Chapter 15 Rescue

Seeing Lin-laoshi and the others speaking so convincingly, Grandpa Wang was also moved.

"What are we waiting for? Hurry down and find a phone," urged Lin-laoshi.

Just now, the excited Bai Ma Shan looked at the sea and said, "No, we can't go now. The rising tide is coming up fast. If we go down now, no one will be able to come back."

People who live by the sea know that they must get ashore quickly when the tide rises, otherwise they can easily get trapped in the sea and drown. Everyone on the boat had learned the speed of the tide in the past few days. In the blink of an eye, the water had reached their feet. Hearing Bai Ma Shan's reminder, they slowly calmed down.

"Then find someone quick and get them back fast, okay?" Lin-laoshi directly focused his hopeful gaze on Hu Si Xiang, who had been the most active just now.

"Me? I'm not quick, and I can't even swim. I can't go down, I can't go down." Hu Si Xiang waved his hands repeatedly. He was joking. Although he really wanted to go back, waiting on the boat would mean someone would come to rescue him sooner or later. Why should he take the risk?

Besides, there were so many people here. Bai Ma Shan could swim and was in good shape. He should go. But he didn't say this. He wouldn't say anything that would offend people. Anyway, someone would definitely say it.

Sure enough, Lin-laoshi turned to Bai Ma Shan and said, "Xiao Bai, why don't you go?"

Before Bai Ma Shan could speak, Anna said, "Didn't Lili go down a long time ago? Let's just wait here. Maybe she's already got it. Now, the more people who go down, the more dangerous it is."

Lin-laoshi was still not giving up and continued, "We can't just wait here like fools, can we? Besides, Lili is a woman. How dangerous is it for her to be down there alone?"

"I'll go." While everyone was arguing about who should go, Jia Wen Jun had already lowered the rope ladder.

Everyone on the boat looked at her, and no one objected for a while.

Many people's thoughts were written on their faces: It was good to let Jia Wen Jun, this dangerous person, go. It would be best if she could get the phone back. If she couldn't, it wouldn't be them in danger. If Jia Wen Jun couldn't come back, they would be even safer on the boat.

Of course, Jia Wen Jun knew what these people were thinking, but she didn't care. She just wanted to find the phone quickly and seize any chance to escape.

Anna stopped Bai Ma Shan just now, firstly, because she was afraid that Bai Ma Shan could really find it, and then her previous plan would fail. Secondly, she knew that Jia Wen Jun's situation on the boat was worse than theirs. She was the one who wanted to leave the most, so she would definitely take the risk.

She didn't expect this woman to be willing to go down. A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Anna's mouth. She was really courting death.

Seeing Jia Wen Jun go down, Bai Ma Shan wanted to stop her, but Grandpa Wang held him back: "If she wants to go, let her go."

Da Huang whined at Jia Wen Jun's feet, wanting to block her steps. Jia Wen Jun touched its head and turned to Bai Ma Shan and said, "Bai-dage, please take care of it for me."

After speaking, she jumped over the railing, climbed up two steps, and was about to turn around and flip to the outside of the boat to go down the rope ladder when she suddenly saw a faint blue thing flashing in the distance.

The light was already dim at this time, and the sea waves had slowly poured into the puddles where she had just picked up the seashells. The distant reefs were like huge black "hills." In these black shadows, a light blue thing flashed past between the distant rocks.

She remembered that Lili was wearing a thin denim shirt. If she was right, that distant figure should be her.

Jia Wen Jun just caught sight of it. If she hadn't happened to see it, that blue would have been covered by the huge rocks again in an instant.

"Lili, I saw Lili." Jia Wen Jun pointed to the location where she had just seen Lili, behind two huge reefs, where a faint blue figure was looming.

Everyone crowded to the railing and looked in the direction Jia Wen Jun was pointing. Sure enough, they saw a faint blue figure appearing and disappearing between the slippery reefs.

And that direction was exactly where the phone's ringtone came from.

Jia Wen Jun remembered something and said to the people behind her, "Hurry up and light a fire to guide Lili."

She knew very well that Lili was their hope. At this time, the slightly shorter reefs between Lili and the boat had been submerged by the sea water, and waves were rising as the wind blew.

The wind pushing the waves accelerated the speed of the rising tide. After dark, if there was no light, Lili would not be able to find her way back.

Jia Wen Jun's idea was right. Grandpa Wang and Bai Ma Shan didn't hesitate and immediately started looking for wooden boards to light a fire.

The figure in the distance slowly climbed onto a reef. She seemed to see the firelight rising from the boat and began to wave in the direction of the firelight. As she waved, a small spot of light also waved in the air.

"She has already found the phone, the phone in her hand is still lit! Make the fire bigger!" Jia Wen Jun's eyesight was originally very good, and she had been in the dark these past few days, so her night vision ability had also been trained.

"Lili, did Lili really find it?"

Bai Ma Shan also saw it and confirmed, "She already has it in her hand."

Lin-laoshi became excited: "Oh, that's great, she found it, she got my phone."

Everyone was in an uproar after hearing this. Even Nao Nao worked hard to help Grandpa Wang transport the deck planks to make the fire bigger.

Hu Si Xiang no longer had any scruples. In front of Anna and Bai Ma Shan, he began to dismantle the boat, breaking the wooden strips on the deck one by one.

Everyone was cheering, but Anna kept a tight face.

She thought that based on the speed of the sky darkening and the speed of the water rising, Lili and Jia Wen Jun, who was about to go down, would definitely not be able to come back, and the phone would not be found. Who would have thought that Lili would find the phone?

What if the police came sooner than those people if they really got the phone back? Wouldn't the goods on the boat be exposed?

How would she get away then? Not only would she not be able to get away, but the long line behind her might be uprooted. Even if the country didn't let her die, those people wouldn't let her live.

Thinking of this, a trace of sinister flashed in Anna's eyes: She must not let Lili bring the phone back.

At this time, watching the rising tide becoming more and more fierce, Lili, who was waving the phone screen, was like a tiny spark in the vast ocean, weak and helpless.

Seeing that Lili was not walking back, and that the frequency of the light spot swinging was changing from fast to slow, Jia Wen Jun suddenly realized that Lili might be sending them a distress signal.

"It's over, it's over, the water is rising too fast, Lili may not be able to come back!" Grandpa Wang also saw it, but looking at the white flowers that the surging waves were stirring up in the distance, he could do nothing but stomp his feet.

Accompanying the sound of the sea gently lapping in the darkness, the flickering light opposite made everyone's hearts rise to their throats.