The Eastern Continent Swordsman
CH. 18 – Port

Shuiyang Village is a more advanced village than Dozhu village because it looks like Shuiyang is the economic center on Jidong island. Unlike Dozhu which is crowded with residential homes, the buildings in Shuiyang are dominated by inns, restaurants, souvenir shops and entertainment venues.

Zhou Fu chose not to rush so that he could slightly enjoy his first trip outside of the remote island. Everything he saw was something new and he felt the need to introduce himself to the new things he encountered. After all, the new ship will leave tonight, while the day is still just getting dusk. Naturally Zhou Fu still had a few hours before the ship set sail.

On the other hand, Shen Shen was being put into an entertainment venue by the three men who kidnapped him. One man brought Shen Shen in while the other two were as if standing guard outside the building. The owner of the entertainment venue looked so carefree because of the foreign guests who brought one beautiful woman, whose movements seemed to be quite fresh and inexperienced.

“Oh, Mr... Welcome to this little hut... Please sit down and rest for a while,” the owner of the entertainment venue who is a middle-aged fat woman is inviting her guests to sit down. The woman also signaled to her servant to bring them herbs in the form of wine and snacks.

“I don't have much time..”

“Oh... Well, please open the price first, oh how sweet this young lady is,” the owner of the entertainment venue cut off his guest talk. He thought, the guest seemed to want to immediately sell the captured girl to the comfort women's shelter in his place. Human trafficking is indeed a very common thing in Shuiyang.

“Who wants to sell this girl, stupid! I want you to dress her up, change her clothes and change her face! Do whatever it takes to make this lady different from the original!” pinta the man while thrusting Shen Shen's shoulder at the woman who is commonly called germ.

“Oh, forgive my sassness, Sir. Alright sir, I will try to make this lady more charming and different!” replied the owner of the entertainment venue while hurriedly pulling Shen Shen's arm whose body was sculpting. The guard of the entertainment venue seemed to start trembling as his male guest presented a terrifying menacing look.

Shen Shen himself remained silent not speaking a word. Although his lips were tight, his heart was full of hope and prayer, he hoped to meet a more understanding helper than Zhou Fu.

***

Zhou Fu was already content to go around when he decided to go to the harbor and chase after Shen Shen who was definitely already inside the ship. The atmosphere in the harbor is very crowded, small boats are filled with prospective passengers who will be delivered to large ships that will make a cruise.

Zhou Fu also saw a large wooden bridge that was being damaged in some parts. Maybe that is why prospective passengers must be transported using small boats to be able to board the ship.

It was the first time that Zhou Fu had seen the sighting of a giant boat, which in one boat could hold hundreds of humans inside. Zhou Fu wanted to show an expression of admiration but he paused because it would make people think it was strange.

“Young Master, does the young master already have an entrance ticket?” ask someone who picks up passengers on the sea coast.

Zhou Fu nodded and handed over a dull piece of paper that had got a stamp or stamp from the previous attendant. Zhou Fu was also allowed to board a small boat along with several other prospective passengers. Zhou Fu's eyes combed through all the humans passing by in the place. As far as his eyes could see, he could not find the existence of the three warriors who had brought Shen Shen away.

“Ah, surely they are already inside the ship,” Zhou Fu quieted down.

The atmosphere inside the ship was not much different from when he was still in port. The ship that Zhou Fu boarded turned out to be denser than he had expected. People crammed into each other on the deck because they had run out of tickets to book the rooms on the inside of the ship. Zhou Fu himself was among those who had run out of room stock so he also had to be willing to cram in with other passengers.

“Is the atmosphere of the ship in the port of Shuiyang always crowded like this, Uncle?” Zhou Fu tried to be friendly to an uncle who was both standing next to him.

The uncle massaged his beard while shaking his head, “kurasa, just this time uncle found a ship in this crowded Shuiyang. It seems there are indeed unexpected circumstances.”

“Yes, unexpected circumstances. I don't understand that much myself. Clearly this is not ordinary. Accommodating this many passengers on a long cruise I don't think so wise either. Ah, you can ask the ship's officer if you want to know more,” the man told Zhou Fu where Zhou Fu should go if you want to know more information.

“Good, thank you uncle!” Zhou Fu hurriedly stepped up. It breaks down the density of passengers with hasty strides. His mind began to guess about unexpected events such as what resulted in the ship loading excessive passengers. At once, he was also curious why he could not feel the air of the three warriors who were carrying Shen Shen away.

So Zhou Fu arrived at one of the ship's officers. Without further ado, Zhou Fu asked the officer about the number of passengers on the ship that day.

“Oh about that, yes, usually this ship does only accommodate half of the passengers at this time. This is because one other ship cannot carry passengers who should be on the ship,” replied the ship's officer gave an understanding.

“ONE SHIP??? Meaning there is more than one ship in Shuiyang port?” Zhou Fu choked and gulped repeatedly. It was a detail of information that was beyond his prediction.

“Yes, true Young Master. There are two ships in this harbor that are supposed to be sailing together tonight. Unfortunately, one ship we were forced to not be able to carry prospective passengers because there are some people who pay the full cost of one ship for them to sail to a place.”

“Three men with one woman do you mean?” Zhou Fu asked to confirm the suspicion in his head.

“Not..”

“LALU???”

“Five foreign men and one woman, the group has rented one of our ships so that the passengers who should be on the ship are forced to be placed here.”

“Is this ship also going to the same place with a group of 5 men and one woman?”

“I don't remember, Young Master. The troupe mentioned a place I never seemed to have heard of before.”

“Since when they leave?”

“One hour before this ship, Young Master.”

“Damn it!!” Zhou Fu clenched his hand and smacked it into his other palm. He finally realized that his calculations were slightly off.

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Have a long holiday...