Chapter 116 Chapter 116 Storm at Sea

Gao Xingwei was frightened by the sudden gunshot, and fortunately He Junxia was quick to catch him and prevent him from falling.

"What's that noise?"

"Gunshot."

He Junxia remained calm, yet his heart was in turmoil. The loud and clear sound of gunfire indicated that the snakeheads were not far away and that an internal conflict had broken out.

Now he has two choices.

One option was to immediately move in the opposite direction to avoid encountering the human traffickers. The other option was to sneak over there in the dark to see if there was anything they could get.

If they could get on the lifeboat, they wouldn't have to worry about the bench being affected by the waves and losing balance, and wouldn't dare to relax and rest.

However, doing so also has great risks. The other side is likely to put aside their grudges and gather together to resist the foreign enemy, and you may be the one who is kind enough to give up.

Just as He Junxia was thinking and hesitating, gunshots rang out again, twice in a row.

He Junxia narrowed her eyes. Besides being nearsighted, the wisher also had astigmatism, so he couldn't see clearly.

"Xiao Gao, is there any light over there?"

Gao Xingwei shook his head: "No."

He Junxia immediately made a decision: "Let's go over and take a look."

The human traffickers only had one old-fashioned black Mauser pistol.

Although the wisher was not impressed by the pistol and only glanced at it a few times, based on He Junxia's own experience, the compact pistol should only be able to hold six bullets at most.

Now that they have used three, the rest of the things will be much easier.

Gao Xingwei obeyed He Junxia unconditionally. He had already decided that the boss wouldn't harm him. It was just the sound of gunfire, so he closed his eyes and did it.

Has he never been afraid of anyone in his life?

(PS: Fake)

He Junxia was somewhat surprised by Gao Xingwei's obedience. He had thought he'd wasted his time trying to talk, but Gao Xingwei, knowing there were gunshots, didn't even ask a single question.

He Juanxia: "By the way, how old are you this year?"

Gao Xingwei chuckled: "18 years old."

Okay, case solved.

18 is the age when you should be loyal.

He Junxia looked at the young boy grinning foolishly in the moonlight, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised. Such a young and playful child must not die at sea.

The two of them paddled quickly in the direction of the gunshot, and another gunshot rang out as they approached. As the distance grew closer, He Junxia could even hear the quarrels and curses of the snakehead gang.

Suddenly, Gao Xingwei pointed to the undulating sea surface and said, "Boss, is there someone over there?"

Looks like dead.

He Junxia squinted his eyes and saw that there seemed to be a black head rising and falling. He handed the backpack to Gao Xingwei for safekeeping, took off his shirt and trousers and jumped into the water.

"Don't move, I'll go down and take a look."

Although he looked like he was dead, if he wasn't completely dead and suddenly made a sound, their plan would be ruined.

He Junxia's caution was very correct.

When he got closer to the black head, he found that it was a young girl with long hair. She had no strength left and was weakly shouting for help.

The human trafficker gang consisted of only six men.

He Junxia sighed.

He carefully held the girl's arm from behind, allowing her nose to completely float above the water, and whispered in her ear, "Keep quiet."

The girl, who finally had a chance to breathe, immediately replied in a hoarse voice, "Yeah."

He Junxia dragged the girl back. Gao Xingwei was shocked when he saw this scene: "Alive, alive?"

"Come and lend a hand."

He Junxia lifted the girl up and let her sit on the other end of the bench: "How are you? Are you okay?"

The girl suddenly lowered her head and vomited a large pool of water. After a moment, she wiped her mouth and said, "Thank you for saving me. I'm fine. I just choked a little."

He Junxia looked at her pale face and found the corresponding person from his memory. The girl was also a stowaway.

He asked, "What's going on with the snakehead?"

It was obvious that she had just fallen into the water and was near the human traffickers, so she must have some connection with those people.

The girl looked at He Junxia, ​​then at Gao Xingwei, lowering her brows and saying, "Xiao Zhang, who was guarding us, was washed away by the sea. There wasn't much food on the lifeboat, and the snakehead didn't want to share it, so they started fighting among themselves."

I see.

He Junxia asked again: "How many guns do they have? What other weapons do they have besides guns?"

"There was only one gun, in the hands of the smuggler. But I don't know if anyone else had any weapons hidden on them."

The girl looked up at him and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Bang"

Another gunshot interrupted the conversation between the two men, and they all looked towards the brightly colored lifeboat.

"Xie Lao San, are you really so cruel that you want to kill all of our brothers?!"

The only winner on the lifeboat spoke lightly.

"Brother Wang, it's not that I want to kill everyone, it's just that the food on the boat can't sustain so many people. Don't you always say you're willing to die for your brothers? Now it's time for you to pay."

"Don't worry, I will take good care of your old mother and Xiao Li's son... Your relatives are my relatives."

The head submerged in the sea cursed: "You've risked your life for your brother, why don't you just go and die? Xie Lao San, you bastard, I won't let you go even if I die."

The head sank into the water and disappeared. Xie Laosan on the lifeboat had a solemn expression and held the gun in his hand, not daring to move rashly.

There is only one bullet left in the gun. If I can't kill him with one shot, there will be a lot of trouble.

He was in such a hurry that he only brought his gun. If he had taken a knife, he wouldn't have been bothered by Wang Quezi's complaints and would have been dealt with earlier.

On the other side, a few people who were waiting were listening quietly to the movement not far away. With the thin moonlight, they could vaguely see the figures on the lifeboat.

Suddenly, the lifeboat began to sway from side to side, and the shaking became larger and faster, causing the people on the boat to lose their balance.

"Brother Wang, come out and let's talk."

"It's just the two of us now. There's no need to fight to the death. Your mother is still waiting for you at home."

The man on the lifeboat spoke with such sincerity, as if he was not the one who had spoken so arrogantly before.

One second, two seconds, three seconds... There was no response. The only thing left on the calm sea was the cold sea breeze blowing gently.

"Brother Wang, think about it carefully. Why should we both get hurt in a fight? The food and water are enough for the two of us."

Xie Laosan seemed to be trying to persuade him earnestly, but in fact, his thumb was firmly on the trigger, just waiting for the other party to show up.

"Crash"

The calm sea surface was broken by an object, and the people on the lifeboat immediately looked in the direction of the sound, and pulled the trigger with a ferocious smile.

Go to hell!

The bullet hit the human head accurately, and blood mixed with brain matter slowly flowed out of the wound.

However, before Xie Laosan could be happy for a while, a pair of large and powerful hands reached out from the other side, grabbing his legs tightly like a ghost waiting for an opportunity, causing him to lose balance and fall into the sea.

"Plop"

The man fell into the sea, splashing huge waves and hearing a scream of shock and disbelief.

"You're not dead?"

The man in the water gripped the man's neck tightly with his strong arms, then pulled his arms toward his chest.

"You're the one who deserves to die!"

The sound of gnashing teeth and the increasingly scarce oxygen made Xie Laosan's consciousness a little blurred.

No, no, he can't die.

Xie Laosan stretched out his hands to pry open the arm that was across his neck, but due to lack of oxygen and exhaustion, he was left with only a few deep scratches on his arms.

His hands struggled wildly, and suddenly touched a private part. His eyes widened, and his hands reacted faster than his brain.

With a grab and a pinch of his right hand, the hand across his neck loosened instantly, and a shrill wail was heard.

After escaping from the predicament, Xie Laosan immediately moved away from the dangerous area, quickly grabbed the edge of the lifeboat, and tried to climb up with both hands.

He thought very clearly.

Wang Quezi had already been shot. He would surely die if he stayed in the water for a few hours. There was no need for him to waste energy fighting with him and end up hurting both of them.

But how could Wang Quezi not understand this?

Since I am destined to die, I will not let the person who harmed me have an easy time no matter what. I will take him down with me even if it means death.

Seeing Xie Laosan preparing to climb onto the boat, Wang Quezi ignored the severe pain in his private parts, pounced on him, grabbed him, opened his mouth and bit his neck tightly, and poked his other hand into his eyes.

“Ahhhhhh!”

The shrill screams resounded through the sky, causing the three onlookers to feel a phantom pain. Gao Xingwei subconsciously rubbed the goose bumps on his arms.

He grumbled quietly, "They already have lifeboats, why are they still fighting so fiercely? This is a fight to the death."

The girl said bitterly, "Human greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant."

The only two remaining members of the human trafficker gang fought to the death, but in the end they both died in the sea, allowing the others to reap the benefits.

Gao Xingwei was dumbfounded.

Even the knowledgeable He Junxia was a little confused.

He was prepared for a fierce fight, but he didn't expect to get an intact lifeboat and a pile of food without any effort.

He Junxia pried open the snakehead boss's hands, and the two bodies tightly hugged each other sank into the sea in an instant. Then he waved to the two people on the bench to row over.

The three of them sat in the relatively spacious lifeboat. Gao Xingwei stretched out his legs happily, raised his hands and stretched several times in a row.

——I didn’t feel much when I was huddled on the stool before, but suddenly I moved to a relatively spacious place, and the stiffness in my muscles and joints all over my body instantly hit me.

He Junxia wiped the sea water off his body with the wet clothes he had picked up, changed into the dry clothes he had taken off earlier, and then began to rub his cold hands and feet vigorously.

Gao Xingwei reached out his hand to help. His hand wasn't hot, but it was still a few degrees warmer than his skin, which had been soaked in the sea.

The cold hands, feet, and limbs gradually began to warm up. He Junxia turned around and handed the life jacket she had taken off the body to the girl: "Do you want to take off your clothes?"

Gao Xingwei added: "What the boss meant is that it's windy at night and you're more likely to catch a cold if you wear wet clothes. We won't do anything to you."

He Junxia touched his nose.

Why are they making things worse? It sounds like the two of them are in cahoots and deliberately bullying the little girl.

"I believe you."

The girl quickly took off her top and trousers, and the two boys turned their heads slightly in tacit understanding.

Gao Xingwei reminded: "Remember to wring out the water from your clothes so they dry faster."

He felt that he was an "old man" and could not let the boss waste his breath, so he took the initiative to assume the responsibility of reminding the "newcomers".

The girl nodded: "Yeah"

Gao Xingwei asked again: "By the way, which one, what's your name? My name is Gao Xingwei. How old are you?"

The girl was silent for a moment: "Tian Zhaodi, 16."

Gao Xingwei's pupils trembled: "16, wait a minute, you are not an adult yet?"

He thought he was brave enough at the age of 18, but he didn't expect that there was someone braver than him.

This is too small.

Tian Zhaodi's eyes were blank as she said calmly, "My parents wanted to sell me to a 40-year-old man as his wife and gave him 100,000 yuan as a betrothal gift to send my brother to a private high school, so I ran away with someone else."

Gao Xingwei: ???

Gao Xingwei's pupils trembled again.

He grew up in the countryside and had seen many families that favored boys over girls, but this was the first time he had seen parents selling their daughter to a 40-year-old man to earn a dowry so that their son could attend a private high school.

What a beast!

Tian Zhaodi didn't care about Gao Xingwei's reaction and continued, "My boyfriend said that I could make a lot of money washing dishes abroad, so he asked me to go with him."

"Where are the others?"

As soon as Gao Xingwei finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself twice.

Is there any need to ask?

He must have died in that storm a long time ago.

Tian Zhaodi sneered: "He sent me on board and then ran away."

Gao Xingwei's pupils trembled again and again. Every word Tian Zhaodi said was completely different from what he expected.

He Junxia handed Gao Xingwei two bags of compressed biscuits and a bottle of mineral water. "Share it between you two. Don't throw away the bags after you finish eating. I still need them."

The lifeboat had little food supplies and did not meet the standards set by the International Maritime Organization.

Moreover, the important parts are quite worn and there are obvious signs of use. There is no simple seawater desalination device. It is probably a second-hand item bought from somewhere.

No wonder the human traffickers were fighting among themselves.

With the food intake of five or six adults, the food and water on the lifeboat were not enough to last a day.

He Junxia wrung out the clothes and pants taken from the corpse and made a simple windbreak curtain to block most of the sea breeze.

As for making a fire, there was no way.

Although they had a lighter that had been soaked in water, they couldn't find anything to burn even if the lighter didn't fail.

He Junxia finished a small bag of compressed biscuits, turned around, opened his backpack, and took out a cup of water to drink. When he saw the phone in the bag, he was suddenly stunned.

How could you forget your phone?

Confused

After wiping his hands, He Junxia took out his cell phone and turned on the lighting function. The not-so-bright light instantly dispelled the darkness around him.

Gao Xingwei was stunned.

How could he forget about this?

Gao Xingwei said excitedly: "Boss, can't my phone make satellite calls? Will we be rescued soon?"

He Junxia: ...

Speaking of this, he wanted to give Gao Xingwei Bangbang a couple of punches.

He Junxia had a blank expression on her face: "The satellite calling function needs to be subscribed manually, and your phone is out of service."