At nightfall, although there was a dim electric light in the dilapidated cabin, I always felt a little hairy when I looked out the window at the two shores that looked ghostly in the moonlight. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Moreover, because it was a short distance, and the cargo ship was already very small, all the crew, even the captain of the ship, except for the crew who was in charge of keeping watch at night, the rest of them shrunk into the same cabin to rest.

From time to time, the breeze blowing in through the cracks between the doors and windows blows through their lying or sitting bodies, always bringing a strong smell of sweat and feet, which is really flattering. I accidentally took a sip, and I almost threw up my overnight meal.

It was late at night, and I listened to the snoring sound in my ears. If you think about it, I'm not a fussy or cleanliness person, but I can't really fall asleep in this situation. Therefore, I had to sigh at the hard work of these running crew members while looking out the window to take a few breaths of fresh air.

However, in this environment, out of psychological effect, it always makes me feel itchy, as if there are small insects like ants, crawling everywhere on my body, and I can't help but scratch them.

Maybe it was because my constant scratching movements were too big this time, which alarmed Mu Zihan, who was sitting next to me, and he seemed to be a little asleep just now, suddenly opened his eyes and looked at me, and whispered: "Siyuan, bear with me, I will be here tomorrow afternoon." Moreover, I advise you to adapt to this environment as soon as possible, and when you get to Myanmar, you will find that such a place may already be very good. ”

"No, that's too ......" I don't know how to describe how I feel at the moment, anyway, I really regret going with Mu Zihan now.

"It's good to get used to it." Mu Zihan smiled and said, "Go to sleep, even if you can't sleep, close your eyes and recuperate, otherwise you will be out of energy tomorrow." ”

I nodded, not talking, but as Mu Zihan said, I closed my eyes, trying not to think about the environment I was in now, but imagined myself as lying in the room of the office. In a trance, I also began to get confused, and it seems that sometimes self-hypnosis is quite good.

I don't know how long I slept, but when I was woken up by the sound of hurried footsteps, I found that it was already dawn, and Mu Zihan, who was sitting next to me, was nowhere to be seen.

"What's going on, why are you in such a hurry?" I grabbed the crew who was about to hurry past me and asked. After asking, I remembered that they probably didn't know Chinese at all.

However, I didn't expect that the crew who was suddenly stopped by me actually understood my words, and replied in very non-standard, but barely understandable Mandarin: "The boss of the ship is gone, and now everyone on the ship is looking for him." ”

It seems that Mu Zihan is right, most of these crew members are people who have been running the ship with the boss for many years, although they communicate in Burmese every day, they are not unfamiliar with Chinese, and they can barely say a few words. So, after I asked him where Mu Zihan was, I hurried over to meet him.

"What's the matter with the ship's boss's disappearance?" When I found Mu Zihan, he was standing on the bow deck, looking at the edge of the deck in a daze.

"That's it. Some crew members said that the last time they saw the boss of the ship was when they left the country last night. After all, leaving the country has to be inspected, and it was the ship boss who had to deal with it at that time. However, after that, no one saw him. Mu Zihan replied with frowns.

"Could it be that you accidentally stumbled and fell into the river?" I guessed.

"No way. This ship boss is already 60 miles away. My friend said that he has been running a boat here for more than 20 years. As far as the situation on this boat is concerned, even with his eyes closed, he can pass unimpeded. How could you stumble into the river? Mu Zihan denied it: "Moreover, if a big living person falls into the river, don't say the sound of water, even if it is a cry for help, we should be able to hear it." However, last night, it was quiet and we didn't hear anything like that. ”

As saying, he crouched down, pointed to a reddish-brown stain like rust on the edge of the deck, and said, "Besides, if you look at this stain, it looks like rust, but it is much darker than the other rusts. ”

"Could it be...... Bloodstain? I gasped and said, "Could it be that the captain of the ship was actually attacked here yesterday?" And now it's still hidden on the ship? ”

"That's not necessarily, if the boat boss was really attacked, then, even if he didn't die at that time, he must have fallen into a coma, or couldn't move to resist. In this way, it will not be difficult to put him into the river silently. Just seal his mouth, tie his whole body, and slowly follow the edge of the boat, little by little, into the water. Not only will there be no sound of falling water, but there will also be no cries for help. Mu Zihan stood up as he spoke, looked at me and said, "So, the most important thing now is to determine whether this is a bloodstain or not, and whether the boat boss is still on the ship." ”

"This ship is not big, and if the boss is still on board, it should be found by the crew soon. As for whether it is bloodstained or not, how can you be sure? I asked, confused.

"Well, leave the matter of finding the ship's boss to the crew. As for determining whether it is bloodstained, the method is very simple, Siyuan, you go to the cabin and pour a glass of hot water. After Mu Zihan finished speaking, he squatted down again and scraped off the darker rust.

And I quickly ran back to the cabin, poured a glass of water and came back according to Mu Zihan's instructions.

I saw that after Mu Zihan put the rusty powder into the hot water in the cup, he looked at the changes in the cup with a serious face. Gradually, I saw that most of the rust powder had sunk to the bottom of the cup. However, a few small dark red particles have been floating and sinking in the cup.

"Sure enough, it's bloodstains." Mu Zihan's expression suddenly became solemn: "Those few floating particles are the blood that was originally mixed in the rust. The protein in it solidifies quickly when exposed to hot water, but it is much less dense than rust and not much larger than water. So it's not like those rusts, which can sink quietly at the bottom of the cup, motionless. It seems that the captain of the ship has really been killed. ”

At this moment, a crew member ran over and muttered a lot at Mu Zihan's excited chatter. Mu Zihan nodded, and after a few words, he responded a few words, only to see him leave again with a worried face.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I searched all over the ship, but I didn't find the boss of the ship." After Mu Zihan answered simply, he stopped talking and walked silently to the dirty cabin.

(To be continued)