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"Stop! You guys can talk it out; suicide is the ultimate sign of cowardice."

"Young man, young lady, you’re both so young. Please don’t do anything rash like jumping."

Passersby were persuading them, trembling with fear.

Hearing this, Gu Xiaoxi quickly explained, "You’ve misunderstood; he’s here to jump into the sea. I’m just here to catch the breeze."

"Girl, no matter what it is, please don’t lose hope. You’re trying to trick everyone into leaving, but we won’t go until we see you safe and sound."

Gu Xiaoxi held her forehead, oh, the enthusiastic audience! They’re trying to do the right thing and doing it wrong...

Because that man was getting ready to jump.

"Wait, let me finish my words, then you can jump. If it comes to that, I’ll jump with you," Gu Xiaoxi urgently shouted at the man.

The man heartbroken from love shouted angrily, "Nobody move, or I’ll jump right now. And you, say what you have to say quickly!"

"I’ll tell you a story. Legend has it that people who jump into the sea get washed to the bottom, where they are eaten by Shark People.

The Shark People then take your form, come up to land, deceive your family, and eat them too.

Think carefully—if you jump into the sea, your family will suffer because of you," Gu Xiaoxi said with a smile.

But unexpectedly, upon hearing this, the man became even more disheartened and said, "I’m an orphan, without parents or family.

I studied hard, trying to make something of myself, but I have no social background.

I was pushed out of my job, my girlfriend was stolen, even the house I lived in was taken over by my uncle.

There’s no meaning for me to live." Saying this, the man prepared to jump again.

Gu Xiaoxi held her forehead with her hand, not expecting someone to have such a miserable life.

"Wait, what’s the rush! The sea is right here; it’s not going anywhere. I’m bored alone; why don’t you chat with me a bit before you jump?" Gu Xiaoxi pleaded.

The man heartbroken from love finally felt like he was of some value and leaned on the railing to speak to Gu Xiaoxi, "What do you want to talk about?"

"Why do you want to jump into the sea?" asked Gu Xiaoxi.

"My girlfriend left with a rich man, and now I’m all alone, with nothing left," the man sighed, feeling like his life had reached this dead end. He wasn’t planning to live on, so what did it matter if his disgrace became known to others?

Gu Xiaoxi propped her chin with one hand, tilting her head to look at him, "Do you have a dream?"

"Everyone does!" the man with the lost love said with a sad face, "I want to be a big boss, I want to have lots of money. I hope to find someone who truly loves me, to grow old with together. I also wish there were fewer orphans like me in the world. The orphanage director said that in the ice and snow, my mom wrapped me in a floral quilt and left me at the doorstep. If she hadn’t come out in the middle of the night upon hearing the crying and picked me up, I probably would have frozen to death in the snow that night. "

"Did any of your wishes come true?" Gu Xiaoxi asked, "Even if just one did, that would be good!"

The man shook his head, eyes brimming with sadness.

Gu Xiaoxi let out a sigh, "You haven’t done any of the things you wanted to.

Would you be content to die like this? You’re staking your life on a tantrum with God over a woman who doesn’t love you.

That’s utterly pointless. Having nothing at all means you need to fight harder to earn something.

You haven’t even tried, so how do you know you can’t do it?

If you’re going to die over every setback, I think it’s a waste of air for you to be alive.

You might as well be dead and eaten by fish, at least you could be fish feed.

But I guess you’re so worthless that even the fish would disdain you as feed!

Go ahead and jump! I’ll just stand here and watch quietly! "

"Pfft!" Not to mention how that man about to jump into the sea felt.

Even the people nearby almost choked on their own blood upon hearing her words. How viciously spoken!

A waste of air when alive, and even as fish feed in death, the fish would spurn!

"Oh! I guess Heaven isn’t in your future. Lord Yama probably despises weak men like you as well, and after you die, you’ll definitely go down to the Eighteen Levels of Hell, to be fried, boiled, sautéed, and stewed." After saying that, Gu Xiaoxi even playfully blinked.

At that moment, onlookers could only see the man swallowing nervously, his legs shaking, "Don’t scare me! I graduated from university with a degree in future technology. I’m an atheist."

"Then give it a try and jump!" Gu Xiaoxi said nonchalantly, spreading her arms as she stood up from the railing and stretched, "Hurry up and jump so I can go back to sleep."

The man got scared.

Soon, he calmed down and carefully recalled Gu Xiaoxi’s words.

She was right, choosing suicide was the most cowardly idea.

Instead of dying, it was better to take a chance and fight, to work hard if he wanted to be rich.

If he wanted to find someone to love and grow old with, he had to be a true man!

Seeing the man waver, Gu Xiaoxi jumped off the railing onto the bridge and waved at him, "Looks like you don’t want to jump after all. Then go for it, prove you’re worthwhile. I’m going back to sleep now; oh, I’m exhausted."

A passerby recorded Gu Xiaoxi’s and the man’s conversation on the bridge and uploaded the video online.

Just in an instant, the views were doubling.

And it was deep into the night.

When Quan Shaoqing saw the video, he almost thought Gu Xiaoxi was going to jump with the man.

After listening to their conversation, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He had to admit, the self-assured, composed quality Gu Xiaoxi possessed was outstanding.

In the whole video, there wasn’t much exciting content, but her joking tone, playful actions, and breezy demeanor completely won people over.

If it had been someone else trying to persuade him, it might not have succeeded.

But she, with a carefree and indifferent attitude, had forcefully taught a self-destructive person how to start anew.

Just as Gu Xiaoxi lifted her foot to leave,

the man was also clinging to the railing, trying to get back onto the bridge.

Who would have thought, he carelessly slipped.

Gu Xiaoxi had just taken a step when she heard the man behind her exclaim in shock, "Ah! Help!"

The audience was terrified out of their wits.

Below the bridge was the raging river water; if one fell in, even with good swimming skills, they wouldn’t make it.

"Ah! He’s fallen in!"

Someone screamed, and by the time everyone realized what had happened, they saw another figure leap down and jump in as well.

"Ah! That girl also jumped down."

The audience was immediately filled with cries of alarm.

At this moment, those watching the video also felt their hearts about to leap out of their chests.

They had just been immersed in Gu Xiaoxi’s carefree and bold words.

Now, they were all extremely anxious.

The man had accidentally fallen, and the girl had jumped in after him, clearly to save him. But could she really save him?

The river water beneath that bridge was exceptionally turbulent; there had been many cases where those who had jumped in never returned.

Mi Xi’s car was originally parked not far from Gu Xiaoxi, and he had seen everything she did.

To be specific, he had been tracking Gu Xiaoxi that night.

Because he suspected her...

But he could never have imagined that she would dare to jump off the bridge to save someone.

What surprised him even more was that when he saw her jump, he felt a mess of emotions.

Worry made him uncontrollably push open the car door, rush towards the bridge, and as he looked down at the pitch-black rolling river water, he felt an indescribable worry, sadness, fear...

"Ye Yuwei!"

Even though he knew she couldn’t hear, he still called her name loudly.

At the same time, he contacted the search and rescue team and made use of his seldom exploited connections to help search for people in the river water.

It wasn’t just Mi Xi.

Quan Shaoqing, the police, and the emergency rescue team all came out to participate in the rescue.

...

At this time, Gu Xiaoxi was underwater, searching for the man, because he had jumped just before her and the rolling river water had instantly swept him to some unknown place.

Fortunately, she had developed certain skills, and even in the water, she had a small range of "Spiritual Sense" and could sense within a ten-meter radius.

She quickly found the man who had jumped, and, using all her strength, dragged him to shore.

By then, there were countless boats on the sea, searching in the dark.

Gu Xiaoxi dragged the man to shore and slapped his chest hard.

Immediately, the man spat out a mouthful of water, coughed violently, and then opened his eyes.

"Am I dead?" the man exclaimed.

Gu Xiaoxi glanced at him irritably, "You live like a pig, you deserve misfortune."

"Who are you calling a pig?" he fumed with rage. He had just narrowly escaped death, and now he no longer wanted to die. But being called a pig by Gu Xiaoxi felt humiliating.

Gu Xiaoxi didn’t feel like talking anymore and called out to a large boat not far away: "We’re over here, help!"

...

Gu Xiaoxi and the unfortunate lovelorn man were taken to the police station.