Chapter 22: They don't look like siblings; they look like people in the heat of dating

"Brother Jiang Ye, that couple has a problem."

"Hmm. Are you still going to the restroom?"

"Yes."

Shen Man answered crisply. She hadn't lied; she had drunk a lot of hot water and did need to go to the restroom.

Jiang Ye said "Hmm," signaled for the little girl to enter the restroom, opened a box in the corridor, pressed a button, and soon someone came to connect with him.

After some whispering, the person who came to meet him nodded solemnly and went to search for the suspect targets.

If it had been Jiang Ye alone, he would have followed without hesitation upon discovering the abnormality.

But now his main task was to escort the little girl safely to the island and get her settled.

The abnormality of that couple was discovered by the little girl herself.

This made him look at her with new eyes, and at the same time, an alarm sounded in his heart: he must stay by the little girl's side to prevent her from taking risks herself!

"Meow, meow, meow."

*Master, will the big shot suspect you? *

"Splash, splash."

Shen Man, who was washing her hands, paused at these words, then unhurriedly took hand cream out of her bag, squeezed out a soybean-sized amount, applied it to her palms, rubbed them warm, and applied it between her fingers.

*What's there to fear? *

*I studied medicine; isn't it normal for me to discover that something is wrong with the little boy? *

Tangyuan was convinced by its master and immediately shrank its head, acting cute.

Shen Man dawdled as she came out of the restroom, and as soon as she looked up, she could see Jiang Ye.

Just standing there, the light and shadow were exceptionally partial to him.

"Brother Jiang Ye, I'm done~"

"Hmm. Let's go back; the passenger ship will arrive in another ten minutes or so."

As the little girl approached, a faint scent of orchids drifted into his nostrils—the fragrance was elegant and not cloying at all.

"Mm-hmm."

Shen Man didn't take the initiative to ask Jiang Ye about the follow-up regarding that couple, and Jiang Ye didn't take the initiative to explain.

The two of them understood each other tacitly and returned to their previous seats in the cabin to sit down.

Both of them had very outstanding appearances and temperaments. If they weren't inseparable, if they were alone, they would probably be surrounded by many members of the opposite sex striking up conversations.

There were also many young men and women in the cabin. Most of them were educated youth, responding to the motherland's call, who had voluntarily signed up to come to the Sea Island to plant rubber trees.

At first, because they had been on the train for a long time, their spirits were low.

Plus, they were seasick, so after boarding the passenger cabin, they all closed their eyes to rest and recuperate.

This time, the crew's broadcast sounded, saying the passenger ship would arrive in ten minutes, so they naturally opened their eyes.

As soon as they opened their eyes, they saw an extraordinary, handsome man protecting another equally outstanding little girl as they sat down in a nearby seat!

Looking at the military coat the little girl was wearing, those with active minds guessed that this man should be a military officer on the island.

As for the little girl with the outstanding appearance, could she be his sister?

"Little sister, are you also an educated youth who signed up to come to the Sea Island to plant rubber trees?"

A bold female educated youth took the initiative to come up and say hello, but her eyes were glued to the man who was tightening a bottle cap.

"Huh? Plant rubber trees? I don't know; I'm not."

Shen Man was thinking about how to refuse Brother Jiang Ye's feeding when someone happened to talk to her, so she started chatting.

"You're not an educated youth? Then what are you doing on the island?"

Yuan Qingqing felt a bit unhappy when she saw the man didn't even raise his head to look at her, and her tone naturally became less pleasant.

"Hmph~"

Jiang Ye was indifferent to others and had always particularly loathed the gazes others glued to him.

Plus, because the other party didn't know her place and spoke to the little girl in a questioning tone, he was in a bad mood. His tone was naturally one of protecting his own little girl, and for outsiders, he didn't have a shred of politeness:

"Manman, don't talk to irrelevant people anymore. Come, drink some water to moisten your throat."

"Oh, I know, Brother Jiang Ye."

Shen Man nodded obediently. If others treated her with courtesy and respect, she would do the same.

Conversely, she wouldn't mind making the other party lose face.

"Hey, what do you mean? I—"

"Qingqing, don't talk nonsense. Come back quickly, tidy up your luggage, and don't fall behind later."

The girl who spoke had a gentle voice. Shen Man drank the water from the bottle cap in small sips while taking a look at her, and was immediately surprised.

*Same hairstyle! *

The girl who spoke, just like her, had straight black hair, also parted in the middle.

It was just that the other girl's eyebrows and features weren't as exquisite as her own.

It wasn't that Shen Man was narcissistic; in terms of appearance, she hadn't seen anyone who could surpass her yet.

"Sister Xianxian."

Yuan Qingqing was obviously a bit unhappy, but she still obediently left.

She thought to herself, *I'll listen to Sister Xianxian this time, but next time I meet this little girl, I'll teach her a lesson! *

Shen Man also didn't expect that she hadn't done anything, yet the hostility was stabbing toward her.

Everything was caused by the "disaster" of a handsome man!

The disaster beside her, Ye: "Be good, drink a little more."

"..."

Shen Man didn't understand why Jiang Ye was so obsessed with feeding her water.

Cup after cup—by the third cup, she resisted, glaring at him: *No more! *

Jiang Ye's originally serious expression was tinged with a smile, like teasing a cat, testing the cat's bottom line bit by bit, and stopping just in time before the cat was about to show its claws...

The interaction between the two was very natural; they didn't look like siblings, but like people in the heat of dating.

Ji Xianxian withdrew her gaze, unsure of the relationship between the two, so she simply stopped thinking about it. As long as they were on the Sea Island, they would still be able to meet.

"Ah—"

"Let go of me!"

"Quick, stop him!"

"Put down the knife and surrender."

"Brother Dong, run quickly, don't worry about me!"

"Quick, catch that man!"

Suddenly, intense fighting sounds came from the cabin ahead, followed by a burst of running footsteps—

"Thump, thump, thump~"

Shen Man poked her head out to look and saw the man from the family of three, with blood on his head and a dagger in his hand, running in a panic into their cabin.

The aunts in the cabin and the female educated youth who had just come to make a scene in front of her screamed, and the scene fell into chaos.

"Don't be afraid, hide behind me."

Jiang Ye, seeing this, was very calm. He took the bottle cap from the little girl's hand and put it back on the thermos, tightening it.

"It's you! It's you who harmed me!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

The man's eyes were bloodshot, and he rushed toward the window where Shen Man was like a madman.

"Ah—"

Ji Xianxian widened her eyes, looking at the girl who was protected behind the man with an innocent face. A seed called jealousy was planted in the bottom of her heart.

"Bang~"

Jiang Ye's movements were very fast. Almost the moment he stood up, he smashed the thermos in his hand into the wrist of the man committing the crime, and the dagger in the man's hand fell to the ground.

Then, with a sweep of his long legs, he hit the man squarely in the chest. The man was kicked flying several meters away, hit the opposite seat, screamed, and landed—

"Thump~"

"Regiment Commander Jiang."

"Hmm."

"Many thanks to Regiment Commander Jiang for taking action. We will take the suspect down for interrogation first. If there is a need, we will ask Regiment Commander Jiang to cooperate."

"Hmm."

The scene was silent, without a sound.

Only the security team on the passenger ship exchanged a few polite pleasantries before quickly dragging the unconscious suspect away... ===== CHAPTER 23 =====