The Ugly Prince .丑.皇.

Chapter 25.1

The boat had been traveling for two days and was approaching the seashore.

Di Er sends a signal to the people on the seashore to prepare to meet them.

A figure appeared in the bow of the ship, it was Zhang Ping who came out for air.

"It's windy tonight, so stay off the side of the ship."

Zhang Ping obediently stepped back onto the deck and grabbed the handrail beside him, "Are you familiar with these waters? I didn't expect you could navigate on the sea alone." Zhang Ping praised him.

Dier steering the rudder looking toward the shore , the voyage would soon be over.

"It's a small boat. These waters are pretty safe." Di Er replied after a long while later.

Is this still a small boat?" Zhang Ping is stumped.

"You used to live at sea?" Zhang Ping didn't meant to ask,but he couldn't bear his curiosity.

There was silence.

Zhang Ping didn't expect him to answer and looked at the sea quietly. The color of the sea water is interesting, the closer to the shore, the murkier it is; the farther you look, the bluer it is. Layers upon layers, very layered. The waves swing a little high in the sea breeze, after watching them for a long time one naturally develops a fear of being swallowed by the endless and unfathomable waters.

"He said I had nothing to do with my father's crime. My father used his power at sea and his ships for his own personal gain, but I did not. He said he wouldn't vindicate me, but he would give me another identity so I could return to the sea and do what I do best." Di Er suddenly spoke up.

Zhang Ping did not interrupt.

"I love this sea. Unlike my brothers and sisters, I grew up on a boat almost from the time I was a child. My mother was a scandalous whore, many people say that she conceived me on purpose in order to claim connections of higher status of my father's high branch."

"But it was this disgraceful woman who jumped into the sea in front of my father after handing me over to a soldier on his ship in order to get me out of slavery and give me a better life. I was 7 years old. Then my father took me with him on the ship, but he never brought me back to his residence in the city, nor let me be recognized by his family."

"But in the end he fell into sin, and I, an illegitimate son, unrecognized by him and his family, was taken into military slavery as well. If it hadn't been for you, I would be dead now, along with my other brothers."

Zhang Ping scratched his head, feeling kinda awkward. Usually this Di Er never spoke to him, but now he was talking so much, in such a private way, that he didn't know how to respond.

"That was...... the hatred in my heart. His hatred was many times stronger than mine. All the people I hate are dead, and his not yet. I wanted to be free of my identity, now I've got it, what he wanted was more than ordinary person could imagine."

"He will succeed." Zhang Ping affirmed.

"He doesn't like, no, he doesn't want anyone to get close to you. He's isolating you, and you ...... should be careful."

Zhang Ping was stupefied for a moment, and suddenly he grinned: "I see. I thought I was really too annoying. " After saying that, he patted Di Er's shoulder and comforted him, saying "Don't worry, he's just a kid in heart, for things he own no matter what he would hold tight and don't let go . When he meets a better one later, the old one will naturally be let go."

Di Er's shoulders moved a little, probably not used to having someone so close to him.

"I'm glad you're not worried." However, he did not expect Zhang Ping to be so liberal as to speak so calmly about the possibility to fall out of favor in the future. But it's also true, isn't it?