Chapter 1557 (1/2)
Most things in the world fail to meet people's wishes.
You want things to be like this, but often it will become like that.
Anyway, it's worse than you think.
On the evening of the third day at sea, the sky suddenly became gloomy. Li Qing had a bad feeling in his heart. He looked at the dark cirrus clouds in the sky and knew that this was the rhythm of the coming storm.
He put away the sails and asked Lin Mengdie and Xinya to put on their life jackets. He tied himself to the boat with a rope and stood ready.
After more than half an hour, the sky began to rain and the wind became stronger and stronger. The boat, like a willow leaf, was tottering.
Li Qing carefully piloted the small cargo ship and sailed in a half circle close to the navigable path of the typhoon.
How to describe this night? In his own words, he found the feeling of leaving home and going to sea at the age of 17, as if he were on the line of life and death at any time.
It was not easy to get through the most difficult moment. The typhoon gradually decreased in the second half of the night. The three exhausted people were relieved and felt unspeakable fatigue.
Li Qing suddenly realized that because he had only seen the calm sea before, he inadvertently ignored the ferocity of the sea.
Which is the true face of the sea? He didn't know it at all, and he didn't have the heart to think about such a profound problem.
He's really tired. He wants to sleep.
Now, Li Qing, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, wandered a little. He knew that the dull sound of ”boom” woke him up from his drowsy state.
The whole ship swayed in the weak storm, as if it would topple at any time.
Lin Mengdie asked loudly, ”what's the matter!”
Li Qing's face was very ugly: ”it seems... Hit the reef...”
”Ah? What?”
Li Qing shouted again, ”it seems to have hit a reef!”
”What!” Lin Mengdie immediately panicked, ”what should we do?”
Before Li Qing could answer, Xinya dragged a rope and hurried out of the cabin. She braved the storm and her little face was as white as paper: ”what to do! The cabin was flooded!”
”How much water have you got?” Li Qing asked loudly, ”can you plug it?”
”I can't stop it. There's a big hole in the water! I won't reach my feet in a while!”
Lin Mengdie turned and left, ”I'll go down and have a look.”
”No.” Li Qing hurriedly called her, ”Xinya was right. The ship sank quickly and we couldn't block it.”
Xinya looked terrified: ”what should we do? Are we going to die here?”
”Tie the lifebuoys together and throw them down.” Li Qing said in a deep voice, ”the ship can't be taken.”
Lin Mengdie reached out and patted Xinya, who was still in a daze. Her voice was hurried: ”hurry up and do it. What are you doing?”
”I see.”
They quickly started, tied the life buoy with a rope and threw it into the sea.
At this time, the sea water was about to reach the deck. The three people hurriedly prepared some food and drinking water, cut off the rope tied to their waist and jumped on the lifebuoy.
The storm finally stopped.
Li Qing lay on the lifebuoy, looked at the luminous watch on her wrist, and sighed softly: ”it's three o'clock.”
After the storm, the sea was as calm as a mirror, not even a ripple.
Lin Mengdie seemed unwilling to be so lonely. She stretched out her hand and pointed to the sea and looked at the ripples.
She looked up and looked at the twinkling stars in the sky: ”it's so quiet.”
Xinya lies on her lap, looks forward to Li Qing, and asks pitifully, ”will we die here?”
Li Qing looked at her for a while, suddenly smiled and smiled gently: ”are you afraid if we die on the sea?”
Xinya thought for a moment and shook her head: ”I'm not afraid, but...”
”But what?”
”But let me die in front of you.” Xinya said with a small mouth. ”I'm not afraid only when you're around.”
Lin Mengdie touched the girl's little head and said to Li Qing, who was stunned: ”similarly, if you want to die, kill me first. I am already your man. If you die, I don't need to live.”
Li Qing recovered, shook his head and smiled bitterly: ”we shouldn't say such depressed words.”