Chapter 7: Women

When I heard this, I was even more shocked. I thought it was the worst case scenario. I thought to myself, Uncle San, you are too careless. How did it end up like this? I didn't dare to delay and quickly packed my things and boarded a plane to Hainan that night.

The next day at noon, I arrived at the hospital. My uncle was in the intensive care unit and I couldn't get in. After I told the doctor my identity, his attending physician saw me, called me into his office, and asked, "Are you the family member of the deceased?"

"Dead ~Dead!" I was shocked: "Uncle San~Could it be..."

The doctor apologized hurriedly: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, there was a shipwreck here recently, more than 30 people died, I was confused these days, it should be the injured, are you a family member of the injured?"

I nodded: "I am his nephew." The doctor said: "Your uncle is out of danger, but he can't speak yet, you can rest assured."

"How did he get hurt?" I asked

The doctor looked at me and said with some embarrassment, "I don't know. He was rescued by a fisherman along with the other shipwreck victims. He was already in a deep coma at the time, but he was not on the passenger list. This situation was a bit special because it was a sightseeing boat. If there was one more person on the boat, the staff would definitely know, but he seemed to have just appeared out of nowhere in the sea. His boat was not found nearby, and I really don't know how he got there. The strangest thing is that he was holding this thing in his hand."

The doctor opened the drawer and took out a bag and handed it to me. I looked inside and found a bunch of long hair. The doctor continued , "He was still talking nonsense when he was unconscious. I don't understand your dialect, but I think it has something to do with his injury, so I recorded it. Why don't you listen to it?"

I said thank you, and he took out his phone and pressed it, and I heard Uncle San's voice. He kept repeating the same sentence, and I listened carefully and found that he was saying, "Elevator!"

I listened to it several times to make sure I heard it correctly. I couldn't help wondering, the doctor asked me: "Can you understand what it is?"

I smiled bitterly, "I can understand it, but I don't know what he means."

I had just concluded that Uncle San must have come out of the sea. People who came out of the sea should at least call it something like coffin or zongzi. Why did he call it an elevator here? Did he see an elevator in the sea? That's too weird.

To confirm my thoughts, I asked the doctor, "Was he wearing a diving suit when he was rescued?"

The doctor nodded. "I also heard it from the soldiers. When they found him, he was wearing a tight diving suit, but he didn't have any diving equipment. They later checked and found that there were four locals who went out with your uncle. He rented a medium-sized fishing boat and registered it with the Maritime Administration, saying it was a scientific expedition. Now the other four are missing, and the rescuers are still looking for him there. They estimate that your uncle drifted here along the ocean current, but it's hard to estimate where the accident happened."

I sighed. I was right. Uncle San must have entered the sea bucket again, but how did he find it? Did he lie to me when he told me that he couldn't find the sea bucket? What was this old fox hiding from me? I felt more and more that Uncle San's words were unreliable. I really couldn't tell which ones were true and which ones were false.

I asked the doctor some more questions and then completed the hospitalization procedures for my uncle. The doctor asked me to go and take a look at my uncle. I felt relieved when I saw that he didn't seem to have any external injuries.

After the doctor took me to the intensive care unit, he let me do as I pleased and said goodbye to go out to work. I sat at the head of my third uncle's bed for a while, and then the nurse came to chase me away, so I had to make way.

It's strange to think about it. A few days ago, I was visiting the unconscious Pan Zi with my uncle, and now he is in a coma too. I don't know when it will be my turn.

I smiled bitterly a few times and thought about staying in a hotel first, then calling my dad to report the situation. Things had gotten a bit out of hand in the past few days, and I felt like I couldn't handle it. Just as I walked to the hospital entrance, a cell phone suddenly rang.

My cell phone had been turned off because I was afraid of disturbing the equipment in the hospital, so at first I thought it was someone else's cell phone, but the sound was very harsh and very close to me, so when I listened carefully, I realized it was coming from my bag.

I opened it in confusion, and suddenly my whole body was shocked. I saw the phone I found in the forest was flashing non-stop.

I was a little confused at this moment. I had long forgotten the existence of this thing. I didn't expect it was still in my bag. Moreover, it could still ring after such a long time. I have never seen a mobile phone battery last so long.

I hesitated for a moment. This phone should have been lost by the previous batch of tomb robbers in the forest. I don't know what those strange foreigners were doing there. Maybe this phone call can give us some clues. If there is anything wrong, I will just hang up. I put the phone to my ear and pressed the call button .

As soon as the phone was connected, I heard a woman say, "Hello, Mr. Wu."

I was stunned. The other party actually knew my name. This was too outrageous. I didn't know how to answer for a moment, and habitually replied, "Hello?" As soon as I finished speaking, a hand suddenly reached out from behind me and covered my mouth. I immediately smelled a spicy smell coming into my nostrils. I screamed in my heart, oh no, someone is trying to seduce me.

I have never been bewitched by anyone in my life. I didn't know what to do for a moment. I just felt that my hands and feet became difficult to control. I struggled desperately, and suddenly there was another blow on the back of my head. I didn't know who was so ruthless. I fainted and heard a woman say, "Send him to the boat."

Then someone lifted me up. I was still a little dazed, feeling like I was sleepwalking. I was first dragged for a while, and then thrown into the back seat of a car. It shook all the way. When the car stopped, I was dragged again and got on a wobbly thing. Then it kept shaking, making me more and more sick.

I don't know how long it was, but my head suddenly felt cold and I woke up. I opened my eyes and saw a large area of blue. At this time, another wave of cold things hit me. I suddenly realized that in front of me was a vast ocean.

To be precise, I was leaning on the side of an old fishing boat. There was sea all around me, no reefs or islands. I turned around and saw several dark-skinned local fishermen standing at the bow pulling something.

Looking over the side of the ship, I could see that the ship had dropped anchor, but it was still shaking violently, with water rushing over the side from time to time. I felt a chill just now, and it must have been splashed by the sea water. I moved my hands and feet, but found that I was not restrained, which made me feel strange. At this time, a woman in a tight diving suit came out of the hold. She had short hair and sunglasses, and was holding my bag in her hand. I became alert as soon as I saw her, and stood up and asked, "Who are you?"

The woman ignored me, walked to the side of the boat, took out a walkie-talkie and shouted a few times. After a few minutes, suddenly, several frogmen emerged from the water and climbed onto the boat. One of them took off his gas nozzle and said, panting, "It's not this place. Maybe we need to go a little further!"

The woman looked at the crystal clear sea water, smiled and patted the man on the shoulder, then walked towards me. I saw a line of English words on her chest: Ocean Resources Exploration Company.

She smiled at me and said, "Mr. Wu, where are you looking?"

I reacted immediately and my face turned red. She handed me the bag and said to me with a smile: "Come with me."