Chapter 63

Jia Wenjun held up the torch, illuminating the scene before them. Although the view wasn't very clear, the sound of the rushing rapids alone was enough to inspire awe.

Neither Bai Ma Shan nor Jia Wenjun could get close to Lili. Bai Ma Shan thought for a moment, then tied the remaining wooden strips from the used torch to one end of the rope. Like throwing a javelin, he vigorously hurled it, trying to throw the plank along with the rope towards Lili. With this rope, even if Lili slipped and fell into the water, he could pull her back.

"Grab the plank!" Bai Ma Shan shouted at Lili.

Lili understood his intention. After several attempts, the plank finally landed accurately beside her.

"Tie the rope to the reef, then wedge the plank with the rope into the crevice of the reef to secure it. I'll come over to save you," Bai Ma Shan instructed Lili, who was five meters away and fumbling with the rope.

Amidst the roar of the waves, he could only shout at the top of his lungs, afraid that his instructions wouldn't be heard clearly.

With the limited light of the torch, Lili followed Bai Ma Shan's instructions and desperately wrapped the rope around the rocks several times. A sharp pain shot through her hand. Then, illuminated by the torchlight Bai Ma Shan directed towards her, she looked down and found a large patch of blood on her hand.

Her face changed drastically. This must have been the blood from the cuts on her hand when she slipped earlier. She had always been squeamish about blood. On the boat, whenever there was bandaging or rescue involving blood, whether it was Gong Dalong's injury or Li Maowang and Anna's, she would quickly avoid looking, afraid that the sight of blood would make her legs give way.

Now, looking at her own blood, she felt dizzy and panicked, collapsing softly onto the reef.

Lili's sudden collapse, just moments after being fine, baffled the two men a few meters away.

"Lili, what are you doing? Get up quickly!" Jia Wenjun shouted at her.

Bai Ma Shan didn't understand what had happened either, but there was no time to waste. He said to Jia Wenjun, who wasn't far from her, "She might be exhausted. I'll go save her. You hold the rope tight."

After speaking, he stretched the rope forcefully, and after confirming that it could withstand the pulling force, he threaded one end of the rope through the lifebuoy around his body and wrapped the other end of the rope around a rock behind him twice.

Bai Ma Shan's intention was to use the lifebuoy as a fixed rope around his body, using the lifebuoy as a connector between himself and the rope, so he could stabilize himself on the rope to wade across.

Jia Wenjun understood his intention and slowly walked towards him.

Bai Ma Shan stuck the torch into a crevice in the reef beside him, handed everything he had to Jia Wenjun, who was groping his way over, put on the lifebuoy and the remaining rope, and plunged into the cold sea water.

"Brother Bai, be careful!" Jia Wenjun's voice was swallowed by the rushing waves, turning into the sound of seawater washing over everything.

Anna, not far away, didn't come over. She just watched Bai Ma Shan rescue Lili from a few meters away. Her hand was still bleeding. She tried to raise her hand, keeping the wound and the torch head away from the seawater, her eyes fixed on Lili on the reef.

The current was rapid, and Bai Ma Shan felt unsteady on his feet. He couldn't use his legs at all. He held the rope tightly in front of his chest, relying on the buoyancy of the lifebuoy to support his body, and used his hands to pull the rope, moving towards the reef where Lili was.

A person in the sea was like an ant, small and helpless. A large wave rolled over, and the ant would be buried silently in an instant.

At this moment, the waves were like playing a relay game. One wave rushed between the two reefs, accelerated again after passing the two reefs, and crashed unexpectedly against Bai Ma Shan's chest. Then, the vortex swirled downwards, and Bai Ma Shan was forced to sink rapidly. However, the wave didn't let him go, surging back and almost catapulting Bai Ma Shan onto the reef where Lili was.

"Brother Bai!" Jia Wenjun screamed in fright.

The seawater pulled Bai Ma Shan down again. Bai Ma Shan's hands held the rope tightly. Jia Wenjun was also swayed by the wave just now. The weight of the rope suddenly increased. Jia Wenjun gritted his teeth and braced his feet like in a tug-of-war. The vines on the reef rubbed against the soles of his feet, making a "creaking" sound.

Bai Ma Shan held on desperately, his hands grabbing the rope, his feet stomping hard on the side of the reef. The waves roared beneath his feet, opening their black mouths, ready to bite Bai Ma Shan on the reef wall.

When the wave rushed up again, it had already submerged Bai Ma Shan's neck. If it happened again, he might be overturned, fall into the water, and be washed away by the waves.

Just in the gap before the second wave came, Bai Ma Shan, taking advantage of the rising momentum of the wave, suddenly stepped on something solid with his wildly kicking feet. He took the opportunity to borrow strength and finally broke free from the shackles of the wave, climbing onto the reef.

Jia Wenjun, who had been worried about him, breathed a sigh of relief.

Lili was lying on the reef. Bai Ma Shan, soaked to the skin, stepped forward and shook her: "Lili! What's wrong with you?!"

Lili was drowsy and muddled: "I... I'm squeamish about blood."

Bai Ma Shan helped her up with force: "I'll help you wash the blood off your hands. Just hold on a little longer."

Bai Ma Shan saw that she was as limp as a noodle and couldn't stand up at all, so he could only try to pick her up.

At this moment, the phone in her pocket fell directly onto the reef as she swayed.

Bai Ma Shan reached out to pick it up, but Lili grabbed the phone in her hand before him.

"Brother Bai... let's go quickly." Lili spoke with difficulty, but she was still trying to stand up.

After the intense dizziness just now passed, she had recovered now.

"Brother Bai, hurry up, the tide has risen to my waist." Jia Wenjun shouted at the two from not far away.

"Can you stand up on your own now?" Bai Ma Shan asked Lili.

Lili tried hard, but she was still a little dizzy.

At this time, Anna finally slowly approached Lili and Bai Ma Shan from the side where the water was relatively calm.

She stretched out her hand below: "Lili, come down quickly, I'll pull you."

Lili was grateful that Anna had also come to save her. She squatted down, just as she was about to come down, the phone in her pocket fell out again.

Her coat pockets were too shallow, and she had nowhere else to put her phone except in her coat pockets.

"That should be that rugged phone, right? Let me get it. I'm carrying a fanny pack. I can definitely get the phone back to the boat safely," Anna said.

Lili was not wary of Anna. She was a well-known wealthy woman in the neighborhood. Although she had a bad temper, she had at least come to save her in person. Jia Wenjun had previously falsely accused Anna of taking and hiding drugs on the boat, and even went to the dark cabin to find evidence, but found nothing at all. So Lili felt that Jia Wenjun was just desperate and trying to frame her.

Seeing that Lili was really going to give the phone to Anna, Jia Wenjun's eyelids twitched, and he shouted urgently: "Don't give it to her!"