"It wasn't passed around in that much detail. I asked about it. When I got there, some of their people happened to be discussing it. I handed out a few cigarettes and chatted with them for a while, and they told me roughly what happened that day. There's more..."
"What else? What happened next? How did it end up with the Production Team being sent to search Luzhou Island?" Lin Xiuqing's curiosity had been piqued too, and she immediately pressed him for more.
Seeing that he had whetted her appetite, Ye Yaodong suddenly felt no hurry to share. He sat in his chair, crossed his legs, and even bounced his foot a few times with a grin.
Lin Xiuqing had been watching him expectantly, but her expression immediately faded. She glared at him and slapped his leg hard twice.
"What are you bouncing your leg for? Hurry up and talk. Stop keeping me in suspense."
"Hehe." Ye Yaodong patted his thigh. "Sit down and I'll tell you."
"Stop fooling around. We're talking about something serious. Hurry up. Once I've heard the story, I need to cook. After we eat, we're going to watch the opera, and you need to go on patrol. It's your turn this afternoon."
Seeing that she would not play along, Ye Yaodong stopped keeping her in suspense.
"There were only two people aboard the requisitioned fishing boat. The two scouts couldn't get away in time and were surrounded. Even after using firearms, they were still captured, beaten half to death, and dumped on the island. I also heard that the people from Luzhou Island who'd lost their boat decided at first glance that they were the thieves. They took the boat those two had brought as compensation, one boat for another."
"Isn't that only natural? Anyone