Luo Binhan stared at the person behind him silently. He stared for too long and even temporarily ignored the girl in front of him who had a major life experience problem.
"What are you looking at?" Jing Huang said, his face still as cold as ice.
Luo Binhan repeatedly denied that he was looking at anything, and at the same time moved a step to the side. Like a shadow sewed on the soles of his feet, Jing Huang followed suit and drifted to the side. It was a very low-key shadow-like flutter. The toes and heels did not move at all, and Asabam may not be able to do better.
That might be some kind of misunderstanding, so Luo Binhan continued to take two small steps to the side, almost clinging to the armrest of the edge seat. Judging from his body movements, Jing Huangguang was indeed motionless, but when he stopped, the pirate leader, who was much shorter than him, was still hiding tightly in the shadow of his not-so-wide body.
Now Luo Binhan no longer thinks this is a psychological illusion or a coincidence in the actions of both parties. He cleared his throat and asked, "Why are you standing behind me?"
"It's none of your business." Jing Huang said.
"Someone is calling your name," Luo Binhan pointed out, "Don't you think it would be easier to talk face to face?"
Jing Huang showed complete indifference to this reasonable suggestion. He remained firmly rooted to the spot and said in an unwavering voice: "I'll stand right here."
That attitude really confused Luo Binhan for a while, making him unsure whether his intuition was correct. When he was wondering, Yaleriga had already walked over. She didn't seem to be burdened by this scene at all, and didn't even seem to care about Jing Huang's hiding. Instead, she sat charmingly on the seat near the aisle, observing everything with interest.
Luo Binhan secretly thought that as the captain of the Silence, she should have been in a position where she needed to provide an explanation for the scene before her. This woman obviously didn't think so. So he took the initiative to glare at her, reminding her to perform her duties with his gaze.
Yaleriga looked towards him, paying special attention to his left hand. Luo Binhan didn't know if she could see anything.
"I found a new helper," Yaleriga said, "in case something unexpected happens along the way."
"These helpers look familiar." Luo Binhan hinted tactfully. There was no sign that Yaleriga had been to Lihai City, but he didn't quite believe that she knew nothing about Zhou Yu. He waited for a while, but failed to get any more hints from her, so he had to turn back and look at the girl opposite. At this time, the girl was staring at him oppressively - to be precise, he thought she was staring behind him. There was obvious dissatisfaction in his eyes, but there was no surprise at meeting again after a long separation, or any of the complex emotions he expected Zhou Yu to show.
In fact, the girl looked as if she didn't recognize him at all, and when Luo Binhan looked at her face to face at such a close distance, he quickly discovered that there were many differences between her and Zhou Yu even in appearance. Her hair color, standing posture, and some slight differences in body posture that confused Luo Binhan were difficult to reveal in a static picture, but when she stood in front of her, these differences became apparent in a hazy way. Intuition takes form.
Luo Binhan couldn't point them all out, but he could generally summarize their implications: Compared to Zhou Yu, this girl seemed younger in age, but older in mind, and had a different bloodline from his hometown. Alien characteristics. The indescribable features were especially evident in her eyes, so much so that Luo Binhan actually felt faintly frightened under her gaze. That might just be an illusion caused by the pressure of her sight, because once he stopped looking at the girl's eyes and shifted his attention to her face, hands, feet, or overall outline, the uneasiness disappeared. On the contrary, he felt that the person in front of him was absolutely safe and reliable, as stable as a mountain or a rock. Considering her modest size, this impression of dependence was as groundless as fear of her.
When he received the contradictory feedback that these instincts gave him, his intuition came to the conclusion before his wish - she was not Zhou Yu. Not a person who has lost his memory and character coherence due to a major change. Even if this body really once belonged to his weird female friend, then it is now another soul living in it.
Luo Binhan stood silently, absorbing and accepting the answer alone, and weighing whether it was really what he wanted. However, the development of the situation did not stop because of his worries. The girl actually only waited for a short moment, and then put her hands down on her waist. She began to speak again in that distinctive, tense tone.
"Jing Huang, stand up and face me. Do you think I can't take action like this?"
"Move." The person standing behind Luo Binhan said.
Luo Binhan couldn't help but look back. He couldn't even find the target immediately at first sight, not because Jing Huang had left the cover of his body. On the contrary, the pirate leader was getting closer to him, barely burying his head in his coat. Yes, people had sought his protection in this manner before, but that was during a game of chicken in elementary school. When the pirate leader maintained such a posture, all the cold words and banditry in his mouth became in vain.
Luo Binhan kept his expression motionless. He lowered his voice and tried to use a voice that he thought only Jing Huang could hear: "You are a bit outrageous."
He didn't expect any response, unless the gangster quietly kicked his ass behind his back. In the end, Jing Huang didn't do that. Instead, he whispered close to him: "You deal with her."
"...What the hell?"
"You deal with her." Jing Huang repeated, speaking more clearly. And if Luo Binhan had any doubts about this fashion, the girl's reaction dispelled this uncertainty. Her hearing was undoubtedly better than ordinary people, and she caught their furtive conversation. That made her look even more dissatisfied. She no longer waited, but walked straight towards them.
"You've already returned to Gate City, and you're hiding behind others again! No matter what problems you have with the old man, at least you shouldn't involve mortals—"
"Hiding behind someone else again?" Luo Binhan interrupted, "Who was the last one?"
No one answered his question. The girl had arrived in front of him, and her eyes with strange crystal light looked at him for a while, making Luo Binhan anxious. He almost started to argue that he had nothing to do with this matter, but the other party bowed slightly to him first and said, "I'm sorry, Luo Binhan, I have some personal matters that I want to talk to Jing Huang about. Please step aside for now."
Luo Binhan was stunned for a moment. "Oh," he stammered, "you recognize me?"
"Yes, I've heard your name."
"Who said that?"
The girl didn't answer, she just turned her gaze slightly back. Luo Binhan, who thought he had become notorious, finally remembered that Fake was still standing there. Of course, Farke knew all about his origins, but the bald programmer had always been a steady person and would not talk about other people's privacy everywhere. So he didn't get out of the way immediately, but asked tentatively: "Are you the 'Dharma Sword'?"
"Yes. But that's an outside name. Since you are Jing Huang's friend, just call me Chen Wei."
That name didn't seem to match her at all, and Luo Binhan couldn't help but suspect that it was just a pseudonym to deal with him. However, the other person's tone and demeanor were cordial and friendly, and the authenticity of the name no longer mattered.
"You look a bit like a friend of mine." He said hesitantly, "But it's still a little different. You...well, relatively..."
"More like a foreigner, right? Someone has said the same thing to you before."
Chen Wei took over his hesitant words and smiled very briefly. Luo Binhan nodded instinctively, and then realized the hidden meaning in her words. He widened his eyes and looked at the girl who looked even more intimidating with her smile.
"That's right. I understand. It seems that Jing Huang didn't tell you at all. If you think I look familiar, it's not a coincidence, Luo Binhan. Because your friend Zhou Yu is my descendant."
When Luo Binhan heard this sentence, he felt dizzy. But the girl didn't care about his emotions at all. She folded her hands around her chest and lowered her head to think carefully for a while.
"Well, you can say that." She nodded as if she was self-affirming, "I am the ancestor on her maternal side, there may be about a hundred generations in between."
