Chen Xing was woken up by the ghost, although his sleep time has been greatly shortened now, but today is mainly Manager Wu led the Taiwan technical team to inspect the fishing boat before overhaul, basically nothing happened to him, plus last night's toss, I want to get up a little late. But it was only 7 o'clock, and I had only slept for 2 hours, and this little ghost came knocking on the door.

"Brother Xing, get up quickly, the fisherman called you over, there are a lot of policemen on the dock, and there are two of us on the boat, and in the fisherman's room, Captain Vasily has also passed. As soon as he opened the door, the little ghost shouted in a loud voice with a strong Hokkien accent, and in the whole boat, he would not be able to see Chen Xing so much.

"Alright, alright, don't shout, I heard you, go and call Captain Pan. Chen Xing grinned and said helplessly.

After a brief wash, Chen Xing and Captain Pan came to the room of the fishing chief, in addition to the fishing captain and Vasili, there were two people in civilian clothes, who were introduced as Singapore policemen. A 28 or 9-year-old, handsome and slender man is William Ke, a senior inspector of Chinese descent. Another 34 or 5-year-old, medium-height, slightly chubby, and amiable Chinese inspector is named Li Guangquan. The young position turned out to be one level higher, which made Chen Xing a little surprised.

While looking at the two English business cards in his hand, he listened to the communication between the two inspectors and the fishing chief. Basically, it is to inquire about the situation of the small Philippine cargo ship next door in the early hours of this morning, and it is also briefly said that it is a case of human trafficking, and see what clues and intelligence can be provided here. After all, this kind of case involving human trafficking basically has no special connection with ordinary fishing boats, and the identity of the Aristotle has also been verified, there is no problem, that is, the two boats are not far from each other, and the police come to do routine business.

After asking Vasily and Captain Pan separately, but there was no useful information, William Ke looked at Chen Xing again. When he first communicated with Vasily, he had already confirmed Chen Xing's identity as a Russian translator, but Ke William just had an indescribable feeling about Chen Xing, feeling that this young Chinese translator was not so simple.

Looking at Chen Xing, who was a few centimeters taller than himself, Ke William felt more and more weird, according to his background and growth experience, he had already developed a superior character at the age of less than 30, although he had cultivated his quality because of his education, but the pride in his bones was unavoidable.

The room included Li Guangquan, a subordinate who was older and more senior than him, and three Captain Yao Yulao, Captain Vasily, and Captain Pan, who were in their forties and had a certain social status.

But it is this young Chen Xing who exudes a series of temperaments such as self-confidence, calmness, sunshine, enthusiasm, cheerfulness, maturity, wisdom, etc., which should not appear in young people in their early 20s at the same time, but Chen Xing gives him the feeling that he has them all.

Ordinary people may not be able to understand or observe these temperaments, they will only naturally rely on and trust such people, just like Li Guangquan who met for the first time, and Captain Yao Yulao, Vasily and Captain Pan, who have long been acquainted, this is the feeling.

But Ke William is different, in addition to the position that is much higher than the position he should get at this age, he also has another mysterious identity, but such a mysterious person feels that Chen Xing is even more mysterious, making him feel that Chen Xing is a person who can be equal to him, and even, it will be even more ...... Powerful!

With this strange feeling, William Ke smiled at Chen Xing and asked in Chinese, "Mr. Chen, didn't you find anything else abnormal in the early morning?

Looking at William Ke's smile, Chen Xing felt the kindness he wanted to express, and also smiled and said, "Officer Ke, it's too formal, call me Ah Xing, or Alex, my English name." Then he spread his hands and said regretfully, "It's a pity that I can't help you." ”

Captain Yao Yulao and Captain Pan rolled their eyes, and thought to themselves: "I only know that your Russian name is Alyosha, how can you have an English name again, okay, Alex, Alex, it's also very easy to remember." ”

Chen Xing is also lazy, his Russian name Alyosha is a nickname, and his official name is Alexei, which is very close to the English name Alex.

Ke William also smiled heartily, stood up and stretched out his hand to Chen Xing first: "Okay, Alex, you can also call me William directly, I know that if you don't leave for a few days, it may still disturb you to understand the situation." If you find any new information or clues, please contact me on the business card, thank you in advance. And, perhaps, we can become good friends!"

Leaving the last meaningful sentence, William Ke took Li Guangquan and the others to say goodbye and leave.

Chen Xing didn't have any identity background or rich social experience, he just instinctively had some good feelings for William Ke, and while walking towards his cabin, he thought about his last words: "Become a good friend? maybe, it should be good to be friends with a senior inspector!"

Then he came to the side of the boat on the deck, watched William Ke and William drive away, and thought with some worry: "I don't know what happened to Caroline and Fani, as well as those women and five children, what is the origin of those bandits, and what is the background of the Huisi Party?

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In the next three days, except for Captain Yao Yulao, Captain Vasily and the Russian chief engineer, who cooperated with the Taiwanese technical team to conduct a detailed pre-overhaul inspection of the Aristotle, the rest of the personnel were led by two tour guides found by Liu Tingchao to tour Singapore.

One of the two Singaporean tour guides is Chinese, the other is Malay, and they both speak Chinese and English well, but the Russian language is too bad, and the Russian crew can only express the basic meaning. Fortunately, travel doesn't require much technical vocabulary, and a few Russian crew members can barely cope with the needs of daily communication, as long as they don't lose people.

At noon on December 11, just after visiting the Merlion Statue and the Singapore River with the large group, Chen Xing took Ivan, Captain Pan and the little ghost to disperse with everyone.

Since Chief Yao Yuyu also didn't get off the boat, no one said anything, and the tour guide just told them to pay attention to safety. After all, these people have the best relationship in nearly a year of getting along, and Chen Xing takes them to activities alone, and others can't envy them. These three people are also more introverted, and naturally they don't like the noisy atmosphere where there are many people, Chen Xing took them, so naturally there was no objection.

Chen Xing thought to himself: "Now, my brother is also a rich man, during these days on the ship, Ivan and the little ghost are like elder brothers and younger brothers, and Captain Pan is like an elder who takes care of and is close to him, how can I express my feelings for them." Besides, if you can solve it with money, it's not a problem, isn't it just eating, drinking, and having fun?"

Then Chen Xing himself was secretly happy, thinking: "Isn't it a little floating?"

Since his family was in debt, the young Chen Xing has lived a life of 4 or 5 years, and he has never been so free financially, so it is inevitable that he wants to behave in front of his relatives and friends.

Since it was time for lunch, Chen Xing followed the detailed tourist map and guide provided by the two tour guides, and led the three of them to Raffles Place Station near Merlion Park.

On the south side of the station is the Lau Pa Sat Food Centre, housed in a fine cast-iron building that was once a wet market, and now houses a variety of local food stalls, from satay to seafood barbecue, all open 24 hours a day.

When it first opened in 1825, it became an important seaside market where merchants could unload or load their goods directly from their ships. Originally made of simple timber and Ata's leaves, built on wooden piles, the bazaar was rebuilt in 1836 due to its instability. Listed as a National Heritage Site by the Singapore government in 1973, Lau Pa Sat has been known for its octagonal structure before being transformed into a famous foodie paradise.

With so many culinary options in Lau Pa Sat that visitors can find almost anything here. This is the reason why Chen Xing decided to choose this place for lunch as his first stop.

Knowing that he would stay in Singapore for at least a week, Chen Xing exchanged 2,000 US dollars for Singapore dollars, more than 2,600 yuan, before talking to his mother and Mingyue on the phone yesterday, which would cost more than 16,000 yuan if converted into RMB, which was a huge amount of money for Chen Xing a year ago.

The food hall is crowded with people, looking at the appearance and listening to the accent, basically Southeast Asians, local Chinese, Japanese and Koreans, and Europeans and Americans.

The four of them found an empty table in the corner, sat down, and looked at the food stalls around the hall, Chen Xing, Ivan and the little ghost were all a little confused, there were too many things that they had never seen or eaten, they wanted to eat everything, and everything they saw was mouth-watering.

Only Captain Pan is normal, after all, Taiwan's food is also a variety of characteristics from all over the world, and the food stalls in Taipei and Kaohsiung are not necessarily inferior to Singapore's, and he is still experienced.

Looking at the three young men in the circle, Lao Pan smiled and said: "Ah Xing, I occupy a place here, you take Ivan and the little ghost to choose what to eat, most of them should have not eaten, you can choose whatever you want, just bring mine out, I can do anything, you just decide." ”

"Okay, then you wait, we'll be back when we've chosen. Swallowing his saliva, Chen Xing, Ivan, and the little ghost first walked towards a seafood barbecue stall on the very edge. Looking at the shrimp and crab with roasted shells and bright red skin, the stomachs of the three young men all rumbled.

"Food is now, let's open our minds and create". Chen Xing put his arm around the shoulders of the two brothers, looking at the food in front of him with bright eyes, and the Mandarin of Northeast China came out, regardless of whether the Russians and Hokkien people could understand it or not.