When he had felt the safe underwater, the fisherman had known things probably did not look good. Now that he could see what it looked like, his heart sank to rock bottom.
All the humans present fell silent. The atmosphere was cold, but the blind fish was delighted, leaping out of the water and falling back countless times, sending up little splashes as she kept saying, "Wonderful, wonderful! Shuishui has finally been saved!"
She did not seem to know that humans were different from fish and could not breathe underwater.
The blind fish said happily, "All that food I caught for Shuishui every day and stuffed through the gap in the safe really paid off!"
"Yes. Thank you, Xiao Yu." Another little girl's voice came from inside the safe. Her voice was very calm, very mature for her age.
The fishermen jumped, but they had more or less guessed what was inside the safe.
Qi Gu and Mu Xingchen lent a hand, and the five of them pulled the safe onto the bank together. The lock was badly corroded with rust, so Qi Gu simply smashed the Purple-Gold Gourd against the clasp.
There was no telling what the gourd was made of. Even after several blows, it showed no sign of damage, and he actually managed to smash the lock off.
The safe opened, revealing a small, badly damaged skeleton, along with a great many mud snails, fish bones, and silt.
Shuishui's pale soul curled beside the bones. Her eye sockets were empty, and she could see nothing, but she vaguely sensed that her surroundings seemed to be growing warmer.
"Xiao Yu?" Shuishui asked tentatively.
"I'm here." The blind fish jumped into her arms.
"You've grown so much. I should call you Big Fish from now on," Shuishui said, carefully