The four rowed back.
Wen Qizhou looked around and was wondering why there were no other ships on the way back, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a tail out of the corner of his eye.
He straightened his back and stared at the water where his tail was swaying. When he saw a wave approaching them, he immediately shouted.
"There's something under the water!" He took out his pistol, held the oar tightly with his other hand, and cooperated with Chi Yue to speed up and row to the left.
Xu Qian and his friend were stunned for a moment.
They turned their heads and looked at Wen Qizhou, who looked like he was facing a formidable enemy. They were also made nervous. They immediately changed direction and followed the rubber boat with all their strength.
Just as the former was about to ask what it was, a scaly tail with a flat side suddenly rose out of the water, causing water to splash. It was caught off guard and splashed on them.
Cool drops of water fell on his arms. When he lowered his eyes, a dark green flat head broke into his sight.
Xu Qian looked at each other with those terrifying eyes for two seconds, then he woke up instantly and rowed desperately with a white face.
"Crocodile! It's a crocodile!" He reminded his friend who was still in a daze, and said in a loud voice: "Brother Shan, paddle quickly!"
The man who was called Brother Shan came to his senses.
They didn't dare to look back, but when they got closer to Wen Qizhou's ship, Chi Yue's voice sounded in their ears again.
She pointed at the figure two hundred meters away and signaled him to change direction again: "Qi Zhou, there is another one ahead!"
The two crocodiles were attacking back and forth. No matter how fast they rowed, they could only watch as they approached.
"Bang──"
The crocodile behind hit Xu Gan's boat.
Brother Shan, who was not sitting firmly, swayed and was about to fall into the water. He suddenly grabbed Xu Gan and used his strength to maintain his balance.
The second he passed by the crocodile, he pushed Xu Gan next to him out of the boat with his backhand.
"You..." Xu Qian only had time to utter a single syllable before his whole body was wrapped in dirty water.
As soon as he swam out of the water while holding his breath, he was faced with a crocodile with its mouth wide open, trying to bite him to death.
Despair and fear came over me.
Just as he closed his eyes and prepared to face death, a gunshot sounded in his ears, and the crocodile that attacked him suddenly turned its head.
"Come up!" Wen Qizhou, who shot the crocodile in the eye, steered the rubber boat to him and stretched out his hand.
The crocodile is not dead yet, so there is no time to delay.
Xu Gan grabbed his hand by instinct, climbed onto the boat, and sat there blankly looking at the crocodile roaring in the water.
The crocodile's right eye was hit by a bullet, and blood stuck to its scales, making it even more terrifying.
It raised its head and tried to retaliate against the people on the boat. Wen Qizhou didn't give it a chance and raised the pistol again to aim at its left eye.
This time it escaped.
But Wen Qizhou was most in need of bullets.
He fired three times and finally hit its left eye. The crocodile, which could no longer see, got back into the water with blood all over its face.
At the same time, another crocodile that had been guarding in front of them appeared in front of everyone.
This crocodile was even more cunning. As soon as Chi Yue loaded the gun and fired, it hid in the water and jumped around the two boats.
She and Wen Qizhou were back to back, staring at the water with heightened vigilance. Xu Qian, who had calmed down, also tightened his grip on the oar and got ready.
Suddenly, there was a "wow" sound.
The crocodile jumped out of the water and attacked Shan Ge who was sitting in the boat next door, biting his arm and dragging him into the water.
"Ah!!" Brother Shan screamed.
He looked in Xu Gan's direction in fear, and was about to call for help when the crocodile that took him into the water bit him down again.
Blood dyed the water red and yellow.
Its brutality is evident.
"Let's go." Chi Yue was worried that the smell of blood would attract other crocodiles, so she didn't plan to waste time with it playing with the corpse.
She focused on the water, while Wen Qizhou and Xu Gan each took an oar and quickly paddled out of the area.
The crocodile tried to catch up, but she fired at it every once in a while. She didn't know whether she hit it or just stopped chasing it. After another five or six hundred meters, it disappeared.
After paddling to the foot of Linyun Mountain, Wen Qizhou's stiff back finally relaxed. He looked back at the sparkling water and then dragged the rubber boat to the mountain road.
He squatted down to deflate the rubber boat, and his eyes fell on several bags of rice: "Xu Gan, come here and take away your rice."
The rubber boat Xu Qian was rowing today was very narrow and couldn't hold much supplies, so he temporarily put some of it on their boat.
In total, there are about fifty or sixty kilograms of rice.
Although the losses were greater, others were still alive and well, and other external possessions did not seem so important.
"Ah? Right now." Xu Gan, who was all wet, was holding Mi, dripping with every step he took.
Perhaps because he was immersed in the emotion of being stabbed in the back, his chatterbox attribute automatically turned off, and he didn't speak until he entered the base: "Brother Wen, thank you for helping me."
Hearing Qizhou responded: "It's okay." He raised his hand and patted Xu Qian's back: "You go home and change your clothes first. Don't catch a cold."
"Okay." He walked away slowly.
Seeing his back, Chi Yue couldn't help but recall the first time she was stabbed in the back. She seemed to be just like him, having difficulty accepting the reality in front of her.
But the difference between them is that she will not feel down for those who backstab her. Instead, she will try her best to solve them.
"Yueyue." Hearing that Qizhou was also looking in his direction, he asked in a warm voice, "How long do you think it will take for him to come out?"
"Three or five days?"
"It won't be that long." He led Chi Yue into the service center: "I don't feel like he likes to get into trouble."
Chi Yue was noncommittal.
She didn't talk about what Xu Gan had done, and took out 20 kilograms of rice and bacon to collect 1,000 points to pay another month's rent.
After paying the rent and returning to the suite, she collapsed on the sofa and stretched out her hand to Wen Qizhou: "Qizhou, my arms are so sore."
When she encountered the crocodile, she became highly nervous and rowed with all her might.
At this moment, hindsight makes me feel sour.
"I'll rub it for you." Wen Qizhou went into the bathroom to wash his hands, wiped the water stains from his fingertips, held her slender arms, and gently kneaded her sore parts.
His eyelashes were slightly lowered, and his eyes fell on her radiant cheeks inadvertently, as if describing her eyebrows and eyes.
Perhaps his gaze was hard to ignore. Chi Yue raised her head to meet his gaze: "Is there something dirty on my face?"
"No."
Wen Qizhou leaned forward, his thin lips fell on her forehead, and then slowly moved downward: "I just remembered one thing."
The warm touch crossed the tip of her nose and landed on her crimson upper lip, touching and grinding lightly.
Chi Yue looked into those deep eyes, kept close to him, blinked her eyelashes and asked, "What's the matter?"
"The reward you mentioned last time." She said that as long as he killed Su Linhao, he would be given the reward he wanted.
He forgot about it the other day.
Now it's time to ask for rewards.
"Then have you thought about it?" Chi Yue was wrapped in his breath, and her teeth accidentally landed on his lips and bit her.
(End of chapter)
