Chapter 462 — Xiaoshu Fights the Shark
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"Huh?" Gu Mengyao jumped in fright. She followed the direction Shen Yushu was pointing and, sure enough, saw a shark fin bobbing along in the water. "Isn't this a swimming area? How could there be a shark here?"
"I opened a gap in the barrier net over there earlier, so the shark just swam in!" Zhong Yongliang came scurrying over just then, eagerly claiming credit as he explained to Shen Yushu and Gu Mengyao.
This was no idle fabrication on Zhong Yongliang's part. Fearing Shen Yushu might see through the trick, he had deliberately swum out to the distant safety barrier and torn a large opening in it.
Of course, Zhong Yongliang wasn't worried that a real shark would actually come—the odds were simply too small. Unless something here gave off the smell of blood and lured one over, why on earth would a shark bother coming to a place like this?
"Oh! That's wonderful—finally we get to eat shark meat! Little Liangzi, you did well!" Shen Yushu happily clapped Zhong Yongliang on the shoulder, but afterward she asked with a touch of worry, "Say, Little Liangzi, you're all washed clean, aren't you? There's no lingering stink, is there?"
"No more, none at all—I soaked in the seawater for ages, so now there's only salt!" Zhong Yongliang said, deeply embarrassed, and hurried to explain.
"That's more like it!" Even as she said so, Shen Yushu edged away from him in a way that was barely noticeable.
The students swimming in the sea were badly frightened when they saw the shark coming and scrambled frantically for shore. Within moments, apart from the shark, there was no one left in the water.
Gao Xiaofu also swam over to the near side with an easy mind. Zhong Yongliang was rubbing his hands together, raring to dive in and bravely do battle with the shark, when he saw Shen Yushu dash over ahead of him.
"Xiaoshu, what are you doing? It's dangerous!" Gu Mengyao was badly startled by Shen Yushu's move and hurriedly called out to her.
"It's fine, I'm just going to take a look!" Shen Yushu felt no particular fear of sharks. Last time, even in a daze, Wei Zhao had brought her along and they had finished off a shark together, which made her feel that sharks were nothing much and ought to be fairly easy to kill. So she wanted to see whether she could take this one down herself.
"That's right, Xiaoshu, don't go over there—it's too dangerous. Let me go catch this shark!" Zhong Yongliang, too, was afraid that if Shen Yushu got close she might notice something off.
But Shen Yushu paid Zhong Yongliang no heed and ran straight to the water's edge. There was nothing for it—Zhong Yongliang could only dive into the sea ahead of her, for he was terrified that she might recklessly leap in too.
On the sand not far away, Wei Zhao raised his head, glanced at the shark in the water, then glanced at Shen Yushu, and lowered his head again, paying it no further mind.
"Hey, aren't you their bodyguard and attendant? There's a shark in the water—why aren't you going to protect Shen Yushu?" Feng Xiaoxiao asked, looking at Wei Zhao's behavior with some puzzlement.
"Isn't Zhong Yongliang there? I'll stay out of it," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Him?" Feng Xiaoxiao had assumed Wei Zhao would rush forward, which would have exposed his relationship with Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu. But Wei Zhao seemed to have no intention of going. "If there's danger, he runs faster than a rabbit."
"Ha, since you know that too, why should I bother going? The moment there's danger, Zhong Yongliang will be long gone. Does he look like he's in any danger right now?" Wei Zhao asked.
"I suppose not," Feng Xiaoxiao said with a nod.
"Besides, is that even a shark?" Wei Zhao gave a cold laugh. Did sharks swim like that? Moving horizontally, was it? That shark would have to be truly extraordinary.
"Not a shark? Then what is it?" Feng Xiaoxiao was taken aback, unable to fathom what Wei Zhao meant.