Chapter 354: Stormy Encounter

"We can't go further in; there's no room inside. Just stop there." shouted the people on Liu Village's boat.

"Okay." Duan Chunsheng replied, and he had Ye Cheng stop the boat together, leaving it several meters away from Liu Village's boat.

"It's the Liu Village boat over there, it's fine, Lao Er." Duan Chunsheng said.

Upon hearing it was Liu Village's, Xiao Hu also sat down steadily and began to rest.

Ye Cheng had intended to rest, but after glancing at the opposing fishing boat, he always felt something was off.

Right, they're people.

There are too many of them.

A typical trawler has only 2-3 people, but their boat actually has five.

Moreover, besides two dressed as fishermen, the other three don't look like fishermen at all.

However, being so far away, Ye Cheng can't see them very clearly.

"Brother, what's wrong? Opposite side said it's Liu Village, what else do you have to look at?" Seeing Ye Cheng like that, Xiao Hu asked doubtfully.

"It's Liu Village's, but it doesn't feel that simple." Ye Cheng said solemnly.

After saying that, Ye Cheng walked straight to the stern of the deck and whispered,

"The rain is heavy now; I'll swim over to take a look. You stay up there and deal with Duan Shu, just say I fell asleep."

Although Xiao Hu thought it unnecessary, Ye Cheng said it, so he nodded: "Then be careful; the storm is coming, the waters below certainly won't be calm either."

"Mm, I got it."

After saying that, Ye Cheng took off his outer clothes and pants, then went into the water from the stern of the deck; the rain was so loud that nobody noticed him.

Actually, if it weren't for Yang Liu mentioning the island nation yesterday, he wouldn't have thought to go down and check.

Having said that, and recalling that Duan Chunsheng also said yesterday he saw a suspicious-looking vessel, he always had some doubts.

Upon entering the water, Ye Cheng shivered all over; the stormy sea water, even at midnight, was still somewhat cold.

And just as Xiao Hu said, the waves on the surface aren't big, but underneath there are still undercurrents, making swimming somewhat strenuous, occasionally being pushed left and right drifting.

Fortunately this is a bay, the route is relatively clear; otherwise Ye Cheng would feel like he's about to get lost.

All three boats had their lights on; to avoid being discovered, Ye Cheng dove down hard, the water here isn't very deep, and he soon reached the bottom.

I thought it was just an ordinary seabed, but I didn't expect there to be so much down there.

Ye Cheng casually scooped up a shell; it was a scallop, a really big one.

Visibility is poor now, but within his field of view there's a large area of scallops.

No, I need to come back here; this treasure trove must not be wasted.

But there are more important matters now; Ye Cheng could only toss the scallop aside and swim forward.

Above, through the thick water, a large patch of light refracted, making it impossible to tell which boat it was.

Ye Cheng could only swim up a little, then he could see a bit more clearly; the Liu Village boat was right ten meters ahead.

He gently moved his hands and feet, pressed against the hull, swam to the bow, then slowly rose from underwater, exposing his head.

This spot is relatively hard to be noticed.

The rain is loud; the people on the boat didn't speak much, occasionally a few sentences in the local dialect.

However, it seems only these two speak the local dialect, and one of their voices actually sounded somewhat familiar to Ye Cheng.

He leaned up a bit, wanting to hear clearly who it was.

"Da Liu, I don't know how long this rain will last; you said if it rains today, will they pay?"

Da Liu?

It's Da Liu.

Ye Cheng reacted instantly; no wonder it sounded so familiar—turns out it really is an acquaintance.

After going to Liu Village for clamming a few times and then not going back, I don't know how Da Liu has been faring.

Everyone's a slacker, just each slacking in their own way.

However, from what they're saying, they really did bring a bunch of clients; just don't know where those clients are from.

While thinking that, the two continued speaking in the local dialect.

"Da Liu, you say we're bringing these little Japanese; won't we get scolded?"

"What's there to scold about? They're here for inspection; if there's money, just make it. 2000 bucks a day—if you don't want to earn, plenty of others will." That was Da Liu's voice.

"Everyone says the little Japanese are bad; I see them coming and going for inspection, not knowing what they want to do, but I feel they just want to scoop something up and leave."

"If we're going to scoop, we'll scoop; as I said before, they just want to scoop a few shells. Anyway, we agreed that if we scoop them we can split the money—it's just a few shells; the little Japanese have few things, so coming here to get some rare goods is no big deal."

Hearing that, Ye Cheng could basically confirm these people were really up to no good.

"Damn it, this Da Liu, how can he be so clueless?"

"They're paying you, just do it; what's 'a few shells'? Many things are state-protected animals."

"Fuck!"

"You're crazy for money, going to earn the little Japanese's money."

Hearing that, Ye Cheng saw no need to listen further; he slowly dove into the water and swam back.

Xiao Hu had been waiting for him; when Ye Cheng's head surfaced, he quickly pulled him up and first wrapped him in a blanket.

"How was it, brother? What did you hear?"

"It's Da Liu; the little Japanese found them, wanting to come here to scoop whatever shells—definitely not a good thing."

Upon hearing it was the little Japanese, Xiao Hu instantly flared: "Fuck! How did this Da Liu become a traitor."

"Brother, why not sink them?"

Ye Cheng looked at Xiao Hu, astonished: "Holy shit, you're even more hardcore than me."

"Killing people is illegal." Ye Cheng said calmly.

Those little devils aren't considered people.

Yes, those little devils aren't considered people, but we can't knowingly break the law; let me think again.

Then why not just call the police and arrest them?

Calling the police also needs evidence; right now they're just saying they came out to sea for fun, what are you going to arrest them for? Don't rush, they probably haven't gotten what they want yet, we still have time.

After cleaning himself up, Ye Cheng put on his clothes and asked,

Uncle Duan doesn't know I went down, does he?

Xiao Hu shook his head, 'He probably doesn't know; there's no sound over there, he's likely catching up on sleep.'

Then we'll also sleep a bit; let's not worry about them, anyway we're blocked here, nobody can get out.

The storm lasted all night; by the time the rain stopped, it was already past five in the morning, and the sky began to lighten.

Xiao Hu stretched and stood up, saying, 'Brother, don't even say it, sleeping in the rain is great, not at all noisy.'

Yeah, you're not noisy, I am, this snoring's killing me. Ye Cheng sat up from the ground, "Damn it, I feel like my bones are about to break, sleeping without a bed is really hard."

After getting up, Ye Cheng looked at Da Liu and the others; over there things were starting to move.

During the day, since it's not far away, one can naturally see clearly at a glance.

Hey, Da Liu, is that you? Ye Cheng called out in feigned surprise.