Trafford’s Trading Club

“What, did you make this up?! ”

In the dining room, Mahoud pressed his hands against the table and stood up, suddenly attracting the attention of several guests in the dining room.

But when Sir saw the big scene, he glared around and shouted, “What are you looking at? Do you want the cops to stare at you? ”

Everyone bowed their heads and ate.

Mahoud, as if nothing had happened, sat down again, looking at the old captain, frowned and asked: "Captain, I don't understand why you're making up such a rumor. Is it really just to make a trick attractive? ”

The old captain shook his head: “In fact, I never thought it would work that well at first. But then it spread, attracting a lot of tourists, and a lot of people came to interview me. I remember that even the most bitter and tired cabin repair apprentice had a lot of people rushing to do it. ”

Officer Ma... Ma SIR suddenly choked, but clearly did not drink water.

Ren Ziling glanced at him and asked: "Captain, you said you didn't want to do this at first. What exactly was that for? ”

The old captain sighed: "Because it was haunted. ”

“Haunted?” Pear winks, “what kind of spirit... ghost? ”

The old captain shook his head: “What is it like? I haven't seen it either. It just came from the crew at the time, and there were people who said they saw a white shadow, and there were people who said they saw a horrible face. There were also people on patrol at night who heard the sound of a scream… anyway, it was all kinds of rumors and it was frightening. It was still the 1990s, and it wasn't open for long, and most of us were still more ignorant. ”

The old captain recalled: "A lot of people resigned out of fear. The company also hired Taoists at that time, but it didn't really work, or some people said they could encounter strange things. Later, when things spread, there were not many tourists willing to board the ship. At that time, the company was temporarily unable to use the White Jade as a freighter for a while. ”

Mahoud stunned. “No, why didn't I know? Am I from that age too? ”

The old captain glanced at Ma SIR and said softly: “That's because the White Jade wasn't in the city at first, and the shipment was officially logged in here about six months ago. Of course, the outside world doesn't mention it at all, it's just the first time it's sailed. The White Jade was also brought here to change its name, initially the Vidona. ”

“There are other things like this...” Mahoud shook his head, "Sure enough, no offense... what happened? So you started spreading rumors? ”

The old captain said softly: "Officer, I am the captain of this ship and it is naturally incumbent upon me to put an end to the problems on board. What's the use of a cruise ship if it's not profitable? To keep haunted rumors from spreading in the city, that's why I quietly spread the treasure. Young people are always easily driven by profit… I was going to cover up the haunted legend, but I didn't expect that after the treasure spread, it aroused a great deal of topicality, resulting in a period of wild buying of tickets by tourists and many people coming to work. The company is happy to see it, naturally let it go. ”

Mahoud said, “No wonder the White Jade has treasures, but the flight has not stopped. It has been on fire for a while, but the cruise ship company has not moved at all, and I have not heard the White Jade enter the yard or anything. I told you, if there was a treasure, your company would let it go for nothing? ”

The old captain said, "Officer Ma, this is the reason for the treasure… But this is only a fiction, why do you think it has something to do with this murder? ”

Mahoud disturbed his head: “Nothing, just a little thief talking nonsense... haha, I get it, I'm fine! It's all right! Tsk...”

But under the table, Mahoud's feet let any mother sitting across the street step on it.

Ren Ziling suddenly asked: “Captain, you are amazing. One simple trick solved this... how did you come up with this treasure solution? After all, the White Jade was introduced abroad. Before delivery, it must have been checked inside and outside. It should not be easy to convince others that there are treasures on board, right? ”

The old captain was stunned at the moment: "Don't you know? ”

“Know what?” Mahoud stunned.

The old captain said positively: "The White Jade is not a cruise ship of origin, it was preceded by a warship. It took part in the piracy war on the Somali side today. It was then sunk before being decommissioned to the appearance of a cruise ship and then exported to developed countries. ”

Ren Ziling shook his head with dismay: “The introduction to the White Jade was not mentioned at all. ”

The old captain suddenly said, "By the time we got to the city, the information on this part was no longer printed on the atlas. ”

“But what does this have to do with treasure?” Ren Ziling asked.

"The Baiyu once had a not-so-good record of being hijacked," said the old captain, "but it wasn't a glorious thing after all. Because there are not many people who know about this... everything that I know is sealed, so I borrowed it to come up with something about the treasure. ”

The old captain drank fresh water and slowed down: “I made up a story about the pirates using the White Jade when it was hijacked. Later, although the Navy took it back, it recovered a great deal of treasure. But there is actually a very valuable treasure hidden deep in the White Jade by the pirates. Unless the White Jade is removed in its entirety, no one knows where the treasure is except the pirate's head. Anyway, I made up a story, but I didn't expect so many people to believe it. ”

“After all, it's a treasure.” Ren Ziling shrugged her shoulders and smiled at Ma SIR. "There are many people with unrealistic fantasies who want to get rich overnight. ”

Mahoud... MaSIR looked down at the menu and suddenly said: "Lin Feng, are you hungry? Want some oysters? ”

“Roar! ”

Ren Ziling shook his head and looked at the captain. “But, captain, since the White Jade was hijacked by pirates, a sealed order was issued... how do you know? ”

The old captain just said: “Before I was captain of the White Jade, I was actually on top of it… I used to be a non-braided navy. However, because of its relationship with the Chinese diaspora, it has not been reused, even excluded... After the sinking of the White Jade, I was discharged from service, and later arranged to become a foreman in a large shipyard. I did not expect that the White Jade was later sent to the same shipyard for renovation. And then I guess I got lucky, and the domestic companies came looking for the boat, and after I got in touch with them, they put me on good terms, hoping I could be the captain of the new boat, and I said yes. ”

The old captain appealed slowly, his eyes were a little cloudy, "At first, I was just going to use this to return home, one step at a time, I didn't expect that the captain would do it for thirty years... life, something unexpected will always happen. ”

Mahoud naturally looked like a shriek and patted the old captain's arm: “Captain, our country is getting better! Come back here! That's right! ”

The old captain just laughed. His phone rang suddenly. Later, after the old captain hung up, he said: "Excuse me, Officer Ma, there's a private line from the company over in the control room. I have to go. ”

“Okay, you go first.” Mahoud nodded.

After the old captain left, Mahoud suddenly stood up, pointing angrily at Aunt Ren and growling: “Fuck you, just stepped on me!!! ”

“I didn't!” Ren Ziling opened the eyes of the Spirit of Water, “which of your eyes saw me step on you! ”

“Holy shit, could you be a little more shameless! ”

Unexpectedly, Aunt Ren had something to do with it: “Well, it must have been haunted. Didn't the captain just say that there were ghosts... Old horse, did you do something wrong and get targeted by ghosts? ”

"Even a ghost must be a troublemaker! Cheap bastard! stingy!! ”

“Cut.” Ren Ziling gave the third pointing greeting and then sank: “This old captain, if the Navy had fought pirates in that year, had seen such a big scene, then it seemed possible to see a dead person without a reaction, as if it could be said. After all, there must have been more deaths in the naval war...”

Lin Feng was helpless: “In other words... have we asked for nothing? ”

“We can only rely on Bao now.” Mahoud sighed, too: "Hope he can give us something… yes! ”

Machoudton regained his spirit, "Let's go get him! That woman and the eagle, you can't let one go! Lin Feng, Alai, GOGOGO! ”

The police troika then hurried away again.

When Pear saw that everything on the table had been wiped out, she patted her stomach and said: "Sister Ren, are we going back to our room? ”

Ren Ziling thought for a while: “Let's just walk around... I still feel something is wrong, but always say it. ”

“… still climbing the ceiling?” Pear's heart has palpitations.

“I want to hang out in the control room this time.” Ren Ziling stood up and said: “Look at the surveillance. ”

……

“It's me, I'm Munich.” The captain picked up the phone in his office.

The speaker at the end of the satellite phone was a senior member of the company, and only heard the voice sink slightly: “Captain Mu, after our temporary meeting, we decided to send the Baiyu back immediately. ”

The old captain frowned: "Return immediately? ”

“Exactly! The news of the dead has spread, many visitors are speaking online, and if you don't come back, it will be a big deal. So get back to the ship, the tourist thing, the company will be compensating, you go announce this decision. ”

The old captain didn't say anything more, just simply said: “I know. ”

After a while, the old captain suddenly turned off the satellite phone and left the office and came into the control room.

He looked at a crew member who looked at him and said softly: "Nothing, the company is just asking about the case. Go back to work, the White Jade is still sailing as planned... when will the island of Haibei arrive? ”

“Well, it'll be here in three hours.” The crew laughed: “Well, it's a beautiful island. Although you can see it every time you walk this line, you can't get tired of seeing it... hope to see it later, it will soothe your mood! ”

“I'll walk outside and let me know if you need anything.” The old captain said softly.

……

……

“Can I sit here? ”

This was the voice heard by Boss Lo and the maid - after delivering food to Mrs. Ma, the two servants continued to roam the cruise ship and ended up on the deck of the tourist area, looking simply at the calm sea.

“Sure.” Rochu smiled, “There's plenty of room here. ”

So the person who spoke laughed and sat down... this 30-year-old woman that Mr. Lo and Yunight met in the hallway a while ago.

“I didn't expect to see you here.” The woman spoke with her hair blown away by the sea breeze.

“This boat is not big enough to meet anything strange.” Rochu said casually.

“That's fate, isn't it?” The woman smiled softly and blinked: “I haven't introduced her yet, my name is Wood, if you don't mind calling me Sister... but don't call me Auntie! ”

“Lochu.” Boss Lo simply said.