Beachcombing: The beach is full of amazing seafood, but my wife won't let me get out of bed!

In just a few seconds, the two of them realized the same thing at the same time.

"You're here for the gold bars too?!" the two exclaimed in unison.

The atmosphere changed immediately after those words were spoken.

The initial shock turned into vigilance and hostility.

Cheng Kaixuan straightened up, patted the dust off his trousers, and took two steps forward.

"Lai Er, I've had my eye on this place first. This is none of your business. Get lost."

"Bullshit!" Lai Er was displeased upon hearing this. He bent down, picked up the crowbar from the ground, and weighed it in his hand.

"I was here first, you're telling me to get lost?"

"Everyone who sees it gets a share; you'll get ten percent of what's inside."

"One-tenth? You wish!" Cheng Kaixuan sneered, pulling a screwdriver from his pocket and brandishing it.

"Who do you think you are, daring to try and share the profits with me?"

"Believe it or not, I'll go to the village tomorrow and tell everyone you stole from the Maritime Bureau."

Lai Er was enraged and took a step forward.

"Try yelling at me! You really think I'm afraid of you?"

"Didn't you get enough of a beating in front of Wu Lao Er's door today? You want to cause more trouble here?"

"You dare mention Wu Lao Er!" Cheng Kaixuan couldn't stand hearing that. Today was the biggest humiliation of his life. He was furious and pounced on him.

"I'll kill you, you old bachelor!"

Lai Er was not to be outdone, and raised his crowbar to meet him.

The two men wrestled on the deck.

Afraid of disturbing others, neither of them dared to shout loudly, and could only grit their teeth and suppress their voices to curse at each other.

"Let go, you bastard."

"Put down what you're holding first."

Cheng Kaixuan's screwdriver failed to penetrate, as Lai Er grabbed his wrist.

Lai Er's crowbar was too long to maneuver on the narrow deck, so he simply threw it away and bumped it into Cheng Kaixuan's nose.

Cheng Kaixuan's nose, which had just been swollen from being beaten by Wu Sui during the day, was now completely bruised, and blood splattered all over Lai Er's face.

The two men rolled around on the deck like two mad dogs, using their fists and knees to fight, producing dull thuds of hand-to-hand combat.

On the big tree outside the courtyard wall.

Wu Gang stared in disbelief, his mouth agape wide enough to fit an egg.

"Second brother...why...why did they start fighting?"

Wu Sui leaned against the tree trunk, watching the two fighting like dogs on the deck, and snorted coldly.

Greed is a more potent medicine than any other.

As long as he throws out the bait, he doesn't even need to lift a finger; these guys will smash their brains out themselves.

"Go ahead and hit, the harder the better," Wu Sui said in a low voice.

The commotion on deck grew louder and louder.

Cheng Kaixuan straddled Lai Er, his hands gripping Lai Er's neck.

Lai Er's face turned red, and he scratched wildly with both hands. He slapped Cheng Kaixuan across the face, tearing off a piece of skin.

As the two rolled around, someone kicked the iron door of the hold, and a loud crash echoed throughout the yard.

This is too much of a commotion.

In the corner of the courtyard, the light in Old Liu's house, the gatekeeper's room, suddenly turned on with a "snap".

"Who's outside?"

Old Liu's hoarse voice rang out, followed by the sound of him putting on his clothes and opening the door.

The two men wrestling on the deck froze, terrified. They quickly released each other and scrambled towards the ship's side, preparing to jump overboard and escape.

"Brother." Wu Sui's smile faded, and he patted Wu Gang's shoulder, his tone urgent.

"Quickly, go to the town police station to report that a thief broke into the yard we bought, and that he specifically went for the smuggling boat."

Wu Gang was taken aback for a moment, then realized what was happening.

"Okay!"

Without saying a word, Wu Gang slid down the tree trunk and ran wildly toward the town police station.

Wu Sui remained in the tree, watching the two dark figures frantically trying to escape on the deck, and took out a cigarette from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

run?

The ship is now covered in your fingerprints, and the cabin has been cut open. That bag of contraband is enough to put you two in jail for life.

Old Liu rushed out of the house with a flashlight, the beam of which just happened to hit Cheng Kaixuan, who was about to climb over the wall.

"Thief! Someone's stealing!" Old Liu shouted at the top of his lungs.

He pulled Cheng Kaixuan down from the wall.

Old Liu worked as a gatekeeper his whole life and he's quite strong.

Cheng Kaixuan had just been locked in a fierce battle with Lai Er on the deck, and his strength was already completely exhausted.

Pulled like that, he lost his balance and fell off the wall into the muddy yard with a "plop," feeling completely disoriented.

Old Liu pounced on him, using his knee to press against Cheng Kaixuan's lower back, and continued shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Help! Thief!"

Cheng Kaixuan struggled a few times but couldn't get up, so he could only howl in his hoarse voice.

"Let go, you old man, let go of me!"

Upon seeing this, Lai Er scrambled and crawled towards the other side of the courtyard wall.

He was more cunning than Cheng Kaixuan. Using the weeds as cover, he quickly scrambled onto the wall and climbed over.

Wu Sui was smoking under a tree outside the wall, watching Lai Er jump down from the top of the wall.

Lai Er landed but didn't stand firmly, staggered forward two steps, and just as he raised his head, a shoe sole flew towards him.

"Bang!"

Wu Sui kicked Lai Er squarely in the chest.

Lai Er screamed and flew backward, crashing heavily against the wall. He clutched his chest and coughed uncontrollably.

He felt like his ribs were about to break, and the pain was so intense that he saw stars.

After finally recovering, I looked up and, by the moonlight, saw the person in front of me clearly.

"Wu...Wu Lao Er?!"

Lai Er's eyes widened, and his voice trembled.

Wu Sui, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, walked over and squatted down in front of Lai Er.

"Traveling here in the middle of the night?"

Lai Er's mind was buzzing, and he was completely confused.

"You... what are you doing here?"

"Why can't I be here?" Wu Sui exhaled a smoke ring, threw the cigarette butt on the ground, and stomped it out.

"I just bought this yard in full a few days ago, and you climbed over the wall into my yard in the middle of the night, and then asked me why I was there?"

Lai Er was stunned.

You bought it?

Wu Lao Er bought such a large compound belonging to the Maritime Safety Administration?

The note wrapped in stone flashed through his mind, and he recalled the unexpected encounter with Cheng Kaixuan on the boat that evening.

All the clues came together at this moment.

Lai Er's face turned deathly pale instantly, and he pointed at Wu Sui, his fingers trembling like a leaf.

"It was you...it was you who did it!"

"Did you throw that note away?!"

Wu Sui smiled.

"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. What note?"

"Stop pretending!" Lai Er was furious and tried to get up, but Wu Sui pressed his shoulders down and forced him back down.

"You deliberately spread false information to trick us into coming to this wrecked ship to look for gold bars, Wu Lao Er, you're too ruthless!"

"Gold bars?" Wu Sui feigned surprise. "That ship was seized by the coast guard. If there were gold bars inside, would you even have a chance?"

"You set me up." Lai Er finally realized what was happening, and cold sweat streamed down his forehead.

He's just a petty thief; stealing scrap metal will only get him detained for a few days at most.

But if they were proven guilty of stealing things from the private ship, the charge would be much more serious.

"Trying to trick you?" Wu Sui patted Lai Er's cheek.

"You stayed up all night, broke into the yard I bought with a crowbar, boarded my boat, and now you're saying I swindled you?"

Lai Er was speechless.

We've failed, completely and utterly failed.

In the distance, a sharp siren pierced the night sky.

The red and blue police lights flashed in the night as they sped toward the old Maritime Bureau compound.

Upon hearing the siren, Lai Er felt as if all his strength had been drained away, and he collapsed to the ground.

It’s over.

It's all over.