Navigator: I have a double six-story house

The moon climbed to the top of the mast, and the sea was calm, without wind or waves.

The Sunny moved slowly through the night, its sails billowing in the breeze and making a soft rustling sound.

Selena's steering was extremely steady, much better than Su Qing had expected, and the course was almost completely off.

After confirming that the course was correct, Su Qing stood at the bow of the ship and yawned.

"That's enough, let's get ready to rest."

"Okay."

Wang Yao casually tossed away the fishing rod that hadn't caught a fish all day.

Selena secured the rudder and clapped her hands.

"Captain, where is my room?"

Su Qing paused, remained silent for a moment, and then realized that he hadn't prepared a room for Selena.

Not only him, but everyone else has forgotten about it.

He pushed open the cabin door expressionlessly. At the end of the corridor was the double room that came with the ship at the start.

There was only one bunk bed, two pillows, and two blankets in the room.

He and Wang Yao have been making do like this for so long.

Su Qing turned around and looked at Selena.

"Miss Selena, the accommodations on the ship are rather basic; there's only this one room available."

"How about this, Wang Yao and I will sleep on the floor tonight, you can stay in this room for now."

"When we get to the next Midway, I'll figure out how to get you a private room."

Su Qing's tone was sincere.

After all, as the captain, he had actually forgotten the basic living needs of the crew.

Sleeping on the floor is to be expected.

Selena tilted her head and glanced at the room.

Wooden walls, wooden floors, wooden beds.

The whole room exuded a poor... simple and unpretentious atmosphere.

Selena didn't say anything hurtful; instead, she smiled.

"Captain, don't worry, they have their own preparations."

As she spoke, she took the palm-sized pink handbag from her waist.

Su Qing stared at the handbag, a bad feeling creeping over her.

With a click, the latch popped open.

Selena reached in and pulled out a piece of parchment.

She spread her arms, and dense architectural patterns appeared on the parchment, with a faint silver sheen at the edges.

Su Qing looked closely.

[Architectural blueprints: Luxurious rooms]

[Provides significant comfort and energy recovery.]

[After resting here, the crew will receive the "Full of Energy" buff on their next dungeon exploration: all attributes increased by 5%, lasting for the entire dungeon.]

【建造材料：木材300单位、钢材80单位、丝绸30单位、水晶15单位、月光石5单位。】

Su Qing was startled by the architectural drawings.

Silk, crystal, and moonstone.

He doesn't have those three things now, and he might not even be able to get them at the next Midway store.

Su Qing took a deep breath and explained in an extremely calm manner.

"Miss Selena, these materials..."

Before he could finish speaking, Selena interrupted him.

"Ah, about the materials."

Selena reached into the purse again and started taking things out one by one.

Before long, the five packages of materials were neatly stacked on the floor.

"Uncle Zloty helped me prepare before I left; he brought his own luggage."

Su Qing fell silent.

He recalled how he had played the victim and shed tears in front of Mr. Zloty, managing to get an extra thousand bolts of timber and a hundred bolts of steel, and at the time he felt like he had made a killing.

He recalled the complete strategy rewards he had obtained from his previous desperate raid, as well as the wealth he had gambled away at the Double Six House, and felt that he was quite wealthy in this sea area.

Then he glanced down at the five packets of materials at Selena's feet.

The value of these moonstones and crystals alone is already several thousand silver coins.

Su Qing came to a profound realization of a fact.

Faced with overwhelming wealth, his meticulous calculations are a joke.

Su Qing, the rising star captain of Midway, was nothing but a penniless pauper in front of this young lady.

No, even being a penniless person is too kind.

Even a penniless man knows he's poor; he actually thought he was quite rich before.

Wang Yao leaned over and glanced at the materials, then gasped in shock.

"So many good things?"

Selena said calmly, "It's not a lot, just some essentials for going out."

Essential items for going out.

Su Qing felt a sharp pain in his heart from those words.

He stood silently in place, without saying a word.

Seeing that Su Qing didn't speak, Selena blinked nervously.

"Captain, is...is it not allowed for me to have a room?"

Her tone was cautious.

Su Qing shook her head. "Whatever makes you happy."

Selena's eyes lit up, and she immediately used the architectural blueprints.

A silver light rose at the end of the corridor, and the material bag automatically broke open, releasing streams of light from wood, steel, silk, crystal, and moonstone into the patterns on the blueprint.

In just over ten seconds, a carved wooden door appeared next to Su Qing's impoverished room.

The door panels are inlaid with tiny crystals, which refract a soft halo under the dim lights of the cabin.

Su Qing glanced at the workmanship and materials of the door panel, then looked back at her own door, where even the doorknob was a little loose.

He turned his gaze back.

I'm not watching anymore; the more I watch, the sadder I get.

Selena walked to the door, her fingertips touching the doorknob, and suddenly turned around.

"By the way, Captain."

Su Qing looked at her.

"This room can accommodate two crew members to rest together, and the buff effect is also for two people."

She tilted her head, revealing two shallow dimples.

"Why don't you come along, Captain?"

Many images flashed through Su Qing's mind.

He thought of his hard wooden bed, as hard as a deck.

I thought of Wang Yao's snoring in the next bunk, which sounded like the growl of a sea monster.

I thought of the 5% increase to all attributes that comes with the "Full of Energy" buff.

He almost nodded.

But reason held him back at the last moment.

A lone man and a lone woman, alone in a room.

The other party was the young lady of the Fengxi Merchant Guild.

If anything happens, I'll be facing the pursuit of an entire large business guild.

"No need, thank you." Su Qing's voice was calm and gentlemanly. "Miss Selena, please get some rest."

Selena didn't insist and gave a slight bow.

"Well then, goodnight, Captain."

As the carved wooden door closed, a faint floral fragrance could be smelled wafting out from the cracks.

Su Qing turned around and found Wang Yao standing next to him, his eyes filled with disdain.

That kind of contempt for forgetting brothers when you have a lover.

Su Qing kicked him in the shin.

"What are you looking at? Go back to your room and sleep."

Wang Yao rubbed his legs in frustration and followed Su Qing to their shabby double room.

Upon reaching the door, Wang Yao suddenly took two quick steps and yanked open the loose wooden door.

Then he turned to the side, tilted his head like Selena, and said in a high-pitched, creepy voice, "Captain, want to come along?"

Su Qing, expressionless, kicked his butt hard.

Wang Yao rolled into the room, clutching his buttocks, and collapsed onto the lower bunk. He chuckled twice and then fell silent.