Third Young Master Ye pulled Cheng Anya up from the bottom of the sea. As it was too sudden, Cheng Anya took several mouthfuls of seawater, coughing for dear life whilst hugging Third Young Master Ye. She took a while before coming around.
Just as she came around, Third Young Master Ye suddenly held the back of her neck and violently kissed her. With the strength he kissed her, Cheng Anya thought he was almost about to swallow her whole instead of kissing her. His heavy sucking and crazy biting caused her to taste blood around her lips.
This was madness in their near brush with death.
The nervousness, exhilaration, fear, and the feelings of near-loss surged on them. Third Young Master Ye’s frantic kisses only served to confirm that she was still in his embrace.
He had almost lost her.
“Anya…” He only let go of her after a long time as he softly called her name. His hands trembled. He was deeply fearful of losing her when he blinked.
“Ah Chen, it’s fine… It’s fine…” Cheng Anya was a little afraid after she recovered herself. The air was filled with the smell of the explosion, and it combined with the heat from the sea breeze left her a little shocked.
Had he slightly pondered at that crucial moment, the two of them would have died.
“I almost lost you.” Third Young Master Ye caressed her face and could not help but kiss her between her eyes. His wildly beating heart then slowed down.
Cheng Anya could not help but smile and said, “Ever since I knew you, my life has been getting even more exciting.”
Third Young Master Ye bumped her nose dotingly and lovingly. Her black eyes were like obsidian in the night that aroused people and sent their hearts thumping. This was, however, not the best place to flirt.
“Do you know how to swim?” Third Young Master Ye asked as she looked at Cheng Anya, slightly worried. As not much strength was left in her small body, he did not know how much longer she could hold on. They had to quickly get out of where they were.
“Not boasting, but I can swim pretty well.” Cheng Anya broke into a pleasing smile. Her face became a little dark and she said, “Ah Chen, are the two of them dead?”
Third Young Master Ye nodded. He was absolutely certain they were dead.
‘Prince William, how vicious of you indeed.’
“If we did not bind them, they could have lived.” Cheng Anya was slightly upset as another two lives were sacrificed. While they were no good men, they did not do anything wrong to them and were merely carrying out their orders. They too had no reason to resist.
They had, in this way, given up their lives for naught.
“Even if we did not bind them, they would not have escaped too,” Third Young Master Ye coldly said as he tapped Cheng Anya’s head. “You should know that nobody simply had the opportunity to respond. The place exploded even before they reached the door of the plane.”
“Anya’s it’s not your fault. Don’t blame yourself.”
Despite her calmness, scheming side, and sharp tongue, there was always a part of her heart that was always tender.
“Eh, that I know. It’s just a bit of a pity. They were so young,” Cheng Anya said as she turned around and frowned. “Prince William, you sure are vicious.”
In this world, might is right. Whoever was more vicious would rule the world.
She could not outmatch these men, and this was something that Rong Yan would not have been able to expect.
“Louis merely wants us alive and will not kill us. William is behind all these. To falsely send us off and cause the plane to explode would allow him to disavow himself of all responsibility. He would neither disappoint Rong Yan nor Louis, and it would prevent information about Rong Yan leaking out. This vicious move allows him to kill three birds with one stone.”
“that’s most likely the case.” Third Young Master Ye concurred with what Cheng Anya said. He should have known from the start that William would not let them go so easily. “Since you can swim, let’s get out of here.”
The lights a distance away meant that they were near Rome.
As long as they were able to hang in there, swimming to the shore was not a problem.
Cheng Anya nodded, and the two of them started to swim toward the shore. They swam for a while before taking a rest. Things seemed somewhat easy.
The waves bobbed amidst the dark night sky.
As there happened to be a reef, Cheng Anya, who was extremely tired, automatically swam toward it and rested without asking Third Young Master Ye.
“I am indeed old and I can’t take it.”
It was extremely tiring.
Third Young Master Ye helped her, who was panting, onto the reef to rest as he rested on it as well. As the lights remained dim, he pondered about how much longer it would take to reach the shore. Anya would be unable to make it with her strength.
“If you are going to compare yourself with our darling child, you are definitely much older.” Third Young Master Ye teased.
“…Stop mentioning our darling child. I miss him.” Cheng Anya smiled and avoided the topic. “Looking back at me during my high school’s sports meet years ago, I broke the 800m record.”
“Dear Anya, I am sure you have never heard this before. A good man does not reminisce about his glorious past.”
“…” Cheng Anya kicked Third Young Master Ye, but he managed to grab her. Since they were swimming earlier, the two of them had long discarded their shoes. As she felt someone touch her bare feet, Cheng Anya felt a slight trepidation, knowing that he would not let her go however much she tried to hide.
Third Young Master Ye gently fondled her tender feet. He could not help but sigh and said, “Today, I learned that you have very nice feet.”
Cheng Anya’s eyes went red. Her feet were indeed very good-looking, white and tender, and she had bragged to the young kid about it before.
“It’s such a waste that your feet, which look so good, are wasted on walking. To use them to kick people is an absolute misuse of something so good from heaven.” A glint flashed through Third Young Master Ye’s eyes.
Cheng Anya was at a loss for words for a moment. “If feet aren’t used for walking, what should they be used for?”
Come someday in the future, when Cheng Anya would be pinned down by someone and be kissed on her toes. She finally understood what her feet were for.
Third Young Master Ye jumped up and took a seat. The wind in the night was cold and they were soaked in the ocean for a long while. Their bodies were shivering from the cold. Cheng Anya sneezed and Third Young Master Ye embraced her to block the wind for her. “Once you’ve rested enough, we carry on.”
As the wind was cold, and how swimming consumed energy, the water did not feel as cold. Once they stopped, it did feel very cold.
“Good.”
Cheng Anya nicely nestled in his embrace. Third Young Master Ye could not resist kissing her here and there, making Cheng Anya feel like walloping him.
“This is the second time we’ve jumped off a plane. We sure have a lot of affinity with plane-jumping,” Cheng Anya said. This was nothing short of extreme sports. She held Third Young Master Ye’s fingertips and played with them. “This is way more exhilarating than in the desert. Had we landed on a rock, would we be gone?”
They were almost about to become professional plane-jumpers.
“Were you thinking of smashing the reef, assuming that you don’t perish from the impact?” Third Young Master Ye smiled as he asked. There was no such thing as ‘if’. His luck was always good. How could something this bad happen?
After a moment, nobody said anything. Cheng Anya could not help but feel a little sad. “I don’t know whether our darling child has made it out alive. Look, he is smarter than us. If we are about to get out of these dire straits, he should have long gotten himself out of them, no?”
“Perhaps,” Third Young Master Ye said.
He was also worried about his child from time to time, but there was no point in worrying. His current priority was to protect Cheng Anya from danger.
“Why don’t you lie to me too?” Cheng Anya could not help but pinch him. “I have never been away from Ning Ning for this long ever since he was born.”
Third Young Master Ye embraced the woman tightly and remained silent. He merely hugged her even more tightly and let his thumping heart tell her that he would always keep their family together. ‘I will be around.’
Cheng Anya’s impulsive heart was somewhat at ease.
As she looked up, she suddenly became surprised and pointed at the stars. “Ah Chen, there are stars!”
“Did you just discover something? You dear fool.”
“Seeing the stars in the ocean is different from seeing it from the land.” Cheng Anya smiled. “What’s different?” Third Young Master Ye asked.
“I can’t quite describe it. It just feels different. The stars seem brighter, and they make me feel better.”
Third Young Master Ye embraced her even more tightly and smiled. “That’s because I am watching the stars with you.”
“You narcissist.” Miss Cheng laughed as she scolded him. Men are typically narcissistic. Heh, when it came to narcissism, Third Young Master Ye was nothing short of Narcissus.
She was not wrong.
If one overlooked the imminent emergency of the two of them escaping for their dear lives, a man and a lady hugging each other and seeing the stars in the ocean was a unique romance, and especially for them.
Up above, the skies were dotted with stars whilst the lovers embraced each other in the middle of a vast ocean and softy murmured to each other. The sky dotted with stars and the vast sea, in that very moment, became a vast static picture.
It was unbelievably romantic.
They suddenly heard the sound of a helicopter whirring, and Third Young Master Ye and Cheng Anya were secretly surprised. As they were extremely far from where the explosion had happened, they did not expect anybody to notice them or anybody passing by to search the area.
Most importantly, Cheng Anya and Third Young Master Ye could end up in Louis’ clutches if they were unable to tell friend from foe.
The two of them quickly went into the water and did not move, holding onto the rock and quietly observing what happened. When the helicopter flew by, Third Young Master Ye and Cheng Anya submerged their heads into the water and waited for the helicopter to fly by.
“Could Louis have sent somebody our way?” Cheng Anya asked worryingly.
Third Young Master Ye grunted in acknowledgment. He had sent a signal to the Dragon Gate. By now, they would have determined that they were on the ocean if they had received it. While they could be from the Dragon Gate, they could be Louis’ goons as well.
As they were at a junction, men from both camps could easily reach the area.
The sound of a helicopter appeared above them. The helicopter was a silenced helicopter. It remained hidden in the sky above as Louis’ voice could be heard. “Third Young Master Ye, I know you are below there. Come out and stop this lose-lose fiasco.”
His voice carried a cold satisfaction. Third Young Master Ye and Cheng Anya frowned hard.
However, another tender and cold voice drifted with the wind. “This is the ocean with plenty of fish and nets. Louis, I am taking you on!”