latelenovela Chapter 262 Chance Encounter
Chapter 262 Chance Encounter
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This trip involved more people than the trip to Shandong. In addition to the essential security detail, Liang Xiaoming, Yan Guang, Li Fu, and Li Fei also accompanied the group, while Sun Yuanhua stayed behind to oversee the situation.
Yan Guang accompanied the ship because his ancestral home was in Nanjing and he was very familiar with the Jiangnan region. With his guidance, the "Far Voyage" reached Songjiang Prefecture in just ten days. However, they did not disembark in Songjiang Prefecture, but instead traveled from the mouth of the Yangtze River along Chongming Island to Liujiagang, and then transferred to local boats to Suzhou Prefecture.
Liu Ye's group was large, with fifty guards alone, and they had rented seven impressive fleets of boats. Accustomed to the "Far Voyage" cutting through the waves, Liu Ye found it difficult to adjust to the slow-moving inland waterways. He complained to Liang Xiaoming, "If only the 'Far Voyage' could go on inland waterways too. I heard that Suzhou is over a hundred miles from the coast. How long would it take to get there at this slow pace?"
Liang Xiaoming curled his lips: "Let alone whether it's convenient for such a long ship like the 'Far Voyage' to navigate inland waterways, it is entirely driven by wind. Once it reaches an inland waterway, it can't move without wind. You'll probably be so anxious that you'll be fuming."
Yan Guang smiled and comforted him, "General, don't worry. Suzhou is not only a prosperous place for silk weaving, but also a great place for sightseeing. Not to mention anything else, the Suzhou gardens alone are famous throughout the world, and there is a saying that 'the gardens of Jiangnan are the best in the world, and the gardens of Suzhou are the best in Jiangnan.'"
Liu Ye laughed and said, "Sir, are you imitating Cao Cao, making me look at plums to quench my thirst?"
Yan Guang smiled mysteriously, leaned down and whispered, "Bantang Street in Suzhou is famous throughout Jiangnan, no less than the Qinhuai River in Nanjing. When you come to Suzhou, General, you might as well visit it. It will definitely be worth the trip."
Liu Ye was both surprised and delighted. He only knew about the romantic tales of the Qinhuai River, but he didn't know that Suzhou had a comparable Bantang Street. It was a complete surprise!
Just as he was imagining what the "Qinhuai River" of Suzhou would look like, a small boat with a black awning came alongside him on the right. The curtain of the window on the side of the cabin was lifted, and a young woman leaned out to look out, her gaze meeting his.
The woman had exquisite and beautiful features, with an indescribable air of aloofness in her eyes, and an otherworldly elegance in her every glance. A single, simple look was enough to magnetically draw Liu Ye's gaze, making it impossible for him to look away.
Liu Ye had seen plenty of beautiful women. Not to mention the women around him in this timeline, who were all quite attractive, he had encountered countless beauties in his later life, ranging from white-collar workers and college students to minor celebrities. These women came from all walks of life and all sorts of backgrounds. Visually, these beauties, armed with modern cosmetics, might be even more stunning than the woman before him, but none of them possessed her fresh and serene temperament.
Liang Xiaoming and Yan Guang noticed his unusual behavior and followed his gaze. At that moment, the woman realized that everyone on the boat was looking at her, so she gently lowered the curtain. The two only had time to see her profile before the curtain was closed. Yan Guang, with his sharp eyes, also saw an old man sitting opposite the woman in the cabin.