Chapter 644: Chapter 644: Someone Fired a Gun
Guan Yue turned her face away, but heard Rong Ling say to Li Yufei, “In the past, my sister liked to drink fish soup, so I often caught this kind of wild black fish to make soup for her.”
Li Yufei was somewhat surprised: “You can make soup?”
Rong Ling: “Yes, if you want to drink it, I can make it for you.”
Li Yufei smiled softly: “I’d love to try your cooking someday.”
Rong Ling: “Okay.”
He held Li Yufei’s hand and checked it, finding no wounds, his expression relaxed a bit.
Guan Yue stared for a long time and suddenly said half-jokingly and half-seriously, “It’s just a fish peck, our Yufei isn’t that pretentious!”
Li Yufei looked at Guan Yue with some surprise, unable to discern the meaning behind her words.
Rong Ling squinted his eyes: “Your family?”
He gently hugged Li Yufei’s shoulder, “She is mine.”
Such possessiveness, like a child’s immaturity.
Guan Yue immediately laughed and teased, “Yufei, he’s so clingy, won’t Junjun be jealous?”
Li Yufei: “Why would he be jealous?”
Guan Yue said, “It’s inevitable, you know, Shaoheng loves Xixi the most. Sometimes, I’m even jealous.”
Li Yufei chuckled lightly but didn’t take it seriously: “You’re Xixi’s mother, why be jealous of your own daughter? Isn’t it a good thing for a father to dote on his daughter? Would you be happy if Shaoheng didn’t love Xixi but only loved you?”
Her counter-question was reasonable and well-argued.
Guan Yue was momentarily speechless, and after a long time, she said, “I was just joking!”
Rong Ling said, “Sometimes, what is said as a joke is actually heartfelt.”
Guan Yue didn’t expect Rong Ling to be so blunt in dismantling her facade.
Rong Ling said, “If your husband loves your daughter so much, you should feel happy, not jealous.”
He was especially irritated by this.
Because Xiaoyi never had a father to dote on him since he was a child.
Thus, seeing Du Shaoheng being so loving and caring towards Xixi and Junjun, he suddenly had a change of heart about this man.
He felt that this man, though not clear about his feelings, was at least a competent father, responsible for both Xixi and Junjun.
But Guan Yue’s words made him uncomfortable.
What kind of mother competes with her daughter?
He didn’t understand.
Li Yufei on the side said, “Junjun is very generous. Besides, he’s my son, and the love I give him is different from the love I give others; he won’t have such baseless jealousy.”
Guan Yue said, “How do you know he wouldn’t be jealous?”
Li Yufei said, “If he gets jealous, I would tell him that he shouldn’t be jealous of this kind of thing.”
Guan Yue was momentarily at a loss for words.
Is this Li Yufei really a normal woman?
Don’t women naturally have a little affectation?
But she isn’t affected at all.
Thinking carefully, they are different.
She’s a powerful woman, controlling a conglomerate worth billions, so of course, she wouldn’t make the kind of small mistakes a typical woman might.
“Mom!”
Not far away, Du Shaoheng’s kayak was slowly approaching their kayak.
Junjun and Xixi were sitting on the kayak.
Du Shaoheng was paddling while the two kids were playing in the water, having a lot of fun.
They were all wearing life jackets, with safety ropes attached.
But Li Yufei was still a bit worried, “Junjun, Xixi, be careful.”
Junjun said, “Mom, the lake water is so refreshing!”
Xixi said, “Auntie Feifei, look, there are so many fish in the lake!”
Li Yufei looked toward the lake.
Through the shimmering water.
At this moment—
Only to hear a “bang” sound.
The birds and beasts on the lakeshore scattered instantly.
The airgun bullet tore through the air.
Rong Ling instinctively dove towards Li Yufei.
The bullet skimmed past the back of his head, blasting a hole in the kayak they were sitting in.
The air rushed out immediately.
The kayak tilted sideways.
Rong Ling instinctively tried to grab Li Yufei, but his movements were too large, causing the kayak to capsize, and both Li Yufei and Rong Ling plunged into the lake together.
Guan Yue screamed awkwardly, originally trying to stabilize herself, but the kayak completely lost its balance, and she too fell into the water with a “splash”!
Guan Yue had just fallen into the water when Rong Ling quickly surfaced.
He was wearing a life jacket, which brought him back to the surface.
“Mom!”
“Mom!! Mom…”
Junjun and Xixi anxiously looked at the water.
Du Shaoheng’s heart almost leapt into his throat.
Rong Ling paddled and glanced around, suddenly spotting a life jacket floating up.
He rushed over and grabbed the life jacket, only to find it alarmingly light.
He realized that only the life jacket had floated up.
Soon, another life jacket floated up about five meters away.
He swam over, and this life jacket was also empty!
Rong Ling then remembered that both Guan Yue and Li Yufei were too thin, and their life jackets didn’t fit. Guan Yue had taken a size bigger, Li Yufei two sizes bigger.
In this situation, falling into the lake, the life jackets slipped off immediately.
Before long—
About five meters away, a person struggled to the surface, slapping the water chaotically, splashing everywhere, but barely staying afloat.
“Help… cough… help…”
Guan Yue couldn’t swim at all, coughing up several mouthfuls of water while calling for help.
But across the entire lake, other than Guan Yue, there was no sight of Li Yufei.
Junjun’s face turned pale: “Mom…”
He instinctively wanted to jump into the water, but Du Shaoheng pulled him back: “Junjun, stay put.”
Junjun said, “I want to save mom!”
Before Du Shaoheng could say anything, he immediately took off his life jacket and plunged into the water.
Rong Ling also removed his life jacket and dived beneath the lake’s surface, opening his eyes, but visibility was limited. He only saw Guan Yue’s legs struggling underwater.
Guan Yue was wearing a dress today, which floated up in the water.
Rong Ling immediately looked away.
After searching for a while, he surfaced for a breath, seeing Du Shaoheng quickly paddling towards Guan Yue.
He dived back under the water, swimming towards the deeper part.
The entire lake was about four to five meters deep.
Two meters down, there were water plants, easily entangling legs and feet.
Rong Ling paddled with difficulty, looking around anxiously.
On the kayak, Xixi’s face turned red as a beet.
She watched as Du Shaoheng lifted Guan Yue, who was pale-faced, letting him paddle her to the kayak’s edge.
But Rong Ling still didn’t resurface for a long time.
Junjun watched as Rong Ling had been under the water for too long without activity, feeling increasingly uneasy.
In the lake—
Li Yufei opened her eyes, swallowing several mouthfuls of water, nearly suffocating.