A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles-Chapter 625: How Did You Know We Went Out to Sea?
Chapter 625: Chapter 625: How Did You Know We Went Out to Sea?
The dock supervisor wasn’t surprised by this line of thought. His absence that day had directly led to the National Master and the others renting a boat and setting out to sea. By the time he returned and learned of this, it was all too late. His only recourse was to to Wu Li immediately. Wu Li instructed him to write to Mr. Wu at once, which he did. Yet, barely an hour later, a golden leaf from the royal court of Nanjiang appeared before him. This led the supervisor to assume that the person before him had been sent by Mr. Wu.
Princess Ata anxiously watched the dock supervisor.
"Hurry up! If we’re any later, I won’t be able to catch up with my friends."
Unexpectedly, Princess Ata wound up with the fastest small boat after the supervisor’s careful selection.
She boarded the boat. When a sailor came to help her row, she declined his help. As a princess of the Nanjiang royal court, Princess Ata had naturally learned Witchcraft; piloting a boat herself was certainly not an issue.
Xiaosuisui and her companions had been on the boat for less than an hour when the little girl couldn’t bear it any longer.
Ji Youzhi was supporting her as she vomited over the railing, seemingly on the verge of throwing up even her bile.
"Why didn’t you tell me you get seasick?" he asked. "If you’d said so earlier, I would’ve delayed our departure by a day, waited for Dugu Xiao to arrive, and let him look after you before I set sail."
At his words, Xiaosuisui looked up at him, her eyes welling with tears, looking aggrieved.
"I don’t want to stay behind! I want to go out to sea!"
"Look at yourself now. We haven’t even reached our destination, and you’ve already vomited hundreds of times on the boat."
"Seventh Uncle, don’t worry, I won’t die from vomiting. It’ll be fine once I get used to it."
Ji Youzhi’s lips twitched; the little girl was quite self-aware.
Lord Dragon walked over, shaking his folding fan, and tutted as he looked at her.
"You sure know how to console yourself. But tell me, you’re quite adept at flying through the skies and running on land, so why do you wilt the moment you board a ship?"
Xiaosuisui glanced at him.
"I don’t know! Only my Second Uncle could answer that question. But unfortunately, he’s lost his memory and doesn’t know anything about medicine!"
Ji Youzhi and Lord Dragon glanced at each other.
"Is this an illness?" they both asked in unison.
"Isn’t it?" Xiaosuisui replied.
"Zhen has never studied medicine, so Zhen does not know," Lord Dragon stated.
Ji Youzhi said, "I haven’t studied it either, so I also don’t know."
"The medicine is here! Drink it quickly. Auntie Fat brewed it. She said it’s a common folk remedy among seafarers. You should feel better after drinking it."
Ji Youzhi reached out to take the medicinal decoction, but Lord Dragon preempted him and took it.
"This is Zhen’s precious daughter. Zhen will feed her."
Ji Youzhi awkwardly retracted his hand and let him feed her.
"Precious daughter, open your mouth and drink the medicine."
Xiaosuisui opened her mouth, took a sip, and immediately burst into tears with a "WAH!"
Then she began to vomit forcefully.
"Oh dear! What’s wrong? Why is she vomiting again? What’s the difference between this and not drinking it at all?" Lord Dragon, her father, was extremely anxious.
Ji Youzhi also became flustered.
"SOB, SOB, SOB... It’s bitter... so bitter."
Large teardrops welled in Xiaosuisui’s big eyes, rolling around and threatening to spill.
"Eldest Princess, don’t you have preserved fruit from Zhiwei Restaurant in your small pouch? Quick, put a couple in your mouth!"
"Yes, yes! Preserved fruit! Daughter, don’t you always have preserved fruit in your pouch?" Lord Dragon also asked anxiously.
Xiaosuisui blinked, then quickly took out two pieces of preserved fruit and popped them into her mouth. Taking small sips, she slowly finished the medicine.
Everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It was soon lunchtime. Auntie Fat had cooked a large pot of fish soup and plenty of rice. However, Xiaosuisui had no appetite and would vomit if she ate anything.
Xie Pan’Er had no other choice but to coax her while telling her stories to distract her. Finally, half an hour after lunch, she managed to lull Xiaosuisui to sleep.
When she woke up, she felt dizzy and her head was throbbing, so she quickly told the boatman to stop the boat.
"Why has the boat stopped?" Realizing the boat was no longer moving, Lord Dragon and Ji Youzhi came out to ask what had happened.
The boatman replied, "Miss Suisui asked to stop the boat. She said someone was chasing us from behind."
"Someone is chasing us from behind? Who?" The Emperor and Ji Youzhi were filled with doubt. They quickly looked behind them, but the sea was calm, and there was no sign of anyone pursuing them.
"It’s Princess Ata! I can hear her breathing."
Everyone present couldn’t help but twitch their lips.
What kind of ears do you have that you can even hear someone’s breathing? The main thing is, that person could be anywhere, who knows how far away! And she heard them?
"Really, I sensed it. Let’s just wait a little longer. She should be here soon," Xiaosuisui said earnestly, and then she waited.
"Why did the boat suddenly stop?" At this moment, the National Master also suddenly appeared and asked.
Li Yanyan ran out from a corner. "Master, it’s that annoying little girl! She said someone is chasing us from behind and told the boatman not to continue."
Hearing Li Yanyan’s words, the National Master’s brow furrowed.
This is absurd! The sea behind us is vast; where would anyone chasing us come from? He was at the Half-Step Grandmaster Level, yet he hadn’t sensed anything. How could the Eldest Princess possibly perceive someone chasing them from behind?
"This is utter nonsense! And the Emperor doesn’t even intervene. That little girl, just because she’s the Eldest Princess, does whatever she wants!" The National Master was annoyed. He walked out, intending to reason with the Emperor.
However, just as he reached the Emperor and before he could speak, his brow furrowed. He quickly turned, walked to the stern of the boat, and stared intently into the distance. Shortly, a small black dot slowly appeared on the surface of the sea.
The National Master was greatly shocked, momentarily dumbfounded.
That black dot was none other than Princess Ata, who had been chasing them all along.
"Hey, it looks like a large boat has stopped up ahead. Is that the Eldest Princess’s boat?" Princess Ata stood at the bow of her boat, looking up at the large vessel ahead, her heart pounding with excitement. Finally seeing hope, she couldn’t help but speed up, striving to catch the large boat in front.
"Someone really is chasing us from behind," the National Master muttered to himself.
Hearing this, the Emperor and Ji Youzhi glanced at the National Master in surprise. Neither of them spoke; they just chuckled softly, holding their precious Xiaosuisui as they watched the small black dot, waiting for Princess Ata to catch up on her own.
"Here, let me give you a hand." Xie Pan’Er reached out and pulled Princess Ata, helping her onto the large boat.
"Princess Ata, why did you come?"
After boarding, Princess Ata first caught her breath. It took her a good while before she could answer Xiaosuisui’s question.
"You have the nerve to ask? Don’t you know that if I left you, I could very well be assassinated? You left the capital without telling me! If I hadn’t been quick-witted, I would have been assassinated in the capital of Great Han! Later, I heard you all had come to Yunhang County, so I chased after you."
Xiaosuisui blinked, puzzled. "But our decision to go out to sea was made at the last minute. How did you know we had set sail?"
.
!
Chapter 625: How Did You Know We Went Out to Sea?
Comments