As soon as Jiang Qingyue walked out of the search and rescue team's door, she immediately asked Xiao Zhao to take her to a nearby fishing village.
He asked each family one by one.
I originally thought that the soldiers and fishermen here did not interact with each other.
But until she mentioned Zhou Zhengting's name, everyone gathered around and praised him highly.
"Captain Zhou is amazing. There were several times when we almost got into trouble at sea, and he was the one who brought us back."
"Yeah, I haven't seen Captain Zhou these past few days. Is he out on another mission?"
Jiang Qingyue's nose was sour. "Captain Zhou disappeared at sea a few days ago, so we came here to ask you if anyone is familiar with that sea area?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
While sighing, he quickly took the map marked by Jiang Qingyue and started to look at it.
"This place is a bit far, almost close to Yue State. I've only been there once when I was a kid, so I can't remember it clearly."
"Yes, since the Kingdom of Yue has repeatedly invaded in recent years, we dare not go to such a far place."
Just as Jiang Qingyue's heart was cooling down, someone suddenly shouted, "Oh, by the way, didn't I remember that old Xu just went there not long ago?"
"He almost didn't come back that time, but was eventually brought back by Captain Zhou."
"Hearing you say that, I also remembered that there is such a thing. Old Xu is a man who doesn't follow the ordinary path. He always likes to venture to such far seas. He says that there are many big fish there."
After hearing this, Jiang Qingyue's hope was rekindled.
"Excuse me, where does the old Xu you mentioned live?"
Everyone quickly pointed to a small courtyard by the sea. "Look, it's right there. But he went out early today, so he must have gone out to sea."
Jiang Qingyue quickly said goodbye to everyone and ran to the yard with Xiao Zhao.
After knocking on the door and entering the yard, I found out that Old Xu had indeed taken his two sons out to sea.
Only his wife was at home.
Jiang Qingyue asked hurriedly, but the other party said that he was not sure when he would be able to come back.
Jiang Qingyue's heart immediately sank again.
Just as the two men got up to leave, they were about to go back to the village to ask if there were any elderly people who knew the place.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door.
Old Xu's wife was overjoyed, "Is he back?"
Jiang Qingyue and Xiao Zhao also hurried out.
"Boss, why are you back so soon?"
"Hey, the wind and waves are strong today. I decided not to go out, so I came back!"
"You're back just in time! There's a guest waiting for you at home. It's Captain Zhou's girlfriend."
Jiang Qingyue hurried forward and explained her purpose.
After hearing this, Old Xu couldn't help but sigh repeatedly.
He quickly took the map from Jiang Qingyue and started looking at it.
"I don't quite understand this map, but I remember the place you mentioned. When I was young, my boat was overturned by wind and waves. I was rescued only after drifting to this place."
"Based on my decades of experience drifting at sea, if someone disappeared in this place, they were probably swept back, probably in this area."
Xiao Zhao looked at Old Xu in disbelief. "Are you sure? The experts said that according to the wind direction and ocean current direction that night, the man should have gone to the northeast. You are referring to the southwest."
"What a bullshit expert! I don't understand a word he said. But I went to that place often when I was young, so I can't be wrong. It must have been swept back by the dark waves below."
Jiang Qingyue stopped Xiao Zhao and said hurriedly, "Uncle Xu, I believe in your experience. Can you go out to sea with us to look for it?"
Old Man Xu paused for a moment, then stood up and said, "Okay! Captain Zhou saved me before, so I'll go with you no matter what."
After that, they simply packed up and went to the search and rescue team.
Several people told the captain about the situation.
Seeing that Jiang Qingyue and the others insisted on going, he had no choice but to send a boat to them and assigned some people to go with them to look for them.
"That place is very dangerous, go and take a look, if nothing is there, come back quickly!"
It was almost dusk and no one showed any intention of resting.
It was agreed to set off immediately.
The wind and waves were very strong at night, and Jiang Qingyue, who usually doesn't get seasick, felt very seasick at this time.
She looked pale and kept vomiting.
Xiao Zhao at the side was very worried, "Why don't we turn the boat around and send you back first? The waves are too big, most people can't stand it."
Jiang Qingyue waved her hands quickly, "It's okay, I won't feel so bad after I finish vomiting——"
"I can hold on, please don't waste time—"
Seeing this, Old Xu on the side quickly asked Xiao Zhao to find a piece of ginger.
He cut it into slices and asked Jiang Qingyue to put it in her mouth. "Try it. Maybe it will make you feel better."
"Thanks."
I don’t know if it was because I had vomited or if the ginger had worked.
Jiang Qingyue finally came to her senses slowly.
Looking at the pitch-black sea, Jiang Qingyue witnessed the power of nature for the first time.
Imagine that Zhou Zhengting sat on such a deck more than once on countless nights, gazing at the empty and lonely sea.
What was he thinking about at that time?
After Jiang Qingyue saw the hard life in Nandao with her own eyes and walked the same sea route as him, she finally understood his hesitation on the phone before.
He would probably rather endure the pain of missing her alone than bring his two children to this island to live a hard life with him.
Jiang Qingyue looked aimlessly into the distance, asking herself questions over and over again in her heart -
Zhou Zhengting, where are you?
Until a night passed, the sun slowly rose from the horizon and the waves on the sea gradually subsided.
Jiang Qingyue just took a nap leaning on a chair last night, and woke up immediately when a ray of sunlight came into the cabin.
"How long will it take us?"
"That place is far away. I guess we can't get there until tomorrow morning at the earliest."
Jiang Qingyue's heart skipped a beat. It would take another day and night to get there.
In the following time, Jiang Qingyue spent the rest of the time looking out into the distance except for eating and sleeping.
Another day and night passed like this.
It wasn't until the next morning that the sky began to turn pale.
Suddenly, a group of scattered small islands appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Sister-in-law, look!"
Jiang Qingyue thought he saw something and rushed out quickly.
"Where is it?"
Old Man Xu also ran over and asked, "Have you seen Captain Zhou?"
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