A beautiful summer night

With her ankle held in someone's hand, Xia Wanzhi was so nervous that she dared not breathe. When she subconsciously tried to pull back, Xie Qiyan pulled her back with a little force.

"Don't move." A strange gentleness crept into the deep voice.

Xia Wanzhi looked around in a panic.

This is definitely not Xie Qiyan.

"Are you possessed by something?" Xia Wanzhi asked bluntly. After putting on her shoes, she awkwardly lifted her skirt to cover her feet and shoes together.

Xie Qiyan replied lazily, "Your boyfriend is channeling you."

Xia Wanzhi: "..."

Back at the banquet, Xia Wanzhi was still arm in arm with Xie Qiyan, but this time there was a full 20 centimeters difference in height between them. Standing next to him, she looked like a petite and charming wife.

Someone came over to offer a toast, subtly probing into Xia Wanzhi's relationship with him.

Xie Qiyan raised an eyebrow and casually uttered, "Girlfriend."

Everyone sighed again.

Bringing a woman to a banquet is perfectly normal, but Xie Qiyan usually either comes alone or with his male secretary or assistant. Tonight, for the first time, he brought a woman—his girlfriend.

This girlfriend is Xia Wanzhi, who recently broke off her engagement with the Zhou family.

Xia Wanzhi secretly pinched his arm.

This is truly the end for us.

Innocence is not preserved.

Xie Qiyan seems to have no pain receptors; even though she pinched him so hard, he still didn't seem to feel any pain.

"Put a little more force into her ear," Xie Qiyan whispered, leaning down slightly.

To others, this is blatant flirting.

Jiang Baichuan saw this scene from upstairs, hissed, and quickly covered his eyes.

It's really disgusting.

Xia Wanzhi's two round eyes widened even more.

This time, they really angered him.

Xia Wanzhi let go of Xie Qiyan, scolded him, and left him to peacock-like behavior all by himself.

Finding a quiet spot, Xia Wanzhi stood on the deck at the bow of the ship and took several deep breaths to calm the heat coursing through her body.

The sea breeze carried a salty, damp scent, and Xia Wanzhi's gaze became somewhat unfocused, as if the warmth of Xie Qiyan's palm still lingered on her ankles.

What kind of good man would casually put shoes on a woman?

She still hasn't come to her senses.

Xia Wanzhi pressed her philtrum, wishing she could return to land right now.

The sea was windy at night. Xia Wanzhi stayed for a while and felt a little cold from the arrogant and unrestrained sea breeze. Just as she was lifting her skirt and wanting to walk back, a woman with a swaying red skirt walked towards her.

Xia Wanzhi didn't recognize him; he must be a passerby.

But the passerby arrogantly stopped her, smirked, and asked, "Are you really Elvis's girlfriend?"

“No.” Xia Wanzhi refused to accept this inexplicable hostility.

She didn't know this woman, nor did she know anyone named Elvis.

“Whether it’s true or not, a bankrupt heiress is not good enough for him.” The woman reached out to block Xia Wanzhi’s way, and grinned with her old witch-like red lips. “I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Sun Xiao. I’m Elvis’s classmate, friend and business partner. I sincerely advise you to stay away from him.”

"Who you are is none of my business. I don't know any Aveira. You've mistaken me for someone else. If your eyes are bad, go get them treated. If your brain is bad, you should get it treated even more." Xia Wanzhi had finally managed to calm herself down, but now this damned woman had her inflamed again. So she simply stopped suppressing her true nature and unleashed a torrent of words at her.

"What did you say? You savage woman!" Sun Xiao, who had probably lived abroad for a long time, spoke in Chinese for the first half, but then, probably out of anger, she blurted out a sentence in English, while tugging at Xia Wanzhi's arm.

Xia Wanzhi frowned and subconsciously struggled to break free. As she pulled her hand back, she staggered due to inertia and her lower back slammed straight into the railing.

Although she wasn't afraid of water, she was afraid of heights. The gaps in the railing were wide, and for a moment Xia Wanzhi thought she was going to fall, which scared her so much that she broke out in a cold sweat.

Where did this crazy woman come from?

"Who is Elvis?" Xia Wanzhi asked seriously.

Sun Xiao sneered: "Who else could it be but Xie Qiyan, the president of the Xie Group whom you shamelessly fawned over?"

Xia Wanzhi gritted her teeth: "..."

It turns out it was Xie Qiyan's unfortunate romantic entanglement.

"Xie Qiyan?" Xia Wanzhi cursed his ancestors for eighteen generations in her mind. "I don't know him."

The moment she looked away, Xia Wanzhi's gaze turned cold, and she put the blame on Xie Qiyan.

Before she had gone far, the woman who had been left hanging on the deck, as if possessed by a ghost, caught up with her in ten-centimeter high heels and grabbed Xia Wanzhi's arm: "You people from Beicheng are all scheming. Saying you don't know him, I just saw you go into the same room with him!"

"You're not allowed to leave! Fight me, and whoever wins gets Elvis!" Sun Xiao was more than twice as strong as Xia Wanzhi, and he blocked her path arrogantly, determined not to let her go.

Sun Xiao had just returned to China yesterday and wanted to surprise Xie Qiyan at tonight's banquet, but she didn't expect that Xie Qiyan had another woman by his side.

She was determined to teach Xia Wanzhi a lesson.

As if sensing Xia Wanzhi's fear of approaching the railing, a sly smile flashed in Sun Xiao's eyes, and he deliberately pulled her towards the railing.

"Let me go—" Xia Wanzhi said in a trembling voice, using her other hand to grip the railing tightly to maintain her balance.

Inside the cruise ship, Xie Qiyan searched his room but couldn't find Xia Wanzhi, so he went back to the banquet hall to ask the waiters.

After pinpointing Xia Wanzhi's location, Xie Qiyan grabbed two glasses of wine and went to find her. As soon as his right foot stepped onto the deck at the bow of the ship, a sea breeze invigorated him.

He walked forward, his glasses reflecting a beam of light. Before he could confirm whether the person not far away was Xia Wanzhi, a terrified voice suddenly reached his ears.

With a splash, a wave surged across the sea; someone had fallen in, accompanied by a cry for help.

"Ah—help—"

Shouting for help was an instinctive reaction; Xia Wan's mind went blank the moment she fell into the sea.

Sun Xiao was so frightened that she leaned over the railing and looked down. Fearing that someone might die, she hurriedly turned around and shouted for help.

Xia Wanzhi herself did not expect to fall so spectacularly. As she sank into the sea, she quickly held her breath, kicked her legs and thrashed about, her head popping up gasping for air.

I am really afraid of what will happen.

Xia Wanzhi tossed her hair, feeling relieved that she could swim, and before she could even fully open her eyes, a spray of water, like fish being splattered, exploded around her ears.

Heavy breathing filled her ears. Xia Wanzhi's waist was tightly embraced by a strong arm. Knowing that it was the person who had come down from the water to save her, she instinctively reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck, driven by her survival instinct.

The man floated on the sea with her, his other large hand cupping her cheek and wiping away the wet seawater.

"Xia Wanzhi..."

His deep voice was noticeably hoarse and trembling. "One more chapter will be posted later."