He was indeed worried about Fu Jingran, and since Fu Jingran had his own opinion, he respected the other party's judgment.
“There’s something I haven’t told you yet?” Fu Jingran suddenly said, “When I was 7 years old, I was kidnapped once. My parents called the police without hesitation. Of course, I didn’t say they called the police wrong, but calling the police angered the kidnappers. The kidnappers were furious and said they would kill me.”
“I was young at the time and didn’t know whether it was a threat or a real threat to kill me. I was crying uncontrollably in the factory when my uncle rushed in all by himself. He was only in his early twenties at the time and he beat everyone down by himself. He even got stabbed in the waist while saving me and spent three months in the hospital.”
"But he never complained, and he never asked me for anything because of it." At this point, Fu Jingran suddenly laughed, "I misspoke. He did regret it, but what he regretted was not letting the assailant stab him on the right side as well, because his wound was on his left abdomen, and the wounds were asymmetrical, hahaha!"
"Can you believe it? The first thing he said when he woke up in the hospital was, 'Doctor, are my wounds asymmetrical?'" Fu Jingran laughed until tears streamed down his face. "How could an uncle like that possibly hurt me?"
...
After listening to Xie Siyan's retelling, Yan Shenyu remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "I can probably understand Fu Jingran. When we told him that Fu Da had a problem, it was like saying that Yan Sheng was going to harm me, and we didn't want to believe it."
“But if it really was Fu Da who did it,” Yan Shenyu’s expression turned serious, “then his cunning is beyond imagination.”
Xie Siyan: "We've done everything we could. If something really happens, it's beyond our control."
Yan Shenyu nodded; they were just giving a heads-up. It would be best to cancel the cave diving if possible, but if Fu Jingran insisted on going, at least they should be prepared.
Yan Shenyu glanced at the time; it was nearly 2 p.m. Fu Shuyu was still chatting with someone on the railing, so the main group probably hadn't left yet.
If Fu Jingran and Yan Sheng insisted on going diving, he originally planned to wait for them with Xie Siyan.
But the situation is better than they expected; still no one has set off, most likely because the trip has been canceled.
Yan Shenyu breathed a sigh of relief and went downstairs to the restaurant to pour herself a glass of water.
When he got downstairs, he was dumbfounded.
The person speaking to Fu Shuyu was not Fu Da, but the cook who prepared the lunch. Fu Shuyu was complaining to him about Fu Da's eccentricities.
Yan Shenyu looked around but didn't see a single familiar face.
"They've all left?" Yan Shenyu walked over to Fu Shuyu.
“Let’s go,” Fu Shuyu nodded. “Fu Da said the water temperature is low in the evening, so diving in the afternoon is just right.”
Yan Shenyu asked in surprise, "Why didn't you go?"
Fu Shuyu was even more surprised than him, and quickly retorted, "Why should I go?"
Yan Shenyu narrowed his eyes, gradually losing patience: "Are you deliberately staying here to mislead us?"
"Who misled you?" Fu Shuyu blurted out, embarrassed and angry. "I... I originally wanted to go with Xie Siyan, but he's not going now, so why should I go?"
Yan Shenyu: "Is Fu Da the only one following them?"
“Yes,” Fu Shuyu nodded, “Including the diving guide, there are four of them.”
Yan Shenyu's expression changed, and he hurriedly ran towards the waterfront platform on the second basement level. When he reached the stairwell, he suddenly remembered something and shouted to Fu Shuyu, "Go upstairs and call Xie Siyan down for me!"
"Me...me go?" Fu Shuyu stammered.
"A life is at stake, go now!"
Fu Shuyu was stunned for a moment, but in the end she obediently ran up.
Yan Shenyu turned and ran down the stairs, her mind filled with disbelief. She hadn't expected it to be Fu Da, the Fu Da whom Fu Jingran trusted most!
But what can he do all by himself? Or are the diving guides also his people?
What Yan Shenyu couldn't understand was that it was one thing for Fu Jingran to go, but why did Yan Sheng, knowing there was danger, still insist on going despite his advice?
How long have they known each other? Is Yan Sheng really capable of going to such lengths for Fu Jingran?
Honestly, why doesn't anyone listen to advice?
Yan Shenyu was a little angry, but he was even angrier when he discovered that there was only one shuttle boat, and that Fu Jingran and the others had taken it away!
He had no choice but to drag an inflatable boat out of the corner and awkwardly pump it in, his hands trembling with anger. Soon, a pair of strong hands covered him.
"I'll do it."
Yan Shenyu turned around and met Xie Siyan's calm face.
“Let’s do it together.” Yan Shenyu suppressed his agitation and worked with Xie Siyan to quickly inflate the inflatable boat.
Fu Shuyu stood to the side, completely bewildered, and asked blankly, "What are you doing?"
Yan Shenyu grabbed him: "Perfect timing, you lead the way to the cave diving spot."
Fu Shuyu: "Weren't you infected? Why are you going again?"
Yan Shenyu lost his patience, shoved the man against the wall, and said fiercely, "Are you going or not?"
Fu Shuyu was startled and it took her a while to come to her senses. She said with some grievance, "Fine, I'll go. Why are you being so fierce?"
Looking at the aggrieved face in front of her, Yan Shenyu felt that she couldn't understand Fu Shuyu anymore.
Is he a naive and innocent girl with a love-struck mind? Or is he a seemingly innocent but actually cunning person pretending to be pure and innocent?
Yan Shenyu took a deep breath and slowly said, "Weren't you with Fu Da?"
Fu Shuyu visibly panicked for a moment, then forced herself to remain calm and said, "I...I don't know what you're talking about."
"Before leaving this morning, you told Fu Da, 'You just need to remember our deal.'" Yan Shenyu looked him in the eye and said, word by word, "What was your deal?"
Fu Shuyu's expression changed drastically: "You...you heard everything? Did you...you heard everything I said earlier?"
Yan Shenyu: "You only need to answer this question."
Fu Shuyu glanced at Xie Siyan, then quickly lowered her head and said with a forced smile, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Are you going to keep this a secret?" Yan Shenyu said coldly. "Because of your concealment, Fu Jingran might lose his life!"
"Impossible!" Fu Shuyu suddenly looked up, panicking. "He never said he would harm Fu Jingran!"
Yan Shenyu narrowed his eyes: "So you knew all along."
Fu Shuyu asked incredulously, "Are you kidding me?"
"All's fair in war," Yan Shenyu said coldly, "So what exactly is going on between you two?"
“I…” Fu Shuyu bit her lip, a blush suddenly appearing on her cheeks. “I heard that there is a very romantic cave on this cave diving trip, which can only be reached by diving, but you can see reefs, the moon and the sea in the cave.”
"What does this have to do with your deal with Fu Da?"
Fu Shuyu glanced at Xie Siyan beside her and suddenly said, "Let Xie Siyan go out first."
Xie Siyan walked over, looking wary: "What are you going to do to Xiaoyan?"
"You're all siding with him, what can I do to him?" Fu Shuyu glared at Yan Shenyu and said resentfully, "I don't care, I won't say anything until he leaves!"
Yan Shenyu was silent for a moment, then said to Xie Siyan, "You can go out first."
Xie Siyan frowned: "What if he takes the opportunity to harm you..."
Yan Shenyu: "He can't beat me."
Fu Shuyu: "..."
After thinking for a moment, Xie Siyan turned and walked out. Before closing the door, he added worriedly, "I'll be right at the door. Call me if you have any problems."
Only after Xie Siyan's figure disappeared behind the door did Yan Shenyu look at Fu Shuyu and slowly say, "You can speak now."
Fu Shuyu still refused to speak, changing the subject: "Why do you have to ask this?"
“Now that things have come to this, I won’t hide it from you anymore,” Yan Shenyu pressed his shoulder against the wall and said, word by word, “We suspect that Yan Sheng’s oxygen cylinder malfunction this morning was not an accident, but deliberate, and we’ve deduced that the culprit is either you or Fu Da.”
"Impossible!" Fu Shuyu blurted out, "I have never harmed him!"
"The pre-diving inspection was done by Fu Jingran for Yan Sheng. Are you implying that Fu Jingran wanted to harm him?"
"That could also be a problem that occurred after it went into the water!"
"After we got into the water, you were walking behind Yan Sheng."
“Uh…” Fu Shuyu paused for a moment, then retorted, “But I swam ahead very quickly, and Fu Da stayed behind him as well.”
"So both of you are suspects," Yan Shenyu slowly approached, her beautiful yet sharp eyes shining through. "You and Fu Da conspired to control Fu Jingran by causing an incident involving Yan Sheng, and then seize the Fu family's assets. In my opinion, that's the content of your deal, isn't it?"
“I didn’t!” Fu Shuyu blurted out, “I just wanted Fu Da to help me take Xie Siyan to that cave!”
Yan Shenyu looked bewildered for a moment, then took a while to recover before asking incredulously, "Take Xie Siyan over there?"
"Didn't you just say there was a really nice viewpoint?" Fu Shuyu said, her head down and her face flushed. "But there are no signs indicating the location, so you can't find it if you haven't been there before. My deal with Fu Da was that I would have Fu Da take Xie Siyan there, and then I would pretend to be there to create a chance encounter."
Yan Shenyu asked incredulously, "You came all this way just to spend a little while in a cave with Xie Siyan?"
“It’s not just a short while,” Fu Shuyu retorted seriously. “Our oxygen tanks will run out of air when we dive there, so we can only leave on foot through another passage. But the foot passage will be flooded at night, and we can only get out the next day.”
After a pause, Fu Shuyu whispered, "We could stay overnight..."
Yan Shenyu: "..."
No wonder Fu Shuyu kept telling him not to go cave diving this morning. At the time, he thought the man was being sarcastic, but it turned out he was telling the truth...
He misjudged Fu Shuyu's skill level.
At this point, Fu Shuyu's voice sounded somewhat aggrieved: "But later, because Xie Siyan didn't go diving, my deal with Fu Da was canceled."
Yan Shenyu: "..."
This is truly a story that will break your heart and bring tears to your eyes.
While other members of the Fu family were scheming for their inheritance and vying for power, he was still thinking about how to stay in a cave with his crush.
A note from the author:
① 35% of my country's food is wasted every year, and 600 million people have a monthly income of only 1,000 yuan. This data is from 2020.
Chapter 57 None of your business!
Five minutes later, Xie Siyan re-entered the room, his gaze fixed on Yan Shenyu with worry.
Yan Shenyu opened his mouth, but before he could speak, Fu Shuyu shouted, "You're not allowed to tell him!"
Yan Shenyu: "I haven't said anything yet."
Fu Shuyu pouted, seemingly a little aggrieved. After a while, she asked again, "So what exactly do you want to do?"
Yan Shenyu, while tidying up his diving tank, replied, "To the cave diving area."
Fu Shuyu asked curiously, "You said you weren't going before, so why are you suddenly going now?"