Chapter 2 Is that my young miss or the ghost

The loud cries echoed throughout the canal. Though it was so loud, no one could hear the screams. This place was so desolate. All the wood pieces from the boat that was destroyed floated along the water. Let three bodies struggle by themselves to save their own lives.

“Help! Please. Please help my masters” The girl in fifteen years floated between the younger girl and boy, shouting for help.

“Sister Roeng, Help Nil… Just take him. Don’t worry about me.” The younger girl said, her voice began to get softer and softer. She couldn’t swim. But after her mother’s death, the boy is her heart and soul. She raised him like her own son. But right now the boat was destroyed by the evil servants of her step-mother. If only one person could survive, it must be her younger brother.

He must survive!

“Then what will happen to young miss Ploy? This servant worried about young miss. You don’t know how to swim. What should this servant do?” The tears streamed down her face. Roeng might be only the servant, but she grew up together with young miss Ploy and young master Nil. Went through thick and thin together. Young miss Ploy never let her get bullied alone.

“Don’t say much. Just leave with Nil. Sister Roeng also knows how important Nil is to me. Treat it as my last request. From now on, please raise and protect him instead of me. Don’t let him get any harm from Madam Ganda. Please…”

And then, the small fragile body of young miss Ploy sank down quickly as if it was pulled down by the water ghost. Roeng screamed out painfully. She couldn’t believe that the gentle and kind young miss ploy would die in such a desolate, far away from people's sight like this. If possible, She wanted to be the one who will die from this cruel waterway instead of young miss ploy.

“Cough, cough. Big sister Ploy, big sister ploy. Brother is so scared. Big sister Ploy please don’t go anywhere” Five years old boy cried his heart out. His strength will run out soon. He struggled and tried to swim like what he was taught. But he was only a small child who couldn't swim well. So Roeng shed tears on her face and moved to the boy hurriedly. But it seemed she was too slow. Nil’s body also drown under the water just like his sister’s”

“Young master Nil!” Roeng’s heart almost fell. She dove into the water and took Nil’s body above. This is what Young miss Ploy tasked her with her own life. She must succeed no matter what!

Roeng painstakingly brought Nil’s body to the shore. But there was no sign to let her know that he would wake up. Roeng’s face became pale. Or she will lose both of her masters at once. How could she live from now on?

“Young master Nil, young master nil. wake up please.” The girl softly slapped Nil’s face for a long time. She realized something and moved her finger near the boy’s nose fearfully. She hoped it would not be just like what she thought.

“No…no breathing. No! Young master nil. Wuwuwu. Please don’t leave this servant too.” Roeng hugged Nil’s body tightly, crying bloody tears. Her heart was torn into shreds when she knew that another master of hers also left her too.

Because of her grief, Roeng didn’t notice the boat moving near her. It didn’t look too luxurious but anyone would know the noble background of the owner. Roeng’s crying startled the people on the boat. Someone twisted his eyebrows, wondering who would cry like dying in the dusk time like this.

“Who’s crying somewhere near?” The guy with silky black hair and sharp eyebrows said to the person beside him.

“Maybe…maybe there’s a ghost” the speaker's face had gone white, his mouth gone into funny shape because of terror. But that made him get a hit on his head by his master.

“What ghost are you saying? You go look for me. If there is someone who needs our help. If we can’t help them on time. The fault is on you!” The beautiful boy had a headache because of his confidant. This journey was too long and it was good to have Pha to relieve his boredom on the way. But sometimes, that guy was just too crazy. And it gave him more headache than before. Especially the talkative habit that knows no time and place.

Pha asked the servant to sail on board. He found the beautiful young girl hugging a small body tightly. With their clothes wet like this, all people would know that they fell into the water. But who would swim at the time like this

“Is that your child? He’s dead?” Pha asked Roeng who didn’t notice that someone walked close. With red eyes, she looked up to this guy’s face which can drive anyone mad.

“No. This is my master. Can young sir help my master please” Roeng saw Pha’s good looking attire and she could guess that he would be some noble passing by. She asked him to help young master Nil who had stopped breathing for some time already.

“Let me see” Just like that, Pha brought Nil’s body away from Roeng. He carried the small child on his shoulder and ran around. Not too long, Nil vomited out some water and got conciousness. But once he woke up, the first person who he wanted to see was his big sister.

“Big sister Ploy. Big sister Ploy, where are you? I am so scared. wuwuwuwu. Pha put Nil down to Roeng’s lap and asked.

“Is there still one more person? Where is she? I will take a look.” Pha presented himself with confidence. Though he was not good in the way he should be. But he was a skilled doctor compared to the same batch of youngsters.

Roeng's face got saddened when she heard about it. She hugged Nil tightly then speak”

“I must thank sirs for saving grace. But there is still one more thing I want to trouble you with. Please bring my young miss from under the water for the funeral. I will make an oath that I will be your cow or horse in the next life. Pha’s face got paler when he knew that the one he needed to save now is not a person but a corpse.

Getting serious, Pha walked to the on board boat. He asked for permission from his master to use the sailor to fish the girl's corpse up from under the water.

“Drowned person? I agree with your request. Hurry order sailors to bring up the body. It's already night time and it’s cold here.” The handsome face looked at the water without any emotion. The scraps from the destroyed boat floated all over the canal. That proved it was destroyed by humans. No robbery but destroying the boat. Anyone can guess that its attempt to murder, not some bandit.

Pha ordered 4 sailors to dove down the canal to find Miss Ploy’s body. Everyone worked hard for a long time but still no sign of the girl. Nil began to cried harder while hugging Roeng with a face full of tears.

“How is it, can you find her?” Pha asked all 4 sailors who swam back to the shore.

“This servant cannot find” A sailor said

“This servant also cannot find” Another sailor also shook his head.

“The water is very deep. This servant was afraid she had sunk down at the bottom, that’s why we couldn't find her.

Pha felt the danger sign. His face went dark, not like the same normal funny person anymore. One of the things he most hated was to inform the patient’s relatives about bad news. His eyes met with Roeng’s pleading eyes. He felt guilt and sympathy. If he could, he would bring this person’s body back for her. But with darkness and cold temperature like this, that would be only a dream

“Big sister ploy!” The kid’s excited voice rang out, he pointed at the canal. That made everyone immediately turn to the scene. Within the darkness that shrouded around her, there was a girl emerging from the water. She still has not grown up like another bloomed flower. But the tenderness and sweetness can be seen upon her face. All the guys were rooted to the ground, stunted to her beauty.

Roeng’s mouth also opened wide. Didn’t her young miss sink down for a long time already? Why did she make a comeback at a time like this?

The fragile body in light yellow sbai which made her skin look white began to swim quickly in the freestyle stroke. Her movement was so delicate like the mermaid in the sea. Pha was the first one who woke up from trance. He shouted at the sailors loudly.

“What are you guys waiting for? Go help the lady from the water! Quick!”

“Do we still need to help? I saw her swim even quicker than all of us…” The sailor spoke while lowering his head, afraid he would get scolded.

“What you said is reasonable. I have never seen anyone who could swim so fast like this before. Are you sure your master is drowning dead? And then who is that? Is she your master?” Pha asked Roeng with surprise. But Roeng also cannot give him the exact answer. But from the look of her figure and sbai’s color. That should be her young miss Ploy. But wait… Her young miss didn’t know how to swim!

“I am not sure but maybe yes” Roeng’s face was ugly but it was not the same as Nil’s.

“That is Big sister Ploy definitely! I can remember her” The little Nil said with confidence.

The figure in light yellow sbai swam closer and closer. That made everyone’s heart fall to the ground. If the thing that headed towards here was not a human, Then what is it?

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