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Chapter 256: Overseas Buddhists (I)

After leaving Hong Kong, the Joan of Arc had been at sea for almost ten days, probably because the sky was clear except for some wind and waves on the first day.

During the voyage, the cruise ship only anchored in Brunei for half a day, and the rest of the time was spent at sea. Although the beauty of the sea is fascinating, even the best scenery can become a bit boring after ten days. For sailors who live at sea all year round, this boredom has long been accustomed, but for those who travel by boat, it is obviously somewhat unbearable.

In the past few days, there have been some complaints on the ship, such as that flying on the Joan of Arc is like going to jail. For the captain, these complaints have nothing to do with him, he just needs to drive the boat safely to its destination. However, the purser in charge of passenger affairs on board the ship could not turn a blind eye to this, and it was his main responsibility to make every passenger happy and satisfied when they boarded the ship, so he proposed to the captain to hold a large dance party tonight to liven up the atmosphere on the ship.

Since we will arrive at the next port of call tomorrow, Lampung Port, and we can replenish the consumed materials at that time, there is no reason for Captain Yì to refuse this proposal. As the news of the ship's dance party spread, the atmosphere on the ship immediately became lively, and the crew of the passenger cabin mobilized and began to get busy for the evening dance, and even the manager in charge of the various passenger cabin services was sent to the deck to peel potatoes, and Andy was one of them.

Andy's full name is Andy Gilman Antwinton, a Dutchman, a waiter manager in the upper class, who has been with the Joan of Arc for six years. Although he was born and raised in the Netherlands, his appearance is slightly different from that of most Dutch and even Westerners, his appearance is not as rough and rigid as that of Westerners, but as delicate and soft as that of Orientals, and the color of his head and pupils are all black. The reason why he has such an appearance is mainly because he has a quarter of Chinese blood in his body, and his grandmother is Chinese.

In the Netherlands, the surname Antwengton is quite famous, although it cannot be said to be well-known, but in the public museums of the Netherlands, there are more or less names of members of the Antwintown family in it. The Antwintons are an ancient aristocratic family in the Netherlands, and many members of the family were closely related to the Dutch royal family in the past, and were once revered as the first family in the Netherlands. It's a pity that in the last 100 years, the family has gradually declined, in addition to the scarcity of people, the main reason is that the family's investment around the world has problems. By Andy's father's generation, the glory of the nobility had completely faded, and the Antwintons were almost indistinguishable from ordinary Dutch commoners.

Andy's father took advantage of the family's past glory to find a career as a university teacher in Hamburg, mainly teaching the history of world civilization, and the monthly salary plus his grandfather's wealth from the East made the family quite prosperous. Andy's grandmother is a bit awkward, she is a Chinese prostitute, she met Andy's grandfather when picking up customers, the two fell in love, and after Andy's grandfather ransomed her life, they returned to the Netherlands together, and the next year they had Andy's father.

Although Andy's grandmother is very lowly, her knowledge is not bad at all, and it can be said that she has learned both Chinese and Western. Since she was a child, she personally taught Andy Oriental culture, which made Andy obsessed with Oriental civilization, and then under her influence, Andy followed her to believe in the Pure Land sect of Buddhism despite the opposition of her family, and she practiced the very authentic Pure Land concept method.

It was because of Andy's obsession with Eastern civilization that after the death of his family, he did not hesitate to sell his family property and become a crew member of the Joan of Arc, working on this cruise ship between East and West for six years. In the past six years, he did not go out to spend all his money as soon as the ship docked, as other sailors did, but saved up the money little by little, as if it were for other purposes. His unusual behavior was seen and admired by the upper echelons of the company, so within a year he became the waiter manager of the upper class cabin, specializing in entertaining the ship's distinguished guests. Although he has a very low rank in his position, his power is second only to that of the captain and the first mate, and if he hadn't offered to help in this mobilization, he would not have had to cut this basket of potatoes.

"Manager, manager!" a senior attendant shouted as he ran out of the cabin, looked around, and when he saw Andy, he ran as he ran.

"What's the matter with such a panic? Don't put your clothes in order, don't forget that you're a waiter in the upper class!" Seeing his subordinates, Andy couldn't help frowning, put down the work in his hand, and scolded in a deep voice.

Hearing Andy's words, the waiter hurriedly stood up, calmed down his rapid breathing, and tidied up his clothes until he returned to normal, and then said: "The guests in room 103 did not come out today, I tried to call the door just now, but there was no sound inside, as if there was no one." ”

"You're going to call the door?" Andy's eyebrows furrowed, and he was about to curse, but when he saw the pitiful appearance of his subordinates with their necks bent, he swallowed back the curse words and said with a gloomy face: "Don't you know that when the guest comes on board, he tells us not to disturb him no matter what happens?" Or have you forgotten the most important rule in the cabin rules, 'The passenger's word is God's will'?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten this, but Room 103 is really weird. The waiter knew that Andy was a good man, and he would never fire him for any ship rules, at most he would scold a few words, so his behavior seemed a little casual, and he stepped forward and whispered: "Manager, it has been almost ten days since the guest in room 103 boarded the ship today! In these ten days, he has not taken a step out of the cabin, nor has he eaten a little." An ordinary person who hasn't eaten a little food for ten days may be able to survive, but he hasn't drunk any water, what does that mean, you should know it very well, right?

Andy had recently heard from his subordinates about the weirdness of Room 103, but he had seen a lot of weirdos on the ship, and he didn't pay much attention to it at the time, but now that he heard what his subordinates said, he felt that something seemed to be abnormal. He thought for a moment and then said, "Although he didn't eat our food, it is very likely that he brought his own food on the ship and has been eating his own food on the ship. ”

"No!" replied the waiter in the affirmative, "I asked Martin, who took the guest to the cabin, and he said that the guest came into the room without anything with him. ”

Andy's face was a lot darker, and he also felt that there was something strange in it. After a moment of contemplation, he untied his dirty apron, ordered the man next to him to take over, and then commanded the attendant, "Go, I'll take a look." ”