After the sloppy old man finished speaking, he grabbed me by the collar, and then with a strong movement of his arm that looked like he had no flesh at all, he threw me towards the cabin.
The rain was still falling. Not only did it not stop, but it seemed to be getting heavier and heavier. This made the boat deck full of water. The sole of my foot slipped and I fell straight into the cabin before I could stand still.
There were no lights on in the cabin, it was very dark, and you couldn't see your fingers, except for the sliver of light at the cabin door above your head.
I reluctantly sat up straight and reached out to feel around, trying to find a relatively safe place to stay. But what I didn't expect was that as soon as I stretched out my hand, someone grabbed my wrist.
This really startled me, and I quickly wanted to pull my hand back, but the guy's strength was too great. I tried five or six times in a row but it didn't move.
I began to panic a little, and tears began to roll in my eyes uncontrollably. I gritted my teeth and said with a cry: "You...who are you? What do you want to do?"
Hearing my question, the person who grabbed my arm replied: "It doesn't matter who I am..."
This man's voice was hoarse, old, and weak. It sounded like a man who had not eaten for a long time and was using his last strength to say this.
There was no accent when this person spoke, because he spoke every word very forcefully, which made me sound extremely uncomfortable, but even so, the person didn't seem to want me to interrupt him.
Just listen to him continue to say word by word: "This boat can't support it for long... It will sink to the bottom of the river soon... Can you swim?"
When I heard him ask this, I couldn't help but nodded and said, "Yes...I know...my dad and second uncle taught me how to swim before!"
The man seemed to be very satisfied with my answer. It was very dark in the cabin. I couldn't see the guy's appearance or any of his expressions, but I could faintly feel that the guy nodded slightly, and then, he Slowly he said: "Since you can swim... then listen up! There will be a gaping hole about five or six steps to the left in front of you later, and the river water will pour in from that place... Once the whole The cabin is filled with water... just swim out from here..."
"This guy doesn't sound like he's just making it up..." Listening to this guy's words, I couldn't help but mutter in my heart, "But if he didn't make it up, how did he know what to do later? Will it be knocked away...and the location is known so accurately...?"
Although we couldn't see each other, the guy seemed to know exactly what I was thinking about. He said slowly: "Boy named Hu... you don't have to think about anything! You just need to remember what I said, That’s right!”
"You...you know who I am?" I asked in surprise.
The man replied: "Not only do I know who you are... I know everything about you!"
The guy's words sent a chill down my spine. Although I was young at that time, I knew that no matter who I faced, I couldn't lose at least in terms of momentum, so I gritted my teeth and said, "Tell me... who are you?" Who? What do you want to do?"
The man seemed to move his mouth slightly and said, "What do I want to do? Of course I want to save you!"
I gritted my teeth and said, "You want to save me? Are you so kind? What is your purpose?"
The man didn't make any excuses. Hearing what I said, he answered: "I do have something I need you to do..."
I said, "What's the matter? What can I do for you?"
The man said: "Of course you won't be the one to do this..."
I hurriedly asked: "It's not me...who is that? Can you explain it clearly? Is it interesting to keep playing riddles like this?"
The man was not angry when I spoke in such an angry tone. Instead, he said with a slight smile: "Good guy... He's not very young, but he's quite angry..."
I shouted: "Stop talking nonsense...what do you mean..."
Before I could finish my words, suddenly there was a loud "bang" from the bottom of the boat, and then the whole boat began to shake violently.
As soon as I lost my balance, I was about to fall to the side. If that guy hadn't held me tightly, I would have fallen five or six meters away.
At the same time, about five or six steps to the left in front of me. Of course I couldn't see it. This distance was judged by the sound. The ship's plank cracked a big hole, and the river water was flowing inward as if it was free of charge. Filled in.
Seeing the river water pouring in, I was stunned and thought to myself: "Is that guy telling the truth?"
Perhaps realizing that time was running out, the guy who grabbed my hand hurriedly said: "Remember...ten miles downstream of the Qinglong River...two hundred meters east of the Qi Laoye Temple..."
I heard this and asked in confusion: "This... what kind of place is this?"
The guy said: "This is... where the ship sank!"
I was stunned and quickly asked: "How did you know?"
The guy didn't answer my question, but shouted loudly: "Do you remember it?"
I nodded and said, "Remember!"
The guy said: "Repeat it..."
I thought for a while and then said: "Ten miles downstream of the Qinglong River...200 meters east of Qi Laoye Temple..."
The guy nodded with satisfaction and said: "Very good! Remember to tell your father after you get ashore that he will come over to salvage the things in the boat in three days... Remember it is three days... One more day will not do, one less day will not do. Not even for a day, do you understand?"
At this time, most of the water was filled in. Since I was very short at the time, the water reached my chest within a short time.
I was a little scared, so I didn't hear what the guy said for a while, so I didn't answer him.
When I didn't answer, the man immediately shouted, "Did you hear that?"
"Wha...what?" I finally recovered from my panic, and I said to the man, "What did you just say?"
The man was a little angry, and his grip on my hand began to increase a little bit. A sharp pain made me grin, but even then I didn't cry out.
After about ten seconds, the guy began to loosen his grip and shouted: "I want you to remember... after you land, tell your father and ask him to come over and salvage the contents of the boat in three days." …Remember it’s three days… It won’t do for one more day, and it won’t do for one less day, do you understand?”
