Chapter 466: Yafei Tells a Lie

Shi Youxuan asked, "Can I see him? Just for one look will do."

"You don't believe me?" Yafei blinked her large eyes, her face showing displeasure.

Shi Youxuan explained, "Yafei, it's not that I don't believe you. It's just that you see, I am a pregnant woman who has traveled thousands of miles from Jiangzhou to find this place. If I go back without even seeing Yano once, I won't be able to explain it to my family."

In truth, she simply did not believe Yafei.

Although the woman before her was not a bad person, she was open and candid when speaking about other matters; only when mentioning Yano did she not dare to look Shi Youxuan in the eye.

Furthermore, this Ano Hao was clearly avoiding Wang Yong.

Wang Yong's yacht had made quite a commotion searching for people on the sea, and many people had seen the photo of Sheng Hanyu on the ship's side; this Yafei before her knew of it as well.

If things were truly as she said, wouldn't it have been better to explain it clearly early on?

Yet "Ano Hao" did not do so; instead, it deliberately avoided any possibility of encountering Wang Yong while monitoring them from not far away.

For instance, regarding this encounter with the Pirates, if they hadn't been observing from the shadows all along, it would have been impossible for them to appear and save people at the most critical moment!

Shi Youxuan had almost guessed the truth; that was exactly how it was.

However, she did not expose it, because she still did not know why "Ano Hao" had to hide!

Yafei considered for a moment before saying, "What a coincidence, Yano is not on the ship. You won't be able to see him today, but you can leave a number for me. If he is willing to see you, I will arrange for you two to meet, okay?"

"Okay."

Shi Youxuan gave her number to Yafei and told her she could call at any time, as she never turned her phone off, twenty-four hours a day.

After the wounded on the cruise ship were taken care of, Yafei took her people back to "Ano Hao," stood on the deck to wave goodbye to Shi Youxuan, and "Ano Hao" sailed away.

Ano Hao.

Captain's cabin.

Yano sat by the table, holding his head in both hands—his head hurt again!

Just now, he had used binoculars to observe the yacht opposite and saw the woman with the large belly on the deck. He did not know why his heart felt as if it had been gripped by someone; it hurt, hurt so much he couldn't breathe.

He felt incredibly distressed, yet he couldn't say what the reason was.

Did he know that woman?

He should know her; otherwise, he wouldn't have that feeling of having met her before.

But he couldn't think about it; as soon as he did, his head would ache, and he would quickly become unable to think, his limbs would go weak, and large drops of sweat would fall from his forehead.

At this moment, Yafei returned.

"Brother, Brother, what's wrong with you? Is your illness acting up again?"

Yafei hurriedly poured a glass of water and handed it to his lips, asking with concern, "Brother, drink some water. Don't think about it, just relax and don't think about anything..."

Yano drank two sips of water and followed his sister's words; his brain indeed didn't feel as painful as it had just now.

"I'm fine."

He felt as if he had come back to life and asked Yafei, "What was the situation when you went up there just now?"

Yafei said, "The cruise ship was miserable. Many people were injured, and quite a few were killed by the Pirates. We arrived at just the right time; if we had been any later, I'm afraid everyone on board would have been killed by the Pirates."

"Those people weren't like this before, but now they are becoming increasingly base; they actually took people's money and still wanted to kill them all."

While feeling indignant, Yafei did not forget to remind Yano, "Brother, we should go to this area as little as possible in the future, preferably not at all. If we happen to run into the Pirates next time, I'm afraid we won't fare any better than them."

Yafei had seen it all when the cruise ship and the Pirates were locked in fierce battle.

Those injured people were all so worthy of respect; they were too brave and possessed strong combat capabilities. That was only because it was them; if it had been any other ship, it would have been finished long ago.

Yano:...

That was not what he wanted to know.

Seeing that her brother did not take the bait, Yafei smiled, "Oh, you want to know why the people on the cruise ship were looking for the person who looks just like you, right?"

She said to Yano, "I asked clearly. The captain on the cruise ship and the person on the ship's side are brothers. The person they are looking for is named Sheng Hanyu. It seems to be for some inheritance; if Sheng Hanyu doesn't go back, the Clan inheritance will fall into the captain's hands alone..."

Yafei lied.

The reason for the lie was simple: she did not want Yano to be that Sheng Hanyu!

And regarding the woman with the large belly on the deck, Yafei added a detail as well.

She told Yano, "That woman with the large belly is named Shi Youxuan, and she is Sheng Hanyu's wife. But the child she is carrying is not her husband's; she hopes her husband can forgive her and acknowledge this child."

"Alright, don't say any more. Set sail, we're going back," Yano gave the order.

Yafei was secretly delighted.

Her brother trusted her implicitly and would never suspect that she was lying.

On the return trip to the Fishing Village, Yano did not speak the whole way, and Yafei looked at her brother's back with infatuation.

She did not want to be Yano's sister; she wanted to marry him!

Back home.

Yafei quietly told her mother, "Mom, I like Brother, I want to marry Brother."

Her husband had been dead for three full years, and according to the customs of the Fishing Village, Yafei was indeed allowed to remarry.

However, Yano was her brother; was it really okay?

Her mother hesitated, "I don't dare to make the decision on this matter; you have to ask your father."

"Will Dad agree?" Yafei had no confidence in her heart.

If she hadn't met Shi Youxuan today, she would still have had the patience to slowly cultivate feelings with her brother; as long as her brother took the initiative to propose marrying her, then no one else's opinion would matter.

But that woman had appeared too early.

She hadn't just appeared; she wasn't alone, and she was pregnant. If she were carrying a daughter, that would be one thing, but it just had to be a son.

This made Yafei incredibly anxious; she didn't want to wait and couldn't afford to wait.

That was why she disregarded a woman's reserve and took the initiative to speak to her mother about this matter.

Actually, even if she didn't say it, Mother had already figured it out!

However, the person who made the decisions in the family was Lao Ya Tou, and what the old lady said didn't count.

Mother said, "Wait until your father comes back tonight, and I will ask him."

Lao Ya Tou was at the Village Office; ever since the Fishing Village developed, he had been busy every day.

Yafei couldn't wait until evening, so she said to Mother, "I'm going to the Village Office to find Dad," and after saying that, she ran off.

She arrived at the Village Office.

Yafei told Dad about the matter of wanting to marry her brother, and Lao Ya Tou fell silent, neither saying he agreed nor that he disagreed.

His son, Yano, was now a god-like existence in the village!

First, all the unmarried, eligible girls in the village, as well as the young widows, had almost worn out the threshold of his house.

They came to the house to help with chores whenever they had time, using all sorts of excuses to visit, but Lao Ya Tou knew exactly what they were planning in their hearts.

Later, Yano's fame grew, and people from the outside also set their sights on him.

Many people had mentioned to him that they wanted to introduce a partner to Yano, offering no bride price and even generous dowries.

He remained noncommittal to all of them.

But now that his daughter had also brought it up, he couldn't help but think about this matter.

Lao Ya Tou pondered for a long time before finally speaking: "Yano is your brother; if you marry your brother, people will gossip."

Yafei grew anxious: "Dad, how can you be so muddled? He isn't my biological brother; he is the foster son you adopted. We have no blood relation, so there is no problem with getting married; no one will gossip."

Lao Ya Tou was not swayed by his daughter's thinking, and he reminded her: "But if that happens, the fact that Yano came from the outside and is not a person from our village will no longer be able to be hidden."