After wrapping and fastening the bandage, the water had already reached my knees. During this period, Zhang Yunwen was able to remain silent. Even though her face turned purple from the pain, she just endured it, fearing that I would get annoyed and not save her.
I saw the water level was rising and the plane was starting to sink due to water ingress, so I quickly said, "What are we going to use? It's going to sink soon, we have to get the life raft up quickly."
She nodded and forced herself to stand up, afraid of causing me trouble, but was immediately knocked down by the water!
She was very scared and looked at me pitifully, as if she had caused some terrible disaster.
I sighed, squatted down and picked up this woman who was desperate to survive, held her horizontally, and said, "Don't mess around, if the wound touches water, all my efforts will be in vain."
"But will this be too much trouble for you?" she asked cautiously.
"No, since I promised to save you, I won't be afraid of trouble. I will be a good person to the end and see the Buddha off to the west." I said.
She felt a little relieved after I said that, but she immediately put her slender arms around my neck and curled her head in my arms.
I waded through the water and walked back to the cabin door with difficulty. Without having time to think about anything else, I put on life jackets for her and myself, and then I began to quickly inflate the life raft, which blew so hard that my cheeks were numb.
"Let me do it." Zhang Yunwen said.
I handed it to her, and she took a deep breath, blowing steadily and continuously. The life raft soon expanded a lot, twice as fast as I had just done, and soon it was inflated. I carried her up first, then put the backpack with supplies on it, and finally got on the raft myself.
And not long after I came up, the plane began to sink...
I should have felt fortunate, but when I saw that there were no planes around, there was only a vast ocean, endless and boundless. I should have swallowed that relief and let it rot in my stomach.
Zhang Yunwen curled up her body. The sea breeze in this place was particularly cold in this season.
I took out a few pieces of clothes I had looted from the package and put them on her. She looked at me with gratitude and said, "Thank you."
"You're welcome. I don't mean to take advantage of you, but you can imagine that on this cold sea, if we don't keep each other warm and it's raining, we are likely to catch a cold, which can be fatal in this environment," I said.
Zhang Yunwen understood what I meant and slowly moved to my side, trying to prevent the raft from capsizing while keeping a close distance from me. She spread out her clothes and wrapped both of us in them, our faces touching. We could hear each other's slightly rapid breathing and each other's accelerated heartbeats.
But now blushing and heartbeating are good things, because this will increase our body temperature a lot, which is helpful for resisting the cold. No wonder some people say that men and women working together are not tiring, this is the reason.
"Sir, I don't know your last name yet. Can you tell me? You are my savior and I want to remember you in my heart." Zhang Yunwen said.
“No need to call me you all the time. We are of similar age. Don’t make me sound like an elder. Just call me Zhou Bo,” I said.
"Zhou...Zhou Bo, okay, Mr. Zhou." Zhang Yunwen muttered.
The heavy rain finally stopped. Zhang Yunwen took off her jacket and was about to wring out the water. I quickly grabbed it and said, "You can't wring out the water. Fresh water resources are especially valuable. We are on the sea. If we run out of water, we will die."
Zhang Yunwen apologized quickly. Only then did I realize that my reaction seemed to be a little extreme. It was really inappropriate to scare such a beautiful girl.
I took out a metal cup from my backpack and poured all the water into the cup, while Zhang Yunwen looked a little helpless.
I put the cup in her hand, twisted it, and said, "I'm sorry that I was a little rude to you just now. Don't take it to heart. I just want us to have a better chance of survival."
She forced a smile and nodded, then said, "My clothes are also soaked, do you want to use them together?"
I nodded without thinking, but then I realized that there was something wrong with this.
She took off her stewardess uniform, completely exposing her body, leaving only the private parts...
My face has turned red all the way to my neck. With such a graceful figure swaying in front of me, any man would find it hard to control himself.
I suppressed the evil thoughts in my head and thought about getting down to business quickly, so I continued to wring out the water from the clothes. She hugged her body and shivered constantly, but the clothes were so wet that it would be even colder if she put them back on.
"What did Mr. Zhou do in his past? Why does he have so many insights into survival in the wild?" she asked.
"I've participated in special forces training and served in the army for a period of time. There were subjects related to wilderness survival, so I understand a little bit about it," I said.
"Were you a soldier before?" She was very curious.
I nodded and said with a little pride, "Special Forces Fenglang Commando Third Battalion Second Squad."
"Amazing! No wonder you look so extraordinary and so strong..." Zhang Yunwen said while covering her mouth with her hands and laughing.
"That's right. I used to be famous in our camp. I was always among the best in training. If I don't fall behind in training, my physical fitness will definitely be good." I said.
She smiled silently, looking at me with great admiration, and we both forgot that her clothes were still in my hands. She only had clothes to cover her private parts, and most of her good figure was visible to me.
Our clothes were all wet, and if we wanted to maintain our body temperature, using body temperature was the best way. She seemed to know this, so I took off my clothes as well. In order to survive, the two of us could only hug each other to best protect our body temperatures. She seemed to be dizzy because of the wound and the previous movement, and fell asleep on my chest not long after.
The current situation is very unfavorable for us. The plane has sunk and it is very difficult to find it. I didn't find any signal guns or mobile phones in advance. Those things had been smashed to pieces long ago, so it would be difficult to seek rescue. The plane had already malfunctioned when it was on top. Just like Zhang Yunwen said, if we just wait like this, it will take at least a week.
Even if I eat the food in my package in equal portions, the fresh water will not be enough and I will eventually die of thirst. Therefore, it is better to rely on myself than to ask others for help. The best way is to quickly find if there is a coast nearby and get the fresh water problem first. I can't just waste time here.
The sky cleared up a little, and I spread out our clothes to let the sun dry them. Then, while holding Yunwen, I paddled forward with my shoes, looking for a new way to live.
They rowed like this for an unknown amount of time before it got dark. Yunwen woke up yawning and stretching, but immediately frowned because she had forgotten that she had a wound on her shoulder blade.
I wrapped her bandages again, and when her clothes were a little dry, we put them on and each of us had two of the twenty-four pieces of cake, two biscuits, and a piece of beef jerky for dinner.
The overall feeling of this meal is dry, so dry that my mouth is dry.
Not long after the boat started rowing, I saw the light of a flashlight in front of me flickering. Zhang Yunwen beside me hurriedly took out a whistle from her pocket and blew it hard, feeling extremely happy.
I quickly snatched it away and said, "Don't brag. We don't have enough supplies right now. If they have bad intentions, we'll be finished. This is not a civilized world, this is the wilderness, understand?"
Zhang Yunwen nodded, but her eyes were not right. She was doubting that I didn't want her to be saved!
But no matter if I tried to stop it or not, it couldn't be stopped, the boat was already coming this way...