Chapter 408:1 Caused Their Deaths
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The pirate leader became obedient because he couldn’t understand what Su Ying had done to him to make him feel so much pain. That kind of pain was even more frightening than directly taking his life.
After Su Ying and the pirate leader went to fill up the barrels with fresh water, she made him carry the barrels back to the ship.
When she returned to Que Que’s house, she saw many villagers gathered outside her house.
“Monster, you are also an outsider. These pirates might have been led here by you. You can’t stay here anymore.”
“That’s right. The pirates haven’t appeared for so long. You were the one who summoned them. You’re an unlucky person.”
The islanders pointed at Mo Tu indignantly. Mo Tu’s face tensed up as he shielded Que Que behind him and said, “I didn’t lead the pirates here. What right do you guys have to chase me away?”
“It’s you. If it wasn’t for you, we wouldn’t have lost so many people. You jinxed person, leave immediately! Leave this island at once. You are not welcome here!”
Mo Tu clenched his fists tightly. He had clearly stepped forward to save them yesterday, yet they turned hostile and wanted to chase him away today!
“My big brother is not a bad person. Don’t chase him away.” Que Que hugged Mo Tu in fear, but the islanders would not let him off just because of her.
“Que Que, your parents and your big sister were killed by this jinxed person. Look, you almost died yesterday. Quickly chase him away. The people on the island will take good care of you.”
Que Que shook her head with red-rimmed eyes. She didn’t want to chase her big brother away. She wanted to be with her big brother forever. “If he goes, I will go with him too.”
“You silly girl! Why won’t you listen to us!”
Su Ying didn’t step forward. From what she had heard from Que Que when she chatted with her, she knew that the people on the island didn’t like Mo Tu and had always avoided him. They felt that he was a jinxed person, and because of his extraordinary white hair, he was regarded as a monster.
This time, the island was attacked by pirates, and they had nowhere to vent their frustration. They could only direct their emotions at Mo Tu as they felt that he was the one who brought disaster to the islanders.
If she stepped forward now, the islanders might temporarily let him stay on her account. However, later they would still find an excuse to come and stir up trouble for him again. Perhaps this was not the first time such an incident had happened.
Therefore, Su Ying did not intend to get involved too much.
“Alright, I’ll leave. I’ll take Que Que with me,” Mo Tu suddenly spoke.
“Que Que is our islander. You can’t take her away. Who knows where you’re going to take the child?” the island chief disagreed with his proposal.
However, Mo Tu was very insistent. “If you don’t let me take Que Que away, I’ll stay on the island. You guys can think about it yourselves.”
Needless to say, the final decision of the islanders was to let Que Que go with Mo Tu.
Instead of keeping a jinxed hidden danger on the island, they would rather sacrifice a child to help everyone.
Human nature was selfish.
Yesterday, Mo Tu was their savior and benefactor, but today, he was a jinxed person.
After the islanders dispersed, Su Ying returned to their courtyard.
Que Que’s eyes were red-rimmed as she looked at Su Ying. She appeared very aggrieved.
“Big Sister, they want to chase me and Big Brother away. Sob sob sob… They are the real bad guys.”
Su Ying picked her up and placated her softly. Mo Tu walked out of the house and looked at Su Ying. “Can you take us with you? We won’t trouble you after we get ashore.”
“Where are you guys going?”
“The inland. Since we can’t stay on the island, we’ll go inland. Anyway, Que Que had always wanted to go out there for a look.”
“Might as well.”
Living inland was much more convenient than living on an island after ail. As for Mo Tu’s identity, it was not too late to think of a solution after he went ashore.
“Pack your things. We will set off as soon as possible while the weather is still good.”
“Mm-hmm.”
The siblings didn’t have many belongings. They only packed a few bundles and they were done.
When they walked out of the island, the islanders were all huddled in the courtyard. They did not dare to come out.
Su Ying didn’t kill those pirates yesterday just for these people, so she didn’t feel anything for their current indifference.
However, the reason they were so afraid was most likely because they were scared out of their skins by the way she and Mo Tu killed those pirates yesterday.
The three of them climbed up the rope ladder to the ship.
“Let’s set sail while it is still early.”
The pirate leader on the ship’s bridge received the order to set sail.
The ship slowly sailed away from the island.
“The sea wind is strong outside. Go into the cabin.”
Earlier, Que Que was still feeling sad. However, after getting on the ship and gradually sailing away from the island, her childlike nature was revealed. This was the first time in her life she had left the island. Other than being afraid of the unknown world, she was more curious and full of anticipation.
“Big Sister, tell me. What is the outside world like?”
“There are many people. There are many things that you haven’t seen, played with, or eaten. When the time comes, I’ll take you out to have fun.”
“Great, Big Sister!”
The sea wind was very strong, and it blew until the travelers’ heads and cheeks hurt. Su Ying brought Que Que into the cabin to let her sleep for a while.
In order to reach the Jin State as soon as possible, the ship didn’t stop at night.
After coaxing Que Que to sleep, Mo Tu walked up to Su Ying’s side.
Su Ying glanced at him. “1 thought you would fight them.” After all, Mo Tu didn’t do anything wrong.
Mo Tu pursed his lips tightly. “I was indeed the one who lured the people who caused the deaths of Que Que’s family members.”
Su Ying raised an eyebrow. She had assumed that those people were pirates as well.
“But at that time, 1 had already lost my memories of the past and did not know who they were.” However, now that he thought about it carefully, those people were indeed different from the pirates this time.
Back then, when he was washed out to sea, he was saved by Que Que’s family.
They were a very simple family. They took good care of him. When his injuries were about to recover, he began to do some things within his ability for them in order to repay them.
He still remembered that he had gone to fetch water for them that morning, but he didn’t expect that those people would locate Que Que’s family and kill the whole family when he left. At that time, Que Que had only escaped by hiding in a rice vat.
When he came back, he met those people. When they saw him, they immediately charged at him.
The moment the other party attacked him, Mo Tu instinctively fought back. Only then did he realize that he knew martial arts.
He killed those people, but it didn’t bring Que Que’s dead family members back to life.
Mo Tu’s face was filled with guilt. If it weren’t for him, Que Que’s family would still be living a peaceful life on the island.
So when the islanders came to harass him, he decided to leave.
“A person without memories is incomplete.” No matter how good or bad his past memories were, they were still part of his complete self.
Without memories, he would be a blank slate, floating aimlessly. There was no one to prove that he had ever been in this world.
“Initially, 1 thought that it didn’t matter if I didn’t recover my memories. But now 1 want to recover my memories. 1 want to know who 1 am and avenge Que Que’s family!”
Su Ying shot him a glance. “On account of you fishing me out of the sea, I can give you a health check to see what’s wrong with your body.”
“You know medical skills?” Mo Tu asked in surprise.
“I know a little.”
Mo Tu nodded skeptically, and the two of them entered the cabin..