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Surviving a Shipwreck: My Escape to Northern Myanmar
墨書 Inktalez
1.
The waves are rolling, and I am bobbing in the sea with the waves.
Suddenly, an octopus emerges, and one of its tentacles wraps around my chest.
I screamed loudly and sat up abruptly from my sleep.
Someone was caught off guard and was flipped off me, falling headfirst under the bed.
It's a man, to be precise, a naked man. I screamed in horror, "Ah—Save me.Ah!"
The man got up from the ground and desperately covered my mouth with his hand, "Don't scream, it's me!"
I opened my eyes wide, only to find that it was Vice General Manager Cheng leading the team on this trip.
Seeing me still struggling, Vice General Manager Cheng slapped me across the face: "Do you think you become the sales champion every month because of your ability? It's all because I balanced the performance statistics! And this ten-day trip to Southeast Asia was specifically secured for you by me!"
Shouldn't you thank me?
My wife passed away, and I'm just a little older, but I'm pretty good in all aspects. Especially in good health, you'll find out soon...
The man leered at me lecherously and forcefully pushed me down.
I struggled desperately, and his other hand squeezed my neck: "If you obey me, everything will be fine. If you don't obey me, if you 'accidentally' fall into the sea, not even a body will be found!"
I feel the old man's hands wandering on my body, and my clothes are being taken off by him.
His mountain-like body pressed down on me.
2.
My name is Zhao Lanlan, I just turned 25, and I am the top salesperson in the company. This time, I am going on a 10-day trip to Southeast Asia with four other top salespeople to enjoy the company's reward.
But I didn't expect the leader Vice General Manager Cheng to be so despicable. He's almost as old as my dad, yet he covets my body and dares to force himself on me.
I struggled desperately beneath him, and he smirked triumphantly at me.
Suddenly, with a loud noise, both of us were shaken off the bed, and finally saved me, who had almost despaired and exhausted all my strength. Vice General Manager Cheng's head hit the floor heavily and lay there motionless.
Then there were several loud noises, and I felt the seven-story cruise ship lose power. I scrambled to my feet in a state of shock and hastily threw on some clothes.
Vice General Manager Cheng woke up and reached out to try to pull me: "Xiao Zhao, take me out with you!"
I shook him off.
3.
Panic-stricken passengers were everywhere on the deck.
Everyone is asking each other what happened, but none of the crew members on the ship came out to explain.
Later, everyone was horrified to find that not only had the ship lost power, but it was also slowly sinking!
It was too chaotic, I couldn't find the other four male colleagues, I felt so helpless that I almost cried. The chaotic crowd also realized that something was wrong, and they all ran to the two sides and the stern: there was a lifeboat!
But as a girl, not only could I not compete with them, I might also be pushed into the sea.
Finally, in the chaotic crowd, I saw my colleague Qin Jian. He was leading the way with a fire axe in his hand, operating the release of a lifeboat. He pushed the still dazed colleagues Zhao Weiguo, Wu Yanan, and Zeng Guowei onto the gangway and into the cabin. I desperately jumped and shouted at him, but he didn't hear me.
I don't know why, but that lifeboat suddenly unhooked and started quickly moving away from the cruise ship, leaving Qin Jian behind!
I need to grab Qin Jian, and at this moment, this man whom I looked down upon in the company is my straw to save me.
On the stern rack, there was a huge "iron bucket" covered with felt. Qin Jian rushed over, pulled off the felt, removed the safety pin from the rack, and the "iron bucket" lost its weight and entered the water. The rope being pulled was strained, and the "iron bucket" made a "bang" as it exploded in the water and quickly inflated into a hull.
The remaining people on the deck, who had originally been in despair, rushed towards the boarding ladder as if they had gone mad.
At this moment, Qin Jian seemed like a different person. He ran ahead, swinging his axe to cut the ladder and the ropes tied to it, blocking the path of those who were fighting to board the boat. Then he leaped into the water, swimming to grab onto the raft and flipping himself up.
I clung to the side of the boat, crying out in anguish, "Qin Jian, save me! Qin Jian, save me!"
Qin Jian Looking at the crowd surrounding the side of the boat like wolves, I dared not row the raft over. Those who jumped down one after another could instantly sink the raft.
He waved the oar at me and shouted, "Jump down quickly, I'll catch you!"
I looked up helplessly and said, "I don't know how to swim."
Qin Jian said, "Don't be afraid, I'm here! Jump!"
I had no choice but to close my eyes and jump down in despair. The bitter, salty seawater rushed into my mouth and nostrils, and I swallowed it in big gulps.
The seawater choked my chest and lungs, making them burn painfully. It choked me so much that I couldn't open my eyes or catch my breath...
My consciousness began to blur, and I saw Vice General Manager Cheng sneering at me: "You've caused me harm, but you haven't escaped either!"
A tentacle of an octopus has wrapped around my waist.
I'm done for.
Another wave came crashing down on me, slamming me heavily onto the beach. It felt like my internal organs had shifted, causing excruciating pain.
Settling my mind, the solid ground beneath me gives me a sense of relief and stability as if I have narrowly escaped death.
But my whole body feels like it's falling apart, unable to open my eyes, and not wanting to open them either.
Suddenly, a body pressed against mine, a hand pinched my nose, and two warm, wet lips covered my mouth, blowing air into it. After repeating this several times, the hands were then pressed against my chest.
I just didn't want to move, I wasn't in shock.
I struggled to say, "Another press on my ribs and they'll break."
Qin Jian rolled off my body, exhausted as well.
The increasingly scorching sun stung our exposed skin. We struggled to get up, our limbs sore and weak, and on top of that, we were plagued by a gnawing hunger and thirst. To stay alive, we had to find food and water. Of course, seawater didn't count; drinking seawater would only make us die faster.
We looked around in confusion and finally discovered that this was a rather large island.
There are coconut trees on the island! But when we looked up at the trunks reaching more than ten meters high, our excitement turned to despair: in our current situation, there was no way we could climb up there!
"The axe fell into the sea a long time ago. We walked along the beach. If the ocean currents could bring us here, they could also bring other people or things here."
I don't know how far we've walked, but suddenly, Qin Jian was startled by a bright orange color at the shallow south bank. The color was so vivid, and the object was so familiar and comforting—it was a life raft.
Qin Jian grabbed my hand and ran over. He dragged the life raft onto the shore and fumbled to pull out two handheld flare guns, a flashlight with spare bulbs and batteries, a signal mirror, scissors, a box of common medicines, two spoons, and most importantly, 12 bottles of drinking water and two large packs of compressed biscuits!
These items are almost standard equipment for modern life rafts. Under normal circumstances, these food and water supplies can sustain four people for about 48 hours.
This raft is equipped with a ceiling supported by an arbor, and when the entrance is closed, it forms a completely enclosed space that can provide shelter from wind and rain. It also has a rainwater collection point and internal lighting, making it a godsend for wilderness survival.
Qin Jian dragged the life raft from the water to a spacious and flat area. We drank two bottles of water and ate half a pack of compressed biscuits with great satisfaction. Exhausted, we just collapsed into the raft and fell asleep.
Throughout the whole night, Vice General Manager Cheng kept shouting in my ear, "Zhao Lanlan, it's because of you that I'm in trouble!"
I wake up with a headache in the morning. Does this count as attempted murder?
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