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Chapter 266
Chapter 266: Secretly Leaving
Their group was composed of four freshmen and three sophomores, with Ming Xi as captain. How could they compete with unknown numbers of ferocious pirates?
As captain, Ming Xi was responsible for their safety. He wasn’t going to lead them into the tiger’s lair. “I think Ink has a point. We can give them a small boat to return to Bohai. We’re not far from there, so it won’t take them long to reach shore.”
Jier patted Ming Xi on the shoulder. He agreed with Ming Xi’s course of action.
Leo nodded in agreement. “Yeah, it’s better not to get involved.” josei
Seeing everyone abandoning the strangers, Yanran eagerly spoke up on their behalf. “It’s really OK for us not to care? Ilis said the pirates are very cruel. If the negotiations fail, the princess and the rest of her people will be killed.”
“Prepare a small boat for them. We will not intervene. Let Bohai settle their own affairs.” Ming Xi issued his order instead of bothering to reply to Yanran.
As the captain of the excursion, Ming Xi had the final say on all matters.
Feng Wu and the others stopped considering Bohai affairs. It was none of their business. They saved the strangers and was even giving them a boat to return home. They were already being incredibly generous.
Yanran knew Ming Xi was the captain and she wasn’t qualified to gainsay him, but she had insisted anyway.
The discussion ended and everyone returned to their respective cabins to rest. Tomorrow morning, the three strangers would be given a boat and sent on their way.
Milty rushed in with red-rimmed eyes as everyone was half way through an aromatic breakfast of grilled fish and porridge.
Little Bun had been enjoying the porridge being fed to him by Little White. Little White was a conscientious nanny and took great care of Little Bun. He might not have grown so big and healthy if Feng Wu was taking care of him by herself.
Milty looked around the cabin wildly as soon as she entered. Her face turned ugly when she didn’t find whoever she was looking for.
“What’s the matter?” Milty’s face was so ugly, it was obvious something was wrong.
She ignored Leo’s question and instead walked up to Ming Xi. “Captain, the Bohai people are gone. And so are Oleen and Yanran.”
“What?!” everyone was shocked.
“What happened?” Ming Xi asked. His smile turned cold.
Milty knew how serious it was so she shared everything she knew without hiding anything.
Milty had woken and washed up like she normally did every morning. Oddly enough, though Yanran’s bed was made, she was nowhere in sight. Milty never liked Yanran so she didn’t care where Yanran had run off to.
Unconcerned, Milty had gone down to have breakfast with her fiancé. But Oleen wasn’t in his room. He was gone. She grabbed a crew and asked where he went. That was how she found out Oleen had left with Yanran and the people from Bohai in the middle of the night yesterday.
The crew didn’t know they weren’t supposed to leave until morning, so no one asked Ming Xi about it. It was only when Milty[notes] asked about it that they realized the group had stolen the boat and left without permission in the middle of the night.
Milty couldn’t believe her fiancé would run off with another woman behind her back. She was certain the crew member was lying. Intent on proving him wrong, she went to the room the Bohai people had been staying. It was empty.
It wasn’t until she ran to the dining area and couldn’t find Oleen that she gave up. She had to face reality; her fiancé had run off with another woman.
“Damn it! Those two are nothing but trouble. They don’t understand what teamwork is at all!” Ink was furious. Did those two not have any brains? The captain already said there was nothing more they could do. Instead they ran off to play heroes.
“Call the crew. Ask them when they left.” Ming Xi’s eyes were cold.
Stubborn, pig teammates were the most annoying thing for a captain to deal with. As the one who had to clean up their mess, Ming Xi was not in a good mood.
Feng Wu could feel Ming Xi was in a bad mood. She tugged at his finger, unsure how to comfort him.
Ming Xi felt the warmth coming from her hand. He turned her hand up and told her he was fine.
The crew came up quickly. Though they were confused they weren’t anxious.
“Ā Dà, the guy and girl who came on the ship with us, did they leave the with three people we rescued?” Jier asked.
Ā Dà understood what happened when he heard the question. He spoke honestly. “Yes, in the middle of the night yesterday. Miss Feng Yanran and Master Oleen brought the three people to us asking for two boats. We only have two boats for emergency escape. How could we give them both? My father originally refused, but Master Oleen offered us one hundred gold; it was no small sum. In the end, my father agreed and gave them both of our boats.”
Six people could fit into each boat. Even including Yanran and Oleen, there was only five of them. There was no reason for them to take another boat. It looked like they wanted to split up – one group to rescue, the other to report.