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"What’s it to you?" Gu Xiaoxi plucked a grape and tossed it high into the air, before catching it neatly in her mouth. She bit into it, juice bursting out, sweet and refreshing.

Luo Yiyan, with lips curled and eyebrows lifted archly with a dash of defiance, said, "Indeed, it’s none of my business, except that you’ve called me several times, each time just to ask if I’m doing well. It really annoys me!"

Gu Xiaoxi turned her head to glance at him, then stood up and twisted her chair towards the railing.

She sat down, legs crossed on the stool as if she had no bones, lounging comfortably in the chair. Her long legs were encased in jeans, and a pair of small feet in leather boots stuck up in the air.

She nonchalantly continued to eat her grapes, her tone languid, "What are you trying to say?"

"Turn your phone on!" Luo Yiyan half-closed his beguiling eyes, looking at Gu Xiaoxi and frowning at her rather unladylike behavior. She was less like a noble lady and more like a street urchin, short of outright hooliganism.

Gu Xiaoxi’s red lips curled slightly, her fingers running through her hair as if she hadn’t heard a thing, and she continued to eat her grapes.

Every now and then, her feet in the little leather shoes would flicker in a provocative manner.

"Gu Xiaoxi, can you not hear me speaking?" Luo Yiyan’s complexion turned considerably darker.

"Are you ordering me around?" Gu Xiaoxi turned her head and flirted with a brow at the demonically handsome man not far away.

Luo Yiyan’s expression grew completely somber, "How would I dare, I’m just following your esteemed instructions."

"Oh..." Gu Xiaoxi nodded, finished the grapes in her hand, shifted her position, and took a can of milk from the table to drink.

And, incidentally, took out her phone from her pocket.

Luo Yiyan thought she was going to turn the phone on, his gaze filling with a trace of satisfaction.

However, to his surprise, with a slight flick of her hand in his expectant gaze, Gu Xiaoxi sent the phone flying in a graceful arc, plunging straight into the sea.

"Tell him, my phone fell into the sea."

The yacht moved steadily forward, the sunshine was dazzling, and the waves rolled, roaring rhythmically.

For a moment, there was a brief silence on the yacht.

Fu Zhe stood at the entrance to the cabin, catching the interaction between Gu Xiaoxi and Luo Yiyan.

But, what exactly was Gu Xiaoxi angry about? Was it with Luo Yiyan, or with the respected Mr. Fu?

Upon reflection, this was probably only the second time Gu Xiaoxi and Luo Yiyan had met, so she shouldn’t be angry with him...

Then it must be with Bai Yaxuan!

Just the night before, they had been as harmonious as a pair of matching rulers, joined at the hip—and now this? A fight?

"You..." Luo Yiyan was momentarily lost for words, his eyebrows knitted in frustration.

He coldly pushed away the woman in his arms and threw the fishing rod onto the deck.

The woman was too arrogant, with no regard for others.

If it weren’t for Bai Yaxuan, she’d be nothing; what right did she have to swagger before him?

Clearly, Luo Yiyan was furious enough to make a phone call.

Gu Xiaoxi basked in the sun, draped a napkin over her head, her good mood for the outing spoiled by the unexpected addition of several men.

Bai Yaxuan was everywhere! So annoying...

"Xiao Xi, you’ve finally decided to come out. Come taste this, we just caught these lobsters from the sea." Dongfang Le came out beaming with a plate. Upon seeing Gu Xiaoxi’s carefree demeanor, he exclaimed in shock, "Xiao Xi, put your legs down!"

OMG! If the media caught this, it would be a disaster!

Gu Xiaoxi removed the handkerchief from her head and saw the three-pound lobsters on Dongfang Le’s plate, her eyes lit up.

"Caught from the sea? When?" Gu Xiaoxi was more interested in eating because she wasn’t yet satiated.

Dongfang Le, seeing her behaving properly, explained, "Earlier, Mr. Fu and Mr. Tang lost a bet and dived to catch them, so fresh."

Gu Xiaoxi snapped off a lobster claw, still hot, clearly just out of the pot.

There were various sauces next to the lobster, and she deftly removed the meat, dipped it in sauce, and popped it into her mouth.

The delicious seafood melted upon entry, crispy and savory...

"Delicious!" After a bite, Gu Xiaoxi took a satisfied breath and looked up to see Dongfang Le standing there dumbfounded, holding disposable gloves and scissors, seemingly intending to hand them to her.

"You... don’t want them?" Dongfang Le appeared to have never seen someone eat lobster so directly and unrefinedly.

As nobility, they typically follow table etiquette, chewing slowly and elegantly.

Usually, servants handle the seafood carefully before it’s eaten.

Clearly, this outing did not include many servants, so they had to do these tasks themselves, donning gloves, then eating slowly and deliberately.

But Gu Xiaoxi...

She was after all the wife of His Excellency; how could she...

"What do I need that for? Eating something and needing all that fuss—feeding yourself with your own hands, do you find it disgusting?" Gu Xiaoxi was indifferent. She wasn’t a noble young lady; she had no need to follow their etiquette.

If you have to be so picky when going out to have fun, what’s the point of living?

Dongfang Le looked on, struck by a sudden idea.

She set her plate aside and reached out her delicate fingers to imitate Gu Xiaoxi, snapping off a claw, using her teeth to crush the shell, then peeling out the tender seafood from inside and casually dipping it in sauce before stuffing it into her mouth.

Watching her clumsy actions, Gu Xiaoxi couldn’t help but laugh, "Tasty, isn’t it?"

"Delicious!"

"Better than using scissors, slowly peeling, and slowly nibbling, right?" Gu Xiaoxi coaxed, seemingly corrupting a good girl.

Dongfang Le nodded; the meat definitely tasted better when she peeled the shell herself.

Gu Xiaoxi gave her a thumbs up, "You can be taught! Here, we’ll split this one!"

She broke the biggest piece of meat on the lobster in half and gave one half to Dongfang Le.

The two of them ate it up as if it was a steamed bun, dipping it into the sauce and finishing it off.

When Bai Yu came out looking for the lobster, all that was left in the hands of Gu Xiaoxi and Dongfang Le were the last bits of shell.

Bai Yu looked at Dongfang Le and Gu Xiaoxi’s hands...

She immediately widened her eyes, her face turning pitch black, "Dongfang Le, I asked you to peel the shell, who allowed you to eat it?"

Dongfang Le was completely baffled, holding the shell in her hand, looking at Gu Xiaoxi with a blank expression, while still having unswallowed shrimp meat in her mouth.

Gu Xiaoxi shrugged, swallowed the food in her mouth, after all, what was eaten was eaten, and couldn’t be spat back out.

Dongfang Le then looked at Bai Yu with a pitiful pout, "I thought it was for me to eat, so I just took some and dipped it in the sauce..."

Looking at the mess on the ground, Bai Yu couldn’t contain her rage, "You two just ate it so savagely... Fu Zhe dived and made a great effort to catch this. It was the only one!"

They hadn’t brought any seafood on this trip, planning to fend for themselves.

And it was meant to be the highlight of lunch, yet it got finished off before it could even be cooked.

"Sister Bai Yu, I thought there were more in the kitchen, if I had known this was the only one, I wouldn’t have dared to eat it no matter what!" Dongfang Le was extremely embarrassed, her tender little face flushing red.

Gu Xiaoxi raised an eyebrow, glanced at the sea, then turned and patted Bai Yu on the shoulder, "It’s just a lobster. Is it worth getting a beauty all angry? Worst comes to worst, I’ll dive down and fetch you another one."

"Easy for you to say, such a big lobster, we stopped by a small island and caught it only with good luck, now where do you expect me to go and catch one!" Bai Yu was speechless.

She wasn’t really angry but rather speechless at Dongfang Le’s big blunder.

Gu Xiaoxi winked, saw a big fishing net not far away, rolled up her sleeves, hitched up her trousers, picked up the net from the ground, and gave Dongfang Le a meaningful look, "Go tell them to stop the boat, I’ll be back soon. It’s just seafood for lunch... no big deal!"

Bai Yu still hadn’t caught on and didn’t know what Gu Xiaoxi was planning to do!

Then they saw the frail-looking woman nimbly climb over the railing and jump straight into the sea.

"Gu Xiaoxi..." Bai Yu was so frightened that her soul nearly left her body, and she screamed harshly.

She was direct by nature, so her words came without a filter, but did Gu Xiaoxi really think she was so angry that she would actually jump down and catch a lobster?

You have to know, this is the deep sea, where no lobsters come from.

Jumping into it with bare hands, even for those who are good swimmers, could be very dangerous.

"Stop the boat!" Fu Zhe had been watching everything and, seeing Gu Xiaoxi suddenly jump down, he was also quite alarmed.

Soon the boat stopped, the sea was calm and the sparkling waves were twinkling, but there was no sign of Gu Xiaoxi.

Luo Yiyan had just come out from a phone call with Bai Yaxuan, clearly in a bad mood.

Upon hearing that Gu Xiaoxi had jumped into the sea, his face immediately lost all color.

Without hesitation, he put on a life jacket and jumped in after her.

After that, Fu Zhe and the others all jumped in to look for her!

Gu Xiaoxi had come out with them.

Originally, they were all sent by Bai Yaxuan to protect her.

What a mess, jumping into the sea over a casual remark – and given Bai Yaxuan’s attitude towards him during the phone call, if something happened to Gu Xiaoxi,

It would cost them their lives.

Bai Yu was so anxious and furious, wishing she had not spoken carelessly.

All this fuss over a single lobster, was it worth it?

"Gu Xiaoxi..." Dongfang Le was nearly in tears.

Then, Chen Zhi, Li Jiani, and others who arrived later all watched the sea, expecting some drama.

Ren Yun stared at the sea in astonishment, "Gu Xiaoxi really has guts to jump in a place like this."

Li Jiani sneered coldly, "If she’s seeking her own death and actually dies, she has no one to blame but herself!"

"It’s said that you’ve taken a liking to her, so you all better pray she’s alright; otherwise, none of us can afford the consequences." Chen Zhi looked solemn; this was the deep sea, full of countless varieties of fish – naturally unpredictable and dangerous.

Even seasoned divers might not be able to go down and come back safely, let alone when just a small mistake on the open sea could mean never returning.

"But what does that have to do with us? If she dies, she deserves it." Ren Yun then showed a sinister smile on his face.