Lu Xuan immediately took a few steps back alertly and stuck close to the cabin wall.
Fortunately, the footsteps didn't seem to be approaching him.
A few minutes later...
Another huge engine roar was heard.
After confirming again and again that there was no movement in the bow direction, Lu Xuan stuck his head out and looked around. It seemed that the entire yacht had once again fallen into its former tranquility. Only the endless song of the waves continued to caress the side of the ship, making long echoes.
I looked up at the sun in the sky and estimated that it was only three or four hours away from setting, so I had to hurry.
A quick glance at the ocean revealed that the other party's two speedboats had long disappeared.
Thinking of how hard he still had to row the boat, Lu Xuan felt helpless, but no matter how reluctant he was, he had to row. There were still a lot of things to do when he returned to the island.
Taking the supplies he had harvested and holding a machete, Lu Xuan returned to the side where his lifeboat was parked.
The best news at the moment was that these people seemed to have completely ignored the lifeboat. They neither packed it up and took it away, nor did they cut the ropes that had tied it to the yacht, leaving it to die on the yacht. The lifeboat was still docked safely beside the yacht.
Lu Xuan threw his backpack into the lifeboat, then jumped in with a machete on his back.
He cut the ropes, picked up the bamboo paddle and started moving at full speed towards his cave.
Another important reason why Lu Xuan dared to cut the hemp rope was that he had a compass in his backpack. Lu Xuan had never used it since he got it, but this time, he needed to use it.
Facing the island, the location of his cave was in the southwest direction. After successfully locating the position, Lu Xuan's next journey was also very simple.
All he did was paddling. Lu Xuan didn't even stop paddling with one hand to replenish his energy in the middle.
Lu Xuan knew very well that if he was still paddling on the endless sea after dark, the unknown risks would be unspeakable.
After rowing for nearly an hour, Lu Xuan turned around to look at the yacht, which was almost disappearing from his sight.
After a short rest, Lu Xuan raised the telescope and looked at the shore. He vaguely saw two figures, but because the distance was still too far, he could not see them clearly.
But it was obvious that they were the two girls in his family. It seemed that the girls were very worried after he cut the hemp rope.
Seeing his wife, Lu Xuan felt motivated again. After eating some simple food and drinking a bottle of water, he continued to paddle forward.
The journey was relatively smooth. The only trouble was the wind direction. The wind was blowing from the southeast at that time, and Lu Xuan was almost moving forward against the wind and waves. You can imagine how fast he was moving forward.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening. On the vast ocean, the last rays of sunset were like a dying candle, gradually swallowed up by the ruthless sky.
On the ocean, darkness began to cover the entire world.
The waves suddenly surged, crashing into each other with a deafening roar, like a giant beast roaring in the darkness, venting its inner fear and anxiety. The sky was starless, moonless, only endless darkness, like an invisible net, tightly binding everything in the world.
Every time Lu Xuan paddled for a while, he would turn on the flashlight and look at the compass in his hand to prevent his direction from deviating.
Just as endless darkness surged like a tide, attempting to devour Lu Xuan's unyielding will...
A faint flame suddenly lit up from the coast, followed by a second, a third...
This is the navigation "beacon" that the girls have set up for themselves!
Lu Xuan gathered his strength again and began to move towards the fire.
At the same time, Lu Xuan also turned on the flashlight in his hand and began waving to the two girls on the shore.
…
"Lu Xuan, it's really Lu Xuan!" Shen Keyin, who had been standing on the shore waiting for a whole afternoon, saw the light coming from the sea. An excited smile appeared on her face, and tears began to well up in her eyes.
Ever since that afternoon, when she discovered that the rope she was holding tightly was no longer tight and could be easily pulled back with the strength of both of them, Shen Keyin had been extremely anxious.
The girl kept looking out at the shore. If Leng Mengyao hadn't pulled her, she would probably have rowed out to sea to look for Lu Xuan.
At this time, Leng Mengyao, who has always been calm and rational in doing things, showed her strength as a female president.
They first rationally analyzed the situation, listing numerous possible scenarios: for example, the hemp rope might have been loosened due to a loose binding, or the hemp rope might have been broken due to poor quality. In particular, after the two of them spent half an hour collecting all the rope and discovered the cut at the front end, Leng Mengyao made a bold assumption: Lu Xuan had cut it.
Although Leng Mengyao had no idea why Lu Xuan did this, she firmly believed that Lu Xuan had his reasons for doing so, and she was even more convinced that Lu Xuan would be able to return successfully.
It was thanks to Leng Mengyao's firm belief that Shen Keyin regained her confidence, and the two stood on the shore for an entire afternoon.
Of course, there was some good news during this time: the patient Yin Yichen's fever had subsided. Not only had the fever subsided, but her energy and spirit were also recovering, and she was even able to get up. This indicated that the girl's fever was most likely caused by a common cold, rather than typhoid fever, a more difficult infectious disease.
Upon learning that Lu Xuan had gone out to sea to look for medicine for her, the usually carefree Yin Yichen actually felt her nose a little wet. Looking at Leng Mengyao and Shen Keyin standing on the shore anxiously waiting for Lu Xuan, this girl, regardless of her own health, clamored to join the waiting group.
Fortunately, Leng Mengyao was there, and he managed to trick the girl back into her sleeping bag.
Leng Mengyao and Shen Keyin decided to take turns guarding the shore, so that Lu Xuan could find them as soon as possible, and also so that they could find Lu Xuan's figure as soon as possible.
They waited for the entire afternoon until night fell and darkness enveloped the entire coastline. The two girls still had no intention of giving up. They always believed that Lu Xuan would definitely come back.
So they lit a bonfire so that Lu Xuan could see this place first.
…
The unyielding waiting finally brought the best result.
Ten minutes later, Lu Xuan could see the two girls clearly through the telescope.
"Keyin, Mengyao, I'm back!"
From a few hundred meters away, Lu Xuan excitedly waved his hands towards the shore.
At this moment, all tiredness disappears.
"Lu Xuan~~"
When the lifeboat approached the shore and that familiar face came into view again, Shen Keyin, unable to control her emotions any longer, ran towards Lu Xuan on the waves...
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