Su Qingci saw through it but didn't say anything. She threw the gun on the ground, her face full of terror.
"That scared me to death."
"I killed someone."
"He stuck his head under my pistol and said he was out of bullets. I... I didn't know, so I pulled the trigger."
"Wait, what exactly happened? Aren't you all in cahoots?"
The three people present, seeing Su Qingci's terrified and panicked expression, slowly felt their hearts relax.
Si Gui was terrified, but she still tried to comfort her, "Sister Su, don't be afraid, it's alright, it's not your fault, it's all their fault."
"We're not with them; they're a bunch of ruthless beasts!"
Qianfu quickly explained, "Miss Su, they tampered with the control room. They never intended to sail the cruise ship inland. They were controlling the ship to sail to the island. They had ulterior motives towards you, but we discovered it and wanted to kill them to silence them."
Si Gui nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, thankfully we're all alright."
"Sister Su, don't worry, you saved our lives. We are not the kind of people who repay kindness with enmity."
Xu Dasheng glanced at the captain, who was now silent on the deck, and instructed Si Gui and Qian Fu, "It's windy on the deck. You two take Miss Su inside first, and I'll take care of things here."
Qianfu was quick-witted and immediately took a step and stood to the side of Su Qingci, blocking her view.
“Miss Su, don’t look, come on, let’s go inside first, leave this to Uncle Dasheng.”
Seeing them heading towards the cabin, Xu Dasheng bent down, hoisted the captain onto his back, and threw him into the sea.
If this beast were allowed to live, who knows how many people he would harm, how many families would be torn apart and destroyed.
Inside the cabin, Si Gui and the others didn't hide anything from Su Qingci and told her everything about how they were tricked into going to sea.
"What? 2000? One life? Don't so many of you know how to fight back?"
Su Qingci stared wide-eyed in disbelief. 2,000 Taiwanese dollars! That's more than 400 yuan in RMB.
Four hundred yuan, a human life! This is too immoral. Most of those who can't go back are the breadwinners of their families. How will their families survive after losing their breadwinners?
Dozens of people were willingly driven into the deep sea, and half of them died...
Si Gui choked up, “They have guns, and more than one.”
“We tried to cause trouble, but before we could even start, he opened fire on us and killed one of us on the spot. Although we outnumbered them, they had just as many people.”
"Back then, with guns pointed at our heads, if we didn't go to sea, we would die. If we went to sea, we couldn't get back on the boat unless we found a way to catch fish. We had no choice but to fight for our lives."
"I never imagined they were inhuman. They set trap after trap, and on the way back, they even set snares for those of us who barely survived, luring us into gambling, then forcing us to borrow money from them, and then using the pretext of writing IOUs to coerce us into signing unequal treaties..."
Although the bad guys are dead, Si Gui still speaks of it with righteous indignation.
Qianfu occasionally chimed in with a few words.
Later, the two of them came to their senses. "By the way, Miss Su, I am also a helmsman, although I haven't graduated yet."
"I'll readjust the ship's orientation for you..."
"No need," Su Qingci shook her head.
"Since you all say you're almost at the island, let's take you there first."
Qianfu scratched his head sheepishly, "Well, I can't accept that. You rescued us, you've already... you've already..."
Su Qingci glanced at Sigui thoughtfully, "I also have something to do on the island, and I might need your help then!"
"Sister Su, you're too kind. If you need anything, just let me know. You saved our lives..." Si Gui quickly expressed her loyalty.
After the three tall men were eliminated, everyone's relationship instantly became much closer.
I don't know if Qianfu and Sigui were afraid of those three before, but now that those three are gone, the previously melancholy boy has instantly turned into a sunny boy and has become more talkative.
Taking the opportunity, Su Qingci asked Sigui, "You look only sixteen or seventeen, right? Are your family members really comfortable letting you go to sea like this?"
Si Gui scratched his head and said awkwardly, "My family is short of money, and we didn't expect them to cheat us. When they recruited us, they said that if we went out to sea to fish with them for three months, we could take a thousand yuan upfront after signing the contract, and we could get another thousand yuan when we came back."
"I thought it would only be three months, and my Uncle Dasheng was going too, so I secretly signed up without telling my family. By the time my parents found out, the contract had already been signed."
"Breaking the contract would mean paying several times the amount in penalties, so my family had no choice but to agree to let me go to sea and told me to listen to my Uncle Dasheng in everything."
Su Qingci asked casually, "Didn't you say before that you were from a fishing village? People live off the land and the sea. With your excellent swimming skills, your family shouldn't be that poor, right?"
Si Gui reached out and stroked the hull beside her with a complicated expression. "My father was a very hardworking and frugal sailor, and also the best sailor in our area. As long as he was paid, he would take on any job, no matter how dangerous, difficult, or tiring."
“My mother was in poor health, and I have a younger brother and sister. We understood that my father worked hard. As we grew up and our family’s financial situation improved, my father still worked just as hard.”
"He was always the first person in the village to go out to sea and the last to return."
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