I was a god in the 18th century

Chapter 489 Humpback Whale

Xia Qingdai was awakened by the sound of the waves in the afternoon. The wooden cabin full of ancient style appeared in front of her eyes, and when she took a breath, her nose was filled with the smell of wet and sticky sea breeze.

This weekend, she got off the ship and read various books about the Qing Dynasty with Owen to prepare for her trip. She felt sleepy while reading, so she simply lay down in Owen's private cabin and took a nap.

Other white men have a strong smell of sweat, but the handsome young Owen has only the fragrance of youth. Xia Qingdai is not polite at all in Owen's cabin, and treats it as her own territory.

After all, in her heart, even little Owen belongs to her!

To be honest, Owen has already passed his twentieth birthday. People whose names begin with the word "two" should not be called teenagers. But he really has a long flowering period, which is completely different from other white people.

He still had the pure golden hair that usually only belonged to teenagers, and his snow-white skin was free of the freckles that most Caucasians tend to get.

Although his facial lines are more mature than two years ago, he has not lost his youthfulness. On the contrary, his increasingly mature perfect head-to-body ratio and head-to-shoulder ratio have added a bit of sexual tension, making him a handsome man who straddles the Eastern and Western races!

Who can dislike such a little golden man?
Xia Qingdai rubbed her eyes and sat up. She looked at the blond Owen who was reading a book by the window and asked, "What time is it now?"

Owen took out his pocket watch and looked at it, then replied, "It's almost five o'clock."

The ship has entered the African waters, getting closer and closer to the Tropic of Cancer. Therefore, although it is already November, the days are getting longer, and the sunset at five o'clock is still hanging on the sea.

"It's five o'clock." Xia Qingdai stretched lazily, "I'll go back and wash up."

Then she disappeared right in front of Owen. When she returned to the boat, she looked brand new, with a faint scent of peach-scented shower gel floating on her body.

"you are back."

"Ah."

The fleet had already stopped and was preparing for dinner. If nothing unexpected happened, the fleet would rest in this sea area tonight.

Owen smelled the moist peach scent on Xia Qingdai's body and couldn't help but touch the tip of his nose. He was distracted for a moment, then lowered his eyes slightly as if to cover up: "Dinner is about to start, do you want me to help you bring in the food?"

On this long journey, Owen brought the French royal chef with him. As long as Xia Qingdai came over, he would cook for her alone.

"No, no." Xia Qingdai waved her hand. "I've eaten upstairs. Now I have nothing to do, so I'll come down and read a book."

"Oh." Owen responded, "Then I'll get the book for you."

Just as he finished speaking, he heard a burst of excited cheers from the deck below, and the word "whale" could be faintly heard.

"Whale? Are you talking about whale?" Xia Qingdai suddenly became excited, squeezed next to Owen, and lay on the window overlooking the sea.

Not far ahead, I saw a whale with its mouth wide open, leading its baby to swallow the sea water.

"What kind of whale is that? It's so big!"

"Humpback whale." The knowledgeable Owen explained to her.

"Oh, I know humpback whales. Is that the mother humpback whale? Look, there is a baby whale swimming around it!" Xia Qingdai pointed at the whale in front and asked, "Owen, look quickly."

Owen nodded and looked in the direction her finger pointed: "Yeah, I see it. Maybe there is a whale father lurking not far away. The mother and child and partner of this kind of animal have a strong sense of attachment." "Really? That means a family of three came here to eat the buffet." Xia Qingdai was so excited that she bounced a few times on the spot like a little spring.

Owen looked at her soft head, and couldn't hide the smile on his face. But the gentlemanly etiquette that was deeply rooted in his bones made him restrain the desire to rub the goddess's little head.

The reason why Xia Qingdai said that the whales came to eat the buffet was that before coming down, she habitually poured a plastic box of fish crumbs into the sea.

This thing didn't cost much, because when she bought it, she had already thought about feeding it to the sea, so it was all cheap scraps. Even so, for this area of ​​​​Lilliput Country, it was still a heavyweight nesting behavior.

If someone were to fish in this sea area now, they would definitely have a lot of catches.

I just accidentally put some food into the "fish tank". I never thought I could hook a humpback whale, the husky of the sea. The twenty bucks were well spent!

It was the first time that Xia Qingdai saw such a huge humpback whale. She immediately became playful and asked Owen, "Haha, Owen, let me ask you a question. Do you think whales are the largest fish in the world?"

"Maybe not." Owen replied with a faint smile on his face. "At the end of the last century, biologist John proposed the view that whales are not fish. Because they have to surface to breathe every once in a while. I also agree with this view. What do you think?"

Xia Qingdai clapped her hands with a smile: "Great, great, you know all this, it seems you have read a lot of books."

"Oh, I have read a little. When I was in America, I often went to an old gentleman's house to read books. He had a very rich collection of books, and I read all kinds of books."

"Oh, are you still in touch now?"

"No." Owen said sadly, "He unfortunately died of fever before I came back."

"Feel sorry."

"It's okay, life is impermanent."

As we were talking, the little humpback whale, which had eaten its fill, probably heard the cheers from here, and suddenly jumped high out of the water, turned in the air, and then rushed back into the water, performing a rather difficult juggling act.

Naturally, its antics caused cheers from the people on the boat.

The men drifting on the sea were full of energy and had nowhere to vent. There were few entertainment activities on the ship, and it was rare to see a free animal show, so they had to cheer hard.

"Wow! I refuse to watch animals perform, but they insist on performing!" Xia Qingdai clapped her hands and laughed happily.

Owen lowered his eyes and looked at her gently, smiling lightly and saying nothing.

"This little guy is so thoughtful. I'm going to feed it some more delicious food!" She still has a box of shrimps in the refrigerator that she hasn't touched. I heard that humpback whales like to eat shrimps!

After saying that, Xia Qingdai turned around and smiled at Owen who was standing nearby, "Little Owen, just wait and see here."

Owen raised his eyebrows slightly: "Little Owen? How am I small?"

Xia Qingdai, who was about to leave, met Owen's deep and meaningful gaze. She didn't know what she thought of. She blushed with guilt in an instant, stammered half a sentence, and quickly ran away.

Looking at Xia Qingdai disappearing in the wind, the smile on Owen's lips became more and more obvious.