"I'll be up in a moment." Fatty Wang wanted to stand up but ended up collapsing back onto the sofa due to dizziness, letting out a curse.
"You've had a bit too much to drink, the wind's picking up, come up later," the captain said as he anchored the ship on the sea, and he and Xiao Mu walked onto the deck.
In the distance, a fishing boat was slowly approaching them, flashing warning lights when it was about thirty meters away. The uniformed captain raised his hand in a gesture, and the approaching boat slowed down, its engine noise inaudible.
"Get that fatty up here; once the ship gets close, we leave," Xiao Mu instructed the captain as they faced the approaching vessel.
Silently, he walked down to the cabin and stood in front of Fatty Wang. "The boat's here."
Just about to leave the inland sea and enter the open sea, the moment he'd been waiting for now lay before him, Fatty Wang suddenly hesitated, unsure why he felt a sense of panic.
