It's normal to take a detour, Ye Cheng didn't think much of it. After all, what fisherman doesn't want to catch more fish?
After sailing north for more than ten minutes, the sea gradually opened up, and there were fewer small islands and fishing boats. On the calm sea, Ye Cheng and his boat left a white line, and the setting sun shone down, creating a peaceful and serene scene.
Looking at the scene before him, Ye Cheng gradually became intoxicated. The sea breeze was gentle, the sun was warm, there was no KPI, no PPT, what a pleasant life.
Just at this beautiful moment, a voice interrupted him.
"Brother, look at that! Something seems to have happened."
Ye Cheng looked in the direction Xiao Hu pointed. There was a large ship anchored on the sea in the distance. People on the deck were wandering around and shouting loudly. It was a chaotic scene, but it was impossible to hear what they were shouting.
"Second Uncle, whose boat is this? I don't think I've ever seen it before," Ye Cheng said, looking at Wang Defa.
Wang Defa shook his head. "I don't recognize it, and it doesn't look like a fishing boat. They're probably just here for fun."
“Let’s go take a look, Second Uncle. Since we’re already here, we should help out if we can.”
Wang Defa pushed the accelerator, and the fishing boat moved closer to that side.
The boats over there seemed very busy, and no one paid any attention to them, letting them slowly approach.
As they drew closer, Ye Cheng's brows furrowed instantly when he could clearly see the people on the deck.
"How could it be them?"
On the opposite deck, Ye Cheng didn't recognize anyone else, but he recognized Cui Shuran and Xiao Rou, who were anxiously watching the underwater scene.
"Young Master Cui! Xiao Rou!"
Ye Cheng stood at the bow of the ship and shouted loudly.
Cui Shuran turned around in surprise and saw Ye Cheng. His face lit up with joy, and he loudly ordered the people on the boat to pull Ye Cheng up.
As soon as Ye Cheng arrived, Xiao Rou anxiously dragged him to the side of the boat and pointed underwater, saying...
"Ye Cheng, we have a diver who has gone missing underwater. Can you go down and check on him?"
"Divers?" Ye Cheng then noticed that there were two people wearing diving suits sitting on the deck, nervously describing the underwater situation to someone.
"Is this the place you were talking about salvaging yesterday?" Ye Cheng asked Cui Shuran.
Cui Shuran nodded. "Yes, that's it. A diver has gone missing, and the people who went down can't find him. Ye Cheng, can you help go down and take a look?"
Ye Cheng frowned. It wasn't that they couldn't go down, but that having so many people go down would expose them.
Cui Shuran thought Ye Cheng was asking for money, so he quickly said, "I can give you money. I'll give you 20,000 yuan as long as you can save the person."
Ye Cheng glanced at him and said calmly, "Saving people doesn't cost money."
Xiao Rou looked at Ye Cheng with surprise, "Didn't you say before that you would only go into the sex industry if you were paid?"
"Miss, that's for work, this is for saving lives, okay?"
Ye Cheng still has basic principles. Accepting money at this time would make him seem too despicable. Of course, if Cui Shuran were a little more sensible after being rescued, he should at least give her a big red envelope.
Ye Cheng said to Cui Shuran, "Young Master Cui, I can go down, but you have to give me a set of diving equipment. And let's be clear, I can't guarantee it."
Cui Shuran nodded. "I'll go and talk to the head of the inspection team."
Taking advantage of the break, Wang Defa came over and reminded Ye Cheng, "Second brother, there seems to be a hole down there, a very deep one. It's very dangerous to go down there, don't be silly."
If there's a hole, then it's no wonder the divers went missing.
Then I need to be careful; you never know what might happen in the deep sea.
Soon, Cui Shuran came over with two people: a middle-aged fat man and an old man wearing glasses.
As they approached, Cui Shuran said to the old man, "Old Li, this is Ye Cheng. He's a local fisherman and a very good swimmer. I've already spoken to him, and he'll go down and help us find someone."
Old Li looked at Ye Cheng with a serious expression and asked, "Young man, are you familiar with this area of the sea?"
"Not familiar with him," Ye Cheng replied directly.
The old man's beard twitched. He hadn't expected Ye Cheng to say something like that. Shouldn't he have said they were very familiar?
"Are you confident you can help us rescue them?"
"No."
This unconventional response immediately created an awkward atmosphere.
The middle-aged fat man glared at Ye Cheng.
"If you're not sure what to say, won't that just delay things?"
Ye Cheng snorted coldly.
"Are you confident? If you're confident, then you bet."
Holy crap!
Judging from your demeanor, I know you're a leader.
but!
What's it to me?
After saying that, Ye Cheng turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xiao Rou behind him.
This country bumpkin dared to talk back to him like that! The fat man felt his authority was challenged, and he angrily pointed at Ye Cheng, his beard bristling and eyes wide.
"What...what kind of attitude is this?!"
Ye Cheng shrugged at Xiao Rou, "Well, you and Young Master Cui saw it, right? It's not that I didn't want to help, it's that they didn't need my help."
After saying that, he turned to leave, but Xiao Rou quickly grabbed him, "Ye Cheng, wait a minute."
Cui Shuran was completely bewildered by the situation before her; how could things have turned out this way so suddenly?
"Little Cui, you need to think things through more before you do things next time, understand?" The middle-aged fat man had no choice but to criticize Cui Shuran, since he couldn't do anything about Ye Cheng.
Cui Shuran was helpless and could only try to reason with the fat man, "Director Zhao, don't take it personally. That's just his personality. Saving lives is the priority now. Let him go down and take a look first."
After saying that, he turned to the old man and said,
"Old Li, time is of the essence. If we don't go down now, it will be dangerous."
When the topic of time came up, the old man glanced at his watch, his expression darkening further. He coughed and looked at the middle-aged fat man.
"Director Zhao, let him go down and try. There's no other good way right now."
The middle-aged fat man didn't dare to say anything harsh to the old man, so he could only nod and remain silent.
Seeing that the two had agreed, Cui Shuran quickly came over to persuade Ye Cheng, "Ye Cheng, please help us, there's really not much time left."
If it weren't for the fact that it was a matter of life and death, Ye Cheng definitely wouldn't have cared about it this time.
But knowing that he had the opportunity to save the person, yet not doing so, Ye Cheng felt that his conscience wouldn't allow him to live with himself if that person ended up dying.
“I’ll go down, but like I said, I’ll do my best, but I can’t guarantee I’ll find them. Tell them to tell me what’s going on down there, where they went missing.”
Soon, two divers came over and told them that it really was just as Wang Defa had said: there was a very deep cave on the seabed, and the person had disappeared in the cave.
The three of them went down, not expecting there to be such a deep hole below. They thought they could reach the bottom by swimming a little, but they swam for a long time and still couldn't reach the bottom, and there were many branch lines.
The three men made a hand gesture underwater to prepare to return. Just then, one of them accidentally dropped his handheld device to the seabed. He made a gesture and then dived down to retrieve it.
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