Chapter 32 - Tahiti

When Yang Zhao walked onto the deck, this was the scene he saw. A girl with long fluttering hair with a happy smile on her face. She was leaning on the boat's bow, humming a tuneless little song. The moonlight and starlight casted a layer of brilliance on her body, and she seemed to be pure and beautiful without a trace of impurities.

Yang Zhao only felt something surging in his heart and stood silently watching her. Until Qingyu turned around and saw the food on the plate in his hand. The quiet and beautiful scene suddenly became vivid.

The girl shouted happily, rushed in front of him, and said, "Is it for me? Ah, I'm so hungry! Qingyu ate the freshly baked bread and felt very satisfied. She said happily, "It's still hot. Thank you very much."

Not hearing the answer, Qingyu looked over in surprise. After arriving on the island, Yang Zhao shaved off his stubble and revealed his real face. She was really amazed. No wonder those men wanted to have sex with him.

Now, in the bright starlit sky, the man was standing there, tall and slender. He had a handsome face and his long hair was loosely tied behind his head with a white cloth strip, occasionally being blown by the sea breeze. The white cotton clothes he was wearing could not hide his handsome demeanor. A pair of phoenix eyes seemed to contain a bay of autumn water, rippling with light, with emotions that had never been seen before, just looking at her quietly.

Under such gaze, Qingyu's cheeks gradually turned red. He turned her head quickly and took a big bite of the bread.

Seeing the girl turning her head with a red face, dropping bread crumbs and glancing at him out of the corner of her eye, Yang Zhao couldn't help but chuckle. He walked up to her, raised his hand and gently wiped the bread crumbs from the corner of her mouth.

Qingyu's face suddenly turned redder, and she screamed a lot of things in her heart at that moment, "You are blatantly teasing me! Big brother, I am unsatisfied with my desire before. Are you doing this to find trouble with me? Should I return the favor? Should I give you a kiss or a hug? Ahhh! You have a cold face, just keep it that way. It's so scary that you are suddenly acting like this!"

Qingyu finally decided to fight back after her internal struggle, but Yang Zhao had already turned around and leaned on the boat next to her. He looked up at the starry sky and asked calmly, "Where are we going next? Are we going back to Da Zhou directly?"

Qingyu put down her hands and looked up at the sky, searching for the star map. After a while she said, "We should be near Tahiti now. Damn, we are so far away from Da Zhou!"

Yang Zhao chose to ignore the words Qingyu often say suddenly as well as the name of places he had never heard of before. Instead, he asked, "Are you going to go back and take revenge?"

It would be a bit troublesome if the Wu family was involved with officials. As a country gentry, Yang Zhao did not take the Lin family seriously.

"Well..." Qingyu pondered for a bit and paused. She knew what Yang Zhao's was pertaining to as he looked at the starry sky.

Her voice became soft as she shared, "When my mother died of anger in front of me, I was really angry and wanted to rush over to kill them. My mother and I no longer had any conflict of interest with them, so why did they still force my mother to death?"

After a few seconds, she sighed and added, "Later, after thinking about it for a long time, I realized that it was simply human nature. Not only are those humans greedy and cruel, but after they succeeded once, they will step into the mud again even if the person is no longer dangerous, so that they can be happy and proud."

Qingyu's face turned cold, and her voice was filled with a hint of hostility. She said, "It would be too easy for them to just die."

Yang Zhao turned around and looked at her in surprise. She looked like a girl he had never seen before. She looked cold and tough, with a firm belief between her eyebrows.

Despite her strong appearance, Yang Zhao seemed to see a lone wolf crying in the wilderness outside the Great Wall. His heart suddenly twitched, and a trace of pain surged up. Qingyu took a breath, calmed down, and asked, "What about you?"

Yang Zhao was stunned and asked, "Me?" Qingyu clarified her question, "Don't you want revenge?"

Yang Zhao smiled bitterly and answered, "Thunder, lightning and rain are all grace from the emperor. Even if I want to take revenge, where can I start? Besides, my adoptive father often said that my Yang family is full of loyal heroes who are protecting the peace of that area, and we cannot shake the foundation of the country for our own selfish interests."

It would be a lie to say that he did not hate the emperor. On the way to exile, he endured all the inhuman tortures, just thinking about keeping his life and seeking revenge on the Wang family.

On the boat that day, Qingyu's words awakened him. The Wang family was just a new noble family of relatives by marriage. Although they had some power, it was far from being able to shake a prince and a general on the border. If you look into it, without the emperor, no force in the court would have such great power. If the enemy was the emperor, how could this revenge be taken?

Qingyu looked at him sympathetically. Yes, this was in ancient times. Yang Zhao was born into a military family and was educated to be loyal to the emperor and the country.

She smiled and told him, "Well, Yang Zhao, you follow me on the ship. We'll make a lot of money and then pay Yan San to kill the king or something. If we can't catch the big fish, we can vent our anger on the small shrimps!"

Yang Zhao couldn't help but smile. Concubine Wang's father was a member of the cabinet, but he became a small fry!

Yan San, who was leaning against the stairs upstairs, was very depressed. The Wang family was heavily guarded and full of experts. How can she say that it was so asy to kill there as if it was like buying cabbage!

Qingyu suddenly shouted happily, pointing towards the distance, "Wow! Sunrise!"

On the other side of the horizon, a blood-red sun is slowly rising. A new day begins.

The Fengshen stopped outside the atoll of Tahiti. Qingyu took Shi Fang, Zheng Xi and a few others on a small boat to go ashore.

Tahiti is known as a paradise on earth. Every time Qingyu comes here, he feels that his soul has been baptized. Now, he has come to Tahiti a thousand years ago. There are no airports or man-made buildings, only the most primitive state.

The sea water is as blue and transparent as crystal. The shore is covered with silver sand and swaying coconut trees. The air is filled with the scent of vanilla and fresh sea breeze. The sky is was clean, the sun is shining, the clouds are ever-changing, and their reflections on the sea surface complement the colorful world in the sea. In the atolls, among the colorful corals, all kinds of tropical fish swim around, and there are also huge amounts of pearl shells deposited.

Shi Fang was overjoyed, and danced with joy, asking Zheng Xi to climb the tree and pick fruits. He then he went to pick aromatic herbs. However, Qingyu went down into the sea, picked up a pearl shell, and pried it up gently, revealing a smooth, round pearl inside. This was indeed an unpolluted place with such abundant resources that it was no exaggeration to say that it was a paradise on earth.

Some natives wrapped only in straw ropes rushed out of the woods, waving spears tied with sharp stones and rushing over while shouting. Lu Yao drew his heavy sword and protectively stood before Qingyu. Shi Fang ran behind Qingyu, while the others drew their weapons and prepared to meet the enemy.

"Don't do it!" Qingyu shouted towards his men. She then shouted towards the natives using the little Tahitian she knew: "We are friends, not enemies!"

The natives looked in surprise at this strange woman who could actually speak their language. Shi Fang and the others looked in shock at Qingyu who seemed to be speaking the native language.

"Take me to see your leader. We are here to exchange goods." Qingyu walked towards the natives with a smile, and Lu Yao followed behind with a sword in hand. After the natives discussed it with some humming and groaning, they led Qingyu and the others towards the tribe.

This was a small tribe. Not far from the shore, there were a few low thatched huts. In the middle, some naked children were playing, covered in mud and sand. Women with their upper bodies naked and their big breasts dangling were roasting breadfruits. Shi Fang and the others' eyes widened as big as copper bells, and some young men stared at the women fiercely.

Qingyu held back his laughter, knocked on their heads a few times, and whispered, "Don't look at anything inappropriate!"

Tahitian women have always been called Veras-like women, with big breasts, perky arms, and hot bodies. Moreover, their custom is not to wear tops. Well, in such hot weather, who has the patience to wear clothes?

The chief was an old man with a hunched back but sharp eyes. When he heard that the guest was from afar and brought a gift (the sickle that Qingyu snatched from Shi Fang), he immediately smiled, asked the guest to sit down, and asked the women to serve fruits and food.

Qingyu's Tahitian was very poor, but she was able to communicate with the chief. She exchanged ten pieces of iron for ten buckets of pearls. A boat full of fruits and herbs were also exchanged then she received two red-billed rails.

Everyone who heard the result later, from Zheng Xi to Shi Fang to Lu Yao, had only two words in their minds, "Profiteer". When the tribal chief saw the ship with his own eyes, he was stunned.

After urgent negotiations with Qingyu and seeing the sharpness of the iron, Zhou Tan finally made the deal by adding two more irons. Zhou Tan was dissatisfied with the fact that his work was traded away so easily by Qingyu, and she finally gave him a sapphire so that he could practice when he was free and bored.

Both parties were very satisfied and everyone was happy. Qingyu generously allowed the natives who delivered fruits to go on board to see this huge movable building on the sea. In the evening, the leader invited everyone to go ashore to enjoy their welcome banquet.

The Tahitians have dark red skin, a healthy body, a bold temperament, and are good at singing and dancing. Women wear flower crowns, flower necklaces, and golden straw skirts, dancing to the intense rhythm of leather drums. The unrestrained hula dance made the group of men speechless, just like the natives seeing the Aeolus.

The plains extending from the island are covered with pandanus trees, lantana, hibiscus, mango trees, breadfruit trees, noni trees, avocado trees, banana trees, papaya trees and other fruit trees. The waters near the island are rich in tuna. In the following days, the people on the Fengshen were divided into several groups, picking fruits and vanilla with the natives, or following the natives out to sea in canoes.

After Ling Qingyu had been busy for two days, she saw that the relationship between everyone and the indigenous people was getting more and more harmonious. They could communicate with each other even by using gestures. She had the idea of ​​climbing Mount O'Herena, where she had the most beautiful memories of her previous life.

But when she set out, she was followed by a few people.

The central part of the island is covered with dense green forests, steep cliffs, and deep canyons. Mount Oherena rises from the ground on the island, towering into the clouds, and waterfalls cascade down from the cliffs into the blue lake, splashing pearls and jade.

Along the way, birds chirped and flowers bloomed. There are wild and interesting flowers and plants everywhere. Gardenias bloom between mountain streams, the fragrance of irises fills the air, and behind the upright hibiscus is a tall poinciana tree that is as red as tea. Qingyu picked a gardenia, sniffed it gently, and then pinned it to her braid.

"Is this a gardenia?" Shi Fang asked in surprise. Qingyu brushed the petals with her hand and whispered, "Yes. It symbolizes eternal love, a lifetime of waiting and joy."

That year in her previous life, when her ex-husband placed this flower on to her ear then whispered these sweet words to her ears, she only felt that she was in paradise and was about to melt in those honey-like days. How sweet it was at that time! How much pain did he cause her afterwards! Eternal love is just bullshit!Qingyu sneered, quickened her pace, jumped onto the stone by the stream, and climbed up.

Her voice was very low, like a whisper to herself, but she didn't know that there were several people behind her with very good hearing, who listened carefully to the mosquito-like sound. Then they all looked at the brightly blooming flowers at the same time.

"Boss, have you been here before?" Shi Fang asked in confusion as he watched Qingyu skillfully leading the way in the woods.

Qingyu almost said casually that she has been here more than once but when she turned around, she denied it with a smile, "How can that be possible? Mountains are all the same. You just need climb up."

Several people looked at her with contempt, thinking that she was definitely lying. This girl didn't get lost at all in this mountain forest where there was no one to guide her! Who would believe her when she said that she's never been here before!

"Oops! We seem to be lost! Let's go back and go down the mountain." Qingyu looked up the mountain and said in a way that will make things more believable on her end. She thought, "Who is she kidding? A fifteen-year-old girl like her has been here. Wouldn't they think she is a monster then"?

Yang Zhao and Gu Sui smiled at each other. This woman had too many secrets, but she never explored their secrets, so in return, they would not pursue them. Lu Yao and Shiyi, however, thought that it would not be strange for anything strange to happen to this person.

Shi Fang was still puzzled, so he went to Yan San and said, "I still find it very strange." Yan San pointed at the almost full basket of herbs on his back and said calmly, "It's almost full. Is it heavy?"

"Can you help me?" Shi Fang said flatteringly. Yan San glanced at him, caught up with Qingyu, and followed behind her closely. In Yan San's mind, he muttered, "You wish!"

Shi Fang stamped his feet and complained for a while but followed the two closely. He muttered in his head, "Bullying the elderly!" But then he realized, "That's right, who is the boss? Following her means eating meat, making money, and having so many medicinal herbs. Just knowing these is enough."