You Owe Me, My Love
Chapter 295

Chapter 295 Thankful For You

After some time, Bai Rong opened her eyes. It was already nighttime and her surroundings weredark

A rope was tied around her wrists and ankles and she could feel herself floating on a surface. Sheguessed that she must be in the middle of the ocean.

“Rong, Rong.”

Suddenly, she heard Gu Mingchen'’s voice and wondered if she could be hallucinating. Did she reallymiss that man so much?

“Rong, Rong.” Gu Mingchen'’s voice sounded again.

This time around, she was sure that it was him and replied, “I'm here! Gu Mingchen, Gu Mingchen!”A beam of light from a torch shone in the darkness as Gu Mingchen lifted the lid of the woodenbox.

Bai Rong was surprised to see the man and asked, “Why are you here?”

Gu Mingchen immediately started untying the ropes constraining Bai Rong while he explained, “It'sa long story. Let's leave this place first. Chen Bin is waiting for us.”

“Chen Bin is here too?” Bai Rong panicked at once. Grabbing Gu Mingchen’s arm, she said in afluster, “Chen Bin is Lu Xingzhou's man! It was him who kidnapped me.”

"What?" Gu Mingchen sensed danger. At the same time, he heard a sound from outside. When heopened the windows, he saw a bright blaze of light traveling at top speed towards them.

Having no time to think, the man grabbed Bai Rong'’s hand and jumped out of the

window. Boom! In the next instant, a bomb landed on the ship and exploded. Deafening soundsfrom the explosion continued for the next few seconds. In no time, the ship was shattered intopieces and sank.

A glint of shock flickered over Gu Mingchen'’s face. His head was throbbing badly as differentimages and scenarios flashed across his mind.

He shook his head, trying his best to clear his mind and his headache subsided a little. The manlooked towards Bai Rong, who was equally shocked, and said, “Wait for me here.”

Bai Rong clutched Gu Mingchen’s hand as tightly as she could.

It was just the both of them left drifting in the middle of the vast ocean.

She was aware that she was getting weaker and soon, she would be drained of energy and drown.She did not want Gu Mingchen to leave her side at that moment as she wanted to be with him tillthe end, if that was indeed their fate.

“We're running out of time. I'll explain it to you after I come back,” the man said urgently and diveddown.

That left Bai Rong all by herself. Her surroundings were pitch-black and the ocean was so vast thatthere was no end in sight.

She felt as if she had experienced the same situation in one of her dreams, her being all alone, facedwith endless darkness and desolation.

Just then, she recalled a television program she came across previously. It was about a survivor of ashipwreck accident and how he managed to save himself.

Bai Rong removed her trousers and trapped some air before tying a knot at the hem of the trousersThen, she looped the trousers around her neck, using it as swim ring. The television programmentioned that she could last for around two hours in the ocean using that method.

But what would happen two hours later?

She was quite certain that she was in the middle of the ocean. Even if she got lucky and did not geteaten by sharks, she would also die of either hunger or thirst.

After a long while, Gu Mingchen was still nowhere to be seen.

Bai Rong did not see a point in surviving if she was all alone.

Seven minutes later, large wooden planks started appearing next to the woman, giving her a fright.The next moment, Gu Mingchen resurfaced, gasping for breath.

"Gu Mingchen!” When Bai Rong saw the man, she beamed in delight.

As long as she was next to him, she would feel safe and warm even if they were in the depths ofhell.

Gu Mingchen smiled at Bai Rong and said, “We are lucky that there's no wind today. Hold on to thisplank of wood first. I'll connect the wooden planks together.”

"OK," Bai Rong replied.

Gu Mingchen swam away and Bai Rong lost sight of him once again. However, she could still hearthe splashing of water and felt comforted knowing that he was just nearby.

She put on her trousers and propped herself onto a wooden plank. The woman felt strangely atpeace.

Half an hour later, Gu Mingchen tied the remaining three wooden planks together and swamtowards Bai Rong.

“I'll just tie yours at the end,” Gu Mingchen said with a smile.

The man rarely smiled, making his smile at that moment even more precious and comforting to BaiRong.

“I'll help you,” Bai Rong offered.

Gu Mingchen nodded and said, “Come over and push on these wooden planks. Use as muchstrength as you can and try to lift the other side.”

“OK.” Bai Rong and Gu Mingchen exchanged positions.

The woman used all her might to exert force on the wooden plank but as she did not have enoughstrength, she had to use her entire body weight to push on the plank.

Gu Mingchen also pushed onto the wooden plank on his side and passed the rope to Bai Rong fromunderneath.

They managed to succeed on their first try and Gu Mingchen steadied the planks with the rope,creating a makeshift raft.

"How did you replace so many ropes?” Bai Rong asked curiously.

"I found them when I was looking for you. Also, apart from the wooden box which they used tokeep you in, the bed and wine barrel were also made of wood. It was a pity that the wine barrel wasshattered in the explosion and we can't make use of it. Climb up first,” Gu Mingchen explained."OK." Bai Rong climbed onto the wooden planks and steadied herself by lying on her belly. She didnot dare to move in case she fell into the ocean and caused trouble for Gu Mingchen again.

As Gu Mingchen propped himself up onto the raft as well, he pulled up a few plastic bags from thewater.

"What are these?” Bai Rong asked, perplexed.

“There was a water dispenser on the ship which was half full. But too bad it was also gone from theexplosion. I managed to replace three bottles of water. If we drink them slowly, they should be able tolast us a couple of days. I've also gathered some empty plastic bottles so that we can make somedistilled water. I've also taken a few other random items. Who knows, maybe they would be of someuse to us,” Gu Mingchen said.

“How did you manage to accomplish so much within such a short period of time?” Bai Rong wasimpressed, thinking that soldiers were indeed extraordinary and admirable.

“I'm not very good at holding my breath. Usually, I can only do it for seven to eight minutes. TheGuinness world record holder is an Italian named David Merlini. He held his breath for 20 minutesand 55 seconds.”

“Is it even possible to not breathe for 20 minutes and 55 seconds?” Bai Rong was bewildered.“There's specialized training required in order to achieve that. There's a group of women who livedby the sea. They can hold their breaths for an average of three to four minutes to search under thesea. The better ones can go up to seven or eight minutes without breathing. However, it's still a riskto our bodies to do that. Usually, it's not advisable.”

“Have you also undergone special training to learn to hold your breath?” Bai Rong asked whilecocking her head to the side.

Even though she had known Gu Mingchen for quite some time, she had never asked him muchabout his military affairs.

“Yup. We need it for battle.” As Gu Mingchen replied, some images flashed across his mind and helowered his head.

During one of his missions, he was immediately recognized by the enemy after he boarded the shipand a fight ensured.

As the other party was outnumbered, he set off all the explosives on the ship.

As Gu Mingchen jumped off the ship, his head was struck by shattered parts of the ship and he lostconsciousness. When he woke up after being rescued, he had already lost part of his memories.“Gu Mingchen, Gu Mingchen,” Bai Rong shouted his name.

Gu Mingchen snapped back to his senses and looked at the woman.

That day, in order to test him, the enemies captured Bai Rong and told him that she was GuMingchen's girlfriend. When Gu Mingchen left, he secretly instructed his men to save her.

During that time, she was at Jin Yang City investigating Lu Liangcheng, while he was atJadeborough, carrying out a mission related to the heavy bombings.

That was related to the Gray Wolf exercise, during which someone set off explosives, causing eightsoldiers to suffer varying degrees of injuries.

The terrorist behind the bombing was Miller. He did not die in the explosion as he had driven off ina yacht after recognizing Gu Mingchen.

“Rong, I remember everything now,” Gu Mingchen said in his deep voice.