Chapter 19 Rain is Coming

Jia Wenjun, who hadn't slept well all night, watched the light of day filtering through the dilapidated deck. The water at her feet had receded, but the clouds in the sky were still moving quickly.

She was exhausted and parched. She could only finish the water she had left over from the previous night.

The lack of rest and proper food in the past few days had left her physically weaker each day. She knew they had locked the passageway to the outside, and they were constantly guarding the deck. If she tried to climb out, they would push her back down.

The only way out was to wait for rescue.

Her lips tightened into a thin line as she thought about how she would prove her innocence when the rescuers arrived.

Right now, she had the knife that Anna had used to stab someone. It must have Anna’s fingerprints on it. But she didn’t know if the fingerprints could still be extracted after so long and after the knife had been soaked in seawater.

Besides, she also had Lu Maowang’s cell phone. It was out of power, but she had kept it. Lu Maowang either forgot or wasn't sober enough to ask her for it back. Even if he did, she wasn't planning on returning it. She was going to give it to the police. Lu Maowang had shown his face in that video, and he had said that he saw her fall to the ground, so she wasn’t the one who pushed Zhao Di down.

Jia Wenjun didn't know if Lu Maowang had said that to appease her at the time, but since he had said it, she would seize every opportunity to prove her innocence.

The people on deck had waited all night, but still hadn't seen any rescue ships.

Nao Nao was so hungry he kept asking, "Mommy, when are the people coming to rescue us?"

Hao Jiening was annoyed by the questions. "I don't know. Talk less. You're still sick. Save your energy."

"Mommy, the clouds in the sky look like fruit. Mommy, I want to eat an apple." Nao Nao lay on the deck, his lips chapped. Thinking of sweet, juicy apples, he wished he could eat one right now.

Looking at her son, whose forehead was still burning, Hao Jiening felt a pang of heartache. "Okay, we'll buy some when we get back. We'll buy a whole box. You can eat as much as you want."

At the bow of the ship, Anna was gazing at the distant sea. She had been restless all night, afraid that the police would arrive first. Now she was truly counting every second. She hoped those people would come and take the goods away soon, but she was also afraid that they would run into the police when they arrived, walking right into a trap.

Lu Maowang's wound had become infected. Because there were no anti-inflammatory drugs, he had developed a fever, but no one on the ship noticed him. Everyone was on deck, waiting for the rescuers.

Bai Ma Shan and Grandpa Wang looked at the sky and said, "The rain isn't far off."

"Yes, I don't know when the rescuers will arrive," Grandpa Wang sighed.

Bai Ma Shan said, "I think we should get a basin and put it out. If the rescuers don't arrive when it rains, we can collect some fresh water."

Grandpa Wang nodded. That was the only thing they could do. After all, they could last a few days without food, but they would be finished without water.

Bai Ma Shan went to get a basin, walked to the hidden passage, and knocked on the door.

"Xiao Jia, how are you doing?"

As soon as Jia Wenjun heard the sound, Gouzi ran towards the door.

She slowly walked over. "Brother Bai?"

Bai Ma Shan didn't have the key. He just wanted to check on Jia Wenjun's wound.

"Are you okay?"

Through the door, Jia Wenjun licked her lips. "I'm okay, just too thirsty."

"We're out of water up here too. It'll probably rain soon. I'll collect some rainwater up here. If the rescuers haven't arrived by then, I'll bring some down to you."

Jia Wenjun's nose tingled. "Thank you, Brother Bai."

It was common to add flowers to brocade, but rare to offer charcoal in the snow.

"It's nothing. It's just that if the rescuers come, the others will probably accuse you. You have to be mentally prepared."

"I'm not afraid of my shadow being crooked. I didn't kill anyone." After Jia Wenjun finished speaking, she suddenly paused and said, "Brother Bai, you also know that Anna broke that cell phone, right? You must have done that because you were afraid the rescuers would find the drugs on the ship. Is it possible that Zhao Di saw her hiding drugs earlier than I did, so Anna killed her and framed me?"

Bai Ma Shan paused. "I don't know, but when I went to save Lili, Anna pushed me from behind a few times. At that time, there was a trench in front of me."

Jia Wenjun's hairs stood on end. "She wanted your life too?"

Bai Ma Shan was silent for a few seconds. "When I turned around, she said she lost her footing. It was indeed difficult to walk at the time, so I couldn't tell what her real intention was."

Although Bai Ma Shan didn't say it definitively, Jia Wenjun had witnessed Anna's cruelty.

Anna must be trafficking drugs if she was hiding them. The people on this chain of profit would only be more vicious than her. She didn't know if those people would come to take the drugs from the ship. If they arrived before the police, Jia Wenjun didn't dare imagine what would happen to the people on the ship.

At this moment, a sudden clap of thunder resounded on the deck, and a woman's scream caught everyone off guard.

The sound came from Sun Jiaojiao's room, which almost scared Hu Sixiang, who was leaning against the wall next to it, out of his wits.

"What's wrong? What happened?" Everyone on the ship looked at the door of the room behind Hu Sixiang. kuaishuge

The seventh door, which had been closed all the time, suddenly opened. Sun Jiaojiao's hair was disheveled, and the fabric of her pants between her thighs was stained with a yellowish-reddish-black substance that was indistinguishable as blood or excrement. She staggered out of the room, her mouth twitching, extremely frightened, and mumbled, "Gong Dalong is dead! Gong Dalong is dead!"