"Benefits?" Yuqi paused, staring at Zhou Xuan. Seeing his mocking expression, she hesitated for a moment before asking, "What benefits do you want?"
Zhou Xuan said calmly, "I just bought this phone last year for over three thousand yuan. Adding the dangers involved in rescuing you, it must have cost several thousand yuan."
Yuqi was stunned for a moment, then became furious. Wasn't this taking advantage of someone's misfortune? She immediately retorted angrily, "Fine, fine, you just want money, how much do you want? I'll give you 100,000, or 1 million?"
Yuqi was furious. Although she wasn't familiar with Zhou Xuan, they had been through life and death together, and she had unconsciously come to regard him as her closest and most trustworthy person. But she never expected him to talk to her about money and ask for money now. This made her extremely angry, as if she had been betrayed. She couldn't bear it. After this was over, how could she forget the person who saved her? How could such feelings be measured by money?
It's safe to say that the Yu family will definitely repay Zhou Xuan in the future, and they will certainly repay him. But now Zhou Xuan has spoken up first and asked for it himself, which means something completely different.
Now that they're demanding money, what's the difference between them and the thugs who started extorting millions from her on the shore?
Zhou Xuan replied calmly, "That's too much. Ten thousand yuan will do."
Yuqi was taken aback again. Extorting money and then demanding only ten thousand—this was truly unexpected.
Yuqi sat up abruptly and patted herself down, but found no money. Her bag was gone, and the 20,000 yuan in cash and bank cards inside had been taken by the thugs.
After getting annoyed, Yuqi said sullenly, "It's just ten thousand, I'll owe you that for now. I'll pay you back when we get back. You're blinded by greed; you'll eat your fill with that money."
Zhou Xuan ignored her, handed her the phone, then turned his back to her and lay down to sleep again, muttering to himself, "You can owe me, but you have to pay me interest at the bank rate."
Yuqi nearly fainted from anger, panting heavily. She turned her head away, refusing to look at Zhou Xuan. This Hu Yun now gave her a completely different impression from before—so opportunistic and hateful. She really didn't want to deal with him anymore. But now they were on a ship with nowhere to go. If they weren't on a ship, they would definitely turn around and leave this place. This place was stinky and filthy, and the blankets reeked of men's stench—it was unbearable.
Yuqi sulked and fumed on the side, while Zhou Xuan stopped talking to her and turned his back to Yuqi to sleep. Of course, he couldn't fall asleep right away, but he practiced his supernatural abilities.
Zhou Xuan said this on purpose, of course. He didn't want to get too close to Yu Qi or have too much contact with her family. The more he interacted with them and the closer he got to the Yu family, the more trouble he would cause. He came to this faraway place to escape, and now that he had saved Yu Qi's life, their relationship had obviously gone beyond the ordinary. It would be better to argue with her about money and rewards, so that she would no longer have such goodwill towards him.
Zhou Xuan suddenly realized that if he and Yu Qi were alone in a room like this, it would definitely not be a good thing if they were exposed. He became worried and couldn't help but try to help, but he ended up getting himself into trouble. However, seeing the situation, he couldn't bear not to help.
I just didn't think of a good way at the time. If I had rescued Yuqi secretly, that would have been great. Why did I have to wait until those thugs threw Yuqi into the sea before rescuing her?
Although this way, the criminals wouldn't notice and it would be beneficial for Yuqi in the future, it wouldn't be beneficial for him personally. He really hadn't thought this through.
While practicing his superpower, Zhou Xuan also used it to explore the seabed. The seabed in this area was about ten meters deep. Since they had been at sea for nearly an hour, they were not far from the nearshore waters.
It was only about 1:30 a.m. Zhou Xuan was practicing his superpowers, and his spirits were getting better and better. Based on past experience, it was not easy to fall asleep while practicing superpowers. Now there were no books, and Yu Qi was on the bed behind him. In such a cramped room, he always felt a little awkward.
However, Yuqi was too tired and too frightened. Although the danger had been temporarily averted, the person who wanted to kill her had not been caught, and the incident had not been reported to the police. In the end, her danger was not over. Under the pressure of multiple factors, she finally couldn't help but fall into a deep sleep.
After Yuqi fell asleep, listening to her heartbeat, which was sometimes fast and sometimes slow, Zhou Xuan guessed that she must be dreaming, frightened by what happened today. They say that what you think about during the day, you dream about at night.
Zhou Xuan used his icy energy to improve Yu Qi's complexion and detected that her breathing had calmed down, indicating that the nightmare was over and she had fallen into a deep sleep. Only then did he use his special ability to probe the seawater beneath the ship.
There are no schools of fish in this area, only a few scattered ones, but it's definitely not worth casting a net for those few. Even with his supernatural ability to detect them, the net wouldn't yield more than a thousand pounds of fish.
While practicing his supernatural abilities, he also probed the seawater. His purpose this time was to fish. In the vast ocean, it was impossible to wait until dawn to probe the surface. The same applied at night. By probing at all times, the chances of success were much greater.
Because it was nighttime, based on Uncle Yu's previous experience, nighttime was purely for full-speed sailing, and they were indeed sailing at full speed into the deep sea.
With his eyes closed, Zhou Xuan's supernatural ability was almost subconsciously probing and observing the seawater, while his mind was resting and recuperating. In this way, he both got some rest and kept an eye on the seawater he was sailing through.
Although the seawater was pitch black, it had no effect on Zhou Xuan. Under his special ability, it was as clear and distinct as looking at a fish in a glass tank up close in broad daylight.
Yuqi was sleeping soundly. After Zhou Xuan's superpower changed her physique, she was much calmer. Zhou Xuan was also half asleep, using his superpower to probe the seawater.
About four hours later, at 5:30 a.m., it was still dark outside the ship's glass window. In winter, the days are shorter and the nights are longer, so it was not until after 6 a.m. that it got light.
But at that moment, Zhou Xuan suddenly detected a large number of fish darting out from a narrow and deep trench in the seabed.
Zhou Xuan was startled, his mind instantly clearing. He sat up abruptly, thought for a moment, then quickly reached out and gently patted Yu Qi, whispering, "Yu Qi, Yu Qi, wake up, wake up."
Yuqi trembled, opened her eyes and turned her head to see Zhou Xuan. She was clearly not in the mood to react and opened her mouth to scream.
Zhou Xuan quickly covered her mouth with his hand and whispered, "What are you doing? Don't shout."
Yuqi was stunned for a moment before she fully realized what was happening. After understanding, she snorted and nodded.
Zhou Xuan only dared to let go of Yuqi after she woke up. Yuqi then covered her mouth with her hand and whispered after a while, "I fell asleep and just woke up. I forgot everything. Thank goodness."
Zhou Xuan ignored her and said in a low voice, "I'm going out. Lock the door from the inside and don't make any noise. Just keep sleeping."
"What are you doing?" Yuqi sat up straight and then asked Zhou Xuan. She looked out the window and saw that it was pitch black and it wasn't even dawn yet. What was Hu Yun doing going out at this hour?
Zhou Xuan ignored her completely. The opportunity was fleeting and couldn't be wasted. This school of fish was different from the last one. The previous school of fish came with the warm currents in the seabed because of the water temperature. But this time, everything was different. The water temperature in the seabed hadn't changed much, and the fish had all slipped out of the trench.
The seabed topography in this area is not as flat as the area where we first emerged from the sea; it is more like a hilly area with varying elevations.
As soon as Zhou Xuan stepped out, he ran to the cockpit and shouted, "Second Uncle, Second Uncle Yu, slow down immediately! I see changes in the seawater; there might be fish around here. Reduce your speed, and then I'll know which direction to go!"
Uncle Yu was dozing off while Guan Lin was steering the boat. Hearing Zhou Xuan's shout, Uncle Yu was immediately awakened. After a moment of surprise, he realized it was Zhou Xuan calling him. Then, remembering the mission, he sprang to his feet and shouted to Guan Lin, "Stop! Stop! Stop right now!"
Then he said to Zhou Xuan, "Xiao Hu, we'll keep in touch via walkie-talkie. You go and do your thing, I'll take the helm."
Zhou Xuan took the walkie-talkie, nodded, and without any hesitation, quickly left the cockpit and went to the control area. Under his supernatural detection, he saw a school of fish darting out of the trench, their numbers increasing and their range extending to almost three or four hundred meters wide.
The fish were at a depth of about seventy to eighty meters in the water. Zhou Xuan quickly turned on the walkie-talkie, tested the sound, and said, "Second Uncle, Second Uncle Yu, can you hear me?"
"I heard you, I heard you, I've already reduced the ship's speed, you tell me."
Zhou Xuan quickly said, "How far is Wu Dehu's boat from us? Tell him to sail to a point 100 meters to the left and front of our boat and cast the net immediately."
After Zhou Xuan finished speaking, he pushed the guillotine to cast the net, and the large fishing net was sprayed out from the winch with a whoosh, landing in the optimal position that Zhou Xuan's special ability detected.
After Zhou Xuan notified them, Uncle Yu immediately contacted Wu Dehu's boat, told them about Zhou Xuan's notification and location, and told them to hurry up and cast their nets as soon as they arrived at the location.
As Wu Dehu sped toward the location designated by Uncle Yu, he asked, "Brother, it's the middle of the night, not even dawn yet, how can we see anything?"
Uncle Yu said in a muffled voice, "Just do as I say, don't ask so many questions."