A charming and dangerous character

In people's inherent impressions or in general documentaries and film and television dramas, the ocean is often associated with words such as sunny beaches and openness to all rivers.

For those who are rarely close to the sea, the ocean is undoubtedly a representative of images such as gentleness and broadness, as if it has become a sapphire left by God in the world.While it is as vigorous as the sun, it also breeds countless lives like the earth.

Even on the deepest ocean floor, there are countless scenes of exuberant activity every day.

But when the light is gone, the fish swimming in the shallow layer disappear, and even sea anemones and corals start to curl up—then after the darkness comes, will the ocean still be the original appearance in people's memory?

Song Zhengrong rarely chooses to go to sea at night.

Although his hometown is in city D, which is close to the sea, it stands to reason that he has more opportunities to get in touch with the ocean than those in city S, but it is because he is usually very busy and has no extra time to play, and it may also be because From the bottom of his heart, he agrees with the popular saying that "going to sea at night is not safe".

And when he really went out to sea at night this time, he realized deeply that the ocean shrouded in darkness completely lost its gentle appearance in the daytime.

The front view is completely dark. If there is no searchlight on the yacht, it is impossible for human eyes to see the specific situation in the distance, not to mention that after the ship is driving far away and approaching the high seas, the underwater is covered with a lot of dangerous reefs and whirlpools. Those hard corals, as sharp as spears, also lurk in the undulating waves, waiting for some unfortunate ship to collide with them at any time...

At this moment, everything in the ocean seems to be full of treacherous waves.

However, apart from the harsh environment, Song Zhengrong and Lin Ze's luck is pretty good.

Because they had been following far behind Cheng Youting's small boat, the people on that boat didn't notice anything strange behind them from the beginning to the end.Of course, most people would never have imagined that someone could keep up with the target without losing any opportunity—especially in the case of changing the means of transportation from land to sea—after all, not everyone has such ability.

When the small boat sailed out for about 10 minutes and finally docked at an uninhabited island in the high seas, Song Zhengrong and the others were also favored by the heavens and chose a relatively gentle terrain to stop.

But when the two found Cheng Youting's trace again, they were surprised to find that this was only one of the "transfer" places in her itinerary.

And they later discovered that on this uninhabited island, apart from Cheng Youting and them who had just landed, there were many people in uniform standing in the dark waiting eagerly, as if they were waiting for something.

It just so happened that two of these people wearing similar clothes suddenly felt urgent to urinate. When the two of them left the crowd and came to a relatively secluded environment to relax, Song, who had been hiding not far away to observe the situation, Zheng Rong and Lin Ze looked at each other in a rare tacit understanding——

They are like two wolves staring at their prey. After seeing two lambs who took the initiative to escape from the large group, even the least hunting experience among them immediately appeared in his mind as if they were born with it. Similar to the other party, and possibly some rude arrangements.

Then, how Song Zhengrong and Lin Ze sneaked into the "Xunle" cruise ship will not be repeated here.

In short, although Song Zhengrong and Lin Ze successfully boarded the cruise ship, in order to avoid their identities being exposed, they did not act alone but chose to blend in with the crowd.

At first they could still see Cheng Youting's figure, after all, she was the only one who was dressed out of tune with the people around her, but after entering the huge cruise ship, they lost Cheng Youting's trace almost in the blink of an eye.

And when Song Zhengrong and Lin Ze saw the target they were looking for again on the cruise ship, Cheng Youting had already become the poor girl who was tied to the screaming turntable and was slaughtered.

That's why when Song Zhengrong walked to the stage and saw the girl's weeping face clearly and confirmed that the girl was Cheng Youting, he stared at her for a long time with a rare gaffe.

However, Song Zhengrong didn't know that Qiu Chuyi, who was also pretending to be on the boat, had observed his seemingly idiotic behavior carefully, but what kind of meaning would it represent in the eyes of the other party? It is even more impossible to know.

In the first round of the game, Song Zhengrong's merciful subordinates naturally had a reason to explain - he was not only sympathetic, but also selfishly hoping to leave a good impression on Cheng Youting, a key witness.

And when he later encouraged Lin Ze, in addition to telling him "don't be afraid", he must also tell him "be careful and don't get sideways". The wording may not be so strong, but the meaning is the same. .

But it is a pity that the final outcome of everything in the world may not escape the helpless Murphy's theorem.

Really afraid of something, Song Zhengrong couldn't help but suffocate when he watched the throwing knife accidentally thrown by Lin Ze hit the left side of Cheng Youting's chest without any mistakes.

Because Cheng Youting is likely to become a crucial witness in the "[-]" case, as calm and calm as Song Zhengrong, he almost couldn't control himself. When he saw her accident, he even wanted to rush to the front to check Cheng Youting's life signs.

But luckily he endured it in the end.

On the other hand, Lin Ze, who accidentally made a mistake here, caught a glimpse of Song Zhengrong's tightly clenched fists out of the corner of his eye, swallowed quietly, and apologized in a low voice: "Brother Zhengrong... yes, I'm sorry ..." His voice and his whole body seemed to tremble together.

Song Zhengrong saw Lin Ze's timid and fearful appearance, and all the original resentment and frustration in his heart finally turned into a low sigh on his lips.

Then, he breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand and patted Lin Ze's shoulder comfortingly: "It's okay, everyone makes mistakes sometimes—" Maybe it was because he remembered some unpleasant past, Song Zhengrong finally He simply and neatly ended the topic: "The only thing we can do now is to try our best to make up for it."

Lin Ze nodded thoughtfully after listening. He didn't know if he really understood the meaning of Song Zhengrong's words, or simply echoed.

But when he looked up at the turntable in the middle of the stage again, his emotions suddenly became agitated. He grabbed Song Zhengrong's arm and exclaimed, "Zheng, Brother Zhengrong! Look!"

"The girl on the turntable is gone!"

Song Zhengrong heard the words and immediately looked at the center of the stage in front of him. It was exactly as Lin Ze said. There was a turntable with many bloodstains besides being bare, and Cheng Youting, who was originally tied to it, was nowhere to be seen.

——But in such a short time, where can a girl who has been mortally wounded go?

Immediately afterwards, Song Zhengrong and Lin Ze quickly discovered that the host who had been yelling before and the two "middle-aged men" standing opposite them seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, and now only The two of them were still standing there sluggishly.

But the conversation between Song Zhengrong and Lin Ze was so short just now, and the only thing that can be explained is that these four people left quickly on purpose while the two of them were talking.

Lin Ze asked cautiously, "Brother Zhengrong... what should we do next..."

Lin Ze stared at Song Zhengrong's face in horror - it was getting darker and even about to explode - coupled with the question just now, he always felt that this scene seemed familiar to him, as if he had just experienced it not long ago .

But after all, Song Zhengrong was not the personality of another hot-blooded detective Lin Ze faced at that time.

While listening carefully to the sound of the crowd dancing wildly in the audience below, he frantically scanned the surrounding exits for people to leave quickly with his eyes.Soon, Song Zhengrong's gaze was locked on the back not far from the turntable.

It seemed pitch black there, as if it was an endless night, but if you looked carefully, you would still find that there was a slight shaking at the same frequency as the water waves.

Realizing this, Song Zhengrong walked over quickly, and before he even had time to tell Lin Ze, he suddenly lifted the pure black curtain that completely isolated the front from the backstage, and found behind him that he had been knocked out The host who fell to the ground.

Since one of them is still here, it is of course impossible for the remaining three living people to disappear out of thin air like this.

Therefore, I don’t know what kind of bad luck the host, after being threatened to leave the stage and then being knocked down with a knife, the first thing he saw when he woke up was another black one that looked like Lord Hades urging him to die. Face.

"Recount to me all that you have just seen and heard—"

Song Zhengrong said domineeringly: "Remember, keep your words concise, because my patience is very limited."

***

Cheng Ye suddenly felt like he was being a thief.

Like a headless fly, it walks quickly through the interior of the cruise ship without knowing the direction under its feet, but the night around it is quiet, as if only the stars are left shining deep in the sky.

This kind of stimulation accompanied by silence is like the waves swaying with the hull of the ship, and those turbulent waves made Cheng Ye's thoughts quickly drift back to just now——

After Cheng Ye recognized Lin Ze again after the girl on the opposite side had an accident, he had just finished speaking with Qiu Chuyi, and then watched the other party walk quickly to the turntable.

Moreover, Qiu Chuyi quickly said to the host very politely: "Excuse me, but can I take her away?" His gaze was fixed on the pale girl who was almost dying due to massive blood loss.

Perhaps the host thought that the unattractive man in front of him belonged to a special group of people with certain "hobbies", so he didn't show any vigilance towards Qiu Chuyi who came forward, instead he showed a professional smile with him, Say, "Of course you can if you like! But you might have to sign with us before you take her away..."

It's just that before the word "receipt" could be said, the host looked at Qiu Chuyi dumbfounded, as if playing ten times faster, and quickly hugged the girl off the turntable with his hands and feet—even though the host was standing It was very close to the turntable, but he didn't even see exactly when Qiu Chuyi made his move!

However, the host soon used his actual experience to personally experience the feeling of being treated at ten times the speed.

A sharp knife that came out of nowhere was firmly pressed against the host's waist—from the approximate length of the blade, it could be guessed that it might be a prop that had been inserted into the turntable and was taken out by hand—and The position of the knife was very ingenious, the sharp and bright knife tip was completely blocked by the host's large performance costume, and even the high-definition camera could not detect its existence.

"Take us out of here." Although the tone of the person behind him was still polite and polite, in the ears of the host, he felt an inexplicable ferocity.

I have to say that the host's intuition was very accurate, because when he brought those two (oh no, three to be precise, because there was an unconscious girl) to the back of the stage, he heard a message from the host's mouth. Li asked about the approximate location of the lifeboat of the cruise ship, and the "guest" who had been holding a knife to his waist finally expressed his sincere thanks to the host: "Thank you for your 'cooperation'."

As a result, the scene behind the stage changed to what Song Zhengrong saw just now.And what the poor host must have never imagined was that when Song Zhengrong finished speaking from his mouth again, he would still be cut down by a hand knife to greet him.

When Cheng Ye pulled away from his memories and raised his head to see Qiu Chuyi who was holding a girl in his arms and moving forward firmly, the illusion of being a thief in his heart was replaced by another more accurate noun that emerged—they just now That behavior was not at all a thief.

That was a "robbery" with a strong purpose and a pure thug nature!

And looking at Qiu Chuyi's actions of saving people, threatening them, and finally throwing people down, it seems that Qiu Chuyi has done things like this (the nature may not be so bad) in normal times.

This caused Cheng Ye to seriously doubt now, how blind did he have to be before to think that this senior is a "little white flower" who is ignorant of the world?

Qiu Chuyi, who was walking in the forefront, would naturally not know what Cheng Ye was complaining about him at the moment.

Although he still has a cold and his physical strength is not as good as before, it is still very easy for him to hug a female high school student.

But Cheng Ye still remembered his cold, so Cheng Ye walked quickly to Qiu Chuyi's side, and stretched out his arms to take the still unconscious girl from Qiu Chuyi's arms: "Let me hug—— "Cheng Ye gave him an excuse that sounded reasonable: "You look for the way, I'm a road idiot, and I don't know the direction at all."

Hearing this, Qiu Chuyi turned his head to look at Cheng Ye, and without saying anything, he handed the girl in his arms to Cheng Ye.

How could he not be able to tell that this was a concern from the other party - only this time, he did not choose to refuse like before.

After Cheng Ye took over, the corners of his mouth raised slightly uncontrollably, and even his steps became more brisk, as if he had really shared a lot for Qiu Chuyi.

Generally speaking, the lifeboats of large passenger ships are hung on the starboard and starboard sides of the hull, but when the two of them boarded the cruise ship, they also deliberately observed carefully, but found that the place where the lifeboats should have been placed seemed to be deliberately arranged. Nothing.

That's why Qiu Chuyi chose to "hold hostage" the host at the risk of being exposed before, in order to get the real location of the lifeboat from him.

The two quickly arrived at the tail of the cruise ship according to the path the host said. With the bright lights on the surrounding walls, Qiu Chuyi and Cheng Ye saw the orange-red dog hanging on the landing chute at a glance. lifeboat.

Although they also met many other guests on the way here, because the only host who knew the inside story was put down behind the stage at this moment (again, someone), most of the passers-by only thought that Qiu Chuyi, Cheng Ye And the girl in the arms wants to try a more open "three-person" relationship.

When launching the lifeboat, you should choose an environment with no wind, no waves, and no pitch and roll of the hull. However, due to the current wind and waves at sea, even this large cruise ship is shaking a little bit, and there are always patrols coming and going at the tail. Therefore, Qiu Chuyi and Cheng Ye temporarily hid in a guest room near the lifeboat.

After entering the room and settling the girl down, Cheng Ye finally asked his doubts: "By the way, I haven't asked you yet, why are you saving this girl?" Take a risk to save this girl who has nothing to do with them.

This question was indeed brought to the point by Cheng Ye.

In fact, at the beginning, Qiu Chuyi didn't have any other feelings for the girl trapped on the turntable except for the pity and sympathy that normal people would have. It was because when he observed Song Zhengrong's facial expression, It felt like Song Zhengrong seemed to be interested in this girl by accident, so he started to pay more specific attention to the girl, and then he discovered the reason why Song Zhengrong looked at her in a daze.

So he picked up a towel and wet it with water, and wiped off the tear-stained makeup on the girl's face in front of Cheng Ye.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Cheng Ye was very puzzled by Qiu Chuyi's sudden movement, but when he looked at the girl lying on the bed in doubt , Only then did he suddenly discover the secret covered up by the girl.

"This is - Cheng Youting?!"

Cheng Ye couldn't help but let out an exclamation. He didn't know whether the result was too shocking or he couldn't believe it. He observed the girl on the bed several times up and down, but no matter how he looked at it or from which angle, he couldn't believe it. Look, this is the only eyewitness in the "December [-]" case.

But after reaching this conclusion, Cheng Ye couldn't help feeling that the case became even more unbelievable.

He looked at the pale girl, and blurted out his doubts: "How could she appear here?"