Ah Ren was stunned when he heard this. He and Fei Zai had known each other since childhood, grew up together, struggled in the city, joined gangs, and worked as sailors together to make a living. They knew each other very well, and Fei Zai should know his situation very well. He was not someone who could save money.

He turned his head and said irritably, "Looking for me? Don't you know how much money I have in my pocket? If you don't believe me, search this house. Everything you find is yours, not even a fraction of what you've got!"

Fei Zai, however, didn't believe it at all. He had come to Ah Ren for help, so he was naturally confident. He snorted and said, "Don't try to deny it so easily. I'm asking you, the night Liu Chuan had his accident, did you go into his room? Did you take that thing?"

Fei Zai's words made Ah Ren shudder, breaking out in a cold sweat. His face immediately changed, and he said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense! This has nothing to do with me. Why would I go into Liu Chuan's room for no reason? Besides, I don't even know what that thing is. Are you out of your mind for money?!"

Fei-zai wasn't surprised by Ah-Ren's denial. He continued, "I went to Pete and Hei-zai to ask them for information today. You said you were playing cards with them the night the incident happened, but Pete and the others said you lost a lot of money that night and left when you ran out of cash. Half an hour later, you went back to play cards, and this time you had a lot of money in your hand, all in pounds and francs. When Hei-zai asked you, you said you took the money from me, right?"

Ah Ren was speechless for a moment. Fei Zai had wanted to investigate what happened that night, so he made an excuse to avoid going. But he didn't expect that Fei Zai would still find some clues.

At this point, Fei continued, "I was on duty at the bar that night and didn't see you at all. How could you have gotten money from me? Besides, the two of us don't have that much money on us, let alone pounds and francs. Tell me, where did you get all that foreign currency in just half an hour?"

Also, that night, Liu Chuan and that foreign woman were drinking and chatting at the bar right under my nose. I remember it very clearly. They didn't leave until around 10 o'clock. That means someone entered his room before 10 o'clock. And the half hour you left was exactly between 9 and 9:30. How could it be such a coincidence?

And this time, Brother Bing asked us to investigate. Such a good opportunity! If it were you, given your usual personality, you'd probably run faster than me. But you weren't interested from the start, you weren't serious at all. Tell me the truth, did you do it?"

After Fei-zai finished speaking, Ah-ren's face turned very ugly. The two knew each other very well and were too familiar with each other. Some things that seemed fine to others were full of flaws to Fei-zai. He could guess the general idea as soon as he thought about it.

After a long while, Ah Ren rubbed his hair weakly and looked at Fei Zai with a wry smile, saying, "Normally you're as stupid as a pig, but you're quite clever when it comes to dealing with me. If you used that cleverness for gambling, you wouldn't be in such deep debt!"

Upon hearing this, Fei Zai knew that his previous guess was correct. He had been somewhat unsure before, but now he was certain.

Ah Ren decided not to hide it anymore. After all, the two had a special relationship, and he could trust Fei Zai. So he told Fei Zai everything.

It turns out that Ah Ren did indeed enter Liu Chuan's room that night, and the foreign currency was indeed stolen from Liu Chuan's room.

Ah Ren came from humble beginnings and later joined a gang. He had just as many bad habits as Fei Zai. Even after becoming a crew member and making a lot of money smuggling goods, he squandered it all on drinking, gambling, and whoring. No matter how much money he earned, it wasn't enough to cover his expenses.

So he racked his brains to find any opportunity to make money. He was quick-witted and shrewd, and soon found a way to make money: stealing money from cruise ship passengers.

However, he was careful in his actions and his plans were ingenious. First of all, he chose his targets to be fixed: first-class passengers, who were relatively wealthy and had a lot of cash on hand.

Secondly, the timing is crucial. He only steals from his target just before he disembarks at each port the cruise ship arrives at.

The method of theft was simple: he simply broke into the passengers' rooms and stole the items. Since the locks on each cabin door were never changed and the keys were kept by the custodian, Ah Ren spent a lot of time finding opportunities to copy them all. Thus, entering the passengers' rooms was not difficult for him.

Moreover, he was very careful each time he stole something, never taking too much at once, only taking a portion to leave room for the passengers, and never taking relatively valuable items, so as not to go too far.

In this way, passengers may not realize that they have been robbed, and once they disembark and the passenger ship leaves port, the matter can be covered up.

Even if passengers discover that their belongings have been stolen before disembarking, on the one hand, they are about to disembark and do not have the time or energy to investigate the thief; on the other hand, because their losses are not significant, these people are wealthy and can afford to lose a little money. In addition, they are traveling and are unfamiliar with the area, so most of them choose to let the matter rest.

Of course, some passengers are unwilling to accept being robbed and will choose to pursue the matter, but the investigation is very difficult. The ship's crew will certainly not admit that it was their own crew members who did it and will push the responsibility onto other passengers on the ship. But you have to know that there are hundreds of passengers on this cruise ship, which are all kinds of people with complex personnel flow. It is normal for one or two thieves to appear.

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