Chapter 4766 — The Engagement Gift
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"Sister Huo, you can hug our little junior brother all you like—once we're gone, hug him as long as you want, as long as you can win him away from Feifei!" Shangguan Lan'er giggled and gave her another squeeze, her words turning Huo Yudie red to the ears, who scolded her again and again in mock reproach.
At last, amid the crowd's reluctant farewells, the giant treasure ship sounded its final departure horn. Shangguan Lan'er and Han Jingyi climbed aboard, looking back at every step, waving frantically to Wei Zhao and the others.
"See you again someday!" Ning Xuefei and Huo Yudie waved just as desperately, both of them red-eyed and on the verge of tears. For all of Shangguan Lan'er's clowning, parting was never a happy thing—especially for girls as close as sisters, who could not know when they would next meet after this farewell.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure you all get together again one day, I promise," Wei Zhao said softly, consoling them.
"Mm!" Ning Xuefei and Huo Yudie nodded hard in unison; then, after exchanging a glance, they looked at Wei Zhao and, without a word between them, burst into laughter through their tears—leaving Wei Zhao utterly baffled. What was this? The world of girls was truly beyond comprehension!
After the Northern Island, the next to leave was the Southern Continent fleet—by which was meant, of course, the fleet Qi Wenmo and Xia Qianqian had brought. As for the spirit beast race's new Azure Dragon, though he too hailed from the Southern Continent, he was plainly not of their party, and had already departed ahead of them.
Since Qi Wenmo and Xia Qianqian were leaving, Wei Zhao naturally went to see them off, and this time Ning Xuefei and Huo Yudie came along as well. Though in their few brief meetings these past days they had hardly exchanged words, these were Wei Zhao's good brothers, and so of course they must make an effort to build some goodwill—after all, they would all be of one camp hereafter.
Unlike the Northern Island, which had only a single giant treasure ship, the Southern Continent fleet had brought out three whole treasure ships, packing the great Western Island docks to bursting. When Wei Zhao and the girls finally picked out Qi Wenmo and Xia Qianqian from the vast crowd, the Southern Continent crew were all busy hauling cargo, the scene a bustle of feverish activity.
They had not come merely to offer birthday congratulations this time; they also carried commissions from the various merchant guilds, great and small, of the Southern Seas, to purchase all manner of Western Island specialties here—and by the look of things, all three treasure ships would be filled to the brim.
"Ha, worthy of the Ship King indeed—three treasure ships at once. I truly can't imagine anyone else with that kind of hand." Wei Zhao walked up beside Qi Wenmo with the two girls and sighed with a smile.
By size alone, each of these three treasure ships was considerably smaller than the Northern Island's vessel, but all were of middling scale—and with three of them lined up together, the sheer impact they gave was no joke.
"Brother Ling!" Qi Wenmo and Xia Qianqian greeted him with a smile, and only then realized that Ning Xuefei and Huo Yudie had come along too. Flattered and a little caught off guard, they hurriedly bowed to the two girls.
Ning Xuefei and Huo Yudie returned the courtesy with graceful poise; still not well acquainted with Qi Wenmo, both wore the air of well-bred young ladies of good family—the sort of upbringing they had received since childhood. Add to that their peerless looks and bearing, and though such stately grace still fell short of Ning Shanghe's effortless naturalness, it was enough to dazzle all present.
Qi Wenmo could not help giving Wei Zhao a discreet thumbs-up. Every beauty at his side was a matchless paragon who would make the world green with envy—truly, his brother was a model for all men!