The male supporting character was actually myself.

The little white cat excitedly rubbed its paws together and asked, "How is it? How is it? Isn't it super pretty?! I knew it, Master would definitely like it. It's a great opportunity to chat!"

She walked to the bow of the ship and explained in a soft voice, "My second brother is obsessed with Liuguang Island. He has studied it for many years and calculated many possible routes that might pass by it. He has sailed there hundreds of times."

The Cloud Dream City was originally designed and built by him to sail this remote route in search of the Island of Flowing Light.

Unexpectedly, he caught a cold just before the airship was about to depart and was bedridden. His family wouldn't allow him to undertake such a long voyage while ill. Helpless, my second brother entrusted me to accompany him on the voyage to see if we could encounter Flowing Light Island at the point he had calculated.

The chance is less than one in ten thousand, how could it be such a coincidence?

Young master, don't listen to the little girl's nonsense.

However, the moment the airship soared above the clouds, the view opened up to a breathtaking panorama. If you have time, young master, you can wait and admire this magnificent scenery.

Chapter Seven Breaking Through the Clouds

Did the Cloud Dream City encounter Flowing Light Island by chance?

The script was full of lovey-dovey scenes involving the male and female leads cheating on each other, but it didn't include this particular incident, so Jiang Chen didn't know if he would actually encounter it.

However, he was more interested in the girl's identity at this moment.

"Your second brother designed this airship? You're from the Yunmeng family?"

Only then did the maid Yan'er see the other person's face clearly in the darkness. She covered her mouth and exclaimed softly, "You are... Young Master Luo?"

I have seen the young master before!

Two years ago, the young master personally escorted a batch of Lan Jinxi continental specialties to Yunmeng City. I saw him from afar when the eldest young master hosted a banquet at Chenxi Garden. My young lady was too young to receive guests, so she did not attend the banquet.

I never expected to run into you here.

Oh, by the way, Young Master Luo just got engaged today, why did he suddenly break off the engagement...?

"Yan'er!" Lan Jingshu tugged at the maid's wide white sleeve, her expression somewhat stern. "The older you get, the more you love to gossip! Why are you asking about other people's business?"

She turned to Jiang Chen and bowed apologetically, saying, "This little girl is poorly disciplined, Young Master Luo, please don't take it to heart."

"It's alright, it's alright. Actually, it's because Miss Ye's health condition makes it unsuitable for her to move that we called off the engagement." Jiang Chen glanced at the gradually appearing clouds and changed the subject, saying, "Are we about to break through the clouds?"

“Yes!” Yan’er shook open the embroidered bag draped over her left arm, revealing two exquisitely crafted, crystal-clear nets. She picked one up and handed it over. “Young Master Luo, would you like to give it a try? If you really happen to encounter one, you might be able to catch a Flowing Light Beast.”

Lan Jingshu took the remaining net and couldn't help but smile. "My second brother is obsessed with this. If I don't help him complete this voyage, I'm afraid he'll regret it forever."

"These two animal-catching nets were designed and made by him. Young Master Luo, why don't you try them out? Even if you don't encounter Flowing Light Island, you might encounter Cloud Flowers after breaking through the clouds. Catching one or two would be a decent harvest."

"Then let's borrow Miss Lan's net for fun." He took the net handed to him by the maid, unfolded it, and looked at it.

The net, made of some unknown material, felt cool and jade-like to the touch, and despite its enormous size, it was as light as a feather. Its overall shape resembled a large sieve, with long ropes in the part you held, and the net below, when unfurled, was adorned with shimmering, heavy pendants, allowing it to spread out quickly.

"Young Master Luo, this is how you use the net," Yan'er demonstrated enthusiastically. "Our airship is too big. Even if we do pass by Liuguang Island, the distance will be extremely far. We must let the entire net fall down before shaking it open."

If Flowing Light Island is above us, then there's nothing we can do.

Therefore, when it comes to hunting down the Flowing Light Island and capturing the Flowing Light Beast, luck is more important than anything else!

By the way, Young Master Luo, was the annulment of the engagement really due to Miss Ye's illness? I think I saw her on the lower deck earlier, and she didn't seem to be unwell..."

Lan Jingshu glared at her and scolded, "Yan'er! What's wrong with you today? It's really rude of you to keep asking me questions!"

"Host, does this little girl have feelings for you?"

The little white cat poked its head out curiously and said, "She was spying on you and asking about the annulment of the engagement. If she didn't have something on her mind, wouldn't she be too gossipy?"

Jiang Chen smiled faintly and shook his head, saying, "Everyone has their own ambitions."

"I see!" Yan'er was overjoyed upon hearing this answer.

I was there watching the engagement ceremony. I noticed that Miss Ye's expression was off; she looked indifferent, cold, and a little impatient, as if she wasn't willing to get engaged.

Not long after the banquet began, Mr. Ouyang announced the annulment of the engagement, declaring the marriage contract null and void.

Her first thought was that Miss Ye was causing trouble and trying to break off the engagement, but she couldn't verify it. Now, seeing Young Master Luo's expression and words, she understood.

"The clouds are getting thicker; we'll be breaking through them in a little while." Lan Jingshu held the net in her hand, feeling somewhat nervous.

Jiang Chen asked curiously, "Doesn't the airship have any detection instruments? Shouldn't there be a warning when it approaches an island like this?"

Why did the second young master meticulously calculate the time and trajectory, and then have the young lady and her maid act in the dead of night?

He felt it would be more reliable to send more experienced servants to do this.

"Young Master, you may not know this, but the Second Young Master is so obsessed with Liuguang Island that he has risked his life to sail there over a hundred times, which has already displeased the Master. Apart from Miss, no one dares to help the Second Young Master find Liuguang Island. If the Master knew that the original intention of designing the Cloud Deep Dream City was to find Liuguang Island, he probably would not have agreed to build this airship at all!"

The maid Yan'er chuckled, "This time, Miss only managed to get Master to agree to board the airship for the maiden voyage by using the excuse of visiting Aunt on the Star Moon Continent."

Lan Jingshu patiently explained, "Airships are equipped with detection instruments to prevent fast-moving islands from suddenly approaching."

However, the location calculated by my second brother was right near the clouds. Thick clouds can affect the detection instruments, often causing them to mistake dark clouds for islands. Therefore, the results of the detection instruments cannot be taken as the basis for our chance encounter with Liuguang Island.

"Young Master Luo, please don't worry. Our airships undergo rigorous testing before being put into service; they are very safe."

"Safety?" The little white cat shook its head and sighed, "Naive little girl, you're about to face a great calamity!"

The Yunmeng family probably really didn't know that the airship design had flaws, otherwise why would they have let their most beloved youngest daughter board the ship?

So, what exactly is wrong with this giant ship?

Just as he was racking his brains trying to figure it out, the surrounding clouds grew thicker and thicker, and the entire airship seemed to have plunged into a pile of cotton.

"The Cloud Dream City will only take a moment to pass through the clouds, and this feeling of being shrouded in mist will soon disappear." Lan Jingshu's voice was right beside him, but Jiang Chen couldn't see her.

Everything around us was hidden in thick clouds, even the deck beneath our feet had disappeared.

"Wow, this is so dreamy!" The fluffy ball of fluff jumped and danced among the clouds of similar colors, quickly disturbing the clouds around its host and making his vision even more obstructed.

"Pfft!"

It's hard to describe what the sound was like. The entire airship instantly burst out of the thick clouds and flew above them.

Suddenly, everything became bright and clear, and Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile slightly.

Below the airship were fluffy white clouds, and above them stretched an endless deep blue night sky, dotted with countless brighter stars. Even the bright moon seemed bigger and brighter!

"It is indeed magnificent!" he couldn't help but exclaim.

Before Jiang Chen could finish speaking, Yan'er suddenly exclaimed, "There! Flowing Light Island is there! It's really appeared, look!"

Looking in the direction the little maid was pointing, there was indeed a huge shadow moving silently at an extremely fast speed in the far distance.

The airship pilot had clearly detected the flying island and quickly turned the ship around to avoid its path.

"It is indeed a flying island, but it's too far away to be sure if it's Flowing Light Island." Lan Jingshu frowned slightly, stood on tiptoe to look into the distance, feeling both nervous and a little scared.

The flying island was obviously much faster than the airship, and it flew straight at us just as the airship turned around to try to avoid it.

"Oh no! Oh no! We're going to crash into it!" The little white cat, seeing the enormous creature getting closer and closer, was so frightened that its fur stood on end. It clung to its owner's neck, trembling and crying out, "Host, do you have any items that can protect us?"

Chapter Eight: Are you going to jump?

Jiang Chen patted its little head to comfort it.

Everything has just begun. The male and female leads are probably not even familiar with each other yet, so the script team can't just pull off some amazing plot twists right from the start.

Otherwise, how could two people who have no feelings for each other put on a tragic love story?

So no matter how dangerous the situation, the airship will get through safely, and it's not my place to worry about it. Just now, the little maid Yan'er said she saw the female lead Ye Qingqing on the deck below, and maybe she's having a chance encounter with Ji Ningyu right now.

Aside from guests staying in first-class cabins who are entitled to access this slightly smaller deck, other tourists who want some fresh air can only go to the lower deck. Although it is larger there, it is blocked by higher railings, so the male and female protagonists, who are focused on flirting and the other is looking forward to being flirted with, should not know about their chance encounter with Flowing Light Island, which is why the script makes no mention of it.

"chug!"

Sure enough, just seconds before the two were about to collide, a blue (no) jet of air suddenly shot out from below the airship, lifting it into the sky.

The ascent was so rapid that Jiang Chen felt some discomfort in his eardrums.

"Host, cast your net quickly!" He took a few deep breaths to ease the depression and discomfort in his chest, when he heard the little white cat's excited meow, "Flowing Light Island! It really is Flowing Light Island!"

The next second, the entire airship was enveloped in a soft light.

Jiang Chen hurriedly bent down to cast his net and glanced over; the airship flew past, skimming the surface of an island.

The island's mountains, rivers, grasslands, and forests come into view in an instant, all seemingly bathed in a luster, radiating a variety of indescribable and magnificent colors such as gold, silver, pink, and blue.

Even the animals leaping and flying within it are bathed in a shimmering light, like a crystal world so beautiful it takes your breath away.

Lan Jingshu and her maid Yan'er gripped the airship railings, looking down at this unforgettable scene, utterly shocked.

The only one who could still remain rational was the little white cat.

As its host casts the net, it jumps down, dragging the net down to the shimmering grassland, and after a few leaps, selects its prey.

"Ya-hey!"

The little white cat mustered all its strength, raised its short paw and slapped the bottom of a little rabbit squatting in the grass, sending it into the net;

Then he kicked another one in.

In such a short time, the large net had already brushed past the grassland of Flowing Light Island and was about to hit the bushes. The fluffy ball jumped up, grabbed the net, and dragged itself up, shouting, "Host, hurry up and pull us up!"

Jiang Chen then came to his senses and hurriedly pulled up the net.

The airship and the extremely fast-moving Flowing Light Island briefly brushed past each other, the latter quickly disappearing from sight like a shooting star streaking across the sky.

From the moment the airship broke through the clouds to its encounter with Flowing Light Island and then its passing by, the entire process took no more than a minute.

"Look, a shooting star!" On the quiet, deserted lower deck, Ji Ningyu pointed to the bright light on the horizon and exclaimed excitedly, "They say that if you make a wish upon a shooting star, it will come true. Do you want to try it?"

Ye Qingqing was in a bad mood after the engagement was called off and she moved to a third-class room.

She disliked the marriage arranged by her mother and did not want to marry a merchant, but she was extremely looking forward to her trip to the Star Moon Continent.

After all, unmarried girls rarely have the opportunity to travel far and wide to see the magnificent landscapes of other continents.

However, the mother insisted on moving out of the spacious and beautiful first-class room, and now the mother and daughter are squeezed into a simple and narrow third-class room, which is not satisfactory in any way.

First, she returned the jade pendant she loved so much, and then she moved out of her carefully decorated and beloved residence. Ye Qingqing always felt that there was an unfinished lingering feeling in her chest, and she needed to get some fresh air.

My stubborn mother was firmly against it.

She said that guests in the second, third, fourth, and fifth class rooms could all go up to this deck. It was a mixed group of people, and it was late at night. Unmarried girls didn't even have maids with them, so it was inconvenient for them to show their faces in public.

They even said that if you encounter hooligans in the last class, it will be too late to regret it!

But the moonlight outside the window was so beautiful that Ye Qingqing waited until her mother was asleep before tiptoeing out to take a walk and enjoy the night view.