Huo Junyu and Huo Junyang have been in the study for five days.
The two worked tirelessly, barely eating or drinking, and devoted themselves to checking all the planes, trains, and ships that had entered or left the city, including entry and exit records and even surveillance footage of highways leading to other provinces.
There must be some kind of transportation that Lu Ming can use, whether it flies in the sky or runs on the ground!
As long as they found the slightest clue, they would pursue it further.
Although the results often disappoint them.
Over the course of a few days, both of them lost a lot of weight, sporting messy hair and dark circles under their eyes.
As time passed, their psychological defenses crumbled little by little.
They dared not imagine what the rest of their lives would be like if they lost their loved ones like this.
After yet another failed attempt to track down the enemy, Huo Junyang couldn't help but slam his fist on the table, nearly collapsing.
Huo Junyu continued to stare at the computer screen, his eyes bloodshot. He didn't show anything on the surface, but his constantly rubbing fingers betrayed his inner unease.
Huo Junyang turned to look at him, and just as he called out "Brother", his throat felt like it was blocked by something, and he couldn't say anything else.
Huo Junyu remained expressionless.
The servants came several times, each time telling them that the Lu family was doing everything they could to find the two girls, and that the Huo family had sent people to search the entire city, but they couldn't find them anywhere.
"Brother, I don't believe they're like this..."
“I don’t believe it either,” Huo Junyu quickly added.
On the one hand, they were afraid he would say something unpleasant.
On the other hand, he genuinely didn't believe it.
He and Mianmian had made a promise that they would never let go of each other's hands, no matter what.
Wherever they are, they want to let each other know.
But now...
Huo Junyu rubbed his temples and leaned back weakly in his seat. A wave of drowsiness washed over him, and he gently closed his eyes, as if he were seeing a sky full of stars.
The starry sky and fireflies echoed each other, and he told someone that if you make a wish upon a star, your wish will come true.
Star……
Huo Junyu suddenly snapped awake!
"Brother, what's wrong?"
Huo Junyu stared at him blankly for a while, then suddenly remembered something and his fingers flew across the keyboard.
"Brother, what are you doing?"
“Mianmian will send me a signal,” he said in a deep voice.
Huo Junyang frowned.
Huo Junyu quickly brought up the interface of a positioning system.
The top is still blank, but determination and confidence are gradually returning to his face.
"Mianmian will definitely get back to me." He said each word clearly, "She definitely will!"
*
After another day of work, Jiang Mianmian and Lu Ran returned to their little house.
These past few days have been calm and peaceful, both at sea and on board.
No one bothered them, and even though the people on the ship weren't good people, they were safe there.
Their daily work consisted of cleaning the cabins, washing clothes for everyone on board, and helping the kitchen cook.
Lu Ran had experienced many hardships since childhood and had done a lot of rough work, but she didn't find it hard.
But this is quite a challenge for Jiang Mianmian.
Throughout her life, Su Aiqian had never let her wash a single chopstick. She used to say that she was not born a princess, but her mother had spoiled her so much that she developed princess syndrome.
Now, she must adapt to everything on the ship as quickly as possible.
After gritting her teeth and getting through those few days, her delicate white hands became rough and calloused. But she didn't complain at all, and even tried to help Lu Ran with more work.
At this moment, the two girls collapsed onto the big bed, feeling as if their bodies were falling apart, and neither of them wanted to get up.
The two of them leaned their heads together, their eyes fixed on the ceiling.
After a long while, Lu Ran finally spoke, "Sister, are you tired? Let me massage your shoulders..."
"No need," Jiang Mianmian said weakly. "You're tired enough too, let's get some rest."
“Not now.” Lu Ran’s voice was tired as she struggled to sit up in bed. “I need to go to the deck when it gets late.”
Jiang Mianmian's eyes lit up.
These past few days, the two of them haven't just been working in silence.
While doing rough work and running back and forth, Jiang Mianmian had already figured out the general structure of the entire ship and even drew a structural diagram of the ship.
Lu Ran would go to the deck for a while every night.
Based on the wind speed and direction, she made a rough calculation and determined that the ship was heading towards the South Seas!
"Ranran," Jiang Mianmian asked her as she got up, "Do you think this ship will really sail to Southeast Asia?"
“This is how I calculated it…” Lu Ran drew a simple map on a piece of scrap paper and did some calculations. “The result of the calculation is that it is indeed possible to sail to Southeast Asia. Of course, this is just a speculation.”
Jiang Mianmian's eyes darkened, and she deduced, "I've heard that the drug industry is quite developed in several countries around Southeast Asia... and there are many drug dealers there too."
"Sister Hong and Brother Tian, one traffickers people and the other traffics drugs, they fit perfectly with those people over there!"
Lu Ran said softly, "So my deduction should be correct?"
"If we could really open a branch to Southeast Asia..."
Jiang Mianmian rolled her eyes, already having a general idea in mind.
From the very first day they were brought aboard the ship, they decided to play it by ear.
Now the opportunity is finally here!
These past few days, the two of them have been running around, doing heavy work and then staying in their rooms drawing and calculating... all that effort has finally paid off!
At this point, the two of them began to plan:
"We're surrounded by the sea, and Brother Tian and Sister Hong have a lot of people on their side, so we can't confront them head-on."
"If the ship can sail to Southeast Asia, we can disembark and go find Junyu's family..."
"Sister, there's more!" Lu Ran reminded her, "The most crucial thing now is to be able to send out the signal!"
Jiang Mianmian was filled with melancholy.
Because they had behaved well these past two days, Sister Hong took it upon herself to return the phones to them.
But where can you find a signal on the vast ocean?
Having a phone is the same as not having one.
Jiang Mianmian looked at the internal structure diagram of her ship, circled a place, and whispered to Lu Ran, "This is the communications room."
"Communications room?"
“Yes,” she nodded, “only this communications room can maintain contact with the outside world. But I’ve observed that there are three groups of people guarding the communications room, so it will be very difficult for us to get in.”
"Besides, even if we got in, we wouldn't know how to use those devices!"
Jiang Mianmian frowned and continued, "The three groups of people in the communications room work in shifts. I observed that there is a gap of about five minutes between each handover."
That gap was their perfect opportunity to strike...
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