NOVPUBChapter 1397: 651 Encounter_1 Chapter 1397: 651 Encounter_1 An overnight downpour washed away all impurities, refreshing the entire island.
Aubree Groove stood on the dock, watching the ships depart.
The wind blew her gown, she stood in the sea breeze, her silhouette ethereal yet lonely.
Leandro Alvarez left with forty-eight crew members, including the twenty guards he brought along.
Aubree asked him to take them all back.
The purpose of this trip has been fulfilled, and there’s no longer any need for those people to stay.
The Chinese medicines, food, and water they brought over, other than what they consumed on their journey, all were left behind.
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“You can still make it back now if you leave,” Nicholas Drake came over, standing beside her, shoulder to shoulder.
Two seagulls hovered where the sea met the sky, a beautifully picturesque painting.
“The people here need me more.” Aubree stood for a while, then turned to leave.
“Big sister, big sister,” a little girl excitedly ran over, then abruptly stopped in her tracks when she got close.
She bashfully hid her hands behind her back, afraid that they would soil Aubree’s skirt.
Aubree smiled, took the girl’s hidden hand.
Seemingly unbothered by the dirt on her hands, she took her to the edge of a pond and cleaned her hands with running water.
“Your hands have many germs.
If they accidentally enter your mouth, they will start battling the cells in your body.
If the cells in your body lose, then you’ll fall ill.
So you must wash your hands frequently, alright?”
The young lady’s gentle voice had the power to purify hearts.
The little girl stared at the face that was only inches away from hers, in the sunlight, that face looked like it was glowing.
“Big Sister, you’re very good.” She was now able to speak simple Chinese.
Big Sister praised her for being smart, saying she learned quickly.
The young lady just smiled, “We must continue learning today, no slacking off.
Confucius said: Study without thought is a waste, thought without study is dangerous.”
“Who is Confucius?”
“He is the great sagely figure from our country.”
“What’s a sagely figure?”
“One who understands the past and foresees the future, embodying moral and intellectual perfection, can be considered a sage.” 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
“So, Big Sister is also a sagely figure.”
Aubree shook her head with a smile: “You must not say such things again, it’s disrespectful to the sage and the worthy men of the past.”
Summer Anderson stuck out her tongue.
“Come here, let Big Sister comb your hair for you.”
Summer obediently sat down.
Her hair was incredibly thick and naturally curly.
It had probably never been cared for since her birth, which had resulted in countless tangles.
Anyone with a hot temperament would have simply cut it all off.
But Aubree, being extraordinarily patient, painstakingly untangled all knots, one at a time.
When she was worried that Summer might get bored, Aubree would tell her popular legends from Jimenez.
Time silently lapsed, the sunlight imparted a lazy warmth, and through the sea breeze, Aubree finally managed to untangle all of Summer’s hair.
Then she cleaned it with fresh water.
After feeling her clean hair, Summer suddenly felt much lighter, as if she had been reborn.
“How much longer are you going to watch?” Aubree suddenly spoke up.
In a corner, Delan Sparrow touched his nose and walked out, looking somewhat awkward.
“I feared that I would interrupt Ms.
Rinto’s mood, I hope Ms.
Rinto wouldn’t mind.”
This woman was a true mystery, like a calm sea surface, unfazed by any ripple.
“Sit,” Aubree pointed to the stone bench across her.
“Although you’ve committed many wrongs in the past, as the ancients say, acknowledging one’s mistake and mending it is the greatest virtue.
As long as you truly repent from now on, we can still be friends.”
“Friends?” Delan Sparrow seemed somewhat flabbergasted, “Can someone like me be friends with you?”
“Why not?”
“Of course not.” Delan Sparrow gave a bitter smile, “I thought !.”
He looked at Aubree and smiled, “Thank you.
From now on, I will no longer be a pirate.
You’re right, living a life where today I kill someone and tomorrow someone else kills me, I’ve grown tired of it too.
Isn’t an ordinary life fragrant as well?”
Aubree nodded, “It’s best if you think that way.”
“What should we do next?
If the people on the other side discover us, none of us can escape.”
“Tell me about Sahaism.”
Delan Sparrow was taken aback, he looked sharply at Aubree.
The young lady across him had a faint smile at the corners of her lips, bathed in the sunlight, relaxed and composed.
His throat was dry, after a long time, he said, “You had guessed it all along.”
“I heard a name from Victor’s mouth the other day, Allegro Kent, who is he?”
“He is the master of Bidrnessworth Island, and also a close ally of General Nando.
General Nando …” Delan Sparrow shuddered at the mention of this name.
