Chapter 81: Yaoyao, Just Hold On a Bit Longer. [Got It, Xi Yun, You’re So Annoying…]
[Hiss! You bastard!]
Xi Yun, who had just earned a new title, paused in his embracing movement.
In the moment he grabbed the person, he had actually sensed something was wrong. Since that time they had helped each other out, the bed that originally had two quilts had quietly become one.
Facing each other day and night, with the person often burrowing into his arms at night, how could Xi Yun not recognize him?
He let go of the lifeless human figure in his hand and instead fumbled through the darkness toward Le Can. “Yaoyao, where does it hurt?”
Le Can covered his aching mouth with one hand and accurately grabbed the solid dark shadow with the other. The moment he touched that warm body temperature, his hovering heart finally settled.
Using his last bit of strength, Le Can swam to Xi Yun’s side and rested his chin on the man’s shoulder. His mouth hurt and he had no energy, so he was too lazy to speak and lazily resorted to his inner voice.
[That guy isn’t dead yet. Don’t let go completely, or the waves might wash him away.]
He had worked so hard to hold onto that person; he couldn’t let them lose their last breath now.
Xi Yun reached out to pull the ice-cold youth into his arms, lowering his head to gently touch the hair, ears, and cheeks of the person in his embrace with his nose, confirming his existence.
“Don’t worry, I won’t lose him…”
The two drenched people leaned against each other. The unconscious person, who had drifted a little further away, was grabbed by the collar by a large hand and had his head pulled out of the sea.
[Mhm.]
Le Can’s inner voice sounded sluggish, as if he had no strength left.
And that was indeed the case.
He had been provoked at the wedding, and although Xi Yun had someone bring food onto the stage later, Le Can hadn’t managed to eat more than a few bites. Then came the search, the fall into the sea, the self-rescue, and the rescue of another…
That little bit of food had long since been digested cleanly.
A gurgling sound came from where they were pressed together. The pain finally eased, and Le Can, exhausted like a limp noodle, said, “Xi Yun, I’m hungry…”
Actually, he was also very cold and very sleepy.
It felt like something was pressing down on his eyelids. At first, he could rely on the cold to stay alert. But after being found by Xi Yun, the warm body temperature was transferred from the other.
A sense of security and warmth suddenly tore through his precarious consciousness.
In the darkness, Xi Yun’s eyes turned cold and stern. He pressed his cheek against the side of the youth’s face, which seemed to have an abnormal temperature, his voice soft but carrying an indiscernible tension.
“Yaoyao, the search boat will be here soon. Once we’re on the ship and you’ve eaten, you won’t be hungry anymore.”
Le Can’s drooping eyes struggled to open slightly. “Is it reliable?”
He didn’t know how many of the enemy’s people were hidden on the cruise ship. If the first people to arrive weren’t on their side, this life he had worked so hard to save…
Hearing the forced voice in his ear, Xi Yun’s heart tightened.
He lowered his eyelids to suppress the emotions churning in his eyes, pursing his lips as he pressed them against the other’s brow. “Don’t worry.”
To put Le Can at ease and keep him from falling asleep, Xi Yun suppressed the stinging pain in his eyes caused by the overuse of his ability and explained patiently.
“Xie Jun is the person in the spotlight; she will draw most people’s attention. When I confirmed you were here, I already sent her a secret signal. She knows what to do next.”
“Once most of the people have left, Yuan Cheng will bring a small boat to pick us up. It should take about a few minutes. Yaoyao, just hold on a bit longer…”
His slightly trembling lips brushed against the corner of Le Can’s mouth. Le Can, who had been quietly closing his eyes, remained silent for a moment before suddenly opening his mouth and biting the thing that had been pestering his lips.
He seemed to grumble impatiently twice, “You’re so annoying.”
The force of the bite was far lighter than before, as if he were just holding it in his mouth. Xi Yun’s Adam’s apple bobbed. “Yes,” he replied in a hoarse voice.
“I’ll keep annoying you until we’re on the ship, so don’t sleep… okay?”
The person being asked didn’t answer quickly. Just as Xi Yun couldn’t help but want to use his X-ray vision to look, the person holding him in his teeth slowly increased the pressure.
[Got it, Xi Yun, you’re so annoying.]
A flash of a smile crossed Xi Yun’s eyes. He hesitated for a moment but ultimately did not use the last bit of his ability. Because… there was still a place where it could be used.
Amidst the silent communication between the two—one speaking and one thinking—a small boat quietly cut through the calm sea and headed in their direction.
The sea around them rippled again. Xi Yun endured the pain in his eyes and looked up.
In his silver-gray pupils, a strange silver light flashed. In the small boat, only the anxious-looking Yuan Cheng was present.
Xi Yun’s heart settled halfway.
He tightened his hold on Le Can and whispered coaxingly in his ear, “The boat is here. Hold on just a bit longer, okay?”
The head buried in the crook of Xi Yun’s neck moved, producing a faint humming sound.
Xi Yun lowered his head and placed a kiss behind the youth’s ear. “Soon, I promise.”
The man, with more than half of his body submerged in the sea, held the most important person tightly with one arm. He cast an indifferent glance at the other half-dead person, reached out to grab a random part of him, and swam with them toward the small boat.
Yuan Cheng, who had been entrusted with this heavy responsibility, looked at the small red dot on the probe screen getting closer and closer with trepidation, and then lunged forward in joy.
Because he didn’t dare turn on the lights, he could only widen his eyes to look at the large, pitch-black mass on the dark sea. As the other approached, he quickly reached out both hands to pull them up.
“Brother Yun, did you find Brother-in-law?!”
“How is he? Is he hurt? Brother-in-law, Brother-in-law, Brother-in-law…”
Xi Yun suddenly tossed the dead weight in his hand over. “Shut up.”
The scolded Yuan Cheng grinned happily. “As long as you’re okay, as long as you’re okay.”
Once his hands felt the object that had been tossed over, Yuan Cheng, whose spirit had finally relaxed, shuddered at the soft, bouncy, yet ice-cold sensation under his touch.
“My God, what is this thing?!”
Even though he was scared, Yuan Cheng didn’t dare throw away the thing in his hand. He felt his way along, pulling it onto the boat. From a small section to a larger torso, and then… he pulled up a person!
Yuan Cheng suddenly looked up toward where Xi Yun was boarding, his teeth chattering. “Brother, Yaoyao, he…”
He only saw a tall, dark figure carrying a slender person in a bridal carry under the faint moonlight.
The tears that were about to burst out were held back. Yuan Cheng widened his eyes to confirm that there were two people who had boarded after him. He looked blankly down at the third person in his hands.
Wait, how did they find two people?!
The probability of falling off a cruise ship was so low! Moreover, most falls were intentional. How did two people fall off their ship tonight?
Yuan Cheng couldn’t help but reach out to check the first unlucky guy’s breath.
Great, almost none…
Calming down, he pressed his fingers against the person’s carotid artery. The weak but still present pulse represented a miracle of life.
Yuan Cheng immediately sped up to drag the person back into the cabin.
The moment he turned on the cabin light and saw the face of the unlucky guy, Yuan Cheng, regardless of the shock, immediately began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and CPR.
Xi Yun, holding the increasingly unconscious Le Can, pursed his lips and took over the task of driving, quickly returning to the cruise ship.
At the same time, Liang Yusheng, who had received the message on the ship, quickly issued orders.
Multiple similar small rescue boats began to move on the sea. They silently merged with the boat that had left the group, covering for it as it circled around the main search party.
Along the way, boats left the rescue fleet while new ones joined. Only the one in the very center, though constantly changing its position in the fleet, remained within the group for almost the entire return journey.
When finally returning to the cruise ship, it paused quietly for a moment before heading back out to continue the search. Occasionally someone noticed it, but they quickly looked away.
While almost no one knew, the three of them—Le Can and the others—had already transferred to another boat and smoothly returned to the cruise ship. Using Xi Yun’s overextended X-ray vision, they avoided everyone on the way and safely returned to a room on a certain level of the ship.
Tung-tung-tung-tung-tung.
After a knock of two shorts, one long, one short, and another long, Auntie Liang, who was waiting behind the door with clenched hands, let out a massive sigh of relief. She quickly unlocked the door and welcomed them in.
“Yaoyao?!”
The called youth quietly closed his eyes, unconscious in the arms of the tall, drenched man. On his pair of fair, drooping hands were dense, bloody scratches.
As the seawater dripped from his clothes, the water sliding down his fingers mixed with the winding blood, turning into various shades of pink…
That face, which had gradually filled out after moving into the villa, was now deathly pale. His once-ruddy lips were tinged with blue, making everyone in the room ache with worry.
The medical personnel, whose communication devices had all been confiscated, immediately crowded around. Some checked his condition, some wiped away the water, some unbuttoned his clothes… and one looked hesitantly at the grim-faced boss.
Fortunately, the most senior elder among them, with completely white hair at his temples, spoke up and said the person was fine. He first quickly felt the youth’s dislocated wrist and cleanly snapped it back into place, then instructed Xi Yun to take him to the back to change out of his soaked clothes.
The one who was in trouble was the person Yuan Cheng had urgently brought up, who showed little reaction even after CPR.
“Prepare for defibrillation.”
The moment the order was given, everyone began to operate in an orderly fashion.
This time, there was no hesitation in stripping the clothes. The person, soaked through, was stripped and the surface water was wiped away. Defibrillation, chest compressions, and oxygen delivery were performed alternately.
The person lying flat on the emergency bed, whose chest had barely been moving, suddenly took a deep breath at a certain moment during the intense rescue process, showing a slight conscious reaction.
Yuan Cheng, who had slumped into a corner, looked at the person who had been brought back to life. He finally bared his teeth and pulled out the first smile of the night.
Damn, Yaoyao, Brother Yun, and he didn’t save the person for nothing!
When Xi Yun walked out alone with heavy steps, the person who had just regained their breath and pulse was being wheeled past him.
Under the bright light, the face he hadn’t paid attention to suddenly crashed into Xi Yun’s vision.
Looking at that face, which wasn’t quite familiar but wasn’t a stranger’s either, he suddenly furrowed his brows. A certain person on the watchlist flashed into Xi Yun’s mind.
The silver-gray eyes that had only been calm for a short while suddenly became deep and dark.
Yuan Cheng in the corner shot to his feet. Under the gaze of the man standing silently before him, he straightened his back. “Brother! What do we do next?”
Xi Yun slowly unbuttoned the cuff of his shirt, his eyes looking toward the door with absolute sharpness.
“You stay here. Guard him well for me until we disembark.”
“Since some people want to play with me, I’ll play with them to the end.”
Yuan Cheng, who had opened his mouth to argue for a bit, obediently closed it again. In terms of acting, his skills were indeed not that great.
But he was still a bit unwilling. “Then we’re just going to let that whoever-it-is have their way?”
Xi Yun slowly curled his lips, but his eyes were as cold as a dark, gloomy sky in the middle of winter.
“So what if we let him be happy for a moment?”
Once they reached the shore, what they owed him, what they owed Le Can…
Xi Yun would make them pay it back completely, with interest.
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