Quick Transmigration: Why did you provoke him? He's love-struck!

Chapter 107 Deviation (29)

Uncle Hui was furious.

He saved up for over a decade to buy this ship!

He turned to grab the fire extinguisher, but Yan Zhen was quick and kicked it into the sea along with the fire extinguisher box before he could.

"You!!!" Uncle Hui wanted to strangle her.

The fire continued to spread, and Yan Zhen took a few steps back to avoid the flames that were almost licking his trouser leg.

She lowered her voice and spoke very quickly to Uncle Hui: "Now I'm giving you two choices. Either you jump into the sea with me. You know this area well and can take me to a safe place. Afterwards, I will not only not hold you accountable for betraying me, but I will also compensate you with a fishing boat. Or I will be arrested and you will be silenced."

Uncle Hui: "..."

“If they dare to commit such murder and robbery in broad daylight, they won’t allow you, an insider, to live. They’ll follow the clues and find out who’s behind it all.” Yan Zhen emphasized, “Whether you live or die, think it over carefully.”

Uncle Hui's forehead was covered in cold sweat, his eyes darting back and forth between Yan Zhen and the men on the speedboat opposite, his mind in turmoil.

Upon seeing the fishing boat on fire, the people on the speedboat, fearing that an explosion would harm them, immediately started the speedboat and moved a distance away, watching them from afar.

A few seconds later, Uncle Hui asked, "Can you really compensate me with a boat?"

Yan Zhen retorted, "Do I look like I'm short of money?"

Uncle Hui recalled that on the first day he met her, she spent two thousand yuan at once, and the things she asked him to buy were usually delivered in packages of considerable value.

"Okay." He gritted his teeth, pulled out a towel from behind him, placed it on the scorching hot rudder, and then suddenly turned around, risking an explosion, and sped away in the opposite direction of the speedboat with the burning fishing boat.

Upon seeing Uncle Hui betray them, the man on the speedboat cursed angrily and immediately gave chase.

The fishing boat was far slower than the speedboat and was quickly overtaken, but the people dared not get too close and could only shout from a distance.

"The ship is going to explode!"

"Stop right now if you don't want to die!"

"Fisherman, do you want to die with her?"

Uncle Hui ignored him, and the old fishing boat almost flew off the sea, disappearing into the distance in the blink of an eye.

"It's too late," Yan Zhen said, constantly checking his watch. "The ship is about to explode."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Hui pulled down the distress signal transmitter, grabbed a bundle of rope, and dragged Yan Zhen into the sea.

The uncontrolled fishing boat continued speeding for some distance before exploding on the sea with a loud "boom".

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At the same time, on Yudao Island.

Zhou Rang was preparing dinner ingredients in the kitchen.

Judging by the time, Ming Yiwei will be back in an hour.

He planned to start simmering the soup, then drive his sidecar electric scooter to the dock to pick her up.

Just then, the landline in the living room rang. Zhou Rang dried his hands, went over, and picked up the receiver: "Hello."

The landlord's anxious voice came through: "Xiao Zhao, Hui Zi's boat has had an accident."

Zhou's heart skipped a beat.

He rushed to the dock, where his landlord was already waiting.

"What's going on?" Zhou Rang's face was tense. He was usually stern and rarely smiled, but now his expression was serious and his demeanor was stern.

"Twenty minutes ago, the police station received a distress signal from Hui Zi's fishing boat. We can't contact him now and don't know what happened."

As the landlord spoke, he noticed Zhou Rang's expression was off and comforted him, "We've already notified the coast guard. The incident occurred in a nearby area, and the police on the island are planning to send a boat over to check it out. I'll go with them."

"I'll go as well."

"This..." The landlord was about to object, but after thinking about it, he relented. "Okay, but you have to promise me that you won't get agitated no matter what happens."

Soon, a spare boat arrived on the island. The landlord, a former sailor, took the helm and headed to the area where the distress signal had been sent.

An hour later, the ship arrived at that area of ​​water.

The coast guard had arrived before them, and several ships bearing coast guard markings were shuttling back and forth on the sea for the search and rescue operation.

The police officers used the walkie-talkie on the boat to contact the coast guard, and the two sides were exchanging information.

Standing on the deck, Zhou Rang keenly noticed a patch of black debris floating on the sea, and he immediately picked up a net and scooped it up.

Upon seeing this, the landlord came over for a look and immediately recognized it: "It's the wreckage of a fishing boat."

Zhou Rang's breath hitched, and an emotion called "fear" instantly spread throughout his heart.

At the same time, he also harbored a glimmer of hope: what if she wasn't on the ship?

After exchanging information with the coast guard officers involved in the search and rescue operation, the accompanying police officers quickly emerged from the cabin.

The landlord immediately asked, "Have you found out what happened?"

The police officer was a man in his forties with a tanned face and a serious expression: "The fishing boat exploded, and we still don't know why it exploded."

"What about people?"

The police officer shook his head: "We haven't found it yet."

The landlord remained silent.

Even if he didn't say it, the others knew in their hearts that with the combination of factors—at sea, on a fishing boat, and in an explosion—the chances of the people on board surviving were slim.

"She'll be alright," Zhou Rang murmured to himself, unsure whether he was trying to reassure himself or genuinely believed Yan Zhen wouldn't die. "She's so smart, she can handle any danger... She'll definitely be alright!"

When the landlord saw that his eyes were red, he couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder, silently comforting him.

The search and rescue operation continues, and the crew on the backup boat are also shuttling back and forth in the area, trying to lend a hand.

The walkie-talkie in the cabin was always on, and the voices of the coast guard could be heard from inside from time to time.

"Move a little over there."

"Be careful during the salvage operation."

"found it!"

Zhou Rang felt as if his brain had been tugged, and he immediately rushed into the cabin from the deck.

The police officer, who had been keeping an eye on the walkie-talkie, immediately asked, "Have you found the person? Male or female? How old?"

There was a lot of noise on the other end of the walkie-talkie, and while waiting for a response, everyone subconsciously held their breath.

Zhou Rang felt as if his heart was being gripped by an invisible hand, constantly tightening and making it difficult for him to breathe.

Finally, a response came from the other end of the walkie-talkie: "It's not a person, it's a handbag."

The landlord paused, then asked, "What color is it?"

"It's brownish-grey with a silver zipper and a cartoon pattern on the front. Inside... there's a navy blue wallet and some cosmetics."

With each characteristic mentioned on the walkie-talkie, Zhou Rang's heart sank a little deeper.

He had seen that bag in Ming Yiwei's room when he was cleaning.

"There's an ID card, some cash, and shopping receipts in the wallet... Ming Yiwei," the person on the other end of the walkie-talkie said. "The ID card holder is named Ming Yiwei."

That last sentence completely extinguished any remaining hope Zhou Rang had.

He felt as if he had been kicked hard; his mind went blank, and he felt all the blood rush to his head. The intense tinnitus and headache made it impossible for him to stand, so he suddenly knelt down.

The landlord quickly helped him up: "Xiao Zhao!"

Zhou Rang gasped for breath as if he were suffocating, his heart feeling as if it had been ripped out. He clutched his heart, tears streaming down his face from the excruciating pain.

He was overwhelmed by feelings of regret.

Knowing that leaving the island was risky, why didn't he insist on going with her?

I thought that by not being by her side, I could save her a lot of danger and trouble.

Little did they know that a single wrong decision would lead to their eternal separation.