The passenger boat had quickly come to a stop by itself, and seven or eight small boats rapidly surrounded it. The people on the small boats swiftly boarded the passenger boat, then they began waking everyone up one by one.
"Why has the boat stopped?" Madam Ling's face was full of panic, "Where is the young miss?"
"I don't know," said Wan, a junior manager's wife from the Dong Family who served Madam Ling. An average-looking woman, she seemed quite down-to-earth and honest. Usually reserved, she too was frightened by the sudden arrival of so many people on board.
