Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

The pitch-black night sky was covered by dark clouds so that there was no trace of light, and the vast sea seemed to be tightly shut by a huge iron pot, without any gaps or air.Zheng Yuanhai and Mei Xing'er were detained under the "cauldron", sometimes they were driven into the water by huge waves, and sometimes surfaced with the waves, they felt that they were about to suffocate, and it was so difficult to take a breath.Fear and despair engulfed Mei Xing'er's belief in living. The cold sea water quietly melted the heat of her body, and her whole body was like a silkworm spinning silk, gradually becoming lighter, thinner, and transparent, becoming like sea water. Also without color, she has begun to hallucinate.Zheng Yuanhai slapped her face hard, called her name, gave her courage, gave her strength, and desperately fought for her consciousness with the god of death tightly entwining her.But his efforts were in vain in the roaring waves, and Mei Xing'er passed out.

Zheng Yuanhai's physical strength was also gradually exhausted, but he tried his best not to let his consciousness slip away, telling himself the story of "sticking to the ideal" over and over again in his heart, like a warrior in a tight siege on the battlefield, he kept shouting, He kept fighting.He firmly believes that as long as he sticks to his ideals, there is hope of victory.He firmly grasped Mei Xing'er's life jacket with both hands, and led her to search for the hope of life together in the siege of death. When Mei Xing'er woke up, she was already lying on a beach.She tried her best to recall what happened last night, only sporadic memories of scalpels, rubber boats, life jackets, and monstrous waves. She didn't know how she got ashore. She even began to wonder if she was still alive. I tried my best to move my arm, but fortunately, I was still alive, but where did Brother Zheng go?Mei Xing'er stood up slowly while supporting the reef beside her, and observed the surrounding environment. Everything that caught her eyes was so strange. Where is this? "Brother Zheng! Brother Zheng..." There was nothing but the sound of the waves.Mei Xinger was scared, she remembered the scene of struggling with Zheng Yuanhai in the huge waves, Brother Zheng, would he... Mei Xinger burst into tears in anxiety.

In fact, Zheng Yuanhai was right behind the rock next to her, sleeping soundly with a big banana leaf covered on his body.He heard Mei Xing'er calling his name, but he didn't respond, because at this time his sweet dream had just begun. He dreamed of the dumplings made by his mother, and he heard Mei Xing'er just out of the pan before he ate them. The son called him, he didn't want to open his eyes just now, he wanted to continue the dream just now, even if he just ate one!When he closed his eyes again, the dumplings in the dream had disappeared, the dream was a dream after all, and he couldn’t catch it when he woke up, only the voice of Mei Xing’er crying and calling his name could be heard one after another, One sound is sadder than the other.

Zheng Yuanhai threw off the banana leaf from his body, and lazily shouted: "Why are you crying? I'm here!" Mei Xing'er suddenly turned from sadness to joy, and ran towards him: "Brother Zheng! Are you okay?" Tears kept streaming down, this time it was not sadness but tears of joy for the rest of her life after the catastrophe. Zheng Yuanhai's tone was still so lazy and filled with regret: "Why did you call me so early? I was just about to eat the dumplings made by my mother... Sigh! You disturbed a good dream." Swallowing saliva exaggeratedly . Mei Xing'er chuckled: "Why do you patronize sleeping by yourself? You don't care about me?"

"If I don't care about you, you are not sleeping on the beach, but sleeping in the sea!" Zheng Yuanhai stretched. "How did we get here?" Mei Xing'er asked. "I was hit by the waves!" "I only remember that you dragged me to swim in the sea, and then I didn't know anything about it." "You have passed out, and you can't wake up when you get ashore, but it frightens me." "Then what happened later? How did I wake up?" Mei Xing'er asked. "Later... then what..." Zheng Yuanhai moved his lips and stopped talking, looking at Mei Xing'er and giggling.

Mei Xing'er suddenly understood that he must have given her artificial respiration, her face turned red to the base of her neck, and she avoided his sight in a panic. Zheng Yuanhai stood up, twisted his waist twice, and stretched his arms: "Go, find a place with people and get some food to fill your stomach first." He walked forward.Mei Xing'er got up and followed him: "Are you hungry?" "Can you dream of eating dumplings if you're not hungry?" Mei Xing'er rubbed her belly and felt that she was also hungry. She didn't even drink her saliva since yesterday afternoon, so she said, "I'll treat you to dumplings when I get back."

"What? Thank you for saving my life?" Mei Xing'er looked at him with a smirk and thought of artificial respiration again, she lowered her head and smiled. Zheng Yuanhai and Mei Xing'er climbed to a bare mountain top. "I can't climb anymore. Why are you looking for someone to climb the mountain? There is no house on the mountain." Mei Xing'er was panting. "You can only see far when you stand tall." Zheng Yuanhai pulled her up, "Let's go!" She, give her confidence, give her strength.The mountain is not too high, but it is so difficult to climb up. The two began to climb when the sun was shining in the southeast, and they climbed until the sun slanted to the west before reaching the top of the mountain.Before a trace of excitement surged into his heart, it was washed away by a wave of disappointment. Zheng Yuanhai was dumbfounded, this is an uninhabited island.The island is not big. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can have a bird's eye view of the whole picture. There are some sparse vegetation scattered on the island. Most of the places are bare rocks and surrounded by sea water.

Mei Xing'er sat down on the ground, she didn't want to get up anymore, and she didn't have the strength to get up. "Wow! This island is so beautiful!" Zheng Yuanhai's voice was extremely intoxicating, as if the two of them didn't end up on a deserted island at all, but came to visit mountains and rivers.At this time, his mood was also extremely depressed. He was afraid that his emotions would affect Mei Xing'er, so he tried his best to mobilize the acting cells of his face: "Mei Xing'er, look, does this island look like a beautiful girl wearing a beautiful dress?" dress?"

Mei Xing'er reluctantly raised her head and looked around, but she couldn't see the appearance of the beautiful girl he mentioned, and wondered if this person really cared?After suffering such a catastrophe, I still have the heart to look at the scenery: "It's not like, it looks like a monster that wants to eat people!" "Why do you have such no aesthetic vision?" Zheng Yuanhai continued, "This mountain is like a girl looking at the sea, standing tall and graceful, and the waves around her are covered with white waves, like the lace of a dress on her body, does it look like it? ?”

Mei Xing'er smiled wryly, she was no longer in the mood to listen to his sympathy, she had just brushed shoulders with death, but she was not out of danger, she was a little desperate. The leaders of the Naval Academy and the Military Medical University gathered in the command hall to take command. They sent all the ships out to search and rescue. Dozens of searchlights strafed across the sea. Wherever the light went, the white waves rolled and the waves were rough, but there was no sign of the two of them. Qin Siting stood on the reef by the sea and watched the sea silently, letting the sea breeze mess up her hair.The sea in her eyes was pitch black, like a huge black hole with unfathomable depths, not to mention two weak lives, even a 10,000-ton ship was just a drop in the ocean.She prayed silently in her heart, praying for a miracle to appear.She began to regret that she didn't throw the dummy to Zheng Yuanhai at that time, so that they would not row in it again, and she felt that she had made an irreparable mistake.Zheng Yuanhai is the closest person in her heart, and she and Mei Xing'er are as close as sisters, she can't imagine how she would bear it if something happened to these two people, the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, Qin Siting closed her eyes.

The next day, Qin Siting lay motionless on the bed, she did not go to class.The Naval Academy sent out all the ships and asked the garrison helicopter brigade to assist in the search, but there was still no news at all.In the past two days, countless what-ifs flashed through her mind: what if they were washed ashore by the waves, what if they were found by a passing freighter, what if they drifted to a deserted island, what if they were rescued by fishermen, if they were still caught at sea. The search and rescue plane found... If each one was ruthlessly crushed by a reality, the storm the night before yesterday was too big, how could there be a miracle?She began to despair, tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes quietly... It was raining in the sky, pattering non-stop, and it was wet everywhere.Zheng Yuanhai found a sunken earth cliff, and the two barely hid in it to avoid the rain.For two days they had been picking mushrooms and wild vegetables to feed their hunger. Zheng Yuanhai thought of Longwan Mountain where he first met Mei Xinger. He was very grateful to Lu Huaicheng for giving him that experience. Survive.Fortunately, Mei Xing'er has lived in the countryside since she was a child, and she is used to hard times. She can barely swallow raw mushrooms and wild vegetables, and her complexion is much better than when she first landed. Mei Xinger was fascinated by the thin raindrops in front of her eyes, while Zheng Yuanhai secretly looked at her. Compared with before, she had grown up, her big eyes were as transparent and pure as the raindrops outside, her delicate nose was slightly upturned With a smiling mouth, the layout of the facial features is just right, like a work of art that everyone loves, and the skin on the face is flushed like a peach blossom in full bloom. "What are you thinking?" Zheng Yuanhai couldn't help asking. Mei Xing'er tilted her head and asked, "What about you?" "Me?" After filling his stomach and gaining energy, Zheng Yuanhai began to be clouded again, with a cynical look, and said, "I was thinking that if you survive a catastrophe, you will have a future blessing. It may take five hundred years for me, Zheng Yuanhai, to be born." A hero, no, a thousand years, otherwise, how could God let me endure such a great ordeal? Heroes have suffered so much since ancient times.” Before he finished speaking, Mei Xing'er clutched her stomach and giggled, laughing so hard that tears almost came out. "What are you laughing at? Don't you see a heroic look on my face?" Zheng Yuanhai turned his head and asked seriously. Looking at the dirt on his face and the messy hair like firewood that had been poured by the rain, Mei Xing'er laughed even harder, shaking her head like a rattle: "I didn't see the hero's face, but I saw the distressed face!" "Tch! I have no vision!" Zheng Yuanhai went on to blow, "As the desert island bears witness, I, Zheng Yuanhai, dare not say that I will become an indomitable hero in the future, at least I will also be a hero who sails across the ocean!" Mei Xing'er smiled for a long time and looked at the earthy cliff above her head, and said, "Hero, don't dream, let's check whether we are safe here? It won't be soaked by the rain, right?" Zheng Yuanhai looked up: "It's possible." Then he said, "If we are buried and let archaeologists dig them out after thousands of years, we will think they are two bandits living on an isolated island!" Mei Xing'er smiled and said, "Aren't you a hero? How did you become a bandit?" "The key is that there is no way to verify it. Two ancient people suddenly appeared on the barren hills and isolated islands. With the measurement of carbon fourteen, in 1997 AD, the world was full of prosperity and prosperity. Human beings have already entered a civilized society, and they will no longer live in caves." How did these two people end up on a deserted island? Let’s conclude, it’s over, they must be two fugitives and bandits who escaped from the prison.” "What? People can tell I'm a girl from a good family at a glance." "A girl from a good family, she might look horrible and ugly by then!" "Can you think of something else?" Mei Xing'er called out to him with a smile. Zheng Yuanhai laughed, and asked after a while: "Hey, Mei Xing'er, how is your...how?" "My dad?" Mei Xing'er said, "Very good!" "I didn't ask your father, it's just... your partner." Mei Xing'er's mood plummeted suddenly: "What else can I do? I'm almost bored to death by writing letters and calling twice in three days." "You are a soldier now, you should decide your own affairs, no one can force you!" Zheng Yuanhai became excited. Mei Xing'er sighed and said, "Our small mountain village is remote and backward, and the traditional concept is very strong. Anyone who wants to get married and withdraw from the marriage feels ashamed and ashamed to see others..." "You are no longer in that small mountain village." "But my father is still there, and I don't want people to talk about him because of me." Zheng Yuanhai didn't say anything anymore, just leaned there and closed his eyes, not knowing whether to be angry or sympathetic to her, she was so cowardly even in military uniform!But it was no wonder that it was not easy for her father to pull her up alone, and she had to consider his situation.He closed his eyes and thought, and fell asleep at some point.When he woke up, he saw Mei Xing'er leaning on his shoulder and sleeping soundly.He felt as if there was a white spot on the sea that was fading away.Training ship?He rubbed his eyes, yes, it was a training ship. Zheng Yuanhai exclaimed and pushed Mei Xing'er awake: "Look! The training ship, they are here to find us." Shouting, the two shook the clothes in their hands desperately and ran towards the beach. Mei Xing'er's voice was hoarse, but the warship still disappeared into the vast sea. "Stop shouting! They can't hear you anymore." Zheng Yuanhai said in a frustrated voice. The sky was fine, and this was the first sunny day after they got into trouble on the island.Zheng Yuanhai picked up many shells from the beach, and the two ate a meal of raw seafood.Although it is very fishy and full of sand, after all, it is an extraordinary period of distress, so let's swallow it with your eyes closed whether it is good or not!After eating, Zheng Yuanhai clamped the empty shells on a branch, made a collar and put it around Mei Xing'er's neck, watching her intently. "What do you see me doing?" Mei Xing'er tilted her head and asked. "More primitive." "Fuck you!" Mei Xing'er punched him coquettishly, and the two of them laughed happily. Mei Xing'er lay on the flat reef, stretched her limbs, enjoying the warm sunshine from the sky, and suddenly felt that being on a deserted island became less scary, and even felt a little comfortable.A cute girl lives on a deserted island, surrounded by sunshine, sea water, rocks, trees, and accompanied by a handsome boy. Isn’t this a beautiful fairy tale?It is a love fairy tale about a beautiful princess and Prince Charming, a fairy tale that all boys and girls yearn for in their dreams.Thinking of this, Mei Xing'er couldn't help but blush. In the afternoon, Zheng Yuanhai and Mei Xing'er brought back many dead pine branches from the forest and divided them into three large piles.He wants to light three piles of fire. This is an international distress signal. Passing ships and planes will know that someone is in distress when they see it, and they will notify the relevant departments to come for rescue. "What if we don't have a lighter and matches?" Mei Xing'er asked. "Get your first aid kit here!" Mei Xing'er took the first aid kit, thinking that there is no fire here? Zheng Yuanhai took out an inspection mirror for checking ears from the first aid kit and held it in his hand: "It's true that there is no unparalleled road!" Mei Xing'er looked at him puzzled. Zheng Yuanhai then tore open a package of sealed cotton wool, pointed the inspection mirror at the sunlight, and focused on the cotton wool.After a while, smoke came out of the cotton wool, and he lowered his head and blew a few breaths, and the flames ignited, and then three piles of fire blazed up.Zheng Yuanhai didn't stop there, he bent the injection needle into a hook again, and asked Mei Xing'er to untie the shoelace. Mei Xing'er didn't ask him what he was doing anymore, knowing that he would definitely bring her a new surprise, she obediently handed the shoelaces to him.Zheng Yuanhai tied up the shoelaces of the two of them, tied them with needles, and ran to the beach to go fishing. Mei Xing'er thought to herself that this bragging guy is really smart, and no difficulty can trouble him. When it was dark, the two of them had a delicious meal of grilled fish. Mei Xing'er ate while saying that this was the best fish she had ever eaten, and she was reluctant to leave the island.Zheng Yuanhai said, then you can stay!Mei Xinger asked him how about you?She thought that Zheng Yuanhai would say that I would accompany you, but unexpectedly Zheng Yuanhai said that I have to go back, and I have to be the captain!When I become the captain, I will drive a warship to see you. By then, you might really become a wild man. Mei Xinger was so angry that she punched him hard again. The curved crescent hangs in the sky, surrounded by stars.Mei Xing'er leaned on the reef and stared at the sky. A meteor released light across the sky and disappeared without a trace. Mei Xinger seemed to be talking to herself: "Listen to the old man! The stars in the sky are also alive." "Yes, the universe also has a process of birth and decay!" Zheng Yuanhai said. "Then will they fall in love and get married?" Mei Xing'er asked innocently. "Hmm... this..." Zheng Yuanhai didn't know if her naive question meant something, "Isn't it? If two stars come together, there will be a big collision, and won't they be smashed to pieces?" Mei Xing'er looked at the sky: "I think that is love. I would rather be smashed to pieces than melt together vigorously." Zheng Yuanhai didn't expect Mei Xing'er to say these words, he thought of Qin Siting, from the two of them not being able to deal with each other to becoming close friends, Qin Siting has already occupied a place in his heart, is it the place of love?Zheng Yuanhai asked himself, it seems that it is not true, since he joined the army, he has never seriously considered the issue of love since he joined the army and wanted to be a captain in the future.What is that position?friend?Comrades?Dude?It seems not.what is that?Somewhere between good friends and love?Blue face confidant?He remembered the word he had read in foreign novels, but he couldn't define it accurately.After a while, Zheng Yuanhai stood up and said to Mei Xing'er: "Go to sleep for a while! I'll go find some dry branches." When Zheng Yuanhai came back with the branch in his arms, Mei Xinger had already fallen asleep leaning against the rock, and the noise woke Mei Xinger up. "Brother Zheng, don't leave, I'm afraid." Zheng Yuanhai comforted her: "It's okay, don't be afraid if I'm here!" Mei Xing'er said: "I'm looking at the fire, you should sleep for a while!" "No, you go to sleep!" "I'm not sleepy anymore, go to sleep! If you keep going on like this, your body will collapse." Mei Xing'er argued. Zheng Yuanhai no longer insisted: "Okay! Be sure to watch the fire, don't forget to add firewood, and call me when you hear the plane." Soon, Zheng Yuanhai and Yi fell into a deep sleep.Mei Xing'er thought that he must be too tired, she blamed herself for dragging him down, she couldn't help feeling a little guilty.In his sleep, Zheng Yuanhai's expression was serene and confident, he could not tell that he was a victim waiting for rescue, but he seemed to be sleeping on a wide and big Simmons bed at home.She admired Zheng Yuanhai's strong demeanor of contempt for difficulties. She thought of Zheng Yuanhai's heroic spirit of not being surprised and calm when facing the muzzle of bandits in order to save herself in Longwan Mountain.A hero, he will definitely become a hero, Mei Xinger firmly believes. When the sky was just dawn, Zheng Yuanhai was awakened by the sound of the propeller of the plane. He opened his eyes to look at the sky, and a helicopter was gradually going away.He jumped up suddenly, shouting all the way to chase the helicopter. The helicopter flew away, Zheng Yuanhai returned to the beach in frustration, Mei Xinger stood in front of him with her head bowed like a child who had made a mistake, the three fires under her feet were extinguished by the high tide at some point. "Don't let you watch the fire? How did you let it go out?" Zheng Yuanhai suddenly stared at Mei Xing'er and shouted. Mei Xing'er bit her lip hard, trying not to let the tears fall.She doesn't want Zheng Yuanhai to see her cry anymore, although she is not as strong as Zheng Yuanhai, but I am also a soldier, I can no longer shed tears in front of you and make you look down on me. "Say it? What's going on?" The cry turned into a shout, and Zheng Yuanhai's voice was raised by N degrees, even the whole deserted island could hear it. Even though Mei Xing'er bit her lips tightly, even though she repeatedly reminded herself not to cry, the disappointing tears still rolled down like broken beads. "Cry! Cry! You know how to cry! You are a soldier, don't cry! Hold back your tears! Hold back..." The cry turned into a roar.Zheng Yuanhai didn't mean to pity her at all, like a raging lion. Mei Xing'er stood there motionless, finally couldn't help it, and cried out, crying very aggrieved and sad, her voice was full of resentment towards Zheng Yuanhai, why are you so fierce?After all, she is a girl less than twenty years old. The night on the deserted island is so dark and scary. You fell asleep heartlessly. Can I not be afraid?I just want to get closer to you, what's wrong?I don't know that the sea will rise and put out the fire? Seeing Mei Xing'er crying more and more sadly, Zheng Yuanhai began to regret, regretting that he should not sleep by himself, regretting that he should not get angry with Mei Xing'er.After a while, he approached Mei Xing'er and held her shoulder: "I'm sorry, don't cry! I shouldn't be angry at you, it's all my fault." Mei Xing'er finally couldn't help but threw herself into his arms and cried sadly: "I'm sorry Brother Zheng, it's all my fault, I've hurt you..." A heart of love and pity suddenly surged into his heart, Zheng Yuanhai couldn't help holding her tightly in his arms... Accompanied by Jiang Li, Qin Siting went to the beach where the training started that day, silently looking at the sea.Although the Naval Academy has expanded the scope of the search and rescue, three days have passed and there is still no news.Jiang Li has been persuading her, but she can't hear what she said at all. She only has a vast sea in her eyes, and she doesn't know if that sea will give her hope.She began to hate Zheng Yuanhai, hated him for being so brave, hated him for being unwilling to let others go, he insisted on paddling into the depths of the sea to chase the dummy, he must have persisted, and in the end not only hurt herself, but also hurt Mei Xing'er.But is this hate?She asked herself silently in her heart, no, she couldn't hate it, it was worry, lamentation, sadness, pain, despair, love and hate at the same time. A snake was coiled on a branch, with its head raised high, baring its fangs and spitting out its core.Zheng Yuanhai stepped forward cautiously, collected himself, and finally mustered up the courage to hit the snake with the stick in his hand.The snake jumped onto the stick in his hand, quickly circled up, and opened its bloody mouth to his hand holding the stick.At the moment of life and death, Zheng Yuanhai didn't have time to think about it, so he stretched out his other hand and grabbed the snake's seven inches, holding it tightly until the snake had no ability to resist.Zheng Yuanhai let out a long breath, stretched out his other hand to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead. Mei Xing'er fell ill. The frightening rain these days made her suffer from acute pneumonia. She had a high fever and felt chills all over her body. She was so cold that her teeth chattered and her whole body shivered.Zheng Yuanhai caught the snake because he wanted to make soup for her.Zheng Yuanhai rummaged through Mei Xinger's first aid box, the aluminum box containing the first aid needles, and the scalpel. Fortunately, this box was not thrown into the sea by him that day, and it can always come in handy at critical times. The damn sun didn't know where to hide, and the sky was covered with a thick layer of clouds.Looking up at the sky, I can no longer use the reflector to make fire, what should I do?Zheng Yuanhai dug out another bottle of alcohol cotton balls from the first aid kit, and felt ecstasy in his heart, there really is no way out!He picked two white pebbles by the sea. He didn't know what substance was contained in these stones, but they could spark sparks when rubbed together.Especially in the dark night, rubbing it is like burning firecrackers and sparks are flying. When I was young, I often picked it up and rubbed it with my friends.Zheng Yuanhai sandwiched the alcohol cotton between two stones and wiped it vigorously, once, twice, three times...I don't know how many times, finally, the blue flame ignited.He smiled and wiped the sweat from his brow. Zheng Yuanhai helped Mei Xing'er up, and brought the snake soup to her mouth. "What is this?" Mei Xing'er coughed and asked. "Fish soup! You'll be warm after drinking it." Mei Xing'er took a sip, the fishy smell hit her throat, but she still swallowed it down. "The main reason is that there is no salt. Get over it! You'll be fine if you drink it." Zheng Yuanhai coaxed her. After drinking the soup, Mei Xing'er felt much warmer.Zheng Yuanhai took off his shirt and covered her, watching her fall into a deep sleep.Zheng Yuanhai became anxious in his heart. He was not worried when he first drifted to the island. He even faced everything in front of him with a playful attitude. He firmly believed that no difficulty could stump him.But right now, Mei Xing'er is ill, he must be responsible for her safety and bring her back safely.But when she will be able to leave here, and whether Mei Xinger's condition will be serious, these are all unknowns. Zheng Yuanhai became confused... At night, Mei Xing'er started to have a high fever again, shivering from the cold, Zheng Yuanhai had no choice but to hold her tightly in his arms. Mei Xinger kept muttering to herself: "I'm cold, hold me tight! Hold me tight!" When it was almost dawn, Mei Xing'er was so burned that her consciousness was blurred, and she said to Zheng Yuanhai intermittently: "Brother Zheng, I feel like I'm dying!" Zheng Yuanhai hugged her tightly: "Mei Xinger, hold on, they We will be found, and we will be saved soon." Mei Xinger reluctantly smiled at him, she no longer felt cold, she felt very warm in his arms, a kind of warmth that she had never experienced since she was a child, this kind of warmth could not be called a kind of family affection or Love is like a pool of clear hot springs, with hazy steam floating on it, warm and soft, surrounding her, melting her, and bringing her a sense of security, happiness, and satisfaction. The smile froze on Mei Xinger's face, she passed out, Zheng Yuanhai shook her desperately, calling her: "Mei Xinger, wake up, wake up, Mei Xinger...Mei Xinger... "