Chapter 257: The Dispute
Chapter 257: The Dispute
In the distance, the ship arguing with Wen Wan belonged to Guo Boss.
Due to Wen Wan's frequent stops and her constant dives into the sea to search for something, Guo Boss took notice.
So, Guo Boss sailed over and sent his men into the water to investigate what Wen Wan was looking for.
Finally, they had found the treasure left behind by the pirate chief from years ago, which he had been seeking for a long time.
Wen Wan watched as they brought up one chest after another, exactly like in her dreams, and she was furious! Just as she had tirelessly dived deeper and deeper, nearly reaching the cave in the coral reef, a group of unreasonable people had jumped into the sea, swam in, and snatched her treasure chest.
Every time the dream hinted at a precious item, Jiang Xia and Zhou Chenglei would get there first, and now that she had managed to beat them once, others had taken the lead again. What was the point of her dream's precognitive ability? Was it there just to infuriate her?
Wen Wan was seething with anger.
"I found this first! What right do you have to come and take it from me?" she said angrily.
Zhou Guohua stepped in front of Wen Wan, "Comrade, these chests were discovered by us first. You're using your numbers to snatch what we found. How is that any different from robbery? Do you want me to report you?"
Guo Boss sneered, "Rob? This is my family's heirloom! I've been searching for it for a long time."
"What proof do you have that it's your family's heirloom? If it's an heirloom, why have you been searching for it for so long? Shouldn't you know where it is?"
Guo Boss found this amusing, "I say it is, and who are you to demand proof? Seabed treasures belong to whoever finds them first!"
Demand proof from him? She had no idea who he was.
Zhou Guohua replied, "Well said! Seabed treasures do belong to whoever finds them first! We discovered these chests first, so they are ours."
Wen Wan added, "Exactly! We found them first! Give them back to us!"
Guo Boss countered, "Found what? Do you have the ability to dive down there? You've only discovered the coral reef! Even if you did, so what? Whoever gets their hands on it first owns it!"
At that moment, the shipworkers brought up another chest from the depths.
Guo Boss quickly called for someone to receive it.
Wen Wan watched as another large chest was hauled up, and she was truly agitated!
There were only four chests in her dreams, and they had retrieved them all, leaving her with nothing.
She turned to Zhou Guohua and said, "You go down there! Hurry!"
Zhou Guohua's wounds were not fully healed, but seeing them bring up one large chest after another, he felt a sense of urgency too.
Although his injuries were not completely healed, they were mostly recovered, and he shouldn't be in danger. He clenched his teeth and jumped into the water.
The seawater was salty, and his wounds stung a little upon contact, but he paid it no mind and swiftly swam towards the seabed.
Upon seeing this, Guo Boss signaled to another shipworker on board.
The shipworker immediately jumped into the water to intercept Zhou Guohua.
Thus, Zhou Guohua and the shipworker wrestled in the water, and eventually, a fight broke out.
Wen Wan shouted, "What are you trying to do? You're even hitting people! Are you trying to kill someone?"
At this point, Guo Boss was too annoyed to bother responding to Wen Wan.
His men brought up another chest from the sea.
He hurried to receive it, "How many more are there?"
"One," came the reply.
The old Guo Boss responded, "Then hurry up and bring it up. Do we need to send someone else down?"
"No need." The two quickly dove back into the water.
Underwater, Zhou Guohua and Guo Boss's shipworker struggled fiercely.
Wen Wan spotted a boat approaching in the distance and recognized it as Zhou Chenglei's fishing boat. Her eyes lit up, and she shouted, "It's our village brother's boat! He's an ex-soldier! And a commander!"
Wen Wan waved vigorously towards Zhou Chenglei's fishing boat, "Brother Zhou! Brother Zhou! Someone is taking our things! Help! Brother Zhou, they're trying to kill us!"
As the fishing boat drew closer, Guo Boss also recognized it as Zhou Chenglei's.
Guo Boss clasped his fists, "Brother Zhou, long time no see! Have you been making a fortune out at sea with a big ship lately? Haven't seen you in so many days!"
Wen Wan was speechless.
They knew each other?
Jiang Xia glanced at the chests on Guo Boss's boat and realized that he had found the treasure of the pirate chief mentioned in the book.
Zhou Chengxin also spotted the chests on Guo Boss's boat and was momentarily stunned.
Could they have fished these out? What incredible luck!
A-Lei didn't see them when he went down earlier!
Could someone be even luckier than A-Lei?
Zhou Chenglei stopped his boat and looked at them indifferently, "What are you doing here? Do you know that I've already contracted this sea area?"
Guo Boss laughed, "We know, we know! It's just that our ancestors stored some household items in the sea when they fled from disaster, and today I retrieved them all. We won't disturb you anymore, sorry about that!"
He wanted to get on good terms with Zhou Chenglei, so he was being especially polite.
Wen Wan also chimed in, "Brother Zhou, I discovered those chests. They saw our boat stopped here fishing for the chests, so they sailed over to snatch them from me. It's not some ancestral treasure of theirs!"
Zhou Chenglei glanced at the three chests on Guo Boss's boat and didn't care who they belonged to, "Are you done fishing? If you're done, then leave!"
He had contracted this sea area, but Zhou Chenglei wouldn't be unreasonable enough to claim that everything on the seabed was his.
He merely had the right to use this sea area and could farm fish here.
As for who those chests belonged to, he had no interest in knowing.
They weren't his, in any case!
At this moment, the last chest was also retrieved, and Guo Boss hurried to take it. He asked again, "Are you done?"
"We're done," replied two shipworkers as they climbed onto the boat.
Zhou Guohua, seeing that the last chest had been retrieved by the other party, stopped fighting and swam back to his boat. He shouted to Zhou Chenglei, "Zhou Chenglei, it's true that Xiao Wan discovered those chests first! They saw us and came to snatch them! We're all brothers from the same village, we can't let outsiders bully us! Let's take back those chests together, and then we'll divide them. We can't let them get away with bullying us!"
Wen Wan nodded, "That's right, Brother Zhou. I discovered them first, and this is the sea area you contracted. Those chests should be ours. We must get them back! Otherwise, word will spread that people from our village are easy to bully. We have to take them back, and then our two families will divide them. We can't let outsiders take advantage of us like this!"
Usually, people from the same village would stand united against outsiders! If Zhou Chenglei didn't help today, no one would help him if he encountered trouble in the future.
Zhou Chenglei looked into the distance, "The maritime surveillance ship is approaching. If you have any disputes, you can ask them to resolve it."
Guo Boss and Wen Wan, along with the others, followed Zhou Chenglei's gaze and saw a white ship rapidly approaching.
Jiang Xia took a look and recognized it as the patrol ship they had encountered earlier.
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