Chapter 333: Star of the Ocean

【Work, other than work, he has nothing to do!】

Wulongcha really admires Su Xi; he is like an old ox, working every day to earn money and support the family.

【It would be great if Uncle came over to play.】

Wulongcha, also lying on the beach, shifted his posture, 【Why are you coming over? Should I grab a feather duster and chase you to beat you?】

If Su Xi saw Su Yu not only lying on the beach but also rolling around happily, he would really grab a feather duster and chase Su Yu to beat her.

【That works too, anyway I'm running fast now. He couldn't hit me when I was a kid, and when I grow up he definitely won't hit me.】

Su Yi listened nearby, chuckled proudly and sent these words to Su Xi.

Tricking Su Yu, he's a professional! Su Yu stayed on the beach until sunset.

The seaside sunset was extremely beautiful; she just watched the indescribable beauty and awe fade away before her eyes.

"Baby, come eat!"

"Coming!"

Tonight they'll eat the seafood they collected during the day, holding a bonfire party on the beach. The three kids are still young, so to protect their delicate stomachs, the main dishes are rice and coconut chicken soup, and each kind of seafood is limited to one serving! The first day at the beach was very happy; the second day was a bit boring.

The adults went scuba diving with professional staff.

Su Yu and the other two accompanied Yang Zhichun in fishing on the beach.

"Great-grandma, do you like it here?"

Yang Zhichun shook her head, "I don't like it; I prefer the mountains and forests back home."

At first glance the endless ocean seems vast and awe‑inspiring, but after the novelty wears off it becomes an endless loneliness.

Perhaps it's the human subconscious at work. In the mountains, one can walk out on foot if trouble arises, but on an island, once a typhoon or tsunami hits, human effort can't resist.

Even with a basement, being far from people and societal resources gives a lingering unease.

"Then will you come back with us?"

【A bit worried about Great‑grandma's health.】

"Of course, even though it's all seaside, living there is safer and closer to home."

She's had enough fun outside these past two years; it's time to go home. Always staying out makes the kids at home worry! "Yay!"

Su Yu joyfully leapt into Yang Zhichun's arms. Her fishing rod twitched at that moment, and Tang Can and Liang Yan together lifted it; looking at it, it turned out to be a bunch of seaweed.

"I thought it was a fish!"

"Wasted bait!"

Liang Yan and Tang Can sat back down and kept fishing.

Yang Zhichun basked in the sun, listening to Su Yu's chatter about whether to change spots with Tang Can and Liang Yan; her eyelids grew heavier, and she comfortably fell asleep.

Su Yu signaled the bodyguard to fetch a blanket and an ice bucket; Liang Yan and Tang Can quietly stayed nearby fishing, not daring to speak for fear of waking Yang Zhichun.

Yang Zhichun slept until lunch; the group that returned from diving chattered, and Ji Yan gave Su Yu and the others some gifts—close‑up photos.

"Coral can't be harvested; you can only take close‑up photos."

"Mm‑mm! Okay, thank you, Mom!"

Su Yu didn't mind. Even if there were real coral, she wouldn't keep it. Moreover, both real and fake coral are just for display, so why not get fake coral—cheaper and not illegal.

Tang Can and Liang Yan were also pleased. With such beautiful coral, they could have their family make figurines based on the photos and display them on the table.

The underwater trip left everyone very satisfied.

In the afternoon the adults slept, and Su Yu and the other two watched the unfinished underwater documentary from last time.

After that came Su Yu's trio's sand‑bath time.

"I wish I could lie here forever."

Tang Can understood why people fall into decadence! She now just wants to indulge! No worries about anything, just lying on the sand—so incredibly comfortable! Su Yu wholeheartedly agreed, "Hmm, me too! The fine sand at home isn't as comfortable as this sand!"

The Su family manor probably has river sand, lacking the feel of this sea sand.

"Have you ever lain on the sand pit at home?"

Tang Can tossed a handful of sand, her face full of curiosity.

"No, I just played with it a bit."

…

Life by the sea reached its peak with Su Xi's arrival.

"Uncle!"

Su Yu eagerly leapt into Su Xi's arms.

Su Xi lifted her, spun her around once, then set her down, "Hmm, heavier!"

"Hehe!"

Su Yu was proud, "I've been eating and sleeping well these days!"

【How does Uncle have time to come play?】

Su Yi secretly rolled his eyes. It's because you keep nagging about Uncle, so Grandma called big brother over. But big brother has been busy for years; taking a break is not bad!

After Su Xi arrived, Su Yu wasn't hit, but her sand‑bath now had one more person.

"Uncle, are you under a lot of pressure?"

【Shouldn't be; the family business is doing quite well, right?】

"Hmm!"

Su Xi's pressure is indeed great. He's the only one in the family who can fight; if something happens to him, Su Yi's ability is insufficient to take over the company. Yang Zhichun is also older, and even if she can step in, it's at the cost of her life. Su Yu is still too young.

He hasn't ruled out, as Su Yu mentioned, finding someone to marry and have children, but it would be unfair to both the child and the adult.

The cold demeanor he suffered in childhood and the missing emotions still cannot be let go. He doesn't want his child to be like him.

Su Yu doesn't understand his thoughts, and she takes this time to enjoy life.

At night, under the starry sky, Su Yi's gift was finally ready.

Watching Su Yi appear strumming a guitar, Su Yu whispered a complaint, 【Dad, what were you thinking? Playing guitar in front of Mom, Mom probably has a hundred or eighty thorns in her heart!】

A true picture of a novice showing off!

Su Yi: Ah! The contrary woman ruined my surprise!

After the guitar came a big bouquet of flowers and beautiful fireworks.

【How clichéd, Dad prepared this surprise for so long, and that's it? If he had read a few more novels or asked net friends for tips, the method wouldn't be so ordinary!】

Su Yi regretted it! Why did he have to make this surprise?

He should have thrown Su Yu into the sea to learn diving, exhausting her half to death!

Following the original script, Su Yi held the Ocean Star he bought, ready to present it to Ji Yan.

But Su Yu stopped him, "Dad, this doesn't look good! It looks all black!"

【Mainly this thing is inauspicious. Where did Dad get the Ocean Star? Shouldn't it be in Qin Yuanjun's hands?】

The Ocean Star, a peerless jewel unjustly bearing the name of a cursed couple.

The Ocean Star's craftsmanship is exquisite. Its necklace chain is engraved with a hundred kinds of marine creatures. At the very center, the dazzling stone is a high‑quality natural sea‑pattern stone, the only one of its kind in the world, uniquely beautiful.

Under the night glow, the sea‑pattern stone ripples like seawater, looking very aesthetic. In Su Yu's eyes, however, it flickers with an inexplicable dim glow.

Since its creation, it has been passed around the circle of ladies as a solitary treasure. Yet no lady has ever kept it for long. Women who received the Ocean Star eventually died untimely deaths, and men who gave it away spent their lives in loneliness.

Liang Yan and Tang Can ran over and glanced, "Hmm, it's all black, not pretty!"

After speaking, Tang Can added, "Looks like the sea? But isn't the sea unstable?"

The implication isn't good either!

There are two elders at home who care about these things, and Tang Can, soaked in that atmosphere, also learned some.

Now Su Yi is neither giving nor not giving.

Zhu Xueheng has also seen the Ocean Star.

"How did you think of giving this?"

The Ocean Star used to be quite expensive abroad, then it made its way to the interior. Because abroad it was a cursed gem. Some people at home don't believe that, but Liang Lijiang cares about it. She had chances to buy the Ocean Star as a collectible, but never did.

Zhu Xueheng didn't understand at the time; after hearing the biographies of the Ocean Star's successive owners, he also found the thing inauspicious! He gave a detailed introduction of the Ocean Star's history.

"The object is innocent, but its history is real. Magnetic fields are a very strange thing; if you don't absolutely have to, you should return the object to its original owner!"

Who gave it and who returns it, you can still see a person clearly.

Su Yi's mouth twitched; why is he so unlucky?

After that, no one felt like eating Su Yu's birthday cake.

They crudely finished Su Yu's birthday, then boarded a boat to leave the island and head home.

【Wulongcha, who actually gave that Ocean Star? My dad is totally devastated!】

It looks like a heavyweight. But she's met every one of Su Yi's friends. Su Yi's relationships with each of them seem great, like a sea king; she really can't find a target.

【Shen Yanbo, your dad's childhood buddy.】

【Shen Yanbo?】

Su Yu searched her own memory.

Su Yi almost lost his composure!

They really have known each other since infancy! At ten months old they attended the same early‑education class. At one year old they started playing together, at three they were in the same kindergarten class, and after starting primary school at five they were schoolmates. They all split money and got high together; why on earth does he do this? He had previously taught him that the world is different now, people change. So sincere, yet the stab is so cruel!

Ji Yan is his destiny!

If you have no money, you can tell him, he'll ask his big brother for help! 【He really doesn't look like a bad person, my dad probably fell for that. He truly has a disaster‑prone nature, always attracting this kind of person, I'm sure I inherited it from him!】

Su Yu hasn't been short of envy at school over the years, still for no reason, just standing there can max out the hatred meter. If this were a game, she'd be a bug‑like MT.

She can only console herself: not being envied makes one mediocre! After Su Yu's interruption, Su Yi gradually calmed down. He really wants to ask Su Yu why she thinks the Ocean Star should be in Qin Yuanjun's hands?

But he doesn't dare!

With this slight lead, Su Yi plans to investigate Qin Yuanjun.

The group didn't head home immediately, but followed Yang Zhichun to the Su Family's seaside villa to hang out.

"It doesn't look as fun as the island here."

The weather here is indeed cooler, but there's no big beach, no endless seafood to pick, no soft fine sand—Su Yu doesn't like it.

"Just a transition."

After summer passes, Yang Zhichun will return to live in the manor.

No matter what, home is still the safest place to stay!

Zhu Xueheng took Liang Yan and Tang Can for a walk, and both returned with drooping faces.

"What's wrong?"

Su Yu hurried over to ask.

Liang Yan said plaintively, "Little Yu sister, the shells and sea snails here are all ugly, all the same."

They're as uniform as copy‑paste! "If they're ugly we won't take them! The ones we picked before were nice!"

Liang Yan, feeling aggrieved, thought shells and sea snails from different seas had different beauties! But here they're so ugly! "We can go to the beach during low tide and see what the shells and sea snails look like on site."

"Mm‑mm!"

The activity was set, and Su Yu and the others began looking forward to low tide.

But they ultimately didn't collect, because they couldn't squeeze in.

The better shells and sea snails had been taken, leaving a not‑very‑clean beach; Liang Yan glanced and turned back to the villa.

Compared with the island scenery, this sea view is like a "picture for reference only" scam, making Liang Yan fume!

She threw a fit to go home, and Zhu Xueheng took her away first.

Su Yu stays to accompany Yang Zhichun; Tang Can simply doesn't want to go home.

The summer vacation passed, Yang Zhichun returned to live at the manor, and Su Yu also went back to the villa to start a grueling junior‑high third‑year life.

The junior‑high graduation exam requires competing with everyone in the province, and Su Yu cannot tolerate any loss.

Moreover, from what she has seen and heard during this period, Su Yu studies especially hard; she needs no urging and can motivate herself.

Tang Can and Liang Yan are inspired by her, also studying diligently and scaling higher academic peaks.

The Ocean Star incident happened on the day Su Yu ranked first in the mock exam; Su Yi was drunk and said it himself.

"Wuwu, my friends are getting fewer and fewer!"

"He gave me the Ocean Star and I sent it back; the messed‑up things he did were discovered— can that be blamed on me?"

"I'm also a victim!"

Su Yi is wronged, but Shen Yanbai blames him.

"He still refuses to say, who gave the Ocean Star!"

He knows foreign legends and still dares to provoke them; what is that if not a head iron? He returns it to himself yet blames him, not blaming the mastermind— truly he was pua'd! Wulongcha was also investigated; there was no online surveillance, so it must have been given offline. It traced the customers who traded the Ocean Star, and the clue was cut off in the hands of a black‑listed account.

Yang Zhichun stood beside him, gently patting Su Yi's head, "Storms are coming; you must grow up!"

She, too, has been schemed against, only she is more sensitive, and the scheming has been turned back.

Su Yi clutches his wife, wailing and crying; even as Su Yu internally complains, she doesn't let go.

Su Yu only feels that she is growing too slowly!

【It feels like effort is endless!】

Ji Yan is also being suppressed, but with their family's camera present, Ji Yan is fearless.

Who doesn't want a camera that can fully capture oneself?

Whether beautiful or ugly, many people only want their "real" photos.

Junior‑high third‑year life leaves Su Yu with little time to manage household matters.

Only after her high‑school entrance exam ends does Su Yu have time to consider her future life.

"Softie, where are you going?"

Tang Can knows this period before the entrance exam is crucial, so she didn't stay at home but came to the Su Family to eat and stay, and no matter how the grandparents scold, she doesn't go back.

Liang Yan swings his calf; she can go anywhere!

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