Chapter 78: A bloody plot: Sell the ring given by the bad fox!
Ji Mian woke up the next day and was still in his own bed.
He hasn't slept very soundly these past few days, fearing that something unexpected might happen at night.
Fu Chenyu must have installed surveillance cameras in the room, and with the locator on his anklets, Ji Mian didn't have time to go out and explore the terrain for escape at night.
Today was his third day on the ship. As soon as he woke up, he heard the sound of salutes coming from outside the window.
Countless balloons and streamers fell from the sky, announcing the arrival of the ship.
Ji Mian sat up and looked out through a window as big as his head. He should be in the lower cabin and needed to look up to see the huge boarding stairs.
On the pier and deck, glamorous celebrities from all walks of life gathered at the pier.
Media reporters, armed with cameras and long guns, were reporting on the grand event of the ship's departure. In addition, there was a large crowd of people on the dock, all of whom were nearby residents who came to watch the excitement.
There are many big names on board this ship, all of whom are new business stars or political bigwigs.
In the semi-fictional novel "Tenderness on a Stranger's Road", half of the place names are real and half are fictitious.
Ji Mian didn't know whether socialism was applicable to the worldview of "Stranger Tenderness", but now he clearly felt that Fu Chenyu's influence around the world was greater than he had imagined.
In the original novel, Fu Chenyu is the fox who has never appeared, and he also has another apparent identity, that is, a famous psychology professor.
The people who boarded the ship probably didn't know that Fu Chenyu was the owner of this ship. Ji Mian quickly analyzed in his mind, that bad fox is very cunning, how could he have only one alias? He shouldn't have too many aliases!
Unfortunately, there were too many people and Ji Mian couldn't find Fu Chenyu in the crowd.
However, it is easy to imagine that this fox with a bad taste must have mixed in with the tourists and pretended to be one of the invited guests.
Just as Ji Mian was thinking, the door suddenly opened.
Two tall black men walked in and put a blindfold on Ji Mian without saying a word.
Ji Mian had seen these two people around Fu Chenyu before. They seemed to be part of Fu Chenyu's security. So he didn't resist, wanting to see what Fu Chenyu was up to today.
Ji Mian was taken for a long walk and then pushed into a quiet room.
Immediately afterwards, the two security guards retreated. After Ji Mian confirmed that they had left, he took off his blindfold and waited for his eyes to adjust to the light before looking around.
This place... seems to be a... dormitory under the cabin?
Dormitories?! Why would there be dormitories on a ship? Are they for the crew?
Ji Mian had just taken two steps when there was a noise at the door.
A tourist who had just boarded the ship punched in, glanced at him, said nothing, and went to his room with his suitcase - Ji Mian was in the public living room.
Then, a second person came in. He was a very stylishly dressed man, even wearing makeup. He was talking on the phone: "I know, I will. It's so annoying. Can you save money a little? My money is blown by the wind, right? I won't say anymore. Damn it. Get out!"
He had a bad temper. When he saw Ji Mian, the boy looked her up and down, then pushed his suitcase into another room.
And so on, more and more people came in, about ten of them, both men and women, all of them looked pretty good.
Each one was dressed more fashionably than the other. If they weren’t on a boat, Ji Mian would have mistakenly thought she was on some talent show!
He was in a daze when he saw that the young men and women in the room were quiet, as if they were sleeping.
There was only one empty room left in front of Ji Mian. He hesitated for a moment and pushed open the door - it was indeed prepared for him.
However, veins still popped out on Ji Mian's forehead.
If for no other reason than this room looks just like a kid's room!
Not only are they all painted sky blue, but they also have blue sky, white clouds and green lawns painted on the walls. The cabinets and blankets are full of childishness.
On the single bed, there was a huge lop-eared rabbit doll, looking at him with a smile.
It's obvious that it was arranged by Fu Chenyu.
...It's poisonous! Ji Mian was almost amused by Fox's childishness.
Opening the cabinet, Ji Mian found clothes prepared by Fu Chenyu. She changed into a set of clothes that was convenient for movement. She wore a white short-sleeved shirt inside, a thin coat outside, black pants, and a pair of sneakers. She was dressed simply and cleanly.
When he was putting on his shoes, he saw his handcuffs. In the dim room, the red indicator light on the handcuffs flickered, as if there was a pair of eyes staring at him from inside.
There were pastries on the table, but to be on the safe side, Ji Mian didn't plan to eat them.
Ji Mian searched the room but couldn't find any weapon that could be used for self-defense.
He pushed open the door and saw the bad-tempered boy wandering around the living room, holding his phone as if to take a picture.
Ji Mian was hesitating whether to take the initiative to talk. After all, the situation between him and Fu Chenyu was very bad. Judging from Fu Chenyu's personality, if he talked to others, it would probably only lead to more trouble.
It would be bad if someone got hurt.
Ji Mian kept his mouth shut, but the boy started talking instead: "Do you know where I can buy something here? I'm starving."
"I don't know." Ji Mian tried to say as little as possible.
"Oh." The boy looked at him and said, "Are you going out now?"
This question made Ji Mian feel very strange. What did he mean by going out now?
"Yeah." Ji Mian replied.
The boy suddenly leaned against the wall and laughed, "Who can you catch if you go out now?"
Ji Mian became even more confused: "Fishing?"
The boy rolled his eyes. "Hey, bro, everyone in this room is the same kind of person. Why are you pretending to be so noble? Oh, judging by the way you're dressed, you're going for the innocent male college student persona, right?"
"I don't understand what you are saying." Ji Mian said helplessly. He really didn't understand.
The boy laughed and said, "Aren't you here to pick up a rich guy?"
Ji Mian was stunned for a moment, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "No."
He suddenly realized something and asked the boy: "You..."
In a flash, sparks flashed in Ji Mian's mind.
Bright and beautiful young men and women, in the underground cabin of a cruise ship...
He seemed to remember that there was such a plot in "Stranger Tenderness"!
The reason why "Tenderness on a Stranger's Road" is an old-fashioned melodramatic novel is that its content develops in a bizarre way that can leave readers confused!
For example, in this plot, on a cruise ship worth tens of billions of dollars, there is an unspoken hunting feast in the upper class.
A grand gamble, a luxurious dinner, and the most important selling point of this cruise, the auction of the diamond "Deep Sea Star" worth three billion, will be held on the luxurious cruise ship.
After entering the high seas, there will be no borders and no laws on the cruise ship, and Fu Chenyu will become the only winner on this sea and land.
The so-called hunting is a physical carnival for entertainment.
Only then did Ji Mian realize that the name of this cruise ship was actually the Wheel of Fortune, which was obviously a name that a person like Fu Chenyu with a middle school syndrome could come up with.
All the romantic encounters that happen here are reasonable. Some people will spend a lot of money just to pursue a night of excitement, and there will also be people who spend a lot of effort for this "hundreds of dollars".
Thus, with silent acquiescence, an unwritten rule emerged. Many young men and women with ulterior motives, those who relied on their bodies and looks for a living, naturally treated the Wheel of Fortune banquet as a large-scale 996 workplace. With so many wealthy people on the cruise ship, there was always a chance that one of them would be attracted to them.
As long as you are willing to spend a lot of money, it will be no problem to make a few million on a seven-day trip.
Therefore, the tickets for Wheel of Fortune went on sale a year ago and were sold out on the first day.
There are only 6,000 tickets in total, and they are priceless and hard to come by.
When the proposed invitation for Wheel of Fortune came out, it caused a stir in some circles. The invitation listed everyone, famous and unknown, even the hidden rich.
Certain circles were targeting them. For example, the circle this boy belonged to, called "Outer Circle."
When Ji Mian was a policeman, his first priority was to crack down on pornography and illegal publications and to target specific groups of people!
The corner of Ji Mian's mouth twitched. It was not difficult to imagine how bad Fu Chenyu's character was.
He was given a hellish opening, and he started to complain about the boy's strange look in his eyes, thinking that he probably thought he was a colleague who was out to "do a job".
Ji Mian remembered that this plot appeared in "Stranger Tenderness" at that time to allow Li Jue to be a hero and save the beauty.
Su Luoyu did not participate in this hunting, but he was the protagonist, so of course he had a charming temperament and exuded a protagonist aura, which made the rich people fall in love with him one after another.
Among them was a most difficult gangster from Country Y. After he took a fancy to Su Luoyu, he quickly took her by force and regarded her as one of his prey.
Therefore, the subsequent plot revolves around Li Jue saving Su Luoyu.
——However, the rescue was unsuccessful.
Apparently, Su Luoyu was kidnapped by Fu Chenyu in the chaos, which led to the ending where Li Jue had to choose between him and Su Luoyu, and then abandoned him as a cannon fodder substitute.
Ji Mian complained silently in his heart, this plot is too outrageous.
Su Luoyu is a lawyer after all, how come she suddenly becomes powerless!
At the same time, he thought again.
No wonder the boy asked him why he was going out now. Ji Mian finally understood.
That kind of shady hunting would naturally take place at night! Who would go out looking for a romantic encounter in broad daylight?
The boy laughed and said, "You're dressed too poorly. Is this your first time?"
Ji Mian came back to his senses and felt extremely embarrassed. The boy thought he agreed and nodded: "That's what I said. I've never seen you in the circle before."
He even muttered, "He's so good-looking, but he's actually a country bumpkin."
Ji Mian's appearance is undoubtedly very superior, with red lips and white teeth, a standard beauty.
After all, she is Su Luoyu's stand-in, and her looks are comparable to that of the protagonist.
In the original novel, if Su Luoyu is Li Jue's aloof and arrogant white moonlight, then Ji Mian is his stunning cinnabar mole. It's just that one has a cold and aloof appearance, while the other is gorgeous.
Ji Mian thought, so, Li Jue and Su Luoyu are both on the Wheel of Fortune?
He didn't expect to be rescued by Li Jue, he just felt that once the protagonist and the bottom appeared together, and it was in a novel, things would only become more and more troublesome... Police Officer Rabbit was very tired.
If you want to escape quietly, in addition to staying away from the villain, you also have to stay away from the protagonist!
The boy put his arm around Ji Mian's shoulder in a familiar manner: "Hey. Now that we're here, why don't we go out for a walk together?"
Ji Mian wanted to refuse him, but the boy pushed her out: "I'm starving. How about you lead the way and I'll treat you to a meal?"
Ji Mian, who was short of money and worried about how to eat, said: ...
It becomes material in an instant.
It’s also a good idea!
The boy's name was Pipi, and he didn't tell Ji Mian his real name.
Ji Mian told his real name, and Pippi started calling him "Mian Mian".
Although Pippi has a bad temper, he talks a lot.
Ji Mian took him to Queen's Road, where they had walked last time. It was Pipi's first time there, and she was just as shocked as he was.
There are already tourists walking around Queen's Road. The clothes and bags there are not priced, but basically each one costs tens of thousands.
This further strengthened Pipi's idea of hooking up with rich men and catching their rich men!
There was a coffee shop next to Queen's Boulevard. When Pipi saw the menu, he almost jumped up from his stool: "Fuck! Milk is 1,800 yuan a cup, why the hell don't they just rob it?!"
Ji Mian felt a little ashamed and quickly held him down: "Because the milk is limited. We can eat something else."
Then he saw the other items on the menu: coffee for 1500 yuan a cup, bread for 500 yuan, ice cream for 2100 yuan...
The cheapest is lemonade, which is just plain water, and costs 150 per cup.
Ji Mian: ...
Fu Chenyu, why don't you go rob?!
Ji Mian slammed the menu shut. It was too expensive. Not only could he not afford milk, he couldn’t even afford bread!
Thinking about his internship salary of 2,800 yuan and regular salary of 5,200 yuan, and that he could only drink a cup of coffee here, Ji Mian wanted to drag Fu Chenyu out and beat him up.
A prodigal son! Truly a prodigal son!
Ji Mian had a headache. Fortunately, the wild fox was not his own, otherwise he would have fainted from anger.
Pippi felt a pity for spending money. The two of them spent several thousand just to eat some bread.
Pippi doesn't look particularly poor, but even if she had money she couldn't afford to spend like that.
There are still seven days left. With this level of consumption, can you survive on the cruise ship?
Ji Mian was a soft-hearted person. After spending Pipi's money, he became friendlier towards Pipi.
Although Pipi's job is not a proper one, Ji Mian believes that he can change Pipi and make her work properly and be a good person in the future.
Pipi wailed, "Oh my God, I regret this. I want to get off the boat. If I can't catch Kaizi, how am I going to survive?"
Ji Mian taught him, "Don't think about relying on others. You're a grown man, can't you rely on yourself? At worst, you can find a job on the ship, washing dishes, sweeping the floor, what can't you do to make a living? With so many people, they must be short of manpower. There are ways."
"Damn it! Impossible! Asking me to wash vegetables and serve dishes is worse than letting me die! That's too low!"
Ji Mian said seriously, "Don't discriminate against people based on their profession."
Pipi complained: "Speechless. Why are you talking like a cop?"
Ji Mian: ...
I am a - oh no, a policeman!
However, Pippi was right. There were only seven days on the boat. He had no money and could not buy food. He might not be able to survive even a day.
The Wheel of Fortune's route is not short, so it has two stops. Ji Mian must seize the opportunity of these two stops to escape from the ship.
He frowned, thinking about how he would make money.
I wonder if Fu Chenyu can find me a job washing dishes...
He could have escaped while washing the dishes, and he would have made sure not to take the dishes with him - he was a police officer with professional ethics!
Ji Mian subconsciously touched her ring finger and suddenly remembered that Fu Chenyu had forced a ring on her.
He suddenly realized: such a big diamond should be able to sell for a lot of money...
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