In this not-so-narrow cabin, there is only a cradle.
Sitting next to the cradle was a woman, about thirty or forty years old, charming. The shining diamond ring on her left ring finger showed that she had a very wealthy husband.
The baby who was crying loudly just now is now quiet and looking around with wide innocent eyes.
Xia Xian stood at the door of the cabin and did not enter without permission. Mance walked over, leaned down and gently stroked the baby in the cradle.
"Do you want to use him?" the woman said calmly, "The situation is urgent?"
"Not sure yet." Mance pinched the baby's nose, "I just heard the cry of the key, come here and have a look. Baby, do you feel in danger?"
The baby's big eyes looked at Mance first, then suddenly stretched his neck and looked at the door of the cabin.
That's where Xia Xian stood.
"Key" was just a few months old baby, holding a pacifier in his mouth, wearing a one-piece baby suit with big and small cows printed on it, and only some sparse lanugo hair on his head.
But for such a cute child, a faint golden light suddenly flowed in his pupils.
"Who is he?" The woman became alert.
Of course she knew what Key's reaction meant: he felt danger - from the boy in front of him who looked to be only eighteen or nineteen years old.
Xia Xian leaned against the wall lazily and looked at the "key".
The black pupils and the big golden eyes blinked again and again.
"Key" suddenly stretched out in the cradle, closed his eyes - and fell asleep directly.
The woman frowned. Key's reaction was obviously abnormal, but being able to sleep peacefully showed that the other person did not make Key feel a fatal crisis, but was rather close to him?
"Don't be nervous," Mance said calmly, although he was a little surprised, "This is a first-year student of the college, Xia Xian."
Xia Xian nodded slightly in greeting.
The woman withdrew her gaze and said, "It can be seen that his bloodline is also very good. It is difficult to find a dragon blood that can match the purity of the key, and it can make him have such a reaction... The academy has produced an incredible talent again."
"Xia Xian's bloodline rating is A." Mance smiled slightly, but obviously he didn't intend to say anything more about it. "I know you don't like carrying keys when the executive department goes out on missions, but don't act like you don't trust people.
It seems that you are just his adoptive mother. We all like Key very much. If you have time, pay more attention to your own daughter."
"Chen Mo Tong?" the woman said lightly, "I can't see that she sees me as her mother."
Xia Xian raised his eyebrows.
Nono's mother?
"Your family problems are very complicated... We won't discuss this during work hours," Mance looked into the woman's eyes, "Don't mind saying a few more words about your family problems, unless only your daughter sees herself as
Mother, you only regard your daughter as your daughter. Is it too demanding for such a mother? You have a very beautiful adopted daughter."
Turns out it was her adoptive mother? Xia Xian nodded silently.
"You are her mentor, and I know very well that you care about her. However, a person who can watch his biological mother die in front of him does not cry or make a fuss, but just waits quietly for two days and two nights until the corpse collector knocks on the door.
A girl who makes people have no intention of falling in love." There was no wavering in the woman's voice.
"Okay..." Mance sighed.
"Do you think your love is some extraordinary charity?"
Xia Xian's plain voice came from the cabin door.
Both the woman and Mance turned their heads in surprise.
Xia Xian folded his arms, tilted his head, and said expressionlessly: "What you said is like a pet picker at the pet market saying whether a cat or dog is worth being loved. But since you are not related by blood, you are
Isn’t it true that there is no saying that ‘whoever is missing the other will not be able to survive’?”
"Who needs the love of an 'adoptive mother' like you?"
The woman frowned, but she didn't refute. She just looked at Mance and said, "Your first-year student is indeed very good. At least he has a vicious mouth."
"He also criticized the family representatives in this way at the school board's strategic meeting." Mance shrugged.
He glanced at Xia Xian, and there was a vague expression of "well done" in his eyes.
"Nono has a weird personality sometimes, but she is always a good child." Mance stood up and finally said this to the woman.
On the way back to the front cabin with Xia Xian, Mance suddenly asked:
"You have a good relationship with Nuonuo?"
"Just so so." Xia Xian replied casually.
Mance seemed to hesitate for a moment: "Nono...her family is a bit special. If her family knows about your relationship with her, maybe you will be in some trouble."
"She and I are not in the relationship you imagined." Xia Xian's eyes twitched, "But I'm also curious about why you bother."
"I can't say that much." Mance glanced at him, "Anyway, you will know in the future. You are a very outstanding young man. You will go far in the future, and you may be exposed to...those things."
Xia Xian sighed in his heart: Another Riddler!
Walking back to the front cabin, Ye Sheng and Shude Aki had already put on nano-material diving suits. The masks on their faces were connected to oxygen bottles, and there was a separate signal line between their bodies.
"Heartbeat monitoring test completed." Thelma operated quickly and silently in front of her screen.
On the screen, the green dots that fell one after another showed that the two young and strong hearts were beating normally.
Ye Sheng and Jiude Aki looked at each other, and then said to Mance who came back: "Captain, we are ready."
"Is it about to go into the water?" Xia Xian asked curiously.
"There will be a storm in two hours and the danger will increase," Ye Sheng said.
"Go early and come back early. Maybe we can send you back to the academy to report before tomorrow morning." Shutoku Aki also added at the side.
"It's not urgent." Xia Xian said with a smile, "Be careful."
Ye Sheng and Jiude Aki gave a thumbs up to Mance, Xia Xian, Selma and the third officer in the cabin.
Then the two of them walked out of the forward cabin and went to the deck.
"Are you Xia Xian?" The swivel chair in front of the operating table turned around. Thelma blinked her big eyes and looked at the sweet and gentle boy in front of her. "It's nothing special. He's not as handsome as Senior Ye Sheng."
Xia Xian: "..."
What kind of game is this?
"She is Ye Sheng's crush. The biggest reason why she came to the execution department for internship is Ye Sheng." Mance said from the side, "Ignore her."
"Captain!" Thelma said dissatisfied, "I am your student, okay?"
"You are all my crew now." Mance moved closer to Thelma, "Stop smiling so playfully and keep an eye on their heartbeats! If there is anything unusual, immediately close the line!"
"Understood!" Thelma replied seriously.
"Captain, what should I do now?" Xia Xian looked at the people in the front cabin who were quietly operating the screens, feeling a little at a loss.
"Wait." Mance didn't look back.
"Maybe it's their triumph, maybe it's our rescue."