Volume 2: The Source of Life Chapter 15 There is a shark
The sky had entered autumn, the night sea water was icy and piercing to the bone. I could clearly feel Lin Miao Xian shivering, glanced at her, and strongly endured the severe pain of my shoulder wound being stimulated by the seawater, pulling her tightly into my arms.
"Don't touch me!" Lin Moxian warned, turning his head and shouting loudly.
I furrowed my brow, the icy seawater would rapidly deplete body heat, being in the vast ocean, the danger was massive heat loss, leading to limb weakness.
"Listen, I don't want to take advantage of you, it's just that the seawater is too cold, and our bodies can keep warm by sticking together. Otherwise, don't blame me if we freeze to death."
I spoke casually, as if I didn't care about her life or death, but in fact, I was very worried. We had already entered the high seas, and this was a smuggling route, so there were definitely not many passing ships, and the probability of being rescued was basically very small.
Lin Miao Xian tightly grasped the life ring in his hand, his eyes filled with anger as he glared at me and shouted: "Where did you go just now? When I needed you, you were watching me get bullied with a smile on your face. Are you happy?"
Alas, I couldn't help but sigh at this moment. It's still worth considering these ignorant things, sometimes it's also a kind of happiness!
After roaring, Lin Muxian gradually calmed down, but her eyes were still empty and hollow, staring blankly in one direction for a long time without speaking. The two of us floated silently like this for a while, during which I saw that she was frozen stiff, her teeth chattering violently, and I quietly leaned towards her, but Lin Muxian shrank back like a frightened little white mouse, her expression weak beyond words.
No way, if it goes on like this, she will definitely die. If she dies, the goal I finally found will be gone.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? Did your parents die or is the sky falling?" I yelled at her.
Lin Mu's ash-gray face stiffened slightly, and she seemed to dare not believe my rudeness. All along, the two of us had been maintaining a 'polite on the surface' attitude towards each other, and I had never yelled at her before.
"A bit of sense of responsibility, is that okay? You're dead and it's fine, but what about those who care about you, those who love you?"
Lin Mu Xian remained silent, but as long as she listened, it was easy for me to continue: "You're being irresponsible to yourself, what's the difference between this and suicide? Those who commit suicide on impulse will always regret it afterwards. Only a fool would do something they know they'll regret later. Think about the beautiful days ahead, think about all the things you still haven't done..."
"Give me your life buoy." Lin Muxian suddenly said before I could scold him.
"Huh?" I was taken aback and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Useful."
She seemed to have regained her usual superior demeanor, I smiled to myself and said no more, pushing the life ring towards her.
"Is there a belt?" asked Lin Muxian.
"There is, but......" Just about to ask her what's up, but thinking again, she'll know what to do later. When did I become so garrulous?
After a while, Lin Muxian overlapped the two lifebuoys together with a strap and tied them up, then laboriously climbed up and sat cross-legged.
The buoyancy of the two life rings allowed her to sit on them steadily, just as I was about to say "it's actually warm in the water", she glanced at me and said: "Hold steady."
The icy sea wind howled by, Lin Miao Xian sat upright with her eyes half open and half closed. In an instant, many small white dots flickered in the darkness beside her, drifting away slowly.
I have seen such scenes many times, and I'm not surprised at all. It's just that this time the frost seems to be much thinner than the previous two times, and if you don't look carefully, you can hardly notice it.
Since it would take some time to see her, I turned my attention to my own injuries. The wound on my shoulder had scabbed over, and after soaking in the salty seawater, the inflammation had subsided a lot, but the bullet was still inside, and not taking it out was not an option.
The anesthetic effect has basically dissipated, but my physical strength has plummeted. With nothing to do, I pulled out the beer from my pocket and took small sips, the peanuts in that bag had become stale, but it didn't affect my appetite.
Time slowly passed by, and a faint fish-belly white appeared on the horizon, with the morning sun hiding beneath it.
At this time, Lin Muxian moved slightly and opened his eyes.
"Alright?" I asked.
"Mm." She nodded.
"Alright, come down and let me go up for a bit. The sun is almost out, it's warmer outside than in the water." I said without any concern like last night.
Lin Mu Xian remained completely still, looking up at the sky with his head raised.
"Hey, look at me, I'm so self-aware that I didn't ask you why you blew a cold wind all night and yet your spirit is good. Shouldn't you also be a bit self-aware and return the life buoy...” As I spoke, I suddenly discovered that Lin Miao Xian was only wearing a thin silk dress. It wasn't noticeable at night, but under the morning sunlight, her slender figure was almost clearly visible.
"Where are you looking?" Lin Muxian's eyes widened in surprise as she sensed something was off about me.
"Hehe, isn't it strange that I actually want to touch you a bit?" I said honestly after some thought.
"You... scoundrel!!"
Lin Miao Leng shouted, "Hū chī!" and slid into the water. He pointed to a life ring and said, "Get on."
Her voice was still icy, her expression still haughty, but I always felt that she was somehow different from before, though I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was.
But there's one thing that makes me quite happy, Lin Mu Xian doesn't need to share food, just sitting still can recover physical strength, then the chances of our survival will greatly increase.
But at this moment, Lin Muxian suddenly shouted: "Shark, shark..."
