"Okay, okay... I won't say anything anymore... I won't say anything anymore... Well, can you let me go..." the young man said with a bared teeth.
Ma Xiaoyao took a deep breath and loosened the young man's collar: "Where are the people from the search team now?"
"It has been disbanded a long time ago. The search team was jointly formed by many departments. Together with the search team formed by the province, it went to sea to search for the whereabouts of Mayor Gu and other missing persons. Now the search team has been disbanded," the young man said.
"Disbanded?" Ma Xiaoyao's mouth twitched: "Those people are too irresponsible. Mayor Gu and the missing persons have not been found yet. How can they withdraw and disband?"
"The search team has been searching at sea for more than half a month and has tried its best." The young man sighed: "Besides, a person cannot survive at sea for too long. First of all, there is no fresh water on the sea, and secondly, there are sharks in the sea.
, if you are not careful, you will be eaten by a shark. It has been more than half a month, and Mayor Gu has probably..." The young man originally wanted to say that Gu Li would not survive, but when he saw Ma Xiaoyao's livid face, the young man
The man swallowed his words immediately.
"Where is the sea area where the ancient mayor's accident happened?" Ma Xiaoyao asked in a deep voice.
"In the center of the blue ocean..." the young man said.
"Be more detailed. Do you have a map here? Mark out the sea area where Mayor Gu's accident occurred." Ma Xiaoyao frowned.
"Map..." The young man glanced at Ma Xiaoyao: "What do you want to do? You don't want to go out to sea to find the ancient mayor, do you?"
"Where did you come from with all this nonsense? Do you even have a map?" Ma Xiaoyao glared at the young man.
The young man nodded: "Yes, there is a map. I will mark it for you." The young man took out a map from the drawer and marked it on the map with a pen: "Well, this is the sea area where the ancient mayor had an accident...
"
Ma Xiaoyao picked up the map and took a look at it, then folded it and put it in his pocket. Then he turned and walked towards the door: "Thank you." After saying that, Ma Xiaoyao opened the door and walked out.
The young man frowned and said to himself: "Who is this man? What is his relationship with Mayor Gu? Why does he care so much about Mayor Gu?"
…
The entrance to the city hall.
Meng Qiang was sitting on the car seat, smoking a cigarette out of boredom. At this moment, Meng Qiang saw Ma Xiaoyao walking out of the city hall. He hurriedly opened the car door and walked out: "Secretary Ma, you're out."
"Let's go, take me to the beach." After saying that, Ma Xiaoyao opened the car door and got in.
Meng Qiang flicked the cigarette butt away, got into the driver's seat, put the car into gear, and drove the car toward the seaside.
The city hall was very close to the seaside. It took less than ten minutes. Meng Qiang drove to the seaside. At this time, there were many people on the seaside. Most of them were wearing very little. Most of them were women and children. These people were playing on the seaside. Take a closer look. Among them
There are also several foreigners.
Ma Xiaoyao opened the car door and walked out, glanced around, then took long strides and walked towards the east.
Meng Qiang hurriedly followed.
There are several small yachts parked on the east side of the beach. These yachts are used for people to enjoy and are rented by the hour. At this time, a bald man with a white face was sitting on a yacht and taking a nap.
"Hey, wake up, it's business." Ma Xiaoyao reached out and patted the white-faced man.
"Well..." The white-faced man opened his eyes and sat up. He looked at Ma Xiaoyao and Meng Qiang and said, "You want to rent a yacht?"
Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "Yes."
"Fifty yuan an hour, how many hours can we rent?" the white-faced man asked.
"How many hours can you rent for at most?" Ma Xiaoyao asked.
The white-faced man was stunned: "What do you mean?"
"I'm in a hurry and want to go to sea, so I need to rent it for a few more days..." Ma Xiaoyao said.
"You want to go to sea?" The white-faced man suddenly frowned.
"Yes, I want to go to sea." Ma Xiaoyao fumbled around in his pocket, took out a handful of money, and roughly counted it, there were more than two thousand yuan. Ma Xiaoyao turned to look at Meng Qiang: "You have money with you.
? Lend me some and return them to you."
Meng Qiang hurriedly took out all the money he had, which was only a few hundred yuan in total. Meng Qiang said sheepishly: "I don't have much money with me because I have to go out in a hurry."
Ma Xiaoyao frowned, reached out and took out a bank card and handed it to Meng Qiang: "Go to the bank and take out all the money in it. Go quickly, the password is six seven."
Meng Qiang nodded, turned around and left quickly.
More than ten minutes later, Meng Qiang came back with a thick paper bag in his hand.
"Have you withdrawn the money?" Ma Xiaoyao asked hurriedly.
Meng Qiang nodded: "I took it out, it's fifty thousand yuan in total." As he spoke, Meng Qiang handed the paper bag and bank card to Ma Xiaoyao.
Ma Xiaoyao handed the paper bag to the white-faced man with his backhand: "Here's the money for you. I want to rent your yacht. I can't say the specific time, but I promise to send the yacht back to you as soon as possible."
The white-faced man glanced at the paper bag in his hand and asked doubtfully: "Where are you going to rent my yacht?"
"Go find someone." Ma Xiaoyao breathed out: "I have a friend who took a plane to go abroad for business. The plane crashed and fell into the sea on the way. My friend is missing. I want to find her now."
"You went to the sea to find your missing friend?" The white-faced man looked a little moved.
Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "Yes, I want to find my friend. I want to see him alive, and he wants to see his body..."
The white-faced man said with admiration: "There are too few people who value friendship like you now... My friend, it's not that I don't want to rent you a yacht, but my yacht is too old and I don't have a sea license. If you drive it,
If you go out to sea on a yacht, you will probably be detained by the coast guard... If you really want to go out to sea, I can introduce you to a person. He has several large yachts in his hands, and he also has a license to go to sea, but the rental fee
Maybe a bit expensive..."
"It doesn't matter, as long as you can go to sea, it doesn't matter how much the rent is!" Ma Xiaoyao said hurriedly.
The white-faced man nodded: "Okay, I'll call him now." After saying that, the white-faced man took out an old mobile phone, quickly dialed a few numbers, said a few words after getting through, and then hung up.
Broken: "You are lucky. My friend still has two yachts that he has not rented out. I will take you to find him now."
"Sorry to trouble you." Ma Xiaoyao thanked him.
"You're welcome." The white-faced man returned the paper bag containing the money to Ma Xiaoyao, and then patted the yacht beneath him: "Come on, come up, I will take you to see my friend now."
Ma Xiaoyao turned to look at Meng Qiang: "Old Meng, you don't have to follow me anymore. Go back to your hometown quickly."
"How can this be done? I..." Meng Qiang said anxiously: "Secretary Ma, I... it's too dangerous for you to go to sea alone. You'd better let me follow you."
"It's just because it's too dangerous, so I can't let you go with me. Besides, I'm going to sea this time, and I don't know how long it will take to come back... Okay, you go back quickly." After saying that, Ma Xiaoyao jumped on
To be honest, Ma Xiaoyao wanted Meng Qiang to go with him to find Gu Li. As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers, but Ma Xiaoyao cannot be so selfish. After all, it is very dangerous to find people in the sea.
Knowing what dangers he would encounter, Ma Xiaoyao could not disregard Meng Qiang's safety for his own selfish reasons, so after much deliberation, Ma Xiaoyao still did not take Meng Qiang to sea with him.
"Secretary Ma..." Meng Qiang shouted: "I..."
"Go back. Be careful when driving on the road. By the way, when you return to your hometown, don't talk nonsense. If someone asks you where I went, just say that I am doing something in the city." After Ma Xiaoyao told Meng Qiang a few words,
Then he turned to look at the white-faced man: "Brother, you can go."
The white-faced man nodded and drove the yacht into the sea.
Looking at the yacht gradually going away, Meng Qiang couldn't help but show a trace of worry on his face.
…
While the white-faced man was driving the yacht skillfully, he said to Ma Xiaoyao: "I just heard your companion calling you Secretary Ma? Are you an official?"
Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "I am the party committee secretary of a township."
"Oh, you are the secretary of the township party committee at such a young age. It's amazing, it's amazing." The white-faced man praised.
"Look at me, I'm young. In fact, I'm already thirty years old. Besides, I'm just the secretary of the party committee in a remote and poor township, a small official-level cadre, nothing special at all." Ma Xiaoyao said.
"Being a full-time official at the age of thirty is already very good. If you continue to develop in the future, you will definitely become a bigger official." The white-faced man said with a smile.
"I hope so." Ma Xiaoyao took out a cigarette, lit it against the wind and started to smoke.
Half an hour later, the yacht slowly docked.
"We're here." The white-faced man put out the fire, stood up and jumped onto the shore.
Ma Xiaoyao followed him ashore and glanced around. This was a large port. Many workers in blue clothes were busy working nervously. There were many ships parked on both sides of the port.
Large or small, they are basically all freighters.
"Young face, you are finally willing to come and see me, a bad old man!" A thin old man strode over from the east.
The white-faced man's face lit up, and he hurriedly came over and hugged the old man tightly: "Old man, I haven't seen you for several months, but you are still so strong!"
"That's right, I exercise every day, so I won't have any problem living for another few decades." The old man chuckled.
"Decades are too short. Why do you want to live another hundred years?" the white-faced man joked.
The old man curled his lips: "Then I'm not an old goblin anymore."
"Haha... You are an old goblin... Come, let me introduce you." The white-faced man pulled the old man to Ma Xiaoyao: "Damn old man, this person wants to rent your yacht and go to sea to find someone, you
If it is convenient, let him rent one."
The old man was stunned and looked at Ma Xiaoyao: "Going to sea to find someone?"
Ma Xiaoyao nodded: "Yes, my friend flew abroad a few days ago. Who knew that the plane crashed and fell into the blue sea on the way. My friend disappeared on the spot and has not been found until now."
