Chapter 122 The Despicable "Mosquitoes"
Shu Qingqing's words successfully woke Qiao Mei from her reverie. She looked at the sunscreen handed to her, took it, and said, "Thanks."
"That's strange, what were you thinking about just now?"
Qiao Mei suppressed the thoughts in her red eyes and lied about seeing Qiao Yingying at the convenience store.
"When I chased after her, she disappeared and went into a door. I was afraid something might happen, so I didn't follow. I've been thinking about this for a while now, so I've been a bit lost in thought."
"Oh, I see. Did you see her come out later?" Shu Qingqing didn't doubt what Qiao Mei said and asked curiously.
Qiao Mei: "I saw her. When she came out, she came out alone. I couldn't tell what she was doing in that door. I went down again and followed her, but she stopped a flying vehicle and left, so I didn't chase after her."
"Huh? You're just leaving like that? How about we go to that convenience store together after we finish swimming?"
Shu Qingqing's suggestion did make some sense, but she still didn't want to put them in danger because of herself. She shook her head and refused, then stood up and began to look around.
"What are you looking for, Qiaoqiao?"
"I'm looking for a small room where I can go in and apply sunscreen."
"Just apply it here. Shang Duojin and Senior Xu have gone surfing. The tourists around us are far away, and there are bushes on the left. Nobody's around, so feel free to apply it."
Qiao Mei wasn't saying she was shy about being seen, but rather that she was afraid Shu Qingqing would see the marks on her body inside her clothes.
They still wanted to struggle.
But Shu Qingqing didn't give her a chance to refuse at all, and directly reached out to help her take off her coat.
"This is on the beach, everyone is dressed quite lightly, so don't be shy, just take your clothes off."
"but......"
Before Qiao Mei could finish speaking, Shu Qingqing unzipped her thin jacket, revealing her ample cleavage underneath, and...
"What is this?!" Shu Qingqing was startled by the red marks covering her fair skin.
She pulled Qiao Mei's coat off even further, revealing more marks that looked like mosquito bites.
"My God, were these mosquito bites? It's so scary on your Empire Star, it's not even fully summer yet and there are already so many mosquitoes?"
Shu Qingqing didn't even dare to guess in a more outrageous direction, because even in her opinion, Qiao Mei seemed to have developed a romantic relationship with that silver-haired man. She felt that, given Qiao Mei's upbringing, she shouldn't have allowed her to do such a thing before marriage.
Qiao Mei's ears were burning red, and she didn't know how to make up with Shu Qingqing when she suddenly heard her say that it was from mosquito bites.
After subconsciously glancing down at the little black dragon, its body still obediently wrapped around her neck, Qiao Mei's panic in her red eyes was replaced by a suppressed laugh.
She straightened her expression and joined Shu Qingqing in criticizing the wretched mosquito.
But the "mosquito" kept the dragon's head very low, and the heat rising from the dragon's body made Qiao Mei feel a little hot.
So she stopped talking and asked Shu Qingqing to help her apply sunscreen to her back.
Shu Qingqing looked at Qiao Mei, whose back was covered in bite marks, and sighed inwardly at how vicious the mosquitoes on Empire Star were before applying sunscreen for her.
But by the time the sunscreen was applied, the sky had become even more overcast.
The sea breeze, which had been gentle at first, began to feel a bit chilly.
However, since the number of tourists playing on the beach did not decrease, Qiao Mei was pulled into the water by Shu Qingqing.
She seemed to really enjoy swimming; as soon as she entered the water, she darted away like a fish and disappeared from sight.
Qiao Mei stayed in the shallow water and looked down to ask Ao Cang if he wanted to go to the deep water.
Her face was paler than before. Ao Cang noticed this and asked her if she was feeling unwell.
"Why do I feel that your spirits have waned considerably since the sky turned cloudy?"
Qiao Mei was indeed feeling unwell, but she couldn't tell Ao Cang the reason. After taking a deep breath, she lied to him, saying, "I think I ate too much at the food street this morning. My stomach is a little upset, but it's not a big problem. Do you want to go to the Deep Water District? I'll go with you."
Although the girl's complexion was poor, upon closer inspection, it wasn't actually that serious.
Ao Cang was skeptical, but after getting off her neck and entering the seawater, he indicated that she didn't need to follow him.
"An'an, why don't you go back to the beach chairs and rest for a while? I'll go soak in the water by myself."
The sky darkened further, and a strong wind carrying a strong, fishy smell filled Qiao Mei's nostrils, causing the last trace of color on her lips to completely disappear.
She didn't force herself to stay awake any longer, nodding as she watched Ao Cang swim further and further away until he was completely out of sight. Only then did she feel relieved and head back to the beach chair.
But on her way back, her steps became unusually heavy and slow.
Memories of her past life uncontrollably flooded her mind, forcing her to recall the unbearable pain of that time—
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"Sister Qiao, are we... are we going to die here?"
"No, I have participated in the Dragon God's sacrifices many times. You just need to be obedient and stay with me in this little wooden house on the sea for seven days."
"Really? But it's so cold here, and seawater is seeping in. Will we freeze to death or drown?"
Following the direction the little girl pointed, Xiao Qiaomei noticed that a small opening had appeared on the western edge of the seaside cabin at some point.
Although the breach is not large, seawater can still get in.
She could only tear a corner of her clothing to stuff into the gap.
But they were very unlucky. It was a very cloudy day, and the wind howled at sea, with waves crashing against the small wooden house with tremendous force.
Xiao Qiaomei felt as if the entire log cabin was about to fall apart.
That night, she heard the sound of a rope snapping.
She glanced through the small window and her heart sank as she realized that the thick rope connecting the cabin to the shore had broken.
This rope is reinforced every year, but this year, the person who brought them here had been drinking and got so drunk that he forgot about it after delivering the rope.
She watched helplessly as the small wooden hut that trapped them drifted further and further from the shore, until they could only see the dark, abyss-like seawater.
The small hole in the cabin, after being battered by the waves, had somehow become a large hole.
A steady stream of icy seawater poured in from the outside, and the speed at which it surged in caused the small wooden house, which was originally floating on the sea surface, to sink by a third in an instant.
All she could hear were the cries and screams of children of all ages. Xiao Qiaomei, her mind blank, took off her clothes to try and plug the gaps, but she couldn't plug them all.
Gradually, the seawater rose to her neck, and it felt like a large rock was pressing on her chest, making it difficult to breathe.
Ao Mosquito: Can I say that I was forced?
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