When the young man heard the loud splash, he immediately stopped the motorboat and turned to look at his girlfriend, he was worried that she dropped something which he had to fetch for her but as he turned to look behind him, his expression changed at once. His eyes could not help but shake when he realized that his girlfriend was missing from the motorboat.
" Honey? Don't scare me, come out now." The young man told the woman as if he thought that she was playing hide and seek in the middle of the ocean. " Fck!"
When he realized that his girlfriend was not swimming back into the motorboat, panic took control over him and he rushed towards the end of the motorboat where he saw his girlfriend's handbag floating. Instinctively seized over him and then he stretched his hand over to get hold of the handbag but as soon as his finger curled around the strap of the bag which was floating in the water, something zoomed out of the water and then clasped hold of his wrist.
The man looked at the thing which was holding his hand and his eyes could not help but widen as he opened his mouth to scream but just as his lips parted, the thing inside the water tugged his wrist causing him to fall over inside the water which looked seemingly calm.
A second later the beautiful blue turned dangerous red as the smell of blood covered the entire surrounding. Waves and water crashed against the motor boat's surface before the water regained its sudden calmness and then the motor boat which was stranded in the middle of the ocean soon started to move before getting close to the cruise where another pile of motorboats which were laden with clothes and bags were pushed to the side.
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On the other side of the cruise, Su Qingzhao was telling his aunt off for getting entangle with people like the young man who was simply not worth their time.
" Aunt, why did you have to mess with those people? If I was not here then you would have been slapped," as Su Qingzhao spoke, he couldn't help but roll his eyes a few times. He wished he did not let that man go so easily, if only he had grabbed hold of that young man, he would have surely punched him so hard that he would have pooped his teeth for a week!
Su Qian looked at her nephew who was getting worried for nothing and sighed, " All right calm down, why don't you tell me how did you find about this cruise? I don't think that this is something that your father would have told you about."
This was something that was nagging her for quite a while, though her nephew was a bit rebellious, he would not sneak out of the house for so long and that too without telling his father whom he was so scared of where he was going, if he came to this cruise without telling her brother then it could only mean that someone was guiding him from behind.
As soon as Su Qian spoke, Su Qingzhao's expression turned awkward as he opened his mouth and replied, " It...It was Huo Lan. She bombed her college entrance exam which was why she said that she was coming on this cruise, I could not let her come here alone which is why I came with her, anyway, I did not do a good job in the exams either."
' It's that girl again,' if Su Qian doubted Huo Lan earlier, now she was completely assured that the girl had something terrible planned for her nephew, if not then why would she call him here and how was it even possible for that girl who did not even have fifty thousand yuan in her pockets to know about such an expensive cruise unless someone told her!
She suppressed the anger in her heart and instead asked, " Was she the one who asked you not to tell your father about this cruise?"
Though Su Qingzhao was a bit startled by that question, even his expression turned awkward but he still answered truthfully as he nodded his head and replied, " That's right, auntie. Lan'er was worried that her mother would find out that she bombed the exams which was why she asked us not to tell our parents but don't worry, she truly has no ill will."
" In fact, she did not want to come here with her, it was us who forced our way."
' Only an idiot would believe something like that,' Su Qian rolled her eyes, she already had a good idea that the woman named Huo Lan deliberately pulled her nephew into this mess, but she was worried that it will be tracked down to her which was why she refused to let these stupid kids tell their parents where they were going and upon whose requests.
But why?
Su Qian was sure that the girl had no good intentions, in fact visiting the temple of Jing was also a lie. So, why was she even here? Su Qian was indeed confused by the actions of that woman but she knew that it had something to do with that island. Her eyes flickered as she thought about something and then took out the handful of talismans which she had accumulated after using most of her savings and pushed them into the hands of her nephew.
" Qingzhao, I will not stop you from going down that island but this is something that has my goodwill if you refuse to take it with you then I will jump down this cruise for you to see, do you dare to say no?" Su Qian knew that her nephew was hard when faced with a forceful approach but when used an emotional one, he will end up agreeing and sure enough, when he heard Su Qian's threats which were laced with self-harm, he couldn't refuse Su Qian and sighed,
" Fine, I will take them, auntie." Though Su Qingzhao thought that these talismans were nothing but a waste of paper bits but for the sake of keeping his aunt from acting up, he could only put them in his pockets and promise that he will place them all in his backpack.
His father often told him that his aunt was a woman and as a man, he should give in to her whims which was why he could only act as a gentleman and give into the wishes of his aunt.
Only then did Su Qian's heart go down in her chest, she looked at the troublesome nephew of hers and silently hoped that he will not need those talismans, even though she hated the way he was looking at her like she had been fooled by someone, Su Qian still hoped for Su Qingzhao's well being.
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Su Qingzhao stepped out of his aunt's room and headed straight to his room where he placed all the talismans in his backpack, he was afraid that if Luo Shan or anyone else caught him carrying these talismans, they will make fun of her but even so, when he was not paying attention he ended up missing an S grade talisman which was left in his back pocket.
While he was stuffing the talismans in the bottom of his pack, he heard the sound of a door opening as Luo Shan walked inside and looked at him with a frown when he saw that he was crouching on the floor.
" What are you doing here?" Luo Shan asked when he saw his friend who was sitting on the floor and rummaging in his backpack.
When Su Qingzhao heard Luo Shan's voice he jolted in shock before he cleared his throat and then said, "It's nothing, I was looking for my favourite snack and nothing else. Why are you here? Did you not go to the buffet to eat ?"
Upon Su Qingzhao's reminder, Luo Shan smacked his hand on his forehead and then said in a loud voice, " Damn, how could I forget such an important thing! The motorboats which were taken to the island had returned, I think those people did not find anything and came back to the cruise. I just saw Madam Xue who went to the island she looks really out of it maybe she did not find the crew ."
" Of course, they did not, how can those old fashion people find out where the crew is hiding, I bet they are somewhere around the temple." Su Qingzhao rolled his eyes as he said this, he was fully convinced of the fact that the crew was hiding in the dark and only making a joke with them which was why he did not take the matter of the Xue family returning seriously. Instead, he picked up his bag and then said, " Why don't we go and take a look now? I bet we will drag those crew members from their hiding spot pretty soon."
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