Chapter 274: Su Yang’s Secret
"Are you girls not going diving with Su Yang?"
When the four girls approached, Xiao Q was the first to ask.
Among the four girls, one of Su Yang's girlfriends—the one with pink wavy hair—smiled and said:
"It's boring. We've all been diving before and have done it countless times already. Plus, if we go diving, we have to change clothes. Too much trouble."
"Compared to that, we're much more interested in taking beautiful photos."
The four girls smiled as they pulled out their phones, found a scenic spot, and started taking pictures.
Jiang Ran stayed in the area for another ten-plus minutes before preparing to leave.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw Su Yang and the others coming up from their dive.
"So soon?"
Xiao Peng looked surprised at the sight. What surprised everyone even more was what happened next.
After coming ashore, Su Yang and his friend seemed to get into an argument with the diving instructors.
Then, shockingly, the two sides actually started fighting.
Jiang Ran was stunned.
He had no idea what was going on!
The other three felt the same.
Xiao Q was the quickest to react among them.
He immediately ran over.
Once he started running, the others followed, including Jiang Ran.
When they reached the scene, they immediately stepped in to break up the fight.
After separating them, they asked what had happened.
Su Yang then explained what occurred during the dive.
Apparently, these diving instructors, once underwater, suddenly asked Su Yang and his friend if they wanted photos taken?
Su Yang asked if it was free?
After all, they had bought tickets to Macedonia Island that promised everything on the island was free.
But the diving instructors who went down with them said no, it wasn't free—500 USD for ten photos.
Although Su Yang was a rich second generation, he wasn't a fool.
He immediately refused.
His friend did the same.
Then, while still in the ocean, the two of them fell victim to the diving instructors' dirty tricks.
Stuff like pushing them deeper underwater, removing their oxygen masks—they did it all.
Finally, Su Yang said he was willing to pay for photos. They took a set of pictures before coming ashore.
And after coming ashore, these diving instructors never expected...
Su Yang and his friend were also tough characters.
They immediately went back on their word and started throwing punches.
"Xiao Q, don't stop me! I'm going to beat these bastards to death! I've been diving abroad so many times and never encountered such shady businessmen!!!!"
Su Yang still wanted to continue fighting at this point.
Xiao Q naturally wouldn't allow it.
He held him back firmly.
At that moment, the four girls also came over. After learning the whole story,
the girls immediately called the hotel.
When they saw the girls calling the hotel, the diving instructors immediately ran off into the distance.
Xiao Peng tried to stop them but couldn't—those diving instructors ran faster than anyone.
Soon, hotel staff arrived.
When they arrived, Su Yang unleashed a torrent of furious cursing at these hotel staff.
This included accusations of Macedonia Island engaging in fraudulent practices.
Not just charging for services, but even attempting murder over money.
The hotel staff being cursed at looked at each other, completely confused.
Until...
After hearing Xiao Q and the others explain what happened,
a hotel staff member in his thirties quickly explained: "Then the diving instructors you encountered definitely weren't from our hotel, or even island staff."
"Look, all staff from our hotel and the entire island, whether in uniforms or diving suits, have this golden peony pattern on the front. Plus, we all wear work badges around our necks with QR codes that can be scanned for verification."
Hearing this,
including Jiang Ran, everyone noticed that indeed, from the moment they came ashore, all the staff they encountered—
though wearing different uniforms—each seemed to have a golden peony pattern on the front of their uniforms.
Additionally, they all had work badges.
But those diving instructors' diving suits definitely didn't have golden peonies.
Though they did have work badges.
Su Yang, skeptical, used his phone to scan the QR code of one staff member present.
He found that it actually scanned successfully,
showing basic information about that staff member.
"See, the scanned information specifically includes our staff's anti-counterfeiting mark, which is the golden peony background."
"So those people you encountered definitely weren't staff from our side."
"Since we sell tickets here, everything inside won't have additional charges."
"Including diving photos—all free. So if you encounter anyone charging fees on the island, they're definitely not our people. Please call to report them."
Realizing it was a huge misunderstanding,
Su Yang and his friend wanted to tear those diving instructors apart.
After all, they had genuinely almost been killed underwater.
Jiang Ran watched this scene without commenting.
He suddenly remembered scrolling through TikTok and seeing videos about certain domestic tourist destinations
that frequently had these kinds of issues.
Many people who experienced it would post videos online warning others to avoid such traps.
With the matter resolved,
just as Jiang Ran was about to leave, the staff suddenly pointed into the distance and said to Su Yang's group: "There are island diving instructors over there, professional ones. If you want to dive, you can go there."
Everyone looked into the distance and vaguely saw several dark spots.
Su Yang threw the black diving mask in his hand onto the ground: "Screw that! My mood for today is completely ruined. How could I possibly be in the mood to go diving now?!"
Su Yang looked around furiously, then his gaze settled on his two girlfriends.
He walked over, grabbed the pink wavy-haired girl's snow-white wrist, and without saying anything else, pulled her toward the hotel direction.
At that moment, Jiang Ran noticed that the pink wavy-haired girl clearly showed panic on her pretty face.
As if she was terrified of what was coming next.
"Are these two really boyfriend and girlfriend?"
This was what Jiang Ran muttered to himself.
But Xiao Peng said it out loud, and not quietly at that.
Yes, not just Jiang Ran—Xiao Q and the others beside him had also noticed.
Then, awkwardly, Su Yang's other friends hadn't left yet either...
But those friends didn't seem to mind.
One of Su Yang's other girlfriends, the one with long straight black hair and sweet appearance, said:
"They are boyfriend and girlfriend. Didn't I say that on the plane earlier?"
Xiao Peng was very confused: "Then why did she look so panicked when she left just now?"
The sweet-looking girl with long straight black hair crossed her arms, her expression cold: "Because Su Yang's preferences in that area are too perverted. So not just her—even I can't stand it."
The girl shook her head and sighed.
"Uh... can't stand it? Then why not just refuse?"
Xiao Peng remained confused.
The girl continued coldly: "You're overthinking again. It's simply impossible to refuse."
Ke Bei, standing nearby, said calmly: "A relationship model of one man and two women."
"Looking at this relationship dynamic, the two sides are clearly unequal."
"The man holds greater power than the women."
"Hey, those reasons you gave on the plane earlier about willingly accepting this relationship—they were all lies, weren't they?"