Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 744: Chapter 741 Latitude and Longitude

Several hundred pounds of Blood Coral Algae were carefully packed into boxes by Luo’s father. Just from this sea trip, the Blood Coral Algae alone could sell for tens of thousands of dollars. Adding to that the two Golden Spearfish and the Speckled Trout, Luo’s father was grinning from ear to ear. The worry that had been present when setting out to sea had long since drifted away. Now, he sat on the deck, contentedly smoking a cigarette.

Huo Sining walked towards the cabin with a smile, holding in her hand a few fresh oysters she had pried off at Youming Island, ready to offer them to Elder Sister Luo who was steering the boat.

”Elder Sister Jin Feng, try the oysters.”

Huo Sining handed the oysters to Luo Jinfeng, who received them with a beaming smile, quickly slurping them down and then carefully returned her attention to the helm.

The Glaze Straits lie between Mindong and Treasure Island. Although the straits are wide, there are many hidden reefs in the waters. At low tide, these reefs would surface, visible to the naked eye, but it was high tide at the moment, and these reefs were submerged beneath the waves, ready to ensnare the unwary.

Fearing the ship might strike a reef, Elder Sister Luo steered with extreme caution. Despite having sailed these waters for decades and being very familiar with these hidden reefs, she still kept a vigilant eye out for safety’s sake.

Seeing that Elder Sister Luo couldn’t be distracted while steering, Huo Sining didn’t want to bother her in the cabin. After lingering for a while, she decided to head back to the deck. As she was about to leave, her gaze suddenly fell on the instrument panel beneath the helm, and she paused slightly.

In front of Luo Jinfeng was a device that looked very sophisticated, seeming to be a retrofit.

Huo Sining curiously glanced at the device and suddenly asked, ”Elder Sister Jin Feng, what is this device for?”

Luo Jinfeng probably hadn’t expected Huo Sining to be interested in it and, looking up in surprise, laughed and said, ”This is the ship’s instrument panel, a retrofitted composite device. This is the monitor, which displays the engine’s rotational speed, water temperature, oil pressure, voltage, and fuel quantity.”

Huo Sining nodded. She wasn’t interested in the device itself, but in the two numbers that kept changing on the monitor: ”What do these changing numbers mean?”

Luo Jinfeng looked at the two numbers on the navigation instrument that Huo Sining was pointing to and immediately laughed, ”This is the navigation instrument. The numbers displayed are our ship’s latitude and longitude. By watching the numbers change, we can know if the ship is on the correct course. The first number, 25°56′1.16″, indicates latitude, and the second number, 119°43′43.01″, indicates longitude.”

Huo Sining was taken aback and suddenly realized what she had overlooked. Her pupils focused sharply.

Those strange numbers written on the piece of paper hidden inside the Wax Pill she had extracted from the Ivory Carving—she had always found them familiar, yet couldn’t remember what they meant.

Now, hearing Luo Jinfeng’s clear explanation, she had an epiphany.

So the numbers on the paper referred to this.

20W45S, doesn’t that mean 20 degrees west, 45 degrees south? The numbers on that yellowed piece of paper were clearly telling her a specific location!

Huo Sining couldn’t help but feel both annoyed and amused at herself. How could she have forgotten such a simple piece of common knowledge?

But it also wasn’t surprising that Huo Sining hadn’t thought of this detail. Faced with such a string of odd numerical symbols, anyone who glanced over it suddenly would probably struggle to associate it with latitude and longitude.

A gleam sparkled in Huo Sining’s eyes. The owner of the ivory carving had gone to such lengths to hide a wax pill inside the base, which undoubtedly meant that these coordinates concealed some secret!

Once back on shore, the massive haul of sea goods that the Luo Family’s boat had dredged up was directly taken to the fresh market. Luo’s father, with a smile all over his face, followed without showing any sign of fatigue. The Luo sisters couldn’t persuade him otherwise and said no more.

The Luo Family’s day at sea was extraordinarily fruitful, bringing in over a thousand pounds of fish and even harvesting fresh Blood Coral. This made other villagers both envious and curious, though they all knew the rules and nobody came to pry about the location of the Blood Coral.

This sea outing was quite lucrative for the Luo Family, and, naturally, they were tremendously grateful to Huo Sining. Based on what Luo’s father had in mind, he wanted to share half of the profits from the sold Blood Coral with her, but as soon as he made the offer, Huo Sining rejected it.

The batch of Blood Coral fetched less than twenty thousand yuan, a sum Huo Sining didn’t really care for. Besides, her gains from joining the Luo Family at sea were anything but small. Just the precious Red Coral Fossil alone was worth a fortune, not to mention the insights she gained from Luo Jinfeng, which helped her unravel the secret of the wax pill.

Having deciphered the meaning of the string of numbers inside the wax pill, Huo Sining wasted no time upon returning to shore and eagerly began looking up maps online.

degrees west longitude and 45 degrees south latitude. These coordinates turned out to be in the Atlantic Ocean. Huo Sining had initially thought this position might lead her to something special, like a unique city or an island, but to her disappointment, she realized that this string of numbers merely pointed her to a vast expanse of sea.

Within a single set of coordinates, the distance could vary by dozens of nautical miles. In other words, 20 degrees west and 45 degrees south only gave Huo Sining a rough location and didn’t pinpoint an exact spot. She would have to search for the target within a several dozen-mile radius.

This made Huo Sining feel both challenged and frustrated. Searching an area spanning dozens of nautical miles—was this some kind of joke? How was she supposed to find anything? Moreover, she still didn’t understand what exactly the numbers were directing her to look for. Without a clear target or precise location, she felt like a headless fly, clueless about what she was supposed to be searching for.

Huo Sining and the others had just returned to the fishing village in the afternoon. However, what surprised her was that someone was already waiting at the Luo Family’s residence when they arrived.

”Boss Wang, what brings you here?”

Seeing the person standing in the courtyard of the Luo Family, Huo Sining was taken aback. It was none other than Wang Kaiwen, the man who had given her 200,000 yuan at Luo Jinzhi’s class reunion just a few days before.

Wang Kaiwen’s smile seemed quite natural, as if he had already forgotten how Huo Sining had swindled money from him at Mei Yuan a few days earlier.

”Huo Sining and Luo Jinzhi went out to sea? It looks like the haul was substantial. I didn’t expect Miss Huo to be interested in going out to sea.”

Huo Sining didn’t know what Wang Kaiwen was up to, so she didn’t rush to exchange pleasantries with him, merely responding with a faint smile and leaving his remark unaddressed.