Chapter 39. Holy Place for Making Wishes

     This is what happened.

 

     A travel blogger with tens of thousands of fans on Little Green Book posted a few pictures of herself playing on Xingzhou Island. She did not introduce the tourist attractions of Xingzhou Island, but just said that she had just broken up, so she went to Xingzhou Island to relax on the recommendation of a friend.

 

 

 

     As a result, the blogger, who was originally extremely sad because of the breakup, completely let herself go on Xingzhou Island, playing in the water, taking pictures, feeding seagulls, learning sea fishing, lying on a beach chair, drinking coconut juice and watching the sea urchins. She forgot her sadness and was as happy as those seagulls that had successfully caught their prey. There was no shackles of broken love in her heart, and she was very relaxed.

 

 

 

     After returning from Xingzhou Island, she completely threw the cheating ex-boyfriend out of her world.

 

     The ex-boyfriend saw her Moments from someone else and found that she was in a very good state, with a bright smile, not crying and wailing like when he broke up with her. Someone in the comments even said that she smiled like a little sun and said that he wanted to pursue her. He immediately felt unbalanced.

 

 

 

     She told the story of her ex-boyfriend asking for a reconciliation but being slapped in the face by her. She was really proud of it. More than 60,000 netizens liked it, and more than 3,000 comments below were also very exciting. They felt that dating should be like this, being able to take it or leave it, being happy when together, and being happy when separated.

 

 

 

     However, some netizens had unusual thinking and asked her: “From your description, it seems that there is nothing fun in Xingzhou Island?”

 

 

 

     She replied to the netizen: “It sounds like there is nothing fun, but I am very happy. I am in a good mood all day. Now when I think about it, I feel relaxed. I made the photos there as a screen saver. I look at them every day and I feel very energetic when I go to work.”

 

 

 

     Netizens: “…”

 

 

 

     Is it really so magical?

 

     Why do I feel like I have taken a lot of hits? I suggest you do a urine test.

 

 

 

     Later, many netizens who have been to Xingzhou Island came forward to share their experiences:

 

 

 

   1L: “I caught my goddess on Xingzhou Island! It’s so romantic, I will never forget it.”

 

 

 

   2L: “My parents’ relationship has improved a lot after they came back from their trip to Xingzhou Island. They used to quarrel every now and then, but now they can’t wait to leave me and travel around the world.”

 

 

 

   3L: “I haven’t gotten pregnant for three years after getting married. It’s been more than a month since I came back from my trip to Xingzhou Island, and I just confirmed that I’m pregnant!”

 

 

 

   4L: “I fell in love with sea fishing on Xingzhou Island. From now on, I will become a fisherman.”

 

 

 

   5L: “I was just about to ask’ Who is Hai Diao? Why do you want to go to him…”

 

 

 

   6L: “Is there something strange mixed upstairs?”

 

 

 

   7L: “I’ve been a lottery fan for ten years, and the highest prize has never exceeded one thousand. After returning from Xingzhou Island, I won 50,000 yuan!”

 

 

 

   8L: “I want to get rich too.”

 

 

 

   9L: “Who is still in love these days? Of course, making money is the most important thing. I also want to go to Xingzhou Island, hoping to get rich overnight.”

 

 

 

…

 

     Someone else posted the latest issue of “Departure·Our Journey” magazine, and compiled the comments and blog posts of various netizens into a collection post.

 

 

 

     As the posts became more and more crooked, Xingzhou Island gradually changed from a “holy place for healing emotional injuries” to a “holy place for making wishes”.

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin: “…”

 

 

 

     She didn’t expect that Xingzhou Island could still become popular in this superstitious way.

 

 

 

     But seeing that more and more people are preparing to come to Xingzhou Island to pray for children and wealth, she wants to dispel the rumor that Xingzhou Island really doesn’t have this buff. If there was, she, as the island owner, would have wished to become a billionaire, eat and drink every day, and not go to work, okay? How could she be so worried about the development of the island every day!

 

 

 

     Wait a minute, Xingzhou Island has no buff, so does the Sea God work part-time as Yue Lao, Guanyin, and God of Wealth?

 

 

 

     Where is the Sea God’s daughter? It turns out that she was just being sentimental.

 

 

 

…

 

 

     Not only Li Yaolin, but even the magazine didn’t expect that this issue of the magazine would encounter this wave of hot searches and sell out! Many readers left messages to the magazine, asking them to publish the next issue quickly.

 

 

 

     Of course, the main reason is that it had more fixed readers before, so it would not print too many copies if it was published, so as not to sell out. Some of the users of the Little Green Book are potential audiences of their magazine. With this promotion, some new readers were naturally attracted, which made the magazine sell out.

 

 

 

     Editor-in-chief Shen was also very happy. If the next issue also has such results, then after the editor-in-chief retires, his promotion will be stable.

 

 

 

……

 

 

     Two days later, Zheng Xuan and her husband agreed to go to Xingzhou Island to take wedding photos. They took the high-speed train with the photographer and makeup artist from the photography studio. 

 

 

 

     On the high-speed train, Zheng Xuan happened to see the woman sitting next to her flipping through a magazine with a big “Xingzhou Island” printed on the cover. She was instantly attracted and turned to her husband Sun Fen and said, “Look, Xingzhou Island is on the magazine. It’s definitely a good idea to go there!”

 

 

 

     Last month, the couple had a big fight while traveling in Semporna. They were in a cold war for three days before they reconciled. However, this matter was like a thorn in their hearts. It was okay if they didn’t touch it, but it was uncomfortable once they touched it.

 

 

 

     A few days ago, Sun Fen even said that he didn’t want to go to Xingzhou Island to take wedding photos, just because that was where Li Yaolin worked.

 

     Zheng Xuan was not happy, but she suppressed her anger and said, “This is an agreement with Sanniang and the wedding studio. Xingzhou Island has reserved a room for us. You can go or not, but I will go. If I can’t take wedding photos with you, I will take photos with others!”

 

 

 

     Although Sun Fen was angry, he had to compromise. After all, he really didn’t want to break up with Zheng Xuan, and he didn’t want her to abort the child. His parents had been talking about this child for a long time!

 

 

 

     So he came reluctantly.

 

 

 

     Hearing Zheng Xuan’s words, Sun Fen didn’t take it seriously: “Magazines are there to help advertise. As long as the money is in place, they can praise you to the sky. You can tell at a glance that these pictures are photoshopped.”

 

 

 

     The woman who was reading the magazine put it down, glanced at him, and took the initiative to lend the magazine to Zheng Xuan: “Are you going to Xingzhou Island? Then I’ll lend it to you. It may help you.”

 

 

 

     “Thank you!” Zheng Xuan was very surprised, she met a good person.

 

     Zheng Xuan wanted to kill time by reading a magazine, but she didn’t expect the article to be so well written. She was not only moved by the relationship between the author and his wife for more than 20 years, but also full of yearning for the mystery of Xingzhou Island.

 

 

 

     Another subtlety of this article: it does not mention the strategy, but it writes all the strategies.

 

 

 

     Zheng Xuan summed it up and figured it out. In the morning, when the temperature was not very high, she went to play in the water on the white beach, and at noon, she went to watch the seabirds.

 

 

 

     Some seabirds are not afraid of people. If you take out food, you will probably attract them. The reason why it is a high probability is that seabirds are very smart and can distinguish who has bad intentions and who has good intentions. They are also very picky. They never approach those who smoke and only eat bread crumbs sold in convenience stores on the island. ——At present, there is no prohibition on feeding seabirds on the island, but it is clearly prohibited to leave garbage on the ground after feeding seabirds.

 

 

 

     Go to experience the fun of sea fishing in the afternoon. If you are old hands, there may be good harvests.

 

 

 

……

 

 

     After returning the magazine to the kind-hearted woman, Zheng Xuan almost forgot that she was going to Xingzhou Island to take wedding photos, not to travel.

 

     She wanted to take wedding photos and travel at the same time, but Sun Fen had few holidays. Last time he went to Semporna for a trip, he took his wedding leave and said that he would save his annual leave for the wedding. Therefore, this time he could only come on Saturdays and Sundays to take wedding photos.

 

     This time was very tight for taking wedding photos, so how could she have free time to travel!

 

     The two and a half hours of high-speed rail passed quickly, and they took a taxi directly to Baoren Port Pier after arriving at the station.

 

     I thought Xingzhou Island was a newly developed island and it was not very popular. Unexpectedly, they could not buy tickets to the island in the morning, and there was only the 4 o’clock train left in the afternoon.

 

     Zheng Xuan complained to Sun Fen: “I told you to book tickets in advance, but you said you were not sure whether you would come or not. It’s troublesome to book tickets.”

 

 

 

     Sun Fen also glared: “No one thought that there were so few tickets for such a small island!”

 

 

 

     Zheng Xuan walked aside and called Li Yaolin. Didn’t Qi Tong say that there were few people? Why were there so many people?

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin smiled and explained: “She helped with the promotion in June, which is two months ago. There have been many changes in these two months, and the number of tourists has increased a lot. In addition, it is the weekend now, when there are the most tourists.”

 

 

 

     “Ah, what should I do?” It won’t be a wasted trip, right?

 

     “Don’t worry. After confirming your arrival time last night, I asked someone to reserve tickets for you. It should be this trip. If you miss this trip, wait for the next one. There is an extra boat today, Saturday, so you won’t have to wait too long.”

 

    After hanging up the phone, Zheng Xuan hadn’t recovered yet when she heard Sun Fen say irritably under the scorching sun: “There are too few flights, right? Can’t there be more flights?”

 

     The tourists on the side nodded in agreement: “That’s right, we have to unite and call on Xingzhou Island to add more flights!” Although they both complained about the small number of flights to Xingzhou Island, their moods were completely different. 

 

     Zheng Xuan rolled her eyes at Sun Fen and went straight to the ticket seller. She explained the situation and took out her ID card to check. After the ticket seller confirmed that it was correct, he gave her four tickets. 

 

     When she scanned the code to pay, the ticket seller said: “This is the ticket the boss left for you. She has already paid.” Zheng Xuan was stunned: “The ticket the boss left?” Wasn’t it the ticket Sanniang left? Before she asked, Sun Fen came over with a frown: “What do you mean?”

 

 

 

     Zheng Xuan looked at him, and suddenly didn’t want to waste words with him, and said: “Let’s go, I got the ticket, let’s get on the boat!”

 

 

 

     “Where did the ticket come from?”

 

     “Where else did it come from? Sanniang left it.”

 

     The fishy smell around made Zheng Xuan feel nauseous. At this time, she no longer had the heart to deal with him, and just wanted to get to the island quickly.

 

 

 

     When boarding the boat, Zheng Xuan retched a few times and felt a little seasick.

 

     Sun Fen brought her some water and frowned, saying, “How beautiful can the island be with this environment? In my opinion, we have really been deceived. I told you not to come, but you came all the way here to suffer just because you didn’t listen to me and listened to Li Yaolin!”

 

 

 

     Zheng Xuan felt like he was buzzing in her ear like a fly, and said, “I am just having normal morning sickness. Stop talking, it makes me dizzy.”

 

 

 

     The people in the wedding photography studio also looked at each other, thinking that their workload might be a bit heavy. In the later stage, they had to Photoshop the photos not only to make the newlyweds look better, but also to make the background more beautiful…

 

 

 

     The tourist in the front seat turned around and glared at Sun Fen, “Hey, don’t talk nonsense, the fishing port pier after the fishing season is over is like this, where is there a fishing port without a little fishy smell? Xingzhou Island is different, I guarantee you will regret saying this when you go there.”

 

 

 

     Sun Fen didn’t agree, but thinking that it was not appropriate to cause trouble in an unfamiliar place, he didn’t say anything.

 

     The passenger ship was a little bumpy in the first half of the journey. When Zheng Xuan was about to vomit, she found that the ship was not as bumpy as before, and the fishy smell lingering in her nose was blown away by the cool sea breeze. She miraculously found that she was no longer dizzy and no longer nauseous and retching.

 

 

 

     “How are you?” Sun Fen asked her.

 

     Zheng Xuan was a little uncertain: “I think I’m fine.”

 

 

 

     Suddenly, she saw a seagull swooping down from the sky and diving into the sea. In the blink of an eye, there was a small fish in its mouth that was still struggling with its tail.

 

 

 

     After catching the prey, it did not eat it immediately, but fell on the deck, and then slowly began to enjoy its food in full view of everyone.

 

     A tourist asked jokingly: “Is it showing off its hunting ability to us?”

 

 

 

     Another tourist took photos and laughed: “I have heard that the seabirds on Xingzhou Island are very spiritual and not afraid of people. I didn’t expect it to be so arrogant!”

 

 

 

     The seagull, which had finished eating fish, strolled leisurely on the deck. When it walked to one of the decks outside the passenger ship, it tilted its head and looked at Zheng Xuan, who was separated from it by a glass, with its black bean-like eyes, and then spread its wings and flew away.

 

 

 

     “Was it looking at me just now?!” Zheng Xuan was excited.

 

     The tourist next to her was jealous: “Seagulls also judge people by appearance? They only flirt with pretty girls!”

 

 

 

     As soon as these words came out, happy laughter came from the cabin.

 

     Zheng Xuan was so happy that her heart was bubbling. She said, “I’m going to pinch it out when I get home, it’s so cute!””

 

 

 

     She had already opened Tbao to order clay for models and figurines. Sun Fen, who was standing by, curled his lips and didn’t support her: “It’s just a seagull. Is it so rare? We still need to save money for the banquet. Don’t spend money indiscriminately.”

 

 

 

     “It won’t cost much.”

 

 

 

     “Haven’t you heard that a little bit adds up to a lot?”

 

 

 

     Zheng Xuan suddenly felt aggrieved and tired, and didn’t want to waste her breath on this matter anymore.

 

     After the boat docked, the tourists got off the boat and entered the island in an orderly manner. Zheng Xuan saw Li Yaolin at the entrance and trotted over: “Sanniang, I’m here!”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin walked towards her quickly: “Be careful, don’t run.”

 

 

 

     “Don’t worry, I’m in good health and the fetus is stable.” Zheng Xuan took her arm, “Did you come out to pick me up?”

 

 

 

     “Yes, I’ll take you to the dormitory to put your luggage first!”

 

 

 

     Zheng Xuan asked: “If you slack off, won’t your boss say anything to you?”

 

     Li Yaolin shook her head: “No.”

 

     Zheng Xuan nodded and didn’t ask any more questions.

 

 

 

     After taking Zheng Xuan and the others to the staff dormitory, Li Yaolin said, “I still have some work to do in the afternoon, so I won’t accompany you to visit Xingzhou Island. I will ask someone to help take lunch to the convenience store downstairs, you can go and pick it up. We will have hot pot in the evening, and I will go to the anglers to buy some fish and shrimp to make your favorite shrimp paste.”

 

 

 

     “Sanniang is so nice! We can find a way to solve the lunch problem ourselves, you don’t have to take care of us so much.”

 

 

 

     “They are all employee meals on the island. The dishes were purchased per person last night, so we don’t waste them.”

 

     “You have employee meals now? I remember that when you mentioned it last time, we were still eating takeout.”

 

 

 

     Li Yaolin smiled and said, “Well, we didn’t hire a cook before. Many employees are from nearby, and they bring their own meals. Recently, we have recruited a lot of people back, and not everyone can cook for themselves, so we hired a cook.”

 

 

 

     After she finished speaking, she found that Zheng Xuan was looking at her with a very strange look.

 

     “What’s the matter?” Zheng Xuan put away her guess and shook her head: “Nothing, don’t you have work to deal with? Go and do it first, we can go shopping by ourselves.” Li Yaolin left first after hearing this. 

 

     Sun Fen, who had put away his luggage, walked out of the staff dormitory slowly and whispered: “Look at her, she is just an employee, but she is acting like a master. Where does she get the confidence? It’s not because she has the support of the big boss!” 

 

     Zheng Xuan, who could no longer bear it, glanced at him coldly: “The sea water here is cleaner than your brain. You should jump into the sea to wash your brain full of dirty thoughts.”