Wealthy Beauty in the 60s

Xia Xiao clenched her fists and held them to her mouth, her heart pounding as she watched. They were trying to catch that big fish—could they actually do it? It was just too dangerous.

Suddenly, Xia Xiao regretted her actions. She shouldn’t have lured the fish out with the spring water. She shouldn’t have done it. If someone were to die now, Xia Xiao couldn’t bear to think about it. She was getting quite frantic with worry.

Gao Jiaxing watched the pond intently, where two men were grappling with the big fish. Their weapons had already wounded the fish, and blood had appeared in the water.

Xia Xiao’s heart raced as she watched, and suddenly someone said, "Something’s grabbing my foot."

Everyone watched in horror as the person began to sink. He screamed, "It’s a water ghost, save me!"

With several splashes, Gao Jiaxing jumped in, followed by two others.

"Brother Gao," Xia Xiao cried, her tears falling, her heart filled with regret.

"Don’t cry, it’s not a water ghost. It’s just seaweed that’s trapped his foot. Gao Jiaxing has gone to rescue him; it’ll be fine," Shitou said.

Xia Xiao felt miserable; she would rather be in trouble herself than have anything happen to Gao Jiaxing. While everyone was focused on the pond, Xia Xiao sobbed softly, "I regret it, I did wrong."

"You did nothing wrong; you just forgot that human desires are endless," Shitou said.

Xia Xiao said, "Is there a lot of seaweed below? I’m so worried. I want to go down and rescue them." She absolutely couldn’t let anything happen to Gao Jiaxing, especially not a fatal incident.

"Wait a bit longer, Gao Jiaxing is quite capable. If he can’t manage, then you go down and help," Shitou said.

Xia Xiao nodded, her gaze fixed on the situation in the pond. Suddenly, Fang Yuejin also wanted to jump in to help, and Xia Xiao shouted, "Fang Yuejin, you can’t go down."

"I’m going down to help Brother Gao save people," Fang Yuejin said.

Xia Xiao said, "Gao Jiaxing has already gone down; you can’t go any more. Don’t worry, Gao Jiaxing will bring them up."

Xia Xiao said this to reassure herself too, and also because Wang Aihua was heavily pregnant and due any time soon. She couldn’t let Fang Yuejin take any risks.

In the pond, Xia Xiao couldn’t see Gao Jiaxing as he had dived under the water, so her heart was in turmoil, constantly asking Shitou to keep an eye on Gao Jiaxing’s situation.

Several times, Xia Xiao nearly couldn’t resist the urge to jump in herself, when suddenly Shitou asked, "Do you know how to swim?"

Xia Xiao was momentarily speechless. She didn’t know how to swim; she was utterly land-bound.

But she had space, she could enter her space and then come out of it—she definitely wouldn’t drown in the pond.

Just as she thought this, there was a sudden splash, and Xia Xiao saw Gao Jiaxing’s head emerge as he brought the person who had been trapped to shore.

Then Gao Jiaxing spat out some water and said, "Hurry onto the shore, there’s too much seaweed here, it’s dangerous."

The water had already become murky, stained with blood from the fish, but the big fish was very tenacious and not so easily controlled by everyone.

Consequently, the pond’s water turned increasingly muddied, making it even harder to see everything beneath it. Although Shitou was present, Xia Xiao felt a sense of invisible danger looming.

"Brother Gao, let’s get this big fish up,"

A young man shouted. Xia Xiao saw that he was Li Shengmei’s younger brother, Gao Guangming, who was also Gao Jiaxing’s cousin.

Gao Jiaxing swam over but then dived again, pulling a dagger from his body and stabbing it into the belly of the fish. The fish struggled fiercely, almost out of strength now, its head and body pierced by many cuts; it began to sink.

"Hold onto it fast; don’t let the fish sink. There’s seaweed below," Gao Jiaxing shouted.

Everyone pulled the fish toward the shore. Gao Jiaxing re-emerged and said to Xia Xiao, "Xiaoxiao, throw the fishing net over here."

Xia Xiao uttered an acknowledgment and tossed the fishing net toward Gao Jiaxing.

Soon, several people together managed to haul the big fish ashore, and everyone crowded around it.

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Gao Jiaxing walked over to Xia Xiao and said, "Why are your eyes so red?"

"It’s just worry for you all," Xia Xiao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Gao Jiaxing laughed, "This is nothing. We’ve fished in the sea before. I can swim. It’s hard to beat me in the water."

At this, Xia Xiao playfully glared at him, disagreeing, "Those who drown are swimmers; those who can’t swim don’t go near the water."

Gao Jiaxing chuckled, and Xia Xiao rolled her eyes at him, "Just be careful anyway, don’t think you’re invincible just because you can swim."

With that, Xia Xiao looked away from Gao Jiaxing and towards the crowd around the big fish. It was indeed a huge fish, dark green in color; Xia Xiao felt it was as long as she was tall.

"What a huge fish, it looked big under the water, but I didn’t expect it to be this huge when we got it up. Must weigh a hundred kilos," said Gao Guangming joyfully.

Everyone chattered excitedly. Gao Jiaxing said, "More than a hundred kilos. It could well be two hundred."

Apart from catching their own, they had also landed a big fish, which made everyone very happy.

Gao Jiaxing cautioned, "As you’ve seen, there’s dense seaweed below. Getting tangled in it is a life-threatening matter. I’m warning you, fishing with rods is fine, netting fish is fine, but don’t go into the water again. This isn’t a joke."

Xia Xiao nodded. She had heard from Shitou about the extensive seaweed below and knew that going into the water was something to avoid, especially because of cramps, which were very dangerous.

Meanwhile, Wang Xueyong made another visit to Gao’s house and was turned away, "How come Guangming Production Team is unstaffed during the New Festival?"

"This Guangming Production Team is actually a model labor team. They’re still working during the big festival."

"Yes, Brother Yong, let’s go to the Red Star Production Team instead."

Wang Xueyong couldn’t possibly wait at the entrance of Gao’s house. He had shown his sincerity by visiting in person, but given his current status and pride, he couldn’t stoop to waiting at the doorstep.

So, heeding his subordinate’s advice, Wang Xueyong headed toward the Red Star Production Team.

There, in the Red Star Production Team’s facility, Liu Haihua was pestering Liu Haiguo, "Brother, I want to marry Wang Xueyong. Please speak to him for me."

"What? You want to marry Wang Xueyong?" Liu Haiguo said, "Are you dating him?"

"No, we’re not dating, but I think he’s interested in me. It’s just that his sister is a bit annoying, always preventing us from meeting. I think he hasn’t dated me yet because his sister is stopping him."

"Wang Xueyong has high standards. Does he like you?" Liu Haiguo doubted. Neither he nor his sister were particularly good-looking, and although Liu Haihua wasn’t ugly, she wasn’t exactly beautiful. How could Wang Xueyong like her?

Not to mention, Liu Haihua was previously married and had a child.