Chapter 55: The Boomerang (Please Collect, Please Recommend)

"Holy crap, something really happened?" Lei Jiayin shouted in shock.

Could it be that Li Caihua cramped up?

That woman is stubborn; she refused to do the warm-up exercises, and now there's a problem!

On the river surface, hearing Director Lin's words, the kayak driver instantly cranked up the power and rushed toward the accident site.

However, the river scene filmed for this shot was very wide, and the rescue kayaks had backed off quite far, so the distance was a bit great, and it would take some time to get there.

Director Lin also noticed this; disregarding everything, he tossed aside his headset, grabbed the walkie-talkie, and rushed frantically toward the riverbank.

We can't have an accident; if something happens, the whole production crew will be in trouble!

"Director, don't worry!" Tu Liman called out while holding a pair of binoculars: "Beside Qi Hui Hui has rushed over; he swims very fast."

"Is that so!?" Hearing this, Director Lin was overjoyed: "Quick, let me see!"

Saying this, he snatched the binoculars from Tu Liman's hands.

Tu Liman pouted; these were the binoculars I used to look at handsome guys' muscles, and it was hard enough to get them from Lei Jiayin!

Director Lin ignored her, held the binoculars up, and quickly looked toward Beside Qi Hui Hui.

Just as Tu Liman had said, Beside Qi Hui Hui was dragging a faint white wake, moving quickly toward those two raised arms.

At this moment, the kayak was still quite far away.

"Good kid... tsk tsk, youth is truly wonderful!" Director Lin said with some emotion; such explosive power was truly enviable.

Back when he was young... cough, he also had such powerful explosive power.

In the river water!

Beside Qi Hui Hui straightened his body and tilted his head back, confirming Li Caihua's position once more; he was already very close to her.

He immediately dived into the water, swimming underwater directly, and swam over quickly.

Without anything to leverage, he couldn't pull an adult woman.

Only by pushing her up from underwater could he get her out of the water.

However, as soon as he dived into the water, Beside Qi Hui Hui noticed something was wrong.

Under the surface, Li Caihua's left foot was constantly kicking the river water, while her right foot was tightly curled up; her posture was very strange.

That woman has cramped up... Beside Qi Hui Hui made this judgment in his heart and, not daring to slack off, exerted strength to swim again.

This is the first role where he is the male lead; we can't have something as big as a death occurring!

"Gurgle gurgle..." Bubbles constantly rose from Li Caihua's mouth and nose; the originally cool river water did not make her feel comfortable, but instead made her feel infinite cold and fear.

In the past, relying on the swimming she learned since childhood, she never felt she was in danger, even thinking she could cross the Wu Songjiang and conquer the Wu Songjiang.

However, when she truly drowned, she realized how humble and how small she was.

"I really am like Ellie..." Li Caihua raised this thought in her heart: "Humble, small, doing whatever it takes and exhausting all efforts to obtain beautiful love, to change myself, only to end up..."

Before the thought could fade, a force came from below.

Beside Qi Hui Hui wrapped his arms around her waist and executed a Uchiha suplex; of course, he changed the suplex to a lift, directly pushing Li Caihua out of the water.

"Pfft... Hah!" Li Caihua suddenly spat out water, then took a deep breath of fresh air.

She disregarded everything, wrapped her arms around, and hugged Beside Qi Hui Hui on her body tightly; her arms clung tightly, and her two legs even wrapped directly around Beside Qi Hui Hui's waist.

Beside Qi Hui Hui: "..."

Again?

However, looking at Li Caihua lying on his chest with red-rimmed eyes, panting heavily, Beside Qi Hui Hui did not forcibly push him away.

"Waaah—!"

Suddenly, Li Caihua burst into loud weeping, as if to vent the near-death fear from just now.

Beside Qi Hui Hui was speechless; this is really troublesome!

But there was also good news; Li Caihua's crying allowed the rescue kayak to see that she had been saved, and they immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

They reported the situation to the director's side, then called for the lifeguards to prepare and pull those two up.

A false alarm... this is good news!

Soon, Beside Qi Hui Hui and Li Caihua were pulled onto the rescue kayak; the kayak turned around and sped toward the shore.

On the way, they also casually pulled up a cameraman flailing on the water surface.

He had also come to save people.

After discovering the accident, he handed the camera to another cameraman and quickly dived into the water to rescue Li Caihua.

The distance was a bit far, and he wasn't as fast as Beside Qi Hui Hui.

However, he was wearing a life jacket; if he could reach Li Caihua, it would be easier for him than for Beside Qi Hui Hui.

"Wuwuwu..." On the kayak, Li Caihua still held onto Beside Qi Hui Hui without letting go, lying on Beside Qi Hui Hui's chest and crying.

Beside Qi Hui Hui was helpless; he wanted to push her away, but he couldn't.

She was currently frightened and emotionally unstable, so he could only let her continue.

The cameraman wiped his hair with a towel, saw this scene, opened his mouth, and silently mouthed a sentence:

"She's gotten into character..."

He had filmed quite a few productions with Director Lin and had seen many such situations.

Seeing this, Beside Qi Hui Hui suddenly understood.

I was wondering why that woman was acting like this; now I see.

The reason this scene happened is that Ellie was in the late stages of cancer, and everything had been taken from her by Lin Pinru and Gao Shanshan; finally, with all hope lost, she could only choose to end her own life.

Before dying, Ellie reviewed her life; her parents died early, she was boarded out at other people's houses since childhood, and the toys she used and the clothes she wore were all leftovers from others.

At home, she watched faces; outside, she watched the weather; how much grievance she suffered, only she herself probably knew.

Li Caihua was probably too immersed in the role and had brought herself into it.

Add to that the fear brought on by nearly drowning just now, and such a reaction is quite normal.

Beside Qi Hui Hui was truly helpless now, so he could only wait for her to speak slowly.

The kayak reached shore, and the feeling of solid ground beneath his feet brought a sense of genuine peace.

On the other side, Director Lin led the entire crew, swarming over in a chaotic rush.

"Are you okay?"

"How is it?"

"Caihua... is she alright?"

"Everyone, make some room, don't crowd together."

Director Lin shouted, "Make way, give the doctor space to work!"

The doctor arrived quickly carrying a medical kit; seeing the situation, the entire team of behind-the-scenes staff and actors promptly cleared a path.

Seeing this scene, Li Caihua's somewhat dazed face slowly came back to her senses, and she let go of Beside Qi Hui Hui, whom she had been hugging tightly.

Beside Qi Hui Hui was bare-chested now; with so many people watching, it was indecent.

Li Caihua's assistant rushed over, draped a towel over her, and helped wipe the water droplets from her hair.

"Oppa, are you okay?"

"Brother Qi, dry yourself quickly, don't catch a cold."

Qiu Chixuan and Tu Liman surrounded Beside Qi Hui Hui, asking questions repeatedly.

Tu Liman handed over a towel and, as a side move, even gave Beside Qi Hui Hui's chest a quick touch.

"Hehehe..."

The move was a bit fast; Beside Qi Hui Hui hadn't even reacted before he was touched.

Beside Qi Hui Hui: "..."

Was it an accident?

Not far away, Li Caihua watched this scene, bit her lip, and stared tightly at Tu Liman and Beside Qi Hui Hui with reddened eyes.

Lei Jiayin stood aside, looked at Li Caihua, then looked at Beside Qi Hui Hui, her expression thoughtful.

The follow-up to the rescue proceeded in an orderly manner; Li Caihua was secured safely, and Beside Qi Hui Hui likewise changed out of his soaking wet pants into a set of dry clothes.

"Old Qi," Lei Jiayin leaned mysteriously close to Beside Qi Hui Hui.

"What?" Beside Qi Hui Hui asked, puzzled.

During this period, the two often joked around together, and Beside Qi Hui Hui had even caught the Northeastern accent.

"I reckon, that woman Li Caihua's look at you is a bit off!" Lei Da said.

"You must be seeing things," Beside Qi Hui Hui said, unconcerned; what was so off? Could she eat me or something?

"I'm thinking, that woman might have taken a fancy to you," Lei Jiayin continued.

Beside Qi Hui Hui: "..."

That sounded familiar; it seemed he had said it before.

And he had said it to Lei Jiayin.

What is this? A boomerang?