Chapter 4: Ah Shen (I)

When Yu Yue received Zhuo Fan's call, she just woke up from a nightmare. She put on her glasses and pulled out her phone from the bedside www.biquge.info. He muttered resentfully, "So early. "Or pick up the phone," Mr. Zhuo. ”

Who knew that Zhuo Fan's voice on the other end of the phone sounded anxious and happy, "Hurry up, watch TV, news, news!" ”

Zhuo Fan is the kind of person who is like a chicken blood as long as there is big news, once upon a time when he was in school, the teacher said that he would dedicate himself to the news, Yu Yue laughed every time, but after work, she was sure that in this world, there are really people who are willing to go to the mountains and the sea of fire for the news, Zhuo Fan is. Yu Yue has worked with him for more than three months, and he still has a little understanding of Zhuo Fan. Lazily got up and turned on the TV, tuned into the news channel, turned on the sound to the maximum, and planned to listen while brushing his teeth.

As soon as she walked to the bathroom door, the voice of the news reporter hit her heart word by word, so that she could no longer take a step.

"On the evening of October 27, several fishing boats found a man floating at sea for many days in the East China Sea, and now the man has been rescued to a hospital in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province. It is suspected that the man is Dr. Shen, one of the members of the archaeological team who disappeared three months ago, and the man is still in a coma. ”

Yu Yue was fixed at the door, her whole body stiffened, and the news on the TV was broadcast one after another. She didn't dare to move, afraid that if she took a step, she would wake up from such a dream. Until the phone rang again.

"Hey." Yu Yue's words that he finally said trembled vigorously.

"Come down, I'm downstairs at your house!" It's Zhuo Fan.

Yu Yue instinctively and trance-like oh, didn't bother to brush her teeth and wash her face, just put on a piece of clothes and went downstairs.

Zhuo Fan's off-road vehicle was parked downstairs, and when he saw Yu Yue coming down, he honked his horn, "Did you just get up?" ”

Yu Yue touched her face, "Is it obvious?" ”

"It looks like I haven't washed my face." Zhuo Fan said teasingly. Zhuo Fan originally said this to see Yu Yue's pale face and wanted to enliven the atmosphere, but how could Yu Yue care about washing her face and brushing her teeth at this time.

Zhuo Fan saw that Yu Yue didn't react at all, and knew that she must be nervous, worried, and scared and forgot to be happy, "I called the hospital in Zhoushan, but I didn't expect that Dr. Shen was not in a big hospital, but a small hospital in Linhai." It took a lot of trouble for me to get there for a call. ”

"Is that person really Ah Shen?" Yu Yue clearly remembered that the accident of Ah Shen's plane was in the Pacific Ocean, and the route from the United States to Shanghai would not pass through the East China Sea at all.

"I'm 90% sure."

Yu Yue was surprised, "Didn't the news say that there was no way to determine his identity?" Moreover, it has been so long since Ah Shen's accident...... "In the past three months, Yu Yue has heard news from countless maritime search and rescue teams, and has traveled thousands of miles to Shanghai several times to confirm her identity, but every time she is disappointed. She got to the bottom of it, after all, she was afraid that when she got there, she found that the person was still not Ah Shen.

"I naturally have my own solution, but there is still 10% left, and you need to do the final confirmation yourself."

"Final confirmation?" "What do you mean?"

"Let's talk about this when we get there, we can go and interview the fisherman who rescued Dr. Shen. You'll understand when the time comes. ”

Yu Yue sat in the co-pilot, looking at the scenery flashing outside the window, feeling like she was dreaming. She secretly pinched herself, and the back of her hand hurt and wanted to cry.

When we arrived at a small fishing village on the coast of Zhoushan City, boats stopped at the seashore, and the sound of the tide crashed against the shore, and even the air was salty. Zhuo Fan went to inquire, Yu Yue stood by the car and tried his best to look at the horizon, the intersection of the sea and the sky, and the golden ribbon like the sun. Three months ago, Ah Shen disappeared into such a sea, and today, he has really returned.

"Right ahead." Zhuo Fan saw Yu Yue smile slightly, and his mood also improved. "Get in the car."

Zhuo Fan took Yu Yue to a low bungalow, on the cement floor outside the bungalow, all kinds of sea fish were dried in bamboo baskets, and on the wooden frame outside the cement floor, a row of dark green kelp was hung. The smell of the sea wafting in the wind made Yu Yue a little uncomfortable.

As soon as they walked outside the door, a slightly chubby woman came out, she smiled, her smile was simple and natural, and when she saw Yu Yue and Zhuo Fan, she said, "You two are not locals, are they?" ”

Her local accent was so strong that Yu Yue could barely understand it. Zhuo Fan took the first step and asked, "May I ask if Uncle Mo is here?" ”

The woman turned her head into the house and shouted at the top of her voice, "Old Mo, Old Mo!" ”

A thin old man came out of the door, he was wearing a washed white bright old sweatshirt, the pattern on the sweatshirt also faded, the sea breeze blew, the sweatshirt highlighted his thin figure. He smiled, revealing the wrinkles on the edge of his lips, "...... are they?" ”

"Oh, you don't know yet, since you and Dawa rescued that young man from the sea, haven't people been coming!"

Yu Yue was a little surprised and looked at Zhuo Fan.

"Ah Shen's matter is known all over the country, not to mention that you just appeared on that talk show two days ago, as soon as Ah Shen was rescued, some reporters didn't know where to get the news, and they all rushed to several big hospitals in Zhoushan, there was no way, so I had to arrange Ah Shen in a small hospital in the countryside. But don't worry, although it is a small hospital, the doctors and equipment are the best. Zhuo Fan hurriedly explained to her. Since Ah Shen's accident, Yu Yue has been like losing her soul for a month, and then she was absent from work for two weeks and ran to the junction of the river and the sea in Shanghai, sitting on the beach every day and staring at the sea level, provoking the local people to almost call the mental hospital. If it weren't for the interview in Guizhou, I'm afraid Yu Yue would no longer be able to mix in the current news agency. Hearing Ashen's news again, Zhuo Fan took special care of Yu Yue's emotions along the way, afraid that Yu Yue would not be able to stand such ups and downs.

The thin old man seemed to have done something to be particularly proud of, straightened his waist, and beckoned the woman to bring a few small benches, put them on the concrete floor, and motioned for Yu Yue Zhuofan to sit down and listen to him speak slowly.

Yu Yue was a little anxious, as for finding Ah Shen, to be honest, she didn't care at all, what she cared about the most was that Ah Shen might have come back, and he was waiting for her in the hospital not far away. She really didn't want to hear about Rory's rescue now.

She was very impatient, but she looked at the interested Zhuo Fan and the proud old man, sighed and pressed down the anxiety in her heart.

According to the usual practice, Zhuo Fan took out his notepad and prepared to start recording, for Zhuo Fan, no matter when he could not miss the most effective first-hand information. When the old man saw Zhuo Fan take out a pen and paper, he became more and more solemn, stood up, lit a pipe, took a hard breath, and began to talk while reminiscing.

"Actually, the day before yesterday was the last time we fished here, and according to the rules of our fishing village, after October 28, the fishermen in my village are not allowed to go out to sea to fish again." The old man spoke in a long and slow and composed voice, as if he were coming towards them little by little from a distant time.

Yu Yue listened a little absent-mindedly, and raised her arm to look at her watch from time to time, thinking that it should have been a long time since she heard the old man say so much, and only a few minutes had passed when she looked at the time. Zhuo Fan listened with relish, "Why October 28th?" ”

The old man smiled shyly, scratching the bald head on the back of his head, "Actually, I don't know, the ancestors of our fishing village are passed down from generation to generation. Legend has it that if you go to sea after this day, something will happen to those who go to sea. ”

"Something?" Yu Yue saw Zhuo Fan draw a circle on the word "accident" with a pen, drew an arrow from the circle, and then looked at the old man, waiting for him to continue.

Speaking of this, the smile on the old man's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by an extremely serious look, and he lowered his voice and said in a deep voice, "I heard my grandfather say that he had a playmate named Gouzi when he was a child, because he was greedy and wanted to catch more fish, so he secretly went to sea on the night of October 28, but the person who had an accident did not come back. When the adults of his family saw that the boat was gone, they knew that the dog must have had an accident at sea, so he hurriedly arranged to worship the god of the sea, praying that the goddess of the sea could return the person. But several days passed, and there was no news. Just a few days later, in the evening, several friends of the dog drank some wine and had the courage to go to sea to find the dog, and only the grandfather was sober at that time. When they were young, the ancestors told them that they should not go to sea after October 28, which would anger the sea god! The old man trembled when he said this.

Zhuo Fan's pen stopped in the air and never fell, and asked, "And then?" ”

Then, disgusted with Grandpa's timidity, they let him stay, and Grandpa watched them go out to sea. They haven't been seen back since. ”

Zhuo Fan sighed, nodded, and crossed out the arrow that led out of the circle on the notebook.

Yu Yue knew that Zhuo Fan was a little disappointed, there were ships going to sea every day, and he had never heard of anything that could not go to sea after October 28. I am afraid that such a rule is a lie made up by the old man's ancestors in order not to make the people of the fishing village too greedy. Whatever happened and what angered the sea god was all made up. Yu Yue couldn't help but think, what age is this, and he is still bluffing people with this kind of godly chatter. Seeing that the old man was talking so solemnly, Yu Yue was not funny, so he had to nod with Zhuo Fan.

"What happened the night before yesterday?"

"Actually, the weather was pretty good the day before yesterday, and based on my years of experience, the sea should be unobstructed blue as well. But just as we reached the fishing place, and the first net was dropped, the wind suddenly blew fiercely, and within a minute the rain began to fall. Because of the rain, everyone's hearts were a little panicked, thinking that it was the sea god Niangniang who was warning us that the deadline was approaching. We spilled a few random nets and decided to come back. The boat had been sailing back on the sea for about five minutes, and the sea had become clear again. The old man became more and more energetic, Yu Yue saw that he was about to catch up with the one-man cross talk, and the old man continued, "At this time, in the distance, I saw something floating on the sea, although I am old, but my eyes are not dazzled, and I can see at a glance that it is not a buoy on the sea." A few of us thought it was strange, so we got closer, and when we got closer, it turned out to be a human head! ”