Chapter 267: Chapter 267: It’s That Qiangwei Cloak…
As time passed, the greater the panic and fear grew.
“Hey, what are you guys looking for!?”
Li Yuan was anxiously searching when suddenly a hand reached out and grabbed the back of his shirt.
Turning around, he saw Huo Yishan with a bewildered expression on her face.
Seeing her, however, Li Yuan felt as if he had seen a savior, and somewhat excitedly grabbed her back, “Have you seen Qiangwei!?”
Huo Yishan was stunned for a moment, still holding a tray of fruit platters. She then smiled, “Qiangwei? She was on the stern deck on the second level. We were just chatting. She asked me to come in and get some fruit to eat!”
Huo Yishan’s words, which initially brought some joy to Li Yuan, suddenly made him feel as if he had plunged into an ice cellar, his body stiffening.
“When was this?” he finally managed to ask after a long while.
“About a few minutes ago! Since the fruit was gone, I just…”
It was only then that Huo Yishan seemed to sense that something was off.
“Why are so many people running outside… Did we hit an iceberg?” The scenes from “Titanic” flashed through her mind.
Watching her innocent look, Li Yuan’s heart sank even deeper.
Two seconds later, he released her and abruptly turned, rushing towards the stern!
By this time, the rescue team had already entered the water.
However, since the cruise ship was still moving when the person fell overboard, it was impossible to determine the exact location of the fall.
A few more minutes passed, and a rescue worker came up holding a thoroughly soaked black coat.
“Take this and check whose clothes these are.”
Soon, a staff member took the coat to verify the identity of the person who had fallen overboard.
When that black coat caught Qin Sijue’s eye, it felt as though someone had stabbed him in the chest, leaving him breathless!
The coat was snatched from his hands, and that staff member, startled, turned around only to see the coat in Qin Sijue’s hands.
Gripping that familiar black coat tightly, his chest felt as though it was being hammered, the pain throbbing intensely.
At that moment, Li Yuan and Huo Yishan also squeezed into the crowd. When they saw the coat in his hands, both of their faces turned ashen.
“This coat… is the one Qiangwei was wearing…”
Huo Yishan came over, and realizing that the person who had fallen overboard was Gu Qiangwei, she suddenly felt weak and slumped, her face pale to the point of being bloodless.
“Qiangwei… No, it can’t be…”
“Sijue! What are you going to do!”
Li Yuan’s gaze was still lingering on Huo Yishan, who was slowly collapsing, when suddenly a dark figure streaked past him.
Looking up, he saw Qin Sijue clutching the coat, rushing towards the railing.
Realizing what he was about to do next, Li Yuan’s face showed great shock!
With a splash, Qin Sijue took a leap from the several-meter-high cruise ship and plunged into the sea, disappearing from sight in an instant!
Li Yuan leaned over the railing, watching helplessly as he jumped into the sea.
You must realize, it was a good several meters high!
Since it was night, the seabed was pitch black, invisible to the eye.
Yet, in that moment, Qin Sijue’s heart was like frying on a hot pan, unable to find a moment’s peace.
He searched for about three minutes, not seeing Gu Qiangwei’s figure, then surfaced, took a deep breath, and dived back into the sea to continue the search, repeating this cycle over and over again…
An hour passed, then two hours, until the rescuers began to give up, yet Gu Qiangwei’s figure had seemingly sunk like a stone into the sea, nowhere to be found.