Injured

Jiang Xia, injured, didn't pay attention to what the female lead was doing, but continued to search for anything she could find in the reef pile. She even moved some of the stones she could lift, but didn't find anything.

Zhou Chenglei followed her around, carrying the bucket.

Jiang Xia urged him, "Why are you following me? Let's search separately! Hurry up and finish so we can go home, it's almost dark. See if there are any crabs left, it'd be good to find a few more."

"Crab is too cooling, it's not good to eat too much." Zhou Chenglei was following her because he was afraid she would fall, but being disliked by her, he could only walk away to find the crabs she liked to eat.

Jiang Xia carefully walked forward, picking up small blue mussels, oysters, and other shellfish. Even a little bit is still meat, she was determined not to let go of anything edible.

Not far ahead, she found a blue-green fish, a green wrasse, already dead. Jiang Xia opened its gills and saw they were still bright red, which meant it was still fresh, so she picked it up and put it in the bucket.

She walked forward slowly, and this section of the reef was almost at its end. Ahead was a beach with many people.

Jiang Xia thought there would be nothing left, but she saw a red shell sticking out of the rocks in a small puddle.

Looking at the shell, Jiang Xia thought it was a shrimp.

Her heart was racing!

Jiang Xia put the bucket aside and squatted down, but found her arms weren't long enough, so she simply lay down on the reef, waiting for an opportunity.

Zhou Chenglei occasionally paid attention to Jiang Xia's movements, and when he turned his head, he saw her sticking her butt up in the air, lying on the reef.

Zhou Chenglei: "..."

He didn't know what she had found, so Zhou Chenglei walked towards her.

After Jiang Xia lay down, more of the shell was gradually revealed. When half of its body was exposed, Jiang Xia decisively reached out and pinched it, grabbing it!

She held a red slipper lobster in her hand! Zhou Chenglei raised his eyebrows.

Jiang Xia turned to look at Zhou Chenglei, smiling brightly, "I caught a slipper lobster!"

Zhou Chenglei continued to approach, hearing the joy in her tone, and glanced at it, "It's a slipper lobster, this shrimp is delicious."

The meat of the slipper lobster is firm, tender, and smooth, with a fresh and rich flavor, similar to lobster, but its meat is smoother and more delicate than lobster meat.

"Is it expensive?"

"Yes." But this shrimp wasn't often caught. Thinking that Jiang Xia probably hadn't eaten it before, he said, "You've picked up so many shrimp today, you can keep this big shrimp to try."

Jiang Xia: "Alright."

Money can never be fully earned, you should enjoy life when you can.

Zhou Chenglei put the bucket in front of her, "Put it in the bucket."

Zhou Chenglei didn't pick up just anything. Jiang Xia saw that there was a sea bass, a sea eel, and a few crabs in his bucket. The crabs were alive, but the fish were dead.

The sea eel looked a bit like a snake, Jiang Xia's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly put the shrimp in.

Zhou Chenglei picked up the bucket she had placed on the ground, "Let's go!"

"Okay." Jiang Xia responded, but still couldn't help but glance around subconsciously.

With that glance, she saw a flash of white as the waves crashed against the reef.

Jiang Xia immediately said, "There's something there!"

Saying that, she strode over.

"Don't go over there, the waves are big!" Zhou Chenglei shouted and quickly followed.

"I won't get close." Jiang Xia replied, walking a little closer, and the waves crashed down, filling her water shoes with water.

But Jiang Xia saw a very long, very flat fish twisting its body in the crevices of the reef, almost dead.

It probably hadn't been washed up for long, its abdomen was a little bloated.

"It's a ribbonfish."

Ribbonfish have sharp teeth, luckily it looked almost dead, and probably didn't have much strength left.

"I'll do it. You stay back." Zhou Chenglei jumped down, grabbing its head with one hand and its body with the other.

The ribbonfish struggled for a moment when he grabbed it.

Splashing Jiang Xia's face with water.

Jiang Xia carried a Snakeskin Bag, having already opened its mouth in preparation.

Zhou Chenglei pierced the Ribbonfish's abdomen and tossed it directly into the bag.

This Ribbonfish was huge and long, probably weighing over ten jin.

Because they found another Ribbonfish, Zhou Chenglei and Jiang Xia looked around the reef again, and only left after confirming there was nothing else of value.

Zhou Chenglei carried both buckets and the Ribbonfish, not letting Jiang Xia carry anything.

Jiang Xia only held a pair of iron tongs and a small iron shovel in her hands.

The two walked back.

Jiang Xia was still unwilling to give up, looking around as they walked.

Suddenly, a cry of alarm came from afar: "Someone's been swept away by the waves!"

Jiang Xia was startled and looked over, discovering a white figure indeed bobbing up and down in the waves.

The female lead was wearing white clothes.

Zhou Chenglei quickly put down what he was carrying and ran over.

Jiang Xia also ran over.

But inexplicably, her foot slipped on the reef, and she fell hard against the rocks.

A sharp pain shot through her knee!

Her pants legs were rolled up because her shoes had just been filled with seawater, and she immediately saw beads of blood constantly oozing from her knee.

Jiang Xia tried to get up, but the pain made her gasp: "Hiss!"

Zhou Chenglei seemed to sense something and looked back, then glanced at the beach: several people were rushing forward to rescue the person.

They were all excellent swimmers.

Zhou Chenglei turned back to Jiang Xia's side and examined her, seeing that her knee and ankle were scraped and bleeding profusely.

He frowned: "Let me see if you've sprained anything."

Zhou Chenglei gently held her ankle and calf, moving them slightly with some force.

No joint sprain.

Zhou Chenglei felt relieved and glanced at the beach again.

Jiang Xia also looked over.

At that moment, a large wave crashed, sending the white figure back onto the beach.

Several people rushed forward and quickly pulled the person onto the sand.

They were safe.

Zhou Chenglei felt relieved, withdrew his gaze, and said to Jiang Xia, "I'll carry you back."

Jiang Xia shook her head and stood up: "It's nothing, just a scrape, I can walk myself, you carry the things."

What was this little injury? When she used to rush to work, she had fallen off her electric bike even worse, scraping half her arm and thigh, and she still got up and went to work.

Zhou Chenglei watched her knee bleeding, yet she walked forward as if nothing had happened, and his heart inexplicably clenched.

He picked up both buckets and the Snakeskin Bag with one hand, then came to Jiang Xia, and without a word, scooped her up in his long arms, and started walking forward!

Jiang Xia was held in his arm like a child, startled, she grabbed his neck, her face flushed red: "What are you doing? I can walk myself, put me down."

"Don't move." Zhou Chenglei didn't put her down, carrying her towards the shore.

Jiang Xia didn't dare to move, she subconsciously looked around.

The entire beach was full of people, but fortunately, because someone had just been swept away by the waves, everyone was watching the excitement, and no one was looking at them.

In the distance, Wen Wan was dragged onto the beach, filled with lingering fear.

She subconsciously glanced at the people who had rescued her, none of them were Zhou Chenglei.

She couldn't help but look around for Zhou Chenglei's figure, and then she saw him carrying two buckets in one hand and Jiang Xia in the other, walking towards the shore.

Wen Wan: "..."

He actually watched without offering help?