Chapter 35: Mutation

Originally, the two speedboats on the river were rapidly approaching the pleasure boat, and the speedboat driver may have wanted to show his hand in front of his friends, draw an arc close to the pleasure boat, and plan to make another lateral drift near the bow of the cruise ship, and then go hand in hand with the pleasure boat. However, due to the sudden power failure of the cruise ship, the speed also dropped down suddenly, and it deviated from the original forecast of the speedboat.

In addition, the lights on the cruise ship suddenly went out, and the people on the speedboat couldn't see the direction of the cruise ship clearly, so that when the helmsman on a speedboat saw the direction clearly, the speedboat had already crashed into the bow side of the cruise ship quickly, and it was too late to avoid it.

The speedboat helmsman screamed and abandoned the boat and jumped into the river, and the speedboat hit the bow of the pleasure boat at high speed.

"Boom!", the boat shook violently, and the bow of the boat was directly knocked out of a big hole by the speedboat. There was an exclamation on the cruise ship, and some tourists who were originally standing outside the cabin fell into the river one after another, and the whole cruise ship was in chaos.

Crying was heard everywhere on the boat, and people searched in the dark for their relatives and friends, while some who remained calm pulled out their phones and dialed for help.

Fortunately, the Hong Kong Island Star cruise ship that Xiao Rubing and others took was the largest and most luxurious cruise ship on the river, although it was hit by this violent impact, the hull had a large angle of inclination, and even the bow of the ship was knocked out of a big hole, but fortunately it did not capsize, nor did it continue to sink, but it lost power and floated on the river.

As the alarm was issued, the Hong Kong Island Coast Guard also reacted quickly, and within 10 minutes, a number of coast guard speedboats sailed nearby and began to salvage those who fell into the water. Other cruise ships on the river have also moved closer to this place to help evacuate tourists from the Island Star.

In the cabin, Xiao Rubing and Su Qing had already calmed down from their panic at the beginning. In the violent impact just now, Xiao Rubing's shoulder hit the window, and it hurt faintly, but Su Qing was not injured, but she was also quite frightened. The bodyguard in the cabin rushed over at the first moment, guarding them for a moment, vigilantly watching the situation around them.

After a long wait, some of the power was finally restored in the cabin, and several lights came on. Just as everyone hurriedly ran out of the cabin, the two bodyguards in casual clothes who were originally guarding the door of the cabin rushed in with blood streaming profusely, and they didn't care about continuing to hide their identities, and asked Xiao Rubing apologetically, "Is the eldest lady okay?"

Su Qing looked at these two people in surprise, looking like her head was bleeding, and she looked very miserable. In fact, when the power went out, the two of them were already running into the cabin at a fast speed, but they were blocked by tourists who ran out of the cabin.

Then the sudden impact caught the two of them off guard, and they were directly knocked to the hatch, breaking their scalps, and immediately bleeding.

But they were standing in front of Xiao Rubing with their hands down at the moment, but they didn't care about wiping the blood on their heads, their backs were already wet with cold sweat, and there was only awe and frustration in their eyes. Because of their negligence, the eldest lady is in danger, and they cannot escape responsibility in any way. Fortunately, the eldest lady seemed to be fine at the moment, otherwise they couldn't imagine what kind of anger they would have endured from Chairman Xiao.

Su Qing had a look of sudden realization in her eyes, she finally knew that these two people were the same as the person in the suit, it turned out that they were Xiao Rubing's bodyguards in secret. And they called Xiao Rubing "eldest lady", which couldn't help but make Su Qing think about it and become curious about Xiao Rubing's identity.

Xiao Rubing didn't care about explaining too much to Su Qing for the time being, but said lightly: "I'm fine, you guys go out and see, how is Xiao Yu?" Only Xiao Rubing's heart knew that in the current situation, her personal safety was actually far less important than Xiao Yu.

Only then did the two bodyguards react, and hurriedly ran out of the cabin and towards the bow of the boat. After just a few steps, the two of them stopped in unison.

The position where Xiao Yu had been standing on the bow of the boat just now has now become a big hole, where is Xiao Yu's shadow? Only in the nearby waters, there are many people fluttering and shouting in the water, and there are coast guard ships and other pleasure boats salvaging and rescuing them, but because of the dim light at night, it is not clear whether he is among the people who have fallen into the water.

At this time, Xiao Rubing and Su Qing had already hurriedly walked out of the cabin, and the two bodyguards hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Miss, the position where Mr. Xiao stood just now is the position where the speedboat collided, and now Mr. Xiao and Agu are gone!"

"What?" Xiao Rubing's back was cold, only she knew Xiao Yu's true identity and how important his plan was to his father, but something happened at this time, in case there were three long and two short, how could she explain to her father?

Xiao Rubing didn't care about hiding his identity in front of Su Qing at this time, and ordered in an unquestionable tone: "You guys quickly contact the coast guard department, just say that an important guest of our Xiao family has fallen into the water, and see if there is Xiao Yu among the people they rescued." If not, please do their best to find him! ”

"Yes!" the two bodyguards agreed, but looked at Xiao Rubing hesitantly, "But the eldest lady is here......"

Xiao Rubing stomped his feet and said: "You guys don't care about me, take a snapshot and do what I say!" I don't have to worry here, with Ah Long here, it will be fine." ”

The bodyguard named Ah Long in a suit suddenly felt a light on his face, stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, I will protect the safety of the eldest lady, it is important for you to go and find Mr. Xiao." ”

Seeing this, the other two bodyguards no longer hesitated, and hurriedly boarded a coast guard speedboat to negotiate with the coast guard.

After Xiao Rubing finished ordering all this, he suddenly felt that his mind was blank. Looking at the big hole in the bow of the boat, I was stunned.

Su Qing couldn't see Xiao Yu's trace, and she was also very anxious in her heart, but she knew that Xiao Yu's skills were good, and she was not too nervous, after all, as a martial arts master, I believe that he would be more than enough to protect himself. However, seeing Xiao Rubing's nervous and anxious appearance, and thinking of the noble identity she showed today, Su Qing had a new suspicion in her heart, it seemed that Xiao Yu's safety was a very important thing for her, even more than her own safety?

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It's the middle of the night, and the river surface of Victoria Harbour is still brightly lit and full of people. The collision at night has caused a sensation on Hong Kong Island, and the latest rescue progress has been updated in real time on the online media, and people are talking about it on various forums and platforms.

There has not been such a major safety incident for many years, which has filled the Hong Kong Island government with a tense atmosphere. The Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong Island, Leung Siu-lung, also rushed to the area of the incident as soon as possible and personally took charge of the search and rescue operation. Several coast guard vessels roamed the river, trying to find tourists who had not yet been rescued.

Liang Zhaolong stood outside the temporary command center on the shore, looking at the vast night, listening to the reports of his subordinates, with a solemn look on his face. Up to now, there are still seven people missing, and I am afraid that there is more than one bad luck. However, the one from the Xiao family has not been found, which makes him even more troublesome.

Not far in front of him was the sea where the accident had occurred, and the wind was strong at night, and the sea water lapped against the rocks on the shore, stirring up layers of white foam. Beside him, there stood two pretty young women, looking anxious, and several bodyguards next to them were disheveled and extremely embarrassed, but their faces were expressionless, standing aside with their hands down, not daring to move.

The two young women were Xiao Rubing and Su Qing, and they had already been picked up from the cruise ship to the shore. After going ashore, Xiao Rubing made several phone calls and found Liang Zhaolong, who rushed to direct the rescue work.

Knowing that the eldest lady of the Xiao Group was on the cruise ship where the accident occurred, and it is said that an important person of the Xiao family fell into the water and his whereabouts are still unknown, Liang Zhaolong couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. As the Commissioner of Police, it is impossible for him not to know about the rumors about the Xiao family in the past few days. It was because he knew that he was so nervous. Regarding the identity of that important person, although Xiao Rubing did not say it explicitly, he linked the rumor, and the answer was self-evident.

Liang Zhaolong felt that he was really a little bit memorized. You know, a wealthy nobleman like the Xiao family usually has a private yacht if he wants to come out to play, how could he have thought that Xiao Rubing, in order to keep a low profile and not reveal his identity, deliberately took Xiao Yu and Su Qing on an ordinary cruise ship like other tourists? Now the eldest lady of the Xiao family is standing outside the temporary command center and waiting, although she doesn't say a word, but Liang Zhaolong knows that this is the Xiao family putting pressure on herself, if you can't find anyone by dawn, then it is estimated that the old man of the Xiao family will appear directly in the chief executive's office.

"Reporting sir, we searched an area within a five-kilometer radius and found no signs of anyone still alive. Instructions to continue the search or not!" a police officer ran over and shouted loudly.

Xiao Rubing, who was next to her, heard this, her legs were weak, and she almost sat down on the ground, but fortunately, Ah Longyan beside her quickly supported her.

Su Qing was just waiting a little anxiously, but now she couldn't help but start to turn pale, secretly worried, although Xiao Yu is a martial arts master, but I don't know if he can swim, in case he can't water...... Su Qing didn't dare to imagine that a top killer would be drowned?

Liang Zhaolong's face turned pale, and he conveyed the order to the police officer: "Expand the search area, the water area within a radius of ten kilometers must be searched, and the search along the coast must also be expanded, and people must be seen in life, and corpses must be seen in death!"

"But...... According to experts' calculations of the wind and waves in the river, the missing people should not exceed the five-kilometer sea area......" the officer said with some hesitation.

"This is an order! Do you need me to repeat it again?" Liang Zhaolong roared in a hoarse voice with red eyes.

"Yes!" the police officer took the order, and the police along the entire Victoria Harbour were mobilized, and a vigorous search and rescue operation continued......