Gu Zheng followed behind, frantic with worry.
"Has the signal gone out?"
"Yes! There'll be an interception out at sea! Speedboats are coming down from the north to meet us, too! But they keep changing course, so the interception won't be that precise!" Han Xiao replied.
Gu Zheng had never lowered the binoculars in his hands.
He could see every move Song Ning made.
He could guess what she was thinking.
He didn't even dare pursue them too aggressively.
He feared Song Ning would stake everything on one desperate move.
If she really jumped into the sea, how sure could he be of finding her immediately in this vast expanse of deep water, in pouring rain?
There were too many things beyond his control.
He didn't need her to make that kind of sacrifice!
"Boss, they've changed course again! Looks like they're still heading east!"
"Stay on them! Not too close! Don't lose sight of them, either! Wait for an opening!"
The rain grew heavier.
The waves grew larger, too.
The speedboat rose and fell with the waves in the wind, and A Pu had already been thrown to the deck several times.
"Sir, are you all right?" White Wolf shouted at the top of his lungs.
All three people aboard were soaked through.
"Wh-what's going on? Why are there... such huge waves!"
A Pu clung desperately to the railing.
White Wolf kept adjusting their course.
In the middle of the ocean, amid the heaving waves, the little speedboat was like a helpless leaf, tossed up and dropped again and again.
"Sir! This weather... something's wrong! I think we've run into... a Rogue Wave!"
White Wolf had also been knocked down several times.
He clung to the wheel, watching a dark mass of towering water far ahead bear down on