She suddenly lost consciousness and floated in white space. She could only hear chaotic sounds that sounded like curses in her ears.
“Sheng Sheng, I’m your aunt. Sheng Sheng, you have to wake up! If you’re not around, how am I going to explain this to your father?”
“Sheng Sheng, I know you can hear me. I know you’re sad. I’m begging you to hang in there and not give up.”
Beep!
“Doctor, doctor, come over quickly! Doctor! What happened to her? Doctor!”
Beep—
“Doctor Zhao, bad news. The patient’s blood pressure is dropping rapidly.”
“Prepare for emergency treatment immediately.”
Beep, beep, beep, beep…
“Doctor Zhao, there’s no reaction from the patient.”
“Get ready.”
“Can you hear me? Ling Sheng, can you hear me? Ling Sheng!”
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep…
Ling Sheng only felt a splitting headache. The voice seeped into her limbs and bones, sparing no orifice, and the suffocating pain made her feel as though she would die in a second.
The seawater kept pouring in from her nose and mouth. She knew very well that she had to swim up desperately to survive, but she could not move.
Light was refracted by the surface of the sea. Her vision became increasingly blurrier as it suddenly darkened. Finally, the light disappeared completely. Her body was like seaweed as she floated in the sea.
When Gu Shen got ashore, he turned around but did not see Ling Sheng following him. He frowned but did not think much of it. He took the towel Chen Ge handed him and prepared to take a shower and rest.
Huo Xuanzhou was standing on the yacht and watching. A couple of minutes later, the others had gone ashore. Only she was nowhere to be seen. He looked anxiously at the surface of the sea, but he did not see her.
“Ling Sheng!” Huo Xuanzhou shouted and asked the person who had come ashore, “Where’s Ling Sheng?”
Gu Shen looked at the calm sea surface and felt a little worried. Before he could reply, he saw Huo Xuanzhou jump off the yacht and swim quickly in the direction of the filming site.
“Ling Sheng?” Director Feng Yao saw that everyone had come up, and Ling Sheng was the only one missing. After Huo Xuanzhou bellowed, he jumped into the sea like a madman. He was anxious. “Where’s Ling Sheng?”
Intense worry and fear welled up in Gu Shen’s heart. Without thinking, he turned around, jumped into the sea, and plunged into it.
When Ling Sheng disappeared, the crew members panicked. The professional lifeguards they had found locally jumped in to find her.
Feng Yao was extremely anxious as he scolded the crew members. What was going on? Did they not know that the actress had not followed them after filming was over? Didn’t they know they should have taken a look?
The seawater on the upper level was warm from the sun. The deeper one sank, the colder it became. Gu Shen only felt worry and fear envelope him layer by layer, suffocating him.
The beautiful coral reef ahead was where they had just filmed a scene. Just a few minutes ago, she had been smiling lovingly at him.
However, there was nothing but coral reefs and colorful fish there now.
She was not there.
He did not know why he was so flustered and confused. His heart felt like it was being held tightly by someone. It was throbbing and hurting as though it was suffocating.
Where had that stinky woman gone?
Where had she gone?
All the lifeguards and film crew members who were good at swimming had gone into the sea to find her. They had all seen how anxious and crazy he was. He was waving his limbs desperately like a trapped beast that had lost its mind.