The sea stretched endlessly in every direction. There was nothing around them but rolling waves.
Ye Chen sighed helplessly and turned to Lucci. Lucci's body was as limp as a noodle. Though his head was above water, he had no strength left.
Floating in the sea felt like being bound by invisible chains. Not only could he not use his abilities, but all his strength seemed to have been drained away.
Yet those frighteningly pale eyes still stared coldly at Ye Chen. Ye Chen snorted, raised a fist, and threatened him on purpose. "Believe me, I could kill you right now."
"You'd better. Otherwise, I won't give up. I'll kill you, and don't expect me to thank you just because you saved me."
Ye Chen had lived two lives, but this was the first time he had met someone as obsessively stubborn as Lucci.
Ye Chen shook his head. "I'm not going to kill you, and I'm not going to leave you to die. You're my crewmate, after all. Hey, hey..."
Before Ye Chen could finish, Lucci turned his head away.
Ye Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Even he thought there was something wrong with him. Lucci was determined to kill him, yet Ye Chen had saved him and still wanted to recruit him as a crewmate. Something that bizarre could probably happen only to him.
And when he heard that Lucci had not officially joined CP9 yet, Ye Chen was secretly delighted. His chances of winning him over seemed a little better.
But winning over a man as cold-blooded as Lucci would prove far harder than Ye Chen imagined.
After half a day drifting at sea, Lucci passed out. Hauling such a large burden around was a headache.
Still, Ye Chen never let go. At last,