Chapter Twenty-Nine: Caught in a Desperate Situation
Mu Xiaobai immediately greeted him with a hippie smile and said, "It's such a brother, one of my companions has malaria, and I am looking for you just to see if you can give me some medicine." ”
The pirate immediately rolled his eyes and said impatiently, "Go back!
"I really need medicine urgently, can you do it?"
"No, go back!"
Mu Xiaobai saw that he had hit a wall, so he had to secretly hand over a small piece of bacon to him.
The pirate, who had not eaten for two days, looked at the piece of meat, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly put the piece of meat into his own hands, afraid that someone else would find out.
"I can find a way to find you medicine, but I need this exchange?"
The pirate shook his clenched fist.
Mu Xiaobai said: "Do you think this is enough? This is all my inventory." ”
When the pirate saw it, he immediately reached out and wanted to snatch it.
Mu Xiaobai dodged sensitively. whispered: "I need medicine for malaria, take the medicine, and we will pay for it with one hand and deliver it with the other." If you rob it, I'll just throw it in the sea. None of us can expect it. ”
A piece of meat rests on it in normal times, inconspicuous, but now on this ship without food, a piece of such meat can save a person's life, and pirates who have lived in a harsh environment for many years naturally understand this truth.
"Okay, you go back first, I'll get the medicine. ”
But Mu Xiaobai thought things simple.
As soon as he walked back to the cabin on his front foot, three pirates rushed in with his back foot. Aiming the Black Hole's gun at them, one of the pirates began to rummage around in their cabin, finding a long strip of leaf wrapped under a blanket from which several pieces of bacon were pulled out.
Seeing that his survival was about to be taken away, Mu Xiaobai pounced angrily, wanting to take back the food.
The pirate scuffled with him, and the bacon in the bag was scattered on the ground.
The two pirates on the opposite side stepped up one by one, raised the butt of their guns and smashed them into Mu Xiaobai's head....
When Mu Xiaobai woke up, he found that he was lying in Lin Qingqing's arms, and Lin Qingqing had already cried into a tearful person.
Maggie Liu was also looking at herself anxiously, her face was very pale, and when she saw Mu Xiaobai wake up, she approached with concern and asked, "Xiaobai, how do you feel?"
Mu Xiaobai struggled to sit up, shook his head and said, "I'm fine." ”
But when he looked at the messy and scattered leaves, he felt remorseful. The medicine has not been replaced, and the food is now gone.
Now that only the scattered yellowed leaves could satisfy his hunger in a pinch, he carefully picked them up piece by piece.
"The pirates didn't embarrass you after I fell unconscious, did they?"
Lin Qingqing said: "They picked up the food and left. Before leaving, we were warned not to make a statement. Otherwise we will die a terrible death. ”
Mu Xiaobai was silent.
The fog outside had not cleared for days, and the whole ship seemed lifeless, even if it made a little noise or a sound of talking, it sounded as if it was shrouded in cotton bales, limp.
The three of them have been in this suffocating cabin for a week, and now Maggie Lau is sick again, in order to avoid this oppressive atmosphere and not let the negative and uneasy emotions permeate. Mu Xiaobai suggested that the three of them take turns telling a story to distract them from this boring and depressing day. There was really no story to tell, so Mu Xiaobai proposed that each child have a show.
Mu Xiaobai sang a song "Just Because You Are Too Beautiful", the lyrics and five tones were incomplete, and the other two of Lei laughed. Seeing the smiles on the faces of the two, Mu Xiaobai's heart was somewhat calm.
Next, Lin Qingqing performed a dance, she was not a professional, her figure was soft and charming, and her dancing posture was smooth, which made the two people as the audience fascinated.
While the three of them were silent in this brief moment of joy, there was a rush of footsteps in the hallway, and the sound of a man begging for mercy was repeated.
I don't know what's going on outside? Then a gunshot rang out.
The group of pirates was killing again, and the hearts of the three of them were immediately raised to their throats. It always feels like staying on this pirate ship is like having a sword of Damocles hanging over your head, and if you are unlucky, this death will befall you.
The three of them were silent, and Maggie Lau felt a little guilty in her heart, it wasn't for her stubbornness at the beginning, if she had to insist on negotiating with the pirates, the three of them would not face the current predicament and danger.
Night reigned again, and there was a knock on the cabin door.
Mu Xiaobai opened the door in confusion and saw that it was the pirate who had been delivering them food for the past few days.
"It's your dinner. ”
Mu Xiaobai was very surprised by the abrupt meal, looking at the soup in the three stainless steels, and there were a few pieces of dazzling meat, thinking that it was the three pirates, he showed mercy and gave everyone the bacon.
Mu Xiaobai took a closer look at the bacon, this meat was very fresh.
"Did you call the whales?"
The pirate shook his head and smiled mysteriously, "The whales didn't hit it, but we have other food to find." ”
After the pirate left, the three of them gathered in front of the cutlery, smelling the meat, already salivating.
Mu Xiaobai took the lead in picking up a cutlery and brought the edge of the cutlery to his mouth. An ominous feeling arose, and a gunshot rang out in the afternoon.
"Don't eat it!" Mu Xiaobai suddenly stopped loudly.
The two who were about to eat hurriedly stopped what they were doing.
"This meal... Toxic?"
"No, there's something wrong with this meat...... Probably human flesh. ”
After hearing this, the two were so frightened that they hurriedly put down the cutlery in their hands.
"I'm just wondering where the meat comes from when they haven't had food for two days and haven't caught whales?"
"They can't be so cruel as to use their own kind as food, right?"
"They're pirates, they live on the harsh seas all year round, and they can do anything. Even if we ordinary people encounter the dilemma of life and death, they will do incredible things, the United States News once reported a side of the news, after a boat capsized, seven people escaped to a lifeboat, waiting to be rescued during the time, they in order to survive, collectively killed a weak and unconscious boy, relying on his blood and flesh to maintain their lives, among the six people who survived, one of them was a university professor. ”
The three of them never touched the three cutlery again, but in order not to make the other side suspicious, Mu Xiaobai pretended to go to the toilet and poured the soup and meat into the toilet.
The three hungry men felt in the cabin that their bodies and spirits had reached their limits. What's more unfortunate is that Maggie Lau's malaria is getting worse and worse, and the interval between onset cases is getting shorter and shorter.
Mu Xiaobai had no choice but to beg the pirates, and after learning the lesson of the last time, he went directly to the captain Qian Buzhan.
But Qian Buzhan just shook his head and said: "There is no medicine on my ship, and a few days ago, someone on my ship had malaria, and I threw it directly into the sea." I have not commanded them to throw your companions into the sea, because you are my guests, and I should be polite. ”
Mu Xiaobai had no choice but to return to the cabin dejectedly.