âChen, please stop the boat,â Kane and the others pleaded with Chen Zhao.
The small boat was now a dozen nautical miles from the storm. The waves had grown larger and the ship was starting to shake.
Chen Zhao used the fixing rod to fix the steering wheel. Then he turned toward everyone and chased them out of the cockpit.
âDonât you think that facing the storm is exciting?â
âYouâre crazy, you know? This boat is so small. Weâre going to die.â
âIt is indeed dangerous,â Chen Zhao said. âPlease put on your life vests.â
âChen, Iâm sorry. Letâs go back. I promise I wonât stop you and Fali from being together. Iâll give my blessings.â
Laurent and the others were terrified. Theyâd never seen someone so crazy. It was one thing to make the others drown at sea, but there was no need to drown yourself!
âYouâre not a true man until youâve experienced a storm.â Chen Zhao stood on the deck, gazing at the approaching storm with a tragic yet heroic expression.
âI lived 50 years like this and itâs great. I donât want to be a true man.â Laurent was crying.
âWeâre already here, so thereâs no reason to go back,â Chen Zhao said nonchalantly. âThereâs a Chinese saying. Since we are here, then let us settle.â
âKane, Karim, Howard,â Laurent yelled. âIf you donât want to die, we must stop him!â
Chen Zhao picked up the baseball bat beside him. Heâd prepared this beforehand. Laurent and the others were frightened by the bat. It was used just to scare them.
However, Chen Zhao wasnât going to scare them by holding it. He wrenched and snapped the solid wooden bat.
âDoes anyone want to experience getting his arm broken?â
âChen, I know youâre angry at us. You can take revenge however youâd like once we get back to land. But weâll really die like this.â Kaneâs face was filled with pleading.
âYeah, yeah. You canât joke about this.â
âIs locking me inside the freezer a joke then?â
âYou said you donât mind.â
âYeah. I didnât lock you in a freezer or hit you, right? At least for now.â
âYou know that youâll die too, right?â
âDo you think Iâm afraid?â
Just then, a huge wave crashed down. The entire boat was lifted four or five meters. It fell back onto the surface of the sea and everyone toppled to the ground.
Chen Zhao held the railing with one hand, admiring how pathetic the others looked.
The sky suddenly darkened. The wind and waves grew angrier too.
It was too late to go back now. Theyâd already entered the storm zone. A terrible wave slammed down.
The boat was overturned instantly. Everyone fell into the water.
The waves kept crashing down on them. Chen Zhao reached out and pulled Laurent out of the water.
He didnât have to care about Kane, Karim, or Howard. They were fit, since they were bodyguards. They could totally survive being in the water. At least, they wonât die for the time being.
âYou *ssholeâŠyou *ssholeâŠâ Laurent cursed at Chen Zhao wildly. âPsycho, idiotâŠyouâre gonna kill us all.â
Cough, cough.
A wave came and Laurent choked on some mouthfuls of water.
Chen Zhao kept his eyes on Kane and the others so they wonât be washed away by the waves. They all wore life vests, so their lives werenât in danger for now.
To be honest, facing the storm in the sea was safer than being on the boat. Plus, sea storms came and passed quickly. Within ten minutes, the sky brightened again.
But now came the true test. The hot sun baked the people on the surface of the sea.
âChen, I know you brought the SOS instrument. Hurry and call people to save us.â
âPlease, you think I have something like that?â Chen Zhao didnât even wear a life vest. When they reached the storm zone, heâd also taken off his clothes and was only left with swim trunks.
âYou really didnât bring it?â
âOf course.â
âWeâre at least 100 nautical miles from land. You psycho, how are we going back now?â
âSwimming, of course,â Chen Zhao said matter-of-factly. âYou see how Iâm wearing swim trunks? This should explain my intentions.â
âCrazy, crazy, crazy, crazyâŠâ
âYou best save your energy,â Chen Zhao said easily. âIf you keep yelling, youâll be dehydrated.â He turned to Kane, Karim, and Howard. âHey, you guys good?â
âNot good at all!â Kane said with gritted teeth. âI really regret angering you, madman.â
âSwimming a bit is just exercise.â
âThis is 100 nautical miles. No matter how fit we are, we canât swim all that under the sun.â
âIt depends on the person. Believe in yourself.â
âBelieve your *ss,â Kane said without energy. âEven a marathon athlete canât do 100 nautical miles.â
Some professional swimmers could swim dozens of kilometers across a strait, but that was under conditions where they could receive food and fresh water.
Even Chen Zhao couldnât swim 200 kilometers. However, he acted very calm as if there was nothing to worry about.
An hour later, the others had no more energy left. They could only float on the surface. Chen Zhao was still spirited. He swam around them all.
âCome on. We havenât even swum two kilometers. How come you all stopped? We still have a long way to go.â
âCrazyâŠcrazyâŠF*ck youâŠâ Laurent swore.
They all thought that they would die on the sea. They didnât know if Chen Zhao would die, but they were sure that they would die.
After floating for two more hours, it was already noon.
Laurent didnât even have the energy to speak anymore. Everyone was dehydrated and the sun was even brighter now.
Chen Zhao was still very lively. This bastard is too fit, everyone thought. He clearly moved more than them, but he still wasnât tired.
Everyone had surrendered to their fate. They were too small. Compared to the vast sea, they were nothing.
They couldnât see land, couldnât see hopeâŠ
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âLook, whatâs that?â Chen Zhao suddenly called out, pointing into the distance.
Everyone saw a black two-meter-tall fin on the water surface. They were all shocked.
âA killer whale!â Kane yelled. âItâs a killer whale. Weâre deadâŠweâre deadâŠâ