"It's so dangerous! Why did you come here alone?" After seeing the moment of joy of seeing your friend, William stood up seriously.

Anne in front of her tied her hair and hid it in her hat, put on her trousers and short vests, dressed like a little boy. Her whole body was dirty like a little beggar, and she didn't know how she got from Grantham to Plymouth.

Annie was about to speak, but her stomach made a bright whisper. She lowered her head shyly and aggrievedly.

William also followed the girl's gaze and sighed helplessly.

When Marina Theis saw William return, her passion almost made Anne think that this was William's new girlfriend.

With the girl's arrangement, they were able to get a room in the noisy St. George's Hotel.

William was startled by Anne's voracious eating. "How long have you been eating?" He asked worriedly, "How did you come here?" Anne acted unusually. According to the girl's usual chattering personality, she must have to get to the bottom of the newly discovered "William's love history", but she was surprisingly quiet today. Something must have happened.

Annie was anxious to eat, and accidentally choked into her throat by the bread slag, and she lay on the table and coughed violently. William gently patted her back and handed her a glass of water: "Slow down, slow down, don't worry. What else do you want to eat? We can buy enough...Annie?"

He carefully helped the girl up, and was surprised to find that she was already in tears, her little dirty face and her nose were snot. Her mouth was filled with food, looking like an ugly running beast, hungry, fear and sad.

"Anne?" William called the girl's name softly, as if she was treating a fragile porcelain, and helped her wipe away the tears from her face little by little. "Don't cry, someone bullies you? It's okay, I'll help you clean up him. Look, haven't you found me? Don't be afraid. I'm the Royal Navy now, no one dares to do anything to you." He comforted her softly, dusting off the scattered food residue for the girl. The little girl, who couldn't even defeat the plague, was now crying in front of him.

"They..." Anne sobbed quietly, as if trying to suppress the urge to cry. She tried hard to speak, but she squeezed out more snot and tears. William quickly wiped her away. "They took Dad away-"

"Who?" William's heart sank. His eyes twitched, and a bad premonition rose like a ghost.

Annie seemed to be afraid of something and whispered to him quietly with tears: "The person wearing a mask."

The masked man, the silver-beaked bird mask, the man who wore black wool cloaks and wandered in the darkness and mist like the attendant of the Death.

William gritted his teeth and pulled the corner of his jaw tightly. He didn't realize that his fingers that were clenched into a fist had turned white.

"Isaac is with them?" he asked in a voice that he felt unfamiliar with. In connection with what he saw in the warehouse, he had a vague premonition that this matter might be related to the secret Oriental Plan. If Isaac was involved in this matter, he would never forgive him.

"No." Annie cried and shook her head, "I didn't see him."

Thankfully, his clenched fists relaxed, and he quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. William took advantage of Anne's mood to calm down and then asked, "Why are you the only one? Where is your uncle?"

The little girl's tears fell, "Uncle George was injured, and my aunt was taking care of him at home...I...I sneaked out myself." She sobbed, "I changed my clothes and mixed into their porters' team, but when I went to the city to check, they drove me out, and later, I lost it..."

When William heard her say this, he anxiously lifted Anne's sleeve to check, and there were indeed overlapping bruises. "Did they hit you?" He was furious and could hardly control the blood that surged up his head.

"It doesn't hurt anymore." Anne said timidly. She couldn't help but feel scared when she saw such a terrible look on William's handsome and clear face for the first time. She turned around and comforted him, "Don't worry, I...I can take good care of myself."

Pull out the sword in his heart. An angry voice in his mind was repeated. William tasted the rust of blood, and he unconsciously bit his lips.

He hugged Anne hard, pressing her little head, which was slightly trembling from the sob, to her shoulders, preventing her from seeing her hideous and distorted face in her anger.

"It will be fine." William said tremblingly. Although he couldn't even convince himself, he still tried his best to make his voice sound lighter, "Don't worry, don't be afraid. I will find a way." He gently patted the little girl's back with rapid ups and downs due to crying, "Eat and have a good sleep, we can get your dad back." He firmly spoke intonation, both for Anne and for himself.

Draw out the sword in your heart.

After days of wandering, coupled with hunger and fear, Anne finally couldn't hold on and William comforted her deep sleep.

Under his double offensive of money and charm, Marina Theis took over the job of taking care of Anne. She helped send the girl into the room and settled, teasing William half-jokingly: "Look at your face, it's like you're going out to find someone to seek revenge."

William ignored the joke and took out Charles's purse from his body and threw it to her. "It's yours. Take care of this girl. If I haven't come tomorrow, take this to the military port to find Charles Norman. If things are done well, he will give you a lot of money later."

The old Taoist hotel waiter weighed the rustling wallet and smiled and gave him a charming look. "Don't worry, my good young master. I'll give you a pretty and clean girl when you come back."

"Thank you."

William waved away. He walked through the bush of cheering and frolicking people, through the powder of women, the whistle of men and the bursting foam of beer, and looked down upon their passionate retention.

He pushed open the hotel gate with a bang, and walked into the rain like a knight on his way, strode into the rain with the surprised eyes of the people who were shivering and hiding from the rain.
Chapter completed!