A girl wearing a golden butterfly mask sat listlessly on a soft, comfortable sofa.
Her slender elbows rested on the sofa armrests, her delicate hands supporting her chin as she gazed at the sea turtles, squid, and various kinds of fish swimming happily outside the glass window.
This is the bottom of a cruise ship at sea, where various marine creatures are rapidly passing by.
Some persistent big fish and schools of small fish seemed to be racing against the giant ship, relentlessly chasing after it.
A sea turtle was leisurely paddling with its limbs when it was knocked down by a wave and flipped 360 degrees several times, like it was performing a fancy trick.
Seeing this amusing scene, Hua Qingyan couldn't help but smile, her delicate cherry lips, not hidden by the mask.
In the dim light, one could vaguely see a delicate figure wrapped in a long dress, its curves shapely.
Her full, perky breasts were covered by a silk shawl.
It was Ye Minghan who helped her get on the bus when he left.
In this tranquil underwater private viewing room, she was all alone.
She couldn't tell if the soundproofing was bad or if the people in the next room were talking too loudly, but she heard some discordant sounds.
A woman's voice suddenly came through the wall into Hua Qingyan's ears: "It hurts, stop."
The other person was probably struggling, and the faint sound of a hard object hitting the ground could be heard.
"Han Ruowu, why are you hiding?"
"Why pretend to be a chaste and virtuous woman now?"
"Don't forget, you offered yourself up."
"I have already helped you get out of jail."
"I'm tired of your unremarkable body after a week of playing with it."
"Tell me now who that girl who appeared in the urban village a week ago is, and I'll let you go."
Upon hearing these words, Hua Qingyan immediately sat up straight, her eyes widening slightly, and covered her mouth with her hand.
The person in the next room was none other than Han Ruowu!
Who is that male voice?
Could it be Gong Qingchen, the male protagonist of this world?
These two were actually on the ship?
The male lead Gong Qingchen, the female lead Han Ruowu, and the second male lead Ye Minghan are all on the same journey!
This is so exciting!
According to the rules of novels, the second male lead is the catalyst for the development of the relationship between the male and female leads.
So, something's bound to happen on this trip.
There was really no way to avoid it!
What should we do now?
Hua Qingyan anxiously tried to think of a solution, habitually biting the tip of her index finger.
Her mind was a bit confused at the moment, and she hadn't come up with a solution yet when Han Ruowu's voice drifted over from next door.
"Gong Qingchen, you are shameless. You were the one who pursued me relentlessly back then."
"That night, you were the one who sent people to arrest me."
"I don't know who the girl you're talking about is."
After a two-second silence, the irritable male voice rang out again.
"Han Ruowu, don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."
"That girl was the one who helped you evade my bodyguards that night."
"Tell me, who is she, and where is she?"
Hua Qingyan is now 100% certain that the person Gong Qingchen is looking for is her!
Why did he contact her?
Just because she helped Han Ruowu evade his capture?
This is absolutely absurd!
She really wanted to yell at the couple right now.
Did she dig up the ancestral graves of his Gong family and her Han family?
In her previous life, she was already drowned at sea; now she wants to find her and bury her alive?
But she's too frustrated to do it now!
The male and female protagonists in this world have such strong luck that she, an invisible cannon fodder, can't possibly defeat them!
This is absolutely infuriating!
They are inescapable in both lifetimes.
Hua Qingyan irritably pulled the silk scarf draped over her shoulder off the sofa.
Because she used too much force, she accidentally knocked the butterfly mask, whose ties she had loosened, onto the carpet.
Just as she was about to bend down to pick it up, the door, which wasn't fully closed, was suddenly opened.
The person who bumped into them may have done so accidentally; before they could even stand up straight, they bowed and apologized.
"Sorry to bother you."
He had just looked up to close the door when he saw the face he had been longing for inside and froze.
His hand tightened on the doorknob. The girl he had been longing for was right in front of him. His excitement surged like waves on the ocean, one after another, and he could not calm down for a long time.
His feet moved inside against his will, his burning gaze fixed on the girl sitting on the sofa.
He slowly stopped in front of her, his voice slightly hoarse:
"Qingyan, I didn't expect to see you here."
"I saw the news online, is your injury getting better?"
Hua Qingyan looked at Li Dongchen, who was only three steps away from her. He was the one who had secretly loved her for four years in her previous life, and whose whereabouts were unknown after graduation.
I still remember that before graduating from university, he stopped her at the back gate of the school and confessed his feelings to her.
Ye Minghan, who was waiting there, saw it all and overheard it!
The handsome young man immediately stepped forward, asserting his domineering claim, and carried him back to his home.
That day and night were absolutely filled with flames.
Recalling her past memories, her legs suddenly felt weak and powerless.
Why is Li Dongchen on the ship now? Did S University give students an early holiday?
One or two of them appeared here.
This is practically leaving her no way to survive!
Seeing that the other person was staring at her, Hua Qingyan could only bite the bullet and respond:
"Thank you for your concern, I'm all better now."
Her small hands slowly picked up the silk scarf that she had thrown on the sofa, draped it back over her shoulders, and prepared to run away.
As for the mask that had fallen to the ground, she had temporarily forgotten about it.
She really didn't want to have any contact with Li Dongchen, and even less did she want to create false fantasies for him.
He never explicitly said he liked her, so she couldn't very well be crazy and tell him:
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