Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 1290 - 234: Return Journey (Part 5)
Lin Shuyou: "I've never driven a boat before."
Yin Meng: "Last time you brought back so many gifts, I thought you..."
Lin Shuyou: "I just have sources for goods. My family's temple is in good condition, with temple properties, so I don't need to do this."
Yin Meng started the engine, familiarized herself with the rudder, then set off with the boat.
As a legitimate heir of the Corpse Recovery Diver tradition, she had plenty of experience with boats before.
Yin Meng: "Ah You, can you bring me some more cosmetics?"
Lin Shuyou: "You'll have to wait until I go back; I don't know when I'll be..."
As he spoke halfway, Lin Shuyou stopped, then looked toward Brother Xiao Yuan sitting at the front and asked:
"Brother Xiao Yuan, does this mean that the official back home can't summon the child anymore from now on?"
"Yes."
"Then the new Divination Child..."
"No worries, those Yin Gods will push out another unlucky fellow."
A slit pupil flashed in Lin Shuyou's eyes once again.
Li Zhiyuan: "Unless sensing danger or when you're with Ah You privately, don't let me see you flashing that slit pupil at random."
Lin Shuyou immediately closed his eyes tightly.
Although the boy's words were a bit harsh, he cared about Lin Shuyou.
The child is not as simple as those two resentful babies; frequent appearances and interventions in Lin Shuyou's life could easily lead to confusion between personality and deity.
In the past, the child only came down when there was an issue, but now the child resides within Lin Shuyou, so rules must be established first.
Li Zhiyuan needed to make the child deeply aware that he only recognized Lin Shuyou, not the deity.
Sensing that the ship they were on had set sail, Sun Baishen accelerated the process of closing off, causing seawater to rush in. The slope was no longer steep, now it was possible to set sail straight out.
Li Zhiyuan entered the cabin first.
After being drenched by a wave of seawater, the ship returned to the original gray sky and sea surface like a dome.
When Li Zhiyuan walked out of the cabin, Lin Shuyou, soaking wet, was in the middle of removing a crab from atop his head.
Yin Meng, equally drenched, asked Lin Shuyou curiously: "Why didn't you go into the cabin with Brother Xiao Yuan just now?"
Lin Shuyou: "I just thought Brother Xiao Yuan went in to rest because he was tired..."
Yin Meng: "You take the helm, I'll go change into dry clothes."
Actually, from now on, the onboard mill navigation needs to be watched, and Yin Meng couldn't understand it, so she wanted to pass on the responsibility.
She suddenly realized a problem: when they came, it was Run Sheng and Tan Wenbin who took turns, so Run Sheng could understand the mill as well.
"Oh, okay, I just saw that steering the boat isn't that hard." Lin Shuyou confidently took over the rudder.
Yin Meng immediately took her backpack and went into the cabin.
Lin Shuyou enjoyed the fun of steering, then surveyed the surroundings of endless gray sky and sea, his lips twitching:
"Brother Xiao Yuan, should I..."
Li Zhiyuan, standing on the deck reading a book, answered without lifting his head:
"Follow that below."
That below?
Lin Shuyou looked down at the water beside them and found the huge dragon-shaped shadow they encountered earlier reappearing below the ship now.
But unlike last time, where it weaved back and forth, this time it was completely synchronized with the ship, as if it was carrying the ship along.
Lin Shuyou immediately adjusted the rudder according to its guidance. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Once he calmed down inside, he looked up and gazed ahead.
Even though beneath him was the ocean and the dragon was fake, he genuinely felt like he was standing on a dragon's back, riding the clouds and mist.
His heart, in an instant, opened up, brewing a sense of inexplicable wonder.
Unconsciously, Lin Shuyou slowly closed his eyes.
At this moment, Yin Meng also finished changing clothes and came out, her black outfit accentuating her white skin, hair tied in a ponytail looking very neat, and the sea breeze blowing against her clothes highlighted her figure.
Once she emerged, Yin Meng saw Lin Shuyou steering with his eyes closed.
"You..."
"He's having a martial artist's epiphany; don't disturb him. You steer the boat."
"Oh, okay, Brother Xiao Yuan."
Yin Meng gently pushed Lin Shuyou away, and with his eyes closed, he walked to the side and sat down cross-legged as if sleepwalking.
Seeing him like this, Yin Meng pursed her lips, thinking: You manage to have an epiphany just by steering a boat—out of everyone on this team, am I the only one who's the slowest?
Sigh.
Yin Meng felt that Run Sheng was right, that even if her mind were spoiled, it wouldn't make much difference.
As they neared the edge of the dome-like sea region, Li Zhiyuan put down his book, stood up, and performed a peer salute to the dragon-shaped shadow following behind them.
Yin Meng: "Brother Xiao Yuan, why did it just follow us?"
Li Zhiyuan: "This is a Feng Shui phenomenon, escorting those who have accumulated merit."
Afterward, it was a routine return journey, with a small surprise—a little old man floating on a life ring was rescued onto their boat.
Lin Shuyou recognized the old man as the one who ferried them to the island, charging them multiple times the fare and swindling them out of a return fee.
The old man's fishing boat had been overturned by waves, and he drifted on the sea for a long time; although conscious, he was in poor physical condition but, fortunately, not in life-threatening condition due to swift rescue.
Upon reaching the shore, Li Zhiyuan instructed Lin Shuyou to take the old man home first.
Lin Shuyou returned in a truck.
The old man was overdue from his sea return, and two days ago, there was another bout of wind and waves, leaving his family worried yet helpless to find him in the vast ocean.
Lin Shuyou carried the old man home, and upon learning they were heading back to Nantong, the old man's youngest son, who was in the transport business, offered to handle their return trip.
