They had always held on to an unknown hope, never expecting it would truly come.
Followed by the wailing cries of Liu Pingyuan and Wu Zhiren.
They truly believed they would die on this island.
After all, Maomao was also a fisherman’s child, and he was the one who led the purchase of seafood. If he dared not provoke Brother Qi, and didn’t help them call home, nobody would know where the three of them died.
The so-called hope was also their stubborn refusal to wait for death.
The three young men saw Gu Jin as if seeing a relative, crying uncontrollably, as they had already broken down.
Gu Jin led An Mingji to the three boys, observing their ugly crying faces even in the dark, feeling touched and soft-hearted, especially since one of them was her cousin.
Later generations all said that money was easy to earn in this era, and as long as one seized opportunities, they could make a fortune.
But who knew how many people who ventured forth at sea encountered hardships and died young? Every opportunity came with its dangers.
"Xiao Jin... you finally came!"
Upon seeing his cousin, Gu Jiajie, regardless of his disheveled state and the stench of fish on him, excitedly rushed over to hug her.
The cries did not weaken at all, but grew even louder.
Since her rebirth, Gu Jin except with the little one, had never been this close to anyone else.
Gu Jiajie’s excitement left her momentarily at a loss.
She reached out trying to push him away but feared striking this boy who was on the verge of collapse after surviving a disaster. Yet, to comfort him with a hug, he smelled too strongly of fish odor.
While Gu Jin was in a dilemma, she did not notice An Mingji, holding her hand, watching Gu Jiajie coldly, with a strong sense of possessiveness in his gaze, and the malice in his eyes didn’t look like that of a child.
Smelling the pungent fish odor, Gu Jin ultimately couldn’t endure it and lightly pushed her cousin away.
She patted her cousin’s shoulder, soothing warmly, "It’s all right now, it’s all right... gather your emotions and we’ll discuss anything there when we get back."
The latter part was also addressed to Liu Pingyuan and Wu Zhiren standing not far away.
The three young men took a good while to calm down a bit, though they were still occasionally choked up.
After all, facing life and death, who could remain calm as usual? They didn’t care about losing face, only knew that being alive was good.
However, when the three saw Brother Qi being helped, along with those familiar faces beside him, their faces changed drastically.
Gu Jin saw it and said to the three, "Don’t worry, they won’t do anything to you. We’ll get on the ship and leave here first."
Even so, the three harbored some anger and fear towards Brother Qi and others, along with that aftermath impulse and madness from survivorship.
On the way back to the boat, Gu Jin still let Brother Qi and the others lead the way in front.
After everyone boarded the boat, Gu Jin noticed that all three of her cousin’s group had different degrees of injuries, clearly man-made.
Retracting her gaze from the injured trio, she looked at Brother Qi who was being helped onboard, her voice icy, "You never mentioned before that you hit them."
Upon hearing this tone of seeking reckoning afterward, Brother Qi was genuinely afraid, "My dear lady! We really did wrong. As long as everyone is fine, I’ll return the money to you all.
Please have mercy, should I meet these three again I dare not touch them, and will even let them freely trade in seafood here. Please, with your big heart, spare me!"