Chapter 196 The Monster Living Under the Sea

"What do you mean your residence was invaded last night?" Zhang Heng asked Vincent, who was a little nervous across the desk.

"To be honest, I don't really know what happened. I went to bed early last night. I opened my eyes in the middle of the night and saw the window was wide open. There was a black figure standing by my window with my back I was looking for something in the closet."

"How do you know he's looking for this thing?" Zhang Heng asked, pointing to the collection of love poems brought back from Clark's ship on the table.

"Because he turned my bedroom upside down, I got thirty-three Spanish gold coins and put them in the cabinet, but he didn't touch them. I took the supply log and the cargo list from the shelf, but I put this book of love poems under my pillow."

"Wait, why did you put this thing under the pillow?" Annie raised her eyebrows.

The young ship doctor's face was flushed and he opened his mouth, but he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Feeling his embarrassment, Zhang Heng took the initiative to change the subject and asked, "Did you see his face?"

Vincent nodded when he heard the words, with a look of fear on his face, "He is not human, his clothes are wet, as if he has just been fished out of the water, and there is a strong fishy and salty smell. It was dripping down his sleeves and trouser legs, and there was seaweed and shells hanging from his hair and clothes."

The young ship doctor recalled the horrible scene before and couldn't help but start to tremble again, "I pretended to be still sleeping, but I opened my eyes secretly, and saw his hands and side face, which were covered with scales. , Then he seemed to have found me, turned his head and grinned at me, I was so frightened that I fainted, and when I opened my eyes again, it was already dawn, and I ran out of the house quickly."

After finishing speaking, Vincent took out three notebooks from his body, "Actually, I have almost translated these things, only a few pages left in the supply records. I am sorry that I did not protect them well."

"No, you have done a good job. You have worked hard during this time." Zhang Heng took the note, "I have another kind request, can I go to the place where you live to have a look?"

"Of course." The young ship doctor nodded, "You are welcome to be our guests."

The three came to Vincent's residence. It was a small wooden house, but it was enough for one person to live alone. There were many plants planted nearby, including some rare species on the island. When Leigh introduced Vincent, he said that he liked botany.

His house was beautiful with vines all over the walls, and next to it was Billy's house across the fence.

The helmsman of the Jackdaw was walking in the yard with his two-year-old daughter in his arms. He greeted three people coming from not far away, handed his daughter to his wife, and then left come over.

"That's what you're here for."

"Can you wait for me a moment?" Vincent opened the door, glanced at Annie, and said a little embarrassedly.

"This is your home, you have the final say." Zhang Heng said.

With a look of gratitude on the face of the young ship doctor, he slipped in through the crack of the door, and then closed the door as fast as he could. After a while, there was a tinkling sound from inside.

Taking this opportunity, Zhang Heng asked Billy, "You live next door to him, did you notice anything unusual last night?"

The latter shook his head, "As soon as I got back to the land, I would fall into a deep sleep. I didn't know what happened until this morning when he knocked on my door in his pajamas. That kid was really scared last night. I've never seen him so flustered."

After hesitating for a while, Billy asked again, "Do you think this matter has something to do with that ghost ship?"

"I'm not sure yet." Zhang Heng thought of the weird storm that the Jackdaw encountered on the way back to Nassau. All signs indicated that they had indeed encountered a supernatural phenomenon. From this point of view, the owner of the ghost ship wanted to Taking back his own things is also the most reasonable explanation, but for some reason he always feels that something is wrong.

That's why I proposed to take a look at Vincent's house.

After a while, the young ship doctor opened the door again, and invited the three of them to go in with some embarrassment.

During this period of time, Vincent had already cleaned up the living room, and he even dug out a bag of tea to soak in water, but Zhang Heng didn't bother to drink it.

The three walked into the bedroom of the young ship doctor, and the first thing they saw was the dense plant specimens and sketches on the wall, and then there were clothes and boots scattered on the floor.

Vincent looked a little embarrassed, he hadn't had time to tidy up the place, but as far as a single man was concerned, his bedroom was actually not too bad. Zhang Heng had seen much worse dormitories than this when he lived in school.

Just glanced at Zhang Heng twice and turned his eyes away from those plant specimens. After that, he knelt down and touched the floor with his fingers. There were some water stains on some of them before, and they are still a little damp now. They should be the uninvited guest. Places to stay for a long time, including cabinets and in front of the bed.

In addition, Zhang Heng also picked up two small pieces of shells and a scale on the ground, which seemed to confirm the story told by the young ship doctor from the side. As for the fishy and salty smell, it had already faded a lot due to the ventilation.

Zhang Heng went to the window again, which was also the place where the uninvited guest came in and left. There were two pots of unknown plants on the windowsill, but one of the pots was knocked down, and there was a small garden below.

"Is it possible?" Zhang Heng glanced at the young ship doctor, and after getting the latter's permission, he climbed onto the windowsill and jumped into the garden from here.

Zhang Heng tried to step on the soil under his feet twice, "How often do you water?"

"Well, once a week. I'll ask Nettie when I'm out. She last watered five days ago."

Nettie is also Billy's wife, and helped Vincent a lot after he moved here, which is why Vincent was willing to work as a ship's doctor on the Jackdaw after Billy asked.

Zhang Heng walked around the garden and saw a few other residents nearby, so he and Annie visited one by one again, but unfortunately they didn't get any useful information. Vincent's residence was invaded in the middle of the night. At this time, everyone was usually fast asleep, and no one saw the suspicious figure described by the young ship doctor nearby.

Lunch at noon was eaten at Billy's house, and Vincent was still in a trance. Obviously, what happened last night had greatly stimulated him, until the young ship doctor got Billy's permission and agreed to let him live in his house. It was only after two days that I showed gratitude and cheered up a little.