Chapter 31 Apple

Everyone looked at Bai Ma Shan, but Bai Ma Shan looked blank. "Lu Maowang, are you delirious from the pain?"

Lu Maowang looked helpless. "Brother Bai, I'm really sorry. Look at me now, I can't hide it for you anymore. Although you gave me an apple as hush money, I really can't keep it a secret. You have a dozen apples, but you'd rather give them to that murderer than share them with the others on the boat. Now there's really no food left on the boat, Brother Bai, just take them out and let's eat them together. The rescuers are coming soon, we can definitely hold on until we get off the boat."

These words were like pouring water into a hot oil pan, causing everyone to glare at Bai Ma Shan with anger.

Li Li was the first to jump out. "Good heavens, you usually pretend to be fair and just, but secretly collude with murderers, hiding food for them! You're the most cunning and insidious villain of all!"

Bai Ma Shan frowned, looking at Lu Maowang. "It's easy to spread rumors. You're the one who ate the apple. I didn't even see the peel. You say I hid the apples. Where's the evidence?"

"Brother Bai, I'm not as educated as you, so I can't argue with you, but I know that people should have a conscience. You stole Zhao Di's underwear and asked me to help you hide it, otherwise you'd push the blame on me. Back then, everyone believed you, and I didn't dare to say anything. Then you secretly hid apples, and gave food to Jia Wenjun every time. You were afraid I would reveal the truth, so you gave me an apple to shut me up. I didn't want to eat it before, because I felt sorry for the people on the boat, but I didn't dare to offend you. But just now, I saw that Nao Nao was so pitiful. He has a high fever like me, and hasn't had any vitamins for so many days. He's so young, and he just wants to eat an apple. What's wrong with that?"

Lu Maowang's voice was weak, but the words he spoke were increasingly explosive.

Hao Jiening's eyes were red as she clenched her fists, holding her son tightly.

Teacher Lin frowned at Bai Ma Shan, subconsciously taking a few steps back. "We trusted you so much, but we didn't expect you to steal Zhao Di's underwear. You really can't judge a book by its cover."

Sun Jiaojiao looked at the righteous Lu Maowang. She had personally seen Lu Maowang steal Zhao Di's underwear, but now Lu Maowang was framing Bai Ma Shan. What was the reason for this?

She didn't plan to stand up for Bai Ma Shan. She had just come out of room seven, and everyone was hostile towards her now. To survive and get off the boat safely, she had to first understand the situation and judge the situation.

Anyway, it wasn't her business, so she would wait and see, which would be more beneficial to her.

Hu Sixiang looked at Bai Ma Shan, thinking that this man was hiding things pretty deep. He was already implicated in Gong Dalong's death, and he didn't bother to care about these things. He just wanted to know where Bai Ma Shan had hidden all the fruit.

Anna snorted coldly. "Bai Ma Shan, when you went to pick up Li Li, I felt that your relationship with Jia Wenjun was unusual. Are you two in cahoots?"

This "in cahoots" also placed Jia Wenjun's previous crimes on Bai Ma Shan.

Anna's words made everyone look at Bai Ma Shan like an enemy. No wonder he had protected Jia Wenjun so much before. Thinking that the ship ran aground, Zhao Di disappeared, and the messes that happened on the ship and the crimes they were suffering now were all thanks to these two people, no one on the ship considered whether Lu Maowang's words had any logic or evidence.

Everyone had seen Bai Ma Shan helping Jia Wenjun, and he had also secretly hidden food, which was unforgivable for hungry people.

No matter how Bai Ma Shan argued, no one was willing to listen.

At this moment, no one cared about the truth except for food.

When Grandpa Wang looked at Bai Ma Shan, his eyes were complicated. He didn't believe that Bai Ma Shan would do such a thing, but right now there was a rainstorm outside and a hungry crowd inside. Even if he was the only one who believed in Bai Ma Shan, it wouldn't help.

Hu Sixiang asked Lu Maowang, "Do you know where he hid the other fruits?"

Lu Maowang looked frightened. "I..."

"If you know, hurry up and say it. What are you afraid of?" Li Li was furious.

"I'm afraid he'll retaliate against me. After all, he's in cahoots with Jia Wenjun. They even dare to kill people. What else wouldn't they dare to do?"

Hao Jiening hugged her child tightly. "For our safety, I think we should kick him downstairs!"

Anna glanced at Hao Jiening. Good, she would have said these words even if Hao Jiening hadn't. Now that someone was doing it for her, she was naturally happy to see it happen.

When everyone heard this, they all agreed with this approach. No one asked for Bai Ma Shan's opinion. Now, everyone on the deck, except for Grandpa Wang, began to drive Bai Ma Shan away in the same way they had driven Jia Wenjun away before.

Bai Ma Shan looked at Lu Maowang. He had been sickly before, but now his energy was obviously much better. Of course, this couldn't be achieved with just one apple.

Just now, it seemed that only Anna had entered room six. If he guessed correctly, Anna should have medicine on her. Anna resented him for revealing that she had broken the phone, and wanted to kick him out.

Bai Ma Shan didn't care about being kicked out. He was just worried about Anna's purpose in doing so.

She was eliminating dissidents and then controlling these people. What did she want to do?

Bai Ma Shan was a grown man, and the crowd didn't dare to directly attack him like they did Jia Wenjun, but their attitude of driving him away was just as bad.

Bai Ma Shan stared at Anna. He didn't want to leave. If he was driven down, then everything would be controlled by Anna. It was hard to say whether they could go back alive, after all, she had broken the phone and prevented the people on the ship from contacting the search party.

The two sides were at a stalemate. The crowd relied on their numbers and forced him to the side of the ship's corridor. Bai Ma Shan just wouldn't leave, and shouted to everyone in the rumbling rain, "Anna is not a good person. She broke the phone before. Are you willing to be used by her? Be careful of being discarded after she has used you. You'll die without even knowing how you died."

Everyone was silent in the rain.

"Mom, why are we kicking Uncle Bai downstairs?" Nao Nao didn't understand.

Hao Jiening said with a stern face, "Do you want to eat an apple? Only if he goes down will you have something to eat!"

When Nao Nao heard this, he hurriedly knelt down to Bai Ma Shan with a thud. "Uncle Bai, please go downstairs to take shelter from the rain first. I promise to save some for you when I get an apple later. If you're here, none of us will get anything to eat. Please go down first, I'm really too hungry."

No one expected Nao Nao to kneel down directly. Looking at the child's flushed face and Anna's smug look, Bai Ma Shan clenched his fists. He was destined to fail when comparing conscience with people who had no moral bottom line.

Under Nao Nao's repeated requests and constant kowtows, Bai Ma Shan was finally forced into the dark hold.