Chapter 83
On the deck of the luxury cruise ship, He Zheng received the latest information from the deep sea and approached the gloomy-looking man to report it to him.
“Mr. Bo, the submarine said that neither Young Master Bai nor the Third Young Master were found in this sea area.”
“Still nothing… where could he have gone?”
Bao Sijue frowned, his cold, ascetic face clouded with sadness.
He raised his head and gazed into the distance, his eyes meeting the endless blue water. Unconsciously, he thought of the young man’s bright and dazzling smile.
Bang…
The man punched the railing of the cruise ship fiercely, his obsidian-like pupils gleaming with an unknown light.
‘Bai Junluo, where have you gone? Come back soon!’
‘From now on, I’ll never force you to use chopsticks again, I’ll never be cruel to you again, and I’ll never… lose you again.’
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Meanwhile…
In a deep-sea area not far from the man, Bai Junluo stood up dazedly. He shook his head, looked around, and found himself amidst a colourful coral reef.
“Ugh… it hurts.”
Bai Junluo, having been knocked around by the sea whirlpool, was covered in bruises when he fell. The pain was excruciating.
But before he could rest, he suddenly remembered the reason he had dived into the sea, and his delicate face turned anxious.
‘Damn it, Ah Jin is still waiting for me! No, I have to find him quickly.’
Despite the unbearable pain with every step, Bai Junluo pressed on, determined to return to the place where the cruise ship had crashed and find Bo Zhijin.
However, being notoriously bad with directions, Bai Junluo didn’t realize he had completely deviated from the original path. Instead of swimming toward the crash site, he was moving farther away.
After swimming several kilometres, Bai Junluo stopped in his tracks, staring blankly at the unfamiliar surroundings, confused.
“Hmm… why does this place feel different? Did I swim in the wrong direction?”
With this thought in mind, Bai Junluo immediately tried to swim back. But no matter how hard he swam, he always ended up back where he had started. His poor sense of direction was causing him to swim in circles.
‘What should I do? I can’t find my way back.’
The tip of Bai Junluo’s delicate, small nose reddened, his eyes misted over, and tears, like round pearls, fell unconsciously.
He was deeply saddened.
But just as he was sinking into despair, a large shadow suddenly covered him, and the sea around him grew dark.
Bai Junluo looked up and saw a massive cruise ship sailing through the water.
Instantly, a spark of hope flashed in his sapphire-blue eyes. He retracted his fish tail and swam upward toward the surface.
Splash…
He broke through the surface, but only caught a glimpse of the ship’s retreating figure.
No, he had to catch up and ask someone how to get back to the crash site.
Splash, splash…
Bai Junluo swam as fast as he could toward the cruise ship. But no matter how hard he tried, he was always a few meters behind it, never able to get in front.
At that moment, the old man of the Bo family, who was watching the scenery on the ship, happened to glance over and spot Bai Junluo swimming behind them.
The next moment, his eyes widened in shock, and he immediately shouted.
“Old lady, am I seeing things? Look, there’s a child swimming in the sea!”
Old Master Bo, startled, patted her wife on the back, pulling her closer to the railing. He pointed toward Bai Junluo, who was still swimming furiously in the water.
“Old man, you are trying to scare me to death.”
Old Madam Bo patted her chest, took a few deep breaths, and then followed the direction of Old Master Bo’s fingers, looking into the sea. Her face instantly became frightened.
“Oh, old man, it’s really a child. Come on, old housekeeper, go and ask the people in the cockpit to stop the cruise ship and rescue the poor child who fell into the sea. What a sin. How did this child fall into the sea?”
“Yes.”
After receiving the order, the old butler immediately went to inside and ordered the captain to stop the cruise ship.
Bai Junluo, who was desperately chasing the cruise ship in the sea, saw it stop and immediately swam forward, a happy smile on his face.
When he reached the side of the cruise ship and saw the two old people on the deck looking down at him with worried faces, he raised a pure and bright smile and greeted them: “Hello, grandparents…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Old Madam Bo on the deck interrupted him with an anxious expression and said with a hint of distress in her tone, “Don’t be afraid, my child, I’ll ask them to come down and rescue you right away.”
“Wha, what?”
Bai Junluo’s face was stunned. Before he could react, a rope wrapped around him, and several people pulled him up onto the cruise ship.
Old Madam Bo immediately moved closer to Bai Junluo. Looking at the extremely well-behaved young man in front of her, she felt even more pity in her heart.
“Poor child, how did you fall into the sea?”
She reached out and touched Bai Junluo’s head. The more she looked at him, the more she liked him, and the more distressed she felt.
“Um?”
Bai Junluo raised a big question mark in his mind, looking confused at the old woman in front of him who was showing him such care.
Although he didn’t understand why she was saying all this, he still replied obediently, “Grandma, I didn’t fall into the sea. I just went into the water to find someone.”
“What? My child, are you turned stupid because you’ve swallowed too much water?”
Old Madam Bo shook her head, not believing what Bai Junluo was saying at all.
When Bai Junluo heard her call him stupid, he immediately lowered his head and said with a hint of grievance in his tone, “Grandma, I’m not stupid.”
Old Madam Bo’s heart nearly melted when she heard his aggrieved voice.
She quickly came closer and said apologetically, “Good boy, it’s all grandma’s fault. Grandma shouldn’t have said that to you.”
Just when she was about to say something else, Old Master Bo, who stood beside her with a gloomy expression, said, “Old lady, what do you mean talking to a junior like this?”
Old Madam Bo’s expression changed when she heard him and immediately retorted angrily, “Old man, mind your own business. I just like this child; he seems very well-behaved.”
“You, you old woman…”
Before Old Master Bo could finish, Old Madam Bo arrogantly raised her head and interrupted him.
“What about me? Do you have an opinion about me?”
As a man who was long used to indulging his wife, Old Master Bo didn’t dare argue. He casted a sharp glance at Bai Junluo, then turned and walked away.
Bai Junluo watched his back as he left, and a mist appeared in his sapphire eyes. His delicate face turned to Old Madam Bo beside him with an aggrieved look, and he asked in a puzzled tone, “Grandma, does Grandpa not like me?”
Old Madam Bo’s heart trembled when she saw the young man’s tearful face. She immediately casted a disgusted glance at Old Master Bo’s retreating back and comforted Bai Junluo, saying, “Good boy, don’t pay any attention to that old man. He has a bad temper his whole life. Ignore him and wait to see who he’ll talk to next.”
“Well, thank you, Grandma. You’re so kind.”
A bright and joyful smile appeared on Bai Junluo’s face, and it immediately warmed Old Madam Bo’s heart.
She carefully examined the beautiful, fair cheeks of the young man in front of her, unable to take her eyes off him.
Her biggest wish in life was for the Bo family to have such a well-behaved child.
However, every time the Bo family gave birth to a child, they inherited the same bad temper as her old man.
Old Madam Bo let out a long sigh and looked at Bai Junluo with joy and a trace of regret in her eyes.
Oh, how wonderful it would be if this good boy could be her grandson.
She would be willing to trade her bad-tempered grandchildren for him!