Ji Hao is sitting next to Ruan Mingchi, he is clean, his black clothes are of good quality without any wrinkles, his face is clean and handsome as always, only those dark eyes have a faint luster when they look at Ruan Mingchi flashing.
I feel a little distressed.
No matter what Ruan Mingchi has done in this world, in Ji Hao's heart, his first impression of Ruan Mingchi will always be that he was a kid who was bullied in the swimming team, at an age when he should be rebellious, but because of the surrounding environment Repressed and silent, with a dry appearance, people especially want to hug and care for her.
Thinking about it carefully, Ruan Mingchi by his side has never been so bad. Unshaven, with dull eyes, sometimes he would sit holding himself for a long time. He had been hungry for several days on this broken boat. He had never let him be so wronged.
Withdrawing his gaze, Tian Mo's eyes were like daylight in the darkness, and saw the "roommate" sitting in another corner took out a piece of beef jerky the size of a finger from his pants pocket, tore off the package and ate it slowly. Looking at other places, many people brought some food, and some even took out an apple and gnawed on it. Although they looked very embarrassed, they did not lose their mouths and stomachs.
It's just this little fool who doesn't know how to prepare for himself.
With a flick of a finger, the lights on the cabin flickered and then went out suddenly.
"Ah! What's wrong?" Someone exclaimed.
"Boss! Boss! Why is the light off?"
"Is anyone there? I'm afraid of the dark!"
The movement in the cabin disturbed the people outside, and someone opened the cabin door and said: "Don't make noise, it's just dark for a while, if you are caught, you will be sent back one by one, and the money will not be refunded."
Suddenly, there was no sound in the cabin.
Ruan Mingchi didn't make much movement from the beginning to the end, he only looked up when the lights went out, then silently hugged himself a little tighter, his eyes downcast and motionless.
Suddenly, I felt someone approaching, the hot temperature belonged to a man, and there was no woman on their boat.
Ruan Mingchi was particularly sensitive to men, so he immediately asked, "Who?"
After not speaking for a long time, his voice was hoarse and unpleasant, as if rubbing on rough sandpaper.
As he spoke, Ruan Mingchi's muscles tensed up, and he even prepared to attack.
"Do you want to eat?" The person said, "I have peanuts here, so boring, let's talk for a while?"
"Thank you, no need." Ruan Mingchi said vigilantly, and moved to the side. Through the voice, he judged that the man was very close to him, and had already invaded his safe range.
"Tsk, really, you can do whatever you want." The man said, the sound of rummaging through his pockets sounded in the darkness, and soon there was the crisp sound of picking peanut shells.
Ruan Mingchi could smell the aroma of roasted peanuts in the air.
The food that was once at your fingertips has become extremely delicious at this time, stimulating Ruan Mingchi's saliva to secrete crazily, his Adam's apple slipped, and he swallowed big mouthfuls of saliva.
The man chewed a peanut and said, "I saw you before, and then you disappeared. You lived somewhere else, first class, right? Two hundred thousand, I guess you don't need food. But with that money you What is smuggling, where can't have a good life, is it a crime? Or offend people?"
"..." Ruan Mingchi remained silent.
The man continued on his own: "I can't do it. If I want the money, I will fly there by myself. Someone in my family is in country F. They will accommodate me when I pass. Anyway, I will suffer a few days on the boat. Just wait until you get there, where are you going?"
"..." Ruan Mingchi's eyelashes trembled, where could he go without Ji Hao? The Ji family's properties spread all over the world, so where can he go? Maybe he will wander all the way, and then he may die on the way of wandering.
The man's voice is very young, with a bit of a strange accent, but his body smell is not bad, not only has the dry aroma of roasted peanuts, but also a faint aroma, which isolates all kinds of odors in this cabin and makes people feel better. Ruan Mingchi thought of the garden he took care of, in which deadly poison was planted, but it was also full of fragrance.
When he came back to his senses, something touched his thigh. He was startled, and was about to bounce away when he heard the man say, "Do you want to eat beef jerky? Lunch hasn't been delivered yet, and dinner hasn't come yet." I don’t know if there is any more, but to be honest, the fish soup with rice is really not for people to eat, it has no taste at all except for the fishy smell, I almost vomited when I smelled it.”
"Hey, where are you? Do you want to eat?"
"...Forget it, I don't mind giving you things, but you still think my things are poisonous, don't you..."
Ruan Mingchi squeezed his palms, but couldn't help but said: "Thank you..."
He hadn't eaten well since he got on the boat. It was one thing to eat bad food, but his mind was heavy, his internal organs were heavy, and he had no appetite at all. But in the past few days, the three meals were still on time, and it was enough for him to barely eat a little. But today he missed breakfast and lunch, his body's instincts were shouting, he really couldn't resist the temptation of food.
The packaged bulk beef jerky was put into Ruan Mingchi's hands. He held the beef jerky tightly, stroked the edges with his fingertips, and then skillfully tore off the outer packaging of the beef jerky. The rich aroma of beef immediately poured into his nose.
I put it up to my nose and sniffed it, then took another tentative bite, and immediately realized that this was my favorite brand.
The familiar taste completely awakened Ruan Mingchi's appetite, he ate the beef jerky into his mouth mouthful, and his chewing teeth couldn't stop at all.
Ji Hao was watching him from the side, looking like a very hungry kitten eating, with a smile on his face.
It seems that he really loves Ruan Mingchi. He is obviously very angry, but he just can't see him suffering, and he doesn't know who he punished along the way. Looking at Ruan Mingchi's silence, watching him haggard, watching him starve , It was the same as what I had experienced.
Waiting for Ruan Mingchi to finish eating the beef jerky, Ji Hao casually took out a handful of peanuts from the void, broke open one at random and asked him, "Do you want peanuts?"
Ruan Mingchi, who swallowed the beef, looked this way, his eyes were out of focus, but he still looked very attractive with a bit of energy, and finally nodded a little shyly: "Thank you."
Ji Hao put the peanuts on the small hand that was stretched out, and deliberately dropped some on the ground, so that small hand touched the ground, Ji Hao simply threw some peanuts by his hand, so in the end Ruan Mingchi got the peanuts with two Hand holding peanuts that can't fit.
Darkness is the best camouflage color. Ruan Mingchi, who was peeling peanuts with drooping eyes, could not hide his depression. The crispy taste of peanuts exploded in his mouth. The man who was too thoughtful finally decided to relieve himself a little.
"Have you ever hurt anyone?"
Ji Hao answered him in a nervous voice: "No! How is it possible! Although I am a smuggler, I did not commit a crime, I swear!"
"I have." Ruan Mingchi said, "I used to think it was something I had to do, even if I lost everything, so I tried my best to do it, but after I finished it, I found that the result seemed to be the same as what I wanted. What I want is completely different. When I was young, someone told me, don’t do wrong things, and you will be punished if you do wrong things. When I grow up, someone told me, don’t make mistakes, and there will be retribution for making mistakes. I know all these, so I seriously After thinking about it, I feel that the one thing I really want to do can be wrong, and I will definitely not regret it... "
"Click!"
The sparks that suddenly lit up appeared in the corner of the cabin, but the light that suddenly lit up didn't have time to illuminate the cabin, and then went out suddenly.
Ruan Mingchi's eyelids twitched, and he continued: "... But it turns out that mistakes are mistakes. Even if there are thousands of reasons, when you do something wrong, you still have to be responsible for your mistakes..."
"Click!"
There was another sound, still sparks suddenly lit up, accompanied by cursing, "Damn, why doesn't it ignite?"
Someone growled: "What are you doing? No smoking here?"
"Go away, I don't smoke, what's wrong with lighting a fire?"
"Click!"
Another sound.
At this moment, the fire jumped out, instantly illuminating the narrow and dark cabin.
The light brought warmth, Ruan Mingchi looked at the man beside him in the faint light, but then his body tensed up suddenly.
There is no one around!
Not far from him was a pile of thick hemp ropes, piled up in a mess, and there were even some fishhooks and iron pieces on them, which could not sit on people at all.
And the fresh fragrance that drove away the stench also dissipated in this short period of time, but Ruan Mingchi still felt a trace of familiarity in the remaining smell.
Ruan Mingchi was stunned for a full two seconds, his brain spinning rapidly, trying to find the person who just came to him in this short period of time, but with a glance, no matter the distance or the posture of the other person, the nearby people could not be found. In the case of sitting next to him in the last second, he was so far away in the next second.
The flames gradually weakened, but Ruan Mingchi trembled in his heart, not sure if he had some kind of fantasy just now, until he saw the peanuts piled up at his feet, and the torn packaging bags of beef jerky.
A terrifying thought swept along with the sudden darkness.
"Click!"
"Click!"
The sound of the lighter couldn't stop, and with the man's cursing, the lighter was completely scrapped.
There was no more light in the cabin.
Ruan Mingchi's eyes were wide open, as if he had seen a ghost, and there was only one image left in front of his eyes and in his head repeatedly. There is a yellow "C" printed on the white transparent beef packaging bag, which is exactly the same as the C brand beef jerky that can be bought on the market, but the letter J is printed on the corner of the C.
This represents the Ji family's special offer.
The C brand has done a perfect job in serving the nobles. In order to satisfy the different tastes of the nobles, it specially provides beef according to the habits of each family, and the parts of the cattle provided are also different.
Thinking back carefully, the beef was soft and rotten. Although it was dried and made into jerky, it didn't take too much time to chew, so he ate it smoothly, and the taste was exactly the same as at home. He couldn't imagine that someone in this cabin would take it to Ji's house. special food.
"Who gave it, who gave me the beef jerky just now?" Ruan Mingchi asked with a trembling voice, enduring some unspeakable fear.