"Indeed, it still has to be our Lord Jiu!" Bai Yuqi was stunned by what he heard, "Professional!"
At the previous spirit exorcism conference, Bai Yuqi had discovered a problem with the surveillance while looking for Lei Xirui, who was disguised as a ghost. After that, he had specifically found people to make security adjustments.
He didn't expect Wen Jiu to find some surveillance blind spots this time and optimize the patrol formation, number of personnel, and frequency on the ship.
"That's right." Wen Jiu put her hands on her hips and chuckled. When she was directing things on the training ground back then, Bai Yuqi was still learning to ride a bicycle.
"Busy?" Xia Qingtian said with a smile after entering, "We shouldn't be disturbing you, right?"
"It's alright, come over and chat," Lu Yaoyang said, extending his hand to Xia Qingtian.
Xia Qingtian naturally let go of Xia Qingyu's arm, stepped forward, and shook Lu Yaoyang's hand.
This small gesture caused Xia Qingyu a moment of slight disappointment, but she had to accept the reality.
But it didn't matter.
Men, if you're not compatible, you break up; if you get married, you can divorce.
She was different; she was Xia Qingtian's sister.
A sister who would never be separated from her elder sister in this lifetime.
After comforting herself, Xia Qingyu naturally walked back to Xia Qingtian's side.
Xia Qingtian smiled and reached out to rub Xia Qingyu's head.
Feeling Xia Qingtian's care, Xia Qingyu's eyes curved into smiles.
Later, when she heard Bai Yuqi discussing the ship's guests with Lu Yaoyang, she remembered something and said, "Can you check on someone named Song Jiang?"
"Song Jiang? There should be 'Water Margin' in the third-floor reading room. Why don't you go and see for yourself?" Bai Yuqi replied with a wink.
"Not that Song Jiang, but Jiang from 'Ten Thousand Years of Longevity'," Xia Qingtian chimed in. "Someone we met before, his father was named Song Jia, and his sister was named Song Ye."
After saying this, Xia Qingtian turned to Xia Qingyu and asked, "Do you think he's problematic?"
"I feel… he's somewhat familiar, but I can't quite pinpoint it," Xia Qingyu herself wasn't sure what was going on.
"The Song family of East Asia Bay Ferry," Lu Yaoyang had an impression of these three names. He had reviewed every invitation letter. "The Song family is relatively low-key, with considerable assets. Their businesses are mostly in maritime transport and foreign trade. If you're curious, I'll have someone look into it further."
"Yes, thank you for your trouble." Xia Qingyu nodded. She could not tolerate any danger appearing around her sister. "Also, I have another question."
Xia Qingyu pointed to the map indicator on the electronic screen and said, "Actually, it should only take a day and a half to get from our departure port to the destination. It won't even take three days for the round trip. Why is the schedule arranged for seven days and six nights?"
"Oh my, not bad, Qingyu can read nautical charts!" Bai Yuqi chuckled and then looked at Lu Yaoyang, saying, "Guess they want to confuse everyone?"
Earlier, Lu Yaoyang had pointed out an extremely convoluted route to him.
"It's to prevent someone from carrying a locator and being tracked remotely by other ships," Xia Qingtian said, pointing to a location marked with a yellow circle. "This area is a signal-free zone. Due to local magnetic field reasons, positioning is invalid, and electronic communication devices will also be affected."
"But wouldn't activating a signal jammer on the ship also avoid this trouble?" Xia Qingyu asked.
"That's right. Signal jammers can indeed cause most signals to become chaotic or even block ordinary signals," Lu Yaoyang replied. "However, for some military-grade signal tracking devices, the effect is hard to say. I can't risk the lives of everyone on this ship."
"We've tested this natural sea area," Wen Jiu added. "With the current technological strength, it's impossible to break through this information barrier, making it the most suitable."
Xia Qingyu finally nodded and asked no further questions.
"How are Miao Tong and Er Ya doing?" Bai Yuqi said, "The people from the Tang and Miao families are all on my ship. They shouldn't suddenly go on a killing spree… my ship is quite expensive…"
"Don't worry, Er Ya is already too weak to argue with Miao Tong," Xia Qingtian said, recalling Er Ya's dazed look. "Miao Tong will also tolerate Er Ya more out of respect for Xia Shang."
After all, Xia Shang had previously publicly declared something like "I will only marry Er Ya." No matter how arrogant Miao Tong was, he had to be honest and restrain himself.
"That's good," Bai Yuqi patted his chest. "I was worried that some killer would get on my ship, and that would really cost me my life."
"Killers? Yes." Lu Yaoyang took out three invitation letters from the stack. "These are from world-renowned assassin guilds; they are all here for the money."
"And these two, the invited guests are all world-level bounty military arms dealers," Wen Jiu also drew out three invitation letters and said. "There's also a doctor with a somewhat peculiar mind, who has also caused a massacre, a real chameleon."
"No way! Are you two sick! Why did you let people like that on board!" Bai Yuqi was completely dumbfounded when he heard this.
"If you don't involve people like this, are you sure we can challenge Xiang Xueyuan by ourselves?" Lu Yaoyang asked, looking at Bai Yuqi.
"But you can't..." Bai Yuqi stammered, "If this goes wrong, wouldn't we be the ones in trouble!"
"I admit there's an element of gambling involved," Xia Qingtian said, crossing her arms. "But it's very worth it."
"You didn't say you were going to play this big before. Well, well, Yin Yin is still waiting for me to go back!" Bai Yuqi said, puffing out his cheeks. "Her concert ended successfully, and we planned to have dinner together to celebrate… You guys… you didn't say anything about this before…"
"Didn't I say?" Xia Qingtian looked up at Lu Yaoyang.
"I thought he knew on his own," Lu Yaoyang said casually.
"How would I know!" Bai Yuqi's eyes widened. "How could I know if you didn't say anything!"
"Young Master Bai, don't rush. Take a deep breath," Xia Qingtian said slowly. "Think about it, the Bai family members are also on the ship~"
"!" Bai Yuqi, who was taking a deep breath, suddenly choked. He looked at Xia Qingtian, then at Lu Yaoyang, and held his breath until his face turned blue.
"Breathe! Breathe!" Xia Qingtian immediately waved her hands and instructed, "Didn't I tell you to take a deep breath!"
"Hoo!" Bai Yuqi finally took a deep breath and said, "Villain! You're setting me up!"
"Am I?" Lu Yaoyang shrugged.
"You! You must have been corrupted by her!" Bai Yuqi pointed at Xia Qingtian and said, "Xia Qingtian! Your sister is also on this ship, you! How can you!"
"Regardless of life or death, I want to be with my sister," Xia Qingyu said, hugging Xia Qingtian's arm and looking at Bai Yuqi with determination.
"I..." Bai Yuqi felt his vocabulary failing him, and finally, he impatiently rubbed his short blonde hair. "How did I end up on your rogue ship!"
Wen Jiu, with a roguish charm, delivered a fatal blow: "The ship, it seems, is yours."
"..."