Ye Yuan, hiding beneath the ship, heard Keen's shout from above, and his mood finally relaxed.
This was exactly the outcome he wanted. Otherwise, he could have easily dragged all three people who went into the sea into his space.
The reason he had Cold Blood kill one of them was to create the illusion that the Research Vessel had been attacked by a sea beast.
Now that the matter had been settled, Ye Yuan needed to find a way for his fishing boat to have a chance encounter with this Research Vessel during the day tomorrow.
Worried that someone aboard might come down again after he left, Ye Yuan left Cold Blood behind.
He ordered him to kill anyone who came down.
After leaving Cold Blood behind, Ye Yuan had no mount and could only painfully swim back to the fishing boat by himself.
Ever since he had Cold Blood as a mount, Ye Yuan had rarely swum long distances. Doing it once in a while was still not bad.
Although Ye Yuan's swimming speed was now no match for Cold Blood's, he was still faster than most creatures in the ocean.
It took him a full two hours to return to the Yushui Hao.
By the time he boarded his fishing boat again, Bao Chunyu had taken over the watch.
Ye Yuan did not conceal his movements and simply swaggered aboard.
When Bao Chunyu heard movement at the stern, he hurried over. Only after seeing that it was Ye Yuan did he let out a long breath and ask,
"Boss, when did you go into the sea? How did I not notice?"
"Pei Fei was still on watch when I went down! Of course you didn't know!"
Ye Yuan did not hide anything and told him the truth.