Upon hearing this, Boss Fu immediately became anxious.
"show me!"
He took the binoculars from Fu Wan and looked in the same direction again.
The sea was completely black, with nothing but the constantly rising waves.
The ship that had appeared earlier suddenly vanished without a trace, as if what they had just seen was merely an illusion.
Upon realizing this, the hairs on the back of Boss Fu's back stood on end.
"Damn it, it really is gone."
Old Fu cursed, this was too strange. There were strange things at sea, but hearing about them was one thing, but actually encountering them was another.
"Ah Wan, something's not right. Just now, you saw it too, right? There was a ship there!"
Boss Fu swallowed hard. "How could such a perfectly good ship just disappear like that?"
Even if it drove away, it wouldn't be going that fast!
Could this be the legendary ghost ship?!
"Dad, don't think too much about it. Maybe it's just a mirage."
Seeing the sweat on Boss Fu's forehead, Fu Wan couldn't help but offer words of comfort.
Boss Fu shook his head. "Girl, to be honest, I don't know why, but I just feel like something's not right."
"From the moment I first saw that ship, I felt there was something wrong with it."
Even after so many years at sea, Boss Fu still sometimes trusts his intuition.
Just like the time Fu Ming had his accident, they encountered a school of manta rays being chased by orcas. At that time, the waves were huge, and Fu Ming lost his footing and fell into the water. Boss Fu couldn't see anything in the water, let alone find Fu Ming's figure.
At the time, the fishermen who were with him advised Fu Laoda to give up searching for and rescuing Fu Ming. They said that with such big waves, it was good that their boat hadn't capsized. But Fu Laoda wouldn't listen because he had a strong premonition that he could definitely save his son.
Strangely enough, when he jumped in, he didn't even have time to look around before a huge wave crashed over him, and at the same time, Fu Ming was carried by the wave to Boss Fu's side.
After Fu Ming was pulled onto the boat, Boss Fu was swept away by the waves, but was eventually rescued by the patrolling coast guard. Boss Fu would think about it from time to time and couldn't help but admire his sixth sense.
Just now, when he saw that fishing boat, Boss Fu felt uneasy.
Something must be wrong!
Fu Wan was somewhat confused as Fu Laoda spoke these words in fits and starts. She used to be an atheist, but later, in her search for Fu Ling, she worshipped at every temple she encountered and began to believe in gods and Buddhas.
But what truly made her believe in metaphysics was her own rebirth and the return of Boss Fu after recovering from his injuries.
"Dad, if all else fails, let's go take a look!"
Fu Wan suddenly had a bold idea. The place looked to be only about a kilometer away from them. If they were to take a boat, it would only take half an hour at most.
Upon hearing this, Boss Fu shook his head, "No, we don't know what's over there, let's just keep trawling!"
At sea, and late at night, they decided not to take the risk.
If all else fails, we'll go check it out during the day.
Fu Wan had no objection to this decision. It wasn't that she didn't believe in ghosts, but she trusted her own eyes; the ship didn't look fake.
But how could a real ship just vanish in a flash?
Fu Wan also wanted to know, but she couldn't risk taking everyone with her. If she were alone, she would have dared to go and take a look.
Seeing that there was nothing else in the cockpit, Fu Wan took Fu Laoda's water bottle and filled it with boiling water. He had some tea leaves from home brewing in the bottle, and the bittersweet taste was perfect for staying awake in the middle of the night.
"Ah Wan, go check in the back. It's getting late. If everyone's finished, let them take turns resting!"
"Okay, sure."
Fu Wan glanced at the dashboard. The engine was powerful enough, but the trawling net would probably take another hour to haul in.
She glanced at the time and was shocked by what she saw.
It's already past eleven o'clock.
On the deck, Fu Ming and several other men, including Ye Lin and Li Jun, were carrying baskets full of fish to the cold storage with smiles on their faces.
Seeing Fu Wan emerge from the cockpit, Fu Ming hurriedly told her about their gains.
"Hey, Wan, we hauled up twenty-five baskets of mackerel, I reckon it'll weigh around six or seven hundred pounds. They're not worth much, but it was still pretty fun!"
"And guess what? The hand-thrown net caught a few mackerel too! Oh, there are two I haven't brought in yet, come and take a look!"
After saying that, Fu Ming couldn't wait to move the fish basket aside, and Fu Wan then discovered that there was actually a larger fish basket underneath, with two mackerel lying inside, which looked to be over 1.2 meters long!
"Oh my god, it's a mitten shark!"
"Hehe, you're right, Wan. Don't you think these two spotted sharks are worth a few dozen yuan?"
Fu Wan nodded in agreement.
"Definitely, these two spotted sharks are of such excellent quality!"
Spotted mackerel is a type of Spanish mackerel, and as the highest quality mackerel, it is extremely rare, not only in this season but also in the summer when mackerel are most active.
Perhaps it's because spring has arrived recently and the temperature has risen considerably, otherwise these sharks wouldn't have appeared here, let alone been caught by Fu Ming and his group using a hand-thrown net.
Of course, the whale must have played a role; whales are quite effective at finding schools of fish in the ocean.
Thinking this, Fu Wan looked towards the sea again.
Just then, Big White leaped most of its body out of the water, then fell back down, making gurgling singing sounds in its throat.
Perhaps having eaten and drunk their fill and had played enough, Da Bai soon dived into the water and swam with Fu Wan and the others' boat for a while before reluctantly swimming towards the seabed.
After the humpback whale left, Boss Fu in the cockpit wiped the sweat from his forehead and then let out a long sigh of relief.
Good heavens, when that humpback whale was following the ship, he didn't know whether to speed up or slow down!
"Fang Min, A Qing, and Su Ran, let's go into the cabin and get some sleep!"
Fu Wan yawned and beckoned Su Ran and the others into the cabin. Yawns are contagious, and Fu Qing instantly felt sleepy too, while Su Ran remained remarkably energetic. It must be said that today's voyage was more exciting than anything she had ever seen in news reports or books.
Before going into the cabin, Fu Wan pulled Fu Ming aside for a brief discussion, asking him to talk to Ye Lin and the others. She suggested that two of them go to sleep while the other two kept an eye on the trawl net. In particular, Fu Ming needed to rest now, otherwise, when Boss Fu retired, there would be no one to take the helm and steer the boat.
Fu Ming thought it made sense. After Fu Wan went into the cabin, he discussed it with Ye Lin and the others. In the end, they decided that he and Fu Erlu would go to rest first, while Ye Lin and Li Jun would keep watch.
On the sea late at night, Boss Fu took a sip of tea, then rubbed his face and turned the rudder to continue hauling the net into the deep sea. What he didn't notice was that a ship a thousand meters away, rounded a deserted island and followed him from a distance.
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