Chapter 9 Daily Life of the Red Group-01

Shanks returned to the Red Force in a good mood. No problems were found on the hull during the inspection and all the members were present, so they set sail directly.

Shanks handed the wine he bought to Lachie Lu, and couldn't wait to enter the cabin to find Cheng Xi. After Lachie Lu took it, he looked down and found that the place where a bottle of wine was missing looked empty, which was particularly abrupt and conspicuous, so he asked curiously: "Boss, why are you giving wine to the admiral for no reason?"

Beckman was very dissatisfied with his boss's behavior of provoking the admiral, so he said unhappily: "Who knows what kind of pirate charity he is doing."

At this time, Cheng Xi happened to come to the deck, and when he heard Beckman's words, he subconsciously asked: "What is pirate charity?"

Next to him was Meng Shida, who was so full that he didn't even have the highlight in his eyes.

Hearing Cheng Xi's voice, Shanks felt better and expressed the matter to Cheng Xi according to his own understanding: "Ah, just now we met a lonely and downtrodden old sailor on the shore who looked very unhappy. He said he wanted to go to the island to reminisce about the past. I sympathized with his situation, but I could not help him. I could only give him a bottle of sherry to drown his sorrows."

"A lonely and downtrodden old sailor?" Cheng Xi repeated softly, and the BGM "The north wind is howling, and the snowflakes are fluttering" immediately came to his mind.

An old man in his sixties or seventies, with completely white hair and beard, thin and weathered, must have experienced many unforgettable things in his decades of naval career. Even his relatives, friends and loved ones may be gone. Now he can only go to the island alone to reminisce about the past with everyone.

"So pitiful." Cheng Xi couldn't help but feel sympathy, and then glanced at Shanks, "I didn't expect you to be such a compassionate person."

Shanks: "There's no way, he looks really pitiful."

Laki Lu, who was shocked by Shanks' description, said: Cheng Xi, do you have any misunderstandings about compassion? How on earth does Shanks' weird attitude have anything to do with the word sympathy?

Cheng Xi had no idea of his inner complaints. He walked to the navigator who was at the helm and said, "Good morning, Snake. Do you need my help?"

"No, Cheng Xi. I can do it here by myself." Snake is tall, with a red dragon tattoo on his neck. His face was a little red due to the hangover last night. He looked fierce, but actually had a good personality. "It's a bit windy outside now. You should go back to the room first."

Cheng Xi asked again without giving up: "Don't you really need it? I'm also very good at steering."

Snake refused again: "Really."

Cheng Xi lowered his eyes, looking a little lost.

"Then Snake, can you eat this?" Cheng Xi took out a small yellow thing from the bag and handed it to Snake.

"Eat...eat it?" Snake took the thing and observed it. No matter how he looked at it, it looked like a piece of yellow paper folded into small pieces.

Although there are strange patterns drawn on it with a red pen and it looks mysterious, this does not change the fact that it is a piece of paper!

Jesus Bu also came here at some point, with an expression of watching the fun.

Snake looked at Cheng Xi with some surprise. How could this little girl let him eat paper so calmly? He suspected that Cheng Xi might have something wrong with his brain.

My sight shifted again to Shanks' face behind Cheng Xi, and I saw him trying to be calm but unable to smile... Oh

no, the captain of this ship and his wife, who I don't know if she will be able to succeed in the future, both seem to be not very smart.

Now their only hope lies in Beckman.

Cheng Xi explained thoughtfully: "Well, this is a hangover talisman I drew earlier. Just put it in your mouth and it will burn by itself."

Shanks: "This paper from Cheng Xi is very powerful. Snake, just eat it quickly."

Forced to eat a piece of paper that would self-ignite, Snake was a little confused as to whether he or the two people opposite him were the ones who had a hangover last night and hadn't sobered up.

But Shanks wouldn't harm him, right? Thinking of the many adventures they had experienced together over the years, Snake played the role of someone who didn't understand but was obedient, and simply threw the hangover talisman into his mouth.

The imagined burning sensation of fire did not come. The piece of paper quickly turned into a puff of smoke when it entered the mouth, and disappeared without a trace in less than three seconds.

He also noticed the changes in his body. The blush on his face faded, the hazy feeling of being tipsy disappeared, and his head hurt no more. Now he felt full of energy and vigor, just like he had just woken up from a good sleep, and he was even healthier than before.

"My body... is amazing." Snake exclaimed.

Jesus, who was watching the fun, found that his whole temperament seemed to have changed in an instant. He became even more curious and asked him what changes had happened to him. So Snake told him the truth about his changes.

"That's amazing." Jesus Bu also exclaimed.

Cheng Xi patiently explained: "This is a hangover talisman I drew earlier. It can strengthen the spleen and stomach and relieve discomfort after drinking. If you use it when drinking, you can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk."

Snake's eyes changed when he looked at Cheng Xi, from the look of a mentally retarded person to the look of a magical creature. Then he looked at his own captain next to him, who was obviously just a member of the atmosphere group but had an expression of honor and inexplicable pride...

Maybe it's popular in relationships now to have complementary IQs.

Jesus Bu: "Cheng Xi!"

"What?"

"I want it too."

"No."

"Why?" They all understood that Cheng Xi made honey water for the boss alone in the morning. After all, they were said to be good friends for many years. But why does Snake have a separate hangover talisman now? This is clearly different treatment.

"Because doing this is very tiring, troublesome and energy-consuming, so..." Cheng Xi spread his hands with a helpless expression, "You'd better let the wind blow to sober up by yourselves."

Jesus Bu: "Hey, Cheng Xi, do you hate us?"

"No, on the contrary, I think you are all very nice. I have confirmed before that I always add something else to the food of the people I hate after they are drunk."

"What is it?" The three asked curiously.

Cheng Xi: “Cephalexin.”

Three people: … Fortunately, no one hates me.

"Then why does Snake have it but we don't?" Jesus Bu asked his doubts.

This is also Shanks's doubt.

"Do you really want to know?" Cheng Xi asked again to confirm.

The three of them nodded. Snake had already guessed a million possibilities in his mind, but he still couldn't figure out why he was special.

Could it be that Xiao Chengxi has a crush on me?

Oh my God, this couldn't be the reason. Even though she was very pretty, she wasn't my type at all. Not to mention she was the one Shanks liked. If this was true, it would be very difficult to deal with her no matter how I thought about it.

Cheng Xi: “Because I’m scared.”

Everyone:?

Jesus Bu advised her: "Snake just looks fierce, but he is actually a very nice person, you don't have to be afraid."

Shanks also laughed: "Yes, Chengxi, Snake is a very good partner."

Snake: ...

Cheng Xi: "I think you may have misunderstood. I'm not afraid of Snake."

"Then what are you afraid of?"

Cheng Xi: "I'm just afraid that Snake will drive drunk."

"As a navigator and part-time helmsman, it's scary to think about if he gets drunk and loses consciousness and the ship hits a reef or iceberg, and we get lost in an unfamiliar place, or we encounter bad weather or something."

Jesus Bu: "Please, Cheng Xi, don't say such horrible things so calmly!"

Snake also repeatedly assured that he was definitely a navigator who would not make mistakes. Only then did Cheng Xi leave.

Shanks also left behind her.

Shanks took Cheng Xi on a tour of the Redforth and introduced her to the special features of the ship. Shanks introduced it with great interest and Cheng Xi also listened with great interest.

Soon it was lunch time and everyone sat together in the restaurant, looking forward to the lunch that Laki Lu would prepare for everyone.

"This..." Cheng Xi pointed to a plate of delicious-looking sea beast meat on the table and asked everyone, "Is this the sea quail, a specialty of Feite Island?"

Sea quail is an animal that only grows on Feite Island. It is amphibious, rare and moves very fast, making it extremely difficult to catch. However, due to its delicious meat and unique flavor, many people are willing to spend a lot of money on it. This thing is in short supply in the South China Sea. The last time Cheng Xi ate it was about three years ago. Seeing it on the table now, it felt like a dream returning to the past.

Seeing that she understood how delicious and rare sea quail was, Laki Lu said proudly, "Yes, these are the last batch of sea quails this season. Fortunately, I arrived early, otherwise I wouldn't be able to buy even these last twenty."

Cheng Xi gave him a thumbs up to express his praise.

Shanks: "Cheng Xi, do you like this?"

Cheng Xi: "Yeah, I sometimes missed the taste when I was at the headquarters."

When they heard her say the word "headquarters" and thought of her uncle who was a naval hero, everyone looked at Shanks with resentful eyes.

"Then eat more." Shanks put a sea quail into Cheng Xi's bowl, and then picked one for himself.

Hongtuan: ...It doesn’t matter. I can tolerate the problem of picking up food.

However, what they didn't expect was that their concession would only lead to Shanks becoming even more aggressive.

"And then... one for Beckmann and one for Chengxi."

"One for Jesus Bu and one for Chengxi."

"One for Lime Jones and one for Chengxi."

...

Everyone looked at Shanks with even more resentment.