The flames of the fire crackled, and the only sound that accompanied it was the sound of people swallowing fish. This outdoor bonfire supper ended in this almost perfect situation.
"Okay, let's pack up and go back to the hotel to rest." After Chu Yan saw that everyone had finished eating, he immediately stood up and quickly extinguished the flames. At the same time, his eyes flickered in the darkness for a moment, and then everyone picked up their backpacks and headed towards
We walked back in the direction of the Pier Hotel.
Stone was at the front and Chu Yan was at the back, walking very fast.
When Chu Yan was at the back, his eyes were scanning the surrounding environment, and at the same time, a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth from time to time.
The group of people safely returned to the hotel at the pier. Chu Yan directly tied up the remaining three fish and hung them on the door of the room. Then he did not take off his clothes and just lay down with his clothes on.[
The next morning, everyone got up early. After eating the fish grilled by Chu Yan himself, everyone packed up their equipment and left the dock hotel, arriving in front of the dock.
"Hey, hello Defoe!" Stone raised his hand and greeted the boatman on a boat docked at the pier: "Long time no see, I have to trouble you again this time."
"No trouble! You paid the bill!" Defoe is a typical Surinamese fisherman. He is thin and has a bronze skin. He looks very healthy. His eyes glanced at Chu Yan and others.
, before sailing, he added with a smile: "If it wasn't your business, I wouldn't have sailed back from the south in the middle of the night. You guys were here just after we docked."
After Chu Yan and others boarded the boat, Stone continued to introduce: "This is Defoe. The place you are going to is only he dares to go and only he can find it. Therefore, you'd better pay the bill now."
If you reimburse me, I will lose a lot of money if you never get back the savings."
Stone's straightforwardness made Wan Caini nod with disdain. She would not owe anyone money, whether it was a friend or an employee: "How much?"
"Ten thousand yuan!" Stone immediately quoted the price, which was ten thousand Surinamese dollars, equivalent to more than 22,000 yuan and more than three thousand US dollars.
The price is definitely not cheap, and Stone's philistine expression was forgiven by Wan Caini and others.
However, whether it was Wan Caini, Shaoer, or Dai Fen, they did not carry so much cash with them, so they finally turned their attention to Chu Yan. Chu Yan looked at Wan Caini and others with a somewhat helpless look.
Shaking his head, he took out a roll of banknotes tied with a rubber band from his backpack, and then handed it to Wan Caini: "Ten thousand Surinamese dollars in cash, remember to return it to me."
Stone took the cash from Wan Caini's hand and nodded with satisfaction. At the same time, he looked at Chu Yan with a slightly strange look in his eyes. Maybe he was surprised that Chu Yan actually had so much cash on him.
"Look what I'm doing?" Chu Yan was a little fussed by the strange looks from Wan Caini and others. He immediately regretted that he shouldn't have been too arrogant. If he had known better, he would have just answered no, but now things have changed.
After doing it, it was too late to regret it, so I could only respond calmly: "I'm used to using cash, is there any problem?"
"No problem, of course no problem." Dai Fen and others shook their heads with a smile and locked their eyes on Chu Yan's backpack. Dai Fen even came closer to Chu Yan, and then whispered in his ear:
"Chu, what other treasures do you have in this backpack? It's like a magic bag, you can get whatever you want."
"It's not that I have whatever you want in my backpack, it's that I already knew what you wanted, so I prepared it early." Strictly speaking, what Chu Yan said was not bragging, at least not 100%.
Bragging, at least the 10,000 yuan in cash was not something he prepared deliberately.
But it can be regarded as a hit-and-run. Ten thousand yuan was thrown in before the operation started. But I don’t know if the money will still be paid back. Because Wan Caini knows him very well, maybe this ten thousand yuan will only be able to help him in the end.
Interpol has made a contribution.
"Okay. Everyone, sit tight. It's time for us to set off." After collecting the money, the fisherman Defoe stopped wasting time and immediately started the motor. The boat quickly left the dock and headed towards the upper reaches of the Suriname River.
The speed of the boat is not very fast. After all, the power of the motor is limited. This is the fastest boat found at this dock in Suriname.
Chu Yan and others sat down after putting on their clothes and looked at the scenery by the river. Everyone's mood was very different. Chu Yan stood up immediately and went to Wan Caini's side, and then touched her lightly.
Wan Caini raised her arms and looked toward the stern of the boat.
At the stern of the boat is where a boatman sits, and the motor rotates at high speed to move the boat forward.
But Chu Yan's eyes fell on the boatman's feet, next to a toolbox, where a large bag was hidden behind, with only a little bit of it exposed.
When Wan Caini saw the bag, she instantly remembered a very important thing, that is, when Stone set off yesterday, he went to his hunting lodge to get a bag, but before boarding the ship, he did not
Saw Stone carrying that bag.[
Obviously, he had already put the bag on the boat, but what the boatman Defoe said before directly reminded Wan Caini of the strangeness of the matter.
The boatman said that he had just returned from the south, and the boat had just docked. In the morning, Stone had been with Chu Yan and others, and had never acted alone.
However, his bag got on the boat early, which really made Chu Yan suspect that this boatman was probably the person who had followed him here secretly hidden in Stone's trunk.
However, there is one thing that Chu Yan still hasn't figured out yet: why did Defoe do this? He could have just followed along.
Thinking of this, Chu Yan took out his mobile phone, secretly took a photo of Defoe, and sent it before entering the jungle.
The signal here is very bad. As soon as you enter the jungle, non-satellite mobile phones will basically announce that they are out of service. Therefore, after Chu Yan sent the photo, the mobile phone completely lost the signal in less than ten minutes.
"Mr. Boatman, your name is Defoe, right?" Chu Yan would not remain silent in this environment. He stood up and approached the boatman, sitting on the side of the boat, looking at the turbid river water.
He asked casually: "Are you a native of Suriname? You speak English very well."
Chu Yan was sitting on the edge of the boat, with his backpack still on his back. He had no intention of taking it off. A seemingly casual chat was the best way to relieve the boredom. The boatman was a little dazed, and then nodded with a smile.
Head: "My father is an English teacher, and he started teaching me English when I was a kid, so, yes, you're right, my English is great, and I have a pretty good American accent, right?
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Defoe sounds like a very talkative person, but Chu Yan discovered a very interesting thing, that is, when Defoe talks a lot, Stone will always glance at him intentionally.
His eyes seemed to remind Defoe.
And Defoe also gave a very secretive response. Although this response was very secretive, Chu Yan still caught it in every detail, because Chu Yan just wanted to catch the conspiracy between the two of them, so he
Pay great attention to any form of interaction between two people.
Even a look, a smile, or even a cough without any reason are all within the scope of Chu Yan's review!
"Yes, I have received a good family education since I was a child." Chu Yan nodded, and after finishing speaking with a smile, he stopped talking to the boatman and focused his attention on the environment around the river bank.
The rivers in Suriname are complicated. If you are not familiar with the place, or do not have high-end instruments to help determine the direction, you will get lost sooner or later.
Along the way, when the sky gradually darkened, the boat left the spacious river, entered a relatively narrow river, and continued to move towards its destination.
However, for Chu Yan, the moment the ship entered the narrow river, it basically deviated from the direction planned by Chu Yan, especially when Chu Yan took out a small satellite locator from his backpack.
At this time, I became even more convinced that the ship had once again taken the wrong route!