"I understand." Qili nodded.
It sounds complicated, I'll check it out tomorrow.
It was still quite cold at night. She lifted the quilt and turned over. Her hands and feet accidentally extended outside the edge of the bed. She suddenly felt as if her hands and feet were being stared at by something. She quickly took her hands and feet back.
Early the next morning, her fiancé Bert was waiting for her in the living room. After Qili got dressed, she saw Bert in a suit and ties as soon as she walked out of the room.
"Good morning, fiancée." Bert bowed and kissed his hands.
"Good morning." Qili smiled and nodded.
Then several people went to the restaurant to have breakfast together.
The morning sun shone on them, and the sea breeze gently blew through Qili's long hair. Bert found a topic to chat with Qili.
"When I was a kid, I loved watching Shakespeare's plays. The complexity and contradictions in human nature fascinated me," Burt said.
Qili smiled and said: "That's great. We have a common hobby. So which drama is your favorite?"
Bert turned his head and looked at Qili and said: "My favorite is Hamlet, because it not only depicts the complexity of human nature, but also reflects the contradictions and problems of society and culture, which gives me a deeper understanding of the background of the times. understanding.”
"You are really a knowledgeable gentleman." Qili complimented him with a smile.
Mrs. Emma in the back was obviously very satisfied, with a rigid smile on her face.
When we arrived at the restaurant, breakfast was already prepared. Several people sat down to enjoy it, eating slices of bread with knives and forks. The potato soup was also very delicious.
Bert is obviously very talkative, and he can always find many topics to talk about. "This is a great era. Steam engines allow us to produce and transport more conveniently. Railways and telegraphs also allow people to communicate and travel faster."
Mrs. Emma could only smile bitterly when she heard this. It was the development of the times that was about to eliminate traditional aristocrats like them, allowing emerging capitalism like Bert to rise.
Qili said with a smile while eating breakfast, "These technologies have also brought about many problems, such as environmental pollution and traffic congestion. Although we can't see it now, we can imagine that one day in the future, our lives will The world will be polluted by the waste generated by these technologies, and one day, humans will destroy everything they have built."
Bert smiled awkwardly and said, "You really think long term."
Qili looked at other places in the restaurant, trying to find the strange young man from last night, Sunuo. This was a special restaurant for the first class cabin and there were not many people, but she did not see him.
Bert looked at her absent-minded look and felt very unhappy.
Someone whispered something into Bert's ear. Bert nodded and said to Mrs. Emma, "I have some things that need to be dealt with. Please excuse me for a while."
Bert said and walked out of the restaurant.
Emma lowered her face and scolded Qili in a low voice, "You should know our current situation. You shouldn't look around while eating and ignore your fiancé. You should put all your heart on him. !”
Qili frowned and defended, "I think I have the right to decide where to look with my eyes."
Emma continued to reprimand in a low voice, "Your words and actions make me very disappointed and sad. You must clearly realize how significant your personal emotions have a significant impact on our entire family. I hope you can put your personal emotions into perspective." Put your emotions aside and take our family interests seriously!"
Qili continued to argue with her, "Why do you have to speak so grandly? Aren't the only ones in our family left with me and you and my younger brother? You just want to throw me out in exchange for your interests. Don't speak so grandly." !”
Emma was so angry that she couldn't speak. She pointed at Qili for a long time, "You! You..."
Qili didn't find the young man and left the restaurant after eating.
She came to the deck, ready to observe the draft mark that the command told her.
She leaned her entire body over the railing to observe the waterline below, but the ship was obviously too high and she couldn't observe much with her naked eyes.
The sea was very calm, the sky was clear, with only a few small white clouds, and the sea breeze blew very slowly.
"Boom! Boom!..."
Yesterday, the two children came to the deck to play with marbles again. The marbles were still rolling toward the right side of the ship.
Qili took out a dollar, bent down, and said to the little girl who was holding the glass beads, "I will give you one dollar, can you sell me the marbles?"
"Here you go!" The little girl didn't even think about it, she just stuffed the marble into Qili's hand, then grabbed the dollar and ran away, and the little boy ran away with her.
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The cold voice of the system rang in my ears again, indicating that this must have something to do with the occurrence of the disaster.
Qili took the glass marble and placed it on the deck as steadily as possible. The marble still rolled towards the right side of the ship. She changed several positions and tested it, all with the same result.
Although this method is not necessarily accurate, it is certain that the hull is tilted to the right.
Now, she needs to find the cause of the tilt and prevent the accident in time.
She walked up the stairs outside to the deck outside the cockpit, where the first mate was leisurely drinking coffee and looking at the endless sea.
"Please take a seat, ma'am." The first mate invited her to sit down on the chair and asked, "Would you like a cup of coffee?"
"No need." She strongly refused and said with a frown, "The hull may indeed tilt to some extent. Please take a look."
Qili slowly placed the marbles on the deck, and the marbles rolled to the right. She repeated this several times in different places, and the marbles all rolled to the right.
"I have also tested it in other places. The hull is likely to tilt to the right. We need to find out what causes the hull to tilt to prevent accidents." Qili said seriously.
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"Ma'am, you are right." The first mate finally paid attention and asked someone to find the picket chief.
The picket leader arrived a few minutes later. He nodded to Qili and said, "Good morning, madam."
"Hello." Qili also nodded to him.
The rules said not to disturb him over trivial matters, so she decided not to talk. If nothing happened, it was just a small problem and had nothing to do with disaster. Wouldn't it be a violation?
The chief mate said to the picket leader, "We suspect that the hull may be tilting. Now we need manpower to check the entire ship top to bottom to see if there is any problem."
The chief inspector nodded and said, "I understand, I will send someone out here."
