"Setting sail? Which direction are we sailing?" Qin Tianyi asked urgently. It seemed that as soon as Allen took people to tie up Susu, he hadn't delayed at all and had sailed the boat away. This was a planned action.
Why wasn't Allen quickly taking Yang Sijie to find a secluded place to hide, but instead dared to provoke them? What exactly did he want to do?
Qin Tianyi suddenly jumped onto the boat and said to the person on it, "I want to rent your boat, now!" Regardless of whether he could determine the specific direction, he couldn't delay any longer.
The boat owner, not understanding who they were, was a bit stunned and said, "But I'm about to set sail..."
"I need a boat that can set sail immediately," Qin Tianyi said, running towards the boat's cockpit as if he were mad.
The boat owner wanted to stop him, but Su Kangxi also jumped onto the boat and grabbed the owner, saying, "We'll give you triple the price. You get off the boat now and untie the anchor." He then gave the boat owner all the US dollar cash from his wallet and added, "Whatever's short, I'll pay you back later."
The boat owner was still uneasy and hesitated, saying, "This might not even cover the deposit..." But he felt his arm was about to be twisted off by Su Kangxi.
"I said I wouldn't owe you the boat fee, and I won't," Su Kangxi said, making a move to push him off directly. "Are you getting off yourself, or should I throw you off?"
"Alright, alright, consider me unlucky," the boat owner agreed.
Su Kangxi released the boat owner's arm and gave him his wallet's identification, saying, "This is for you as collateral."
The boat owner had no choice but to reluctantly get off the boat. As soon as he untied the anchor tethered to the shore, Qin Tianyi set off in the boat with a roar.
Su Kangxi stood on the deck, almost being thrown into the sea by the boat's excessive speed, and quickly grabbed the railing tightly.
He felt that Qin Tianyi wanted to catch up to the steamship that had left the dock.
However, after their boat had sailed at full speed for an hour, they still couldn't see the steamship on the sea.
Qin Tianyi slowed down the boat and forcefully hit the controls in the cockpit, having to accept reality. Sailing a boat at sea wasn't like speeding on the road; without an accurate heading, let alone catching up, it was difficult to even find Allen's boat.
Su Kangxi noticed the boat slowing down, and only then did he release the railing and walk to the cockpit to see what was happening with Qin Tianyi.
Qin Tianyi calmed down a bit, constantly adjusting the latitude and longitude on the instrument panel to reconfirm the heading. If he couldn't find Allen's boat, he would have to rely on his memory to find the island again.
Su Kangxi reminded him, "Sister Susu's phone should still be on her. Does the phone have a precise location function?"
Qin Tianyi remembered that after the last storm, their phones had become linked, and they had also activated a sharing function.
He immediately took out his phone, opened the relevant settings, and checked if he could track Susu's signal. On the location sharing function, the red dot for Susu's phone was still lit.
Finally, he had the precise coordinates. He entered them into the automatic navigation system and increased the engine power.
"Sister Susu's phone is still on?" Su Kangxi asked.
Tianyi nodded and said, "Hold on tight, we should reach that island soon!"
"Give me the exact coordinates, and I'll contact the local police," Su Kangxi said, picking up his phone. In this situation, they had to call the police.
Tianyi threw his phone to him and focused on the heading.
Su Kangxi took it and saw that the red dot showing Sister Susu's phone had turned gray and was no longer moving. He knew that either the signal was lost, or Allen had discovered the phone.
Following the last displayed location of Sister Susu, he reported to the local police, asking them to send officers to rescue her as soon as possible.
Tianyi sped up to the sea area located by the location sharing, but before his eyes was still the vast ocean, with no islands in sight. They should still be some distance away from the primitive island where Allen was.
Although he was anxious, he could only try to navigate based on the direction he had sailed out initially.
It wasn't until dusk that they finally saw the island.
Fearing detection by Allen, he didn't dare to dock the boat directly on the beach. He stopped it in a relatively hidden spot beneath a cliff and then swam for a while with Su Kangxi before landing on the island again.
Tianyi was already very familiar with the paths on the island. He led Su Kangxi directly to Allen's residence.
Upon arriving at the entrance, they didn't go in immediately. Instead, they observed the surrounding environment, holding the wooden sticks they had picked up along the way, expecting a fierce battle.
Tianyi used a wooden stick to try knocking on the door. After waiting for a while, no one came to open it.
He knocked harder, and to his surprise, the door opened directly with the force of his knock. It wasn't locked.
They exchanged strange glances, fearing a trap, and still dared not rush in.
Tianyi made a few gestures to Kangxi, signaling him to stay outside the door while he went in to check first.
Kangxi understood and nodded, remaining outside without moving.
Tianyi crept in stealthily. He didn't see anyone on the first floor, and the doors and windows were all wide open.
The more he looked, the more something felt wrong. He went up to the second floor. There were only two rooms. One room, presumably Allen's study, had crumpled papers with various formulas scattered all over the floor, and there was no one there either.
The other bedroom was neat and tidy, with all the clothes and belongings still present. Had Allen taken Yang Sijie and Susu away from the island?
He panicked and immediately went downstairs, calling Su Kangxi in.
Su Kangxi, like him, checked everywhere and confirmed that it was an empty house now.
"But if Allen ran off with Yang Sijie, why didn't he take some essential living supplies? All their belongings are still here," Su Kangxi found it strange.
Tianyi noticed a crumpled piece of paper in the corner of the first floor. He bent down, picked it up, and unfolded it. He saw two large, crooked characters written on it: Huahai.
He had a vague premonition, and something suddenly exploded in his mind. He shouted at Su Kangxi, "No, Allen isn't trying to escape with Yang Sijie. He wants to... he wants to destroy everything!"
"What, what do you mean?"
"Huahai, hurry to Huahai!" Tianyi immediately sprinted out, and Su Kangxi quickly followed him.
He ran almost non-stop to Huahai and found Allen, Yang Sijie, and Susu indeed in the center of Huahai.
Susu's hands were tied behind her back. Allen was holding one of her arms and saying to her, "Look, even this beautiful scenery will be buried with us. There's nothing to regret about dying here."
"Allen, are you crazy? Why are you doing this?" Susu's eyes were bloodshot, and she tried to break free, saying, "Isn't it good to be alive? Why don't you take him and continue living?"
"We can't live anymore. None of us can live anymore," Allen said, smiling as he looked at Yang Sijie, who was right beside him, and placed his other hand on his shoulder.