Chapter 187: The Ship Sets Sail

One night passed.

On the vast Taipingyang, more than three hundred scumbags drifted with the currents.

The Tàiyáng finally rose.

The temperature on the ocean's surface gradually rose.

The scumbags whose faces turned blue from the cold in the sea finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Floating on the sea surface in the darkness was a terribly frightening thing.

Many people weren't actually drowned; they flailed in terror, and after exhausting themselves they sank into the water.

What cheered them wasn't just the appearance of the sun, but also a massive cruise ship sailing from afar, drawing nearer.

"We're saved! We're saved!"

"Help! Help!"

The scumbags shouted loudly toward the cruise ship.

In fact, they had already been spotted by people on the cruise ship.

On the cruise ship's bridge, Captain Jason was looking at the sea ahead with a telescope.

In the early morning he received a rescue notice, so he veered the ship off its original course toward the incident area.

The ocean is so vast; sailing over is just a matter of luck.

Of course, it's the luck of the drowning.

If luck were bad, they wouldn't have been discovered.

It seems these people's luck is good; within a few hours they were found by themselves.

At that moment, a short‑haired young man appeared outside the Cockpit.

"Sir, you can't come here."

A crew member in a blue uniform reached out to stop the handsome, gentlemanly young man.

The person was none other than Lin Feng.

Lin Feng smiled and said, "Tell the captain I have something to discuss with him, something very important."

The crew member hesitated, returned to the Cockpit, and whispered a few words to Jason.

A moment later, Jason nodded.

The reporting crew member opened the door and made a beckoning gesture toward Lin Feng.

After entering the Cockpit, Lin Feng walked up to Jason and sized up the old man whose hair and beard had turned white.

"Hello, Jason!"

Lin Feng extended his hand to Jason.

"Hello, sir!"

Jason and Lin Feng shook hands.

Lin Feng scanned the massive Cockpit, then pulled a ten‑million‑dollar check from his coat and handed it to Jason, smiling, "I'm in a hurry to go home; I hope you can get back on the original route right away—I have a friend's wedding the day after tomorrow!"

"Sir, what do you mean?"

Jason looked at Lin Feng with a puzzled expression.

Lin Feng just smiled, said nothing, and turned to leave.

Jason stared blankly at the check in his hand.

Ten million dollars!

His monthly salary is only a few tens of thousands of dollars, and when the ship is docked and not sailing, his pay is even lower.

On average, he earns only a few hundred thousand a year.

He has a large brood of children to support at home, and recently a beautiful young woman entered his life.

Don't be fooled by Jason's seemingly advanced age; he's actually not that old and full of vigor.

Even if he gave half of the ten million to his crew, he'd still have over five million, enough for ten years of work.

With that money, he could retire outright.

After a stunned pause, Jason immediately decided, ordering his crew to turn the ship around and continue on the original course.

"How will we explain that later?"

The first officer came over and asked.

Jason said calmly, "We have so many distinguished guests on board; what if some of those drowning are pirates?"

The first officer nodded, "You're thorough, Captain."

Jason added, "We saw nothing, didn't spot a single drowning person. What do you all think?"

The crew, knowing there was money involved, all nodded in agreement.

Lin Feng stood at the rail, looked ahead, and saw scumbags already swimming toward this side,

some even waving their hands toward us.

They were only a few kilometers away.

But then the bow began to veer slightly; a few minutes later it turned ninety degrees and accelerated.

Lin Feng, smiling, waved toward the sea ahead.

"Goodbye then! Scumbags!"

"Damn! They left, how did they leave!"

"Help! Why aren't they rescuing us!"

"Please, Lord Heaven, let this ship come back!"

No matter how loudly the scumbags shouted or prayed to the heavens, the massive cruise ship drifted farther and farther away from them.

A patch of black cloud slowly drifted over from the horizon, and the wind picked up.

From the satellite cloud map, one can see a spiral-shaped cloud mass heading toward this sea area.

Judging by its path, it just grazes this sea area.

Several hours later, this sea area kicked up a strong wind, raising furious waves and torrential seas, and the seawater temperature plummeted rapidly.

But the sea area where the cruise ship was located remained relatively calm.

At that time, rescue ships couldn't even reach the incident site, let alone deploy helicopters for search.

Perhaps a few slip-through-the-net individuals were ultimately rescued successfully.

That must be because they were lucky and their time wasn't up yet!

Of course, this was several hours later.

At 8:30 a. m., Lin Feng changed into black clothes, put on a mask, and appeared in the lobby.

Three huge boxes filled with chips were taken out.

Then they were all exchanged for Lin Feng into the highest-denomination chips, one million dollars each.

Because the ante was one million dollars.

In total, there were over eight hundred chips.

In front of Lin Feng lay a large pile, and there were still two boxes' worth of chips that hadn't been taken out.

If we're going to play, we play big—that's the only way it's exciting!

Lin Feng believed that the nine people at the same table shared the same mindset.

When you have a lot of money, it's just a string of numbers in the bank; winning or losing several tens of millions no longer gives any thrill.

Only when it's several hundred million or tens of billions can one still feel a bit excited.

For ordinary people, this amount of money is wealth they could never earn in several lifetimes.

However, for true billionaires, losing a few or tens of billions of dollars at most just makes them upset for a few days.

Because it's only a fraction, a few tenths, or a few tenths of their assets.

Lin Feng raised his hand and rubbed his nose through the mask, catching a faint scent belonging to Ouyang Moli.

He turned his head to the left and immediately knew that the person there was Ouyang Moli.

Actually, the scent is very light, and it's not a flaw.

Besides that scent, Ouyang Moli also carries a smell of alcohol.

No trace of a man's scent could be detected on her.

Lin Feng felt surprised.

Last night, everyone was having a blast playing.

Actually, after Ouyang Moli and Jonathan went into the room last night, they quickly kicked Jonathan out.

Ouyang Moli likes to toy with men like that.

The smells of the other people at the table were stronger, so Lin Feng quickly shut down his sensitive sense of smell.

He picked up a chip and tossed it to the dealer, saying lightly, 'Deal me better cards.'

Thank you, sir!

Facing Lin Feng's tip, the dealer smiled and accepted it.

The remaining few people glanced at each other and also threw a chip to the dealer.

Before the cards were even revealed, they already had ten million dollars in hand!

Of course, this money has to be split with the assistant, and a portion must be turned over.

But in the end, one or two million still ends up in one's own pocket.

Lin Feng's mouth curled up.

Even if these idiots tipped the same as I did, the dealer would still be thanking me.

Hosting such a big game, the dealer must certainly be a skilled expert.

After playing a few rounds, one could probably see the tricks involved.

Even if not certain, one would try turning over to shuffle and cut the cards a couple of times.

That way, Lin Feng wouldn't be able to count the cards.

Such a situation wasn't unprecedented yesterday either.