Rebirth in the 90s: Melting My Devoted Mr. Iceberg-Chapter 873: Abandoning Teammates
Could it be that she and Mu Qiancheng are both going to become a meal for the sharks?
As soon as this thought arose, Jiang Xue couldn’t help but recall the previous incident of being inside the Water Monster’s stomach, making her feel nauseous all over again.
Enough is enough; being food once was sufficient. She definitely didn’t want to be food over and over again.
But if they weren’t going to be food, their only option was to enter the hidden space. Otherwise, the sharks really would eat them. The only reason the sharks hadn’t moved yet was probably because they were wary of something.
As for what exactly they were wary of, Jiang Xue didn’t have the mind to find out. At this moment, she only wanted to enter the space with Mu Qiancheng to hide for a while.
With that in mind, Jiang Xue pulled Mu Qiancheng’s hand and entered the space. Just as they entered, the shark moved, opened its big mouth, and tried to swallow the two of them.
With the shark’s movement, a considerable amount of water from the sea was sucked in. Unaware that Jiang Xue and Mu Qiancheng had hidden in the space, the shark thought it had swallowed them both. It then expelled the water it had sucked in from its back, shooting out a spray of water.
After expelling the water, it planned to chew thoroughly. But upon chewing, it instantly realized there was nothing in its mouth. The shark was frustrated and began swallowing again from the sea.
Time after time, it still didn’t get any delicious morsels, so it eventually gave up and left the area with its group.
Meanwhile, inside the space, Jiang Xue and Mu Qiancheng were examining the chest they had salvaged from the sea. Earlier, the Little Fox had looked at it for quite a while but couldn’t figure out how to open it.
It thought about using brute force, but feared ruining the treasures inside. Seeing Mu Qiancheng and Jiang Xue enter, it immediately backed off to the side.
If it were only Jiang Xue alone, it wouldn’t have mattered. But Mu Qiancheng was different; the murderous aura around him was too intense. So intense that even the venerable Fox Immortal was afraid.
Mu Qiancheng’s aura was not only intimidating to the fox but also made even a Big Tiger avoid him.
Originally, Jiang Xue wanted to settle accounts with the Little Fox, but seeing how quickly it ran off, she decided to let it go for now and instead studied how to open the chest with Mu Qiancheng.
"Qiancheng, this chest doesn’t even have a lock. How exactly is it locked?" Jiang Xue circled the chest a few times, failing to find any opening, and became increasingly frustrated.
"Maybe the lock is rusted shut?" Mu Qiancheng also couldn’t find a way to open it, but seeing how rusty the chest was, he couldn’t help but speculate.
"Is it because of the rust?" Jiang Xue frowned, then turned and went into the room. Shortly, she came back with an iron brush, saying, "I’ll try brushing off the rust."
With that, she started to work on it. Watching her, Mu Qiancheng took the tool from her and said, "Let me do it."
"Alright!" Jiang Xue agreed cheerfully, handing the tool to Mu Qiancheng and then sitting aside to watch him scrape the rust off the chest.
The chest was large, and there was quite a bit of rust. It couldn’t be cleaned off quickly, but neither of them was in a hurry; they took their time with it. As for those sharks outside, no one brought them up again.
As for Chen Ming and the others, they had long returned to the shore, each with a somber expression. Because Mu Qiancheng hadn’t returned, because they had abandoned their teammate.
Thinking of those dozens of sharks, the brothers believed that Mu Qiancheng and Jiang Xue might not even have any bones left by now.
They had gone out to rescue Jiang Xue, but now not only had they failed to save her, but they had also lost their captain’s life in the process, leaving them with a heavy heart.
