Chapter 62: Went Out to Sea and Got Another Man Pregnant p2
Xue Yu sat on the foam mat with Xue Xiaohai in her arms. “Xiaohai, Mommy is leaving tomorrow night. I might not be back for a month. You have to be good and listen to Daddy. Wait for Mommy, okay?”
Xue Xiaohai seemed to sense the departure. She held onto Xue Yu’s arm, her round face looking up at Xue Yu. “Mommy, Mommy…”
Xue Yu held her in her arms and kissed her:
“Mommy is going out to build our own home. When Mommy has built our home, Xiaohai can go and live in the new home with Mommy.”
“You can run on the beach, you can climb trees, you can see the blue sky, white clouds, and the sea. You don’t have to be cooped up at home every day.”
Xue Xiaohai tilted her head and mimicked Xue Yu’s words. “Tree, sky, sea.”
Xue Yu rubbed her face. “Xiaohai is so smart. You’re speaking more and more fluently. Does Xiaohai like the sea?”
“I do,” Xue Xiaohai’s head spun, as if she were thinking. Then she said a complete sentence, “I like Mommy.”
“Xiaohai is so smart,” Xue Yu secretly turned her back to wipe her sore eyes. “The environment is too difficult. Xiaohai and Mommy will work hard together, okay?”
Xue Xiaohai’s mouth was wide open, and she let out a clear and loud “okay.”
Zhou Siyan’s clothes and toiletries were all packed in a suitcase, standing on the side. He came over and sat down next to Xue Yu.
Xue Yu asked, “Are you all packed?”
“Yes.”
Soon, Feng Qizhou also brought Xiaobei and Xiaonan over.
Xue Yu held the three babies and looked at the two men sincerely. “Trust me. I will definitely lead you to a better life.”
Feng Qizhou’s thumb wiped away her tears. “Why are you being so pitiful?”
“I am pitiful. I don’t have a house or a car, and I have so many children. I’m under a lot of pressure,” Xue Yu sniffled again.
She kissed Xiaobei and then Xiaonan. “You are all Mommy’s good babies. Just wait. Mommy will definitely build you a beautiful big house!”
Feng Qizhou put his arm around her shoulder. “Just don’t go and have any more children for no reason.”
“I won’t. I promise,” Xue Yu’s face was full of determination.
Even though the birth of the children gave her spiritual power feedback, she would not have them recklessly. At least in such a difficult period, she could not have any more new children.
Blueberry, who usually didn’t care about the babies, also sensed the departure at this moment.
It no longer played with the black panther and the arctic fox. Instead, it took the little seahorse and the two little jellyfish to a corner and curled its tail around them, as if it were saying goodbye.
Xue Yu looked at Blueberry, a sour feeling welling up in her heart. “Blueberry, you are also a good mother, just like me.”
Blueberry blew a stream of bubbles at her.
Xue Yu stayed here with the children and the men for a night.
The next day, before dawn, she got up and had to go to the pier to help the crane load the goods.
Xue Yu did not plan to leave secretly. She didn’t want the children to wake up and not find her.
She woke them all up, kissed each of them, and told them clearly, “Babies, Mommy is leaving. When Mommy comes back, I’ll buy you toys. Be good at home.”
The children seemed to understand. They cried for a few times and then stopped, constantly touching Xue Yu’s face.
In the end, Xue Yu still had to leave.
Zhou Siyan and Feng Qizhou were in the living room, their hands busy, but it was not clear what they were busy with.
She went over and kissed Zhou Siyan on the face. “I’m leaving.”
She then kissed Feng Qizhou. “Take care of the children. I should be back in a month.”
With that, she dragged her suitcase out the door.
At this hour, it was not yet light. There was no one in the corridor. She ran without stopping, without needing to hide.
The driverless automatic levitation train was always running.
Xue Yu got on the train and went all the way to the pier.
She first went to check on the unconscious workers in the inner cabin. All their vital signs were normal.
At noon, she drove the ship upstream to the mining district and came to the loading berth.
This time, she needed to transport 5,000 tons of fine iron plates to the South Continent. The only person with her was a crane driver, a young woman.
The crane loading was all automated. After Xue Yu had set up the program, she and the driver squatted on the shore and watched the crane device automatically load the goods.
The woman asked Xue Yu, “Were you demoted to be a captain because you killed too many people?”
Xue Yu laughed twice.
The woman asked again, “Are you really a serial killer? I saw it on the forum.”
Xue Yu held a piece of iron wire and drew circles on the ground. “I didn’t kill that many. Just a little.”
The woman: “How many is a little?”
Xue Yu counted her fingers. “Not many. Just about a hundred thousand.”
“Oh,” the woman moved to the side, putting some distance between them.
After loading the iron plates, Xue Yu drove the ship downstream again and waited at the departure berth for the departure order.
She waited until twelve o’clock at night.
Xue Yu used an antidote to wake up the unconscious workers. Everyone opened their eyes in a daze.
Xue Yu said to them:
“Everyone, everyone! Don’t be anxious! You are the pioneers chosen by the White Tower.”
“The White Tower now has a secret job, which is to go to an island to build a new military base. I am the person in charge of this operation, a warrior of the naval combat team, Xue Yu.”
Everyone was stunned for a few seconds. “Go to an island to build a new base? How come we don’t know?”
“I’m not going. I don’t want to leave the White Tower,” many people said anxiously, getting up to leave.
Xue Yu went to open a small door on the side and let Zhou Siyan in. She introduced, “This is the Director of the Security Division, Zhou Siyan. You all know him, right? He is also the person in charge of this operation. You should believe him now, right?”
Zhou Siyan distributed a White Tower work permit to each of them. “You are the lucky ones chosen by the White Tower, the first batch of pioneers. This is a secret project of the White Tower. Don’t make it public for now.”
Then, Xue Yu distributed a salary to everyone, 6,000 each:
“This is your first month’s salary. Food and lodging are also included at the base. We will come back after we have built the base.”
Working in the mining district only paid 3,000 a month. Now that Xue Yu was giving them 6,000 at once, these people’s resistance was not so strong anymore.
An electrician asked, “But I will get sick if I leave the White Tower. What if I get sick?”
Xue Yu: “You won’t. This base is a new safe zone that Ms. Bai Long has found. It’s exactly the same as the White Tower. It can shelter everyone.”
She stood in front of everyone and said:
“Everyone knows that the population pressure in the White Tower is getting bigger and bigger. If we don’t open up a new safe zone, there is only a dead end.”
“We are the first batch of pioneers. We will go and open up a new base, and we will be the management in the future!”
After getting the work permits and salaries from the White Tower, everyone could barely accept the reality.
Xue Yu then distributed living supply bags and inflatable mattresses to everyone.
She and Zhou Siyan returned to the cockpit. This time, there was no awkwardness of an old married couple.
She hugged Zhou Siyan tightly. “Thank you for supporting me. When my safe zone is built, I will definitely take you and the child to live a good life.”
Zhou Siyan kissed her on the forehead. “Don’t give up on me, Xue Yu.”
“I won’t. You are always the first in my heart,” Xue Yu touched his face. “Help me hold down the fort, okay? You believe me. I will definitely lead you and the child to a better life.”
“Okay.”
There were still ten minutes before she had to set sail.
With a red face, she asked awkwardly, “Zhou Siyan, why don’t you have some water before you go?”
Seeing that Zhou Siyan had no reaction, Xue Yu laughed awkwardly. It seemed she had been overthinking it. She honestly poured a glass of water for Zhou Siyan. “Here, have some water.”
Zhou Siyan took the glass, poured it into his mouth, did not swallow, but rinsed his mouth and spat it into a paper cup.
He put the paper cup aside, knelt on one knee, and unbuckled the weapon belt at Xue Yu’s waist with his fingertips.
“Yes, this is a good habit. You still have to pay attention to hygiene,” Xue Yu said in a low voice.
She leaned back against the cold metal wall of the cabin, and was bitten by Zhou Siyan until she wanted to cry. The man who was usually not good with words was now glib-tongued and eloquent.
She couldn’t eat for too long. Xue Yu received a notice from the water transport center.
“Pier 2, ship KM98d33, route B6, mission: transport 5,000 tons of iron plates to the South Continent. Departure in five minutes. Please start to weigh anchor and unhook. Captain Xue Yu, please confirm receipt of this notice.”
Xue Yu replied to the walkie-talkie, “Pier 2, ship KM98d33, Captain Xue Yu has received the notice.”
Zhou Siyan stood up, his lips glistening with water. He held Xue Yu’s face and touched his forehead to hers. “Safe journey, Xue Yu.”
“I will build our home. I promise you,” Xue Yu said firmly.
Zhou Siyan kissed her. “Thank you.”
Xue Yu wiped her mouth with disgust. “Pah, pah, pah. You didn’t even rinse your mouth before you kissed me. Ew…”
He smiled. “You’re disgusted by your own taste.”
Zhou Siyan got off the ship and stood on the dim pier, watching the ship slowly leave in a southerly direction.
He returned to the Manster Building and went to Feng Qizhou’s apartment. Xue Xiaohai was temporarily being taken care of here.
The three children were already asleep. Feng Qizhou was still tidying up the children’s clothes. He lowered his head and asked, “She’s gone?”
Zhou Siyan: “Yes.”
Feng Qizhou rubbed his eyes. “She has her own decisions. We have to support her.”
He pretended to be relaxed and sighed with a smile. “I’m just a little worried. When we get to the island one day, she’ll have a bunch of kids on the island again.”
Feng Qizhou was really worried about this.
Zhou Siyan silently returned to the bedroom, picked up the sleeping Xue Xiaohai, and put her in the safe.
***
The ship was very fast. Xue Yu didn’t dare to sleep all night. After setting the automatic navigation mode, she stayed in the cabin with everyone.
She had also brought Wenying with her. Wenying’s cleaning position had been bought from Yan Wantang. She was always terrified in the White Tower. Once she was discovered, she would be sentenced to death or driven away.
Wenying thought about it again and again and finally believed in Xue Yu’s “secret island-building work.”
The main thing was that there was work, and it was work given by the White Tower, so there was a sense of security.
Wenying asked Xue Yu, “How long will it take for us to get there?”
Xue Yu: “Ten days.”
Wenying: “That’s quite far.”
Xue Yu reassured everyone, “Food and lodging are all included on the ship. Don’t worry, everyone. I was also a miner before, so I know how hard it is for everyone. I will definitely give everyone the best benefits this time!”
After dawn, they completely left the White Tower Safe Zone.
Xue Yu had everyone go out on deck to get some fresh air and relax as much as possible.
The ship had been sailing for four days. Xue Yu would often go into the water to catch fish and bring them back to improve everyone’s meals.
There was an inflatable life raft on the ship. Xue Yu put the small inflatable boat down. She went into the water to catch fish, and put net after net of fish on the inflatable boat.
The climate of this planet was very strange. Both plants and animals would mutate. On such a swift and wide river, there were actually large lotus flowers.
After she finished catching fish, Xue Yu planned to pick a lotus flower to test the pollution level. If the pollution level was low, she could also use it to make soup.
She rowed the inflatable boat to the lotus area, pushed aside a lotus leaf, and saw a face in the water that was even more beautiful than a lotus flower. It was Mo Li.
Xue Yu excitedly jumped into the water.
It had been a month since she had been arrested and brought back to the White Tower from the South Continent. She hadn’t seen Mo Li at all.
Mo Li said that he was on a mission, but he didn’t say what specific mission it was. He just sent Xue Yu a small heart emoji every night to show that he was still alive.
“Mo Li, where have you been all this time? I missed you so much,” Xue Yu hugged him.
Mo Li pulled her up and took her back to the inflatable boat. He wiped the water from her face and then said, “I went on a mission to the North Sea.”
He was just being casual, but Xue Yu could guess that the mission was probably very dangerous. He had unhealed scars on his cheekbones and arms.
Mo Li took off his heavy waterproof bag and took out two cakes from inside. They looked very good, with a lot of fruit on top.
“I’m sorry. My account was frozen when I was in the South Continent, so I couldn’t buy you a cake.”
Xue Yu put her arm around him. “What’s there to apologize for? Mo Li, as long as you’re alive, it’s fine.”
Mo Li: “I was injured in the North Sea. I felt very guilty then. I was very worried that if I couldn’t come back, I would never be able to buy you a cake again.”
“What kind of injuries did you get? Tell me quickly,” Xue Yu touched him up and down.
“They’re all healed. Don’t worry,” Mo Li chuckled and added, “Fortunately, the child is fine. They’re all fine.”
Xue Yu held his face. “Mo Li, don’t be so elusive in the future. I’m very worried.”
“Okay.”
The two of them transferred from the inflatable boat to the cargo ship. Only then did Mo Li tell Xue Yu.
He had been too busy in the North Sea and hadn’t paid attention to the group messages. He didn’t even know that Xue Yu had also joined the extreme sexual conservatives, let alone that she had applied to be a captain and was taking on a water transport mission.
He had come back the night before last and had found out from Zhou Siyan that Xue Yu had already set sail to transport goods. That’s why he had rushed to chase after her ship.
At first, he had thought that the people on the ship were sailors, but then he thought that was not right. The ships of the White Tower would not be equipped with so many sailors.
Now, after hearing Xue Yu’s explanation, he knew that these were all the miners she had saved.
“Mo Li, I’m really going to build an island. Trust me. I will definitely lead you and the child to a better life,” Xue Yu promised solemnly again.
Mo Li nodded. “Okay.”
After getting Mo Li’s consent, Xue Yu shared the cake with everyone.
She repeatedly assured everyone, “I am the person in charge of this new safe zone project. We will eat and live together. We will definitely be able to complete this mission!”
Everyone was a little anxious. They had been idle these past few days, and the state of not working made them very uneasy.
Xue Yu was helpless. How could anyone like to work so much?
She had no choice but to make a work schedule and have everyone go and chip off the rust and repaint.
There was a lot of rust on the ship. Xue Yu didn’t want to deal with it at first. Now she had no choice but to arrange for everyone to chip off the rust, repaint the ship’s hull, and constantly clean the deck and tidy up all kinds of miscellaneous things.
With this arrangement, everyone was no longer anxious and worked happily.
“They’re really born to be workhorses. No wonder they can’t leave the White Tower,” Xue Yu said with her hands on her hips.
Mo Li stood beside her. “I’m free recently. I’ll stay on the island with you for a while.”
“That’s great!”
After sailing for another five days, they officially entered the sea.
Xue Yu studied the route map. She would first send the miners to the island, settle everything, and then she would sail the ship to the South Continent to deliver this batch of iron plates.
Time was very tight. After landing on the island, Xue Yu and everyone moved all the living supplies and tools to the island.
She planned an area on the island and had everyone cut down trees first, clear an open space, and build a row of wooden houses as dormitories.
She, on the other hand, had to first sail the ship to the South Continent to deliver the iron plates, and then buy power generation equipment, water pipes, and other tools from the South Continent.
To appease the workers, Xue Yu also planted a White Tower flag on the island, to make the workers think that building the island was really the White Tower’s plan.
“I promise everyone! When the island is built, everyone present will get a house! Not like the rental houses in the White Tower, but a real homestead that belongs to you!”
“There will be houses, there will be cars, there will be rights, there will be work! Let’s work hard together!”
The workers were very satisfied with Xue Yu’s big talk. “There will be houses, there will be cars, there will be rights, there will be work!”
Xue Yu nodded, feeling that if she had entered a pyramid scheme, she would have been a talent.
***
After arranging everything, Xue Yu prepared to set sail for the South Continent.
She had just finished weighing anchor in the anchor chain locker when Blueberry, who had been on patrol for Xue Yu in the sea, rushed out of the water and told Xue Yu that a foreign spirit body was approaching this sea area.
“Can you feel who it is?” Xue Yu’s heart was in her throat, and she held her gun.
Blueberry: It’s someone from the White Tower.
Xue Yu jumped into the water with her gun. Led by Blueberry, she came to the deep sea area.
She saw a person wearing a White Tower water-type combat suit. The other person was fully armed, and Xue Yu could not see their face.
Her bullet was already loaded. She quietly swam over, suddenly wrapped her arm around the person’s neck, and pressed the gun against the back of their neck.
That person was not weak. They turned around and fought a round with Xue Yu, then swam to the other side.
Xue Yu took Blueberry and chased after them.
She saw that the person had taken off their mask. It was actually Meng Wu. Meng Wu was staring at a pair of mating seahorses.
He suddenly smiled and said to himself, “I remember…”
He finally understood. He had clearly remembered before that the seahorse spirit body was not just an ordinary water-type. But he had never been able to remember what specific specialty the seahorse had.
Now he finally remembered—it was reproductive ability, the reproductive ability of the female to put her eggs into the male’s body.
While he was not paying attention, Xue Yu took out the steel rope from her waist, instantly tied him up, and cleanly dragged him onto the deck of the ship.
Her face was covered in water droplets. She held a light submachine gun and pressed it against his forehead. “Who sent you?”
Meng Wu raised his hand. “Xue Yu, don’t be anxious.”
Xue Yu held the gun with one hand and stripped off all his weapons and equipment with the other, throwing them on the deck. “Sir, are you here to interfere with me?”
“You’re going to build your own safe zone?”
Meng Wu looked at the island opposite and saw people busy on the island. He then asked Xue Yu, “How did you trick those people into coming here?”
Xue Yu didn’t reply.
Meng Wu continued, “You’re being very risky, Xue Yu. If the White Tower finds out, they will definitely send troops.”
He stared into Xue Yu’s eyes. “You are challenging the authority of the White Tower. The consequences are very serious.”
Xue Yu wiped the water from her face. “So you were sent by the White Tower to stop me?”
Meng Wu: “No, I just wanted to see you, so I came all this way to find you.”
“Don’t play the emotional card with me. I’m a pervert, not a love-struck fool.”
Xue Yu tied him up very tightly. “I’m sorry, sir. Since you’ve discovered my secret, don’t blame me for being ruthless.”
“Are you going to kill me?” Meng Wu suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if he were about to be freed. He tilted his head and encouraged her, “Yes, that’s not bad. Do it.”
“Do you think I’m really a serial killer? I’m not going to kill you, but I can’t let you go back to the White Tower. I’m sorry. I can only imprison you on the island now.”
Xue Yu dragged the tied-up Meng Wu, jumped into the water, and then dragged him ashore.
Meng Wu looked at the island and said, “Maybe I can stay and help you build the island?”
Xue Yu’s heart was as hard as iron. “I don’t believe you. I think you’re a spy.”
“What do I have to do to show you my sincerity?” Meng Wu tried to remain calm.
Xue Yu shook her head. “Before my safe zone is built, I won’t easily trust anyone.”
The image of the mating seahorses he had seen in the sea flashed in Meng Wu’s mind. He made the biggest bet. “Xue Yu, what if I told you that I’m pregnant with your child?”
His eyes were like lightning, not missing a single change in Xue Yu’s face.
As expected, he had bet right. Xue Yu showed obvious panic.
Meng Wu continued, “That day, you drank the drink Lu Sen gave you and then went back to the office with me. When you woke up, didn’t you also find that you were not wearing any clothes?”
Xue Yu’s mind was a mess. “Impossible! Don’t blame me!”
“Otherwise, why do you think I came all this way to find you?”
Meng Wu was calm and composed, with a faint smile. “The greatest ability of your seahorse spirit body is to get men pregnant, right? I’ve always known.”
Seeing that Xue Yu was not speaking, he added, “Xue Yu, I’m pregnant with your child. Do you still suspect that I’m a spy sent by the White Tower?”
Xue Yu almost cried. She turned her back and ran to the ship, using a fixed route to call Zhou Siyan.
“Xue Yu, what’s wrong?” Even with a fixed line, the signal was not very good. Zhou Siyan’s voice was filled with static.
As soon as Xue Yu heard Zhou Siyan’s voice, she couldn’t control herself and sobbed, “Xiaohai’s daddy, I’m sorry. I made a mistake…”
Zhou Siyan’s heart tightened. What big mistake had she made to call him Xiaohai’s daddy?
He took a deep breath and tried to be as calm as possible. “Don’t be afraid. Tell me slowly. No matter what you’ve done wrong, I will forgive you.”
Xue Yu was even more aggrieved. “I… I got another man’s belly big, wuwuwu.”
Zhou Siyan’s vision went black. “…”