The old man raised his eyebrows: "You can't be talking about the plane accident more than half a month ago, right?" "The old man is quite well-informed, he actually knows that there was a plane accident more than half a month ago.

"Yes, that's the accident." Ma Yao nodded and said.

The old man's cheeks twitched a few times: "So, your friend has been missing for more than half a month?" ”

"Yes." Ma Yao replied.

"Friend, it's not me who splashes you with cold water, you will never survive floating alone in the sea for more than half a month...... Don't waste your efforts...... "The old man kindly persuaded him.

Ma Xiaoyao shook his head: "I want to see people in life, I want to see corpses in death, all in all, I won't give up, old man, please rent me a yacht, rent as you like." ”

"You're stubborn." The old man crooked his mouth.

"Oh bad old man, you can rent him a yacht, there are so few people like him now." The white-faced man said.

The old man pondered for a moment: "Okay, I'll rent you a yacht, as for the rent...... How long are you going to rent? ”

"I can't say that either...... It is estimated that the time may not be too short......," Ma Xiaoyao said.

"That's it......" The old man thought for a while: "I see that you are a good young man, so I will give you a discount, charge you a thousand yuan a day, and equip you with a driver, what do you think?" ”

"Okay, no problem, just do what the old gentleman said." Ma Xiaoyao has no opinion.

"Young man, you have to pay a deposit to rent a yacht...... old man said.

"How much deposit?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.

"Generally, it's the price of a yacht, my yacht is 380,000 yuan, you just give me 300,000." The old man calculated.

Ma Xiaoyao was directly stunned: "Three...... Three hundred thousand? I...... I don't have that much money...... Old man, I only have 50,000 yuan here......" Ma Xiaoyao didn't expect that it would cost so much money to rent a yacht, and he was really shocked.

"Fifty thousand is not good, too little." The old man shook his head.

"Sir, you can rest assured that I will definitely send you back the yacht in its entirety...... In this case, I will give you my work permit, and when the time comes, if I don't return your yacht, you can go directly to me with my work permit! As he spoke, Ma Xiaoyao took out a work card from his jacket pocket and handed it to the old man.

The old man took it and said, "Huh? Are you the party secretary of a township? ”

"Yes, I am the party secretary of Gaohe Township, old man, you can rest assured, I am definitely not a liar......" Ma Xiaoyao said hurriedly.

The old man returned the work permit to Ma Xiaoyao: "I'm sorry, I can't break the rules, if you want to rent a yacht, you must give me a deposit of 300,000 yuan." The old man's attitude was very resolute, in fact, it was no wonder that the old man and Ma Xiaoyao were only meeting for the first time, and the two sides were not familiar with each other at all.

"Sir, please believe me, I will definitely send you the yacht back." Ma Xiaoyao assured.

The old man waved his hand: "It's not that I don't believe you, but ...... You should also know that going to sea is a very dangerous thing, and when you get to the sea, anything can happen, in case ...... I'm talking about what if, in case you encounter a huge wave on the sea, and you live in some other dangerous situation, and the yacht sinks, who will compensate me for my losses at that time? Do you understand me when I say that? ”

After listening to the old man's words, Ma Xiaoyao's brows furrowed tightly, in fact, what the old man said is also reasonable, the danger factor at sea is very high, maybe the yacht will really be damaged or destroyed, and the old man wants a deposit of 300,000 yuan, also just in case.

The white-faced man wanted to help Ma Xiaoyao intercede, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he was glared back by the old man.

"Little white face, you are also in this business, you should know the rules of this business very well, I hope you don't make it difficult for me." The old man snorted.

The white-faced man closed his mouth sullenly.

Ma Xiaoyao was silent for a moment and said, "Old man, please wait a moment." After speaking, Ma Xiaoyao took out his mobile phone and dialed a string of numbers.

It took a long time for the phone to ring.

"Sister Wang, I have some urgent matters now and need money, can you lend me some?" Listening to Ma Xiaoyao's name, it should be to call Wang Aiqin.

"What's wrong with you? Can I help you? Wang Aiqin asked with concern.

"I'm in the city now, I can't say a word or two, I'll explain it to you when I go back to the county, can you lend me some money now?" Ma Xiaoyao's tone was very anxious.

"How much money do you need?" Wang Aiqin asked.

"Two hundred and fifty thousand." Ma Xiaoyao already has 50,000 yuan in his hand, so another 250,000 can make up 300,000.

"Okay, you sue me for your card number, and I'll give you money right away." Wang Aiqin happily agreed.

"The card number is ......," Ma Xiaoyao carefully said the card number of his bank card.

"Okay, you wait for me for a while, and I'll ask the accountant to transfer money to you right away." After a while, Wang Aiqin said: "Okay, I'll ask the accountant to transfer the money to the card for you, and I will give you a total of 500,000 yuan." ”

Ma Yao was stunned: "How can it be 500,000?" ”

"I'm worried you don't have enough money." Wang Aiqin said with a smile.

A trace of emotion flashed in Ma Xiaoyao's heart: "Sister Wang, thank you, I will do my best to return the money to you." "It is also a blessing to meet a friend like Wang Aiqin in life.

"Don't worry, you can still do it whenever you want, even if you don't pay it back, it's okay." Wang Aiqin said: "If the money is not enough, tell me again, don't be embarrassed." ”

"Well, I know, Sister Wang, let's talk about it first, I'm going to the bank to withdraw money." After speaking, Ma Xiaoyao hung up the phone, and then said to the old man: "Old man, I have borrowed money, go to the bank to withdraw it now, can you wait a while?" ”

The old man nodded: "No problem." ”

After saying hello to the old man, Ma Xiaoyao turned around and left.

The old man and the white-faced man stood in place and waited.

More than 20 minutes later, Ma Yao ran back out of breath and handed a bulging paper bag to the old man: "You count, 300,000, not a lot." ”

The old man opened the paper bag and glanced at it, and nodded: "It's exactly 300,000, let's go, I'll take you to see the yacht." After saying that, the old man led Ma Xiaoyao and the white-faced man towards the east, and after turning a few corners, more than a dozen white yachts appeared in front of him, all of which were relatively new, and neither large nor small in size.

The white-faced man showed a hint of admiration on his face: "Bad old man, I haven't seen you for a few months, and you have several more yachts, and you are making more and more money." ”

"It's okay." The old man turned his head to look at Ma Xiaoyao: "These dozen yachts are mine, you can pick any one." ”

Ma Xiaoyao stretched out his hand and pointed to a yacht in the middle: "Just it." ”

The old man nodded, took out his mobile phone and dialed a string of numbers: "Hey, Jin Ming, you come out for a while, come to business." As soon as the old man put down his mobile phone, a man with a tiger's head and a tiger's brain, five big and three thick, walked out of the yacht that Ma Xiaoyao had just pointed to.

"Boss." The tiger-headed man greeted the old man respectfully.

The old man said to Ma Xiaoyao: "His name is Jin Ming, he is my subordinate, he has been driving a yacht for many years, and his driving skills are very good. ”

"No comment." Ma Xiaoyao said hurriedly.

"Okay, you can go to sea now, Jin Ming, take good care of this guest, and be sure to bring the guest back safely." The old man said to Jin Ming in the second half of the sentence.

Jin Ming nodded: "Don't worry, boss, I will definitely bring the guests back safely." ”

In this way, Ma Xiaoyao followed Jin Ming and left on the yacht.

……

"Brother, where are we going?" While driving the yacht, Jin Ming asked Ma Xiaoyao.

Ma Xiaoyao took out a map from his pocket and handed it to Jin Ming: "Go to the sea area I marked." ”

Jin Ming opened the map and glanced at it, and nodded: "Brother, you sit down, I'm going to speed up now." After saying that, Jin Ming began to speed up slowly, and in a few moments, the speed of the yacht doubled.

It took two days and one night before the yacht came to the sea where Guli had an accident.

"Brother, it's here." Jin Mingkong slowly slowed down the yacht.

"Drive slowly around this sea." After Ma Xiaoyao gave a command, he quickly ran to the deck, and then began to search for Gu Li's whereabouts.

Jin Ming followed Ma Xiaoyao's instructions and drove the yacht slowly on the sea area where Guli had an accident.

The sky soon darkened, Ma Xiaoyao still did not find Gu Li, as soon as it was dark, the sea became pitch black, almost out of sight, even if Ma Xiaoyao wanted to continue to look for Gu Li, it was impossible, Ma Xiaoyao sighed helplessly, returned to the cabin from the deck, and said to Jin Ming: "Close the yacht, we will spend the night here tonight." ”

Jin Ming nodded: "Okay." ”

Ma Yaoyao sat in the cabin, looking out at the dark sea outside through the window of the cabin.

"Brother, let's eat something." Jin Ming put two bottles of canned food and a ham sausage next to Ma Xiaoyao.

Ma Xiaoyao shook his head: "I'm not hungry, you can eat it yourself." "Now that Guli's life and death are unknown, where will Ma Xiaoyao be in the mood to eat.

"Brother, you haven't eaten much in the past few days when you go to sea, and if you continue like this, your body will collapse." Jin Ming kindly persuaded him: "As the saying goes, people are iron, rice is steel, if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry and panic, only when you are full, will you have strength." ”

"I'm really not hungry." Ma Xiaoyao reached out and took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, looked down, and found that the cigarette box was empty, Ma Xiaoyao then threw the cigarette box into the trash can next to him, and then said to Jin Ming: "Do you have any cigarettes on you?" "Jin Ming is a very down-to-earth and honest person, and Ma Xiaoyao has a good impression of him.

"Yes." Jin Ming hurriedly took out a box of cigarettes from his body and handed it to Ma Xiaoyao.

Ma Xiaoyao took the cigarette case, took out a cigarette and lit it in his mouth, and then returned the cigarette case to Jin Ming.

"Brother, you go to sea...... Why? Jin Ming hesitated for a moment and asked.

Gently exhaling a puff of smoke, Ma Xiaoyao said, "Find someone." ”

Jin Ming was stunned for a moment: "Looking for someone?" Who are you looking for? ”