Chapter 4
The night at sea is endless darkness. The pure blue sea water turns into wave after wave of black water, and the boat shakes sometimes heavily and sometimes lightly.
Qin Yao sat in the cabin. She was obviously drowsy, but she couldn't fall asleep, as if she had insomnia. Her body felt very weightless, and there was a long ringing sound in her ears.
Qin Yao tried changing several sitting positions but still felt uncomfortable. She covered her mouth with a handkerchief. She felt dizzy and wanted to vomit.
The person next to her grabbed her wrist in the darkness. Qin Yao raised her eyes and met a pair of eyes as black as ink.
Gu Cheng massaged several acupuncture points on her palm and asked, "Are you feeling better?"
Qin Yao collapsed on the chair, unwilling to open her eyes like a dead pig, and let Gu Cheng massage her. This guy was really ruthless and used a fatal technique, which hurt her terribly.
It hurt so much that I cried.
Qin Yao sat up straight, quickly pulled back her hand, and said repeatedly: "Okay, okay."
She gasped twice and looked at the back of her hand, and sure enough, she saw a large area of criss-crossing crescent-shaped finger marks.
They were all "pressed" out by Gu Cheng.
She didn't know if it was a massage of traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture points, but it was very painful. It woke her up and the roaring sound in her ears subsided.
"It's really uncomfortable on the boat." Staying in the cabin was like being wrapped in a balloon. The oxygen around her was thin, and it seemed as if an invisible air pressure was coming towards her.
Gu Cheng laughed: "We haven't encountered any big storms yet."
Qin Yao came up to him and asked him curiously: "What do you do when you can't sleep at night on the boat?"
The little girl's face was full of curiosity and exploration, her eyes were wide open like a cat's, and her pupils were clear and bright, like the stars on the sea.
"Go out and look at the stars."
So the two of them went up to the deck to look at the stars. The cabin was stuffy and the wind was strong on the deck. The rope railing that circled the ship was not high and had several life buoys tied to it.
Qin Yao stared at the railing, feeling anxious, and couldn't stop having wild fantasies in her mind.
"Don't you think the design of this railing is unscientific? The gap at the bottom is too big. If someone slips, they will just slide out." Qin Yao pulled Gu Cheng's clothes and pointed to the sea water below that looked like a black hole.
Gu Cheng strode to the railing, looked back and saw Qin Yao was not going to get close, so he held back his laughter and reached out to pull her, "There's no such fool."
Qin Yao, who was holding on to the railing with both hands, was going crazy. She felt like she was standing on the top floor and had crazy hallucinations of herself falling from the building (into the sea).
——She found that marrying a fisherman was also dangerous.
The coast guard on the ship saw them leaving the cabin and thought they were educated youth who were planning to flee the country. They warned them, "You have come to this point. Even if you jump into the sea, you will not be able to swim to Hong Kong Island. You can only feed the fish in the sea."
"We are not educated youth." Gu Cheng negotiated with the coast guard for a few words. Qin Yao didn't know what they said. The coast guard allowed them to continue to enjoy the breeze on the deck.
The two sat on the deck. Qin Yao curiously asked Gu Cheng about his past fishing experiences. Gu Cheng simply picked out a few things and told them to Qin Yao.
The South China Sea is vast. In addition to Qiongzhou Island, there are countless other large and small islands. Many fishing boats and fishermen go to the deep sea to fish, and then dry the fish on the South China Sea islands and then return.
Sometimes the weather is bad and a typhoon hits, and we will be trapped on an isolated island for a long time.
When going out to sea to fish, it is also easy to run into fishermen and troops from other countries.
"You can see a large area of coral in the shallow water on the island? Are they beautiful corals? Can you also salvage natural pearls?" To Qin Yao, what Gu Cheng said was like a wonderful adventure.
The natural environment is excellent now. There are not many people on the island and there is little pollution. There are large areas of corals and natural pearls have not been fully harvested by humans. There are many natural treasures in the sea.
"No wonder going to sea makes people so excited." Qin Yao felt unsatisfied and full of anticipation.
When the fishing net is cast, no one knows what treasure will be caught. This kind of uncertain yet expected reward is as fascinating as the card-drawing games of later generations.
Gu Cheng's mouth twitched: "..."
"Hey!" Qin Yao came over curiously, leaning close to Gu Cheng's ear, and asked in a low voice: "Have you salvaged anything like that? Well, like weapons or detection equipment dropped by other countries? Will there be a reward if you hand it over to the country?"
Qin Yao held her cheek with her hand. She seemed to have heard about some ways fishermen became rich before, such as a country deploying detection equipment and a large number of fishing boats following behind to salvage.
If you catch a big one, the reward will be hundreds of thousands.
At this time, there should not be as much as hundreds of thousands of yuan. The bonus of hundreds or thousands of yuan is also a huge sum of money. Initially, many weapons and equipment were hacked, and we also have to thank the deep-water torpedoes dropped by the other side for helping our technological progress.
"No." Gu Cheng's expression was strange. He lowered his eyes, his handsome face turned cold, and he looked at Qin Yao with a vigilant and scrutinizing gaze.
Why would an ordinary little girl ask such a question?
"Oh." Qin Yao nodded and didn't dwell on this issue any further. After listening to so many new and interesting things, she had a smile on her lips. Feeling the cool sea breeze at night, she felt that the waves under her feet had become gentle.
When she got to the island, she wanted to see corals, pick banana leaves, eat pandan cakes, and go fishing. She brought salt with her to pick up all kinds of small seafood, grill oysters, grill clams, grill mantis shrimps...
Maybe she might still have a chance at a less romantic relationship.
Qin Yao glanced at the profile of the young man beside her, pursed her lips and smiled gently.
In that impetuous and fast-paced modern city, in that era oppressed by high housing prices and high commodity prices, it is difficult to encounter true love, which is mostly mixed with material and desire. But in this era where materialism is not rampant, perhaps you can encounter true love.
It's strange, isn't it? The people who introduced her to potential partners were all financial and legal elites, but she actually fell in love with a fisherman and even fantasized about living a simple and interesting life on the island in the future.
"Gu Cheng!" Qin Yao looked at him with a smile, then quickly raised her hand and wiped his face.
Since the first day, she has not checked Gu Cheng's favorability towards her. But up to now, how much does Gu Cheng really like her? Xu Wei, who just met her once, has a 50% favorability rating towards her.
Gu Cheng shouldn’t be that low, right? They had been together for a while after all.
【Do you want to check the favorability? 】
Qin Yao closed her eyes and chose "yes" with piety and expectation. At this moment, she was like a fisherman who cast his fishing net, waiting to see the harvest of his hard work.
[His impression of you -30 (He is full of suspicion of you)]
-30?
Qin Yao was stunned on the spot. In the night breeze, Gu Cheng's handsome profile looked more mature and steady than in the daytime, full of masculine charm.
She once thought that Gu Cheng might not have a high degree of favorability towards her at the moment, but it should be at least several dozen, right? The result was negative! It's negative!
The cold sea breeze hit Qin Yao's face mercilessly. She took two steps forward in a trance. She put her hands on the railing and looked down. There was the inky black sea water. The deep sea water extended to the sky, cold and mysterious.
The sea water continuously hit the hull, stirring up foam that suddenly splashed all over Qin Yao's face.
The droplets landed on my face like spray, but I felt nothing. I licked my lips, and it tasted a little salty and bitter like sea water.
Even the sea water was laughing at her self-conceit.
——Love, damn love.
*
Back in the cabin, all the hazy fantasies were shattered. No longer having any other expectations, Qin Yao fell asleep strangely. The next day, everyone was in a bad mood. Qin Yao ate something and sailed with the ship, rocking until the evening. She didn't talk to Xu Wei, nor did she say a few words to Gu Cheng that day.
All I could hear was Tian Shuyun chattering with a few female educated youth in the back about marriage and finding a partner.
The ship arrived at Coconut City at 8:30, and they sailed for about twenty-six or twenty-seven hours in total.
The boat docked and a group of people got off in an orderly manner. Qin Yao, who had rested for a whole day, was full of energy. She quickly took her suitcase and backpack without looking at Gu Cheng's face.
She didn't say goodbye to Gu Cheng, they were strangers to each other.
Knowing Gu Cheng's true affection for her, Qin Yao felt uncomfortable being with him the whole day. Yes, she was no longer the pretty school belle, but a 140-pound fat man. Although he didn't say anything on the surface, he didn't know how he despised her behind her back and was so shameless and annoying.
I am full of suspicion about her. What do I doubt about her? Suspect that she is being sentimental? Have bad intentions towards him?
"I want a room for one night." Qin Yao took out her letter of introduction, filled out all the information, and prepared to stay in the guesthouse for one night.
She carried her luggage upstairs. The room she was staying in was on the second floor. When she opened the door, it was slightly damp. The conditions here were average. There were only simple bamboo furniture in the small room.
The water flow in the toilet was very small, and it took a long time to fill a basin. Qin Yao simply wiped her face and washed up, then lay quietly on the bed. After lying there for a while, she seemed to remember something and took out a piece of paper from her backpack. There was an address written in flying handwriting on it.
Qin Yao tore the note into pieces and threw it into the trash can without any reluctance.
She thought to herself: Damn brother, thank you for hating me so much, but still accompanying me to watch the stars.
But, never see you again.
*
"Qin Yao."
When getting off the boat, Gu Cheng called her several times, but the girl squeezed in the crowd of educated youth pretended not to hear him, as if getting on the boat was going to cost her life, and she wished she could fly to get off the boat.
The luggage is not too heavy now.
Qin Yao was in a bad mood the whole day today, and Gu Cheng thought she was seasick and felt uncomfortable after being on the shore for a while, and she would recover.
Gu Cheng deliberately stayed away from her. After getting off the ship, he met a familiar comrade at the port and explained a few things to him.
"Captain Gu, are you on vacation? Why are you dressed like this?"
"I was on a business trip."
Gu Cheng went to get the package he had left at his comrade's home, which contained a set of his military uniform. He had to hand in the information file tomorrow and get it stamped by the authorities here before he could return by ship.
After doing all these things, Gu Cheng somehow returned to the port terminal, but he could not see the familiar man.
"It's so late, she must have gone to rest." Gu Cheng was a little annoyed. Qin Yao hadn't spoken to him much today, and he felt very uncomfortable. Not only did she not talk to him, she also didn't give him food, not even candy. She didn't say a word before getting off the boat, and she couldn't wait to get off.
It was as if he was completely ignored.
He felt that his mentality was very strange. He had doubts about Qin Yao, but she was just an eighteen-year-old girl, who was seeing the sea for the first time on a ship. Her mind was full of wild fantasies. He just asked a few naive and silly questions. He was too paranoid.
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