A month and six days, I passed under the nameless tree, and when I said goodbye, I felt that the back was so thin that it was distressing. But what am I going to do now? His feet stiffened until he couldn't take a step, and even had the idea of hiding back in the bathroom, but his heels only moved slightly, and he slowly turned around when his hands were propped up on the fence.

The gaze swept faintly, and the starlight in the cold black eyes flowed, flat and slow, covering me overwhelmingly.

I stood in the shadows like a lonely clown, panicked to the point of whitening, thinking that time had been weathered, but in fact it was only a few seconds before he turned around, his eyes unfamiliar.

I was stunned for a while before I remembered something, when I left Sioux City, Cheng Xiao did me a favor - Yi Rong.

It's not a simple makeup, but a re-sculpting of the face, and when it's done in two hours, I look in the mirror and I don't even recognize myself. Since you have decided to make this trip, you must make all kinds of preparations and take precautions. So even if I was really found in the bilge, I would be considered a stowaway at best. Just now, because of the sudden encounter with Gao Cheng, my mind was so frightened that my mind went blank.

Seeing that he ignored me, he couldn't help but pluck up his courage to step towards the escalator, and when he was about to step down, he suddenly heard a low cold question from behind him: "Are you the shipwright in charge of the bilge?" ”

I stiffened and considered whether to pretend not to hear, but the other party didn't give me a chance at all, and directly ordered: "Come here, ask you." No matter how difficult the choice was, he had to turn around hard, and this time his eyes were locked on me. He took a deep breath, controlled his steps not to tremble, and took one step at a time until he paused a meter away, and his mouth moved and he didn't know what to say.

He changed his face and voice, but he didn't know what the boatman's attitude should be towards him. If I can succeed in the next step, I may be able to take the role of a shipwright.

I saw him leaning on the fence behind him and asked lightly, "Why haven't I seen you before?" ”

I thought for a moment and replied in a deep voice, "I'm in charge of bilge leak detection." "I didn't say a word for many days, my voice was so dry that even I felt unfamiliar to hear, in fact, it was also unfamiliar, Cheng Xiao gave me a medicine to change my voice, and after taking it, I said that it could be kept for ten days. Compared to my real voice, it's much deeper.

I thought I would be asked about any professional knowledge, but after seeing his eyes fall away, he asked, "Do you know why the river is so calm at night?" I was stunned, "Because there's no wind?" He shook his head, "Have you ever heard of the calm before the storm?" ”

"You mean the storm is coming? Then our ship ...... "I panicked, I heard earlier that the cruise ship crossed the river and suffered a tornado, the whole ship turned over, and almost all the crew on board were spared, although our ship is big, but compared with the cruise ship, it is still a lot worse, can it withstand the storm?

Gao Cheng asked coldly, "Scared?" How dare I nod my head, I froze there and didn't speak.

"There's nothing to be afraid of, since the ship will be ready for the storm. You just have to take care of your own work. He paused, glancing at me, "It's okay, you can go down." ”

I immediately obeyed the call, not daring to be too hasty, and the sight behind me was like a thorn. After going down the escalator, about four or five floors, he felt that his gaze was withdrawn, and he couldn't help but look back, and sure enough, he had turned his back, and was holding on to the fence to look at the dark sea as before.

Xiao Suo, lonely, and in the confusion, I felt that the soul was emaciated.

Returning to his own space in the basement, he thought carefully about what happened just now from beginning to end, and he didn't feel any flaws before he settled down.

The second day of the trip continued, the sky was clear, the sun was shining through the hatch glass, and I thought to myself, will there be a storm in this weather? But I really don't understand the weather on the river, maybe one moment the sky is clear, the next moment it will be dark clouds. In the evening, I waited for more than an hour, and it was about half past three o'clock before I quietly went to the upper floor. I was more careful than last night, and after making sure that there was no one in sight, I hid in the bathroom with my waist, but when I came out, I was shocked again.

Gao Cheng was silently standing on the bow of the boat again, this time with an extra chair beside him. Looking back at me, who was still found standing in the shadows, he pointed to his chair and ordered, "Come and sit down." ”

When I sat down in the chair, I didn't feel comfortable, even if he didn't look down at me, just because I was so close to him, I could smell his unique breath in my nose, and my heart beat violently.

was struggling with himself, and his voice suddenly came from above his head: "I also worked as a boatman, responsible for observing the weather and piloting, and I went out to sea." Have you ever seen a nautical compass? I replied dryly, "No." ”

"It's an academic discipline that's not easy to learn," he said. Although technology is now developed and electronic gyroscopes are available, it is still this primitive compass that is accurate for navigation and weather prediction at sea. ”

This should belong to a kind of Kanyu, he is called a Kanyu teacher, it is not unreasonable. But he wondered how he could become a boatman, and he couldn't always say nothing, so he had to ask, "When did you become a boatman?" ”

He tilted his head and thought for a moment, "It's been years, and I can't remember exactly what year." There will be a storm that will come very violently, if it is not predicted by the compass one step earlier, it is estimated that the entire freighter will have to turn over. But it was well prepared, because time was pressed and there was no shore to shelter from the storm, and the ship was almost destroyed. ”

Although he was describing the storm in a few words, it was conceivable that it must have been thrilling, and knowing that he was okay in the end, he couldn't help but ask, "What happened next?" He replied, "Many people died, and the rest repaired the ship and continued the voyage." Because the captain died, I was in control of all the rest of the journey and arrived at the destination safely. ”

With his ability and courage, I knew it wasn't bragging, but I wondered what he was telling me about it. With a strange look in his heart, he suddenly got up and said dryly, "That...... It's late, so I'll go down and rest, and I'll have to go to work tomorrow morning. ”

He looked at me, lightened his face and said, "Go ahead." ”

I immediately trotted out of the bilge, a little more uneasy than I had been last night. The next day, I didn't drink saliva for a day, and I tried to eat as little as possible, and I didn't feel the urge to urinate at night. After a smooth night, the sky was still sunny, and there was no prelude to the storm. Later, I thought that I was probably fooled by Gao Cheng.

It was not as peaceful as usual, and there seemed to be a noise and commotion outside the cabin, and it took a while for some time to calm down. But my eyelids were fluttering, and I was very uneasy. Sure enough, after a while, I heard a voice coming from outside the bilge door again, the door opened, and from the footsteps I recognized that there were about three or four people, and heard a familiar voice: "Search carefully, no outsiders are allowed to hide on the ship." ”

My body is stiff, and outsiders are hiding? Am I right? Discovered? After being shocked, it suddenly occurred that this was obviously a reference to something that had already happened, but the situation was very likely to affect me right now. Although the space is very secluded, if they were to search in a carpet...... The nerves were already tense, and the familiar voice was still turning in my head. In addition to Luo Jinghan and Qu Xinhua, are there any other people I know on the boat?

My feet were so close that someone was already close at hand, and I didn't have the heart to think about anything else, so I held my breath and secretly prayed that I would never come again, and not lift the cardboard that covered my space.

But it seemed that God did not hear my prayers, and a soft voice was whispering to himself: "Why is there a cardboard here?" The heart sank to the bottom, and at this moment, a cool voice came from not far away: "It's okay, it's all gone." "My heart skipped a beat, it's Gao Cheng!

The suspiciously familiar voice said, "But Brother Cheng......"

But he interrupted: "Ah Rui, you go to interrogate people, you are good at this, listen to what he has to say." ”

"Oh, I'll go." And then he walked away.

Gao Cheng ordered again: "You all go and do things, just let the boatmen be in charge here." ”

Listening to the people in the cabin leaving one by one, I still didn't dare to come out, because there was no Gao Cheng leaving in these many steps. The vision was blocked, and he couldn't see what he was doing, judging from the distance from his voice, it should be at the door of the cabin, the atmosphere was stagnant, and he felt a tingling pain in his chest and lungs after holding his breath for a long time, and finally, his footsteps left.

I breathed a sigh of relief, and when I touched my forehead, it was all sweat.

I don't think about how anyone can hide on the ship like me, and my mind is more on that familiar voice, if it weren't for Gao Cheng's call, maybe even I wouldn't have figured out who this voice was if I wanted to.

Xie Rui, this man who should have died.

When he realized this fact, his first reaction was shock, but then he remembered the conversation between Luo Jinghan and Qu Xinhua that night, and everything could be explained. Since Qu Xinhua was not completely attached to Qiu Yuebai, but a dark chess set up by Gao Cheng very early, it was impossible for her to really do something to Xie Rui. It is true that Xie Rui was almost killed by Qiu Yuebai's injury, but after he handed it over to Qu Xin's painting for chemical research, he must have reservations, and even the ice coffin was just used to confuse Qiu Yuebai's eyes, but in fact, the real meaning was to treat Xie Rui.

I suddenly remembered that when I was still in the canyon a month ago, the madman muttered a lot in my ear, including the people around Gao Cheng. But at that time, I was so sad that I couldn't hear anything at all.

And there is very little interaction with Xie Rui, let alone conversation, and I really heard him speak more than a year ago on Tiger Cliff and the isolated island. So I suddenly heard his voice just now, and I couldn't remember who it was for a while. <