"Hmm! Why haven't you rested yet?" Ye Hao said with a smile as he walked over, though his mind was recalling something else.

"Not yet, I'm worried you might get caught by the traffic police for drinking, prepared to bail you out," Lin Ruyu said casually while sizing up Ye Hao, sniffing deliberately, but after a while, she pursed her lips and said, "Drinking with big men, why not with beauties?"

Ye Hao heard this, and pulled his thoughts back, looking at Lin Ruyu helplessly and explained, "It's just Xue Zhaolong and a few others, drank a little, not drunk, you can smell if you want." Ye Hao finished speaking and leaned in to exhale a breath.

"Ew, it stinks," Lin Ruyu pinched her nose with one hand, while desperately waving away the alcohol scent Ye Hao breathed out with the other.

"I know you drank with them, but I'm asking why not drink with beauties, why choose to drink with men?" Lin Ruyu glared at Ye Hao and said.

"I want to! But where are the beauties?" Ye Hao spread his hands helplessly, but when he saw Lin Ruyu's displeased look, he quickly changed his words and said, "Of course! Our Miss Lin and Miss Su are two great beauties, I only know you two, but you're good students and need to rest early, can't drink, so naturally I can't ask you out."

Ye Hao's words finally eased Lin Ruyu's expression, but she didn't expose Ye Hao and asked, "Did you go out for something? If you can't handle it, don't force yourself, if you need help just say, dad said this is your home, don't think of yourself as just a bodyguard every day." As Lin Ruyu said this, she secretly cursed herself for babbling, why bring this up?

"Hmm!" Ye Hao nodded with a touch of emotion but hesitated awkwardly before saying, "Well, that... I'd like to talk to you about something!"

Lin Ruyu looked at Ye Hao's hesitant appearance, puzzled, and asked, "If you have something to say, just say it, don't make me seem like a tigress."

Ye Hao muttered in his heart, you're not a tigress? But of course, Ye Hao didn't dare to say that in front of her, after a moment of hesitation, he braced himself and said, "Well, that! I want to take three days off."

"What? You just started working and now want to take leave? Do you have no sense of being a bodyguard, what important thing requires a three-day leave? Or do you think the salary is low? Ye Hao, you scoundrel, always thinking of slacking off, I give you a little kindness and you think this is a cozy nest? A bit of sunshine and you become all bright." Lin Ruyu pointed angrily at Ye Hao and shouted.

Ye Hao muttered in his heart, see! Just said she's not a tigress, only for a serious situation worse than a tigress to unfold.

Upstairs, Lin Tian, Su Qing, and others were awakened by Lin Ruyu's voice, all of them puzzlingly walked out of their rooms and looked down from the second floor's resting platform, Lin Tian asked, "What's going on? So noisy at night."

"It's nothing, Lin, you rest first, don't worry, Ruyu is fine," Ye Hao quickly explained, Lin Ruyu's expression was like she had been taken advantage of, and Ye Hao was the one doing it, to avoid them speculating, he explained like this.

"Yu'Er, really, at night just discuss calmly! Even if it's a big issue, isn't your dad around? Talk it through, don't get so worked up." Lin Tian said and then hugged Yan Shuiyue and returned to their room.

Su Qing looked at them puzzled too and asked, "Yuyu, Ye, what are you doing?"

"Nothing, go back!" The two spoke in unison to Su Qing.

Su Qing had no choice but to return to her room dejectedly, though she muttered a bit while doing so: What's happening with Yuyu and Ye today? Seems like Ye has a request for Yuyu, but Yuyu won't agree...

"Hey, girl, you don't have to be like this, just now you graciously let me speak, and when I do, you get angry?" Ye Hao looked at Lin Ruyu a bit speechless, internally shouting, genuine tigress...

Lin Ruyu heard his words, blushed slightly, but forced calmness, coughed twice and said, "That, I let you speak seriously, but you keep messing around, how could I not get mad?"

"I did say serious stuff, I just want to take three days off to find some pretty things to give you, really! The heavens can testify, I really want to find some beautiful underwater stones for you." Ye Hao wasn't sure if he could find Luminous Pearl, so he could only say beautiful stones, otherwise, if he said Luminous Pearl, he'd be embarrassed if he couldn't deliver it.

"Oh? You want to go out to sea?" Lin Ruyu asked with mild interest.

"Yes! But not going out to sea with women because I generally don't wear pants when at sea," Ye Hao straightforwardly expressed not wanting Lin Ruyu to come and hinted for her not to suggest it.

Sure enough, Lin Ruyu heard this, rolled her eyes at Ye Hao and said, "It's not like I enjoy going out to sea, this miss doesn't care." Lin Ruyu said and picked up grapes on the table to chew, giving off a vibe of 'you want to go out to sea, come beg me.'

"Haha, who would dare think that? I just thought it's not too good for girls to go out to sea! After all, the temperature at sea is higher than on land, plus being out at sea for a day would definitely turn you into a tan girl, and you don't want dark skin, right? Am I right?" Ye Hao tried to say something nice to coax Lin Ruyu, as long as she agreed, everything would be fine.

"Then tell me, what are you really planning to do out at sea? Why does it need three days?" Lin Ruyu was not easily fooled, and just because Ye Hao didn't mention it, it didn't mean she wouldn't ask.

"I've told you! Finding some beautiful, pretty stones for you, but I do have personal motives, I'm out of money, see? Unlike you, I need to earn more money, a few years from now I'll have to marry, have kids, support a family..." Ye Hao laid out a string of excuses, just wanting Lin Ruyu to agree.

"Stop, don't say your nonsense, what happens in your wedding has nothing to do with me, but you said you want to find some pretty underwater stones for me?" Lin Ruyu was not interested in Ye Hao's marriage plans, even slightly curled her lips, more curious about the beautiful underwater stones Ye Hao mentioned.

She's not unfamiliar with beautiful stones, but she knows that there are countless rare things under the sea that her family can't buy, no matter how wealthy they are. Take, for example, those complete diamond light spheres excavated from the depths of over a thousand meters in the Myanmar sea; they're simply beyond her family's purchasing power.

Because these things can't be bought with money. Some sacred water from ancient tribes in Yunnan Province, for example, can't be acquired just because her family is rich. So she's very curious about what exactly Ye Hao plans to find for her when he goes to sea.

"Can it be a secret for now? I'll give it to you when I get back," Ye Hao, someone who never says anything unless he's absolutely sure, suggested, avoiding the possibility of not being able to explain later.

"No!" Lin Ruyu shook her head, her eyes filled with dreamy anticipation as she looked at Ye Hao.

"Then I won't go out." After saying that, Ye Hao dangled the carrot in front of Lin Ruyu and decided to go take a bath...

"Ye Hao!" Lin Ruyu gnashed her teeth as she watched Ye Hao's retreating back, and called out.

"What is it?" Ye Hao turned back, thinking to himself, "I refuse to believe you're not curious."

Sure enough, Lin Ruyu motioned with her finger, whispering, "Come over here."

Ye Hao stepped forward a few paces and asked, "What is it?"

"Won't you tell me?" Lin Ruyu looked pitifully at Ye Hao this time, speaking softly and gently.

"Playing cute is disgraceful." Ye Hao glared at her and decisively turned away, ignoring her, thinking to himself, "Let curiosity kill you tonight!"

Lin Ruyu was stunned by this; is he even a man? He doesn't even bother to look when a woman acts cute, and just hits back with "playing cute is disgraceful"...

"Bastard! Come here, if you want to go to the sea, come here. This time I won't act cute." Lin Ruyu was left with no choice. Though she was curious about what Ye Hao would find for her, she was helpless if Ye Hao didn't want to tell her, yet she didn't want to miss out on whatever Ye Hao was planning to find for her.

Hearing this, Ye Hao turned back with a smile, asking, "What? Have you thought it through? You'd better make it clear. If you want me to go to sea, you need to prepare four sets of advanced diving suits, about twenty oxygen tanks, and a speedboat for me... Of course! The gift you'll receive will be well worth it." Ye Hao revealed a bit of its worth, otherwise Lin Ruyu might just storm off.

"I feel like you're getting more and more excessive." Lin Ruyu glared at him angrily.

"Alright then! Pretend I didn't say anything." Ye Hao said, about to leave again, very much like an aunt bargaining for clothes on the street—if you agree, I'll give it, if not, I'm walking away.

Lin Ruyu didn't have that much patience, glaring at Ye Hao, saying, "I'm calling Elder Fu now. Just you wait, three days later, I want to see the rare sea things you talked about." After speaking, Lin Ruyu dialed Elder Fu's number, and when the call connected, she relayed Ye Hao's request to him, and Elder Fu promised to have everything ready to be delivered to Celestial Paradise Coast on the beach the next morning.

"Alright! Give me a hint, what is it exactly? Even if you can't say the whole name, give me one or two words at least?" Lin Ruyu looked at Ye Hao, asking.

"Alright then! Come here," Ye Hao beckoned with his finger for Lin Ruyu to come closer, then said with a smile, "Pearl."

"Pearl, my ass! Get lost..." Lin Ruyu, already teased, was completely provoked by Ye Hao's "pearl."

"Hey!" Ye Hao wanted to explain, this is "Pearl," not "Pig," but Lin Ruyu had already completely lost it, storming upstairs in her slippers.

Ye Hao sighed deeply, Huaxia's five thousand years of culture, such a small difference in a word, truly leads to endless misunderstandings! If he doesn't bring back a pearl-like stone in three days, he'll be getting the cold shoulder for sure!

Shaking his head with a bitter smile, Ye Hao could only go wash up and look forward to going to sea tomorrow, entering Peng City Bay to search for the Luminous Pearl.

Ye Hao particularly loves the sea because it's pure; he loves swimming freely in the sea, stretching his body freely, and immersing himself in nature.

Peng City Bay, located between Peng City and Hong Kong Island, is now known as Houhai Bay, a well-known bay in Peng City. Although it doesn't cover a large area, it is incredibly deep.

At the moment, Houhai Bay has been blocked off by numerous wealthy individuals, preventing others from entering the area, and there's even a strict order forbidding anyone from entering the water in the nearby sea area...

(Updated on September 22, 2014, 21:01:23 at Qidian Chinese Network)

If you find any errors ( broken links, non-standard content, etc.. ), Please let us know < report chapter > so we can fix it as soon as possible.