Chapter 1640 - Gone (1/2)

Chapter 1640: Gone

The light drizzle stopped as quickly as it started and the sun peeked out again after the day broke the next morning. The radiance in the east was a sign that the weather today would be great.

After a night’s rest and the medicinal cream, the boy’s pain dissipated in this short period of time. He left to use the toilet early in the morning and there were no more signs of pain on his face.

Li Du did not forget about his goal for a moment.

He took out the photo of the Steve and Ford brothers to show to the teen and asked, “Have you seen them?”

This was something he should have asked the moment they met yesterday, but the boy was so scared that Li Du was worried he would not say anything even if he knew about them, so he waited until they were a little more comfortable with each other before asking.

The boy took a look and then shook his head, and Li Du was disappointed. But then the boy shook his head, then nodded, then muttered something under his breath that Li Du could not understand.

Brother Wolf was the only man he could trust. He was truly meticulous, fishing out his phone to record what the boy was saying. The bunch of them might not understand, but they could find someone who spoke his language to translate later.

Young Markelov had an idea. He said, “Since we can’t understand each other, why don’t we use sign language? Wait, let me through, let me give this a shot—”

He signed for a moment but the teen just stared at him in a daze. The teen then signed back for a while, and Markelov stared back at him in a daze. Just like this, the plan fell through.

Li Du wanted to know who else was on this island but his question was going unanswered.

It was useless for them to keep staying on the island, so Li Du decided to take the teen to town and find him a doctor to examine that knee of his. At the same time, he was going to find someone who spoke the teen’s language so they could finally communicate.

They did not exchange many words because of the language barrier, so he went straight to looking for people to build a stretcher out of wooden sticks and the cloth from the tents, then they hoisted the teen up and walked towards the lake.

The teen did not have much of a reaction at first, but he regained his cheer the moment they reached the side of the lake. He waved his arms excitedly and shouted towards the lake.

Markelov teased him, “Stop shouting, pal. It’s not like the lake can speak. But even if it did, it doesn’t know your tongue.”

The others cracked up. They brought the raft out to inflate it again, then got onto the boat and rowed towards the opposite shore.

The teen grew anxious after he stepped onto the boat. He waved his arms aggressively as he called out incessantly. Li Du could not understand what the boy was doing but the shaking was disturbing the balance of the boat, so he hurriedly said, “Hey, calm down, pal. Calm down, OK?”

Not that it had any effect. The teen was not listening to him at all; he grew increasingly agitated the closer they got to the opposite shore.

The raft shook more and more vigorously. All of a sudden, the teen dived into the water.

Although it was already June, the temperature was not exactly high where they were, this close to the North Pole. Jumping into the lake water on such a day couldn’t be comfortable.

Li Du grew impatient. He said, “What are you guys standing around for? Hurry and get him, his legs aren’t even working right now!”

Young Markelov chuckled carelessly, “It’s alright, boss. He’s obviously able to swim if he could get to the Island of the Lost. He’ll still be able to swim even without his legs, so at least he won’t drown.”

Brother Wolf was a man of action. He took off all his clothes and jumped into the water.

Li Du waited for a while. Brother Wolf, who had been the first to dive in, came back up to the surface of the water. He wiped the water off his face before saying, “Boss, there’s no one in the water!”