Chapter 465 — A Real Shark
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The others had all benefited from Zhong Yongliang's generosity, so they could hardly laugh at him now. But Shen Yushu cared nothing for that; seeing Zhong Yongliang's comic state, she burst out laughing, and Kang ** laughed along with her.
Zhong Yongliang felt himself utterly shamed—he wished he could dive headfirst into the sea! Just as he was about to turn and find some excuse to slip away, he saw a shark fin swimming to and fro out in the water!
At the sight, Zhong Yongliang was overjoyed. Gao Xiaofu was a true friend—he had come at just the right moment! He had actually rigged himself up as a shark again, and this time in deep water. Even if Shen Yushu were ten times the woman, she could never hurl a stone that far—not even an Olympic shot-put champion could do it.
"A shark's attacking again!" Zhong Yongliang bellowed, instantly diverting all his classmates' attention. "Everyone wait here—I'll deal with this shark and be right back!"
Zhong Yongliang had already thought up his excuse. In a little while, once he had finished off the "shark," he did not intend to drag it back to shore—nor could he, since what he had bought from the supermarket was a single frozen shark, and dragging it out again would serve no purpose.
But he could very well say that this shark was in deep water, too far out for him to drag back, and that they already had one shark and could not possibly eat it all, so there was no need to haul up another.
To avoid the awkwardness left by the earlier fire-drilling affair, Zhong Yongliang now dashed headlong into the sea and charged straight at the shark.
"You brazen shark, watch Liang-ge teach you a lesson!" Last time Shen Yushu had beaten him to it; this time Zhong Yongliang could not afford to fail, so he had to get there quickly and put this shark down before Shen Yushu could strike again!
"..." Wei Zhao stared at Zhong Yongliang's fervently charging back and nearly burst out laughing—because this shark was a real shark! He had to admire Zhong Yongliang's nerve, charging at it like that.
"Liang-ge, what are you doing?" Gao Xiaofu stared in astonishment at Zhong Yongliang, who had just run off. He was somewhat shocked! Because that shark was not the one he had planted, and so—Gao Xiaofu thought of a terrifying possibility...
But Zhong Yongliang had already run far ahead, and could not make out Gao Xiaofu's shouts at all. He was still charging enthusiastically forward, and was just about to reach the shark and take it on when he suddenly froze!
Because he saw the shark open its huge, blood-red maw at him!
"Ga?" Zhong Yongliang stopped dead at once. "Xiaofu?"
The shark did not answer. It swam toward Zhong Yongliang with its mouth wide open. This was a shark drawn over by the smell of blood: earlier Gao Xiaofu had been bleeding from the head, and afterward the boys in the class had used seawater to rinse the butchered shark meat, so the shark had slipped in through the gap Zhong Yongliang had opened in the safety cordon...
"My God!" Only now did Zhong Yongliang see clearly—this was no Gao Xiaofu, but a real shark!
Zhong Yongliang was terrified. With a shriek he swam for the shore in a panic, and this time he put every last ounce of strength he had into it, breaking into a mad sprint! It was a little humiliating, but compared with losing his life, that hardly mattered anymore!
Feng Xiaoxiao was frantic. While gathering shells in the sea, she had accidentally lost the bracelet on her wrist! It was a keepsake her mother had left her, so Feng Xiaoxiao no longer bothered with the shells and carefully searched the seabed for the bracelet...