Chapter 362

Fine, Director Jiang, you researchers figure out how to place it and guide us on how to put it down? Director Xiao looked at Director Jiang.

Originally I thought just tossing it back into the sea would be done, but after hearing the experts say it's best to return it to its original position, this thing—I, a big rough guy—don't even know how to place it. If the research institute could send someone down to say how to place it, then we'd just be responsible for how to place it.

Upon hearing this, Director Jiang immediately felt embarrassed; his people are all researchers, not professional divers, and he doesn't know what conditions are like down there—if something went wrong, he couldn't bear the responsibility.

He was about to refuse when a female voice came from behind him: 'Director, I'll go.'

Director Jiang turned around and saw it was Yang Liu, who raised her hand high.

'Director, I've learned diving, I can do it.' Yang Liu added.

'I can too, I can too.' Xiao Rou also raised her hand, saying, 'I've dived before.'

Hiss—

Ye Cheng saw the situation and thought, 'Those two beauties are going into the water.'

Such a performance opportunity doesn't come often.

'Well, Director Xiao, I'll go down with you; I'm familiar with this sea area and can handle any situation.' Ye Cheng raised his hand to indicate.

Xiao Hu looked at Ye Cheng with a look of contempt and said softly,

'Brother, you've only been here once—what familiarity do you have?'

Originally I thought we'd have to assign people, but seeing so many volunteers, Director Xiao was very pleased.

In the end, four people went into the water: a police diver, then Ye Cheng and the two beauties.

The only thing that annoyed Ye Cheng was that they were actually wearing diving suits.

Damn it, couldn't they wear bikinis?

The four were fully suited up, wearing oxygen masks and carrying oxygen tanks, and descended together to the seabed.

As for the clams, they were tied with rope and slowly lowered down.

On the seabed at dawn, the night's bustle had faded away.

The nocturnal foraging creatures had retreated to their shelters, leaving the seabed feeling somewhat desolate.

Although the light on the seabed wasn't great, the four quickly located the clams' position, after all the clams are quite large and conspicuous.

Yang Liu made a gesture underwater, signaling Ye Cheng to pull the clam over.

Ye Cheng and the officer pulled the clam over; it was the largest one.

Where Yang Liu stood, there was a huge pit that fit the clam perfectly.

The two slowly lowered it along the pit, and it fit perfectly.

All four clams were placed in less than twenty minutes.

Once the clams were returned, the whole coral colony seemed to regain vitality, as countless tiny creatures poked their heads out, wanting to see what had happened.

After the task was done, they should have surfaced.

However, Yang Liu wanted to observe the creatures below; this opportunity was rare.

Ye Cheng and Xiao Rou accompanied her, while the officer went up himself.

The three stood silently on the seabed; the small creatures seemed accustomed to them, as a few brightly colored coral fish swam out, circling them, looking for something to eat.

Underfoot, a blue crab crawled out of the sand pit, glanced twice, then retreated back into the sand.

Brother, let me tell you, today you're lucky—I'm paired with beauties; otherwise you'd be screwed, got it?

Yang Liu and Xiao Rou, being girls, naturally like these pretty things.

Now surrounded by a school of fish, they were thrilled—if Ye Cheng hadn't reminded them their oxygen tanks were almost empty, they wouldn't have wanted to surface.

Once they surfaced, the two excitedly chatted, 'This fish is beautiful, that fish is cute,' completely leaving Ye Cheng aside.

Damn it, they say men are scumbags, but women are just as bad.

By the time Ye Cheng returned to the dock, it was already noon.

Although Ye Cheng had called Ye Guowei earlier to say he was fine, Ye Guowei still waited at the dock.

When Ye Cheng's boat docked, he leapt aboard immediately, looking at Ye Cheng with concern,

'How are you? What exactly happened? You didn't come back all night.'

Ye Cheng didn't mention Da Liu and the others on the phone—one reason was to avoid worrying his older brother, another was due to police requirements.

'Brother, I'm fine—just bumped the boat last night and dropped my phone in the sea.' Ye Cheng said offhandedly.

'Then why did you use Director Liu's phone to call me? And why did you only come back now for last night's incident?' Ye Guowei was curious; losing a phone is normal, but why would the police chief be out at sea?

'Oh, Director Liu just happened to be out at sea; I don't know why he came either—we just bumped into each other, right, Xiao Hu?' Ye Cheng winked at Xiao Hu.

Xiao Hu had a deadpan expression: 'Yeah, at that moment Director Liu appeared like a sea god out of nowhere, saying he was on patrol.'

'Patrol? Does the police station have maritime patrol duties now?' Ye Guowei scratched his head.

'They want to improve, that's understandable. Then Xiao Hu and I originally wanted to see if we could catch some more fish, but our luck was bad—we didn't get anything.' Ye Cheng continued making up stories.

'Alright, alright, as long as you're okay, you and Xiao Hu hurry back; I'll go find someone to fix your boat.'

Saying this, Ye Guowei looked at the hull and said curiously,

'How did the bow get such a big hole, and so high up? Did you hit a reef or an island?'

'It was pitch black, I don't know what it was, brother—I'm tired, I'm heading back first.'

Afraid Ye Guowei would keep questioning, Ye Cheng grabbed Xiao Hu and ran off.

'Then, when we go back, we can't talk about Da Liu and the others, or about our boat collision—understand? Otherwise I'll be nagged to death.'

'Brother, I understand—your older brother is so naggy, I'm afraid too.'

Back home, not wanting to think about anything, he lay down on the bed and slept until after six in the evening, waking up hungry.

Too lazy to cook, Ye Cheng went straight to his older brother's place to mooch a meal, and incidentally asked how the boat repair was going.

At his brother's house, they had already finished eating; Jiang Yunxiang made Ye Cheng a bowl of noodles, and the family sat down, watching Ye Cheng eat while chatting.

While eating, Ye Guowei suddenly said, 'Ah Cheng, I heard some people in the village saying that Da Liu from the neighboring village has been arrested—do you know?'

Ye Cheng pretended not to know, surprised, he raised his head to question,

"Ah? He was arrested? I didn't know, got into a fight?"

Ye Guowei shook his head with a mysterious look,

"It doesn't seem so; I heard the matter is quite big, his father went to inquire but couldn't find anything, it seems to be something that happened at sea."

Saying this, Ye Guowei suddenly remembered,

"Yes, it's exactly the thing that happened at sea last night; you didn't see anything out there, did you?"

"No, we were just fishing, and we happened to crash the boat; who had the mind to worry about that."

"That's true." Ye Guowei nodded.

"If you ask me, Da Liu and his gang are surely up to no good; it's good that A Cheng isn't hanging out with them anymore, otherwise he'd get into trouble too." Jiang Yunxiang said from the side.

"Sister-in-law, those are all in the past now."