"Aunt Bai, this man is still alive. It looks like he was badly injured."
Lan Shi'er saw the man in the seawater and got to her feet, ready to go save him.
Bai Jingqiu grabbed Lan Shi'er. "Don't meddle in other people's business. Their life or death has nothing to do with you. Let go of that compulsion to help others."
"But... if we don't save him, he might be eaten by the sea beasts."
Lan Shi'er bit her red lip, worry flickering in her large eyes.
Bai Jingqiu's face remained indifferent. "Everyone has their own fate. Recklessly interfering in someone else's fate will only bring danger upon yourself. You don't even know whether this person is good or bad. Pirates run rampant nearby. What if he is a pirate who kills without batting an eye?"
"But... but what if he is a hero who has saved many people? Aren't there good people in this world too? We could at least give him a Healing Pill."
Lan Shi'er clutched Bai Jingqiu's arm and looked up at her with watery eyes full of hope and reluctance.
Seeing the innocence in Lan Shi'er's eyes, Bai Jingqiu sighed helplessly.
Only innocent children like Lan Shi'er would think of helping others. Anyone who had experienced the cruelty of the world would not help people so carelessly.
"I can save him, but Shi'er must listen to me and undergo a test."
A hundred lectures were not as effective as one firsthand experience.
Some things were useless no matter how much they were explained; only personal experience could make someone understand.
"What test?"
Lan Shi'er's two little feet anxiously stomped back and forth, terrified that if they delayed too long, the man in the sea would die.
"No!"
Jiang Ping An jolted awake. In his