When he received the call and heard the report, he almost doubted his own ears.

I thought I had misheard.

Huo Cheng and his crew actually returned from their voyage with a full catch!

The leader quickly summoned the political commissar and several key leaders, and they rushed over to the port.

From afar, he greeted Yingyue and the others with a smile.

"Thank you for your hard work, comrades!"

Huo Cheng and his group were naturally too embarrassed to take credit for it.

After all, this is a mission, just not like the usual guarding of the sea and driving away invaders.

But this is also a task.

They were just completing a task as usual.

Yingyue, who is neither a member of the establishment nor a military officer, does not have this concern.

"We've worked so hard and brought back so much gold, could we get a bigger reward?"

Upon seeing the leader, she was no longer sleepy, looking at him with great enthusiasm and longing in her eyes.

She was asking if the reward could be more generous.

It's not about whether there will be any rewards.

Yingyue has become smarter and knows how to speak tactfully now.

Upon hearing this, the leader burst out laughing, "Yes, there are rewards, of course there are rewards."

When the military leaders, led by Huo Cheng, saw the ship full of gold, they immediately decided that this time the reward must be given to the maximum extent possible.

We'll give you the highest standard.

Yingyue was still somewhat uneasy after hearing what her leader said.

"What's the maximum? A thousand dollars?"

But this gold alone amounts to a million, doesn't it?

Why should the person they rescued only receive a reward of one thousand yuan?

The leader smiled and asked, "How much money does Comrade Cheng want?"

"The more the better!"

Yingyue is really bold.

She makes no attempt to hide her love of money.

Huo Cheng, instead of intervening, smiled and tried to smooth things over for his wife, saying, "Please understand, comrade leader. Yueyue grew up in the mountains and has never seen much money, so she has a deep obsession with it."

"Understood, understood. It is precisely because Comrade Yingyue grew up in the mountains and acquired such skills that she was able to help our troops solve this urgent problem."

The leader did not think Yingyue was greedy; on the contrary, he thought it was a manifestation of her pure and innocent character.

The courage to express one's thoughts directly is something many people lack.

"Don't worry, the reward this time will definitely be more than a thousand yuan."

The leader made the decision.

Yingyue's anxious heart was finally at ease.

"Try to get as many as possible, and I'll help you salvage the ships again in the future."

While others consider serving the military a glorious contribution, she turned it into a business.

The leader was both amused and exasperated.

But on second thought, isn't this a very good business opportunity?

How many shipwrecks are there in the ocean?

Putting aside everything else, there are several shipwrecks in this very sea area.

Those sunken ships contain the treasures of our ancestors.

If Comrade Yingyue can be retrieved one by one, wouldn't that be a rescue operation?

The leader began to seriously consider this matter.

Upon seeing this, Huo Cheng immediately said, "Boss, my wife was just joking. She encountered a lot of danger this time. If it weren't for the kung fu she learned on the mountain, she wouldn't have been able to get out of the sea."

It was obvious that Huo Cheng didn't want Yingyue to continue retrieving things from the sea.

This incident is enough. From now on, he hopes that his wife can live a normal, ordinary life like everyone else.

A tree that stands out in the forest will surely be felled by the wind.

Huo Cheng understood this principle.

His wife is already dazzling enough; he doesn't want her to attract any more attention.

The leader understood Huo Cheng's meaning.

"Okay, I understand. You all go back and get some rest. We'll reward you after we've registered and recorded everything."

"Thank you, boss. You've worked hard."

After Huo Cheng finished speaking, he left with Yingyue.

The members of the other teams also went back to rest.

As for the entire ship full of gold bars, they were checked one by one by professional accountants.

Not a single one was missing.

I went to the cafeteria and brought over a few scales. When I weighed them, wow, they weighed a full five tons.

lead! ! !

Even the most seasoned leaders, who have weathered countless storms, were taken aback by this staggering figure.

After discussing it among themselves, the group decided to report that their soldiers had accidentally discovered a shipwreck with some gold left behind by foreign looters. Since they were short of funds, they would not hand over the gold...

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Once outside the camp, Yingyue began to doze off.

Huo Cheng stopped his bicycle, called the girl behind him to the front, and had her sit on the crossbar, nestled in his arms.

With him holding her like that, she wouldn't fall off even if she fell asleep.

Yingyue obediently got off the stool and came to the front.

She couldn't sit on the crossbar because she wasn't tall enough; Huo Cheng had to lift her by the armpits to help her.

"alright."

Huo Cheng gently lifted the overly light girl onto the front bar of the bicycle. "Go to sleep."

"Wake me up when you get home. I need to take a shower and eat."

She was so sleepy, but she didn't forget that she still needed to eat.

She's a complete foodie.

"Okay, okay, don't worry, I'll definitely call you when we get home." Huo Cheng was amused by his wife and gently coaxed her.

Go along with what she says.

The highway was quiet at night, with the sea lapping against the shore in the distance, splashing up waves that quickly receded back into the sea.

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