Chapter 244 Treasure Map
In order to save money, they bought a red-eye flight that took off at midnight. After getting on the plane, they bought a BC of the three seats by the window. When they arrived at the seat, a young and handsome young man was helping other passengers to put their luggage. When he saw the two of them stopping, he smiled and asked if they were sitting next to him. After getting a positive answer, he said that I was a. Should I change my seat and let the lady sit at the window.
"Okay, thank you." Mu Lan sat happily near the window. Fu Ping'an sat in the middle. The handsome guy was still busy. If he hadn't been wearing a T-shirt, he would have thought he was a flight attendant.
After boarding the plane, the young man finally returned to his seat. Mu Lan expressed her gratitude again and casually called him: "Go to Thailand to have fun?"
The young man said: "Thailand turns around."
Mu Lan said: "It's such a coincidence, we have also turned around."
The young man said, "Yes, what a coincidence."
Mu Lan said: "Hey, why are you alone? Why don't you bring your girlfriend?"
The young man said, "I like the feeling of wandering alone."
Fu Ping'an said: "Well, otherwise you can talk more easily."
The young man blushed and stopped talking. Mu Lan smiled and said, "You are still jealous."
Soon, the plane took off and the air conditioner was turned on very well. Mu Lan was wearing short-sleeved shirts, but they didn't bring any thick clothes. The young man thoughtfully took a slightly thick sweatshirt from his suitcase and handed it to Fu Ping'an.
Fu Ping'an understood and handed it to Mu Lan again. Mu Lan put it on and fell asleep in a daze. When she woke up, the plane had already left the border and was about to arrive in Bangkok.
After the plane landed, the young man probably felt embarrassed, took back his sweatshirt and quickly disappeared. Mu Lan didn't take it seriously. She was still immersed in the excitement of her first time going abroad, shouting, and when she saw the Thai, she clasped her hands and told them that Savadika was the one who was a transit and needed to wait for several hours. She took this time to eat, but she met the young man again in the restaurant, and they waved to each other far apart.
When we arrived at the boarding gate, something even more coincidental happened. The young man was on the same flight as them, and the seats were lined up together.
"Tsk tsk, what a fate this is." Mu Lan and Fu Ping'an bit their ears, "I don't know if it's fate with me or yours."
Fu Ping'an said: "I'm not going to be a gangster. Maybe your fate has come, congratulations."
Mu Lan gave him a blank look.
During the day, the flight was full of energy and chatted a lot. The young man introduced himself as Sa Zhiyuan, a college student who took advantage of the summer vacation to play and dive in Sabah.
"You won't go diving too, are you?" Sa Zhiyuan said.
Fu Ping'an said: "Actually, we were not on a trip. One of our friends lost contact in Sabah, so we went to find her."
Sa Zhiyuan's expression became serious: "Do you need help?"
Fu Ping'an said: "Thank you, we can do it."
Mulan asked which hotel Sa Zhiyuan booked. Sure enough, everyone even booked the same hotel. If it weren't for this trip, they would have really wanted to form a team to play together.
Finally arrived in Basha, the three of them shared the strategy and walked together. They took a bus to the hotel. After checking in, Mu Lan was intoxicated by the beautiful scenery of the blue sky and blue sea, and wanted to change her clothes and go out to take photos and post to your friends. But Fu Ping'an immediately launched an investigation. He took Pan Xiaoyang's photo and asked the hotel staff about Pan Xiaoyang's trip.
It turns out that a trip in person is a hundred times better than a telephone contact. The hotel staff will speak some English, but it is limited to regular communication. If it is a little more complicated, it is not good to say it well. Of course, it is not clear on the phone. However, when we arrived at the scene, the lobby manager understood it and took Fu Ping'an to the storage room, pointed to a 26-inch suitcase and said, "Look at if this is your friend's?"
Fu Ping'an called Mu Lan to identify it, but Mu Lan could not be sure whether this brand new Rimova suitcase belonged to Pan Xiaoyang, even if it was bought recently.
The lobby manager said that Ms. Pan had indeed checked out and left, but her suitcase was stored in the hotel. She said she would come back to pick it up in three days, but a week passed and she still couldn't find anyone and could not contact her phone.
Fu Ping'an and Mu Lan looked at each other, and their expressions became serious. The suitcase that was not taken away in time shows that Pan Xiaoyang was not hiding in that corner for vacation, but something really happened.
They wanted to open the suitcase to find clues, but the lobby manager disagreed, saying that even her friends did not have the right to open other people's personal belongings, only the police would do it.
Fu Ping'an asked to call the police to deal with it. Unexpectedly, the police here had a good attitude towards foreign tourists. The police station sent an inspector to find out the situation and opened his suitcase in front of everyone.
The suitcase was almost full of cosmetics for clothes and travel clothes. Mu Lan counted the number of cosmetics and said: "Xiaoyang brought some sunscreen with him. It seemed that he had no plans to attend a banquet or something, and it would not take too long."
Fu Ping'an took out a soft leather from the mezzanine of the suitcase and flipped it around casually. He was stunned. In front of the book were some work matters, various financial terms and numbers recorded by Pan Xiaoyang. This is understandable, but it changed afterwards. A map was drawn on the paper, a calculation formula was listed, and a marker of longitude, longitude, ocean currents, the Yin and Yang Bagua and Five Elements, as well as mysterious Latin characters.
"This is a great adventure to hunt for dragons and treasures." Mu Lan also murmured to herself when she saw these contents, unable to believe it.
But the evidence is as strong as a mountain, Pan Xiaoyang went out to sea to hunt for treasures.
Seeing this, the police shrugged and pointed to the landmark on the notebook and said a lot of words. The lobby manager translated it. It roughly means that your friends took a boat to other countries. This is not within the jurisdiction of Malaysia and we can't help it.
Fu Ping'an argued with reason, and in the end the Inspector agreed to help, but could only help them find which ship Pan Xiaoyang rented, and they couldn't do more.
Suddenly Mulan noticed a stack of advertisements for renting boats on the front desk of the hotel. She picked up one and looked at it. She thought that Pan Xiaoyang might have also been looking for a boat here, which is a very high probability.
The Inspector helped call, but found nothing.
"Madam, sir, I still have something to deal with. I will find me if I have clues." The Inspector was unwilling to waste more time, so he left in a hurry. Fu Ping'an and Mu Lan stared at each other with big eyes and were helpless.
The lobby manager explained to them that the advertisements are expensive yachts rented by the hour, and the owners are generally unwilling to go to the far sea. If your friends are really going to hunt for treasure, they may rent cheap fishing boats.
So Fu Ping'an took Mu Lan to the pier to inquire about the news and asked for nothing. The fishermen couldn't even speak English, and they had difficulty communicating, so they had to go back to the hotel for dinner. They met Sa Zhiyuan again in the restaurant.
"Have you found a lost friend?" Sa Zhiyuan said politely.
"She seems to have gone out to sea to hunt for treasure." Mu Lan shook her head, "This matter is getting more and more bloody, and it is even more irritating than a novel."
Sa Zhiyuan was very interested: "Treasure hunting is a treasure hidden on the island? I remember there is a game that is played."
Fu Ping'an said: "We got some clues, but we had no clue."
"Can you show me?" Sa Zhiyuan said, "I might be able to help."
Mu Lan showed him Pan Xiaoyang's notes, and Sa Zhiyuan looked at it and said, "I'm sorry, your friend must be a Nanyang culture enthusiast. He is young and powerful, versatile and has a wide range of interests. He is a man from thirty to fifty years old."
"No, she is better at eating and drinking, watching soap operas, and doesn't even like to read adventure novels. It's the first time she's here. By the way, she's a twenty-four-year-old girl."
Sa Zhiyuan said: "I understand. She and her fellow travelers, they lost contact with each other. I think this is much more interesting than diving. Can you take me with me?"
Fu Ping'an and Mu Lan exchanged their eyes for a second, and said in unison: "Okay!"
With Sa Zhiyuan's joining, things became easier. This guy actually speaks Malay. Although he is not very proficient, he has no problem with basic communication. After dinner, they went to the dock. This time they found clues. A week ago, a man and a woman rented a fishing boat here and went to sea, but have not returned yet.
"Your friends are missing, aren't you in a hurry?" Sa Zhiyuan asked.
The fishermen said that the boat did not belong here and was not their friend. They only remembered that the boat was named Ark.
Things are getting more and more strange.
"Forget it, it's beyond our ability, so I'd better go back to find the police." Mu Lan was a little scared, but Fu Ping'an was very persistent. He asked Sa Zhiyuan to ask the fishermen about the price of the chartered boat. The other party reported a number. If it was converted into RMB, it was not expensive, but it was not a price they could afford.
Fu Ping'an is still a student and still owes hundreds of thousands of yuan in debt. He only has a little disability pension subsidy every month. Mu Lan has some savings, but Datou bought financial management. This time he came out and only brought some pre-exchanged US dollars and a visa card. The amount was not high and he could not afford the shipping fee.
Seeing the two of them hesitant, Sa Zhiyuan said, "I'll pay the boat fare."
"How can you be so embarrassed? I met by chance." Fu Ping'an disagreed.
"In foreign countries, we are compatriots and relatives. If we don't help each other, can we still count on others? There are already clues. Renting a boat to search is the cheapest way. If you dispatch a plane, you can't accept the price." Sa Zhiyuan convinced them in a few words.
While Sa Zhiyuan was talking to the fishermen about the details, Mu Lan asked Fu Ping'an: "Will there be a fraud? This young man is so coincidental."
Fu Ping'an said: "I don't think he is a bad guy. If he was deliberately set up a trap, there would be no such many coincidences. Besides, what are we doing when someone designs us?"
"It's done, go to sea tomorrow." Sa Zhiyuan was so excited that he pointed to a rusty fishing boat on the pier and said, "This is our ship."
Back at the hotel, they continued to study the treasure map. Sa Zhiyuan borrowed the hotel's computer to search the sea chart online and found that there was a small island scattered in the latitude and longitude range marked by Pan Xiaoyang, all of which were untapped uninhabited islands.
"Your friend is a finance friend..." Sa Zhiyuan saw the part in front of the notes and thoughtful, and suddenly typing on the keyboard. After a few minutes, he pointed to the screen and said, "The truth is revealed."
Fu Ping'an looked at it: "Damn."
Chapter completed!