Ming and Nuan returned to the boat. Jia and Liu quickly stopped arguing and turned to Ming and Nuan's direction, faking a smile on their faces.
''Hey, what are you two talking about?'' Nuan asked curious.
''Ah well...we were talking about em...what will we be doing at the Valley of Peace...you know...making plans..'' Liu answered, trying to keep a straight face.
''Oh, cool! Where will you go first? Nuan and I will be going to Mr. Ping's Noodle shop first. Then we will get a place to stay so we won't have to come back home straight away.'' Ming mentioned excitedly.
''Yeah. Maybe if we find a place big enough for the four of us, Liu and Jia can stay with us.'' Nuan added.
''Oh um...that sounds...g-great..'' Jia answered nervously.
''Are you sure? You don't look too thrilled about that.'' Ming said with a suspicious look.
''W-What? Not thrilled? Of course we are thrilled about that!'' Liu answered, doing as best as she could to smile.
''Oh. Okay then. I just can't wait!'' Ming jumped up and down in excitement.
Suddenly they heard the voice of the captain ''Time to go everyone! Is everybody on? If so, let's get going.''
The captain counted everyone on the list to see if no one was missing. He then pushed away from the village's harbor and set sail towards their destination, the Valley of Peace.
At night, while everyone were asleep, Jia quietly crept up to the sack Shen was in. She poked the sack to make Shen wake up.
''Shen. Shen! Wake up!'' She hissed as quietly as possible so she wouldn't wake anyone else.
''H-huh? Who said that? Are you a criminal?'' Shen asked as he poked his head out of the sack.
Jia sighed. ''No, I'm not a criminal. It's me, Jia. Here, you haven't eaten anything in a while.'' Jia said as she handed a slice of pie Liu bought in the other village, over to Shen.
''What's this?'' Shen asked.
''Oh for crying out loud...it's pie. Eat it, it's delicious.'' Jia explained.
Shen took a bite out of the pie. ''It's good I guess.'' Shen sighed as he continued eating his slice of pie.
''Of course it's good! If you would have said it wasn't good I would have strangled you right here, right now. It's not 'good', it's delicious.'' Jia whispered.
''Can I have some more?'' Shen asked.
Jia nodded and took the full box and placed it in front of Shen. ''Here, you can eat the full box. Just try not to be too loud while you eat, I don't want you to wake anyone.'' Jia smiled.
The next morning, Jia was woken up by a loud bang. ''Huh? What the heck was that?'' Jia mumbled as she opened her tired eyes halfway and slowly lifted her head off her pillow to look up and see what was going on.
''Who ate my pie!?'' Liu hissed as she turned to Jia.
Jia sighed. ''I gave it all to Shen. He didn't eat for a long time, he also needs to eat.''
''Oh. Well get up, we are almost at the Valley of Peace.'' Liu explained.
Jia slowly got up and packed her blanket and pillow in her bag. She then walked up to the sack Shen was in and whispered ''Keep quiet. We are almost at the Valley of Peace.''
Suddenly, they noticed the boat was parked at the harbor of the Valley of Peace. Liu helped Jia drag the sack Shen was in outside of the cabin. Liu stood beside the sack so no one would look inside while Jia packed Liu's things for her and took both Liu's bag and her own bag outside.
Jia walked off the boat and placed Liu's bag and her own bag on the ground. Liu dragged the sack Shen was in and put it next to their bags. Ming and Nuan followed them off the boat.
When all the boat's passengers went off the boat, the captain pushed away from the harbor and sailed out to sea, soon disappearing over the horizon.