Thousand Islands

Chapter 36: Starfish (3)

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The endless gray-blue color seems to be able to suck in the human spirit. In the vast and boundless silence, there seemed to be slight fluctuations, and that piece of water was shaking tremblingly as if there was life.

Ye Fei's eyes widened, and he looked closely. It was clearly a huge figure, swinging its body gracefully and comfortably, approaching them silently.

The two rushed out of the water, breathing heavily, before they had time to speak, they went back quickly. Chen Jiajun took Ye Fei and swam forward for a short while. A behemoth slowly revealed its outline from the depths of the ocean, gradually becoming clear in front of them. It is getting closer and closer, and within the field of vision, it can no longer fully accommodate its head and tail. A slightly flat head, a wide mouth, a streamlined body gradually narrowed, and a sharp-angled tail fin swings gently.

The whale shark is the gentle giant in the video she has watched countless times! Ye Fei firmly grasped Chen Jiajun's hand, almost crying.

The big fish is six or seven meters long. Its dark blue back has the color of the night sky. It is scattered with white dots as big and small as stars. The waves of the sea are gently rippling, and the sun sprinkles the undulating water patterns on its back. , Like a bright net. It moves very leisurely, not hurriedly or slowly, but it is too large, and with a light swing, it swims a long distance.

Ye Fei remembered that he first saw the image of a whale shark on TV, and for a while, he didn't know if he was in a dream. As it is now.

She wanted to swim over, reach out and touch it to see if it was a phantom that would be broken by touch. With the strength to run 800 meters, his heart beats fast, but it still falls farther and farther. Suddenly her body was surrounded by the person next to her. Chen Jiajun took her, kicked her flippers, and swam to the side of the whale shark. He was relaxed and relaxed, just like the countless little fish escorting around him. The whale shark didn't feel the strangeness, and it was still swimming in its own way. Ye Fei could see its deep black eyes, clear and bright, gentle and simple.

He chose a direction, took Ye Fei to take a breath, then swam over and stopped in the water steadily. Ye Fei couldn't stabilize her body, she always felt that she was going to float up. Chen Jiajun held her hands on her waist and raised her flippers to restrain the two of them from floating upwards. At a depth of six or seven meters below him, huge rocks piled up a reef. After the whale shark swam away, it made a big circle and turned back. They don't need to fight to catch up, they can see the big fish around, patrolling freely.

The whale shark swam around the two for a long time, then swam away with its tail, and gradually disappeared from the field of vision, hiding in the blue. Ye Fei still stared at it, until she couldn't hold her breath, she rushed out of the water, gasping for breath.

Chen Jiajun floated up beside her and asked, "Are you tired, go back to the boat and rest?"

She felt weak in her limbs, nodded, was led by him, and swam to the Clippers.

Chen Jiajun leaped out of the water with his legs swinging while holding the ship's gunwale. He put the mask on his wrist, took off his fins and threw it aside, smiling at Ye Fei: "Is there any strength to jump back?"

Following his example, Ye Fei hooked his hands on the ship's gunwale and kicked the water hard. His body was only halfway through and exhausted. He would press his chest on the ship's gunwale, causing pain. Chen Jiajun laughed, pulled her armpits, and lifted her out of the water. Ye Fei was wearing flippers, her center of gravity was unstable, and she threw herself on him. Chen Jiajun fell into a soft chair under the ship's side and hugged her in his arms.

Ye Fei hadn’t recovered from the shocking scene. He lay on Chen Jiajun’s chest, half propped up, his eyes gleamed with excitement, a series of words surged up like a tide: "That's a whale shark, it's a whale shark, right? I actually saw it, I’m not dreaming, am I! Do you see the fish around it? Are there two sharks? It’s just like a fleet! I’m really crying, really! How can it be so beautiful..."

Yes, how could she be so beautiful.

It's not a thrilling look, but the flying look makes people want to let go for a moment. She didn't know it, she was talking endlessly, lying on his body, the weight of her whole body pressing up. Chen Jiajun threw the mask aside in his hand, took off Ye Fei's, and covered the back of her head with the palm of her hand. She moved her lips towards the lower area, and blocked all her crisp words back.

Ye Fei was startled, and the half of the words that hadn't been finished fell on her lips. She didn't remember what else she had to say, and the sudden joy and tension drowned her in an instant. She was stunned for only half a second, then no longer hesitated, closed her eyes, slightly opened her lips, and her body pressed closer to him.

There was silence between the vast sea and sky, only two people kissed each other. Overlooking the Coral Sea, blue and green, like colored glaze, the white clippers sway gently with the waves. A few meters below, the huge whale shark bears a starry sky, soothing and elegant, cruising freely.

Love is like a whale shark in the sea.

Know what it is, not where it is.

Today, he and she finally got together and saw its existence.

Chen Jiajun raised his head slightly, his eyes half drooped, his eyes full of love, and he slowly swept across her face, as if to reflect every detail in his heart. There were still drops of water on his hair, dripping on Ye Fei's face, sliding to his lips, it was the smell of sea water, very salty. However, Ye Fei's heart was sweeter and refreshing than the mango smoothie. He didn't care about anything. He stretched out his hand to hook Chen Jiajun's neck, put his fingertips into his neat short hair, curled his fingers, and gently rubbed it. She was satisfied, her eyes flowed, raised her chin, and pecked Chen Jiajun on her lips.

Looking at her sweet and slightly shy smiling face, Chen Jiajun felt love and pity in her heart, with a low voice: "Ye Fei, remember, you are not my little sister, nor anyone. You are you."

She nodded, moved in her heart, and her joy quickly swelled. She was crackling like popcorn. She felt sour in her nose and tears were about to flow. So she raised her head slightly, found Chen Jiajun's mouth, and kissed him tenderly.

Chen Jiajun's eyes became deeper, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "Don't play around."

Ye Fei smiled playfully: "Where am I?"

He slid his legs to the ground, picked up Ye Fei, walked to the edge of the ship's gunwale, with a mischievous smile on his face, and loosened his hands. Ye Fei circled his neck, and screamed before he could hold it tightly, and was caught off guard from being thrown into the water.

She is quite water-based, but she won't choke, just startled. When she emerged from the water, it was too late to groan, and she saw Chen Jiajun standing by the boat, like a swimming competition taking off, jumped, drew a beautiful arc, and dived into the water beside her, only splashing a little splash. Ye Fei turned around and looked around, feeling that someone was holding her waist and pulling her underwater. She hurriedly held her breath, because she didn't wear a mask, her eyes were blurred, and she could only see his figure swiftly approaching and a pair of lips pressed against him. The two were stuck together and surfaced together.

Uncertain, she hugged Chen Jiajun's neck with her hands, and said, "Are you going to scare me to death?"

He jokingly smiled: "You can only make you mischievous, can't I tease you?" He hugged her tightly and kissed her again.

Ye Fei sank into the hot embrace, his brain was blank, he forgot to kick his flippers, and his body sank a little bit, his head was about to be submerged in the water, and Chen Jiajun's neck was tightly hooked. He held Ye Fei with one hand, and paddled vigorously with the other. He caught the ship's side and fixed his body in one jump.

Ye Fei floated in the water, with her back attached to the side of the ship, and the waves were rippling. She was gently pushed by the hull and pressed towards Chen Jiajun, only to feel that his thigh muscles were tense, hitting her lightly, palms gently Holding her side waist. Her lips were blocked, and she snorted in her throat.

Ye Fei's chest was like a drum, until his lips were loosened, and his breath was still unsatisfactory. He hugged his neck and panted deeply. His body was still rippling with the sea water, gently hitting Chen Jiajun's chest. He lowered his head and smiled dullly: "Can you still play?"

Ye Fei hugged his back tightly, a little shy, and whispered: "Who is afraid of whom... That is, everyone is coming back..."

Chen Jiajun glanced at the diving watch: "It's almost done." He hugged Ye Fei and kissed each other. The two of them smiled at each other, holding hands to swim freely in the sea, letting the microwave slide across the skin, as if to blend into the blue waters. in.

After a while, bubbles gurgled out of the water. The divers completed a three-minute safety stop at five meters underwater and returned to the ship one after another. Chen Jiajun remained calm, helping everyone to set up their equipment, still looking serious and serious. Seeing his unsmiling expression, Ye Fei couldn't hold back, curled the corner of his mouth, and laughed softly.

The divers were happily discussing the large group of cockatoo fish they had just seen, and hundreds of barracudas swimming in groups. Everyone was excited and did not pay attention to her joy.

Ye Fei couldn't help but said, "Guess what we saw?"

Lin Daming smiled and said, "Turtle?"

"Whale shark! We saw a whale shark!"

Everyone was stunned, and burst into laughter.

A coach said: "KC taught you, right? It sounds like his trick."

The thumb and index finger of the other hand drew an inch apart, but the arms were widened. "You mean, did you see such a big fish?" The thumb and index finger also squeezed exaggeratedly, meaning that there is only this point.

"Really!" Ye Fei defended. "It's near the rock in front."

Everyone asked: "How can such shallow water be possible?"

"We are nearby, why didn't we see it?"

"Do you have a photo?"

Ye Fei was taken aback and shook his head.

The coach laughed: "That is no. It's KC's turn to sail, and I will always make everyone play."

Ye Fei looked at Qiu Meixin and Lin Daming as if asking for help: "You always believe me?"

They both laughed, and Lin Daming said, "You are going to be taken astray by Jia Jun."

Ye Fei glanced at Chen Jiajun, you said something. He smiled indifferently: "If they don't believe it, it's fine." His expression was complacent, calm and steady. Ye Fei thought for a while, indeed, it was enough to have him watch it with himself. She walked over, sat down beside Chen Jiajun, pursing her lips, a flower blossomed in her heart.

"Look at everyone, are there any things that have fallen, and are there people who haven't boarded the boat?" The coaches smiled, "then you can only swim back."

Ye Fei raised his hand, tucked his hair together, and suddenly realized that his wrist was empty. Her heart tightened, "My bracelet is gone!" As she said, she knelt on the ground and looked under the seat.

"You were there when you went to sea?" Chen Jiajun asked.

Ye Fei nodded.

"I'll look for it. Everyone will wait for me for five minutes." He quickly put on his mask and fins and jumped into the water.

"What kind of bracelet?" Qiu Meixin asked, "We will help you find it together."

"There are two shells and blue-green beads." Ye Fei was anxious, "I was there just now."

Everyone turned the boat over and found nothing. Ye Fei put on the mask and slid into the water, watching Chen Jiajun moving down the water, slowly turning against the reef. The two have just swam through a large area of water, and the color of the bracelet is very similar to that of the coral reef. Unless they are placed very close, they cannot be identified at all.

Chen Jiajun was not irritable, and looked at it little by little. Moved in his heart, Ye Fei paddled down again, grabbed his arm, and shook his head.

When the two of them swam back on the boat, she was a little unhappy.

Chen Jiajun rubbed her hair: "It's okay, I'll give you another one. There should be another one at Langley."

"That's different." Ye Fei squashed his mouth. "That was the first gift you gave me."

He comforted softly: "There will be many more in the future."

On the way back, Ye Fei sat beside Chen Jiajun. He stood up, held the helm with one hand, and dropped the other, touching her hair and cheeks, rubbing the belly of his fingers against her lips while everyone was not paying attention. Ye Fei trembled, holding his hand, and pressing his cheek on the back of his hand.

The sea breeze is blowing, the water reflects the sky, the clouds in the distance are floating in the sky fluffy, and the shore is white sand, green hills are like green. Ye Fei's heart flew lightly in the air, full of joy and happiness. Ye Fei looked up at Chen Jiajun, his expression was extremely soft, with a smile on his lips.

It suddenly occurred to her that when she first came to the island, she knew the old diver in his seventies, Paul. She and the old man occasionally exchanged letters. He said that he believed that Ye Fei would become a great diver in the future, and he was willing to share with her what he had learned from all over the world.

Ye Fei thought, I must tell Paul that although she has not yet become a diver, she is so lucky that she saw the whale shark in the vast sea, where others thought it was impossible, and she was with her beloved.

The clippers continued forward and passed the pier in the town. Ye Fei instantly thought that in two days, he was about to leave here, and his mood suddenly fell, and he felt that he held Chen Jiajun's hand tighter.

Someone paid attention to the intimacy of the two, looked back, and smiled comprehensibly. Ye Fei was not embarrassed, and smiled generously. Lin Daming patted his chest, made a long breath of relief, gave the two a thumbs up and vibrated vigorously.

Back in the store, Ye Fei took off her sunscreen clothes and washed away the salt on her body with water. Chen Jiajun took a big bath towel, wrapped her up, patted her on the back, and smiled slightly. Coming out of the sea with empty stomachs, a few people sat on the terrace to blow the air, and they were so cool. One person held a cup of hot chocolate.

"You said, when was the plane?" Lin Daming asked.

"Early the day after tomorrow."

"So fast?" He smiled softly, but his tone was three-pointers ridiculed, "Will you?"

Ye Fei smiled, feeling a little depressed, and sighed softly: "Tickets are bought early..."

"If it's an early flight, you have to leave one day in advance." Qiu Meixin said, "I will live near the airport the night before."

Lin Daming nodded: "We are leaving the day after tomorrow. We want to send Bo Mai back. It's better to pick you up."

Chen Jiajun sat next to her, stretched out his hand, and shook her fingers, with a faint voice: "There is a transit? Back to Beijing that night?"

"No." Ye Fei said, "you have to fly to Kuala Lumpur, then to Guangzhou, and then back to Beijing."

He frowned: "Why do you go around like this?"

"Because it's cheap, the first two paragraphs are discounted tickets. I have never been to Malaysia. I plan to go around Kuala Lumpur for two days and go to Malacca or something..." Ye Fei became more guilty as he said, and regretted it in his heart. Spending precious time playing around? When I made the plan, I felt that I had left enough time on the island. Whoever wanted the situation to evolve like this, no matter how long I stayed, I felt that there was too little time.

Lin Daming suggested: "It can be changed."

Ye Fei replied: "Low-cost airlines can't be changed."

"Then buy another one."

Ye Fei bit his lip. At that time, he got the discounted price when he booked the ticket early. Now I am afraid that it has changed back to the full price. It is more important to stay for two more days.

"Tickets to Kuala Lumpur can be changed. When Kuala Lumpur returns to Beijing, the time may not be changed." She said truthfully, "Although the school hasn't started yet, the tutor has arranged tasks."

"Don't talk about buying a ticket again—" Lin Daming raised his chin, "Look at him like that, you can let him fly to China with you."

"China is a little far away, I need a visa, next time." Chen Jiajun rubbed her finger, "Do you have a Malaysian visa? Or take a transit pass?" (Author's note: transit pass is a transit visa, you must fly into Malaysia from country A , Go to country B, valid for five days)

"I haven't been there before. For insurance purposes, I applied for a visa in Beijing before I left."

He smiled and said, "Then there is no need to buy a new ticket."

"Ok?"

"I will drive you across the border to Kuala Lumpur."

Several customers lived in a resort near the southern end of the island, and could have returned by pickup. Chen Jiajun was in a good mood and proposed to take them back by boat, saying that he could watch the sunset on the sea along the way, and everyone readily agreed. After the customers disembarked, the crimson sunset hung low above the sea level, and the rays of the sun poured down on the horizon, smudged into light purple and lotus root. Only Chen Jiajun and Ye Fei were left on the boat. He drove for a while against the shoreline, slowing down, and the herringbone water pattern on the back of the boat slowly dispersed.