An egg was laid.
It's warm and cozy in the blankets.
The colors are clear and serene, as pure as lake water.
The wavy patterns on the eggshell shimmer as it rotates, like waves surging.
Jiang Shuyin liked this color. This egg was larger than before, which might be why she felt pain.
It doesn't hurt anymore.
At eight o'clock in the morning, I was still very tired.
I told Xie Yin and then slept until 3 p.m.
She got out of bed, held her head, and went outside.
Xie Yin leaned against the doorway, and Jiang Shuyin was slightly taken aback: "How long have you been standing here?"
Xie Yin: "Just a little while, they'll be done soon."
Jiang Shuyin handed the egg to him for safekeeping, then hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.
Xie Yin patted her head gently, the force more like a reassurance: "I will take good care of him/her."
He had seen the cub hatch from its egg and even interact with Qingwu and the others, so Jiang Shuyin had always trusted him.
It was precisely this trust that led her to doubt herself.
She had no intention of falling in love, so she put aside these chaotic emotions and decided to go see those people first.
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At three in the morning, the four of them were about to go back to rest for a while when they bumped into Xie Yin leaning against the wall, which startled them.
I thought it was just one person, but I didn't expect there to be another formidable guy.
The woman spoke first, greeting him, "Aren't you going to sleep? It's very late."
Xie Yin glanced at them and said, "Don't keep her waiting too long. Leave tomorrow."
The four of them instantly realized that they didn't deserve to sleep tonight.
He slunk back to the lab and continued to watch the data copying progress with a pained expression.
When Jiang Shu led them in, they had already placed the USB drive full of data into a sealed container, ready to go.
The woman forced a smile: "All the documents are ready, can we leave now?"
Jiang Shuyin paused for a moment: "Why don't you rest for a while? I haven't figured out how to get you out of here yet."
The woman's expression immediately froze: "Are you going to back out?"
Jiang Shuyin: "No, it's just that I was originally going to bring my laptop back, so I didn't bring any tools."
Now, carrying four people is incredibly difficult. Or, can you help me figure out how two people can carry four people to swim over a thousand meters across water by hand?
The woman gave her a deep look and went to consult with her colleagues about what to do.
Xie Yin and Jiang Shuyin waited in the activity hall.
Xie Yin: "The information in the mission consists of the four of them."
Jiang Shuyin had no doubts: "That's something to be happy about. Once I hand them over, I can go home."
This time, I want to stay home a little longer. If you have time, you're welcome to come over and try my mom's cooking.
Xie Yin smiled and said, "Yes, I can pull three men up, provided they can hold their breath for 30 seconds."
Jiang Shuyin can also take the remaining women with her.
Before the four could come up with a solution, Jiang Shu led them over and explained her method, leaving the four looking at each other in bewilderment.
"I can hold my breath for up to 164 seconds, but when I'm underwater, I can't open my eyes and water gets into my ears, which makes me nervous and panic."
"Me too, it would be best to have a mask and oxygen tank."
“Perhaps we can make one ourselves. There’s a bunch of discarded breathing masks in the lab’s storage room. I can modify them.”
“Good idea, goggles and earmuffs are also needed.”
They sprang into action as if they'd been injected with adrenaline.
Jiang Shuyin followed to see.
The lab is truly well-equipped with tools, including 3D printers, welding equipment, hot melt adhesive, waterproofing materials, and more.
At 5:36 p.m. that day, four neatly dressed researchers stood at the elevator door and boarded the elevator wearing insulated shoes.
The elevator reached the bottom of the water. Before the doors even opened, the four people saw the boundless water and swallowed hard.
Jiang Shuyin said to the woman, "Later, when you grab my clothes, your free hands and feet will swing along with it."
The woman nodded; with her face mask on, she was unable to speak.
Xie Yin didn't say anything, leaving the three men feeling uneasy.
When the door opened, the four of them indeed fumbled around like drowning people, their hands and feet flailing about.
Jiang Shu led one of them to step on her foot, to see when they would calm down. Even if the person died, as long as the data was still there, she would extort 100,000 mission points.
The woman was the first to return to normal, timidly reaching out to grab Jiang Shuyin's clothes.
Jiang Shuyin grabbed her hand and placed it on her waist, glanced at Xie Yin, and then pushed off with both legs.
Swaying his waist like a fish, his legs powerfully splashing water.
The woman followed her steps, upward—and upward—
Halfway up, the oxygen in her mask ran out, and her limbs began to move uncontrollably.
Jiang Shu felt the hand on her waist become heavier.
The speed has slowed down.
The woman's vision blurred, and her grip on Jiang Shuyin's hand gradually weakened and slipped away.
Jiang Shuyin turned to look at her. The woman's face was contorted in agony as she lay dying, her hair covering her face, making her look like a terrifying water ghost.
Once she closed her eyes, Jiang Shuyin went over to catch her and brought her back to the surface of the water at a speed that was difficult for humans to achieve.
Just then, the setting sun shone brightly outside, and golden scales spread across the water's surface.
Shen Wei rowed the boat over to help.
Once safely aboard the ship, Jiang Shu gave the woman some treatment and then left her alone.
Taking the towel Chen Wei handed her, she wiped the water off her face, looked around, and asked, "Have you seen Xie Yin? He should have come up around the same time as me."
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
Four heads suddenly emerged from the water, three of them hastily removing their masks and gasping for breath.
Xie Yin boarded the ship.
The remaining three were about to board the boat when Shen Wei stopped them: "This boat can't carry any more people. You wait in the water for a while, and I'll contact someone to come and pick you up."
He didn't ask where the people came from; he simply called a ferryman he knew and asked for two boats to come over.
"We'll be there in about twenty minutes."
Jiang Shuyin nodded absentmindedly: "Has Alvin come back? I haven't seen him."
Shen Wei: "No, you just came up. Rest for a while and wait and see."
The person who can make him uneasy will not die so easily.
Twenty minutes later, two speedboats arrived and picked up the remaining three people.
As the ferryman turned the speedboat around, he joked with a smile, "The young man who was with you earlier was waiting for you over there for ages. I thought something had happened to you, and that he was all alone."
“Yes, I even advised him to take it easy, I felt really bad about it,” another person chimed in.
Jiang Shuyin pursed her lips and remained silent until she reached the shore.
Let's settle both the old and new scores together.
Let him choose whether to braise or steam this fish.
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