A guy tagged along with Lu Yuan. The former was standing on the top deck and pointing at Su Zhan, who was busy looking for Qin Ya.
The tiny dot looked like a human, and Lu Yuan was in a hurry to locate Liu Feifei, so finding any survivor was good news for him. Lu Yuan quickly had his people get the boat over.
Su Zhan and Lu Yuan knew one another, but they weren’t close. They never chatted or worked together before, and they were acquaintances at most.
When Lu Yuan saw who the man in the water was, he cleared his throat and asked, “Where is Liu Feifei?”
Su Zhan shifted his gaze up. Water dripped down from his hair and blurred his vision, but he could still see who the man was. He knew that Lu Yuan was the one talking to him. “Help me locate someone, and I will tell you where Liu Feifei is,” said Su Zhan.
Lu Yuan scoffed, “Look at the state you’re in. How can you talk terms with me? If it hadn’t been for me, you would’ve drowned.”
What is Lu Yuan doing here? Something must’ve happened, and it must be related to Liu Feifei. That is why he is looking for her.
“That is my only condition, and you’re right. There is nothing I can do if you don’t help me, but you can forget about ever locating Liu Feifei if you don’t.”
Lu Yuan deliberated. Everyone knew Su Zhan and Zong Jinghao were friends. Lu Yuan’s father was collaborating with Zong Jinghao. If Su Zhan died because Lu Yuan refused to extend a helping hand… well, things would be bad.
To make matters worse, the company was in hot water because of Liu Feifei. Lu Yuan could not afford to let the woman share any other videos or news online.
“Fine, I’ll help you find your friend,” replied Lu Yuan. He was there to capture Liu Feifei, so naturally, he had a number of excellent swimmers with him.
“Who are you looking for?” asked Lu Yuan.
“A woman.”
Lu Yuan seemed to have sensed what that matter meant to Su Zhan, so the former waved his hand and instructed, “Do your best to locate that person.”
It was extremely difficult to locate a woman in the vast ocean,. The longer it took them to locate the woman, the less likely that she would survive.
Su Zhan and Lu Yuan had the men spread out to expand the search.
Then, someone suddenly shouted, “I found somebody.”
Su Zhan swam over as quickly as he could. His heart thumped faster as he got closer. He was hopeful and terrified at the same time. He was hopeful about the person being Qin Ya, but was terrified that she might already be dead.
As he got closer, he saw the person’s face. Her wet hair had hidden over half of her face, but Su Zhan could tell that the person was Qin Ya.
Su Zhan pushed the other guy aside. He held Qin Ya in his arms as he swam and dragged her to the boat.
It took a couple men to get Qin Ya out of the water. Su Zhan slowly set her down and checked her heartbeat. It was mild, but it was there! “Turn the boat around right away!” growled Su Zhan.
Lu Yuan stared for a moment before he had his people take them back to land.
“Dry clothes. I need dry clothes.” murmured Su Zhan.
He then went as far as trying to snatch the coat off of Lu Yuan’s back.
Lu Yuan was dumbfounded for a second before he roared, “Are you out of your mind?”
“Hand me your clothes,” demanded Su Zhan. The weather was too cold, and he was worried that Qin Ya would get a fever. Everyone else had jumped into the water earlier, so only Lu Yuan had dry clothes on.
Lu Yuan bulged his eyes in bewilderment. “You’re gay?”
Su Zhan was tempted to cuss upon hearing that. Your mom’s gay.
He later snatched Lu Yuan’s coat off the man’s back then rushed to Qin Ya. He wrapped her in the coat and kept praying. Please be alright. You can’t die. I can’t let anything happen to you.
Su Zhan was on his knees. All he could think about was how calm Qin Ya looked when she stood on the boat, and how she wanted to die.
“Holy f*ck!” shouted Lu Yuan when he saw the bomb strapped on Qin Ya’s waist. It’s not gonna go off, is it?
The boat exploded because Liu Feifei wanted to kill Su Zhan and Qin Ya. She pressed the detonator and the bombs on the boat exploded. The bomb strapped on Qin Ya, however, never went off. Turned out, Su Zhan cut the right wire. The countdown paused at the last second, and the bomb never went off.
“Quick, hurry! Get rid of it,” roared Lu Yuan. He could barely form full sentences at that moment. It was a bomb. No one knew if it would still explode.
“You want us to throw the woman overboard?” asked a subordinate.
“I meant the bomb, you idiot!” growled Lu Yuan.
The man Lu Yuan called an idiot then reached out to take the bomb. However, Su Zhan suddenly turned around and glared over. “Do not touch her!”
“I’m not reaching for her. I just…” said the man. He trailed off and pointed at the bomb.
That was when Su Zhan realized that the bomb was still strapped to Qin Ya. Su Zhan quickly took the bomb off. When he did so, the timer on the bomb, which had since stopped, started counting down again. 1… 0…
Boom!
The bomb exploded at the exact moment Su Zhan tossed it out.
The explosion caused the water to fly over a few meters upward and rain down on the boat.
It was like a storm had hit the boat. The ripple also knocked on the boat and pushed it away.
Everyone on the boat took cover. The only one who remained at the same spot was Su Zhan. He was shielding Qin Ya the entire time.
When everything died down, Lu Yuan regained his composure and cussed, “F*ck! That bomb was live? Holy crap, we almost died.”
Lu Yuan thought the bomb was dormant since it hadn’t exploded yet. He didn’t think that it would go off so suddenly. If Su Zhan had delayed, even for a second, everyone on the boat would’ve been dead.
I wonder what kind of lunatic would strap a bomb to another human being? That is so cruel.
Lu Yuan quickly put two and two together. “Did Liu Feifei do that?”
Su Zhan ignored the guy. He wasn’t in the mood to do anything.
“Where is she?”
“Dead,” replied Su Zhan. He looked extremely grim at the time.
There was an explosion in the middle of the ocean. She would most definitely die if no one were there to rescue her.
Lu Yuan repeated, “Dead?”
She died before I could get ahold of her and torture her to settle the score?
Lu Yuan was a little sad to hear that. He loathed Liu Feifei and wanted to torture her in person. He wanted her to have a life worse than death.
Su Zhan was getting on his last nerve, so he urged, “Faster!”
Lu Yuan turned to the poor guy and replied, “We’re going as fast as we can. There’s no point in shouting.”
Su Zhan knew that as well, but he was too worried. The longer it took them to reach land, the more dangerous the situation was for Qin Ya.
Su Zhan reached out to part her hair and reveal the part of her face that was previously covered.
The right side of Qin Ya’s face was mutilated, and there were blackened bits on her skin.
Lu Yuan swallowed hard as he stood at the side, and he almost screamed aloud.
Doesn’t this mean that she is disfigured? thought Lu Yuan.
Su Zhan felt like his earth had shattered. His fingers trembled, and he didn’t dare to check any other parts of her face.
Words could not describe Su Zhan’s devastation at that moment.
It wasn’t just pain. He was also enduring a lot of disbelief and denial. He didn’t even dare to imagine how Qin Ya would react when she learned about her face. Will she be able to accept it?
The boat reached the shore at that moment, and Su Zhan carried Qin Ya off.
“How did Liu Feifei die? And where?” asked Lu Yuan. He wanted to see Liu Feifei’s corpse with his own eyes to confirm that she was dead.
Su Zhan walked toward his car. Lu Yuan’s voice was loud and clear when he asked that question, but Su Zhan acted as if he couldn’t hear a thing. It was likely that Su Zhan was in a daze.
A man standing beside Lu Yuan suggested, “She’s probably under the ocean right now.”
It was obvious that both Lu Yuan and Su Zhan hated Liu Feifei and wanted revenge. As such, Su Zhan wouldn’t have kept anything if Liu Feifei actually escaped.
Given his current state, I’m guessing he wanted Liu Feifei dead as much as Lu Yuan does.
Lu Yuan turned around and stared at the vast ocean. It would be difficult for him to locate Liu Feifei’s corpse at that moment.
Qin Ya was in such a terrible shape. it was likely that Liu Feifei wasn’t any better off either.
“She got what she deserved,” murmured Lu Yuan before he got off the boat as well. He had to go back to his post and deal with the mess that Liu Feifei made.
Su Zhan, on the other hand, sped toward the hospital.
He carried Qin Ya into the emergency room as he screamed, “Quick. Please save her.”
