Chapter 360: I Know the Ocean Institute

Otherwise, not only would the clams have been stolen, but people would have died, and as the leader I'd surely have to take the blame.

The marine police boat pulled up, several special police officers leapt aboard first, taking up key positions, and then Bureau Chief Zhou followed with Chief Liu.

As soon as he arrived, Chief Liu fiercely hugged Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu, his face full of joy.

"Holy shit! I thought you guys were dead."

Ye Cheng quickly pushed this old thing away, what's with two men hugging?

"Chief Liu, rest assured, even if you died we wouldn't die."

Chief Liu gave him a sideways glance, then stepped aside to introduce the two.

"Ye Cheng, Xiao Hu, this is our city bureau chief, Bureau Chief Zhou."

Ye Cheng looked at the person arriving—white shirt, full of official authority, obviously a big leader—he nodded and called out in a neither humble nor arrogant tone,

"Bureau Chief Zhou, we've caught all the clam thieves—five people total, two from Liu Village and three little Japanese."

Seeing Ye Cheng's calm demeanor, Bureau Chief Zhou gave a slight nod, thinking this kid is not bad, doesn't panic in big situations.

Someone had already pulled the sock out of Da Liu's mouth and brought him, together with the boat captain, before Bureau Chief Zhou.

Bureau Chief Zhou's face sank.

"Are you local villagers?"

Da Liu nervously glanced at Bureau Chief Zhou and stammered,

"I... we're from Liu Village."

Bureau Chief Zhou wore a disgusted expression and said angrily,

"I never expected Donghai City to have scum like you."

"So embarrassing!"

Even Bureau Chief Zhou himself felt embarrassed.

He gave Chief Liu a hostile look, and Chief Liu shrank his neck.

"Damn it, this has nothing to do with me."

"I only handle public security; his ideological work isn't my responsibility."

"Take them back and interrogate them thoroughly," Bureau Chief Zhou ordered sternly.

Immediately, several special police officers escorted them back to the marine police boat.

After the criminals left, Bureau Chief Zhou then looked at Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu, glanced around, his eyes full of appreciation,

"Is this your fishing boat?"

"Yes, Bureau Chief Zhou, I bought it myself, a secondhand boat," Ye Cheng replied loudly.

"Not bad, kid, to have a boat at such a young age—I remember my father's boat was still handed down in the family."

Hearing Bureau Chief Zhou say that, Ye Cheng instantly felt much warmer, feeling that even the big leader came from a fisherman background.

Seeing the leader pleased, Chief Liu hurriedly chimed in with a few additions,

"Bureau Chief Zhou, Ye Cheng is a star figure of our Shilin Township; he even runs a farm, and last time our deputy township head went there and sold a hundred thousand catties of clams."

Upon hearing about a hundred thousand catties of clams, Bureau Chief Zhou's eyes lit up, his gaze toward Ye Cheng grew more appreciative, and he patted Ye Cheng on the shoulder,

"Young man, you're promising, full of ideas, and so brave—good, good."

"Come, tell me what happened today—where did their boat go?"

Ye Cheng roughly explained the boat collision incident, and Chief Liu listened with a stunned expression.

Holy shit.

Knowing Ye Cheng is pretty tough, I didn't expect you to be this tough.

Not afraid of death, huh.

He looked at the bow's position; there were indeed signs of impact.

Besides, Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu both have wounds on their faces—these guys are really tough.

Bureau Chief Zhou nodded repeatedly, then looked at the two again and said solemnly,

"You've saved the nation from huge losses; you've worked hard."

Xiao Hu, hearing the praise, couldn't close his mouth—this is a big leader, far stronger than the village chief.

After comforting Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu, Bureau Chief Zhou began to worry about the clam situation.

"So you're saying the clams also sank to the seabed, right?"

"Yes, right at that spot, the clams are huge; if you're at ease, I can go down and haul them up now."

That depth is nothing to Ye Cheng.

But Bureau Chief Zhou shook his head,

"We can't keep letting you take risks; I'll have the marine police divers go down later, but now it's a bit troublesome figuring out how to handle these clams."

Speaking of this, Ye Cheng had already thought it through—now's the time to claim credit.

"Bureau Chief Zhou, I know people at the Ocean Research Institute; why not have them come over—they'd know how to handle it."

"Exactly, that makes sense," Bureau Chief Zhou said, his eyes lighting up.

Is that right then?

He can catch the criminals, but the clams must be properly settled; otherwise this affair will never be perfect.

To be honest, he himself doesn't know whether tossing them back into the sea is appropriate; if those experts were here, we could just follow their lead—at least then he wouldn't have to take the blame.

Seeing Bureau Chief Zhou agree, Ye Cheng picked up the phone.

Uh... the phone's gone.

He glanced at Chief Liu, who understandingly handed him his phone, only reminding him,

"It's only 4 a. m. right now; maybe you should call later?"

Ye Cheng lifted his head and looked at the sky, also ha, the chicken moved, the chicken moved.

He was just thinking about finding Yang Liu to claim credit, and forgot the time.

This being the case, Ye Cheng originally was supposed to go back to rest first, but now he can only wait at sea, having to wait for the research institute staff to come over.

Bureau Chief Zhou had already gone back; he needs to return to interrogate the prisoner, and since it involves the Japanese, this is a very sensitive matter.

The person in charge at the scene now is Deputy Bureau Chief Xiao Xiangrong of the city bureau; he first arranged for people to go down to look for the stones.

They were found quickly; such big things are still easy to find.

There were four stones in total; they were first pulled out, but they didn't dare put them on the deck; following Ye Cheng's suggestion, they were all placed in Ye Cheng's trawl net, hanging in the seawater, at least they wouldn't die.

Taking advantage of the free time, Ye Cheng and Xiao Hu quickly took a nap; they were very sleepy.

After finally waiting until 6 a. m., Ye Cheng quickly took Chief Liu's phone and called Yang Liu.

Yang Liu was still groggy from waking up, but upon hearing the two words "stones", he instantly woke up.

Ye Cheng told them to go to the pier, then he coordinated with Bureau Chief Xiao to get a patrol boat to pick them up; of course, he personally had to go on such a thing.

Looking at Ye Cheng's appearance, Xiao Hu silently raised his middle finger.

At 7:30 a. m., Ye Cheng met Yang Liu at the pier.

What surprised him was that Xiao Rou was also there.

"No, Xiao Rou, how come you're also here?" Ye Cheng exclaimed in surprise.

As soon as his words fell, Xiao Rou walked to Ye Cheng's side.

Ye Cheng instinctively jumped away, "Damn, this trick again."

Seeing Ye Cheng dodge, Xiao Rou flicked her ponytail and said angrily,

"What's wrong? You don't welcome me?"

"Exactly, I'm Xiao Rou coming; stones aren't something you see every day, shut your mouth, don't expose the flaw." Yang Liu also pointed at Ye Cheng and started threatening.

Damn!

What a world.

No wonder ancient people didn't live long; it would be strange if marrying so many wives could make them live long.

Besides the two beauties, the director of Yang Liu's research institute also came, a man in his fifties, wearing glasses, looking very learned at a glance.

"Ye Cheng, let me introduce you; this is our institute's Director Jiang, Jiang Guoming." Yang Liu introduced him to Ye Cheng.