4 years ago, in a certain sea area in the south.
Early morning, on the yacht.
A woman was dressing up in her cabin bedroom. She was wearing a gold lace nightgown. She was combing her long brown hair while humming the popular song "A Song of Red Dust" at the time:
"Who writes the butterfly into a monument, who waits for a thousand years, there are always dreams in the world, why ask right and wrong..."
She was dressing up in the mirror and singing softly, but the woman's face was filled with a frown and a certain bitterness.
The self in the mirror is no longer youthful and beautiful. Although she is still gentle and dignified, she has lost the youthfulness of the past...
"How much frost, how much heartbreak, how much helplessness, how much helplessness is slowly realized, and the falling flowers fall like flowing water, and then one realizes the preciousness of the flowering period..."
The lyrics were sad and resonated, making her even more melancholy...
However, while the beauty was still feeling her feelings, the yacht suddenly shook so violently that she almost lost her balance.
"Ouch..." She quickly grabbed the dressing table to prevent herself from falling to the ground.
"What's wrong?" She quickly put down the comb in her hand and ran towards the balcony.
When I opened the door to the balcony, the temperature dropped suddenly, and the air was filled with clammy sea fog.
"No way!" Soon, the woman saw that the side of the ship under the balcony had hit a black rock.
The reef was hidden in the sea fog. It should be a large reef beach...
"How could this happen?" The woman knew that the yacht might have run aground. She was immediately frightened and quickly opened the door and ran towards the cabin.
As he ran, he yelled: "Hey, how did you sail the boat and hit the rocks?"
However, after she shouted a few times, she suddenly realized something was wrong. The red light was flashing in the cabin, and an alarm sounded from the bedside, but no one could be seen in the cabin!
"No? What's going on?" For a moment, an uncontrollable fear surged in the woman's heart. It felt as if everyone else on the boat had disappeared, and she was the only one left.
However, when she ran to the center of the cabin hall, she finally saw two companions lying on the sofa. They were Guan Xiujie, the office director of Tianqin Group and part-time yacht captain; and Lei Dasheng, the company's general manager.
"Xiaoguan, Xiaoguan..." The woman rushed over and pushed Guan Xiujie, shouting, "Wake up, wake up! The yacht has been stranded..."
"Oh... oh..." Guan Xiujie woke up slowly amid the pushing, but his mental state was obviously problematic and he seemed confused.
The woman was anxious and immediately picked up a wine glass and poured the wine into Guan Xiujie's face.
"Oh oh oh..." Guan Xiujie finally came to his senses, covering his head and looking around in a circle.
"You're in trouble!" the woman shouted loudly, "The yacht ran aground! You fool!"
"Huh?" Guan Xiujie saw the flashing red light on the bulkhead, and then realized that something serious had happened, and hurriedly ran towards the bow of the ship.
The woman looked at Lei Dasheng next to her again. Unexpectedly, with the excitement on the boat, Lei Dasheng was still in a deep sleep...
However, as a sound came from the stairs on a certain side, I saw Li Qin, the manager of Tianqin Group, staggering up from the bottom of the stairs and asked feebly: "What's wrong? What's wrong? Why is it still broken?" Already?"
"Li Qin!" the woman shouted to him, "the ship ran aground! How much did you drink last night?"
"How... how could this happen!" At this time, Guan Xiujie, who had just gone to the cab to check, ran back and said with a look of horror, "Someone pulled the anchor, and we actually drifted on the sea all night!"
"Ah?" The woman and Li Qin were shocked and asked quickly, "Then where are we now?"
"I don't know, I don't know! Everything is in chaos..." Guan Xiujie picked up the satellite phone, "I'm going to ask for rescue now!"
"What the hell... happened?" Li Qin had already seen Lei Dasheng, who was still unconscious. He thought of something and said hurriedly, "We couldn't... have been drugged, right?"
"Drug?" the woman said, "Then...how am I okay?"
"You didn't drink yesterday..." Li Qin said, "It seems that the problem may be in the wine. We... let's quickly see how the others are doing..."
…
Time turned back to the present, and under the morning light, everything was as usual on the huge Uranus cruise ship.
However, there was tension in the VIP area of the cruise ship.
"This is Ms. Zhu Yundi's room," General Manager Qi Jianhua introduced to Zhao Yu and Miao Ying. "Since the secretary found out, we sealed off the scene as soon as possible."
As a cruise ship owner, Zhu Yundi's room is naturally the most luxurious on the entire cruise ship, comparable to the presidential suite.
After entering the room, I saw that the room was in a mess, with desk and cupboard doors open and various items scattered on the floor. There were broken cups in the restaurant, the heavy dining table had been moved, and the chairs were tilted...
"This scene..." Miao Ying looked at the scene in front of her and said, "The murderer should be looking for something, right?"
Hearing Miao Ying's words, Zhao Yu gently pulled her. It meant that there were many people here and these people were not his colleagues, so it was better to read more and talk less.
Miao Ying understood what Zhao Yu meant and immediately shut her mouth.
Afterwards, Zhao Yu blocked the others from the door, while he and Miao Ying put on shoe covers and gloves before entering the house for careful inspection.
Unlike previous cases, there were only two of them this time, so Miao Ying could only serve as a collector. She took out her mobile phone and started taking photos of key parts, and looking for and collecting suspicious evidence.
"Mr. Zhao," at this time, the Italian Bi Guosheng standing at the door reminded Zhao Yu, "Ms. Zhu Yundi should have been pushed down from the balcony outside!
"Down there, it's facing the camera you saw before. Unfortunately, in order to avoid privacy, our cameras are all away from the balcony. We can't get the image of her being pushed down."
"Well..." Zhao Yu walked around Zhu Yundi's room. After Miao Ying took photos of everyone, Zhao Yu returned to the door of the room and said to Qi Jianhua and others, "Okay, the site has been surveyed. Let's continue." Come down, you have to send someone to guard the door 24 hours a day, and no one is allowed to enter the site again."
"I understand, I understand!" Qi Jianhua nodded quickly, "Don't worry about this, then... what should we do next?"
"First, collect all relevant surveillance videos;" Zhao Yu said methodically, "Second, find someone to question the staff in the VIP area of the cruise ship one by one, and ask them if they noticed anything unusual last night;
"Third, call all the guests in the VIP area together. I will hold a short meeting with them and explain the situation clearly to them!
"Fourth, these people are now suspects, so I suggest temporarily blocking the VIP area and restricting the access of these people..."
"Oh, okay, okay..." Qi Jianhua was slightly embarrassed, but after exchanging glances with Bi Guosheng, he agreed to Zhao Yu's request.
"And..." Zhao Yu said through gritted teeth, "Bring me two of the best steaks. I'm not full yet this morning..."
(End of chapter)