This conflict finally ended with the Hunter's sailors escaping in despair without extorting a single copper peso.
In order to express his gratitude, Zhang Heng invited all the prostitutes in the brothel who were regretful for not earning the reward to have a free drink, which was well received.
As soon as he settled this matter, he was taken to the arms dealer by the quartermaster who heard the news. There was news about the 24-pound artillery shells he wanted before. Dufresne came to discuss the initial purchase quantity with him. By the way, There is also the matter of recruiting new cooks.
He was busy until almost sunset when Zhang Heng returned to his residence.
He opened the door, but there was no sign of the red-haired girl in the room.
Zhang Heng came to the latter's bedroom and found that there was no one there.
The farmer's son disappeared with the Queen Anne's Revenge after the bombardment of Charleston. No one knows where they went. Now that Anne has moved away, he is the only one left in the house.
Zhang Heng suddenly felt that the place was a little empty, as if something was missing.
In the past, at this time, he would hear a certain red-haired girl downstairs yelling that she was starving and why hadn't she eaten yet, but now this voice would no longer be heard.
Zhang Heng found that he seemed to have gotten used to all this unknowingly.
He was used to that careless guy by his side, used to her finding fights and then coming home on time, used to hearing her complain about how women were discriminated against on the island, and all the pirate groups were blind... so he wasn't actually serious. I have thought about the fact that the other person will leave one day.
Until Annie started looking for a house according to the plan, step by step closer to her dream, but at the same time she seemed to have lost the reason to live here anymore. In the morning, the two talked about the new house. The red-haired girl talked excitedly about how she would do whatever she wanted there. Zhang Heng was also sincerely happy for her, but both of them intentionally or unintentionally avoided the topic of separation.
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At night, Zhang Heng finished his dinner alone at the table, took out a travel journal he had taken off the ship, read it for a while and went to bed.
As a result, he was awakened by a rustling sound in the middle of the night. Zhang Heng opened his eyes alertly in the darkness and picked up the saber leaning against the window. Now he was the only one left in the whole house, so the sound outside This means that an uninvited guest is coming.
Now he has begun to have some potential enemies on the island, especially considering the tense relationship between the Jackdaw and the Black Merchant Alliance, but the two sides have not completely broken up yet, and now it is the cusp of the storm. Logically speaking, Malcolm will not use it. Such a low-level method was used, but Zhang Heng would not place any hope on his opponent's sanity.
In order to avoid becoming the target of the musket, he did not light the oil lamp immediately. Instead, he lay down in front of the wooden door and kept listening to the footsteps going upstairs. He stopped in the corridor. When the other party was at his most relaxed, Zhang Heng's body also moved. got up.
The bedroom door suddenly opened, and Zhang Heng rushed out from behind. However, the black figure in the corridor reacted very quickly. When he felt the knife coming towards him, he advanced without retreating and raised his fist to hit Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng didn't expect the opponent to be so fierce. The uninvited guest obviously struck after him, but the fist was faster than his saber. If this continued, the latter's fist would hit him long before he hit the opponent. s chin, so Zhang Heng could only change his strategy and put away the knife to block the punch first.
The two then started a fierce hand-to-hand fight in the dark, but Zhang Heng felt a familiar feeling soon after the fight. He had practiced with the red-haired girl many times before, and he was very familiar with each other's moves. So Zhang Heng was certain that Annie had also recognized him, but the girl had no intention of stopping. Instead, she became more and more excited as she fought.
Zhang Heng hesitated for a moment but was punched twice in the chest. He had to brace himself again and try his best to cope with Annie's surging attack. It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that the red-haired girl sat on him and killed him. Pressed on the floor, the battle finally came to an end.
What Zhang Heng didn't expect was that this battle would actually improve his sword skills to level 2. When he received the system prompt, he looked a little speechless, while Annie on the other side was breathing heavily, with a flush on her face. It hasn't faded.
"you lose."
"…………"
"Why don't you talk?"
"Did you sneak back here in the middle of the night just to fight with me?"
"Of course not." Annie let go of Zhang Heng's arm, moved her buttocks, and got off the latter, "I came back to tell you that I don't want that house anymore."
"Huh?" Zhang Heng was a little surprised when he heard this, "Is this good? Isn't that your dream all along?"
"I thought it was my dream before," Annie leaned against the wall on the side of the corridor. "When I was a child, my father provided me with the house and food. My mother always looked at his face. I wanted it in the future." If you have your own place to live, you can live freely. This is also the goal I set for myself after arriving on the island. Completing this goal means that I can live independently here."
"What you have done is very remarkable in this era." Zhang Heng said. At this time, even the status of European women was very low, not to mention Nassau, where pirates gathered. Although with his help, Anne could No matter how you look at it, it is a great thing to gain a foothold in it.
"But I don't want to leave here." The red-haired girl said, "I bought a house so that I can live a free life, but if I can't choose the life I like after buying a house, that's not freedom at all, is it? ?I mean it’s good to have a house, it’s also good to be able to put your feet up on the table all the time and not have to finish the soup, but I don’t want to be bound by such things. Real freedom has nothing to do with these things, but can The right to choose the life you want to live.”
After Annie finished speaking, she pushed someone to the ground, took off her shirt, and sat on the latter.
"I like you. I don't care if you like me or someone else, and I don't care when you leave. Maybe this love will disappear one day, and by then I will reserve the right to leave you."
The red-haired girl finished speaking, and something burned in her eyes in the darkness.
After hesitating for a moment, the hands finally climbed up her body and gently touched the large and small scars on her skin.
"Is it ugly?" Anne said hoarsely and nervously.
"No, they are very beautiful." Zhang Heng paused and wanted to say that he would not rush to the front again in the future, but he thought that with Anne's character, it would probably be useless even if he said such a thing, so he finally said.
"Glad you're staying."
