Chapter 241: Rescue

Wu An had already quickly started the fishing boat.

The fishing boat was still rocking, but it felt like nothing had changed.

He looked solemn, having just been happy, he forgot to notice changes on the sea surface.

Originally he planned to drop the remaining crab pots, but now he dare not waste time.

Nothing to say.

Full speed back to shore.

At present this bit of wind and waves, their boat can still hold up, but the distance to shore is still about two hours' journey.

Who knows if the upcoming wind and waves will get bigger?

Wu An dared not think too much about it.

The more he thought, the more worried he became.

Just then A Qing finished his cigarette and walked over, saying: "Don't worry, the waves haven't picked up yet, our fishing boat can stay steady."

A Qing scratched his head: "Brother, I'm not worried."

"I see your complexion isn't good, what's wrong?"

"……" Wu An was at a loss for words, he couldn't answer that question.

After a while, the boat's rocking grew larger, and rain poured down without warning.

It should be this wind blowing it over.

This time A Qing also got a bit flustered.

"Brother, are you alright?"

"It's fine."

"I feel like I have something..."

A Qing originally feared the sea, but after these few trips out when it was calm, he gradually overcame that fear.

And with this wind and wave, his inner fear of the sea surfaced again.

Not to mention A Qing.

Wu An also felt uncomfortable, the boat's rocking made it hard to bear, the three no longer had their earlier smiles, each face showed solemnity.

As the wind and waves grew, the boat's rocking amplitude increased.

Wu An also had no choice, he could only increase power.

"A An, hold steady."

Wu Pat patted his shoulder, then patted his own life jacket: "They're all wearing life jackets, nothing will happen."

Wu An nodded vigorously, showing a smile that couldn't look worse than crying.

He knew his elder brother must be panicking inside, surrounded by sea with nowhere to shelter from wind and rain.

In the wind and waves, not to mention people, even the fishing boat looks so tiny.

The fishing boat rose and fell with the waves, swaying left and right.

It couldn't stay steady.

In this situation, the harder one tries to stay calm, the more unnatural it appears.

Encountering wind and waves at sea is one of the easiest ways to die.

I can't help but think, if this also happens without farewell, can he be reborn again...

The fishing boat rode the wind and broke waves, waves hit the deck, seawater nearly engulfed the boat, the next moment it surged forth again.

Rising and falling.

Quite thrilling.

Wu Ping suddenly shouted: "There seems to be something in the sea, is it a boat?"

A Qing fetched a telescope and shouted: "It's the Chen Family's trawler."

"Their two ships are still that big, definitely much more stable than ours."

"Why don't we ask for help?"

Wu An nodded.

The two trawlers didn't know what was going on, they moved especially slow, his small fishing boat quickly approached amidst the wind and waves.

After getting close, he still grabbed the megaphone and shouted loudly, but while shouting the two trawlers suddenly sped up.

A Qing angrily cursed: "Damn, brother, the Chen Family surely heard and deliberately left us behind."

Wu Ping's complexion also looked somewhat bad.

Indeed, the Chen Family's two trawlers suddenly speeding up looked too much like they were deliberately ditching them.

Wu An also wanted to curse.

"This damn thing isn't ignoring a dying person..." While cursing in his heart, he saw something fall from one of the trawlers into the sea.

Although it's windy and rainy now, visibility somewhat affected, but he can be sure he didn't hallucinate just now.

Immediately after, A Qing's somewhat hoarse shout came from nearby: "Brother, brother, a person... looks like a person... fell... fell into the sea."

Wu Ping nodded, his face solemn: "I think I saw it too."

Wu An reminded: "Shout with the megaphone."

After shouting several times, not sure if it's an illusion, the Chen Family's trawler went even faster.

I don't know if they didn't hear, or heard but pretended not to.

A Qing and Wu Ping looked toward Wu An.

Wu An gritted his teeth and said: "Let's go over and take a look first."

The two nodded.

Wu An slightly adjusted his direction and forged ahead against the wind and waves.

He's not a saint.

At sea, one cannot see someone die and not rescue them.

Nobody can guarantee smooth sailing at sea all the time.

Among them, this is an unspoken rule that everyone follows.

This time you save others, and others will save you.

A Qing grabbed the pillar, stood at the ship's edge watching, and shouted, "What a person!"

"Still an old man."

Wu An shouted, "Quickly throw the rope down."

"You all be careful too."

After a moment, A Qing shouted, "Brother, this won't work."

"It feels like the old man has passed out and isn't grabbing the rope at all."

"What should we do?"

Wu An walked over, leaned on the ship's edge and looked; he could see the old man bobbing up and down in the seawater.

He shouted several times, but there was no response.

He didn't know whether the person was dead or alive.

Wu An tried to keep the bow aligned with the waves, pressing against them; this way the boat would rise and fall, reducing the chance of capsizing.

Wu Ping said, "This way, I'll tie the rope around myself and then go down to have a look."

"Then you two just pull me back up later."

Wu An said nothing, pulled the rope up and then directly tied it to himself.

Wu Ping was extremely anxious.

Wu An smiled and said, "Brother, you're much heavier than me."

"I'm the most suitable to go down."

"Let's not argue about this; we have no time to waste—saving lives requires seizing every second."

The rope was long; as he spoke, he tied the other end to the winch.

With A Qing and the elder brother, plus the winch providing double security, after ensuring his own safety, he leapt up and then jumped into the sea.

Fortunately the old man was wearing a life jacket, so he floated on the sea surface.

He grabbed the man, but there was no response at all.

Wu An's heart sank, and he quickly gestured.

First get the person onto the boat, then he himself climbed aboard and asked, "How is he?"

Wu Ping said, "He has breathing; he doesn't look like he drowned, probably he fell into the sea and was knocked unconscious."

A Qing said, "Surely not; it's only that high."

Wu Ping slapped the old man's face; the old man grunted twice and opened his eyes.

"All right, all right." Wu An breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Support him and hurry back to the shed."

Seeing Wu An and the others, the old man's face filled with gratitude as he said, "Thank you for saving me."

A Qing wore a proud expression and said, "It was my brother who saved you; if you want to thank someone, thank him."

The old man repeatedly thanked them.

Wu An nodded and said, "How did you fall off the Chen Family trawler?"

The old man's eyes darkened, he shook his head: "Suddenly the wind and waves rose, and everyone on board panicked."

"The trawl net got snagged, I went to deal with it."

"But I accidentally fell overboard."

A Qing cursed the Chen Family people, saying they weren't human for making an old man do such dangerous work.

The old man remained silent; whatever work he does is his own choice, so there's nothing to say about it.

He watched Wu An steer the boat and said, "Benefactor, you can't drive like this; the wind and waves are growing bigger, making it easy to capsize."

"Keep the bow facing the waves and press against them."

Wu An felt a headache.

He wasn't very familiar with it to begin with, let alone in this emergency, and he shouted, "Old man, can you steer the boat?"

The old man nodded.

"Then you take over."

Wu An said this while shifting sideways.

The old man was surprised, didn't expect Wu An to be so decisive, and firmly nodded: "All right, then I won't be polite at this moment."

At a matter of life and death, one really can't be vague.

The wind and waves grew ever larger; the Chen Family's trawler disappeared from sight, and everyone's hearts rose and fell with the waves, filled with panic and unease.