Binjiang Police Affairs
Chapter 145 - 121: Admirable Spirit

Chapter 145: Chapter 121: Admirable Spirit

At 1:27 PM, 001 finally sailed past Zhuangming Island and entered the Yangtze North Branch Channel.

Originally expecting to arrive at Bailong Port around noon, both Han Yu and Captain Wang, exhausted and drained from physical and mental exertion, did not dare to speed too much.

Now, as Bailong Port was drawing near, they needed to be even more cautious.

Standing beside Captain Wang, Han Yu lifted the large radio transmitter and shouted, "Director Xu, Director Xu, we should be home in about forty minutes."

Today was a day of great joy for the Yanjiang Police Station, and logically, one should have enjoyed a hearty drink with a few "Bosses."

Considering that several hardworking subordinates were on their way back, Xu Sanye did not drink a single glass of wine at lunch, toasted with tea instead, quickly had a bowl of rice served by the waiter, and rushed back to the Dunship to wait for 001’s return.

He lifted his arm to check his watch and said, "No rush, pay attention to navigational safety."

"We will be careful."

"How are the five crew members doing?"

"Three of them caught chills and are having high fevers. The other two are not in good spirits, probably scared."

"How is Director Wang?"

"Director Wang is also not in good shape."

"What’s wrong with him?"

He insisted on boarding the ship, even though he wasn’t supposed to. Who else to blame for the condition he is in now?

After a moment of hesitation, Han Yu helplessly said, "Director Wang started vomiting since last night at 11:30 PM and hasn’t stopped. We had to conduct a nighttime search and rescue, Uncle Zhu and Xiao Yu were too busy to care for him. Worried he might bump into things or that seasickness would confuse him enough to crawl out of the crew cabin, we tied him to the bed there."

Xu Sanye laughed, "I’m aware of the tying up, safety first, it’s necessary to tie him up."

"But later, when we had to take care of the other crew members, we couldn’t attend to him."

"Did the tying up cause any problems?"

"Um."

"What problems did it cause, and how serious?"

"Not very serious, he’s so seasick that he is completely exhausted, even lost his glasses. He couldn’t untie himself and... then he soiled himself."

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Director Xu, you’re laughing."

"I’ll stop laughing. And you guys are not allowed to laugh either!"

Han Yu didn’t dare to go down and see Director Wang again, let alone dare to laugh, rushed to say, "Won’t laugh."

Holding back his laughter, Xu Sanye inquired further, "Does he know about it himself?"

Han Yu rubbed his eyes, yawning continuously, and said, "He should know, but maybe not, he has thrown up everything he could, and he couldn’t speak last night. Even Captain Wang and I felt sick from seasickness and had headaches; his head must have hurt more."

"He really made a mess of himself."

"Director Xu, when we get close to the Dunship, it’s best to send Director Wang to the health center for an IV."

"Rest assured, I’ve arranged everything."

Meanwhile, Zhu Baogen was helping Director Wang clean his body.

Disgusted by the mess, Liang Xiaoyu dared not return to the crew cabin at the back of the engine room and was sitting in the command cabin talking to Director Jin.

During the early morning rescue of those five crew members, his clothes got completely soaked, and without a change of clothes, he could only wrap himself in a blanket.

Jin Weiguo, with a splitting headache, holding his forehead lethargically, said, "I didn’t see it coming. Old Zhu isn’t bothered by dirt or stench and is so meticulous, cleaned the plastic bucket spotlessly before fetching cooling water from the main engine to help wash Director Wang. I just peeked at the door, and you can’t imagine how careful and meticulous he was."

"Uncle Zhu is just meant to do this!"

"Meant to do this, Xiao Yu, are you saying Old Zhu has been a nurse?"

"Director Jin, what does a nurse do?"

"Nursing is taking care of patients in the hospital."

Unable to help himself, Liang Xiaoyu laughed and said, "Uncle Zhu barely knows more characters than me, how could he possibly work in a hospital. He hasn’t really taken care of living people; he only handles the dead."

"Handing the dead!" Jin Weiguo exclaimed.

"Uncle Zhu just does that, has been doing it for decades, and is still doing it. Whenever someone nearby dies, they call him to help collect the corpse. Whether it’s on the river or in the water, if there’s a dead body, they would also call him. He has seen all kinds of dirty, stinky corpses, so of course, he isn’t afraid of dirt or stench."

Liang Xiaoyu spoke as if it was a matter of no consequence, but in fact, everyone at Yanjiang Police Station thought it was nothing serious.

Jin Weiguo could hardly believe it was true, remembering how he had eaten, smoked, and chatted daily with Zhu Baogen for over half a month. At the beginning, he even shook Zhu Baogen’s hand, and couldn’t help but feel an odd mix of laughter and tears.

Unaware of what Jin Weiguo was thinking, Liang Xiaoyu yawned and mumbled, "Uncle Zhu must be treating him like cleaning a corpse."

Jin Weiguo came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Don’t talk nonsense."

"I’m not talking nonsense, if you don’t believe it, you can ask Uncle Zhu later."

"Xiao Yu, I know you’re not talking nonsense, but sometimes speaking the truth isn’t good either. If Director Wang finds out, he definitely won’t be pleased."

"Director Wang might not know what Uncle Zhu does, but Commissioner Ding and Sister Zhang Lan do. Even if we don’t say anything, Commissioner Ding and Sister Zhang Lan will tell him."

"..."

Jin Weiguo really didn’t know what to say to this Xiao Yu, thinking that Director Wang was their leader, and if they wanted to say anything, just say it, as it was none of his concern as a Port Supervision member.

...

As they drew closer to Bailong Port, they could faintly see the Dunship at the riverside gas station.

The fuel tanks of 001 were almost empty, usually it would mean going for refueling first then moor 001 in front of our own Dunship.

But now too tired and sleepy, plus there were a few crew members who urgently needed to be sent to the hospital.

Han Yu didn’t bother refueling, he picked up the megaphone communicator, notifying Zhu Baogen and Liang Xiaoyu to prepare for mooring.

Then hung his binoculars around his neck, moved from the cockpit to the first floor command cabin, took out the keys to unlock the cabin door, and went down into the crew’s quarters.

The instructor emphasized firearms safety repeatedly, using the words of Shao Lei from the Bai Shen Police Team, "Guns are more important than life!"

In short, everyone will disembark soon, the guns absolutely cannot be left on 001.

After he hung up the firefighting helmet, folded the firefighting suit neatly, took off his rubber boots, put on clean warm cotton shoes, opened the gun cabinet to take out two guns and bullets, and climbed back to the command cabin, he suddenly discovered the Dunship nearby was filled with people.

"Director Jin, why are there so many people!"

"Today is the Dunship’s commissioning ceremony, the leaders are all here, and there are also news reporters."

"I almost forgot."

"Hey, why don’t I see Director Feng..."

Jin Weiguo found it strange, but now he didn’t have time to look for the director’s figure, he hurriedly opened the door to the engine room to inform the five crew members who were rescued to prepare to go ashore.

Han Yu had a severe headache, just wanted to sleep, didn’t care which leader came or did not, turned off the large radio, and walked to the rear crew cabin door along the starboard side.

Zhu Baogen had already helped Director Wang clean up his body, but there were no clothes to change into, so he could only let Director Wang lie naked in the bed.

"Director Wang, Director Wang!"

"..."

Director Wang felt like his internal organs were going to spill out and his head was about to explode.

He felt everything was shaking, and he was groggy, only aware someone was calling him but didn’t know who it was and was too weak to respond.

Han Yu could understand how Director Wang felt, guessed that Director Wang probably would never ride a ship again in his life, sighed softly and walked to the engine room door.

Just about to check on the few rescued crew members, then heard someone on the Dunship shouting "Salted Fish."

He looked toward the stern and saw it was Shao Lei from the Bai Shen Police Team.

He remembered, today he was supposed to come with their leaders to attend the commendation ceremony.

Han Yu wanted to respond, but he really couldn’t shout. Besides, with so many people on the Dunship, it felt a bit awkward, so he simply raised his hand and waved.

Under normal circumstances, Captain Wang would have steered 001 to the front to turn the ship around before mooring to the Dunship.

But Captain Wang was also very tired and sleepy today, gently moved the steering wheel, chose the right angle, and slowly approached.

and Little Salted Fish had all come back safely, Xu Sanye was very happy and excited, wearing gloves, he and Master Zhou were busy dismantling the railing, shouting: "Director Yang, Old Ding, you guys go to the police duty room first. Director Chen, you and the others go to the Port Supervision duty room!"

"Oh, right away."

Director Yang didn’t want to interfere with his subordinates’ work, nor did he want to stand on the rail-less ship side risking falling into the river, he quickly pulled Commissioner Ding into the duty room.

"Journalist friends, please move over there, you can also go up to the second floor!"

"Old Shen, you guys move to the side, don’t block the corridor."

"Medical personnel, are the medical personnel in place!"

"We’re here."

"You don’t need to go up to 001, just wait here."

Xu Sanye looked around and then said: "Chen Zikun, you four go up to 001, first help the five crew members up, then carry Director Wang up."

Busy accompanying the leaders in the morning, preoccupied with drinking at the restaurant just now, almost forgot about Director Wang.

Director Yang was startled, poked his head out to ask: "Sanye, what’s wrong with Old Wang."

"Old Wang... wanted to lead by example, but he’s never been on a ship like 001, nor experienced heavy wind and waves, he’s severely seasick, almost couldn’t handle it, needs to be quickly taken to the health center for rescue."

"He needs to be rescued because he’s so dreadfully seasick!"

"Although he was unable to help, his spirit is commendable."

Binjiang Police and Binjiang Port Supervision risked their lives to rescue five crew members, this was big news.

Journalists who came to cover the event hurried to take photos, and one of them, unsatisfied with the angle from the first floor, climbed up to the second level in one breath, and leaned over the railing to take pictures.

Han Yu’s appearance was a bit exaggerated.

A binoculars hanging around his chest, carrying two guns on his shoulder, holding a walkie-talkie, instantly became the focus of attention for the photographers.

Director Feng and Secretary Chen knew that 001 had returned, but they didn’t come to the Dunship.

The two were planning to wait for Xu Sanye to send the five rescued crew members to Bailong Port Health Center and then go to the health center to visit and offer their condolences.

Their identities dictated that since they knew and were at Bailong Port, they had to go to the health center to show their concern.

Chief Tang didn’t feel it was right to follow along, but he was very keen to see just how advanced the equipment in 001 was, and how professional the crew of 001 was.

Scholar Yu and Li Weiguo were accompanying him in the second floor command and dispatch room to observe.

Seeing his junior brother carrying two guns and foolishly standing on the aft deck, Han Xiangning couldn’t help but go up and introduce: "Chief Tang, the one with the guns is Little Salted Fish."

"I thought it was that tall one."

"That tall one is Liang Xiaoyu, we all call him Xiao Yu. His family are fishermen, he and Salted Fish both were born and raised on a ship."

Both Salted Fish and Little Xiao Yu, so funny...

Chief Tang couldn’t help but chuckle and turned to slap Scholar Yu on the shoulder: "A Salted Fish, a Little Fish, plus you the Director Yu, this place is almost turning into a fish nest."