The two boats, one after the other, were several hundred meters apart, and then both sped back at full speed.
The journey here was not long, only five hours by sea. If we return now, we should be able to get back before dark.
This voyage was the shortest of all our previous voyages, except for those with typhoons and heavy rain. The round trip took less than two days, and we only cast one net in between, which is truly a miracle.
Yu Jinshan and the others thought it was a miracle, but they all knew that the credit belonged to Zhou Xuan. Wu Dehu and the others were unaware of this, as Yu Changhe and Yu Jinshan had not explained it to him. They simply told him to go to sea with Yu Jinshan's ship.
However, Wu Dehu was indeed puzzled. He was not unfamiliar with Uncle Yu, but today's events were very mysterious. He was inexplicably asked to come along on his boat without any explanation, and then he cast his net to fish in the dark of night, and surprisingly caught a large net of fish. So he was confused and couldn't figure it out, because he couldn't understand any of these things.
After fishing, they loaded the fish onto the boat. But after loading the fish, cleaning and putting away the nets, Yu Jinshan and the others did not leave. They waited in the same spot. For some reason, they saw from a distance that someone on Yu Jinshan's boat had gone into the sea, which made them even more puzzled. The temperature and season were not the right time to go into the sea.
On Zhou Xuan's side, Uncle Yu Er excitedly drank and ate clam meat. Zhou Xuan had never eaten clam meat before. The clam meat was very delicious. Moreover, he had heard that pearls have high medicinal value, and since pearls grow in clams, clam meat naturally contains high medicinal and nutritional components as well.
There's no need to worry about the price of clam meat; there are several large baskets for them to eat as much as they want, and they'll never be able to finish it all.
Just as they were enjoying their meal, suddenly, Fu Gui, who was sitting opposite Zhou Xuan, pointed behind them in surprise, his mouth agape, speechless.
Behind Zhou Xuan was the direction of the ship's cabin. Uncle Yu chuckled and said, "Fugui, what's with that expression? Did you see a ghost?"
Fu Gui blushed and stammered, "Second Uncle...yes...yes..."
"Nonsense!" Uncle Yu Er scoffed, then turned around to look. Zhou Xuan and the others turned around as well, and upon seeing this, everyone's expressions froze, including Zhou Xuan's.
Because there was a girl standing by the cabin door, biting her lip and making a gurgling sound in her throat, clearly swallowing saliva.
Everyone stared in disbelief. Yu Jinshan said "Oh," and then blurted out, "Yuqi, what are you doing on the boat?"
This was the same question that the others wanted to ask, but Zhou Xuan didn't think that way. He wondered why Yuqi would run out of the room without considering the consequences.
Judging from her appearance, she obviously couldn't be sleepwalking. She seems to be awake, but how could a conscious person do something so foolish?
However, Zhou Xuan dared not ask; he had to see the consequences first.
Yuqi gritted her teeth before saying, "Second Uncle, I'm starving. Can I have something to eat?"
Zhou Xuan was furious. Hadn't he left her so much food in the room? How come she was starving to death?
Actually, Yuqi was woken up by the aroma of boiled clams. She was sleeping soundly, but the smell woke her up and she couldn't resist. She was feeling very bored in her room because she was eating nothing but instant noodles and canned food. She also felt that she knew everyone on the ship and they wouldn't harm her, so she gritted her teeth and left the room.
Zhou Xuan could only complain, wondering how he should explain things to Uncle Yu and the crew.
Yu Jinshan paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "You eat it."
Yuqi is Yu Jinshan's niece, the boss's biological daughter, whom he watched grow up. He has always doted on her. Among Changhe's four children, Yu Jinshan likes Yuqi the most, believing she is kinder than Yu Changhe's two sons.
Volume 1, Chapter 461: Who is the person behind Miss Yu Er?
Chapter 461 Who is behind Miss Yu Er?
Yuqi was really hungry. The fast food was really tasteless, and the room was stuffy, so she hadn't eaten anything. Now that her second uncle had agreed to her request, she immediately came over, sat down at the small table, picked up her chopsticks, and started eating without any politeness.
Clam meat is naturally fresh and delicious, let alone this kind of old clam from the deep sea.
Yuqi ate for a while, then stopped eating and looked at everyone. It was a little strange that she was the only one eating.
Looking up, Yuqi noticed that all seven people at the table were staring at her with wide eyes. Feeling a little embarrassed, she stopped eating and said, "Eat, eat! You guys keep eating, don't just watch me eat."
The others weren't watching her eat; they were surprised that she had gotten on the ship.
Ultimately, because she was family and the boss, Uncle Yu paused for a moment before remembering to ask the question he wanted to: "Qiqi, how did you get on the ship?"
Yuqi's gaze swept over them. Zhou Xuan didn't look up, but his supernatural abilities were detecting him. When Yuqi looked at him, she felt a sharp, unpleasant sensation, like a thorn in her throat.
Yuqi then looked away and said calmly, "Second Uncle, I was so bored at home that I wanted to go out to sea to relieve my boredom, but I knew you wouldn't agree, and if my dad found out, he would definitely not agree either. So I secretly slipped onto the ship and hid before you boarded."
Who is Uncle Yu? He is very experienced. Although others are half-believing and half-doubting Yu Qi's words, he doesn't believe them at all. Yu Qi's expression shows that there must be other reasons. Perhaps she is covering for someone else. Men should marry when they are of age, and women should marry when they are of age. Girls will fall in love and have someone they love when they grow up. Could it be that there is someone she likes on the ship, so she followed him onto the ship?
Because the cabins are locked when no crew members are on board, it's impossible to get inside. Only after the crew arrives can someone hide on the ship. This means that someone on board staged a play with Yuqi. Now we need to find out who that person is, and what will happen to them after we find them?
Of course, Yu Jinshan also had to consider Yu Changhe's situation. Given the status and position of the Yu family, what would Yu Changhe's attitude be?
After considering for a moment, Yu Jinshan said calmly, "Qiqi, forget it, let's eat. Don't go hungry. There are some rules on the ship, but they're just rules. You're practically the owner of this ship, so of course you don't have to follow them."
Yu Jinshan subtly downplayed the incident of Yu Qi sneaking onto the boat. Indeed, she was Yu Changhe's daughter, and there was nothing he could do if she slipped onto the boat. It wasn't a serious crime that could lead to death. Besides, there were other hidden reasons involved, but he certainly wouldn't ask about them in front of everyone now, so as not to make things unmanageable.
Zhou Xuan remained silent. Yu Qi had run out on her own whim, and although her current excuses had absolved him of responsibility, the experienced Yu Jinshan would likely find flaws in her story. Besides, Yu Jinshan's current calm demeanor was a bad sign.
Yuqi looked at the small basin on the table. It contained a basin of clean meat, but it was obviously not pork or anything like that. She had eaten quite a bit of it. It was very fresh and delicious, but it wasn't fish either, because she had been eating it for so long and there wasn't a single bone. If it were fish, even if it had very few bones, there would still be some.
"What kind of meat is this? It looks delicious, and it smells amazing!"
Yuqi still didn't reveal which room she was hiding in. This was a fishing boat, unlike a cruise ship or passenger ship with so many rooms, making it much harder to hide. It was easy to guess that there was an accomplice of Yuqi on the ship. Yu Jinshan was considering the extent of this accomplice's relationship with Yuqi before deciding how to deal with him.
Fu Gui immediately said, "This is the meat of a pearl clam. We just extracted a lot of pearls from it."
Because of Yuqi's identity, although Fugui and the others felt that Yuqi running onto the ship was abrupt, they did not find it unforgivable. After all, it was their family's property, and what the owners wanted to do was their own business.
"Hmm, no wonder, it's delicious," Yuqi nodded in response. She had never eaten clam meat before. She had eaten many kinds of fish in seafood restaurants, but she had only ever eaten mussels and oysters, but the taste of those was completely different from that of pearl clam, so she couldn't tell what kind of meat it was.
Hearing that it was clam meat, Yuqi didn't feel any resistance. If it were rat meat, or some other animal that she was afraid of and disliked, then she definitely wouldn't want to eat it.
Apart from Zhou Xuan and Yu Qi, who had only known each other for a short time, the others on the boat were quite familiar with each other. So after their initial surprise, they quickly became acquainted and started eating, drinking, and laughing together, forgetting everything else.
After eating for a while, Uncle Yu glanced at Yu Qi, then said casually, "Qi Qi, when you're full, go to my room to sleep and rest. I'll call you when we get ashore. Come in with me."
Fu Gui and the others naturally didn't find it strange. Uncle Yu and Yu Qi were uncle and niece, so it was not surprising that he cared about her. Moreover, Yu Qi was a girl, so it was only natural that they would show her more care on a fishing boat full of men.
But Zhou Xuan knew that this was the time for Yu Jinshan to question Yu Qi and get information out of her.