[成歷|西玉]棋手 英文版 027
*Another name for this chapter: With Jade on the Beach
????Hsi Wu kneeled on the beach, vomiting water. His eyes were stimulated red by the seawater. Awkward though he was, he still tightly clutched the sunglasses.
????Jade squatted behind him and pat his back gently.
????"Hsi Wu, I did not know you cannot swim."
????When Jade dragged Hsi Wu out of the sea, he was struggling fiercely in the water, which ceaselessly poured into his mouth. Everyone would be distressed at seeing this.
????Hsi Wu put on the sunglasses tremblingly. The constant coughs made his hand quiver, "Jade, I can swim…I am just…not used to swimming in the sea…"
????Even now Hsi Wu still did not want to tell the truth.
????He just lost control because of the sudden wave, which could be deduced from that he had been clutching the sunglasses even in the water. He was a calm and brave demon in the face of crisis.
????Did he not lose the last dignity?
????A good idea suddenly came to Jade, "Hsi Wu, let me teach you to swim!"
????"…" Hsi Wu found it hard to control his facial expressions. He did not want to be in the sea and swim. He just wanted to return to the hotel and took a bath to wash away the seawater on his wings, otherwise, it will crystalize and form salt particles, "Jade, I think…is that Jackie?"
????Jackie came to the beach, talking with Uncle. However, he seemed not to be here for enjoying the sea wind because he was not in beachwear.
????"Jackie!" Jade forgot at once the idea of teaching Hsi Wu to swim and ran to Jackie.
????Hsi Wu missed a catastrophe temporarily and relaxed. It was a disastrous day, the most shameful one through thousands of years. What if this was known to other demons…no way, by no means would let them know!
????"Hey! How's it going?" Jackie waved to them, smiling.
????"Very happy!"
????"Very, happy…"
????"Jackie, your boss permitted you to have a vacation, didn't he?" Jade asked excitedly and did not notice Hsi Wu's strange tone.
????"I will go to the sea soon. I think it may not be a good choice to sail alone."
????"Go sailing? Cool! "
????Jade did not know the so-called sailing was also part of Jackie's work until she swayed back and forth in boredom and smelled fishy on a little boat.
????"Jackie, you did not tell me we would take a fishing boat to the sea," murmured Jade frustratedly, leaning forward against the boat's side.
????A relic was found on an island far outside Miami Beach. Jackie was to investigate it at the museum's request. But Jackie only had time to find a fishing boat whose owner would take them to the island.
????Hsi Wu felt even worse than Jade. He had no time to take a shower due to the boat sailing. Now the seawater on his body dried and the salt crystallized! He could feel it! This made him uncomfortable from head to toe. He was nearly ready to make rain to wash out the salt particles on his body.
????Jackie stood behind Jade and Hsi Wu. Compared to the two distressed folks, he was in a good mood. Although this work took up his vacation time, it did not matter because he liked his job.
????"Jade, sailing in a fishing boat is also a good experience, isn't it? It's the first time that we've tried this."
????"Oh, my God. Jackie, now I feel even my lungs smell fishy. If I had known this, I would have stayed on the beach with Uncle and Tohru."
????Because Uncle did not like the old boatman and Tohru was seasick, only the three took the trip.
????"Jade, I believe you'll like it when you see our destination." Jackie rubbed her head and was about to talk to the captain who went up on deck.
????"Mr. Chan, I'm afraid I can't send you onto the island."
????"What? But haven't you promised to send us there?"
????"I did not know the weather would be so awful around the island." The captain pointed in the direction for which the boat headed, "It's too dangerous."
????On the horizon in the distance located an island where dark clouds gathered and rain poured down. Bolts of lightning struck the sea surface near the island. But amazingly, there were no clouds slightly far away.
????The weird sky made the island more than mysterious.
????Jade's and Hsi Wu's eyes lit up.
????"I like this island."
????The salt particles can be washed away!
????Only Jackie did not seem happy.
參見：《棋手》翻譯原則
