"You will be eaten by a shark, torn to pieces, and die in agony."
Lin Xinlan’s face turned pale instantly.
Are there sharks here?
As if to confirm Tao Hua’s words, a huge fish tail, like two flapping wings connected together, violently beat the seawater, causing boiling waves to splash as it rapidly approached them!
It floated below the surface of the sea, and in the blue water, its length could be vaguely seen.
At least, it was more than twenty meters long...
Lin Xinlan stared in shock at the approaching behemoth, her face deathly white, devoid of any color.
Is it really a shark?
In her lifetime, she had never seen a shark, but it seemed to look ...
It drew closer and closer, stopping right beneath her feet, its head slightly emerging from the water, and then with its terrifyingly large eyes, it stared at her as if it had found an interesting creature.
Lin Xinlan trembled all over, feeling an illusion that with just a slight leap, it could swallow her whole.
She clenched her eyes shut, her hand subconsciously gripping Xu Yao’s arm tightly, clinging to it, daring not to relax, her voice trembling uncontrollably, "Don’t go too far! If you want to take revenge on Rong Shaoze, go fight Qiao Yiyang and the others, picking on me, what kind of man does that make you!"
Tao Hua sneered, "Don’t worry, after killing you, we will naturally deal with them. None of you will escape."
"I’ve said it, I didn’t harm Rong Shaoze! Why don’t you believe me, I really didn’t conspire with anyone against him!"
"But the fact that you hate him is true, how can we believe that you didn’t harbor intentions to harm him?"
Now was not the time for pretense. Lin Xinlan opened her eyes, looked towards the distant sea horizon, and whispered softly, "Yes, I do hate him, he hurt me, am I not even allowed to hate him? But I’ve never thought about hurting him, taking his life. I wouldn’t hurt anyone, him included. Besides... I fell in love with him long ago, how could I possibly hurt him..."
"..." The two people on the boat exchanged a glance, somewhat surprised by her words.
"You don’t understand anything, thinking that because he hurt me, I must want revenge, right? And assuming that between him and me, there is only hurt and hatred, aren’t you? The feelings between him and me, no one can understand, only he and I do. If you want to take revenge for him, you should also ask him if he is willing to kill me!"
"Hmph, from the way you talk, it seems like Shaoze can’t live without you, like he can’t bear to see you harmed at all." Xu Yao scoffed disdainfully.
Lin Xinlan said firmly, "You’re right, he would rather die himself than let me be hurt. If it wasn’t for that, he wouldn’t have allowed Rong Mingyan to hurt him, nor would he have passively accepted his fate, disregarding his own life!"
So deep was the love he had given her; otherwise, she wouldn’t be so certain in making this statement.
But was her realization too late?
After a moment of silence, Xu Yao suddenly pulled her up and effortlessly placed her onto the deck of the boat.
Lin Xinlan landed on her feet but had no strength to stand; her legs gave out, and she collapsed onto the deck.
Tao Hua extended a hand towards her; she looked up at him, not reaching out her own.
Clenching her teeth, she mustered all her strength to prop herself up, her gaze towards them indifferent, "If you don’t want to kill me, then send me back!"
Tao Hua couldn’t help but laugh, "I didn’t expect you to have such a fiery temper."