Xiao Yunyi knew that Feng Junzi had been studying Taoism since he was a child, and although his words were ordinary and unremarkable, they often had a touch of the extraordinary. He surprisingly showed great interest in discussing the topic of heaven and hell, Xiao Yunyi asked: "Then what about you? You speak so mysteriously, what have you seen?"

  Feng Junzi: "It's all here in the mortal world, heaven and hell are both present, what's the point of running so far? Besides, that's not our territory, it has nothing to do with me, I'm too lazy to care. If someone wants to investigate, let them go ahead."

  Xiao Yunyi: "Husband, you're so knowledgeable! I've decided, tonight you don't have to wash the dishes!"

  ……

  The next day was still overcast, with no wind at the seaside and not much sunlight, making it a good day for swimming. Bai Shaofeng arrived at the beach in this park, rented a locker at the public dressing room, changed his clothes and went swimming. He hadn't relaxed properly for more than three months either.

  When Xiaobai went to sea, there were almost no other people swimming because he chose the wrong time. This day not only had a big tide but also happened to be full tide. At high tide, the seawater is usually the clearest and the surface is calmest, but this is a dangerous illusion, especially on days with such big tides. Because soon after, it will be low tide, and the undercurrents in the sea are terrifying. The rushing water will sweep people into the deep sea, and those who are slightly less skilled at swimming will find themselves unable to swim back to shore no matter how hard they try.

  Xiao Bai didn't care about these things, he tied a bag around his waist and hung a small shovel before diving into the water. He thought about swimming far away, diving deep, and getting some scallops or something to bring back home as a dish. If he could catch an abalone, that would be even better; finding sea cucumbers wouldn't be bad either. His swimming skills were indeed very good, and they came naturally without anyone teaching him. Underwater, with his eyes closed, he could feel the various currents and whirlpools just by using his body, and he could agilely dodge between them. After taking a breath, he could dive out very far away. What was even more special was that he wasn't afraid of water at all; once in the water, it was like he had returned home.

  Unfortunately, this sea is a bit thin and not fat at all. It's understandable, the beach in the park, when the tide goes out, what things aren't picked clean by tourists? Xiaobai busied himself among the underwater rocks for half a day, aside from seaweed, he only found a few conchs and dozens of small clams. Later on, he simply stopped looking for things and started drifting along with the current on the surface of the water, enjoying that free and easy feeling of going with the flow.

  The tide began to ebb quickly, and the wind rose on the sea surface. The waves rolled up, and the fist-sized pebbles on the beach rolled around with the water flow. The clear seawater became turbid, and the calm sea surface became turbulent. The shore's surge was as high as a person, like a wall, rushing over with a loud roar and then retreating to a farther place. Xiaobai felt extremely comfortable and exhilarated as he rose and fell with the waves. It had been many days since he'd felt so carefree. He spread his arms wide and swung them about, almost wanting to shout loudly at the sky.

  Xiaobai's swimming skills were indeed very good, but his appearance in the water was not good-looking. From a distance, he looked like someone who had been swept away by the tide and was struggling to save himself. Xiaobai was comfortable when he suddenly heard a girl's voice in the wind: "Oh no, someone has been swept away by the waves! Hurry up and rescue him!"

  Xiaobai was startled and quickly looked around. Who fell into the water? The receding tide's current is really too dangerous, I should go rescue them. But except for the rolling waves, there was no one in sight, while on the beach side, many people came running over, looking out at the distant sea surface. Someone wanted to jump in and save them but hesitated and stopped, it's very hard to get into the water from the shore under these conditions, a wave could knock you down onto the rocks, and there was no rescue boat in the distance.

  Xiao Bai looked around for half a day before realizing that those people were pointing and gesturing in his direction. He finally reacted, realizing that everyone was talking about him. He couldn't help but smile wryly, thinking that everyone had misunderstood. He also saw the little girl who had first shouted "Save him!", standing at the top of the bridge, leaning against the railing with her body tilted outward, pointing in his direction and shouting for help.

  Xiaobai waved his hand in that direction, meaning I'm fine, don't shout for help, but to others, it seemed like a desperate cry for rescue. The little girl was wearing a dress that just reached her knees, and now she looked very anxious, with one leg already outside the low railing. Xiaobai thought to himself: "Girl, don't do this, your skirt is flying up and I can see everything, luckily there's no one under the bridge in the sea!"

  ……

  In a seaside area not far from the city, there is a large piece of lush green land surrounded by very high fences. It's hard for ordinary people to imagine how such a vast garden can exist in this place where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold. This garden stretches all the way to the sea, and on the hillside, there is a villa-style building. In one room on the second floor of this villa, which is decorated like a reception room, a man in his sixties with gray hair sits at a desk.

  This man is Luo Shuihan, the chairman and president of the Heluo Investment Group. Luo Shuihan is sixty-six years old this year, but he still looks well-preserved, with fine wrinkles on his face that are not too many, sitting there with a calm expression, but the lines of his facial features give people a sense of majesty. However, his hair has turned completely gray, and his complexion is not very good, with a somewhat gloomy look between his eyebrows.

  On the other side of the table stood a woman, twenty-five or six years old, with a tall and slender figure, at least over 1.7 meters, with a very thin waist that made her legs look straight and long. Looking at her face again, it was a typical melon seed face, with skin as white as if she had never seen the sun, but her eyes were very bright, with a pair of dark pupils. She was a beautiful woman, with a face like a lady in an ancient painting, but the first impression she gave people was not beauty, but coldness! Her whole body emitted a kind of icy and distant aura that seemed to keep people at bay, as if she could only be admired from afar, but not approached.

  Luo Shuihan didn't look at the woman in front of him, but instead stared at a crystal ball the size of a volleyball on the table in front of him. Such a large piece of pure natural crystal is quite rare, but for someone like Luo Shuihan, it's not considered anything valuable. However, this crystal was strange, with many beams of light refracting and converging inside, forming a three-dimensional shadow within the ball. The shadow inside the crystal ball was a wavy sea surface, with a young man waving his arms as he drifted along on the waves.

  Luo Shuihan asked while watching: "Miss Gu, you just calculated that Xiaoxi would have a narrow escape today, was it successful?"

  The woman opposite Luoshuihan was named Gu Ying. Although she had a typical Eastern face, she held a degree from the Western country of Gilley and was a private consultant hired by Luoshuihan at great expense, nominally serving as a home tutor for his daughter Lu Xue. Gu Ying furrowed her brow and replied: "Even with the help of mysterious numerology, one can't know everything. I just have some intuition, but I couldn't be certain what would happen. The result of the calculation was quite strange - an ambiguous prophecy that was neither good nor bad: 'The host and guest are reversed, the rescuer is rescued by others.'"

  Luoshui Han: "You want me to look at this crystal ball, but I don't see Xiao Xi. Instead, I see a young man I've never met before?"

  Gu Ying: "I don't know either, I haven't studied this Western magic in depth, maybe there's more to it than meets the eye. Let's keep watching and we'll understand." As she spoke, her hands were spread out in front of her, palms facing the crystal ball, as if using some kind of mystical power to maintain the light and shadow of the crystal ball.

  Luoshui Han: "The four people around Xiao are all well-trained masters, so nothing unexpected should happen. Hopefully, nothing will happen."

  ……

  The person that Luo Shui Han and Gu Ying saw in the crystal ball was indeed Bai Shaofeng, who was waving at a girl on the Chungtan Bridge. He thought the girl looked familiar and must have seen her before. Just as he was wondering who she was, a wave rose up in front of him, blocking his view. When the wave passed and he looked again, the girl had vanished. In the spot where the girl had been standing, four men had taken off their suit jackets and were pretending to jump into the sea without actually doing so. They then took out their phones and started dialing, while some of them shouted in all directions.

  When she saw that the little girl was gone, the people around her were so panicked again. Xiao Bai immediately reacted to the accident. Unless the girl could fly, she must have fallen into the sea. And now with the big tide and windy currents, even professional lifeguards dared not jump into the sea to rescue people. Although Xiao Bai himself was not afraid of wind and waves, he also knew that it was very dangerous for someone to fall into the water in this situation, and as soon as a wave hit him, he would be stunned by swallowing two mouthfuls of water. He took a deep breath, dove head-first into the sea surface, and quickly swam along with the underwater current towards the pier below.

  The little girl had indeed fallen into the water, and she seemed to be able to swim a bit, struggling in the waves. When Xiao Bai surfaced, he was just a short distance away from her. Seeing this scene, Xiao Bai changed his breathing and dove down again, directly reaching her lower body from underwater. He didn't appear in front of her because being tightly grabbed by someone who had fallen into the water would be very troublesome and dangerous. Xiao Bai swam up from behind her, inserting his head between her two legs, essentially letting the girl ride on his neck. At the same time, he inserted his head into the skirt that was floating away in the water, with his ears pressed against her smooth thighs. Using his hindquarters, he lifted half of her body out of the water, allowing her to catch a breath and avoid choking.

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