Ye Chenliang smiled slightly and then mumbled a whole bunch of things.
The gist of the message was that he and Ah-chan should take this as a warning, never do things they shouldn't do, and never associate with people they shouldn't associate with. They should live honest and upright lives and have a peaceful and stable life.
One is his brother-in-law, and the other is his future brother-in-law. Naturally, he hopes they can both stay safe and sound and not go astray.
What else could the two of them do but nod in agreement?
Feng Ye never intended to go down any wrong path or do anything illegal or disorderly.
These days, there are many ways to make money; it's just a matter of how fast or slow the money accumulates.
All things considered, he's making money at sea quite fast, even faster than most people.
Even compared to this group of smugglers, they might not make money as fast as him.
Just then, one of the two coast guard vessels remained in place to continue salvaging the remaining smuggled goods, while the other slowly started up and approached them.
Everyone was somewhat surprised: "Is this all done? Are you coming over to take away the goods we retrieved?"
"It should be."
Feng Ye nodded, "Everyone, be careful and don't say anything carelessly."
"We know, we'll keep our mouths shut. Ah Ye, don't forget to ask about the reward."
This is something everyone has been eagerly anticipating.
After working so hard and retrieving so many sacks and cardboard boxes, they didn't want to have worked for nothing.
"Don't worry, I won't forget."
The coast guard vessel gradually approached, heading straight for the Donglai, its lights casting long shadows on the sea.
Feng Ye stood at the bow of the ship, facing the night wind, quietly waiting for the coast guard vessel to approach.
This coast guard vessel was not the one that had inspected them before, and the people who boarded were all unfamiliar faces.
The leader was a burly middle-aged man with a serious face and sharp eyes.
He scanned the crowd and asked in a deep voice, "Who is the ship owner, Feng Ye?"
Feng Ye stepped forward and replied loudly, "Comrade, hello, I am Feng Ye."
The middle-aged man nodded, his gaze lingering on him for a moment before sweeping over the sacks and cardboard boxes piled on the deck: "Thank you for your help in recovering so much stolen goods."
"It's all something we should do. Cooperating in the fight against crime is the duty of every citizen."
Feng Ye's answer was firm and resolute.
"You're very good; you have a high level of ideological awareness."
The middle-aged man nodded slightly, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes: "We need to take these stolen goods you retrieved back for further investigation and evidence collection to determine their value."
"No problem, please go ahead."
Feng Ye readily agreed, then feigned reluctance and asked, "We're assisting you in enforcing the law, so I wonder if there's a reward?"
The middle-aged man was slightly taken aback, then laughed: "Don't worry, we always reward those who assist law enforcement and provide effective clues."
Besides, you guys were a huge help this time, recovering so much stolen goods—it's all evidence, so you'll definitely get a reward.
"Really? That's wonderful!"
Everyone smiled with relief and cheered when they heard about the reward.
Feng Ye's face lit up with joy, but then he said apologetically, "Actually, I don't care, but the boatmen put in a lot of effort. They're the ones who pulled it up, so we can't let them work for nothing."
"I understand, I understand."
The middle-aged man laughed and said, "Oh, right, I'll also need your cooperation in taking a statement."
Feng Ye nodded immediately: "I'll cooperate, I'll definitely cooperate."
This was all expected.
They not only helped with the tracking and recovered the stolen goods, but they were also eyewitnesses, so it's certain that they'll need to give statements.
Everyone nodded in agreement, indicating their willingness to cooperate.
The middle-aged man nodded in satisfaction and waved to his men behind him, signaling them to get to work.
The coast guards acted swiftly and methodically, loading all the sacks and cardboard boxes onto the coast guard vessel.
Seven or eight people were squatting on the deck of the coast guard ship, all staring at Feng Ye and his group with resentful eyes, wishing they could rush up and tear them to pieces.
If it weren't for this group of people, they would likely have escaped already, and wouldn't have ended up like this.
But now that they were handcuffed and had coast guard officers watching them with guns, they could only rage helplessly.
Feng Ye also looked at these people with curiosity, and as expected, he did not see any familiar faces.
In fact, he didn't know any smugglers. The only person he knew was Lu Junjie from Lujia Village on Baishi Island, who was involved in smuggling.
However, Lu Junjie's carefree days won't last long; he'll be arrested next year.
Smuggling is extremely risky. Not to mention these small fry without any background, even if they have powerful connections, they will get into trouble sooner or later.
Take that guy surnamed Lai, for example. He had powerful connections, but he still had to flee overseas and was eventually deported and imprisoned.
Of course, this guy isn't involved in smuggling yet; he's still in Hong Kong and won't return to Fujian Province for a few years to start his smuggling career.
After the coast guards finished removing the stolen goods, they immediately began taking statements from everyone.
Everyone answered questions readily, sharing all the information they knew.
It took more than half an hour to complete the statement.
After thanking them once again, the middle-aged man left the Donglai with his men and sailed the coast guard boat to the nearby Fengshou to continue moving the stolen goods and taking statements.
Meanwhile, the Dong Sheng, another coast guard vessel, had already approached after retrieval the stolen goods floating on the surface of the sea.
On the Donglai, everyone breathed a sigh of relief as they watched the coast guard ship slowly depart.
"It's finally over."
"It's good that they left. I felt very uncomfortable with them on the boat."
"Who can argue with that? I'm so afraid of saying or doing something wrong that might cause them to misunderstand."
"Me too. I feel like a prisoner being interrogated. I feel uncomfortable all over and don't even know where to put my hands."
Ah-Can curled his lip: "You guys are just scaring yourselves. We haven't broken any laws, what's there to be afraid of?"
Feng Ye smiled and said, "Although what A-Can said is a bit rough, it makes sense. We haven't done anything wrong, so we have nothing to fear."
The coast guard officers are just doing their job; we just need to cooperate.
Even if they do something a little out of line or say something inappropriate, they won't think much of it.
After all, we were heroes; we helped them capture the man and retrieved so much cargo.
Although his words came after the fact, everyone felt much better after hearing them and nodded in agreement.
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