Chapter 61 The Sound of a Phone

Looking at the distant, surging tide, Jia Wenjun frowned.

She couldn't understand how there could be a cell phone ringing with no signal.

The ringing stopped again, but Jia Wenjun was sure she had heard it clearly. She identified the direction of the wind, towards the protruding reef below. The phone must be above the sea, and in the direction of the wind, otherwise, if the phone were in the sea or against the wind, she wouldn't be able to hear the ringing.

"Li Li! Li Li!" The others on the boat hadn't heard the ringing and were all calling Li Li's name.

The atmosphere on the boat was somewhat heavy. The shadow of Zhao Di's disappearance still hung over everyone. But Jia Wenjun had been with them just now. If Li Li had also disappeared, who was responsible?

The thought that people on the boat were either injured or missing made everyone feel insecure.

The sky had already darkened, and it was impossible to see far from the bow of the boat. All they could see was the rising tide slowly approaching.

The rope ladder dangling by the side of the boat caught Bai Ma Shan's attention.

"Could Li Li have gotten off the boat?" He frowned and pulled up the rope ladder.

"Why would she get off the boat by herself at this time?" Old Man Wang also found the ladder suspicious. He remembered that after Hu Si Xiang came up, he had put the ladder away. Now the ladder was down again, so it was very likely that Li Li had done it.

Bai Ma Shan shook his head and looked down from where the ladder had been.

The others heard them and gathered around.

"Damn, Li Li wouldn't have taken the shellfish we worked so hard to dig up, just to eat them all herself, would she?" Hu Si Xiang said.

Old Man Wang shook his head. "She can't carry that bag by herself. Besides, the tide is rising now. If she goes down with that stuff, she's just asking for death. It's not worth getting off the boat just for a full meal."

"Then what reason does she have to go down?" Teacher Lin asked.

Everyone was silent, and no one could answer.

"She didn't take the bag of shellfish." A weak voice came from room six.

It was Lü Mao Wang, who had been lying down for a day. Hu Si Xiang walked towards him, asking, "Who took it?"

"Sun Jiao Jiao." Lü Mao Wang finished speaking and panted a few times.

"What! That bitch!" Hao Jie Ning cursed angrily.

When Nao Nao heard that there was no seafood to eat, he immediately started crying, "I'm hungry, I want scallops."

"This is outrageous." Old Man Wang was also very angry.

"Too shameless, how can there be such a person!" Teacher Lin clutched her chest. This was what they had worked all afternoon to dig up. If they wanted to dig more, they would have to wait until the tide went out tomorrow, and they didn't know if there would be any left.

"Sun Jiao Jiao! You come out here, and I'll skin you alive!" Hu Si Xiang walked to the door of Sun Jiao Jiao and Gong Da Long's room and kicked the door hard.

But he hadn't eaten much, and he had used a lot of energy digging shellfish before, so he didn't have much strength now. Even when he kicked the door, the force wasn't as strong as before.

"Save your strength. She's full now. If she really opens the door, you may not be a match for her." Anna looked calm, unlike the others who were indignant.

First, she hadn't helped out in the afternoon, and second, she had her own stash of food. Even if everyone else ran out of food in the end, she would still have her own little granary. … At this time, Sun Jiao Jiao was listening to the abuse outside, not caring at all. She was using the small knife that Gong Da Long had wanted to stab her with to open the scallops. As the owner of a restaurant, she was familiar with this kind of work, and in a short while, she had opened quite a few.

She poured out some mineral water to wash the scallop meat. These things could be eaten raw. Tonight, she could finally have a full meal.

She had been afraid that she wasn't getting enough nutrition in her stomach before, so she hadn't been too frugal when she ate, and she had very little food left.

Just now, she had heard them shouting outside that they had dug up a lot of scallops, and then she heard them go down into the hidden compartment with Jia Wenjun. When she secretly opened the door, she happened to see Li Li, who seemed to be possessed, climbing off the boat by herself.

She looked around and saw no one else. Only the bag of scallops was on the deck. How could she miss such a good opportunity? While Gong Da Long was sleeping on the bed, she quietly opened the door and dragged the scallops back.

Everyone for themselves, and the devil take the hindmost. Since she was already selfish, she would be selfish to the end.

Jia Wenjun searched for a while and finally heard the ringing again.

This time, even Da Huang, who was beside her, barked excitedly.

Jia Wenjun didn't hesitate any longer and shouted to the people still gathered around room seven, "I heard a phone! Come here!"

It was almost completely dark. Jia Wenjun knew that she wouldn't be able to find the phone by herself before the tide came in. Once the sea covered the phone, she wouldn't be able to hear the ringing anymore.

Now, she could only let everyone search together. There was strength in numbers. At this time, nothing was more important than being able to contact rescue.

When the group heard Jia Wenjun shouting by the side of the boat, they were stunned for a moment, and then Bai Ma Shan rushed over immediately. "What did you say? You heard a phone ringing?"

The others also rushed over. Jia Wenjun told them to be quiet and listen carefully near her.

Everyone perked up their ears.

"Did you hear it?" Jia Wenjun pointed to the distant reef, her eyes wide open. "It's coming from that direction."

Bai Ma Shan listened carefully, but he didn't seem to hear anything.

"Are you lying to us?" Hu Si Xiang also came to the railing. All he could hear was the sound of the wind.

Bai Ma Shan put his hands to his ears, trying to distinguish the direction of the sound in the chaotic wind.

"Stop arguing!" Teacher Lin listened carefully.

"Teacher Lin, did you hear anything?"

"Shhh!" Teacher Lin hurriedly interrupted Hu Si Xiang, afraid of missing a single sound.

A gust of wind blew through the crowd.

"I heard it too, it's a phone!" Hao Jie Ning shouted excitedly.

"This is the sound of my phone, the phone my son bought me, that's my ringtone, my son, my son bought it. I guess the wind and waves and the rising and falling tides last night, no, it's God who heard my prayers, so he gave my phone back to me." Teacher Lin was extremely excited when she heard the familiar ringtone, and her speech was slurred.

The ringing was still ringing persistently. This time everyone heard it, and the crowd instantly erupted.

Anna's face instantly became subtle.

"Quick, go get the phone back." Teacher Lin couldn't wait.

"Li Li must have gotten off the boat to find that phone." Jia Wenjun made a judgment. "She probably heard the sound too."

This time, no one refuted. Besides this reason, no one could think of any other reason why Li Li would get off the boat by herself.

"I think this may be the sound of the sea breeze blowing through the cracks in the rocks. How can a phone not malfunction in the water!" Old Man Wang was the only calm person in the excited crowd.

"The phone my son bought me is waterproof, so it's not afraid of water." Teacher Lin said proudly. "My son also said that this phone is connected to a satellite and can make calls anywhere."

"It's a satellite phone? That's great, then we're all saved." Hu Si Xiang knew a little about this. He grinned. "The fact that the phone is ringing now means it must not be broken. The police can track the phone signal to find us, and we can go home!"