Mu Liang sensed her absent mindedness. He asked her, “Can you recall anything else?”
Mu Lan shook her head. “Nothing. Not even a single thing. But I can feel that I did somethings in the past right after I do those things in the present, like this incident.”
He replied, “I understand. Don’t pressure yourself to remember. You will find out everything eventually, and The Cobra is with you too.”
Mu Lan nodded. “That’s right. They helped both of us when we had no backup. However, even if they weren’t with me, I wouldn’t worry too much. If Mohammed Akram tried to harm me, I would let the world know about his misdeeds. He wouldn’t have a chance to do anything to me.”
He asked, “Then why didn’t you do it in the first place?”
She answered truthfully, “I thought you were held captive. I didn’t dare to do anything bold.”
Mu Liang raised an eyebrow. “Didn’t dare to do anything bold? Dearest wifey, who is the one that dared to go to the night party even though she knew what was going on there?”
Mu Lan let out a cough. “Cough! Hubby, don’t think about it anymore. Besides, they wouldn’t think that I’m someone who knows martial arts. I would take them all if they dared to harm me.”
Mu Liang coldly said, “They wouldn’t only dare, they would eat you up if I wasn’t there to take you away.” He felt bitterness as he said that.
She realized that he was getting mad, so she lightly said, “Hmm.”
“What ‘hmm’?” He said in a domineering manner, “Don’t do that type of stuff in the future.”
Mu Lan shook her head and stubbornly said, “I won’t promise though.”
“Lan…” His voice was threatening.
Mu Lan frowned. She protested, “If anyone harms you, it means war! I will stand in the front line and fight the enemy.”
Mu Liang couldn’t see her adorable face when she said those words. Thus, he uncovered her veil and hijab and so her very serious expression. He pinched her face and asked, “Why are you making things harder for me?”
She was a bit annoyed. “That’s who I am. If you want to live with me, bear with it.”
She didn’t understand why everyone tried to control her. It wasn’t that she asked for help; they deliberately gave her a hand, not letting her prove that she could handle anything all by herself, and then, they tried to control her and wanted to take off her wings. She would never let that happen.
Mu Liang sighed. He put his head on her should and dejectedly said, “I will bear with it.”
Mu Lan smiled. She knew that no matter how hard it was for Mu Liang, he would never tie her down; and that’s the very reason she was able to love him.
She turned her body towards him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Then she concentrated on sailing.
“Turn the boat to the left.” Mu Liang suddenly instructed.
“Left?” Mu Lan confused at his sudden change of topic.
Mu Liang nodded. “Yes.”
She was confused but agreed. “Okay, I’m turning the boat now. But why are we going to the south? Weren’t we planning on going to Egypt?”
Mu Liang lightly said, “I never said that and the way we were going was not Egypt, but Sudan.” Even without compass, his sense of direction in the sea was very accurate.
“Oh, so where are we going now?” Mu Lan was stunned and proud at the same time thinking how amazing Mu Liang was. They couldn’t use their phone to look at the compass, but Mu Liang was alone efficient.
“You will find out.” Mu Liang smiled.
“Why are you being so dramatic?” Mu Lan found it funny.
‘For some reason, I feel like if I tell you, you won’t like to go there.’ Mu Liang said that in his mind. He didn’t answer her, on the other hand, he rubbed her hair and said, “Let me tie your hair.” Then he braided it.
She enjoyed his tenderness and asked, “Why don’t you call brother Feng? I think that his mission is done.”
“I tried to call him and your brother, but the signal wasn’t going through.” Mu Liang answered truthfully. He was trying to call them when they were being chased in the ocean.
Mu Lan looked at him in disbelief. “Are you kidding me? There is no way that the call wouldn’t go through. No matter where they are; in the woods or in desert or in the ocean or on the top of the hill or a cave or underground or under water or in the Iceland, wherever it is, the call should go through.”
“You take some rest. I will sail it.” Mu Liang saw that she got distracted and let her sit on the chair.
Mu Lan was in deep thought. “You sent brother Feng to get my brother, didn’t you?”
“I did. He was injured. He needed some treatment.” But he didn’t think that those two would disappear just like that.
Mu Lan bit her lower lip. “I’m not sure if calling others will be okay. Maybe I should call Assistant Ju Long.”
“Don’t.” Mu Liang immediately forbid her. “Even if he knows, what will he do? Think about it. He will definitely contact Feng. We don’t know who else is with him. If there is a spy with them, our location will be known by Akram. Already we got a company.”
As he said that, Mu Lan looked behind to see if there was a speed boat following them. She only saw a ship going to the east.
Mu Lan leaned back to the seat. “If we had enough fuel, we could cross Mediterranean Sea and enter Italy.”
Mu Liang turned his head to take a glance at her and asked, “Don’t you want to punish Akram before going to the Europe?”
Mu Lan said, “First, we need to save our *sses.”
