ACT246: Sleepless Nights

The speed of time sometimes depends on the state of mind, the deck under the scorching sun makes time slow as a snail, while the sea in the middle of the night seems to enter an accelerated orbit, not only the time is faster, but even the speed is increasing quarter by section. In addition, the climate contrast in the South China Sea region is indeed very large, the dog is hot during the day, the cold is enough at night, the idle people on the deck retreat into the cabin, and there is nothing to do during the voyage.

Song Jiu went to the cockpit for a while, the pilot had been rotated, Cao Zheng went back to rest, at this time the white-clothed captain was at the helm, the two had nothing in common, and Song Jiu could feel that this guy seemed to have an opinion about himself, and his words were always thorny. Song Jiu didn't care, that day in the stilted building, he was choking with Xiaozhuang on the surface, but he actually scolded several other people with insinuations, and it was strange that the other party could give him a good face.

It's not all good to have no common topic, at least, two people in a confined space don't need to rack their brains to find something to say, they treat each other as if each other didn't exist, and it's good to be busy with their own. It's windy at night, there is no one on the deck, and the crew is basically in the lounge at this time, or they just sleep in bed, Song Jiu is not sleepy, and he doesn't want to go to the hall where groups of three or five come, so he can only come here and stare at the mung beans with the captain Wang Ba.

On the day of going to sea, Song Jiu was drunk, and after he woke up, it was already noon the next day, and then he caught up with the scorching sea breeze, and the crew was stuffy enough, and the chatting momentum was weak. Gradually, the strange feeling in my heart subsided, and I gradually adapted, no longer being corroded by those chaotic thoughts.

Song Jiu was very satisfied with his current state, he felt that this was a kind of recovery, he had come out of the shadows and was returning to the past.

Natalia has also changed in the past two days, no longer sticking to Song wine as before, and has begun to take the initiative to get out of the cabin and gather with the crowd, despite the language barrier, she is also enjoying it. When she was on the island a while ago, she always liked to get in front of Song Jiu, if Song Jiu was not there, she would stay alone in the stilted building, saying something unpleasant, if Song Jiu didn't care about her, no one would find out if she died. Barbie's active gregariousness means that Song Jiu has one less person to accompany her, Song Jiu used to have a headache for her, because she was too tired, but now it's good, when she returns to the cabin at night, no one warms the bed, and when she inquires, the foreign girl followed Fang Fei and they slept together.

That night, Song Jiu was lying in bed alone, and a ridiculous thought appeared in his mind: Is the one-night stand over?

……

The chandelier by the porthole was flickering, and the light and shadow swept past Song Jiu and the captain, casting a few flickering dim lights.

Song Jiu looked at the surveyor's chart, compared with the one drawn by Ye Qingmei, and found it a little strange. According to Xiaoyezi's chart, the establishment should be stationed on Fiery Cross Reef, but the voyage set by the surveyors is towards Taiping Island, although the two belong to the Nansha Islands, but there is also a considerable distance between them, and why go around?

When chatting during the day, Sun Houji seemed to have talked about this stubble, which meant to go to Taiping Island to rest first, and then go to Fiery Cross Reef, Song Jiu thought it was a way, and compared it to the chart, it was not the case at all, the yacht had to go around a big circle, and it was necessary to go around Fiery Cross Reef first, and it would take almost half a day to waste almost half a day to reach the final destination.

"Cough..."Song Jiu didn't understand, coughed dryly, and asked, "Mr. Captain, may I ask if we are going to Taiping Island now, right?" ”

The captain was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Song Jiu to take the initiative to talk to him, he didn't want to deal with it, and he felt that he seemed to be a little childish, so he nodded sullenly and replied, "Hmm." ”

Song Jiu rolled his eyes at his back, and asked patiently, "But isn't your station on Fiery Cross Reef?" Why not just go for it? ”

The captain glanced back at him, shrugged his shoulders, and stopped talking.

Song Jiu has always hated this kind of half-spoken mute, but the camp is different, and he is not qualified to order others, so he scolded secretly, picked up the chart and left the cockpit.

The hall is still lively, light music lingers in the ears, men and women are in groups, some are together to play poker, some sit on the sofa and chat, peaceful and comfortable, leisurely. As before, Song Jiu has no sense of existence here at all, only Chef Niangjia and his sister occasionally look up and see him, and they can say hello, and the others are very busy, as if they are going to die tomorrow, and they should hurry up today to finish chatting about it, for fear that they will not have a chance in the future. His eyes swept over the crowd, but he didn't find Wu Wentao, and he probably slept in the cabin again.

"Ninety-nine."

Song Jiu was about to go to the cabin to find him, but suddenly the voice of the cook Niangjia came.

Song Jiu burst into tears, turned around and walked over, and said movingly: "Sister Jia, only you still have me in your eyes." ”

Hearing this, Cook Niangjia laughed, patted him, and whispered, "What's wrong with you lately?" Always wandering around alone and sneaking around? ”

"Huh?" Song Jiu grinned and said helplessly: "It's not like no one cares about me." ”

"You are missing, Xiaomeng and Luo Yu have looked for you a few times, but you are not in the cabin, why did you go?" Chef Niangjia poured him a glass of wine and asked, "What are you plotting with Lao Wu?" Can you tell me no? ”

"Nope." Song Jiu wondered, when did Xiaomeng and Luo Yu look for themselves? Isn't it with Dai Wei every day?

"You can't just say it." Cook Niang Jia glanced at him with a smile and said, "It's almost at the destination, if there is anything, it's better to talk to everyone, be a little mentally prepared." ”

Song Jiu looked dazed and muttered, "I understand, but there's really nothing..."

"And where are you these nights?" Seeing that he was still pretending to be stupid, Cook Niangjia said angrily: "I also went to the cabin to find you, if you are in the cabin, can Natalia go with Fang Fei and them?" It's not that I'm too lonely. ”

"......" Song Jiu was dumbfounded, wasn't Natalia herself mixed with the girls? Is he to blame too?

"Okay, okay, you go get busy, anyway, remember, there is something to say hello to us."

"Oh..."Song Jiu replied, holding the wine glass and leaving the hall.

Knocking on Wu Wentao's cabin, the latter still had sleepiness on his face, and when he saw Song Jiu standing at the door, his expression was stunned for a moment.

"Where have you been?" Wu Wentao opened the door and let him in, turned around and sat back on the edge of the bed.

"Huh? It's up there. Song Jiu took a sip of scarlet wine and said strangely: "Why are you asking me this, the yacht is so big, where else can I go." ”

Wu Wentao was stunned, his expression was a little hesitant, his eyes rolled, and he asked, "Is there something wrong with me?" ”

"Yes." Song Jiu remembered the stubble, put aside the messy doubts, and asked, "Didn't you say before that the ruling station was on Fiery Cross Reef?" Why go to Taiping Island in the first place? ”

Wu Wentao raised his eyelids, his expression froze for a moment, frowned and approached Song Jiu, snatched the wine glass from his hand, and said unhappily: "Drink too much and go to sleep." ”

“……”

Wu Wentao was not joking, he raised his neck to drain the wine in the cup, got up straight and opened the hatch, and said angrily: "I will be on duty in the second half of the night, you go to sleep quickly, and you will land on the island tomorrow, cheer up." ”

Song Jiu sat in place, and suddenly wanted to give him a big mouth, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and said angrily: "Are you not waking up or are you talking in your sleep?" ”

"Huh?" Wu Wentao frowned and said, "What? ”

"You didn't hear me when I asked you? What do I drink too much? Song Jiu slapped the chart on the table and scolded: "Blind? The Fiery Cross Reef on Taiping Island is 108,000 miles away, so you are not curious at all? ”

Wu Wentao at the door sighed, reluctantly closed the hatch and walked back, staring at Song Jiu seriously, and replied, "Curious." ”

"So, Lao Tzu came to discuss with you, what do you mean by that?" Song Jiu is a little anxious, Natalia doesn't want to be herself, you Wu Wentao also annoys me?

"Nothing, you want to know why you went to Taiping Island in the first place, right?" Wu Wentao rubbed his face, took out a cigarette and lit it, took a hard breath, and said: "Because Fiery Cross Reef is not the only station of the establishment faction, they have spread to nearby islands and reefs in recent years, and Taiping Island is the station of the faction to which Sun Hou belongs, and it is also the island where your two friends are located. ”

"Huh?" The fury surging in Song Jiu's chest died down, his expression changed slightly, and he muttered, "You know? ”

"Yes, I know." Wu Wentao nodded, lit a cigarette for him, and said: "The reason why I went to Taiping Island first and then to Fiery Cross Reef is because Fiery Cross Reef belongs to the resident headquarters, and we need to go to Taiping Island to report and discuss in advance before we can go to Fiery Cross Reef." ”

Song Jiu opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak for a long time, vaguely feeling that something was wrong, but he couldn't find the reason, and said strangely: "Have you asked them?" Why didn't you tell me? ”

Wu Wentao took a deep breath, stared at Song Jiu's eyes for a long time, and said softly: "I'm tired, I wanted to tell you tomorrow." Now you know, right? Go back and rest. ”

"Okay..."Song Jiu pursed his lips, took two puffs of his cigarette, got up and walked to the door, stopped when he was about to go out, hesitated, and turned around: "Old Wu, is it my delusion?" Why are the people on the ship a little weird these two days? ”

"Don't worry, I've been watching, it's okay." Wu Wentao stood up, walked slowly to Song Jiu, smiled, and punched him: "Go rest and recuperate." ”

……

After Song Jiu left, Wu Wentao did not continue to sleep, but sat at the table and smoked one cigarette after another. Looking at my watch, the hour hand had just pointed to the number "3", and outside the hatch, I could faintly hear the piano music in the hall. Wu Wentao frowned, looked at the sea outside the porthole, thought for a long time, as if making some kind of decision, got dressed in twos and threes, and strode towards the lounge.

Most of the people were there, there was no definite schedule on the ship, there was nothing to do on the way, everyone was in good spirits, and no one wanted to stay in the cabin all the time.

"Old Wu." Chef Niangjia waved at him from afar, approached with a step, and said with a smile: "Jiujiu made you quarrel?" ”

"Aang." Wu Wentao nodded, squinted his eyes and looked around, and said in a low voice: "Ask Song Yao and Luo Yu to go to me." ”

Chef Niangjia's expression changed slightly, raised her eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "Do you want to take action?" ”

"What?" Wu Wentao was stunned.

Chef Niangjia blinked and wondered, "Aren't you plotting something with Jiujiu?" I also told Jiujiu just now, you two had better say hello to everyone in advance to save you from being caught off guard. ”

Wu Wentao was dumbfounded, groaned for a while, and said, "Well, you let the two of them come over quickly, if you have something to say, don't alarm others." ”

"Understood." Chef Niangjia nodded, showing a smile of understanding.

……

In the cabin, Song Yao and Luo Yu sat at the table, looking at Wu Wentao, who was smoking a cigarette, with a confused expression.

"What's wrong?" Song Yao frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "Sister Jia said you were looking for us?" ”

"Yes." Wu Wentao nodded, as if he was brewing words, and his expression was extremely serious, which made the two girls a little uneasy.

Luo Yu wanted to ask out loud, but he was afraid of disrupting his train of thought, so he looked at Song Yao, who also looked puzzled.

After being silent for a long time, Wu Wentao snuffed out the cigarette butt, frowned and stared at the two women, and said, "After landing on the island, pay attention to Song wine." ”

"What?" Luo Yu and Song Yao looked at each other and wondered, "What do you mean?" ”

Wu Wentao didn't speak, as if he was still thinking about something.

Song Yao was a little displeased, frowned and said, "Wu Wentao, I don't understand what you mean, you'd better explain it to me." ”

Luo Yu didn't speak, but his expression had changed, his thin lips pursed slightly, and his eyes were faintly cold.

"You're mistaken." Wu Wentao lowered his head, took out another cigarette and played with it between his fingers, and said in a low voice: "Song Jiu came to me just now, and he asked me why I went to Taiping Island first, and then to Fiery Cross Reef. ”

Song Yao and Luo Yu were stunned when they heard this, and they became more and more incomprehensible to Wu Wentao's words, and said strangely: "What do you mean?" Hasn't this already been discussed? Jiujiu has other ideas? ”

"That's right, it's already been discussed." Wu Wentao's expression also became strange, tilted his head, changed his tone, and said word by word: "It has been discussed on the day of the stilted building." ”