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Aurelia was locked in a small room in the cabin with a few other illegal immigrants, and police officers were
guarding outside.
The boat was big and slow on the sea, but the rise and fall of waves bobbed the boat. Aurelia had never been on a
boat, so she felt dizzy.
She rested near a window where there was a gap opened. A salty sea breeze blew in and ruffled her long chestnut
hair.
Aurelia dry heaved, and the illegal immigrants around her shot her sympathetic looks. However, they could barely
protect themselves, so they could do nothing aside from offering their sympathy.
A police officer opened the door not too long later and asked all of them to go out.
Aurelia suppressed her discomfort and stumbled out of the boat. It had arrived at the open sea, away from
Chaiseland, and would go to Eropah if it kept going forward. These illegal immigrants came from Eropah and were
now being repatriated.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAurelia was not from there. She had grown up in Melorian. “Repatriate” was incredibly mocking and absurd to her.
Where was she supposed to return to?
Her mind was blank.
There were a few private boats drifting over from the open sea that were mainly in this business—to send the
illegal immigrants back to where they should return to and collect fees from them.
“Go on!” The police officer’s icy voice snapped Aurelia out of her daze.
She turned around and met the officer’s mocking gaze.
“Miss, have a good journey! Don’t come to Chaiseland ever!”
“I…” Aurelia was pale. The boat shook so much that it nauseated her.
“Let’s go.” The old nomad lady who was also in the boat looked at her with a complicated gaze.
Aurelia’s eyes were pained. “Where should I go?”
“Wherever you’ve come from!” The old lady chuckled wryly. “I came from Feranche. After leaving for so many
years, it’s about time I go back.
“Sunny, if you really don’t have a place to go, come to Feranche with me? We nomads make everywhere home. We
can live anywhere!”
The old lady hopped into a boat after she spoke to bargain with the boatman.
Aurelia looked at the endless open sea and was temporarily lost. Sorrow flooded her heart, and she felt like jumping
into the sea. Death felt easier than staying alive.
“Hey, Sunny!” the old nomad lady shouted for her, “Are you coming? It’s cheaper for two!”
Aurelia took a deep breath. The police officer behind her wore an impatient look. She had no other choice. Just
when she was going to join the old lady, a loud noise came from the sky.
A helicopter appeared in the sky above the boat and shaded the sun. Aurelia felt her surroundings dimming
suddenly, and her ears boomed with the loud propeller noise.
The police officer on the boat was alarmed and fired a shot as a warning, but the boat captain came out after a
while to ask the officers to lower their guns.
The helicopter had already sent a signal to the boat, and it was legal for it to appear here.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe officers kept their guns, and the sailors began to wave instructions, allowing the helicopter to land on the deck
shortly.
Aurelia could barely open her eyes due to the strong wind caused by the propellers.
The next second, she saw the familiar person walk out of the helicopter like he was a descended deity like she was
dreaming. Her heart nearly stopped.
Aurelia looked at him in a daze. She had thought that she would never see him again.
Neil slowly walked to her. His heel against the deck was heavy and loud.
He was the only thing in Aurelia’s dark brown eyes under the sun.
Neil looked at her thin face and suppressed his urge to pinch her. Why must this girl look so dazzling? She had just
visited the set, and someone had taken a video of her to hand it to the police!
What happened to her usual quick wits? There was someone of their own in the police station, so it was not even
that difficult for her to figure out a way to call him!
Was she really going to leave without a word coming to the open sea like this?
Neil’s heart felt heavy and sluggish. He wanted to scold and flick her, to vent his temper on her, but… he wanted to
hug her more.
He breathed out a long exhale and turned to the police officer.
“I’ll take this girl with me.”
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