Although Wu Peng didn't know Jia Wenjun, he had experienced the Lin family's nature and knew that nothing good ever came from their mouths.

Even strangers would find Lin's mother's words inappropriate, let alone Jia Wenjun's parents.

Seeing Jia's mother gasping for breath, he took out his phone to call for emergency services. Then, he pointed at the three members of the Lin family, who still didn't understand what was happening, and said, "Publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander them is punishable by up to five days of detention or a fine of up to 500 yuan, according to Article 42 of the *Public Security Administration Punishment Law*. In more serious cases, the penalty is five or more days of detention and a fine. You've made someone sick enough to go to the hospital. Go home and prepare the medical expenses and wait for the lawyer's letter!"

Lin Yang didn't expect things to turn out this way. He regretted it immensely, wishing he had told his mother to lower her loud voice.

"You, you can't try to extort us. Anyone can lie on the ground! I'll lie down too!" Lin's mother continued to shout at the top of her lungs.

Seeing his mother still yelling, Lin Yang saw Wu Peng recording everything with his phone and quickly pulled his mother back.

Seeing the mention of medical expenses and lawyer's letters, Lin's father also pulled his wife back, "Alright, they have a lawyer. Let's go."

The ambulance arrived quickly. Wu Peng went to the hospital with Jia's father. After confirming that everything was alright, he took out the recording he had made earlier, "Uncle Jia, this is the evidence of their insults. I recorded it all. If they don't pay the medical expenses, you can report it to the police."

Jia's father was still furious when he thought about what had happened. He paused for a moment, "Xiao Wu, thank you. If it weren't for you, I don't know what would have happened to me and your Aunt Jia. I don't need the medical expenses, but I want them to apologize publicly and post their apology on all the community bulletin boards."

"An apology is a must, and they should pay for the medical expenses. For people like them, an apology is just a matter of opening and closing their mouths. Making them pay is the only way to truly teach them a lesson."

Jia's father knew he was right and thanked him again.

"Uncle Jia, I have something to do and have to go to the law firm. I bought lunch and water for you and Aunt Jia. Remember to eat it later. The doctor said Aunt Jia is just suffering from extreme anger and that there's nothing serious. Don't worry." Wu Peng had asked the doctor and bought them lunch on the way. The reason he came out of the Maritime Safety Administration was that his leader called him again, asking him to communicate with the parties involved in the previous case to understand the situation.

Although he had asked for leave, his leader said that he might as well do some work while waiting for news, so he was given paid leave, which meant he had to work even during his leave.

Jia's father had been looking haggard these days because of his daughter's matter. No matter how capable he was, he was still an old man. He was naturally moved and grateful that this young man he had just met was taking care of them.

After seeing Wu Peng out, Jia's father sighed. He didn't understand why his daughter had fallen for Lin Yang, who had nothing going for him, when there were so many good boys like Wu Peng out there.

Well, after Lin Yang, she also knew the dangers of the human heart. People always have to grow. He believed that his daughter would not be so foolish in the future.

At this time, Jia Wenjun, whom Jia's father was thinking about, was in the ship's dark hold, listening to the storm outside and sneezing violently. Da Huang was whimpering beside her. The thunder was rumbling, and the dog was also trembling with fear. She reached out and hugged the dog that had been with her all along.

Rain drifted into the dark hold, and moisture hit her face. The hull of the ship was constantly rocking in the wind and waves. She was tired and hungry, curled up in a cylindrical pile of carpets, swaying from side to side. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, she put on the hood of her clothes and simply lay down.

She wanted to go back, to her parents, to her little house. She knew that regret was useless, but she still regretted embarking on this journey.

At this time, on the deck, Nao Nao came back from urinating near the boat, chewing on something in his mouth.

Hao Jiening was startled and squatted down to pry open his mouth, "What did you eat?"

Nao Nao tried desperately to swallow what was in his mouth, but Hao Jiening, worried that he would eat something random, still pried it open.

Although most of it had been swallowed by the child, there were still some crumbs left in his mouth.

Hao Jiening dug it out with force, pinched it with her hand, smelled it under her nose, and looked incredulous: "Apple? Where did you find it?"

Hao Jiening's movements were too loud just now. Even though she tried to lower her voice, Wang and the others who were surrounding her heard it.

"Apple? Did you say apple? Nao Nao, where did you get the apple? You're not allowed to eat it all by yourself, tell me quickly." As soon as Lili heard that there was fruit, she became anxious and shook Nao Nao to make him speak quickly.

"Why are you pushing my son?" Hao Jiening became anxious and reached out to push Lili.

"He's eating alone, why can't I push him? Let everyone judge, shouldn't this child be taught a lesson for eating alone?" Lili's voice sounded sharp in the storm.

Nao Nao was frightened and cried, "Wuwuwu, I... I didn't eat it alone, it was, it was Uncle Lu who gave it to me."

"Uncle Lu? Lu Maowang?" Teacher Lin reacted.

Everyone on the boat hadn't seen fruits and vegetables for days. Now that they heard that Lu Maowang had apples, they all ran towards Room Six.

At this time, Lu Maowang had taken the antibiotics and antipyretics that Anna had given him and was much better. He was eating the last bit of apple in his hand when he was caught by everyone who came in.

"Good, Lu Maowang, you secretly hid fruit!" Lili came in and started searching everywhere, but couldn't find it.

Everyone surrounded Lu Maowang, "Tell me, where did the apple come from?"

Lu Maowang glanced at Bai Ma Shan standing at the door and didn't speak.

Old Man Wang opened his mouth and said, "Lu Maowang, you know the situation on the ship now. Everyone lacks vitamins. If you have fruit, take it out and share it with everyone. After all, you had your share of everything when there was food before."

Lu Maowang still didn't speak. Anna said, "Everyone, don't force him. He's already finished his fruit anyway. There's no use forcing him."

"You're starting to pretend to be a good person now that you've finished your fruit?" Lili had broken up with Anna, so she no longer gave her any face and would retort whenever she wanted to.

Anna had a "whatever you say" expression on her face.

Because of her full and indifferent expression, Lili and the others became even more annoyed. Lili grabbed Lu Maowang from the past, "Where did you find the apple? What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and ask."

Sun Jiaojiao had been hiding in Cabin Seven for so long and just wanted to eat something sour. Now that she heard there were apples, she pushed Lu Maowang without regard for anything, causing Lu Maowang to scream in pain, but no one helped him.

Teacher Lin was also persuading, "Xiao Lu, you can't be so selfish. You see, everyone vacated the cabin in Room Six for you to live in so that you could rest well. Now that everyone has nothing to eat, you have food, so you should help everyone, right? We're all on the same boat, so we should help each other, right?"

Lu Maowang was in so much pain, "Okay, I'll say it, you pull Sun Jiaojiao, that crazy woman, away first. If she tears at me again, my wound will bleed again."

Lili and Teacher Lin quickly came over and pulled Sun Jiaojiao away. Lu Maowang sucked in a cold breath and looked at Bai Ma Shan again, "Bai gave me this apple."