Ye Yuan was the first to snap out of the stunned silence.
Since he was unfamiliar with many of the people aboard, he could only remind the captain, Ye Xingwang, to organize the crew.
Ye Xingwang, jolted by Ye Yuan's shout, also broke free from his dazed state.
He slowly raised his head.
After glancing at the familiar young man before him, he asked in an incredulous tone:
"You're Xiao Yuan? The Dong Ying Family's second son?"
Seeing that Ye Xingwang had recognized him, Ye Yuan replied with a smile.
"That's right. You recognized me, old man?"
Ye Xingwang's words set off an uproar among the people aboard who had known Ye Yuan before.
"Ah? It's really the Dong Ying Family's second boy?"
"Tsk tsk! The second boy really made something of himself!"
Although the Man Cang Hao was a fishing boat from Ye Family Village,
not all its crew members were originally villagers from Ye Family Village.
So those who did not know who Ye Yuan was hurriedly asked the people beside them about his background.
As for the crew members who had once lived in the same village as Ye Yuan,
they were now proudly recounting the legendary story of Ye Yuan's life.
Ye Yuan listened briefly. Good grief—if they kept talking, he would practically become Superman.
They said he had been smart since childhood and was the first person in the village to get into university.
They said that while studying on Blue Island, he had even sent money home.
They said that after graduating, he had become the richest man in Pinghai.
They said he owned more than a dozen villas on Blue Island.
Listening to the crew's lavish praise,
Ye Yuan could only feel cold sweat trickling down his forehead.
He had not been