The Starry Sky, The Starry Sea: Chapter 16 You can betray me

Chapter16 You can betray me

As long as you can be safe, it doesn't matter whether you exchange me or betray me!

The sky was completely dark, and the wind on the sea was strong and cold, making people feel cold all over.

Wu Julan was wearing a thin white shirt, standing by the railing, looking at the moon rising slowly in the east.

I was fully armed, with a high-necked pullover cashmere sweater, a short thin cashmere coat, thick jeans, and a woolen hat.

I rubbed my hands and said, "It's okay during the day, but it's really cold at night."

Wu Julan turned his head and glanced at me, "After I go into the sea later, you wait for me in the cabin."

"No! I want to be with you all the time!" Last time, Wu Julan was afraid of scaring me, so he only showed me his body from a distance. Once he got close to me, he would hide his lower body in the water. This time, I don't want him to avoid me anymore, I want him to truly feel that I am not only not afraid of him, but also love him in any form.

Wu Julan said: "The sea water is very cold. A normal person will go into shock after soaking in such sea water for an hour. It is impossible for your body to enter the water."

It's the end of October, and I need to wear a coat to keep out the cold on land. Of course, I understand that I can't accompany him to the sea.

I pointed to the stern and said, "There is a small life-saving hovercraft hanging behind the yacht. I can sit on the hovercraft and accompany you." That way, although I am on the boat and he is in the water, at least we can Holding hands, you can clearly see each other.

Wu Julan thought for a while and said, "Okay!"

At first, I thought it would take a lot of talking to convince him, but I didn't expect him to accept my proposal so easily. I was so happy that I almost jumped up, hugged his arm, and said excitedly: "Wu Julan, you are so kind!"

Wu Julan shook her head, stretched out her hand, and helped me put my hat on a little bit, "You are very good, very good!"

I was a little shy, so I held his hand in embarrassment, and walked towards the stern, "Before your legs can move, help me put the hovercraft into the sea."

Wu Julan pulled out the railing, stepped on the edge of the boat, and easily lowered the hovercraft fixed at the stern into the sea.

I was anxious to go down immediately, but he said: "Wait!"

Wu Julan walked into the cabin and took two cashmere blankets, a hot water bottle and a small bottle of vodka from the cabin.

There was no one at the moment, and he didn't hide any more. He tapped his foot, flew over, and jumped into the hovercraft.

I said: "I'm wearing such thick clothes, I'm sure I won't be able to freeze! Don't just take care of me, but think about what else you need."

Wu Julan lowered his head, while setting up the hovercraft, he said: "Everything I need can be found in the sea, except you!"

When he spoke, his expression was natural and flat, as if he said "drink water when thirsty and sleep when sleepy", but my ears were hot, my eyes were sore, and my heart was shaken.

Wu Julan raised his head and said to me, "You can come down now."

I didn't move, just stared at him.

He was very strange, showing a puzzled look of "what happened".

My old antique Wu Julan is really shrewd and stupid! I laughed out loud and couldn't help but say crisply: "Wu Julan, I love you!"

Wu Julan's expression became more and more calm and indifferent, but his eyes were a little erratic, avoiding my sight, drooping slightly, and said coldly: "Come down!"

It's a pity that I have completely seen through his trick of covering up the ups and downs with the ups and downs, and the more he does this, the more it arouses my evil taste, and I really want to tease him.

I said with a smile: "Hey! I said I love you! Didn't you respond? At least you should look into my eyes affectionately and say 'I love you too' to me, or... direct affection Kiss?"

Wu Julan responded to all changes without changing, looked at the direction of the rising moon, and said calmly: "My legs will be immobile soon."

Uh - you are amazing! I didn't dare to dawdle any longer, and immediately grabbed the railing and rolled onto the railing. I muttered in my heart not to look at the water, not to look at the water, but my eyes always looked down at the hovercraft, and I inevitably saw the undulating sea water. Immediately, my body became instinctively afraid, and it was difficult for me to understand this psychological mechanism—sitting on the boat, I was fine, but as soon as I climbed over the railing, and my feet hadn’t even left the boat, I was so afraid that I wanted to tremble.

Wu Julan stretched out her hand, wanting to hug me, and I hurriedly said, "I'll do it myself!" If the person I love is an ordinary person, it doesn't matter whether I'm afraid of water or not. However, Wu Julan regards the sea as his home, so even if I can't be a good swimmer, I must not be afraid of water.

Wu Julan stood aside, looking at me quietly.

While holding on to the railing tightly, I said to myself: "Wu Julan is here! Don't be afraid! Don't be afraid! You can do it..."

Suddenly, the mobile phone rang "Ding Ding Dong Dong", and it was my mobile phone.

I should get down into the hovercraft as soon as possible to answer the phone, but my hand is tightly grasping the railing and I just dare not let go. "叮叮咚咚" The non-stop ringing of the mobile phone is like a non-stop urging. The more anxious I am, the more scared I become.

"Don't push yourself like that!" Wu Julan picked me up and put me on the hovercraft.

I am very frustrated. How can such a simple thing not be done?

Wu Julan said: "Answer the phone first!"

I cheered up and answered the phone, "Hello?"

"Sink the snail?"

The voice sounded familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was, so I said, "I'm Shen Luo, who are you?"

"I am Shen Yanghui!"

Before I could react, Shen Yanghui began to curse: "Shen Luo! You bastard! Bastard! Rotten eggs! Rotten duck eggs! Why don't you die? It's all because of you, you broom star, I will definitely I won't let you go..."

Shen Yanghui was cursing and crying. I listened to him scolding for three minutes, but I still didn't know what happened. I just felt that something bad happened. However, I haven't seen them for several months, and I haven't even gotten through the phone. How could I become a broom star and go to harm them?

Shen Yanghui was still cursing me over and over again: "Shen Luo! It's all your fault! If it wasn't for you, mom would never have quarreled with dad! My mom is right, you are a bitch..."

I said: "I'm a slut, you and I have half the same blood, you are half a slut! Not even a slut!"

"Smelly shit!"

"One-half of your stinky shit! The remaining half has gone into your brain! People have water in their brains, and **** in your brains!"

“…”

Shen Yanghui and I scolded back and forth, the words of the two of them can be said to have gathered the dross of Chinese language and culture, I glanced at Wu Julan worriedly, and found him standing aside, listening quietly, talking to me The vixen scolded the street very calmly. I felt relieved and continued to scold fiercely.

Shen Yanghui was scolded stupid by me, and finally calmed down, no longer barking like a mad dog, and can talk normally.

I said: "What the **** happened? Tell me clearly! Otherwise, I'll hang up immediately!"

"You are so cold-blooded!"

"Are you very passionate about me? Shen Yanghui, when your mother scolded me, she didn't avoid you at all, which proves that she has no intention of letting you and me be siblings at all. What do you think of me?"

Shen Yanghui fell silent, and sobs came from the phone. Then, he began to talk incoherently about what happened, and I gradually sorted out the ins and outs of what happened.

The cause was the bronze mirror that was taken away by the stepmother. Someone approached the stepmother and wanted to buy the bronze mirror. At first, the stepmother refused to sell it, considering that Shen Yanghui's surname was Shen, and that it could be regarded as a souvenir passed down by the Shen family for several generations. But the other party raised the bid and promised one million, the stepmother was tempted and decided to sell the mirror.

However, no one expected that the always cowardly father was very determined this time. No matter whether the stepmother was pretending to be pitiful and begging, or crying and scolding madly, he would not agree with the stepmother selling the mirror. The stepmother was used to doing whatever she wanted at home, so naturally she couldn't let it go, and the two of them kept arguing about the bronze mirror.

This morning, my father drove Shen Yanghui to school, and by the way, he planned to put his stepmother at the entrance of the subway station so that she could go to work conveniently. Along the way, the family of three enjoyed themselves happily, but the stepmother received another call from someone who bought mirrors. Dad only found out that because the other party promised to pay 1.2 million, the stepmother had already agreed to sell the mirror, and secretly brought the mirror out, planning to give the mirror to the other party later.

The two began to quarrel over whether to sell the mirror again. No matter what the stepmother said, the father would not agree. After the quarrel, the stepmother lost control of her emotions and beat her father even though her father was driving, which caused a car accident.

Dad sat in the driver's seat, stepmother sat in the co-pilot seat, and Shen Yanghui sat behind the stepmother. At the moment of the car accident, in order to protect his wife and children, Dad turned the steering wheel to the right desperately, so that the side he was sitting on faced to the oncoming car.

In the end, Shen Yanghui was only slightly scratched. The stepmother suffered a fracture. Although the injury was serious, it was not life-threatening. But my father had a massive hemorrhage in his spleen. He is currently undergoing emergency surgery, and his life and death are unpredictable.

Shen Yanghui lost his mind, flustered and frightened, so he blamed me. If it weren't for me, my father would not be so persistent in not selling mirrors; if my father agreed to sell mirrors, stepmother and father would never quarrel, there would be no car accident, stepmother would not be seriously injured, and father would not be in doubt.

Shen Yanghui called, not to ask me for comfort and help, but purely to vent, he started to scold me again while talking.

While listening to his cursing and crying, I vaguely remembered the promise my father made to me when he left the island, "Little Luo, I know what you are worried about. It's not just your surname Shen. Don't worry, I will let the mirror Yang Hui will keep it safe and will never sell it!"

Since I was a child, my father has always been kind and weak without principles in my impression, like sticky dough, without any edges and corners, anyone can knead it, so he always goes back and forth habitually, and he is not a man responsibility. My mother is not only capable, but also beautiful. She had an extramarital affair with her colleagues and got divorced. Although outsiders like to criticize her, I was disappointed and cold-hearted towards her, but I never hated her for divorce, because a man like Dad is really Make women desperate.

Only this time, I never expected that my father could keep his promise so persistently, nor did I expect that in a critical moment, he would be decisive and resolute to give his wife and children the chance of life. Of course, I didn't even think that Dad would stick to his promise with such difficulty, and this would result in such a result.

I asked with a heavy heart: "How long will the operation take?"

"This is a big operation, the doctor said that the time is not certain, at least two or three hours."

"Who is taking care of you now?"

"I don't need someone to take care of me!"

A young man in the rebellious period, I put it another way, "Which relative is in the hospital now?"

"My aunt, she keeps cursing, saying it's all my dad's fault, and asking me how much money I inherited from my grandpa, I don't bother to talk to her!"

The Yang family is really tough, but fortunately, Shen Yanghui has also inherited this, so he won't be at a disadvantage. I asked, "Do you have enough money?" Although they inherited grandpa's savings, they probably already spent seven or eighty-eight dollars on mortgage repayments and car purchases.

Shen Yanghui sneered: "So what if it's not enough? Are you still planning to give me and my mother money?"

I ignored his harshness and said calmly: "I have a sum of money on hand now, I can call you. How much do you need?"

Shen Yanghui fell silent for a while.

I said impatiently: "Hello? You talk!"

Shen Yanghui sniffed and said: "Who cares about your broken money! The person who wanted to buy a mirror called his mother again, but my mother was still in a coma, so I answered the phone and sold the mirror Yes! Shen Luo, let me tell you, I hate that broken mirror, I just hate it! What about the grandpa and grandma of the Shen family, it’s none of my business!"

"Shen Yanghui, you..." I want to say, you think it was me that caused your father and your mother to quarrel, but you don't want to think about it. If it weren't for this person who bought mirrors to tempt your mother again and again, your mother would have fought with your father Are you fighting? You thought you were doing this to retaliate against me, but you didn't expect it to be an advantage to the enemy? However, thinking of his mother unconscious and his father's life or death uncertain, I swallowed all the words that came to my mouth.

I said: "Since it has been sold, you should take care of the money. Your aunt must like money more than your nephew. After your mother wakes up, you avoid your aunt and tell your mother about it." Speak quietly."

Shen Yanghui said disdainfully: "You think I'm stupid? Of course I know the truth of people's hearts and money not being revealed!"

I said: "After Dad's operation is successful, can you call me again?"

Shen Yanghui sniffed and asked in a nasal voice: "Do you think the operation will be successful?"

I comforted him and myself, "The universe has a law of attraction. If we think this way, things will develop in the direction we think."

Shen Yanghui said: "The operation is successful, I will call you."

"Okay, I'll wait for your call."

Shen Yanghui said viciously: "What if... I tell you, I won't let you go!" After he finished speaking, he immediately hung up the phone.

I held the phone in a daze, feeling complicated in my heart.

When arguing with my father, it's not that I didn't have a cruel heart, and I pretended that I didn't have a father. However, there is nothing I can do now except wait. Across the vast Pacific Ocean, even if you rush back immediately, it will take more than ten hours, and the operation has already been completed.

A cold hand held mine, like a frightened child suddenly seeing an adult, I immediately grabbed his hand tightly. It's really strange, obviously the temperature of his hand is much lower than mine, but every time I hold his hand, I feel the warmest.

Wu Julan said: "I have already sent a message to Violet, she will contact her colleagues in Shanghai and try her best to rescue your father."

I don't know how much I can help, but I feel a little better.

I belatedly noticed that while I was sitting on the hovercraft, Wu Julan's legs were stiff and he couldn't bend his knees. He could only bend down in a strange posture and hold my hand.

I hurriedly stood up, and asked embarrassedly: "Is your leg... going to disappear?"

Wu Julan said reassuringly, "It's okay, I can hold on for a while longer."

I said: "Hurry up and go to the sea!"

Wu Julan said: "You are in a bad mood now, you should go back to the boat to rest, and wait for Shen Yanghui's call by the way, don't worry about me..."

I shook my head, "I want to be with you just because I feel bad, I know you can take care of yourself, you don't need me, but I need you!"

Both physically and mentally, Wu Julan is much stronger than me. All along, I need him more than he needs me.

Wu Julan stopped trying to persuade me, stared at me and said: "I need you too!"

I smiled and was about to speak when Wu Julan suddenly made a silent gesture to me, signaling me to keep quiet.

He listened attentively for a moment, and then said to me: "There is a ship approaching us."

I didn't hear any sound, but Wu Julan said there must be. I frowned and said complainingly: "Such a big piece of sea has to pass by the place where we are moored."

Wu Julan said calmly, "Maybe he wasn't passing by."

I'm stunned, I didn't pass by, did I come here on purpose? I hurriedly said: "Because of my business, it has been delayed for a long time, you hurry up and go to sea, no matter who comes, I will deal with it."

Wu Julan ignored my suggestion and said, "You get on the boat first, go to the bilge and stay with Wu Jingjing."

I held his hand tightly to show that if he didn't go to sea, he wouldn't want me on board either.

Wu Julan took a deep look at me and said nothing.

I saw the mobile phone hanging on my chest, and after a second thought, I stuffed the mobile phone into the turtleneck sweater, hiding it tightly.

Wu Julan and I stood on the hovercraft holding hands, looking quietly into the depths of the night.

Gradually, I heard the roar of the engine, and two assault boats were flying towards us at a very fast speed. It seemed that I was afraid that we would escape, and even used a left and right outflanking formation, obviously not coming with good intentions, and a little luck in my heart was also lost.

Looking at the rising moon, I anxiously said to Wu Julan: "You jump into the sea first! No matter what the purpose of these people is, I will talk to them well. Anyway, you are not good at communicating with people. It also often irritates people, and there is no point in staying!"

Wu Julan didn't make a sound or move.

I understand his feelings, he doesn't want me to face the danger alone, but I really can't let him stay, I can only use his weakness to force him. I begged softly: "If I let them see you, I will become really dangerous! Human greed will drive them crazy..."

Wu Julan suddenly lowered his head and kissed me on the lips. I was blindsided and stared at him blankly.

He stared into my eyes and said: "For me, the most important thing is your life. No matter what they ask, you will cooperate. As long as you live well, nothing else matters, including my secret and my life." .”

What is he talking about? Does that mean I can betray him? I stared at him, "You asked me to betray you?"

Wu Julan said: "It's not a sale, it's an exchange! If necessary, you can exchange your safety with me, and I can guarantee my own safety."

What is he talking about? I said depressedly: "Exchange you for my safety? Isn't that betraying you?"

Wu Julan became impatient to tangle with me, and said firmly: "As long as you are safe, it doesn't matter whether you exchange me or betray me!"

At this moment, a dazzling light hit us.

I had to give up the question of "betray him" first, squinting and looking at the two assault boats.

On the assault boat stood a group of big men with live ammunition, two rows of black guns pointed at Wu Julan and me. Even with Wu Julan's inhuman physique, if he was shot by two rows of guns, he might not be able to survive.

Except for shooting targets in military training in college, I have never seen a real gun in my life, and I always feel a sense of absurd unreality. However, the United States is a country where private ownership of firearms is legal. An ordinary housewife can carry a legal gun in her handbag. What's more, the group of people here are obviously not ordinary people?

"Shen Luo, how do you feel when your legs are weak from fright?"

After hearing the sound and looking around, I realized that Zhou Buyan and Zhou Buwen were standing in the middle of the assault boat, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Even in the face of two rows of guns that could smash me into a sieve in an instant, because I knew that they were not aimed at Wu Julan, but at me, I felt relaxed and happy, which was not what Zhou Buyan imagined. The feeling of being frightened and weak in the legs.

However, a person who knows current affairs is a hero, so I don't want to provoke her at this time. I looked at Zhou Buyan pitifully, "What do you... want to do? Killing people is against the law!"

Zhou Buyan grinned, "I heard that you like to watch TV dramas, you must have watched American dramas like "CSI"! You should know the famous saying: Nobody, no case. Without a corpse, there is no case. Such a vast sea , I want to make it easy for you to leave your bones, and when the sun rises, no one will know what happened."

I can't figure out whether Zhou Buyan is trying to scare me, or if he really doesn't care about killing people. I tentatively asked: "What do you want?"

Zhou Buyan said with a fake smile, "If you want to know what we want, please come to our boat."

I glanced at Wu Julan, hesitated and did not move. If I moved and he still stood still, it would definitely attract suspicion, but now Wu Julan can't move an inch at all.

With a sound of "ping", a bullet hit Wu Julan in front of him, causing a hole in the hovercraft to leak air.

I was so frightened that my face turned pale, and I tightly grasped Wu Julan's hand.

Zhou Buyan said with a coquettish smile, "You guys had better cooperate, otherwise it might hit Wu Julan next time."

I hurriedly said: "I'll be here right away! Just in time, I also want to know why you guys have been chasing me. To be honest, even I can't figure out what I have to deserve you to go to war." While talking, he signaled Wu Julan to leave with his eyes, Zhou Buyan and the others asked for me, and my life will not be in danger for the time being.

Wu Julan held my hand tightly and stared at me. The deep eyes are no longer like the calm sea under the starry sky on a summer night, but like the sea before the storm, the color is getting darker and darker. I know his current anger and helplessness. As a strong man, when I need his protection the most, he is unable to act, and it is difficult for him to even protect himself.

I hugged his neck violently and kissed his lips, not a light kiss like a superficial kiss, but a deep French kiss. He was unprepared, his lips were easily pried open by my tongue, and I licked his cold lips and teeth. It felt like a sharp knife was being drawn, and the tongue was immediately broken, and the smell of blood filled the mouth.

This big fool, even his internal organs have become inhuman, yet he is still struggling to support me.

I didn't have the slightest fear, but wanted to deepen this **** kiss, Wu Julan pushed me away forcefully.

I looked at him with a smile, and silently said to him with my mouth: "I'll wait for you to continue this kiss!" .

He didn't expect that I would suddenly change from hugging hard to pushing me hard. He didn't want me to fall into the sea, so he could only withdraw his strength immediately, but his legs were already stiff and weak, and his center of gravity was unstable. He stood up straight flipped into the sea.

As he rolled into the sea, gunshots rang out. The sound of pingping tore the peaceful night into countless swaying pieces. I couldn't tell whether Wu Julan was shot or not. I only saw his white shirt being blown up by the wind like a white butterfly, darting away. Spending the night, falling into the dark sea.

The gunshots still kept ringing, Zhou Buyan's expression turned ugly, and he yelled, "Enough!"

With tears in my eyes, I stared at Zhou Buyan angrily. At this moment, I can't do anything, I can only pray in my heart: I didn't hit it, I didn't hit it... Zhou Buyan angrily said to the surrounding People said: "What are you still doing in a daze? Bring him here quickly!"

Two strong men carried me to the Zodiac like a chicken.

Zhou Buyan slapped me on the face with a "slap", "You stare at me again! It was you who tried to escape first, and we shot! Idiots, if people fall into such a cold sea, even if we don't shoot Gun, he will be frozen to death!"

Zhou Buyan ordered the assault boat to drive around the yacht, the bright searchlights illuminated the sea surface clearly, and no one came out of the sea.

Zhou Buyan's complexion became more and more ugly.

Zhou Buwen led two people to search our yacht.

A big man stood on the yacht and said to Zhou Buyan: "Miss, there are two people in the cabin, but they are both drunk and asleep."

Beside Zhou Buyan, a skinny man with a dark complexion who looked like a Southeast Asian said something viciously. Zhou Buyan seemed to be taken aback, and he didn't say anything for a while.

I vaguely guessed what they meant, and looked at Zhou Buwen on the yacht beggingly.

Zhou Buwen ignored me, jumped from the yacht to the assault boat, and casually said to Zhou Buyan: "The people in the cabin are Jiang Yisheng and Wu Jingjing. Jiang Yisheng is insignificant, but Wu Jingjing is Violet's granddaughter. Yes For capable subordinates, the death of the boss may be a good thing, but the death of the granddaughter, no one will let it go.”

Zhou Buyan nodded, and said a few words fiercely to the man beside him, but the man didn't dare to say anything more.

I let go of my hanging heart.

Zhou Buyan gave the order: "Leave the boat!"

Amidst the roar of the motor, the assault boat took me to the depths of the dark sea.

More than half an hour later, the assault boat approached a large ship.

Zhou Buyan led the people onto the boat first, and while walking forward, he said, "No smell, you take Shen Luo to see grandpa! I'll go back to the room to change clothes and take a shower, and I'll go over to accompany you later. Grandpa."

Zhou Buwen said: "Good!"

I was escorted to the boat, and the skinny Southeast Asian man who spoke at first came over and searched me. One after another, I found tissues, lip balm, hand cream and a few pieces of candy from my pockets, but he didn't even look at them and threw them into the sea. I tried my best to tighten my belly, not wanting him to find my cell phone hidden in my clothes.

After checking the outside, he frowned dissatisfiedly and ordered me to unbutton my coat.

While I had to untie my coat, I thought nervously: What should I do? How to do? We're about to be discovered... Zhou Buwen, who had already walked into the cabin, got impatient and turned around and asked, "Are you ready?"

The man said: "There is no mobile phone."

I said sarcastically: "On the yacht! You guys caught me all of a sudden, do I still have time to bring my mobile phone? Didn't I even leave my wallet on the yacht?"

The man glanced at the impatient Zhou Buwen and accepted my statement. He opened my overcoat, checked for hidden pockets, and then glanced at my pullover cashmere sweater, which must never have pockets, and stepped aside to show his permission.

Zhou Buwen led me and walked forward in silence.

Until he walked outside a room, he stopped and said softly: "My grandpa wants to see you, for your own good, please speak better."

He knocked on the door and someone said, "Come in!"

We entered a large, luxuriously furnished room. In front of the large floor-to-ceiling windows, a white-haired old man was sitting on the sofa, tasting black tea. He was wearing a three-piece suit, his hair was combed perfectly, and he looked like he was going to a feast soon, but his sunken cheeks, cloudy eyes, and pale lips made me feel the breath of death.

"Grandpa, we are here." After Zhou Buwen finished speaking, he stood aside respectfully.

"Don't say anything?"

"She said to go back to the room to take a shower and change clothes."

Old man Zhou sneered, "The female college is outgoing, she wants you to take the credit alone."

Zhou Buwen lowered his head and said, "I understand."

Old man Zhou stared at Zhou Buwen, squinted his eyes at me, and said kindly: "You are Shen Luo, right? Buwen often mentions you. I have long wanted to invite you to meet me, but Buwen always Insist on using a gentle method, I don't want to disturb you, I didn't expect that we will meet in my way in the end."

I saw that there was a separate bathroom in the room, so I suddenly thought about it and asked, "Can I use the bathroom?"

Old man Zhou asked funnyly: "They don't even let you use the bathroom?"

I said displeasedly: "Before I was on the motorboat, I was surrounded by men with guns. It's good if I didn't get killed. How dare I ask to go to the bathroom? Later, as soon as I got on the boat, I was escorted here Here we come."

Old man Zhou pointed to the bathroom with a smile, and the gentleman said, "Please do yourself."

I immediately went to the bathroom, locked the door after entering, looked up and looked around, this is old man Zhou's own bathroom, it should be impossible to install a monitor.

While I was actually using the toilet, I hurriedly took out my mobile phone to check the sound, and it really wasn't muted. Fortunately, no one contacted me along the way.

I hurriedly turned my phone to silent, and then sent a text message to Wu Julan. I didn't have time to type, so I just sent one: "5?"

I sat on the toilet, clasped my hands together, clamped the phone between my palms, and prayed silently: Come back to me! reply me! Reply to me... The phone trembled slightly, and the reply arrived. Although I haven't seen what he wrote, but knowing that he is still alive, my heart that has been picked on the tip of the knife has finally returned to its original place. I was so excited that I almost cried, and with tears in my eyes, I kissed the blue diamond ring on my middle finger.

I was afraid that people outside would be suspicious, so I didn't dare to stay longer, so I stood up, flushed the toilet, and read the text message at the same time.

Wu Julan's text message was also very brief: The ship is safe.

I suddenly felt at ease, he was in the sea outside the boat, even though this is a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair, as long as I know that I am not alone, I will not be afraid of anything. I sent a text message: Someone reconnected in Ping An.

I turned on the faucet, let the water flow, and quickly deleted the three text messages, just in case they found the phone and exposed Wu Julan.

I still hide my phone in my sweater, close to my belly. After looking in the mirror and confirming that it couldn't be seen from the outside, I quickly washed my hands and opened the bathroom door.

I walked up to old man Zhou and said, "Can I have a glass of water?"

Old man Zhou did not immediately agree to my request this time, but smiled and said: "Aren't you curious about what we want?"

"Curiosity!" After confirming that Wu Julan was safe and sound, I became very calm. Now that I have seen the big boss behind the scenes, I might as well find out the ins and outs.

Old man Zhou said: "What do you think we want? That's right, I will allow you to sit down and have a cup of tea with me."

"At first, I thought you were looking for money and wanted the two stones, but later I found out that you don't care about millions of RMB. To be precise, you don't care about millions of dollars." It's not something that ordinary people can do. Old man Zhou must be richer and more powerful than I imagined.

Old man Zhou smiled and said conceitedly: "The Zhou family dare not say that they are rich, but they are definitely not short of money."

I said: "My brother said that you spent 1.2 million to buy the Shen family's bronze mirror, but I don't think that bronze mirror is your ultimate goal. Hearing about the relationship with me, I found out that the bronze mirror was in the hands of my stepmother a long time ago, so it is impossible to wait until now to go to my stepmother to buy it."

Old man Zhou smiled and nodded, and said to Zhou Buwen: "She is a smart girl, not to mention she is not as good as her."

Zhou Buwen said: "What I like is the simplicity and directness without saying anything."

I ignored their nonsense and continued: "My guess is that you don't know exactly what you are looking for. The only thing you can be sure of is that it has something to do with the Shen family's old house. You are because you are in the Shen family's old house. I haven't found it in the house, so I put my hope on the bronze mirror that was taken away by my stepmother, after all, it is also an old thing in the old house."

Old man Zhou clapped his hands twice, indicating that all my guesses were correct, "Please sit down."

I unceremoniously sat across from old man Zhou, and old man Zhou picked up the exquisite teapot on the table and poured me a cup of tea.

I drank more than half a cup in one breath, quenched my thirst and said: "Darjeeling tea, are you a descendant of Chinese who went to Nanyang?"

Old man Zhou picked up the white porcelain teacup inlaid with a gold rim, took a sip and said, "Why doesn't the little girl guess that I am a first-generation visitor?"

"The local accent is easy to change, but old habits are hard to abandon. If you are the first generation of Chinese who went to Nanyang, even if you drink black tea, you must drink Gongfu tea in a purple sand pot. You will not use English tea sets, let alone drink this kind of tea. Authentic Indian black tea."

"The local accent is easy to change, but the old habits are hard to let go!" Old man Zhou sighed deeply, "My grandfather has indeed drank Gongfu tea all his life, and even my father is deeply influenced by him, tea sets must use purple sand Pot."

It turned out to be a visitor who went to Nanyang, no wonder he acted boldly and cruelly. Grandpa once said that people who passed through the country in the past always found a way out from a dead end, but those who can make a fortune overseas are not ordinary people.

I asked: "The bronze mirror must have let you down again, right?" If there was what they were looking for in the bronze mirror, I wouldn't have been brought here.

Old man Zhou said: "You guessed wrong this time!"

Guess wrong? I froze unexpectedly.

Old man Zhou handed me two photos that were in his hand, "The things in the photos were found in the old bronze mirror."

The photo is a thin white thing that looks like silk but not silk, leather and not leather, with a map drawn on it. I looked at it for a while, but I couldn't see why, so I looked at old man Zhou suspiciously, "This What is it? Treasure map?"

Old man Zhou laughed out loud. He cleared his throat and was about to speak when Zhou Buwen said, "Grandpa, I'll go out and have a look."

Old man Zhou stared sharply at Zhou Buwen for a moment, and said: "You stay! I believe you are also curious about what I asked you and Buyan to find in the Shen family! But, remember, the following words You hear it in your ears, remember it in your heart, and never say it out of your mouth again!"

Zhou Buwen said: "Yes!"

Old man Zhou calmed down and asked me: "Do you believe that there is a medicine for bringing the dead back to life?"

I suspect that I am hallucinating, "What did you say?"

Old man Zhou asked again, "Do you believe that there is a medicine for bringing the dead back to life?"

He is serious! I looked at old man Zhou with the eyes of a madman, and said simply: "I don't believe it!"

Although I have seen the mermaid in fairy tales with my own eyes, and even believe in the existence of alien life, but the medicine for bringing the dead back to life... I don't believe it at all!

How can an individual life last forever? I believe that in the vast universe, including our earth, there are long-lived creatures with a lifespan of thousands or even tens of thousands of years. However, the end of all life is death, which is nothing more than a difference in the length of time.

For example, mayflies that live in the morning and die in the evening, and insects that die in the spring and autumn, compared with them, our human life of decades seems to be immortal; but tortoises can live for hundreds of years, and tortoise shells can live for thousands of years. Here, they can be considered long-lived.

However, whether it is a low-level species or a high-level species; whether it is a long-lived or short-lived species, as long as there is life, there must be death. This is an unchanging law of the universe, because even the stars that gave birth to life, and even the entire universe, will be annihilated.

Old man Zhou said: "Anyone in this world can not believe in resurrection, but you should believe it!"

"Me?"

Old man Zhou smiled mysteriously, changed the subject, and asked me: "Do you know the story about Qin Shihuang looking for the elixir of life?"

The topic is really getting weirder and weirder, I said: "I know!"

Old man Zhou said: "Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to lead a team to find the elixir of life. Later generations think that Qin Shihuang was deceived by Xu Fu, but liars usually deceive people for profit. With the navigation technology at that time, Xu Fu left Furao Going to the dangerous sea is tantamount to seeking death. Is there such a liar in the world who seeks his own death? I am more inclined to believe that Xu Fu firmly believes that there is an elixir of life at sea, and he is willing to risk his life to pursue his belief. You Have you ever wondered why both Qin Shihuang and Xu Fu believed that the elixir of life was in the sea? What was there in the sea that made the ancients sure that there was an elixir of life in the sea?"

I listened casually at first, but the more he went on, the more startled I became. If Xu Fu met Wu Julan's clansmen, and understood the other party's long lifespan and eternal appearance as immortality, wouldn't he be fantasizing about him? Is there a way to live forever?

Old man Zhou asked: "Do you believe in the existence of sharks?"

For a moment, my heart was turbulent, but I didn't dare to reveal anything strange. I tried my best to pretend to be uninterested and bored, "Healing medicine, elixir of life, Merman, you won't talk to me about the fifth-dimensional space and Alien?"

Old man Zhou ignored my ridicule, and said to himself: "There is a legend of sharks in China, 'Beyond the South China Sea, there are sharks. Chuzhu'. There are legends of mermaids in the West, and the story of the love between the human woman Agnete and the mermaid has been circulating in Europe. Andersen also wrote a poetic drama "Agnete and the Merman" based on this folklore. You probably don’t know this, but you must know him Another story of "The Little Mermaid"..."

I pretended to be impatient and yawned, "Did you catch me just to convince me that there are mermaids in the sea?"

Old man Zhou showed a kind smile like the grandfather next door, but I couldn't help shivering.

Old man Zhou said: "My grandfather told me that a fisherman once told him that he had seen the fish god. He said that the upper body of the fish **** was a human body and the lower body was a fish tail. Isn't this the legendary mermaid, or shark? People?"

Old man Zhou stared at me and said: "The fisherman who has seen the fish **** with his own eyes is your grandfather's grandfather. I remember his nickname is Shen Yuzai. Grandpa said that because he is as good at water as a fish, He is thin and small, so they all call him Yuzai, but no one calls him by his real name."

I could no longer pretend to be indifferent, and stared at old man Zhou in a daze. Because the water quality of Grandpa Gaozu is really amazing, even after a hundred years, there are still sporadic legends about him among fishermen, so I always know that Grandpa Gaozu is nicknamed Yuzai, and many old fishermen say he is the fish **** son.

Old man Zhou showed a nostalgic look, "Our family was in Sarawak back then, and I was the youngest grandson of my grandfather. In order to fulfill my filial piety, my father asked me to accompany my grandfather who has inconvenient legs. Before his death, my grandfather always told me this The story of Shen Yuzai, I thought it was a story he made up, but I never took it seriously, and when I found out that it might be true, my grandfather had been dead for decades, and there was no way to verify many things."

It's about my ancestors, so I can't help asking: "What did your grandpa say?"

Old man Zhou said: "If it is not about you and me, it is actually the most common folklore, so I have never taken it seriously. On a beautiful island, there is a poor boy named Chen Yuzai. He is a bully, but industrious and kind-hearted. He has the best water skills among a group of young people, so he is called Yuzi. One day, when he braved the storm to go fishing, he caught the injured fish god. He saved the fish **** at all costs. In order to repay him, the fish **** taught him the secret technique. From then on, Chen Yuzai became better at swimming, and he could catch pearls and fish that others couldn't catch. Later, he bought a fishing boat, built a moved into a big house, married a daughter-in-law, and lived happily.”

Indeed, as old man Zhou said, if this matter is not related to him, it is a folklore that promotes good deeds and encourages people to do good deeds.

Old man Zhou said: "Grandpa said that once Shen Yuzai was drunk, he told him that the secret technique given to him by the fish **** was the resurrection technique, which could bring him back from the dead, so he was no longer afraid of water."

I came back to my senses and shook my head with a sneer, "My great-grandfather is dead, my great-grandfather is dead, and my grandfather is also dead. If there is a technique of resurrection or immortality, how could they die?"

Old man Zhou frowned, and said irritably: "I don't know! But the more I search, the more I believe what Grandpa said. There must be a secret technique taught by a mermaid in your family, and I must find it too!"

I returned the two photos he handed me, and said sarcastically: "If you find it, you must tell me."

Old man Zhou said: "My grandfather said that because he accidentally killed someone, he decided to go to Nanyang alone. Before he left, Chen Yuzai, who had the closest relationship with him, showed him a chart, saying it was in the sea. The fish **** gave it to him. Grandpa still drew a copy, and for many years later, he escaped from death several times relying on the sea chart taught by the fish god, and finally gained a firm foothold in Nanyang."

I can’t help but swear, I have been drifting on the sea all year round, and I can only gain a firm foothold by relying on charts. If I am not doing shipping, I am doing pirates. Judging by old man Zhou's appearance, nine out of ten he is a pirate.

Old man Zhou seems to have seen through what I was thinking, and with a little pride, he said frankly: "Grandpa has been a pirate for many years. Our children and grandchildren have all seen the sea chart that is the lifeblood, but no one believes what Grandpa said, and they all think that the old man is playing tricks to establish his prestige."

Old man Zhou held up the two photos and stared at me eagerly, "But now I have seen the sea chart that grandpa said with my own eyes, the sea chart of the sunken fish! The researchers have sent the research data, draw The material of this chart is very special. It is not any known material. I suspect it is the shark silk recorded in the classics. When the map is sent to the United States, a more detailed analysis will prove everything I said. ! As long as Chen Yuzai's sea chart is true, then the resurrection technique he mentioned must be true too!"

A dying man, but because of greed, his eyes burst out with burning desire. I was terrified when I saw it, and my only thought was that he must not let him know Wu Julan's true identity, otherwise, he would turn into a devil and do unimaginable horrors.

I don't know if it was because the old man Zhou was too excited, which caused his illness. He suddenly started coughing violently, as if he wanted to cough up all his internal organs.

Zhou Buwen immediately picked up the phone to call someone, and a doctor and two nurses ran in.

Zhou Buwen wanted to step forward to help, but old man Zhou pushed him away angrily, motioning him to leave.

Zhou Buwen respectfully said: "Grandpa, then I will take Shen Luo down first, and you two will talk again when Grandpa gets better."

Old man Zhou waved his hand impatiently.

Zhou Buwen took me away.

The corridor is covered with a thick carpet, which completely absorbs the footsteps of me and Zhou Buwen. The white light illuminates the narrow passage, which makes people feel a dull and oppressive feeling.

My mind was spinning rapidly, and I had to find a way to leave as soon as possible, otherwise, if they found Wu Julan who had been following me, or Wu Julan did something to attract their attention because he was worried about me, it would be unimaginable catastrophe.

I took the initiative to speak and broke the silence, "Thank you for Jiang Yisheng's matter!"

Zhou Buwen slowed down a bit, "I thought you would hate me because of Wu Julan."

"The matter of Wu Julan has nothing to do with you."

Zhou Buwen glanced around and said, "When I searched your yacht, I quietly threw two life buoys down. Maybe after we leave, Wu Julan will climb back onto the yacht by himself."

Although I know that Wu Julan doesn't need it at all, it's rare that he still has the heart... I kept silent and didn't speak.

At the end of the corridor, Zhou Buwen made a turn and led me to the deck.

The icy sea breeze blew over suddenly, and I was shocked, and my mind became extraordinarily clear.

Zhou Buwen walked up to me, "I'm sorry about your father! I asked them to use money to settle the matter peacefully. I didn't expect a car accident to happen."

"My stepmother's temper can't be blamed on other people. Shen Yanghui said that she actually got into a fight in the car. It turned out that she was fine, but my father's life and death were unpredictable."

People like us with complicated families don't know how to comment except ourselves. Zhou Buwen comforted me and said, "I heard that he is the best doctor in Shanghai. Uncle will be safe."

I stopped and said, "My father's life is dying now. If our Shen family had the medicine for reviving the dead, I would have given it to my father! I really don't know anything about it, and I haven't even heard of it. Medicine!"

Zhou Buwen said: "I believe in you!"

I said: "That crazy old man is obviously terminally ill, because he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and he is paranoid in chasing a vain fantasy. Do you want to go crazy with him all the time?"

I deliberately used a derogatory name to call Old Man Zhou, and observed Zhou Buwen's reaction, but Zhou Buwen was still gentle and refined, without any displeasure, obviously he had no feelings for Old Man Zhou.

Zhou Buwen said: "I don't believe it, but what grandpa said is not completely unreasonable. How do you explain your great-grandfather's extraordinary water quality and the sea chart hidden in the bronze mirror?"

"No one has really seen my great-grandfather's water quality. Maybe it's just because he was lucky, and he was really good at water. People exaggerated when he picked pearls that others didn't. As for the seawater hidden in the bronze mirror The picture, maybe it was a coincidence, Grandpa Gao got it from some high-ranking official, he dared not tell the truth, and pretended to ask the fish **** for a reward..."

I was trying my best to convince Zhou Buwen, when a voice suddenly interrupted my words.

"What are you talking about?" Zhou Buyan looked displeased, and walked over from the cabin with a big man with a gun.

Zhou Buwen smiled slightly, and said frankly, "I'm talking about something my grandfather said just now."

Zhou Buyan's face turned pale, "I heard that grandpa is not feeling well again, let's go and accompany him!"

Zhou Buwen said: "Okay!" He pointed at me and ordered to the big man with the gun: "Take her and lock her up."

Zhou Buyan took Zhou Buwen's arm with a smile, turned around and left.

I raised my voice and said loudly: "Miss Zhou! Zhou Buwen's feelings for me are just those of my friends. Because we are a special family, we are friends in need, so he treats me a little more. Caring and caring. Not only should you not be angry, but you should also be happy for him to do so."

Zhou Buyan stopped and turned around, "What do you mean?"

This is the first time I am so thankful for Zhou Buyan's haughty demeanor. She didn't bother to come back and talk to me, which just made it easier for me to continue talking loudly: "Prove that you have chosen the right boyfriend! What kind of man do women want? Isn’t he a man who is affectionate and righteous to himself? If he can be cruel to me and Jiang Yisheng so easily, it can only show that he doesn’t miss the old kindness and is ungrateful. Today he has such a long love for us little friends, Tomorrow will only love you more, after all, you are the one who is always by his side."

Zhou Buyan was obviously moved by my words, but deliberately put on a straight face, and said to me coldly: "You don't have to worry about our affairs!" After finishing speaking, she pulled Zhou Buwen and walked away.

Zhou Buwen turned around and looked at me suspiciously, but said nothing.

As he said before, for capable subordinates, the death of the boss is not necessarily a bad thing. Especially for a boss who is greedy for power and acts arbitrarily, none of his subordinates would want him to come back to life and live forever!

The big man escorting me pushed me and motioned me to go forward, and I leaned towards the railing as I walked.

"What are you doing?" He pointed at me with a gun in his hand, warning me to be honest.

I smiled and said, "This is the sea, not a small river. Do I still expect to jump down and swim to the shore? Besides, your boss knows that I have hydrophobia, so I will never jump into the water by myself!"

I took off the blue diamond ring in my hand and held it in front of his eyes, "This diamond ring can save you from doing anything for the rest of your life."

Under the blurred light, the huge blue diamond ring shines, exuding a fatal temptation to those who are looking for money.

He stared at it for a moment, finally looked away, and said to me viciously: "Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and go!"

"Give it to you!" I threw the diamond ring to him, and he subconsciously reached out to catch it.

I took the opportunity to climb over the railing, and he raised his gun hastily.

I said: "Your boss has seen this diamond ring and knows that I will never give it away. If the diamond ring is in your hand, but you say that I gave it to you and then jumped into the sea and committed suicide, no one will Believe it! What is the most reasonable guess? Of course, you saw the money and pushed me into the sea to grab the diamond ring! I advise you, it is best to run away with this diamond ring, it is my hush money!"

After speaking, I closed my eyes, fell backwards, and fell straight into the sea.