"Plop."
The sound of a heavy object falling into water was followed by a scream: "Damn it!"
"Shi Xingwu! You're really embarrassing me!" Kicking the water with his feet, Bai Yuqi couldn't believe his eyes as he looked at the person standing on the shore.
The entire ship was brightly lit for the night's ghost-hunting activities, and with the vastness of the starry river, Bai Yuqi could clearly see Shi Xingwu's face.
"That's enough! Your crazy partner goes mad, and you follow suit!" Bai Yuqi swam towards the edge of the pool in a sorry state.
He was shivering all over, his teeth chattering. At this time of night, the water in the ship's swimming pool was bone-chillingly cold.
He should have asked someone to set the pool to a 24-hour constant temperature, so he wouldn't be in such a sorry state.
And this Shi Xingwu was too stubborn!
He threw him into the pool and right into the deep end!
If he couldn't swim, he would have staged a tragic life event right now!
Just then, a sharp pain shot through him, and Bai Yuqi's handsome features contorted completely: "Damn it! I've got a cramp!"
It hurt so much!
Without even time to call for help, Bai Yuqi began to sink. He watched Shi Xingwu on the shore flailing his arms, but could only see Shi Xingwu looking at him with a cold indifference.
Those eyes were colder and more piercing than the water in the pool tonight.
They chilled him to the bone.
At this moment, Bai Yuqi's mind was filled with only one thought: this kid really wanted to kill him!
...
"Plop."
Another sound of a heavy object falling into the water was heard, and Shi Xingwu, without much effort, hauled Bai Yuqi ashore.
Lying prone on the edge of the pool, Bai Yuqi coughed violently, his throat burning from swallowing several mouthfuls of pool water.
For a brief moment, he truly felt as if he were going to die.
"Shi... Xing... Wu... you!" As Bai Yuqi raised his head, he met Shi Xingwu's gaze.
"How does it feel to be in danger?" Shi Xingwu's tone was cold and flat. "Is the taste of near-death pleasant?"
"!" Bai Yuqi choked. The normally glib Bai Yuqi was now speechless.
Shi Xingwu raised his hand and patted Bai Yuqi's shoulder. "If it were that Siri sister who ran away from home that night who encountered danger, do you think anyone would have saved her?
Do you know? That was a human life."
After saying this, Shi Xingwu turned and walked away. His clothes, wet from the pool water, clung tightly to his body, outlining his nearly perfect muscular physique.
Bai Yuqi watched Shi Xingwu's retreating back, coughed a few more times, and then muttered irritably, "Are all these young kids these days so annoying? Truly..."
Straining to support himself, Bai Yuqi lay back on the deck, gazing at the vast starry river with a somewhat vacant expression.
A gust of wind blew, causing him to shiver: "Shi Xingwu... you could at least carry me back... my leg has a cramp... Ah-choo!
Damn it, am I going to have to lie here all night?
That would really be the death of me!
Ah-choo—"
In reality, Bai Yuqi did not end up lying by the pool all night.
Li Xiaozhong, after finishing with the ship's doctor, specifically came to pick Bai Yuqi up.
Li Xiaozhong knew Shi Xingwu's personality well and was afraid that if he got too angry, he might do something irreversible.
Seeing that Shi Xingwu had only drowned Bai Yuqi once, Li Xiaozhong breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed Shi Xingwu was restraining himself.
Having finally been rescued, Bai Yuqi leaned on Li Xiaozhong, letting him support him as they walked back to his room, complaining unhappily, "That Shi Xingwu is really something! Stubborn! He really meant to hurt me!"
Li Xiaozhong listened quietly, offering no reply, and safely escorted Bai Yuqi back to his room.
"Oh dear, my leg..." Bai Yuqi, back in his room, still felt extremely cold, especially his leg. The pain from the cramp had not yet subsided. "I really don't understand why you're friends with Shi Xingwu! Who can stand his personality! I'm the owner of this ship!"
"It is precisely because of his personality that I am friends with him," Li Xiaozhong finally replied to Bai Yuqi's incessant complaints.
"Huh? Are you a masochist?" Bai Yuqi looked at Li Xiaozhong in disbelief.
Li Xiaozhong looked at you with calm eyes: "The reason I went to find you by the pool is because you are the owner of this ship, and because you have the Bai family of Kyoto behind you. I am a worldly person, I know how to avoid risks, and I know how to cause less trouble."
Hearing Li Xiaozhong's words, Bai Yuqi's gaze shifted slightly.
"I was also very angry about the matter with Lei Xirui today, but I won't meddle. I'll keep my anger inside. In the future, my gaze towards you might carry contempt," Li Xiaozhong continued. "But Shi Xingwu won't. He wears all his thoughts on his sleeve. Whether it's right or wrong, he has his own principles. He won't treat you any differently because of who you are. He will only act according to what you do.
He says this is his martial way, and I respect his martial way, and I respect his character.
Although he always acts without thinking and his words make people want to disown him in an instant.
But..."
He paused, then looked at Bai Yuqi: "He has never harmed anyone."
After saying this, Li Xiaozhong took a deep breath and said, "If young master Bai harbors any resentment because of this matter, he can challenge him to a one-on-one duel. However, young master Bai might not be able to win."
"Isn't that obvious..." Bai Yuqi muttered grumpily.
"If young master Bai intends to use the power of the Bai family to trouble a high school student, it would be rather undignified," Li Xiaozhong paused before curling his lips slightly. "However, at that time, the two irregular bank loans from the Bai family in the third quarter of last year and the falsification of accounts last quarter might not be able to be kept secret."
"!" Bai Yuqi was stunned. Before he could react, he saw Li Xiaozhong display a refined, gentlemanly smile. "Young master Bai, get some rest early. After all, starting tomorrow, you'll be serving tea to Lei Xirui. Good night."
With that, Li Xiaozhong turned and left, leaving Bai Yuqi alone, his mind filled with a barrage of abusive greetings, but not a single word could he utter.
In the end, he could only sneeze, hug himself in his shivering misery, and mutter: "Why is it like this... these young kids nowadays... are they all this terrifying..."
If Shi Xingwu was a brainless brute, then this Li Xiaozhong was truly a "white cut black"!
Oh dear...
Why are all the people around my sugar daddy like this!
The world is so dangerous, he wants to go back to the Bai family...
The Bai family...
Thinking of the Bai family, Bai Yuqi's expression darkened.
Even Li Xiaozhong had found out about the Bai family's problems. It was probably only a matter of time before others found leverage against the Bai family.
The Bai family...
"Ah-choo—"