(three hundred and forty-eight)
Ye Wenyu's body was pressed tightly against the pillar, unable to move, and she was extremely anxious. Lin Tingfeng was also a little nervous, but he forced himself to remain calm and said to her, "Don't be afraid, I'll help you untie it."
The waves had already surged up to their ankles, the wind had picked up, and the rain was pouring down.
All the people who used to go beachcombing have left the mudflats, and now only the two of them remain on the mudflats where the tide is rising.
Faced with the raging sea, Lin Tingfeng and Ye Wenyu were like two tiny ants.
Ye Wenyu was unable to move, her heart burning like oil in a pan, while Lin Tingfeng continued to help her unfasten the clasp of her necklace. He pursed his lips tightly, his face calm, but Lin Tingfeng was the kind of person who wouldn't change his expression even if Mount Tai collapsed before him, so his calm demeanor did not mean that the matter was not serious.
A staff member rushed over as if a fire had broken out, yelling at them with a livid face, "Are you out of your mind?! The tide is about to come in! And the wind and waves are high today, it's very dangerous, get out of here!"
Ye Wenyu was stuck on the necklace, her body pressed tightly against the stone pillar, not daring to move. She could only explain to the anxious staff, "My necklace is stuck on the stone pillar, and I can't get it off right away."
The wind picked up, and the sounds she made, though barely audible, were barely audible. But when the staff saw her, they knew what was wrong, and their faces broke out in a sweat with anxiety.
The waves rose higher and higher, turning almost black. When the sea is gentle, it is like the most beautiful goddess in the world, but when it gets angry, it becomes a man-eating demon.
Lin Tingfeng, too lazy to explain, kept his head down, his lips tightly pressed together, trying to untie Ye Wenyu's necklace. He had initially thought that simply unhooking the necklace would solve their problem and free them from their current predicament, but he quickly discovered that he couldn't unhook it at all! The necklace's clasp was very thin, and it was a choker. It had already caught the girl's neck, and now, with the stone pillar pulling it tighter, Ye Wenyu was starting to have trouble breathing. Lin Tingfeng was extremely worried that if he didn't help her soon, Ye Wenyu would either drown or be strangled to death by this damned necklace!
Abandoning the idea of unfastening the buttonhole, he tried to break the necklace by hand. However, it was a platinum necklace, very sturdy, and the necklace didn't break. Ye Wenyu cried out in pain, and a red bloodstain appeared on her fair and slender neck! It was a shocking sight.
Lin Tingfeng's hands trembled, and he immediately abandoned this method and looked for a new one.
The seawater had already reached their calves in a very urgent manner. Ye Wenyu looked at the vast, dark sea and wondered if she was going to perish in the Thai sea today.
It's true that life is unpredictable, and no one can know whether tomorrow or an accident will come first.
This unexpected accident happened so unexpectedly. We were just on vacation, having a very pleasant trip, when who knew we would encounter such a mishap.
Unable to open the buttonhole or break the necklace, Lin Tingfeng could only think of using a tool to cut it. He patted his pockets, but found he didn't have any tools to cut the necklace. The staff member was dumbfounded when he heard this and shouted to them, "Run!" Because of his anxiety, his face was red, his neck was thick, and the veins on his forehead were bulging. He stomped his feet in the seawater.
Lin Tingfeng shook the stone pillar, trying to pull it out of its inexplicable position. But it wouldn't budge. It was unrealistic to imagine pulling it out like a giant. Frustrated but calm, he asked the staff member who was on the verge of collapse and somewhat panicked, "Do you have any scissors or anything like that on you?"
The staff member said to him in a trembling voice, "There is a small knife."
The seawater had already reached their thighs, and huge waves crashed in one after another. The sky grew darker, the wind and rain intensified, and the violent raindrops lashed at them like whips.
All three of them were soaked to the bone.
Lin Tingfeng took the knife from the staff member and tried to cut the necklace, but the necklace didn't break, and Ye Wenyu's neck started bleeding.
His hand holding the knife trembled again. At that moment, an extreme panic gripped his heart like an invisible hand: he was going to lose her.
Ye Wenyu was in so much pain that tears streamed down her face. Lin Tingfeng looked at her, feeling both guilty and heartbroken. He pursed his lips tightly, and sweat began to bead on his forehead.
The waves grew larger and larger. The mudflats that were originally dry were now a vast expanse of water, and huge waves, as high as mountains, surged in one after another, each one bigger than the previous one.
Ye Wenyu also began to feel afraid. Suddenly, she thought of death, and her face turned as pale as a dead person. She thought about how pitiful she was. She had just seen happiness, and now her life was about to end.
Lin Tingfeng still tried to remain calm and helped her.
The staff member was terrified. He stammered, "I'll go find someone to rescue you!" Then, without waiting for their reply, he ran off like lightning and disappeared in an instant. It was unclear whether he really went to find someone to rescue him or was simply afraid of dying and ran away first.
Lin Tingfeng kept his head down and pursed his lips, trying to untie that damned necklace.
The wind and rain raged fiercely, and the two people on this vast sea were like two tiny ants.
Ye Wenyu looked at the increasingly high waves, then at Lin Tingfeng beside her, who was calmly untying her necklace with his head down. His face was calm, but his hands were trembling.
Having tried everything, he was back to square one, attempting to untie that damned, tiny buttonhole. For a man's large, calloused hands to untie such a tiny buttonhole was like a camel threading a needle—harder than climbing to heaven.
His hands were sweating and trembling, and his face was as pale as a corpse. She had never seen him so nervous before.
Ye Wenyu saw all of this. When everyone abandoned her and ignored her, only Lin Tingfeng remained by her side.
She was content. In this life, meeting him was enough. When everyone else ran away, as long as he was still by her side and risked his life to save her, it was all worth it.
She said to Lin Tingfeng with gratitude and tenderness, "Tingfeng, you should go now. I love you. Don't worry about me."
Lin Tingfeng remained silent, his lips pressed together, trying to untie the necklace. His pupils contracted in anxiety, and veins bulged on his forehead.
The seawater was already up to their chests; they were both about to drown! Ye Wenyu wept, pleading with him, "Tingfeng, please leave! I beg you! You're the president of the Lin Group; your life is more important! I'm just a worthless person anyway; nobody cares about me. Besides, maybe I won't die. This stone pillar is binding me, and the waves can't sweep me away. But you, standing here is extremely dangerous!"
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