On the fourth day, the wind was calm and waves were still.
Before dawn, Chen Ji once again lowered the small boat, took Wu Yun, and paddled alone into the distance.
He didn't head directly toward the port but instead paddled further away. The cargo ship had a deep draft and had to reach the berth pier, but his small boat didn't have to; he could easily find a mudflat to beach it.
As soon as Chen Ji left, Chen Yu came to the boat's edge, puzzled, and said, "That man surely has guts; Xu Chuanyin is itching to skin him alive, yet he still dares to run to Dinghai Port."
Chen Xu gently replied from beside him, "He's always shown himself with a mask. Without the mask and the straw coat, no one can recognize him."
