Seeing Fu Wan staring into the distance without saying a word, Su Ran couldn't help but feel a little flustered.
As a journalist, going to the countryside for interviews is a common occurrence, but that doesn't mean she has faced any dangerous situations.
When her family learned that she wanted to go to sea to collect inspiration, they told her about the dangers at sea. The vast ocean could easily swallow one or two lives and leave no trace of the body.
"Ah... Ah Wan, is there something wrong with that ship?"
Su Ran swallowed hard, looking at Fu Wan with a nervous expression.
Fu Wan put down the binoculars and shook her head uncertainly.
"I don't know either, but that boat was a bit strange, it didn't look like a fishing boat from around here."
"Well, it's normal that it doesn't look like it. There are quite a few coastal villages in this area, so it might be from another town."
Su Jianshe chimed in, having listened to the two women's serious demeanor for a while.
Seeing that Fu Erlu, Ye Lin, and the others were all looking this way, Fu Wan didn't want to cause panic and make everyone worry, so she thought for a moment and nodded in agreement with Su Jianshe's words.
"Yes, it might be an old-fashioned fishing boat built by the town next door. Everyone, hurry up and finish sorting this net, then go into the cabin to rest for a while. We'll be hauling in the next net later!"
After saying that, she glanced at Fang Min and then walked towards the cabin.
Fang Min understood immediately and assigned Fu Qing the task of picking out small fish, then followed him into the cabin.
"Ah Wan, is something wrong?"
Seeing Fang Min follow, Fu Wan quietly gestured, "Close the door."
Fang Min wasn't stupid; upon seeing Fu Wan's expression, she immediately sensed that something was wrong.
Fu Wan dragged out the wooden box from under the bed and then unlocked it.
There were two pistols inside, the only firearms on the ship.
"Fang Min, I still feel something is off about that ship, but I'm afraid it will cause panic among everyone."
"Take the gun. If anything happens, let Aqing and Su Ran go back to the cabin first."
Fang Min instinctively took the pistol. "And what about you?"
Fu Wan remained calm. "If there really are pirates or something, my father and I will definitely have to deal with them first."
The boatmen were all trained by them, and she had to make sure they returned home safely.
Seeing this, Fang Min didn't say much. She was not good with words. At this moment, she secretly decided that if anything happened, she would let A Qing and the others hide in the cabin and not come out, while she would go to protect Fu Wan.
As a soldier, after fulfilling her superior's orders, she also had to protect her superior's safety.
Moreover, she had long regarded Fu Wan as her friend, even family.
After speaking with Fang Min, Fu Wan turned around and went to use her binoculars to observe the movements of the fishing boat.
The telescope has a limited field of vision. What Fu Wan didn't realize at that moment was that on that dilapidated fishing boat, there was also someone holding a telescope and looking in their direction.
The man had a white bandage wrapped around his head, and one eye was also covered with a thick bandage. His face was full of hatred, and he was gripping the binoculars tightly with one hand.
If Fu Wan's binoculars were up to par, she might be surprised to discover that this person was the scarred-face man she had encountered some time ago.
"Hey, Scarface, was that the same ship that robbed and killed your man a few days ago?"
A tall man next to him swung the knife in his hand, and the sunlight reflected off the back of the blade, making the fat man beside him squint.
"Yes, it was them. I was hiding in the water, and this was the boat that took that bitch away!"
When he recalled his past humiliating experiences, Scarface couldn't help but grit his teeth.
Orcas are just beasts at best; they don't have the intelligence of humans.
At that time, several orcas kept ramming and biting him. In desperation, he held his breath and pretended to be dead. He waited until the orcas swam away before he was about to surface. It was at that moment that he saw the "Full Load and Return" ship that came to pick up Fu Wan.
The image of that fishing boat, at the moment he was dying, was etched into his mind.
Although his brothers who arrived later saved his life, he is now partially disabled, has only one eye left, and even lost a hand to an orca.
As luck would have it, last night they chased a humpback whale into this area. Since it was late at night, they weren't afraid to leave the high seas, since there were many fishing boats at night. Who knew they were whaling pirates?
A white humpback whale, or a humpback whale that is entirely white without any other colors, if you could catch one, it would definitely fetch a high price.
But they never expected to encounter a fishing boat that wasn't afraid of whales, especially one that Scarface had previously encountered.
The tall man was the second-in-command of this whaling organization. With a wave of his hand, a subordinate immediately handed him a pair of binoculars.
That's interesting, really interesting.
A fishing boat unafraid of whales, and a woman who can communicate with whales.
Scarface wanted to kill that woman, but he didn't really want to.
If someone this capable works for you, would they still need to chase whales and sharks all over the ocean?
All that woman needs to do is swim around in the sea, and maybe those whales will follow her and surface.
Duan Er became more and more excited as he thought about it, as if he could already see a sea of money rushing towards him.
But he wasn't stupid; after thinking for a moment, he turned and gave instructions to his men.
"Go, have the boatman steer the boat toward the deserted island first, and don't let that boat see us following."
The reason their ship suddenly disappeared yesterday was because it hid on the side of the deserted island.
Scarface was indignant upon hearing this. "Second brother, why didn't we just kill them all under the cover of darkness last night?"
"Just let them go like that, and let that humpback whale get away!"
Duan Er glanced at him sideways. This man was only thinking about revenge; he couldn't possibly understand Duan Er's grand plan to make money.
But Scarface led them to Fu Wan, and he didn't want to scold him at the moment.
"What's the rush? We can go over after their boat is full of fish."
"As for the humpback whales, once we catch that woman, are we afraid we won't be able to catch the humpback whales?"
The fat man next to him nodded in agreement, but he only focused on the first sentence.
"Yes, Second Brother is the smartest. Let them get busy first, and we'll have their fish as an extra treat tonight!"
Judging from that boat, it hauled in its nets several times throughout the night. There must be a lot of fish on board. Haha, he can eat as much as he wants, fried, grilled, steamed, however he likes!
Unaware that she and the fish were being targeted, Fu Wan was whispering to Boss Fu, who had just gotten up.
Upon hearing that the ship had reappeared, Boss Fu's eyebrows immediately furrowed.
"Ah Wan, don't you think so..."
Fu Wan nodded secretly, "Father, I know what you mean, I think it's somewhat similar."
Fu Ming, who was steering the boat next to him, looked completely bewildered.
What does it look like?
No, we're all family, so why can't I understand what they're saying?
Fu Laoda's face darkened, and he picked up the binoculars and looked around again.
Sure enough, the ship disappeared again.
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