Leng Yu Yan's palms immediately broke into a sweat, and Ye Yiheng gave her hand a squeeze, signaling her not to panic.
Then he turned around and said to the official soldiers, "Calling me?"
The leading soldier looked at his bearded face and waved his hand dismissively, "Scram, scram, scram!"
Ye Yiheng turned back and continued walking toward the dock with Leng Yu Yan.
Just as they were about to board the ship, the ship boss said, "The ship is almost full today, no more boarding."
Those unable to board the ship shouted, "It takes days for a ship like this to come along, we're all rushing to get home for the New Year, you're delaying our plans!"
"Exactly, exactly, I can see there's still space on the ship, why can't we get on, we're not refusing to pay with silver coins."
The ship boss said, "Our ship boss is not in a good mood today and doesn't want to take you all, so what?"
Discontented murmurs rose from the people, yet no one dared to retort.
