Eavesdropping on Fu Bao's inner thoughts, emptying the stored grain and fleeing the famine

As soon as Li Yuanqi finished speaking, the pirates, who had been so arrogant just moments before, began to wail and beg for mercy.

"My lord, my lord, we were blind to your greatness. Please, please spare our lives!"

The pirate leader shouted at the top of his lungs.

Li Yuanqi rubbed his temples impatiently, then turned to Lian Rongrong and asked:

"What do you think?"

The pirates were overjoyed to see Li Yuanqi actually asking a woman for her opinion. After all, everyone knows that women are the most soft-hearted.

"Girl, miss, grandma, please, please, ask your man to let us go."

"I'm willing to give you all my gold and silver, my jewels, my brocades, all the good things in the world, just please spare our lives."

Lian Rongrong smiled slightly upon hearing this. She looked up at Li Yuanqi and said softly:

"What should I do, my husband? They want to give me all their treasures."

Looking at Lian Rongrong's mischievous expression, Li Yuanqi couldn't help but affectionately rub her face: "Whatever you say goes."

"Alright, then since they're going to give me all their treasures, I'll just throw them all into the sea."

Lian Rongrong had a beautiful smile on her face when she said this.

Then look at those pirates; some of them didn't even have time to recover from their near-death experience before being cast back into hell.

There are really no words that can accurately describe the expression on that face, where one half of the face showed relief and the other half showed confusion and despair.

"Grandma, you've misspoke," the pirate leader asked again, unwilling to give up.

But even Rongrong walked up to him, and the smile on her face gradually faded:

“All those treasures of yours were obtained at the cost of innocent lives. You dare to give them away, but I dare not accept them.”

If we hadn't captured you today, we would have been the ones to perish at sea along with that ship.

Give me a reason why you want us to die, but we'll give you a way to live.

Brother, there may truly be saintly figures in this world who repay evil with kindness, but unfortunately, I am not one!

After Lian Rongrong finished speaking, she turned back to Li Yuanqi's side. Li Yuanqi didn't say anything more; with just a glance, the guards understood.

All the pirates were thrown into the sea, and those innocent people who had been killed by them finally got their revenge.

The encounter with the pirates passed by simply, and the ship owner and his crew continued to operate the new, large ship.

However, this time, the boat owner no longer dared to treat Li Yuanqi and his group as rich but brainless suckers.

Although none of the pirates thrown into the sea were innocent, to the captain, Li Yuanqi and his group were still synonymous with "ruthless killers."

The large ship sailed on the sea for another day and night, and even Rongrong's seasickness symptoms had improved considerably.

At noon that day, Li Yuanqi asked the boat owner to bring up some fresh seafood, and then had the chef brought by Lian Rongrong prepare a seafood feast.

Lian Rongrong looked at the table full of seafood, some of which she had never seen before, and finally felt a little hungry.

Perhaps because the pirates' ship was indeed more stable than the previous one, Lian Rongrong, who hadn't eaten much for two days, was finally able to taste food again.

But just as Li Yuanqi was happy that Lian Rongrong was finally feeling better, the boat owner's voice came from outside the door.

"My lord, I have something important to say."

Upon hearing the boat owner address him as "Master," Li Yuanqi frowned, but looking at Lian Rongrong, who was happily eating on the other side, he saw a face full of schadenfreude.

"Come in and talk." Although Li Yuanqi was displeased, he wouldn't argue with an ordinary commoner.

The boat owner cautiously approached Li Yuanqi, bowing his head and looking down, not daring to look at Li Yuanqi.

"What's wrong?" Li Yuanqi asked as he peeled crabs for Lian Rongrong.

"Sir, I feel something is wrong at sea."

"Something's not right? What's wrong?" Seeing the boat owner's tense expression, Li Yuanqi couldn't care less about the "master" thing anymore.

"Many of the seafood we caught for the girl today can only be found in the deep sea."

These things are rarely seen on the sea surface, but quite a few were caught today.

Furthermore, didn't the master and young lady notice how exceptionally stable the boat was today?

Upon hearing this, Lian Rongrong put down the food in her hand, looked up at the boat owner, and asked:

"Isn't it because this ship is better than the previous one?"

The boat owner looked miserable: "It is indeed good, but on the sea, even without wind, there are three-foot waves, so no matter how good the boat is, it won't be very stable."

"Isn't a stable ship a good thing?" Li Yuanqi quickly grasped the key point.

The phrase "the calm before the storm" quickly flashed through Lian Rongrong's mind.

"I've never seen anything like this before, but something felt off, so I came to tell you, sir."

"Okay, I understand. But we don't understand things at sea, so we'll have to ask you to pay more attention."

Li Yuanqi remained very polite to the boat owner. The boat owner responded with a nod and then turned to leave.

After the boat owner left, even Rongrong became vaguely worried. Seeing her like this, Li Yuanqi comforted her:

"Perhaps the boat owner is just nervous. Don't worry, nothing will happen."

Lian Rongrong sighed, losing interest in the food in front of her.

"Perhaps the boat owner's concerns are not unfounded. The earthquake in Jian'an City was quite severe. Natural disasters like this usually trigger a chain reaction."

If an underwater earthquake were to actually occur, it would likely trigger a tsunami, and at that time, we would probably…

The more Lian Rongrong thought about it, the more likely such a thing was to happen. Before Li Yuanqi could come over to comfort her, Lian Rongrong suddenly stood up and said:

"Let's go find Fu Bao. He remembers the major disasters in both countries. Let's see what that little guy has to say."

The two got up and went to the deck. Ever since boarding the ship, Fu Bao had been clamoring to play outside.

Lian Rongrong wasn't feeling well, so Lian Yicheng took care of the little one. Ever since Lian Yicheng returned, Xiao Wu had been staying by her godfather's side.

So when Lian Rongrong and Li Yuanqi came to the deck, not only was Fu Bao there, but Xiao Wu was also there.

Xiao Wu could see from afar that Lian Rongrong didn't look too well, but it wasn't because of seasickness.

As expected, Lian Rongrong picked up Fu Bao as soon as she arrived. The mother and daughter exchanged a glance, and Fu Bao left with Lian Rongrong without crying or making a fuss.

"Father, Aunt doesn't look well. Is she still feeling unwell?"

Xiao Wu asked Lian Yicheng obediently.

Lian Yicheng patted Xiao Wu's head: "It's okay, your Uncle Ruan is here."

Xiao Wu originally hoped that Lian Yicheng could take her to find out what was going on, but she didn't expect this man to be so dull.

Meanwhile, Lian Rongrong and her family of three had already returned to their cabin.

Is something wrong, Mother?

Fu Bao blinked her big eyes and looked at Lian Rongrong curiously.

"Fu Bao, do you know if there has been a tsunami recently?"