On the river in Heilongjiang, a white yacht is driving quietly.
This is a 30-meter-class luxury yacht, with a streamlined overall shape and a pure white hull trimmed with gold trim, which is incompatible with other boats on the river.
At eight o'clock in the morning, a rapid ringtone of the mobile phone woke up the man who was sleeping in the cabin.
This man has an oriental face and is very handsome. His thin beard shows the temperament of a mature man.
Beside him, lying sideways was a Caucasian woman who was at most twenty years old. Her white and snowy skin was being covered by a silk quilt.
The man took a look at the mobile phone beside the bed, pushed aside the woman's arm that was holding him, and sat up on the big round bed.
The woman let out a "hmm" and turned around in a daze.
The man bent down to get a silk bathrobe on the carpet, put it on, walked to the deck with the mobile phone, and connected the call.
"Boss, the matter is settled." The scar-faced man Yu Ruifeng's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"What about the goods?"
"It's all loaded onto the ship. Boss, you guessed it right. They are all cultural relics from the Northern Song Dynasty. They are well preserved. Mr. Liu at the scene is valued at more than two billion U.S. dollars."
"Well. The one surnamed Liu can't stay, you know how to deal with it."
"I know. Boss, what about the hooked snake?"
"Don't worry about it." The man said, "Just treat it as a gift from me to the nephew of the Lin family."
"yes."
After hanging up the phone, the man looked at the rolling waves of the river, his eyelids trembled, and the corners of his mouth slowly curved.
He said softly:
"Lin Leshan, did you see it in the sky?"
"This is the consequence of you occupying Xiaoyun."
…
In the underground cave, Lin Shuo and his party were walking slowly.
It seems like a journey with no end.
Wei Xingshan's headlight has already replaced a set of batteries, but there is still no end in sight for this long underground river.
The only thing they know is that they have been going downhill.
This kind of downhill is not that big, but there is no doubt that this hole is getting deeper and deeper.
He Zihong's panting became louder and louder. Finally, at Wei Xingshan's suggestion, everyone stayed where they were for a while.
In order to ensure sufficient oxygen, these people separated for a certain distance, and considering the limited battery, they all turned off their headlights.
Lin Shuo and Anne were at the forefront of the team. At this moment, Anne sat next to Lin Shuo, and the two of them were almost shoulder to shoulder.
"Mr. Lin." Anne asked softly, "Do you think there is any danger here?"
"No." Lin Shuo said, "With the size of this hole, neither the Hook Snake nor the Ba Snake can get in."
"Since this may be the black water dragon's nest, there should be more space in the depths, right?"
"Um."
There was silence between the two, and Anne pricked up her ears to listen for a while, and found that the group of mercenaries not far away were all chatting.
The sound echoed in the cave, a little noisy.
Anne didn't stop them. She knew that although the topics they talked about were light, they were actually emboldening each other.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, Anne lowered her voice and asked, "Mr. Lin, last time you mentioned your mother, I've been wondering why she disappeared for no reason, and took the keel wrench with her." .Could it be..."
"I know what you're thinking." Lin Shuo said, "Do you think my mother might be the Yun family's undercover agent who infiltrated the Lin family? It's just for the keel pull?"
"Yes. But the price is too high, right?" Anne said with emotion.
She didn't say all that was on her mind.
If things are really as she thinks, it would be too unscrupulous for a woman to have children with other people just for a finger pull.
"You don't read those bloody novels in the future." Lin Shuo complained, "It's not like this."
"Why is that?" After saying this, Anne seemed to realize something was wrong, "Of course, this is your private matter, if you don't want to talk about it, it's fine."
"Okay, then I won't talk about it." Lin Shuo answered simply.
"..."
"I don't know much about my mother." Lin Shuo said slowly, "My feelings for her these years are actually very complicated. She ran away from home when I was one year old and never came back. , and my father also died because he wanted to find her whereabouts, and he died right in front of me.
It stands to reason that I should hate my mother, but for some reason, I just can't hate her, and I dreamed of her twice recently.
I think it may be that blood is thicker than water. "
Anne was slightly touched in her heart, she couldn't help thinking of her parents, but she didn't say anything, but quietly waited for Lin Shuo to continue talking.
"After my mother disappeared with a keel finger, my father went to the Yun family to confirm that it had nothing to do with the Yun family." Lin Shuo continued, "I was young at the time, and my father judged this matter, so I naturally believed it. He. So why my mother disappeared has become a mystery."
Anne felt uncomfortable when she heard this, and she asked softly, "Then do you remember what she looks like?"
"I remember." Lin Shuo said, and then added, "Of course it's not that I remember her appearance when I was one year old. It's that when I was five years old, my father thought that my mother might never be found again, so he He gave me a photo, pointed to the woman on it and told me, this is my mother, let me remember her."
While talking, Anne heard rustling sounds from the side.
Sensing something, she took out the flashlight from her bag and turned it on.
Lin Shuo took out a pocket watch from his pocket.
This thing is obviously an old object, and the pattern on the cover has been polished to shine.
Lin Shuo opened the watch cover, and Anne found that the mirror surface of the watch was full of water vapor, and it had already broken down.
And just inside the watch cover, there is a picture of a woman.
Anne was flattered in her heart, she didn't expect Lin Shuo to show her his mother's photo.
"Do you know why I showed you this photo?" Lin Shuo asked softly.
Anne shook her head.
"Look carefully, and you will find it." Lin Shuo said, and handed the pocket watch to Anne.
Anne bit the flashlight in her mouth, took the pocket watch with both hands, then took off the flashlight, and looked at it carefully.
With just one glance, Anne couldn't help exclaiming: "It's so beautiful!"
This photo is quite old, and it is not in color, but artificially colored on the basis of black and white photos.
This kind of craftsmanship, even in remote places in China, was eliminated as early as 20 years ago. Obviously, this photo was at least 20 years ago.
And the woman in the photo, even by today's aesthetics, is a peerless beauty.
She was wearing a floral dress, long hair shawl, beautiful features, and a unique charm of oriental women.
Her eyes are like magic, people can't look away when they look at them.
Even as a woman, Anne deeply felt the charm of this woman.
Ever since she could remember, she had always been the most beautiful woman in the circle, but this photo made her feel like a peacock saw a phoenix.
Fortunately, she was a woman after all, and she didn't indulge in this peerless face for too long. She remembered Lin Shuo's words, looked at the photo carefully, and saw some clues.
"She seems... a bit like me?" Anne asked.
"Yes." Lin Shuo said, "But it's not about the facial features. Your facial features are too charming, not as connotative as my mother's. Your resemblance is about the temperament."
"Hmm." Although Lin Shuo's words didn't sound very pleasant to Anne, Anne had to admit that what he said was the truth.
Although the facial features of the woman in the photo are completely different from hers, the temperament of the two is indeed very similar.
They are all the kind of confidence that is wrapped up perfectly, but it looks quiet.
Anne's hands were empty, and Lin Shuo had already taken back the pocket watch.
He glanced at the photo, then gently closed the cover of the watch, carefully putting it in his pocket.
"Your mother is so beautiful, must have been chased by many people when she was young?" Anne asked softly, extinguishing the flashlight in her hand.
"I heard from my father that there were quite a few. At that time, there were many young people in Liemen who fell in love with my mother, but in the end my father succeeded." Lin Shuo smiled.
"Then why do I feel that you are so far behind your father?" Anne couldn't help but say something.
As soon as she said this, she regretted it, it was too immodest, and she didn't pay attention to propriety.
"Of course I can't compare to my father." Lin Shuo skillfully avoided him.
"I envy you," Anne said.
"Why do you envy me?" Lin Shuo was puzzled, "You are not bad looking, and your mother must be very beautiful."
"Not this." Anne sighed, "I envy you, knowing so many things about your parents."
"What?" Lin Shuo was a little surprised, "Do you know nothing about your parents?"
"Yeah." Anne nodded, "I was raised by my mentor. At first I thought he was my father, but then I found out that he was a friend of my parents."
"So then, he is actually your adoptive father?"
"Yes. But he prefers to let me call him a mentor." Anne said, "Actually, my mentor wanted to come in person for this operation, but he was busy, so he recommended two candidates to me, one It's you, and the other is Mr. Zhang Lianhai."
"Your teacher, you should be a hunter from the Miao family, right?"
"Yes." Anne said, "He is the main descendant of the Miao family. He was originally qualified to inherit the position of the head of the Miao family, but he immigrated to the United States 20 years ago and has been obsessed with biological research since then. There are very few things to worry about.”
"I see." Lin Shuo nodded, "Okay, they should have rested, let's continue on their way."