After living a new life for my neighbor's grandmother, I traveled through the book again

Because Diao Yongting and Yang Jixia lost all the items in the suitcase even though the lock on the suitcase was intact, this became the most urgent and bizarre incident on the ship.

As the only witness to the incident, Tong Jia was naturally questioned by different people.

In fact, when Tong Jia was calling for people to catch the thief, she also hesitated whether to get involved.

But thinking about what Yang Jixia said, that everyone on the ship was in cahoots with Diao Yongting, it was impossible for no one to see him entering their cabin.

Since sooner or later someone will reveal that they have been to the cabin of the two people, it is better for me to get rid of the suspicion of being a thief by taking the initiative to report it as the first person to discover it than to be reported by others.

After all, everyone on the ship knew that she only had a good relationship with Tian Ma and Tao Junle on the ship, and occasionally talked to Yang Jixia on the deck. Apart from that, she had never dealt with anyone else.

Tian's mother went to the restaurant, and many people must have seen her along the way. Yang Jixia was with Diao Yongting, so there was no possibility of embezzlement. Although Tao Junle was alone in the room and had no witnesses, he couldn't have taken so much luggage by himself, so he would naturally be cleared of suspicion quickly.

So Tong Jia hesitated for a moment before deciding to be the whistleblower herself.

Sure enough, after Diao Yongting, the captain and Yang Jixia took turns questioning her, she was naturally ruled out as a suspect.

The captain thought about checking her luggage, but in order to show that he trusted her, Diao Yongting refused the captain's request to check her luggage and asked him to focus his investigation on other people.

So, starting from the evening of that day until the next night, all the cabins on the ship were inspected, including the warehouse below where opium and cigars were stored.

But unfortunately, they found nothing.

Finally, the captain decided to check Tong Jia's luggage.

At this time, the crew discovered that several cabins were leaking. If the leakage continued, the ship would definitely sink.

Finding the thief is no longer the important task; preventing the ship from sinking is.

For a moment, everyone on the boat was in chaos. Some people were already very clear-headed and were looking for a spare boat, but the number of people who could get on board was limited. Tong Jia hurriedly took Tao Junle back to the cabin and quickly changed him and herself into the diving suits she had urgently made with a needle yesterday.

Although it is summer now, who knows if you will suffer from hypothermia if you soak in the water for a long time. It is safer to wear a diving suit.

Tian's mother also took advantage of the chaos and took five glass bottles of milk from the ship's kitchen, stuffed them all into Tao Junle's backpack, and then tied the three lifebuoys together with ropes before getting in.

When the three men came out again, the deck was in chaos.

Everyone was scrambling to get a spot on the lifeboat, but the number of people was limited. Those who couldn't get one started scrambling for the lifebuoys. Some of them tied the lifebuoys together like Tong Jia and the other two, and blocked them with suitcases in front of them, making it impossible for anyone to grab one.

Yang Jixia was relieved when he saw that Tong Jia and the other two were well prepared.

He helped Diao Yongting onto the lifeboat, but because there were too many people vying for the lifeboat spots, the lifeboat soon capsized.

Yang Jixia can swim, but he pretended not to be able to, and deliberately turned to one side of the lifeboat and did not reach out to pull Diao Yongting at the first time.

It was not until Diao Yongting was about to drown that Yang Jixia winked at Tong Jia and asked the three of them to paddle over.

Because they were tied with ropes, none of Tong Jia, Tao Junle and Tian Ma could get out of the lifebuoy to make room for Diao Yongting. If Diao Yongting wanted to survive, he could only stretch his arms into the lifebuoy where Tao Junle was sitting, and use the buoyancy to prevent himself from sinking.

But there was a wound on his hand, and after being soaked in water, it had started to bleed.

Not to mention putting his arms into the lifebuoy, even if his whole body was in the lifebuoy, he might not have the strength to hold on until dawn.

At this moment, Tian's mother took out a bottle of milk from Tao Junle's backpack and asked Diao Yongting to drink it to replenish his strength.

Yang Jixia also pretended to choke on the water several times, then exhaustedly floated to the four people. With the help of Tong Jia and Tian Ma's lifebuoys, he finally said, "Brother-in-law, this boat has been tampered with. It must have been done by the thieves who stole our things."

Although he didn't know who stole those things, Yang Jixia naturally couldn't let go of such a good opportunity to shift the blame.

Diao Yongting nodded weakly upon hearing this. He cursed, "Son of a bitch! Don't let me know who did this, or I'll make sure these sons of a bitch die without a burial place! Hiss~~~"

"Brother-in-law, the wound on your hand is bleeding. If this continues, it will be dangerous. We must get ashore as soon as possible." Yang Jixia glanced at the light red river water beside Diao Yongting, and then looked at Tong Jia.

Tong Jia understood and said, "I hurriedly took three boxes, and I don't know if there are any disinfectants or hemostatics in them. Why don't you open the boxes and take a look? What if there are... oh... boxes..."

"Okay, don't move. Now the five of us are all tied together. If you move, it will be futile.

The suitcase over there is full of those useless clothes and jewelry that you usually buy. There is nothing useful in it. Let the suitcase go with the flow.

The most important thing for us now is to reach the shore as soon as possible.

I remember that at this time yesterday we were in Yicheng. Judging from the speed of the ship, we immediately swam to the shore and should be near Shicheng.

I have a friend in Shicheng. We can borrow some money from him to have my brother-in-law's hand checked first, and then buy a boat ticket back to Shanghai." Yang Jixia suggested calmly.

The men around Diao Yongting were all landlubbers, and they all sank to the bottom of the river the moment the lifeboat capsized.

The ship sank and the cargo on board was naturally lost.

The interest relationship between the people on the ship and Diao Yongting naturally disappeared.

When disaster strikes, everyone naturally only cares about their own safety.

Now, apart from Yang Jixia and Tong Jia, no one cares about Diao Yongting's life or death.

Diao Yongting, whose mind was already in a state of chaos due to excessive blood loss, had no one to care about him except to follow Yang Jixia's orders.

It was three hours later when the four people reached the shore together with the help of lifebuoys.

It was already completely dark at this time, and Diao Yongting had fallen into a coma due to excessive blood loss.

After landing, Yang Jixia didn't see anyone else on the ship. He took out three silver dollars from his pocket and whispered to Tian Ma, "Tian Ma, take these and go see if there's anyone nearby who can let us stay for the night."

Mother Tian took the money and got up to leave.

Tong Jia muttered softly, "What are you talking about? But I actually know how to mention..."

Before he could finish his words, Yang Jixia covered his mouth.

Yang Jixia glanced at the unconscious Diao Yongting and said to Tao Junle, "Lele, you keep an eye on Commander Diao. Your sister and I will go around the area to see if we can find something to eat."

After saying that, he pulled Tong Jia away from the shore.

Yang Jixia stopped only when he was far enough away from Diao Yongting and Tao Junle.

His expression remained unchanged, and he said seriously: "Comrade Tong Jia, since you are already a formal member of our organization, I also want to tell you something seriously, that is, we are now carrying out a mission.

I hope you can put aside all your prejudices against me and strictly obey my orders.

Before getting on board, didn’t I tell you that you must be careful with your words and actions, and don’t say a single word that you shouldn’t say?

Just like the situation just now, how can you be sure that Diao Yongting is really unconscious?

What if he was pretending? Do you know that what you just said will expose everything that happened between you, me, and Jiangcheng?

Do you understand how fatal this mistake is to our mission?"

Tong Jia realized that she had spoken too quickly and admitted her mistake, saying, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. Don't worry, I won't do that again."

After hearing Tong Jia admit her mistake, Yang Jixia's tone softened.

He said: "I know you are still upset about me running away from your marriage, and it was indeed my fault.

I promise you, as long as the world is at peace and I am still alive, I will definitely fulfill the IOU I wrote to you before.

Including those things you sank into the river this time, calculate how much money they are worth. I will compensate you later and write you an IOU when we get to Shanghai, okay?

It's not good for a girl to be too irritable, it will easily cause wrinkles!"

After saying that, Yang Jixia quickly ran towards where Tao Junle and Diao Yongting were, fearing that he would be beaten by Tong Jia.

In fact, Yang Jixia now has a very positive attitude towards Tong Jia.

When they first met, he was deeply moved by the fact that Tong Jian was able to give him such a large dowry to support the construction of his base.

Later, when Sister Zhao asked him about him and Tong Jia (Rong Xintong), he learned that Rong Xintong had changed her name to Tong Jia in order to find him, and that she had been inspired by the organization along the way and had joined it.

The moment he called Tong Jia Comrade instead of Miss Rong, he already accepted Tong Jia as his comrade-in-arms.

Even after Yuan Shengnan got married, he was willing to rekindle his relationship with Tong Jia.

However, he didn't know whether Tong Jia was willing, so he didn't dare to have a deep conversation with Tong Jia.

Just like just now, he didn't dare to say anything too harsh, for fear of angering the other person again and not being able to coax him/her.

Thinking that the two of them would have more opportunities to spend time together in Shanghai and back in their hometown in the future, Yang Jixia was not in a hurry.

Tong Jia didn’t know what Yang Jixia was thinking. If she knew, she would definitely spit in his face.

Putting aside other things, just because of the vampire relatives in Yang Jixia's hometown, Tong Jia would not let herself be caught up in the whirlpool of the Yang family.

After following Yang Jixia's footsteps back to Tao Junle, Tao Junle ran over in a flash. He held Tong Jia's hand, as if declaring his sovereignty, snorted at Yang Jixia, and no longer approached Diao Yongting.

At this time, Tian's mother also brought people to help carry Diao Yongting.

The visitor was the village chief. When he learned that they were passengers on a ship and had swam here because the ship capsized, the people in the village were very enthusiastic.

The village chief not only enthusiastically let Tong Jia and his friends stay temporarily in his home, but also mobilized the villagers who had boats to row out to the river to see if they could save people or salvage anything.

Thanks to the village chief's enthusiasm, several passengers and crew members who fainted in the river due to exhaustion and were about to sink were rescued.

But this village is too remote. Even though the people were rescued, they still need to be sent to the town to see a doctor if they are to survive.

These people were unconscious and had no extra money. Most of the villagers were also very poor. They could contribute their physical strength to save people, but as for the money... they were powerless.

Therefore, although the villagers rescued many people, not many survived in the end.

After dawn, the village chief took the initiative to report the matter to the town.

The town sent people down. After Yang Jixia explained Diao Yongting's identity to the town representatives, the people in the town took it very seriously and immediately sent a car to take Diao Yongting to the county hospital.

But Diao Yongting is an official from Shanghai, and this is a small county town in Shicheng. People here usually can't even see leaders from their own province, let alone officials from outside the province.

It is okay to send the patient to the hospital, but we are very cautious about paying for it.

Because the luggage was left behind, neither Tong Jia nor Yang Jixia, even if they had hidden money in advance, could take it out for Diao Yongting to use at this time.

Due to this repeated delay, Diao Yongting's right hand became necrotic.

The county hospital couldn't treat the patient, so he was sent to the city hospital. The city hospital still couldn't treat the patient, so he was sent to the provincial hospital.

This back and forth only delayed the time even longer.

Originally, only the right hand was necrotic, but by the time he arrived at the provincial hospital, half of his right arm had already been necrotic.

But fortunately, they met an official in the province who knew Diao Yongting.

With the official's guarantee, the provincial hospital performed surgery on Diao Yongting, removing his right forearm from his right elbow and preventing his organs from continuing to necrotize.

He also took the initiative to help the unconscious Diao Yongting contact people from the Shanghai Municipal Government and his family.

After learning about Diao Yongting's current miserable situation, the Shanghai Municipal Government immediately sent people with Rong Xinzi to rush here.

When they arrived, Diao Yongting, who had been in a coma for four days, finally opened his eyes.

After learning that he had lost his right forearm, he went completely crazy.

He threw away everything that could be thrown in the ward and started punching and kicking Yang Jixia. If he was not very weak, his punches and kicks would not have been effective. Tong Jia would have taken this opportunity to beat him up severely.

But in the end, he suppressed the urge in his heart at the signal of Yang Jixia's eyes.

Yang Jixia didn’t want Tong Jia to vent, but now was not the time to vent.

He needed to wait until the officials from Shanghai and Diao Yongting's family arrived before letting Tong Jia vent.

Only in this way can we reflect the important role and achievements that Yang Jixia played in Diao Yongting's trip to Jiangcheng.