This scholar is a bit cruel

Chapter 364 Dowry
The morning sun rises slowly from the sea.

The distant sea surface seemed to have been sprinkled with a thick layer of orange juice, turning the entire sea into a bright orange-red color, with the sea and sky blending into one.

On the edge of the cliff, two figures sat facing the sea.

Beneath my feet are the splashing waves of the lake lapping against the rocks, and in the distance stretches the boundless sea.

On the sea, a bright red sun shines.

A gentle breeze brought the freshness of the lake water, as well as the saltiness of the sea.

"Should I trust you?"

The two sat on the edge of the cliff in silence for a long time before the girl spoke.

Before Luo Zijun could answer, the girl sighed softly again and said, "What can I do if I don't believe you? I've already been intimate with you, I'm already yours, so I have no choice but to believe you."

Skin-to-skin contact?

Luo Zijun's lips twitched slightly as she thought to herself: It was just a matter of their lips touching.

"So, I've decided to help you."

The girl turned her head, her azure eyes looking at him tenderly, her face bathed in the morning sun, soft and beautiful.

"help me?"

Luo Zijun was slightly taken aback.

The girl nodded, her expression resolute: "Yes, I'll help you. So, I'm going to betray my father and tell you... what you want to know."

Luo Zijun's expression shifted, and facing her infatuated eyes, he suddenly said, "Wait, Miss Shuiwu..."

"Call me A-Wu."

The girl corrected him softly.

Luo Zijun said, "Awu, I have a secret that I must tell you first."

The girl asked in surprise, "What secret?"

Luo Zijun said, "Let me ask you a question first: Am I handsome?"

The girl stared at his face for a while, then shook her head and said, "He looks like a pretty boy."

Seemingly afraid of discouraging him, she added, "But I don't care about appearance."

Luo Zijun sighed and said, "Awu, there's something I need to tell you, but I hope you won't tell anyone else, including your father."

The girl raised her hand, ready to make a vow.

Luo Zijun said, "There's no need to swear an oath, and it's not a very important secret."

As she spoke, she turned her head and gently wiped her face with her hand.

Then, he slowly turned his head back, revealing a handsome and refined face.

The girl stared at him blankly, without saying a word.

Luo Zijun shrugged and said, "This is my real appearance. Because I am too handsome, I was afraid that some lecherous people would take advantage of me on the street, so I wore a mask to make myself look ugly."

"Oh……"

"Oh? Just 'oh'? Aren't you going to say anything?"

"say what?"

“Anything… For example, wow, Brother Ziju, you are so handsome, etc.”

"..."

Shui Wu stared at his handsome face, remained silent for a while, and then said, "Actually, looking at you now... I think only men with homosexual tendencies would want to seduce you."

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Awu..."

"Ok?"

"I think... your mouth is a bit sharp."

"Oh."

"No wonder my head swelled up immediately last night after just one touch."

"what?"

"It's okay, I'm fine, I haven't been hurt. Go ahead and say what I want to hear."

What do you like to hear?

Luo Zijun didn't beat around the bush anymore: "It's about the Red Bird."

The sun rose from the sea and unknowingly climbed into the sky.

There are no patients today.

However, the patients who went for treatment in the past two days all need to go for a follow-up visit today.

The madman's severed finger was completely reattached.

But a leopard can't change its spots.

His wife was crying and said that he had gone gambling again last night and hadn't come home all night.

"It's better to die than to be with a man like that, sob sob..."

"Ah Wu, you must never marry a gambler, or your life will be ruined."

Leave the madman's house.

After leaving the courtyard, Shuiwu looked at the man beside her and asked, "Do you gamble?"

Luo Zijun said, "I'd like to gamble, but I don't have the money."

Shui Wu gave him a deep look and said, "I have money. If you want to gamble, I can give it to you."

Luo Zijun scoffed, "Give me a break. Last time you treated your father's illness, you didn't even have money to give me, but you gave me a gold bracelet, which you then took back. Is that what you call being rich?"

Shui Wu paused for a moment, then turned and walked towards another path, saying, "Let's go, I'll take you somewhere."

"Where?"

"You'll know once you go there."

Soon, the two arrived at a hillside next to Shuiwu's house.

There are rocks everywhere, and almost no roads.

Shui Wu led him up a boulder about three people high, and suddenly a recessed area appeared in the rock face.

Upon closer inspection, Luo Zijun discovered that a stone door was hidden there.

Shui Wu took out a long copper key, inserted it into the stone door, and with a "click," the lock opened.

She pushed open the stone door forcefully, then turned to look at him and said, "Actually... I also have a secret to tell you, I'm very rich."

Luo Zijun: "..." Shui Wu led him, one in front and one behind, into the stone cave.

Just as we turned a corner, a bright light suddenly appeared ahead. The cave ceiling and walls on both sides were inlaid with many beautiful moonstones, emitting a soft yet bright glow.

Soon another stone door appeared ahead.

Shuiwu pushed open the stone door forcefully and went inside.

When Luo Zijun arrived at the door and looked inside, her eyes widened immediately.

Inside was a stone chamber of about thirty square meters.

In the corner, several boxes were piled up, their lids half-open, filled with all sorts of rare treasures, overflowing with them. Even the ground was scattered with pearls, agate, and gold nuggets!
When Shui Wu walked over and opened one of the boxes, it immediately emitted a dazzling array of colors that almost blinded Luo Zijun!
"Pangbang..."

Shui Wu casually grabbed a handful of jewels from the box and scattered them on the ground. The red, black, yellow, and white jewels immediately jumped and frolicked on the ground, making crisp and cheerful sounds.

Luo Zijun swore that this was the most beautiful and melodious sound he had ever heard since birth.

"This is all my dowry."

Shuiwu then casually took out a crown inlaid with rubies and sapphires from the box, put it on her head, and looked at him, saying, "Do you want it?"

Luo Zijun was already blinded by the light and was in a daze. Hearing this, she rubbed her eyes hard and looked at her, saying, "May I have it?"

Shuiwu removed the crown and handed it to him, saying, "Of course. However, according to our customs, you need to first have a wedding ceremony with me, and then try your best to get me pregnant with your child. Only then will this dowry officially belong to you."

Luo Zijun: "..."

"Do you want to?"

Shuiwu asked again, then stretched the glittering crown in her hand towards him, almost touching him, like a bad guy tempting a child with beautiful candy.

Luo Zijun swallowed hard, but ultimately shook her head: "Sorry, I don't like being a kept man."

"Oh."

Shuiwu raised an eyebrow, said nothing more, took back the crown, threw it into the treasure chest, and said, "Then I'll go back and tell Father that you only want me and not these dowries. Father will be very happy."

Luo Zijun shrugged.

"Let's go. I hope you won't tell anyone about what I told you at the cliff edge, or it will cause trouble for my father. If that person wants to see you, he will send someone to find you. If he doesn't want to see you, you won't be able to find him."

Shuiwu turned and walked towards the door.

Luo Zijun glanced longingly at the room full of jewels one last time, followed behind, and couldn't help but ask, "Did you steal all of this?"

Shui Wu stepped out of the stone gate and said, "I found it."

Okay, I found it.

Luo Zijun didn't ask any further questions, her mind preoccupied with the matter of the red bird.

Just now at the edge of the cliff, the girl had secretly told him that the owner of this Maze Island was Red Bird, and that her father, Shui Nan, was one of Red Bird's most capable crew members, that is, a member of the Red Bird Pirate Crew.

Now that they have received this news, they will definitely try to find a way to meet with that red bird.

However, after seeing these dazzling jewels, he began to lose his confidence.

The captain even tried to bribe Red Bird with money, little did he know that Red Bird probably had more jewelry and money than he could ever spend in several lifetimes.

Even one of Red Bird's henchmen has a room full of gold and silver treasures, let alone the mighty pirate king.

However, his medical skills are a potential breakthrough.

The captain probably thought of this too, which is why he made him work tirelessly every day to treat people and make a name for himself.

"Where are we going now?"

Stepping out of the cave and bathed in the lake breeze carrying the salty scent of the ocean, Luo Zijun asked.

Shui Wu locked the door and was about to speak when she suddenly lowered her head and looked down at the hillside below.

Luo Zijun followed her gaze.

Down the hillside, on a rock, Shui Nan stood leaning on a cane, his gaze towards the two filled with a dangerous aura.

Shui Wu's expression changed, seemingly flustered, and she whispered, "My father found out..."

Luo Zijun gently held her hand and comforted her, "It's okay, he's your father after all, he won't hit you. Later, you can take the initiative to apologize and say that you forced me to come, it has nothing to do with me."

Water Dance: "..."

With trepidation in their hearts, the two descended the mountain together.

Shui Nan's gaze remained fixed on the two of them the entire time, and his expression looked quite frightening.

"Daddy..."

Upon approaching, Shuiwu lowered her head guiltily, preparing to take the initiative to admit her mistake.

Luo Zijun also lowered her head, but in her heart she was thinking that now that this guy had a limp, he probably wouldn't be able to be a pirate anymore.

"This kid accepted you?"

Shui Nan spoke in a somber tone.

Shui Wu gently bit her lip, her cheeks slightly flushed, and silently nodded.

Shui Nan's expression shifted slightly. He looked at the person beside him, seemingly surprised. After a pause, he asked in a cold voice, "When will you consummate your marriage?"

Shui Wu didn't say anything, her face flushed, and she secretly glanced to the side.

Luo Zijun kept her head down and didn't say anything.

Shui Nan snorted coldly and said, "A Wu even brought you here, so it seems she's told you everything. Let's be frank then, aren't you looking for the man from Hai? After you and my daughter have your formal wedding ceremony and consummated your marriage, I'll take you to find him."

Luo Zijun raised her head, but didn't dare to speak.

"Go back and think about it, or go back and discuss it with your friends. Give me an answer before tonight. After tonight, you will never have another chance."

After finishing speaking, Shui Nan glared at her daughter beside her and said, "Let's go home first."

Shui Wu didn't dare to refuse, glanced at the person again, and then lowered her head and left.

The father and daughter quickly walked away.

Luo Zijun stood alone for a while longer before walking toward the prison cell, thinking to herself: It seems I have to sell my body. I don't care, but I wonder if Miss Bai will agree?
He took out the bronze mirror and sent a message to Miss Bai: "I am about to cross the sea, but I have no captain. I need to sell my body to have a chance to find you. Please give me your instructions, Miss."

"one two three four……"

Ten seconds later.

Luo Zijun put away the bronze mirror and couldn't help but sigh: "The young lady isn't replying, so it seems she's tacitly agreeing. Oh well, I'll sacrifice myself for the happiness of the whole group. If I don't go to hell, who will?"

Suddenly, a message came back.

He pretended not to notice, and after walking for a while, the second message came.

He had no choice but to take out the bronze mirror and look closely.

Article 1: [No need to come]

Article Two: [By the way, do you only serve the captain, or do you serve all the crew members?]

(End of this chapter)