On the boat, Li Younan maintained his exercise routine, and there was a room specially designated as the gym, equipped with a treadmill and all sorts of barbells and dumbbells.
Li Younan, however, didn’t do much strength training. His physical capabilities were enhanced by a system, reaching a level of functional perfection. In fact, even without any exercise, he wouldn’t regress. Running was merely for relaxation.
Besides running, the exercise he did most was swimming.
Every day, once they found an anchorage point and the boat was stabilized, Li Younan would go to the lower deck, change into his diving suit, and swim a few laps in the sea, or dive.
Currently, these exercises were his solitary endeavor, as none of the other crew members had his aquatic skills, and Li Younan didn’t recommend them to join him in the water.
After swimming, he would rinse off on the boat and find himself in a very good mood.
Later on, Huang Xiaoyang got on the boat and, seeing the cool things Li Younan was doing, one day suddenly said to him, "I want to learn that diving thing you do."
Li Younan grinned, "You want to learn, huh."
Huang Xiaoyang scoffed, and didn’t bring up the subject with Li Younan again.
One afternoon, though, Li Younan saw Huang Xiaoyang secretly watching dive training videos by himself.
Watching Huang Xiaoyang’s antics, Li Younan found it amusing. Go ahead, try learning; if learning to dive could be accomplished just by watching video tutorials, then who needs instructors?
It was easy to foresee that Huang Xiaoyang would face some setbacks, which was quite entertaining.
The time on the boat quickly passed for more than ten days, and Li Younan and Liu Li’s relationship also continued to advance in a warm and steady manner. She gradually transformed from that JK girl into more of a competent girlfriend...even evolving towards that of a wife’s image.
Every day in the room, Liu Li would tidy things up while chattering away about miscellaneous topics, complaining about her brother, recalling how her parents got along when they were still around, and so on. It was clear she was completely ready to be accepted by Li Younan.
Occasionally, she would bring up topics beyond her family, with Jing Chaoyi being the most common subject.
Whenever it came to Jing Chaoyi, she would compare her parents with Jing Chaoyi’s parents a bit sentimentally, then lament, "Senior, she’s actually quite pitiful, her parents didn’t give her enough love, especially her father...sigh."
When Jing Chaoyi was mentioned, Li Younan’s usual response was just to nod and smile.
Once, Liu Li jokingly said, "After thinking it over, only you are worthy of a girl like Senior."
"Ah!"
"I’m kidding, hehe, what with your expression? Are you seriously considering it? Two women serving one husband?"
Li Younan playfully smacked Liu Li’s butt a few times until she begged for mercy.
The waves turned crimson.
After the passionate moment, Liu Li lay powerlessly on Li Younan’s chest, drawing circles with her finger on his chest, saying with slight annoyance, "You’re going to wear me out... hate you."
Then she added, "You’re really amazing."
"Mm."
"Come, let me listen to your heartbeat..."
"Mm."
"So strong and full of life!"
Being with Liu Li in this manner made him think that this much closely resembled what marriage might truly be like.
Of course, if marriage were really like this, it’d be quite nice.
From Zhoushan Archipelago, the Taiwan Strait, Guangdong, next came the first challenging part of this voyage—the Bashi Channel.
The Bashi Channel is the strait between Taiwan and the Philippines, also China’s main gateway to the Pacific Ocean, specifically between Taiwan Island and the Batanes Islands.
It’s also a busy international waterway, influenced by monsoons, and currently, the weather in the Bashi Channel was quite rough.
Regarding the wave conditions, Li Younan was naturally unperturbed, as the waves there were nowhere near the design limits of this yacht.
However, the route would not pass through the Bashi Channel but traverse southward along its western edge, with the destination being Manila Bay.
Nonetheless, the weather in this sea area should not be underestimated, prompting all crew members to remain at their posts diligently, maintaining an operational workload of over 80%.
Due to avoiding commercial shipping lanes, a night voyage was adopted, during which a brief thunderstorm was encountered, but fortunately, it was safely navigated.
The next morning, as the weather cleared, everyone’s spirits brightened.
Li Younan was in the cockpit with Qin Yue and Jing Chaoyi reviewing the radar data when they suddenly heard someone outside shout, "Whale! Whale!"
At the call, except for Qin Yue who remained unfazed, both Li Younan and Jing Chaoyi couldn’t help but feel excited and hurried down from the flybridge.
They saw, within a few hundred meters from them, a white mist column first appeared, the vapor gently lifted and dispersed at the top into a fluffy fan shape, standing three to four meters high.
As the mist column dissipated, the gray-black back surfaced in a smooth arc, carrying the moist luster of the deep sea, like a rock polished by the ocean.
It stayed for no more than two to three seconds without any extra movement, making it hard to see the dorsal fin’s shape before slowly submerging, leaving behind a spreading ripple on the ocean surface.
Having previously only seen whales on television, but actually witnessing such a massive creature in reality, it was truly a breathtaking experience, a marvelous feeling of "life can actually take such a form."
Occasionally, a few small fish would leap out of the water, their silver bodies glistening in the sunlight before "plopping" back in, creating tiny ripples quickly smoothed by the wake trailing the boat.
Xuanhuan and Tuantuan, two landlubbers unaccustomed to the sea, dutifully stayed on the deck, not daring to fly too far from the boat even if they occasionally took flight, prompting Li Younan to mockingly scold them as "good-for-nothings."
The initial voyage was so calm and peaceful that...three months later, when Li Younan awoke alone on an unknown deserted island, it felt dreamlike.
Who the hell could’ve predicted things would develop like this?
...
Three months later.
Location, a certain unknown island in the Pacific Ocean.
Li Younan sat on the beach, gazing at the small island a kilometer or two across from his island.
The island across seemed to span several square kilometers, densely covered with vegetation.
But that’s not the most important thing.
The most crucial thing is, at the time the ocean current pushed him here, but the wreckage of the plane should be closer to the waters near the opposite island.
He let out a wry chuckle...
For such a thing to happen, truly is...
Currently, everyone on the yacht is out of contact with him; they should be still in Singapore waiting for his news.
It’s truly a dilemma.
Uncertain if the information about the plane crash has been communicated.
The immediate priority now is to find a way to contact them.
But more urgently...is surviving.
Both of these immediate priorities compel Li Younan to find a way to reach the opposite island.
Robinson Crusoe?
Castaway survival?
Now, it’s Younan’s Drifting Story, facing a more severe and troublesome situation than the protagonists of those works.
Li Younan, with a slight sigh, checked over his available supplies.
A set of clothes.
Shoes.
A solar-powered multifunction outdoor watch.
That’s it.
For anyone else, turning the situation around with just these would be impossible.
But Li Younan isn’t despairing yet.
After all, he is Li Younan.
So...let’s swim across.
He took a deep breath and looked over at that island.

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