Back on the "Stone Crab", the four of them were so cold that they could not speak. Zuo Pengfei served them hot cocoa, and then heated "mutton meatball soup". The four of them were wrapped in thick blankets and ate and drank. Finally, my body stopped shaking.
"Where are the other two people?" Zuo Pengfei asked.
"Dead." Tian Yong only said two words. It was obvious that no one wanted to recall everything that happened in the cave.
Zuo Pengfei didn't ask any more questions. He looked through the 12 boxes they brought back. The jewels almost blinded him.
"Start to decompress and float, and leave this place as soon as possible." Ling Hao felt uncomfortable when he thought of those dense insects, and he was afraid that they would leave a psychological shadow.
The small camera on the mask was broken. Ling Hao restored image communication through the equipment on the "Stone Crab". The first person to appear on the screen turned out to be Cheng Zhuxin. Her face was full of anxiety. When she saw Ling Hao, her eyes turned red and she almost shed tears.
"You scared me to death. There has been no signal from you for almost 7 hours. I thought there was some accident." Zhuxin forced a smile and held back her tears. After all, she was not an ordinary woman. , she is an Interpol police officer who has experienced many baptisms of blood and fire.
Ling Hao smiled coquettishly and said: "As you know, there is a cave down there, and the signal is isolated inside. Although there were many twists and turns, the matter was finally done."
As soon as he heard that the matter was done, Basarov immediately came forward and pushed Zhuxin aside with his fat body. The old guy said with a smile on his face: "My dear nephew Ling Hao, I know that if you take action, you will be successful. Tell me, is this Rasputin's treasure? How many treasures have you discovered? "
Ling Hao secretly laughed at this old guy who couldn't keep his temper, which is why he didn't use a hanging basket to send these treasures out of the water first. It is essential to be on guard against others. They are underwater, and their life and death must be protected by a work boat. Therefore, before the "Stone Crab" is hoisted onto the ship, these treasures must be with them.
"There is a treasure, but I'm not sure if it belongs to Rasputin." Ling Hao picked up a box, opened it, and placed it in front of the camera. A large pile of jewelry was shining brightly, which almost gave Basharov a cerebral infarction on the spot. Die in the past. "There are a total of 12 boxes of pearls, antiques, etc., and there are some more down there, but the ruins are too dangerous. We were besieged by a wave of insects. Two of your men died, so we can only bring up the most valuable 12 boxes. There is nothing we can do about the remaining gold and silver, but in terms of value, it should be considered more than half of the treasure."
"Oh? There is still a swarm of insects down there? If you are well prepared, is there a possibility of exploring it again?" Basharov looked pained. With his greed, he really didn't want to leave a single gold coin. .
Ling Hao sneered and said: "If you still want to explore again, please ask someone else to do it. I haven't lived enough yet. No matter how much money I have, I have to spend it with my life."
Basharov knew that he had made a mistake, so he quickly apologized and said with a smile: "What you said is that people must know how to control their desires. The long-term solution is to stop in moderation and stop when things are good. You have all worked hard this time, and I will not treat you badly. of."
The "Stone Crab" came out of the water an hour later. After being hoisted onto the ship, the work vessel weighed anchor and returned to the port. The twenty-day decompression period has become a very accustomed process for Ling Hao and others. Apart from sleeping with his head covered, Ling Hao cooks video porridge with Zhu Xin every day. From time to time, the mermaid water spirit star will appear. She was chattering endlessly in his mind. Maybe she was suffocated by being locked up in that dark place for too long. She kept talking endlessly. Not only did she talk a lot, but she was also a vulgar tease. Yes, the word obscene should not be used on a girl, but it is perfect for Shui Lingxing. First of all, she is no longer a young girl. She has lived for hundreds of years. It is not an exaggeration to say that she has matured with age. Secondly, the customs of mermaids may be too unrestrained. There are no human morals and etiquette at all, especially when it comes to men and women. . After getting acquainted with Ling Hao for a while, he started teasing him wildly. There were endless old dirty jokes, which often made Ling Hao blush and almost drove him crazy.
Basharov is like an ant on a hot pot these days. He spends every day scratching his mind. A huge fortune is already in front of him, but he has to wait more than twenty days to get it. This feeling is terrible. As you can imagine, he brought over several antique and jewelry connoisseurs and antique and jewelry dealers in the country, just waiting to have these items appraised.
Finally, the decompression was over, and Ling Hao and the others left the cabin. Since Basharov had kept his promise and transferred the commission to Ling Hao's account early, the latter also simply delivered 12 boxes of treasures to the other party. On this day, the dock was on alert. It was very tight, and the mercenaries with live ammunition surrounded it three levels inside and three levels outside. What shocked Ling Hao and the others the most was that Basharov actually drove a military armored vehicle to transport the treasure. Looking at the 30mm machine gun and 12.7mm heavy machine gun on the armored vehicle, Ling Hao's eyes were straight. Twitch is worthy of being a fighting nation. I don’t know how Basharov’s hands and eyes are so good that he can even get his hands on such a big killer. This is simply unimaginable in other countries.
"Hahaha, my dear nephew Ling Hao, I have been suffering from insomnia these days, just waiting for you to come out." Basharov took a step forward and gave Ling Hao a bear hug.
Ling Hao looked at the bubbles at the corner of his mouth and said with a joking smile: "You are always anxious to get your treasure, instead of waiting for me. You are really generous, even the armored vehicles are used."
Basharov smiled coquettishly, then started squawking again: "Armored vehicles are nothing, I have tanks and armed helicopters."
Damn, he’s not an arms dealer, right? Ling Hao thought silently in his heart.
"Ling Hao!" A clear voice pierced through the noise on the dock. Ling Hao saw Zhu Xin standing behind Basharov. The latter quickly stepped forward. Ling Hao also ignored Basharov standing between them. Sharov rushed over quickly, and the two hugged each other tightly without any scruples. The fierce kiss made everyone around them dumbfounded.
"This kind of job is too life-threatening. How big of a heart do I have to be your woman?" Zhu Xin murmured in Ling Hao's ear.
"This kind of dangerous job is rare in a century. Look, I wasn't even injured. It's not as dangerous as the last mission I went on with you." Ling Hao teased with a smile.
Everyone left the dock and returned to the lakeside villa. The four heroes were all arranged to take a bath and rest. Basharov asked people to prepare for the celebration banquet in the evening, while he went to count his treasures.
In the evening, a luxurious and sumptuous banquet was an eye-opener for Ling Hao and others. Huge king crab, about ten kilograms of French blue lobster, clam clam sashimi served in clam shells with a diameter of half a meter, and charcoal grilled Wagyu beef. Steak, Almaz caviar and Iberian ham slices with white truffles. These are the world's top ingredients, and the prices are staggering. It can be seen that Basharov spent a lot of money this time.
Everyone sat down. Basharov's face turned red as if he had high blood pressure. He carefully wandered into the restaurant with two bottles of wine in his hand. He smiled apologetically and said, "I just went to the wine cellar to look for wine. I was late." One step, sorry.”
Li Liang immediately stepped forward to grab a bottle and said with a smile: "What an amazing wine. If you hold it so carefully, will it explode? Let me, an expert, take a look." When he took the bottle and took a look, his eyes immediately straightened. Who was Li Liang? Ling Hao had never seen such a rude look on his face. "'Romanee-Conti' produced in 2005! This wine is so precious that it is hard to see it on the market now. You can only go to the winery where it was produced and buy more than a dozen bottles of their good wine before selling a bottle together. I bought a 2005 bottle at Sotheby's five years ago, which cost me more than 20,000 US dollars, and you actually took out two bottles at once. When did you become so arrogant?"
Ling Hao took a breath. A bottle of wine can be exchanged for a family car? So he weakly asked Li Liang in a low voice: "Why is this red wine so expensive? Does it have any origins?"
Li Liang glanced at him with disdain and said: "I guess you have only heard of the '82 Lafite'. For those who don't understand, I am afraid it is limited to this level. In fact, among the top red wines, Lafite cannot be ranked at all. Number one. Putting aside the solitary red wines for collection, this 'Romanee-Conti' is ranked number one, especially the 2005 vintage, which is even more difficult to find. Let your kid experience the richness today Just feel it, don’t make it up like drinking beer.”
Ling Hao immediately felt that his situation was being ruthlessly crushed, so he could only wait for the wine tasting. Seeing Basharov opening the wine himself, sobering it up and then pouring wine for everyone, Li Liang asked with a smile: "As soon as I walked in, I saw your face was flushed, and your hall was lit up. I'm afraid the value of these treasures has been initially estimated. Are you ready? Tell me, I promise you won’t be jealous.”
Basharov whispered with excitement: "We have roughly estimated the price. It is conservatively estimated to be around 150 million US dollars."
Li Liang looked at Ling Hao with a smile: "Are you going to miss it?"
Ling Hao said sternly: "I make money from my craftsmanship. Even if I don't find anything this time, I still have to collect 2 million commissions. No matter how valuable these treasures are, it has nothing to do with me. Besides, it's all about the money." If there is too much, it is unsafe. Only when you are content can you always be happy, right?”
"I admire Ling Hao's eldest nephew's professional ethics and his indifferent nature." Basharov flatteringly came up to Ling Hao and said: "How about it? Make some preparations and catch all the rest. Uncle Hui is willing to split the bill with you four to six, you four and I six."
Ling Hao smiled and shook his head: "I'm still young, and I don't plan to exchange my life for money. Even if I'm six and you're four, it's impossible. Your people have been inside and know the situation very well. You might as well hire some more people at a high price and wait. Let’s go into the water when the weather warms up.” He could not forget Zhu Xin’s anxious and worried eyes. Since he had Zhu Xin, his life was no longer his own. Besides, he also had a father, so he was not qualified to take the initiative to use his own Risk your life.
In the evening, Ling Hao and Zhu Xin returned to the room. Looking at the beautiful face, Ling Hao couldn't help but move up and kiss Zhu Xin on the cheek.
"Why, your bestiality comes out as soon as you return to the room?" Zhu Xin said with a smile.
"I can't help it. Facing such a beautiful woman like you, as long as he's not blind, which man wouldn't want to kiss Fangze?" Ling Hao said with a playful smile.
"Then what?"
"What then?"
"After you kissed Fangze, there was nothing more to do? You scumbag." Zhu Xin raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, of course I will love you to the end, marry you, and then have a few more children."
"How many more?" Zhuxin laughed.
"Oh my God! Why are you so stinky and shameless? You have to eat the food one bite at a time, and the babies have to be born one by one. You think she is a fish, she can throw her seeds, and there are several others. At least you got there first. Let’s talk again.” The “smoking and drinking voice” in Ling Hao’s mind started talking again.
"Why are you so vulgar? Where did you grow up with such a bad accent? From now on, if you shut yourself up at this time, do you understand what privacy is?" Ling Hao was mad at Shui Lingxing.
The mental activity did not affect Ling Hao's facial expression. He still stared at Zhuxin affectionately, gently took her into his arms and said: "I know that food must be eaten one bite at a time, and babies must be born one by one, but A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, let’s take this solid first step together.” With that said, he hugged the other person and fell on the bed, and started a frantic output.
"Wait!" A few minutes later, Zhu Xin seemed to suddenly wake up from the intoxication. She found that she seemed to have only the last line of defense left to resist. She quickly pressed Ling Hao's chest, pushed him to the side, and pulled him over. The quilt wrapped myself up.
"What's wrong?" Ling Hao looked at Zhu Xin in confusion.
"Pause for a moment, I haven't finished speaking yet." Cheng Zhuxin continued to wrap herself in the quilt.
Ling Hao had a look of despair on his face: "This car has already reached 200 miles. If you stop suddenly, aren't you afraid that I will get internal injuries?"
"Be serious and continue the topic we just talked about. To be honest, although we have not known each other for a long time, I really like you very much, and I also feel that you are serious about me. We can indeed continue our relationship with the goal of getting married. , enhance mutual understanding, and then enter the marriage hall. But you also know that marriage is not only about love, but also about mutual responsibilities and commitments. I don’t ask you to be rich, and I am not that vulgar, but you The job now is too dangerous. My children and I will have to worry about you in the future. Have you ever thought about how you never look back every time you enter the water? If you don’t come out one day, how will I survive? What will happen to my children? ?”
Ling Hao was silent for a moment. He had not considered the risks of his work. Even without Zhuxin, his father lying in the hospital could not live without him. But if I don’t do this anymore, what will my brothers do? There is also the matter of tracking down Octopus and avenging his father. More importantly, I love the sea and the feeling of being surrounded by blue water. Perhaps this is some kind of blood gene left in the bone marrow of the pearl diver. He even thought that he was born for the sea. He could not imagine how sad and sad he would be if he was not allowed to go into the water. It must be like life losing its color.
Seeing Ling Hao's complex expression, which seemed very sad, Zhu Xin felt a little soft-hearted. She stepped forward and leaned on Ling Hao's broad back, her smooth and soft skin tightly warming him, and said softly: "I'm not letting him. Just because you have to make a dilemma about me and it now doesn’t mean that you won’t be allowed to go into the water in the future. After all, you run a diving company. Although you don’t make much money as a diving instructor, you can still have a stable life and food after all. ."
Ling Hao turned to look at Zhu Xin: "Is it really as simple as you said? You know very well what kind of people are in my team, let them be diving instructors? This is indeed a difficult choice, just like you, a Interpol, your job is to face world-class criminals, each of them is extremely vicious. In order to survive and be free, you may not hesitate to kill them quickly, right? Faced with a comfortable and happy life and your sense of mission and vows, How would you choose?"
Zhuxin also fell silent after asking a question. That's right, if you want to talk about danger, is your job much safer than Ling Hao's? Bullets on the scalp also happen from time to time. Can I choose to give up that sense of mission and forget that I once solemnly swore an oath under the national flag? She couldn't tell Ling Hao that her work was more noble than his. Everyone had their own dreams and persistence. When asking the other person to give up something for her, could she do the same? Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you, maybe it's just because you love Ling Hao too much, and wanting him to accompany you safely until you grow old is completely selfish and possessive.
The two of them had their own thoughts and looked at each other in silence, as if the air had frozen. At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Shi Si's voice sounded outside the door: "Excuse me, get dressed quickly and let me in!" The two of them jumped up from the bed as if they had been shocked by electricity, and moved around They picked up clothes and put them on hurriedly, as if a man and a woman were stuck stealing something.
Three minutes later, Ling Hao opened the door, shined a light on Shi Si's head and said, "Smelly girl, what are you yelling for? The whole villa heard it."
Shi Si didn't care at all. He held the computer and looked into the room with a smirk on his face. Then he slithered through the door like a little mouse, grabbed Ling Hao's sweater that was worn inside out, and said with a smile: "I'm sorry, I didn't interrupt the wrestling you love, right?"
"If you fart, hurry up and get out of here!" Ling Hao got angry and his eyes sparkled.
"Oh, sister-in-law, look, my brother bullied me again!" Shi Si got into Zhu Xin's arms and acted coquettishly, and even took the opportunity to make faces and stick out his tongue at Ling Hao.
"Okay, you girl, you won't come here to cause trouble. What happened?" Zhuxin rubbed Shi Si's head lovingly and smiled.
"It's better, sister-in-law. I've made an important discovery. Who is that? Close the door and I'll show it to you." Shi Si waved to Ling Hao aggressively, and then opened her computer.
When they saw what was on it, Ling Hao and Cheng Zhuxin's expressions changed: "Where did you get this?"
