Chapter 7 Chapter 6 Life on board

After boarding the boat, Meng Yang clapped his hands and said, "Everyone gather here, let's count the number of people." In addition, Wang Chenfei and I have a total of 12 people. We are not friends, so Meng Yang did not give a detailed introduction. He mainly introduced this cargo ship. The ship we took is called "Chasing Star", which is the cargo ship of Giant Whale Company. Because the senior management of Giant Whale's equipment needs to travel at sea all year round, the living environment of "Chasing Star" is still very well designed. The crew living room, lounge, dining room, and even a dedicated billiard room and mini bar are comparable to a small luxury cruise ship.

The hull is divided into three floors, the first floor is equipped with large-scale basic equipment, the second floor is equipped with scientific research equipment, and the third floor is a place for us to rest and entertain.The captain's name is Hai Changfa, and it is said that he became the captain because of his name. However, since he became the captain for more than ten years, the ocean shipping of the giant whale equipment has never encountered a big storm at sea. I don't know if it is related to him. The name is related. Since he had nothing to do, Wang Chenfei called me to find the director of pharmaceutical research at Giant Whale Equipment to learn about the efficacy of the pharmaceutical preparations that their company researched this time.The other party was a middle-aged intellectual with a shiny parted head, and said politely: "My surname is Ma, Ma Weili, and Mr. Wang's name has been known to me for a long time. I have long wanted to ask you to correct me. Of course, it is definitely not about chemistry. I don't know Mr. Wang. Have you seen colorful seahorses in previous marine biology research?"

Wang Chenfei said: "I've never heard of it, why, is there a colorful seahorse?" Ma Weili said: "That's right, we went to sea this time for this kind of creature. It has a very strange ingredient in its body that can control the body's hormones. The most important thing is that this ingredient is very harmoniously integrated with human genes, and it has no effect on the human body." Side effects, it is a very safe drug, people say that the drug is three-point poisonous, but the drug mixed with this ingredient, at least so far, we have not found any side effects on the human body."

Wang Chenfei said: "However, it seems that seahorses can be raised in different places, as long as the environment is suitable. We also have seahorses for sale and appreciation?" Ma Weili said: "This is the problem. Although seahorses can indeed be bred in different places, when they leave this water area, their genes will mutate. Although the eggs produced can hatch seahorses, they will not have medicinal properties. We Many methods have been used, and even all the basic sea environment of the Yellow Sea have been restored, but this problem cannot be solved.” At that time, we believed these words to be true, and we really thought that they had encountered a research problem, so we sat in the dining room and discussed with them for a long time, and did not go back to sleep until late at night.

The sea area at night is not calm. We are not on a heavy ship, and the ship will be shaken by the waves. This makes me, a person who has never been out at sea, very uncomfortable, so I have not fallen asleep. In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard a very loud sound. A slight but unmistakable click of a latch. This is not a strange thing at first, even if you urinate on the sea, you have to urinate in a fixed place. Who can guarantee that you will not move overnight, even if you are sleepwalking, it is not impossible, but right after I heard someone whispered : "How many mg dose?"

Another person said: "Three or four milligrams is enough, too much is easy to cause accidents." I knew right away it was the people next door to me, since I lived in the back room, but I didn't know who my neighbors, the two sneaky people, were.At this time, I saw a light from a flashlight coming in faintly through the gap at the foot of the door, and then I seemed to feel that a person came to my door and stopped.Now I feel a little strange, because my room is the innermost, and going to the toilet is not in this direction. I also sat up quietly under alertness, watching every move outside.

After a while, I only felt the figure shaking, and a needle was inserted through the crack of the door, and the liquid inside was squeezed drop by drop on the ground, and as soon as it dropped on the ground, the liquid immediately turned into a puff of white smoke and flew into the air. However, I didn't expect them to make such a trick.I hurriedly covered my nose with the quilt. Although I don't know what they want to do, this is definitely not something a good person would do. When the needle was empty, he drew it back and left quietly.I hurriedly opened the viewing window of my room. The windows of seagoing ships are usually seldom opened, because firstly, it is windy at night at sea, secondly, there is the sound of waves, and thirdly, the smell of sea water is particularly strong.Then I poured water on the surface of the quilt to reduce the gaps in the cotton wool. Fortunately, I reacted quickly, but I was still tricked. After a while, I felt dizzy, and then I didn't know anything when I poured it on the bed.

When I woke up, it was already broad daylight, and there was nothing to do anyway, so I lay down for a while before opening the door and going out.When I passed the next room, I observed it carefully, and I couldn't see any doorway just by looking at the door.This matter is very strange, but I can't be sure who did it, so I didn't ask easily.When I saw Wang Chenfei, I asked him how he slept last night. Wang Chenfei said: "I didn't expect that I slept so hard when I went to sea for the first time. I almost peed my pants. I really didn't expect it." Of course I knew why, and I didn’t make a sound at the moment. When I returned to my room at night, I made preparations. I put the quilt on the ground near the crack of the door, and I didn’t dare to sleep after that. I kept my eyes open and waited until the middle of the night.Sure enough, there was another sound from the door next door, and my heart trembled, I got up and opened the window ahead of time, and sure enough, the needle tube slowly came in again, but this time all the liquid dripped on the cotton wool and could not evaporate, and when he left, I immediately wrapped the quilt up and put it under the window hole, then I quietly opened the door a crack, and I stuck a small mirror there during the day on the opposite hull passage, but it was only a very small piece, because I was afraid of being discovered by the other party , now it is just possible to observe the opponent's actions from this angle.

The passage to our bedroom wasn't particularly dark because of the bright lights on the top of the boat, and these guys had flashlights.Through the mirror, I saw that there were four of them in total, that is, the four tough-looking "scientists". When they finished all this furtively, they walked through the bedroom passage and disappeared after turning a corner. I wondered in my heart, could these people be commercial spies who came on board? You don’t need to question my understanding. Commercial espionage has been around for a long time. We who are in business have all heard of this kind of thing. After all, it’s normal for a company like Giant Whale Equipment to encounter this kind of thing. What means cannot be used.I hesitated for a while, wondering if I should participate in this matter, because speaking of it, the giant whale equipment has no direct relationship with me, and it seems not worthwhile to take risks for them.

However, my strong curiosity drove me out of the room. When I got to the stairs, I saw that they had turned off the flashlight, because there might be crew members there.I waited until they were fully down the stairs before following them.In the night, I saw those four black shadows sneaking into the warehouse, because I was not familiar with the warehouse, so I didn't dare to enter rashly, so I had to go back the same way, and walked past their room, I suddenly felt a strong feeling. In my desire to know more, when I pushed the door, it was unlocked, so I walked in. This is a relatively large room, and there are two upper and lower wire beds, which are close together.The lights in the room were on, and on the bed were the coats that the four men wore during the day, and a few things that surprised me: four pistols.

I don't understand guns, but I don't understand why they carry guns on their bodies. If this is just a simple pharmaceutical process, I don't think guns are needed, and even if they need to carry weapons for self-defense for safety reasons, then It's not enough to be handed over, right? However, the thing that surprised me was still to come. When I bent over to the bed to check the authenticity of these guns, I accidentally found two miniature submachine guns sealed with tape on the bed board of the upper bunk. Wang Chenfei's photo was also pasted next to the gun, with dense words written on it.I leaned over to take a look, and was surprised again, because it was all our personal information, even our date of birth. Of course, I don’t know if Wang Chenfei’s is accurate, but it’s about me. The words are not bad. I don't know why my sweat immediately flowed down, and I can't say what I'm afraid of, but it's definitely not a good thing to be remembered so deeply by a group of people with guns, but I don't know these four people at all. Why do you care so much? As soon as I was distracted, I forgot the time, and suddenly heard a slight sound of footsteps coming from the passage, and now I couldn't leave even if I wanted to, I was so anxious that I had nowhere to hide, I looked around and got under the bed. Fortunately, the two beds are connected together, because the beds on the boat need to be fixed, otherwise one bed will never hide me.When I got under the bed, I immediately shrunk to the corner of the wall and didn't dare to move. I only heard a soft knock on the door, and four pairs of hairy legs walked into the room. Then they turned off the lights, which made me secretly relieved. in one breath. The iron bed shook a few times, and the four people took their positions. After a while, only one person said: "What do you think about this matter?" Another person said: "I have been searching for two days but have not found any results. The days are numbered." Another person said: "I mean what if I can't find it?" Another person said: "What else can we do, we can't leave, we must go to the island." After being quiet for a while, another person said: "Damn, I wanted to deal with them at sea, but the surnamed Meng is really smart, and he didn't make any mistakes. I really don't want to go to the island. You have heard of things there. ?" Then another person said: "I heard a little bit, I heard that it used to be a prison for serious criminals, isn't it?" Another person said: "That's right, but it's not surprising to be in prison. There used to be a group of scientists there, and in the end all the prisoners and scientists died, and there was no one left." After a pause, he continued, "It seems that one escaped. Prisoner." After a moment of silence, another person said: "We are in this business, there is no other way, otherwise, who would want to go to that unlucky place, to put it harshly, there is no place to bury him when he dies." After that, no one spoke again. After a while, snoring started everywhere, and I heard that I fell asleep, but I still didn't move.It took a long time before I plucked up the courage to crawl out from under the bed, observed carefully for a while, and then carefully opened the door to leave. I couldn't sleep at all when I went back. What those people said was really worth thinking about, because it was obvious that we were going to a place where people had been killed, and it was a mass death event.If this is the case, then Meng Yang should know about it. With his identity, it is impossible for him to do a dangerous thing casually. He has no reason to make himself unhappy. I don't know if they are telling the truth. Thinking of this, I became suspicious of these four people again. Since they knew that the place they were going to was dangerous, why did they go?And what exactly were these four people investigating on board, they obviously had a purpose.Of course, the most important point is: what position do Wang Chenfei and I occupy among these two groups of people?If Meng Yang really took such a huge risk to go to the island as they said, and brought a useless person like me, is it for scientific research? But doubting his motives is very inexplicable. I really can't think of any point in me that is worthy of his use. I can't just want my life, can I?The point is that I have no personal grievances with him, and he has no reason to harm me.Thinking of this, my brain was aroused, and I thought that the Japanese used Chinese people to conduct virus experiments in the past. Could it be that this is what we went to the island for? I can't say that my guess is completely unreasonable. We are definitely pawns in Meng Yang's game of chess. He can't bring us out out of nowhere and give us a sum of money for nothing, but now it seems that we can get it Money is an unknown. I thought about it all night, and decided to tell Wang Chenfei about it early the next morning. After all, it is better to discuss it with one person than to make a blind calculation alone.Before I had time to brush my teeth, I saw the door of Wang Chenfei's room wide open as soon as I opened the door, surrounded by many people outside, including those four people. My heart sank and I hurried over, only to see the doctor on board examining Wang Chenfei, and after a while he said: "He has bronchitis, it must be that the carbon dioxide in his body cannot be discharged, causing him to faint." Wang Chenfei's illness is definitely related to the anesthetic used by those people, and he may be allergic to this drug.I secretly observed Meng Yang's expression, and saw him concerned: "Then what should I do, can it be cured?" The doctor said: "It's not a serious illness, just make an opening in the throat and infuse oxygen." Meng Yang said: "Then hurry up, don't delay the treatment, I don't want us to have a life lawsuit here." Then he asked us all to leave the room and let the doctor concentrate on performing surgery on Wang Chenfei.Now I have no choice, because apart from Wang Chenfei, I don't know who else I can talk about this matter with.When I stood on the deck in a daze, Meng Yang patted me on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, it's not a big problem, don't worry about it." I nodded with complicated emotions, followed Meng Yang to the dining room in despair, and ate a hearty breakfast without knowing what to eat.Meng Yang thought I was influenced by Wang Chenfei, so he didn't care too much, and kept comforting me.Suddenly he said: "You didn't sleep well last night, why are your eye circles so dark?" My heart moved, and I noticed from the corner of my eye that the four people were just burying their heads in eating and drinking. They seemed not to pay attention to Meng Yang's words, and said, "I'm born with dark eyes, so I can't help it. It's worse than sleeping at home." Meng Yang said: "Me too. I have been sleeping until dawn every day for the past few days. I can't figure out why the quality of sleep has suddenly improved?" The four people never said a word, and went back to the room after eating.When I went to Wang Chenfei's room again, his operation had been completed, he was taking oxygen, his vital signs had become stable, but he hadn't woken up yet, and my hanging heart was slightly relieved.When I walked out of the room, one of the four people was walking towards me from my own room. I had no intention of giving way, so I had to give way to him, but when he passed by me, he stopped and looked at me with contempt. I glanced at him and said, "Do you know what you're doing?" I was baffled by his question. I was about to ask him what he meant, but Meng Yang said, "Boss Zou, come here, I have something to do." I squeezed past him and entered Meng Yang's room. Meng Yang said, "How did you see Wang Chenfei just now?" I said: "It should not be life-threatening, but the person has not woken up yet." Meng Yang said: "It's fine then, but do you know why his tracheitis would attack? I remember he smokes, so it can't be because he sleeps that he gets out of bed?" There are not too many medical equipment on board, and it is impossible to do a comprehensive inspection, otherwise the doctor will definitely find that Wang Chenfei is allergic rather than bronchitis.Meng Yang's words reminded me, because I couldn't let Wang Chenfei tell the story, otherwise it would be like pointing out that the four people on the boat were weird.Before the matter is clarified, any rash action may bring disaster to both of us.After all, this is in the sea, and the two sides we are facing, one with more people and one with more guns, seem to be not good. At the critical moment, the characteristics of my small businessman began to appear, allowing me to timely measure the things I should be careful about.So I said: "It's really hard to say. I don't know much about Teacher Wang's physical condition. Maybe he does have bronchitis?" Meng Yang frowned slightly: "He still smokes with this disease?" I knew he was dissatisfied with my perfunctory answer, so I quickly changed my words: "Maybe it's not too serious, who knows, we'll have to wait for him to recover." Meng Yang nodded, and did not continue to ask: "Boss Zou, I still want to say that you'd better not talk to those four people too much, otherwise it may cause bad results to the company." My heart moved slightly. It seemed that Meng Yang also knew something about them, and said, "Don't worry, I know it well." In the evening, I heard that Wang Chenfei had finally woken up, and hurried to his room. Although his eyes looked dull, his consciousness had recovered clearly, and he could answer the doctor's questions cooperatively. One of the four was at his bedside. Seeing me coming in, Meng Yang said: "Boss Zou, you came just in time. My child is not feeling well. Dr. Liu will be there soon. Teacher Wang is here to ask you." This is exactly what I wished for, so I said: "You go, I will guard Teacher Wang." Meng Yang took the doctor and left the room, but that person didn't leave. I didn't know what to say to this kind of person, so I took a stool and sat beside Wang Chenfei. Just listen to the man say: "Your name is Zou Kainan?" I didn't want him to notice that I was aware of them, so I said, "Yes, what's your surname?" He hesitated for a while and said, "My name is Zhao Biancheng. How much did he give you when you went to sea with Meng Yang this time?" I didn't expect him to be so direct. I said, "This seems to be my personal privacy. Does your research institute still care about this?" Zhao Biancheng seemed to realize that it was inappropriate to speak to me in this tone, so he quickly waved his hands and said, "Don't worry too much, I'm just curious. But Boss Zou, even if I remind you from the perspective of a passerby, the giant whale equipment is not Meng Yang is not a kind person in a serious company, I advise you to avoid provoking such people, and don't steal chickens if you lose money, it's not worth it." His aggressive tone made me very uncomfortable, and he said: "I can decide my own affairs, and I am a citizen protected by the Constitution. If Mr. Meng does anything that is not good for me, then he will pay correspondingly." The price, you don't need to worry about this." Zhao Biancheng nodded and said, "I just kindly remind you, of course it's up to you to believe it or not." After saying this, he walked out. I got up and went to the door to make sure there was no one there. Then I closed the door and walked to Wang Chenfei and whispered in his ear: "Mr. Wang, we may be in trouble. Mr. Meng and Mr. Zhao Those people in the border town are not good people." As soon as I finished speaking, the door was pushed open with a bang. I was feeling guilty and almost jumped up in fright, when a rude and ugly woman walked in cursing and said, "If you want to die, you have to trouble my old lady." I’m afraid you won’t be able to afford the medicine, so don’t choke to death with a sip of water.” This is really too much. It is impossible for a normal person to say such a thing to a patient. What's the big deal about sending medicine once.She threw the medicine bottle into my arms with a snap, and said, "You feed him, but I don't care about the medicine." I couldn't help but wanted to argue with her, but Wang Chenfei held my hand. He waved his left hand at me, and the woman walked out of the room while cursing. I said: "These people are all lunatics, none of them are normal, Mr. Wang, we are really on board this time." Wang Chenfei seemed to sigh, and his expression became complicated, but he couldn't speak, just nodded at me, I couldn't guess what he meant for the time being, and said: "Mr. Wang, can you understand me? I It means that Meng Yang and those four people from the so-called research institute are not good people, especially those four people are still carrying weapons." Wang Chenfei nodded, my heart moved, I thought for a while and said: "Mr. Wang, do you have a certain understanding of this matter? Why do I think you don't seem too surprised?" Wang Chenfei thought for a while and then shook his head. I said, "What's going on? Can you write? I'll get you a notebook." When I put the paper and pen into his hands, I saw Wang Chenfei write the words "I don't know" crookedly. At least I didn't doubt Wang Chenfei's reasoning, because I have known him for a long time. If there is another comrade here, it can only be Wang Chenfei. Thinking of this, I feel a little safer in my heart, after all, I don't need to fight alone.The current Wang Chenfei is not suitable for too much communication, I diluted the medicine, fed him, waited for him to fall asleep, and then left the room.It was getting late at this time, and I didn't want to eat anymore, so I went back to my room. In order to prevent Wang Chenfei from being smoked with anesthetics again, I didn't even close the door.But in the middle of the night, there was a sudden wind and waves on the sea, which rolled up nearly half a meter of waves, and the boat spent the night in the bumps. The next morning, the sea was covered with a thin layer of fog, and the visibility was not very good. We were eating in the boat when suddenly the sailor ran over out of breath and said, "Mr. Meng, something happened." My heart tightened, and my first thought was that the boat would capsize, but Meng Yang said calmly, "What's wrong?" The sailor said: "There is a woman, probably a smuggler, something may have happened, she is asking for help." Meng Yang hesitated slightly, Zhao Biancheng said: "President Meng, this is a human life, please help as much as you can, she can't eat much." Meng Yangdao: "It's not that I don't want to take care of it, it's just that if we help stowaways and are reported, then I will bear legal responsibility." After saying this, he glanced at Zhao Biancheng, and Zhao Biancheng said: "Human life is at stake. Nothing is more important than human life. Save people first, and then talk about other things in due course. There is always a way to solve the problem." Meng Yang said: "Go and rescue her, you must find out her identity." After a while the boat stopped, probably the sailors were saving people, and after waiting for a while, only the sound of footsteps, four or five sailors came in with a little girl. At first glance, this woman's appearance and figure are from Southeast Asia, but her facial features are very beautiful, she can be regarded as a beautiful woman, but her clothes are torn and soaked, and she is still shaking until now. She has a thin figure and a timid appearance. People can't help but feel pity. Meng Yang said while drinking coffee: "Have you figured out her situation?" The sailor said: "No, she can't understand us, but she must be a stowaway, but there is something strange, she is the only one in that boat, I don't think she can't have rowed here alone, right?" Meng Yang nodded and said: "Okay, you guys go to sail, be careful and safe." After finishing speaking, she pointed to the chair in front of her. The girl hesitated for a while before walking to the chair, and sat down with a little bit of the chair surface, her hands clenched tightly on her legs, her eyes lowered as she looked at the table without daring to lift her head. , still shaking all over. Meng Yang said softly: "Are you hungry?" He made a gesture of eating. The girl nodded slightly, lowering her head even more.Meng Yang signaled the chef to get some breakfast and put it in front of her.I don't know how many days she has been hungry, her eyes lit up immediately when she saw the food, and regardless of us looking at her, she turned her dirty hands up and down, and ate a plate of food in an instant. Seeing this, Meng Yang asked someone to get another one for her, and poured him a cup of hot coffee. The girl had eaten three breakfasts before she gave up.As soon as there is heat in the body, the spirit immediately changes, at least the trembling has stopped.Meng Yang asked someone to take her down to take a bath to rest, while Zhao Biancheng said in a somewhat eccentric way: "Mr. Meng is really a kind person, and he is also a person who enjoys helping others." Meng Yang said: "Those of us who have been running on the sea all the year round, doing more good deeds can be regarded as asking for good rewards, and we should." Zhao Biancheng smiled and didn't say anything else. There is one thing that I am very curious about, that is, how can a boss of Meng Yang's level be so easily controlled by others?Moreover, he seemed to be very polite to the four of Zhao Biancheng. I really don't know if they owed a huge amount of money to the giant whale equipment.Except for those who send people's accounts these days, I have never seen such a righteous person who eats people's food and secretly organizes and sends people.Compared to Meng Yang, I hate Zhao Biancheng and the others even more.