The rain stopped as quickly as it came. The next day, the sun rose again. Looking at the rosy clouds in the east, it was clear that it would be a good day.
The boy slept through the night. The Native American ointment was effective. It relieved the boy's pain in a short time. In the morning, he went to the toilet. His face was no longer in pain.
The two sides were getting closer, and Li Du could not wait to move towards his goal.
He took out a photo of Steve and the Ford brothers and showed it to the boy. "Have you seen them?"
He should have asked the boy the day before, but the boy was scared. Li Du was worried that even if he knew something, he would not tell the truth. So he waited until today, when their relationship was better.
The boy looked at the photo and shook his head. Li Du felt sad. The boy shook his head, then nodded. He mumbled something that Li Du could not understand.
Brother Wolf was more attentive. He took out his phone and turned on the recording function. Even if they could not understand, they could find someone who understood Eskimo language to translate.
Young Markelov had an idea. He said, "If we can't understand each other, let's use hand gestures. Come, move aside and let me …"
He gestured for a while, and the boy looked confused. The boy gestured for a while, and Young Markelov looked confused. Just like that, the plan was put on hold.
Li Du wanted to know who else was on the island, but he could not get an answer.
It would be useless to stay on the island and search around like a headless fly. Li Du decided to take the teenager away and find a doctor in town to check on his knee. At the same time, he would look for someone who understood Eskimo language to communicate with the teenager.
Because there was no way to communicate, he did not say much. He found someone to make a stretcher out of sticks and tent cloth and carried the boy to the lake.
The boy did not react at first, but when he reached the lake, he cheered up, waving his arms and shouting at the lake.
Young Markelov teased, "Man, stop shouting. He can't talk. Even if he could, he wouldn't understand your Eskimo language."
The others laughed. They took out the raft, re-inflated it, and rowed to the opposite shore.
When the young man boarded the boat, he suddenly became anxious. He waved his hands and shouted. Li Du did not understand what he was doing, but his swaying body caused the kayak to lose its balance. He quickly said, "Hey, young man, calm down, calm down, okay?"
His words were wasted. The boy did not listen. As the raft gradually crossed the lake and approached the shore, he became more agitated.
The raft swayed more and more violently. Suddenly, the boy jumped into the water.
Although it was June, the temperature was not high because it was close to the North Pole. It was not pleasant to jump into the lake in such weather.
Li Du said helplessly, "What are you doing? Hurry up and save him. He can't even move his legs. "
Young Markelov smiled casually. "It's okay, boss. Since he can get to the Island of the Lost, it means that he can swim. Even if his legs can't move, he can still swim. At least he won't drown. "
"Brother". He as Brother was. was moving. he he he as he as he as he could.
Then, Li Du waited for a while. Brother Wolf, who was the first to enter the water, returned to the surface. He wiped the water off his face and said, "Boss, there's no one in the water!"
Li Du was stunned. "There's no one in the water? Where did he go? "
Brother Wolf shrugged. "I don't know."
The others swam to the surface one after another. Their answers were the same. "Boss, I don't know where the boy went. I can't find him!"
Li Du took a deep breath and said, "Do you have any diving goggles? Put them on and go down. He just jumped into the water. How could he be gone? "
There was no pollution here. The lake should have been clear, but the truth was the opposite. The water was muddy. Only the surface was clear, so the waves were transparent. Looking into the water, one's vision was poor.
Anyone who had dived before knew that without the help of diving goggles, one's vision would be even worse. One could only see their surroundings clearly after putting on the goggles.
However, they had not brought the goggles with them to the island. They had left them in the car. It would be too late to go back and get them.
Li Du stared blankly at the surface of the lake, straining his eyesight. He waited for a full half an hour, but he did not see the young man surface.
The Markelov brothers did not believe it and jumped into the water to search. They searched the surroundings and even dived more than ten meters without any tools, but still did not find any trace of the boy.
"Damn it," Young Markelov muttered. "Damn it, it's impossible. Even if he drowned, his body would have floated up, right? The water is deep. Even if there were water plants, they wouldn't be able to catch him. "
Li Du looked back at the Island of the Lost. It had rained all night last night, and the island was shrouded in mist. From a distance, the island looked even more mysterious.
In addition, the mist was steaming and swaying with the wind. It seemed that the space was a little distorted, which made the island look strange in addition to its mystery.
He waved and said, "Never mind, let's go."
The primary purpose of this expedition was safety. He felt that everything had been too abnormal since he set foot on the Island of the Lost. For safety's sake, he did not want to stay on the lake.
Lake Angikuni was deep and vast, and there was no other life on the water except for water birds. The surroundings were sparsely populated, so Li Du did not feel safe staying on such a lake.
The lake shimmered and the sun shone brightly, but Li Du's heart was gloomy.
When they reached the shore, Black Bull and Whirlwind, who were in charge of guarding the car, immediately came up and asked, "Any news?"
Li Du shook his head, and Black Bull quickly said, "There's news from Fruity Town. We left our phone number in the town, and someone called and said that a strange guy appeared in the town."
"We also called you, but we couldn't get through. There was no signal. If you hadn't returned today, we would have gone to look for you at noon," Whirlwind added.
Li Du said, "Yes, the island is strange, there is no signal. What strange fellow had appeared in that town? Come on, let's go and have a look. "
He had also left his phone number in the town, but he had no signal on the island, so he did not receive the call.
On the way, his phone rang again. It was the bartender. When he picked up, the bartender's exaggerated voice rang out, "Thank God, you finally picked up! I've called you hundreds of times, man, hundreds of times, but you never picked up! "
The bartender was so enthusiastic not only because he was enthusiastic, but also because Li Du had said that if he provided useful information, he would be rewarded.
For a small border town, it was rare to have such a generous customer like Li Du, and he had to hold on to him tightly.
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