After taking a shower at night, Yu Chu looked at the full-length mirror and pinched the soft flesh on her stomach, thinking that this would not work, she had to start exercising.
For the next few days, every morning and evening, he would go for a run outside. The island is quite big, and he ran along the driveway around the island for more than half an hour, and he only managed to run half a circle. Every time I pass by the only small pier, I see that there are not many thugs guarding there, but there is no boat, only an empty pier.
But there are fewer people, and the boat is gone, so we still can't get out of the island.
Fortunately, although the life on the island is boring, it is not particularly difficult. It is okay to run every day to see the sea and chat with Rugosa.
Every day when Rugosa came to clean, she would chat with Yu Chu for a while. She likes the second son more and more. Not only is he good-looking, but he also likes to listen to her talk. And without a trace of impatience, no matter what she said, she listened very carefully, looked at her with those round eyes that seemed to be soaked in water, and asked questions from time to time.
"Don't poor people have to go hungry? Just come out to work to make more money?"
"Educated, right? Then why did you only go to middle school?"
"There is no curfew at night in the whole country? The whole country?"
Under Rugosa's slightly sympathetic and affectionate eyes, Yu Chu obtained more information about the Yu family and the world through the Internet and her mouth, and also knew that the people sent by Yu Shiqing would return to the island today. Including Zhou Mu who hadn't seen him for a few days.
Of course, when people come back, there will be ships.
At around eleven o'clock at night, Yu Chu was about to fall asleep in a daze when he heard long and short sirens from the direction of the pier. He quickly got up from the bed and walked to the window to look out. It was raining again on the island, and there were a few bright lights on the sea in the distance, which could not be seen clearly under the rain, but he knew that they were ships parked at the pier.
Ten minutes later, the gate of Yujiabao was opened, and a large group of people poured in, with Yu Shiqing walking in the front.
Yu Chu hid in the dark and stared at them, and saw Zhou Mu behind the crowd.
He was wearing a black short-sleeved T-shirt, which was the least noticeable position, but his tall and straight figure could still be seen at a glance. The light from inside the building shone on his face, and his deep eyes were sunk in the shadow of his eyebrows, making it hard to see clearly.
Yu Chu felt that after not seeing him for a few days, this man seemed more serious than before.
Everyone went upstairs, including the thugs guarding the gate, and went to Yu Shiqing's study on the third floor together. The surroundings became silent, only the rustling of raindrops on the grass and windowsills could be heard.
Yu Chu didn't turn on the lights, but checked the wave forecast on his mobile phone, and after knowing that tonight was within the safe level, he changed his clothes in the dark. He left behind his mobile phone and bank card, which could easily reveal his whereabouts, and only took the wallet containing the cash, and went downstairs quietly, avoiding the surveillance at the gate, and turned over the wall of the backyard.
The rain is not heavy, just a light drizzle, and there are street lights on both sides of the road. Yu Chu was already familiar with the road to the pier. After walking for a short time, he saw the lights of the pier and the undulating shadows of a few ships.
There were quite a lot of people at the pier tonight, unloading cargo on a cargo ship, but everything was just as Yu Chu guessed, although there were many people, it was actually chaotic, and no one noticed his presence.
He found an opportunity to sneak through the dark grove beside the pier to the farthest boat, and dormant quietly.
This is a kayak similar to a lifeboat, just tied to an iron pile on the outermost side of the pier, floating and sinking with the waves.
There was not much cargo on the cargo ship, and it was quickly emptied, and those people began to return to their accommodation one after another. The dormitory of the thugs was not far from the main building of Yujiabao. Yu Chu heard their high-spirited talk gradually fade away until finally disappeared.
The rain became heavier, and the rest of the on-duty personnel also entered the small building, and there was no one on the pier. Yu Chu got up from the bushes where he was hiding, ran quickly across the beach, and got into the kayak.
He knew that it was more than ten kilometers from the island to the shore, and it would take two hours to row by kayak. He untied the rope that tied the boat, touched the wooden paddle hanging on the side of the boat, and flicked into the water, the boat slid silently into the sea like a swimming fish.
As the distance got farther and farther away, Xingyuan Island gradually showed its complete outline, like the skeleton of a stranded giant whale, huge and ferocious. Moving forward, the skeleton became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared in the darkness.
The rain was getting heavier, and the sea was also full of waves. The arc of the kayak rising and falling on the waves was a bit large. After Yu Chu paddled for half an hour, both arms were sore and weak, and he had to rest for a while. Anyway, no one would notice that he had left the residence in the middle of the night, so he simply put down his oars, pulled out the life jacket under the seat and put it on, and then leaned against the hull of the boat and kneaded his shoulders.
After a short rest, pick up the paddle and continue to row forward.
He had checked the weather when he came out, and the waves would not overturn his boat. But the weather at sea is unpredictable, and there will always be times when the forecast is inaccurate, so speed up if you can.
But what to worry about, the wind and waves are getting bigger and bigger, which has exceeded the forecast level. The kayak was picked up and thrown by the waves, completely out of control. Yu Chu fell forward unsteadily, and when he grabbed the side of the boat, the oar in his hand fell into the sea. He rushed to the side of the boat to fish it, but watched the oar being swept away by a wave.
Hold! He cursed inwardly, and had no choice but to hold on to the handle next to him to stabilize his body so that he would not be thrown into the sea. However, he has encountered worse situations than the current situation in the past, so even though the kayak was swayed by the waves and almost tipped over halfway, he maintained his composure.
There was a hazy black shadow in front of the left. According to the distance and size, he judged that it was a small piece of land exposed on the sea, and he was ready to swim there once he fell into the sea. But looking at the direction of the wave, it should be against the current, and I don't know if I can reach it safely.
What the hell is this weather forecast reporting! Yu Chu secretly cursed in his heart.
At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of the engine motor, which was faintly mixed with the roar of the wind and waves. He was wondering if he had heard it wrong, when the sound became clear, it was indeed the engine motor.
He followed the sound and saw two bright beams of light piercing through the thick darkness and rain, a speedboat was breaking through the huge waves and rushing towards him at high speed.
The speedboat came from the direction of Xingyuan Island. Yu Chu's first reaction was that Yu Shiqing found out that he had left the island, but then he realized something was wrong. There was only one boat coming, and there was only one figure on it, but his eyes were illuminated by the light, so he couldn't see the person's appearance clearly.
The speedboat rushed to the side of the kayak and stopped in an instant. The people on the boat stretched out their right hands to Yu Chu who was squatting on the kayak, and shouted loudly: "Come up!"
It turned out to be Zhou Mu's voice.
When Yu Chu saw that it was him, his nervous heart sank a little, and he also had inexplicable complex emotions. Being discovered by Zhou Mu, he must not be able to escape this time, but he was able to come alone, which proved that he did not tell Yu Shiqing about his sneaking away from the island.
But now he can't allow him to think about it, the wind and waves are getting bigger and bigger, the kayak is in danger, and it is about to be overturned by the waves. The speedboat can't get too close, Zhou Mu struggled to control the direction, raised his foot and kicked a thick rope over: "Catch it."
Yu Chu grabbed the thick rope in the air, jumped into the sea before the next wave hit, and swam along the thick rope to the speedboat.
Zhou Mu leaned over and grabbed one of his arms and lifted it up. With a bang, Yu Chu was lifted onto the boat with the sea water flowing all over his body. At the same time as he plunged into the hull, the speedboat accelerated and rushed out towards the front like an arrow.
Yu Chu raised his head and looked back, and saw that the kayak had been overturned by the waves, turned upside down in the sea and swept away.
"Hold on to the handrail." Zhou Mu shouted again.
Yu Chu sat up, gasping for breath, clutching the handrails on the boat. He soon discovered that the speedboat did not return to Xingyuan Island, but headed towards the piece of land he saw just now.
The wind and waves were raging, and where the lights of the speedboat illuminated, the sea water was dark and bottomless, like a roaring and angry monster, opening its ferocious mouth, trying to swallow everything.
Only then did Yu Chu feel a trace of fear, thinking that if Zhou Mu hadn't come, he might not be able to swim to land, and he might drown in the sea. I don't know if I just died so silently, or if I will return to the original world...
Thinking of this, he looked at Zhou Mu who was driving the speedboat.
Zhou Mu's brows were tightly frowned, and his eyes were fixed on the front. He was still wearing the short-sleeved black T-shirt, revealing his strong forearms, which were bulged with several veins due to the force.
The speed of the speedboat is not comparable to that of a kayak, and it only took a few minutes to reach that piece of land. The two worked together to fix the speedboat behind a big rock, making sure that it would not be swept away by the waves, and then stepped into the small island.
Zhou Mu walked in front with a flashlight, and Yu Chu followed closely behind him. This area was full of jagged rocks, making it difficult to walk. Zhou Mu has long legs and quick feet, so he can easily step over those stones. But Yu Chu couldn't do it, he followed very reluctantly, coupled with the wind, rain and darkness, he stumbled and fell several times.
Zhou Mu clearly heard the movement behind him, but he didn't look back once, and just continued to move forward without slowing down. Yu Chu didn't even hum, got up and caught up with the figure in front of her again.
When Zhou Mu stopped, Yu Chu found that he had entered a naturally formed cave. The cave was only half the size of a room, and because it was not deep, some raindrops slanted in from the entrance of the cave and wet the ground.
But at any rate, it can also shelter from the wind and rain, which is much better than being drenched in heavy rain outside.