Upon hearing these words, the noisy crowd immediately stopped and turned silent.
"What, what did you just say?" Someone asked in a daze. He even suspected that he had misheard.
"I didn't buy this island. It seems like we came to the wrong place." The Liu family member swallowed his saliva. He felt his throat was so dry that he couldn't speak, and a cold shiver went down his spine.
"Then where are we?" A shivering voice said in a weak voice. Everyone couldn't help but feel goosebumps.
"I don't know either …" The Liu family looked around to ask the captain and crew, but they found that they were all not here.
"What did you say!?" You brought us here! "He actually said he doesn't know where he is!" Hearing the Liu family's words, some people couldn't help but lift the Liu family's collar and ask viciously.
The Liu family hurriedly begged for mercy. After all, even he was confused. Who would have thought that a well-meaning event just for investment would turn out like this?
"That's right! "Mobile phone, hurry and see if there's anything useful. Can you contact the outside world?" Someone asked, holding onto the last sliver of hope.
Everyone shook their heads. Basically, all the communication equipment they had in the sea had been rendered useless.
"Mine!" Mine can still be used! " At this moment, someone excitedly said, and the surrounding people immediately surrounded him.
He tried dialing a number, but in the next second, he looked dejectedly at everyone and said, "We're doomed. There's no signal here. We're doomed."
"Then what should we do …" Everyone could not help but mutter to themselves, but no one knew what to do.
"It's all your fault! You must be trying to trap us! " Under the threat of death, someone frantically tried to pinch the Liu Family members' necks.
That person was stopped by some people. "It's useless even if you choke him to death. We won't be able to get out …"
Some people could no longer hold it in and began to cry in low voices. For a moment, the atmosphere was filled with despair and the threat of death.
Jianng Cheng hurried over: "You finally woke up! We arrived at the island, and I had no choice but to knock you out and take you away, so don't blame me. "
Why couldn't he care about settling the score with Jianng Cheng now? He stood up and looked around: Where's Jiajia? "Is Jiajia up yet?"
Jianng Cheng's expression froze. He stuttered for a long time but was unable to say anything.
"Hurry up and tell me, what's wrong?" What was urging?
"Big bro, don't be anxious …" Jianng Cheng didn't know how to begin, "Don't get agitated after you've heard it, I've already gone to see. Everyone who was rescued is here, I couldn't find my sister-in-law."
Why is it that after hearing Jianng Cheng's words, his mind became so blank, he became dizzy and asked while holding onto the tree: "What did you say? "What do you mean you can't find it?"
"Before you woke up, I specially searched around. I didn't … I didn't find anyone." Jianng Cheng said as he shrunk back. He knew how important Chen Jiajia was in his heart, and now that the person had not been found, he must be feeling terrible.
"Brother, don't be in such a hurry. Maybe I neglected this fact. Let's go look for him again." Jianng Cheng anxiously said.
His eyes were completely red, he pushed Jianng Cheng away, gritted his teeth and said, "See if you can contact the people outside, get people to come and find us!"
"It's no use. We went to an isolated island. We don't know where we are now, and we can't contact the outside anymore." Jianng Cheng shook his head, his voice carried a trace of despair, and explained to his what had just happened.
He stopped in his tracks and continued to walk forward. He wanted to see for himself.
As expected, when he walked to the place where the crowd was gathered, he did not see Chen Jiajia's figure. He then took a deep breath and started to tremble. He began to ask the surrounding people if they had seen Chen Jiajia when they were retreating.
"President Hee, are you looking for Miss Chen?" At this moment, a person hesitantly came forward to talk to him.
"Yes!" Have you seen her? "Where is she?" When he heard this person's words, a sliver of hope appeared in his heart.
"I, I vaguely saw a person fall into the ocean when I was running down there today. From the clothes she was wearing, it should be Miss Chen." That person said with some reluctance.
It was as if she had been struck by lightning. How could she have fallen into the sea for no reason at all?
A great despair was engulfing everything, how could Jiajia be alright? He rushed into the ocean like a madman, luckily he was desperately trapped by Jianng Cheng.
"Let go of me, I'm going to look for her. I don't believe that something has happened to her!" He even sounded like he was about to cry.
"Brother, calm down!" There was no point in charging down now! The place where she fell isn't far from here, sister-in-law will be fine. " Jianng Cheng said.
He calmed down even though he was stopped, but he was unwilling to give up. He took a deep breath and said, "Let me go. I am only searching around in the sea. Could it be that I can only wait here for Jiajia to disappear?" Find a way to get in touch with the outside world and leave the island. "
Jianng Cheng could not stop him, and had no choice but to agree. The best thing to do now was to split up and find a way to find someone before leaving.
Furthermore, Chen Jiajia, who was pushed into the water, was choked on a few mouthfuls of water consecutively. Luckily, she was able to react after being in the water well enough, she stuck her head out and took a deep breath, seeing that she had floated far away from the ship. There was no point in rushing back now.
She looked around and saw what appeared to be an island in the distance. It was probably the island they had planned to visit. The people on the boat would probably have to retreat to that place first, so he could find out what was going on once he swam over there.
With a direction, Chen Jiajia calmed down a little. Furthermore, the island was not too far away, and with her strength, she should be able to endure it. Thus, Chen Jiajia swam towards the direction of the island.
"Save me …" Save... "Save me." Just as she was walking, Chen Jiajia heard a faint cry for help, the voice even had a sense of familiarity.
She swam towards the direction of the cry for help. There was indeed a figure. That person should not be able to swim because a huge splash appeared around him.
Chen Jiajia leaned in and was shocked: "Zeng Jie? Why is it you? "
The only one who was pushed down the boat with Chen Jiajia was Zeng Jie. He didn't know what hurt Zeng Jie when he fell down, but the surrounding seawater had a faint smell of blood.
"Save …" Zeng Jie was no longer conscious. His struggling became smaller and smaller, and he could only rely on his instincts to scream for help. His voice had also become weaker and weaker.
Chen Jiajia didn't have time to think too much into it. She couldn't watch him die without saving him, and with Zeng Jie's current state, she wouldn't be able to hold on for too long. Chen Jiajia clenched her teeth and swam towards Zeng Jie with all her might.
Chapter 57 Solitude
Chen Jiajia pulled Zeng Jie and swam towards the direction of the island. 's consciousness had already started to blur. Sensing that someone was approaching, he grabbed onto Chen Jiajia tightly as if she was holding onto the last straw.
After all, he was carrying the weight of a grown man.
Chen Jiajia's physical strength gradually disappeared as sshe swam slower and slower. No, he couldn't be trapped in the sea. Why was he still waiting for her? Chen Jiajia thought as she clenched her teeth and continued forward.
Fortunately, they managed to find a floating wooden board nearby that saved them a lot of energy. With great effort, Chen Jiajia and Zeng Jie finally reached the island.
"Hey, Zeng Jie, wake up." Zeng Jie was already completely unconscious, he patted Zeng Jie's face in an attempt to wake him up.
Chen Jiajia tried to test Zeng Jie's breath and determined that he was only choking on water. She pressed down on Zeng Jie and sure enough, Zeng Jie spat out a few mouthfuls of water and started coughing.
Chen Jiajia heaved a sigh of relief and went forward to ask: "Zeng Jie, how do you feel?"
Zeng Jie could only vaguely see that the person in front of him was Chen Jiajia. He wanted to say something but in the next second, he fainted.
After that, no matter how Chen Jiajia called out to him, there was no response. Chen Jiajia tested his forehead, probably because her upper mouth had become inflamed in the ocean, and now she had a high fever.
Chen Jiajia facepalmed, and couldn't help but let out a sigh. "I must have owed you in my previous life."
She looked around, but didn't see anyone. She was not only worried, but also felt that she had guessed wrongly. Why didn't they go to the island at all?
As all the communication equipment had fallen into the water, Chen Jiajia was unable to check the time and contact the others. She reckoned that after a while, the sun would set, so the most important thing for her now was to find something to eat and treat Zeng Jie's wounds.
Chen Jiajia's luck was not bad. After entering the forest and searching once, she found a cave. Inside the cave, there were some items to keep the fire warm.
She quickly bandaged Zeng Jie up and spent some effort to bring him to the cave. By the time everything was settled, the sky had already darkened.
The situation on the other side wasn't too good either. It had already been two days and he had already searched the entire area, yet he couldn't even find Chen Jiajia's figure.
"Brother, they have already tried to contact the outside world. From today onwards, you have not rested for two days. Do you want to sleep for a while?" Jianng Cheng arranged the affairs neatly and carefully asked what happened.
"I don't even know if Jiajia is still alive. How can I be at ease?" What was this called vexation? He rubbed his forehead and said.
"No, I have to enter the mountain." What did it mean to be unable to sit still? Every second was like sitting on pins and needles to the current him.
"No, bro, this is too dangerous. None of us know what's happening in this mountain. What if something happens to you?" Jianng Cheng anxiously stopped them.
"If Jiajia comes to the island, I will definitely think of a way to find me. I need to check inside." Why can't I give up any possibility now?
Jianng Cheng felt helpless and could only say, "Then I'll go with you."
When Zeng Jie slowly woke up, the only sounds around him were the dripping sound of water and crackling flames. He looked in the direction of the light source and saw that Chen Jiajia was sitting next to a bonfire, dozing off.
Zeng Jie tried to move but felt pain all over his body. Chen Jiajia did not dare to sleep in the first place, so when she heard Zeng Jie's noise, he woke up.
"Great, you're finally awake." Chen Jiajia heaved a sigh of relief, if Zeng Jie still did not wake up, she did not know what to do.
Zeng Jie did not speak. He looked at Chen Jiajia with a complicated expression as countless thoughts ran through his mind.
Chen Jiajia continued: "Lie down for a while longer, I just tested the temperature and the fever is gone, but the wound is still a little troublesome, there is no medicine here and it can't be healed very slowly."
"Why did you save me?" Zeng Jie asked. His voice was a little hoarse because of the fever.
His relationship with Chen Jiajia wasn't really that good, he knew that Chen Jiajia must have spent a lot of effort to drag him to the island. A girl's stamina was already limited, if not for him dragging her, she might have already gone back to the island. But Chen Jiajia still risked her life to save him.
Actually, when Zeng Jie was unconscious, he was conscious for a while. He felt that Chen Jiajia had been busy all this time, not only trying to coldly compress her forehead, but also trying to bandage her own wound.
If one were to describe the reason why Zeng Jie approached Chen Jiajia before, then now, it was because he truly had some strange feelings towards Chen Jiajia.
However, Chen Jiajia looked at Zeng Jie with a strange expression. "If you beg for help in the water, do you think I can just watch you die?"
Zeng Jie suddenly laughed, he was no longer a fake and sinister laugh, instead, he removed his disguise as a pure smile.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Chen Jiajia was startled to see Zeng Jie like this, and could not help but shiver a little.
Zeng Jie shook his head, and said solemnly: "Nothing, thank you for saving me."
"There's no need to be so polite. I already said that I won't let you die without saving your life. Are you hungry? I picked some fruits, but they should be harmless. If you're hungry, you can eat that." Chen Jiajia said as she took out some fruits.
Zeng Jie silently took the fruit. The two of them stared at the burning fire and did not say anything for a while.
"Which island are we on now? Have you seen anyone else? " Zeng Jie broke the silent atmosphere.
Chen Jiajia shook her head: "No, from the moment we went onto the island, I had looked around and didn't find anyone around, could it be that they didn't go onto the island at all?"
"No. If the ship sank, we had no choice but to go to the island. " Zeng Jie did not hesitate to reject Chen Jiajia's idea. At that time, the situation was very urgent and it was impossible to find any more rescue boats. In order to protect her life, she could only go to the island.
Chen Jiajia thought that this made sense, and said tiredly: "That's right, this island shouldn't be small. They might have come to this island from the other side, waiting for us to go out and take a look tomorrow."
"By the way, did you see who pushed us?" Chen Jiajia asked as she thought about it.
She and Zeng Jie being pushed down seemed more like a deliberate act of a person, but it was her first time participating in such an event, so there shouldn't be any sort of enemies.
Zeng Jie's expression also gradually became more serious: "I didn't see clearly, but if I'm not mistaken, that person should be coming for me."
"Why do you say that?" Chen Jiajia asked.
Zeng Jie quietly stared at the firelight, his voice as cold as if he was speaking from hell: "Because my injuries didn't fall down and scratch, rather, someone deliberately tried to kill me."