On the morning of April 7, Lu Rulan opened her eyes in the gentle shaking of Haibo.

Through the glimmer of light from the porthole, he found himself lying on a soft and spacious double bed, covered with a thin quilt and feather pillows, as comfortable as if he were staying in a mobile five-star hotel.

The body is still lazy and itchy, but fortunately, the mind has begun to clear. Lu Rulan stretched her limbs and yawned, and some incredible images flashed coldly in her mind.

From last night to this morning, from the airport to the harbor...... So many bizarre events, is it a dream, or is it real?

Even though the quilt was warm, Lu Rulan still shivered several times in a row. He suddenly fell asleep, got up and searched left and right, and finally found his phone on the desk at the end of the bed.

Unfortunately, there are no emails or text messages, and there is no communication signal in the phone.

The expected disappointment is also disappointment. Lu Rulan sighed, and then began to carefully look at the surrounding environment.

I remember that last night, he left Hailuo Island with Haichen, Haichen said that he was going to a place, and then the bow of the ship headed southeast.

The sea was as smooth as a mirror, and after a little chat, Haichen sent him into the cabin to rest.

Now, the time on their phones is 11:30 p.m., and it's been four hours since they left Hai Luo Island.

Four hours, still at sea, where exactly is Haichen going?!

Lu Rulan suddenly became apprehensive. He quickly got dressed and prepared to go out to see what was going on.

Pushing open the narrow door that connects the cabin to the living room, the living room is empty. On the coffee table were two cans of instant noodles, one he had eaten before bed, while the other had not yet appeared before he fell asleep.

Could it be that Haichen came down to rest, and then ran up to drive the boat again? Lu Rulan immediately turned around and walked down the steps to the outer deck of the yacht.

I don't know if I don't know, it turns out that the ship has been moored at sea. The high sails were all unloaded, but there was no sign of the Seachen either by the rudder or on the deck.

Where did this guy go, it couldn't be that he fell into the sea due to fatigue driving, right?!

The more Lu Rulan thought about it, the more she felt that there was such a possibility, and she hurriedly leaned on the side of the boat and looked into the sea. This saw something strange for him.

A green nylon rope was tied to the side of the boat, which looked like it had been leading all the way into the sea.

It shouldn't be the anchor of this yacht. I have never eaten pork and seen pigs walking, and with such a thin nylon rope as an anchor, I am afraid that the paper boat will not be able to tie it.

Lu Rulan couldn't find Haichen, and she was curious in her heart, so she simply crawled on the deck and reached out to pull the nylon rope little by little.

There was obviously something tied to the other end of the rope, and it was quite weighty. One by one, he pulled up the rope for nearly ten meters, and then he saw a faint wave under the surface of the sea, followed by a strange net cage in the shape of a flat cylindrical one.

He lifted the heavy cage to the deck, only to find that there was a living creature struggling in the cage. If you look closely, it seems that it is still very long......

"I wipe ...... Snake?! Lu Rulan was startled, let go of the rope and took two steps back, almost turning over and falling into the sea.

"What's the matter—"

Xu heard Lu Rulan's wail, and Haichen, who had not been found for a long time, actually came out of the cabin.

The police uniform on his body has been changed, and he is wearing a sleeveless tight vest and camouflage beach pants.

Lu Rulan hurriedly leaned over to him: "Where did you run just now?!" ”

"Me? Sleep in the cabin. As he spoke, Haichen yawned again, "I only slept for three hours and was woken up by your ghostly roar, hey, what's wrong?" ”

Lu Rulan pointed to the cage: "There are snakes there!" ”

"Sea serpents? That's poisonous! ”

Hearing him say this, Haichen hurriedly walked to the edge of the cage in two steps, and smiled when he lifted it.

"I said your two big eyes were painted there? Yes? Is this a snake? ”

As he spoke, he actually put his hand into the cage, grabbed the long strip of things, and brought it to Lu Rulan.

"I'll go!"

Lu Rulan was so frightened that her scalp was numb, but she didn't want to show her cowardice in front of Haichen, so she stubbornly fixed her eyes and looked carefully.

I saw that the writhing long creature did look a bit like a snake, but it was completely scaleless, and there was a pair of small pectoral fins under the head.

He wanted to look more closely, but who knew that thing actually escaped from Haichen's Five Finger Mountain with a "swoop", bounced twice in mid-air, and flew towards him!

Without the slightest defense, Lu Rulan was slapped in the jaw by the crackle of the "snake". He let out a frightened "wow" and stiffened and couldn't move.

Haichen hurriedly took a plastic bucket and re-caught the "snake" that had slipped to the ground into the bucket.

"Fool, this is an eel, a seven-star eel!"

This time, Lu Rulan finally saw clearly that it was indeed a blue-gray big eel, with big round eyes and a string of white spots on each side of its body.

But it still couldn't dispel the fright he had just received.

“…… Haichen, you bastard, is it so fun to scare me?! ”

"Hehe, it's fun."

Haichen put the plastic bucket down and went back to fiddling with the plastic cage. Two crabs, five or six stick shrimp and a few starfish were taken out of it.

Lu Rulan watched him finish digging out the seafood, and his feelings calmed down a little, so he took the initiative to ask again: "Where were you hiding just now?" ”

"In the bow of the ship. There is also a small bedroom there. But I kept the door closed, so you didn't notice. ”

"What's this net?"

"Crab pots. Fishermen would put a lot of them on the bottom of the sea at a time, wait for a few hours or a day to come back and collect them, and there would usually be crabs and small fish and shrimp in the cages. ”

"You put the crab pot this morning?"

"Yes, don't you get tired of eating instant noodles? It's a no-brainer to eat some seafood at sea, right? ”

"What are you going to do?"

"How?" Haichen looked at him with the eyes of the alien, "If you can eat it raw, you can eat it raw, and if you can't, boil it in a pot of water and cook it?" ”

“…… I really didn't pursue it. ”

Lu Rulan dismissed Haichen without finding anything, looked at the seafood in the bucket again, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva silently.

"Forget it, I'll just cheap you once, so that you can see my craft."

"You, really good at cooking?" Haichen was surprised, "I thought all the food shows you participated in in the past were fake." ”

Lu Rulan snorted proudly: "There are many things you don't know, take the bucket and follow me." ”

A corner of the cabin's living room with a double stove and a sink.

Lu Rulan looked around: "In addition to this bucket of seafood, what else is on the boat?" ”

"It's all here."

Haichen opened the cabinet under the induction cooker, and there was a bundle of green onions, a large piece of old ginger, and half an unpeeled garlic, all of which looked shriveled and very unfresh.

"How so?!" Lu Rulan was disappointed, "Can this still be eaten?" ”

"It's okay. Who has nothing to do with food on this boat? That's all, all of them were left over from the time when my college classmates came to play and cook during the Chinese New Year. ”

"......" Lu Rulan was speechless, squatted down and looked at it carefully. I found that the pots and pans were quite complete, and there were also small boxes containing salt, sugar, sauce and vinegar, a pot of oil, and a small bag of rice.

He looked at everything, then at the seafood in the bucket, and finally came up with an idea.

"You...... Do yourself a favor and take out the shrimp and crabs and wash them in the pool. ”

"Where's the eel?"

"The eels are raised first, and the starfish are not delicious, so throw them away."

"Listen to you."

Haichen nodded, helped him plug the pool, and then fished out the big crab and six large bamboo shrimps, and brushed them with a board that had been turned out out of nowhere.

Lu Rulan took out the pot, oil and rice. First, wash a pot of rice and cook it on the stove. Then take the washed large bamboo shrimp to the cutting board one by one, remove the head, and then remove the shell and open the back, and the action is crisp and neat.

After processing the six shrimps, he placed the shrimp meat in a small bowl and marinated it with salt, sugar, and a can of beer that Haichen had brought from elsewhere, and began to process the shrimp heads.

These bamboo shrimp are almost as long as the palm of your hand, and the weight of the shrimp head is not small. Lu Rulan poured some oil into the pot and threw the shrimp head and chopped garlic into it to fry. The original pale yellow vegetable oil soon turned golden red, and the aroma of fried shrimp rose into the air.

"Looks pretty good." Haichen leaned over his shoulder and sniffed the aroma, "It's kind of interesting." ”

"Get out of the way! Help me cut the crab. Keep the crab bucket, and chop the rest into small pieces and scrub them with beer and salt. ”

Lu Rulan flattened the shrimp heads one by one, fried them until they were golden red and crispy, and then took them all out and put them on a plate with paper towels on the side.

"Bring the crabs."

At his command, Haichen brought over the crab pieces that had been processed.

Lu Rulan confirmed that the crab pieces were the right size, put them into the boiled hot shrimp oil and fried them one by one, and after a while, they added the marinated shrimp meat, poured some beer, and stir-fried quickly.

The cabin was suddenly filled with fragrance, and Haichen stretched his neck again, almost resting his head on Lu Rulan's shoulder.

Lu Rulan proudly pushed him away with her arm and turned off the fire.

"Bear with it! Can't eat it yet! ”

As he spoke, he took out the rice that had been cooked for a while one by one, mixed it with the fried shrimp and crabs, seasoned it and sprinkled with a handful of chopped green onions, and refilled it into the two crab buckets.

Finally, he puts the filled crab lid on a plate and puts it in the steamer to start the final heating step.

"Alright, wait ten more minutes." Lu Rulan wiped her hands and finally stopped.

Haichen sincerely admired: "I really didn't know that you still had this ability." ”

"What's this? I live at my cousin's house, and he can't even scramble an egg, I did it. ”

As she spoke, Lu Rulan went to look at the shrimp heads that were hanging on the plate just now. After making sure that the oil was almost drained, I brought a soup spoon and crushed the fried dried shrimp heads one by one into powder.

"This shrimp roe is kept first, it is very fresh. You can dip it when you eat beef later. ”

As he spoke, he pulled a crisper bag, put the shrimp head powder in it, and tied a knot with his hand.

After a while, the fragrant crab steamed rice came out of the pot.

Two crab lids are one for each person, and carefully served on a plate to the coffee table next to the side.

Lu Rulan took the chopsticks from Haichen's hand, thought about it and asked, "Is there a drunk driving on the boat?" ”

"Yes. How? ”

"No, then this can of beer will be mine."

As she spoke, Lu Rulan picked up the remaining half can of beer from the cooking and took a big sip.

Haichen didn't care about him, picked up his chopsticks and went to deal with the plate of paella, took a bite and stuffed it into his mouth, and then covered his mouth violently.

Lu Rulan suddenly became worried: "What's the matter?" ”

Haichen covered his mouth and insisted on swallowing all the mouthfuls of paella before replying, "I forgot to brush my teeth just now." ”

"!"

"No kidding, your cooking is really delicious." Haichen had a smile in his eyes, "Moreover, it's been a long time since anyone has cooked for me." ”

“…… Disgusting! ”

Lu Rulan lowered her head and took two bites of rice, chewed the crab legs so loudly, and only asked again after a while.

"Seriously, when did you know me?"

"I'm in high school, you're in junior high school."

"I've changed at least three junior high schools, which one do you mean?"

"There are only three options, you can think for yourself. I'm the only one who remembers you, and you don't remember me at all, so shameless. ”

“…… It's as if you're in a lot of face right now. ”

Lu Rulan sneered, and remembered something: "Where are we now, didn't you say that there is a place to go?" ”

"yes." Haichen nodded, "We're already there." ”

"Arrived? In the middle of the ocean? I don't believe it, you're lying?! ”

"What are you lying to do here, I'll show you something. Now hurry up and eat, and give me food if you don't eat. ”

As he spoke, Haichen coldly stretched out his chopsticks to Lu Rulan's crab bucket, and decisively took away a chopstick of shrimp.

Lu Rulan was stunned, and suddenly became furious: "Bastard! Cook for you and steal my shrimp?! ”

"What's the hurry, I'll catch a few more for you later."

"Get out, you have the ability to catch shrimp, and you have the ability to cook it!"

“…… If you mess around again, I will handcuff you in minutes. ”

"You dare to try!"

"Try it, just try it."

"Bastard, untie me...... My shrimp! ”

The "roar" sound coming from the cabin of the shrimp and crab fragrance quickly dissipated on the surface of the sea, and there was no trace to be found.