As Li Xian studied the IOU, a string of illicit businesses flashed through his mind-human trafficking, organ dealing, and more. His suspicions of the Captain rose yet again.
As far as the missing crew members were concerned, the Captain now had not only a motive, but also the means.
Given his position and his relationship with the Cook, slipping sleeping pills into the food would have been easy. Then he only needed to carry people away while everyone was asleep, and he could "dispose of" them however he pleased.
If he wanted to profit from them, he certainly wouldn't simply kill them. He would hide them somewhere, and the cargo hold, whose key was now in the Cook's possession, was clearly the ideal location.
But there were still plenty of things that didn't add up. If the Captain was behind this, he had no reason to draw up a contract like this and provoke everyone's anger. If he had acted on impulse after an argument, he would have caused panic while making himself everyone's prime suspect-and that was exactly what had happened.
Either way, it wasn't a wise move. And Zhang Rui's sudden descent into madness remained unexplained.
Li Xian silently put a question mark beside the idea in his mind.
His hands never stopped moving as he considered all this. After all, the Captain could return at any moment. He had to hurry.
But Li Xian had already decided that his next destination would be the cargo hold. He needed to confirm whether anything was stored inside it in this timeline.
Still, he was a step too slow. Before he could gather the last few contracts, footsteps sounded outside.
Then came the sound of the door handle slowly turning.
Li Xian's heart jolted. He swiftly shoved the remaining papers