory. Since your love for me is so weak, how can you compare with the countless salt in the sea?"

An Qingling played with a lock of hair on Xia Luoning's chest, and asked evilly, "Sister, are you pretending to be confused or are you really innocent?"

Xia Luoning gently patted her claws away without saying a word.

An Qingling suddenly hugged her waist and pressed her against the railing: "Sister, I want to kiss you forcefully."

"..."

Xia Luoning raised her hand in time to cover her mouth.

An Qingling still kissed the back of her hand as if she got her wish.

Xia Luoning caught a glimpse of the three women on the other side looking over in unison, and felt shy in her heart.She pushed An Qingling away, ran back to the cabin without saying "little rascal".

An Qingling licked her lips and said with a smile: "Sister is still so cute."