Chapter 57: I Just Don’t Have a Heart
Chi Qian herself didn’t think they were all that obedient.
She worried they might lose control and swallow people whole, so she rode Orca No. 2, circling around to keep things under control.
Fortunately, the fish were sensible enough—none of them tried sneaking bites or snacking amid the chaos.
But the people in the water were another story…
When a giant fish suddenly loomed close, the panicked swimmers thought it was about to eat them and screamed bloody murder.
Chi Qian scooped up a floating loudspeaker, “Everyone, stay calm! We’re here to rescue you. Don’t thrash around—climb in order onto the back of the fish closest to you…”
She paused. “Uncle in the upper right—could you please step out of the whale’s mouth first? I’m afraid you might not be enough for one bite later.”
The man singled out: “……”
Everyone else: “???”
Did this little girl think she was directing a movie?!
Climb onto the backs of giant fish? Wasn’t that basically serving themselves up on a platter?
How could she guarantee the fish wouldn’t hurt them??
And then they discovered—
Well, damn. The fish didn’t hurt anyone!
They even carefully bit onto people’s clothes and gently tossed them onto their backs.
Those who had been struggling in the water until their legs cramped finally relaxed, tears of relief streaming down their faces.
Then they realized they were sitting on the back of a great white shark…
N-nope. Not moving an inch.
The shark, noticing the humans staring, remembered how Boss Chi Qian had sternly warned them to be friendly toward people.
So, the great white shark gave its passenger a smile.
Rows of razor-sharp teeth gleamed coldly under the water, the sight alone enough to clench one’s… well, you know.
The people went pale with terror.
“Help! The shark’s going to eat me!”
“Mom! I don’t want to die yet!!”
Great White Shark: “?”
Sharkie confused. Sharkie hurt.
Until its lawyer arrives, Sharkie will say nothing. 🙂
Meanwhile, Chi Qian and the other two weren’t idle—they kept moving around to rescue people.
Chi Qian hoisted up two kids, barely five or six years old, plopping them in front of her before going back for more.
Tang Xin, though she looked frail, worked with surprising efficiency.
As for Chi Fengxiao, not only were both his front and back packed with passengers, but he even had people dangling from both arms—his strength was astonishing.
The livestream audience had been struck dumb.
They’d always joked online about how Chi Qian could do anything, fearless to the core.
But it was just that—jokes.
No one had really expected the three of them to be useful this time, much less to actually save lives.
And yet—they did it!
How on earth did Chi Qian manage to make all these sea creatures follow her lead and rescue people in such order?!
Chi Fengxiao, too, wasn’t like the paparazzi stories of him being arrogant and temperamental.
Even when a child accidentally kicked him in the face, he didn’t frown.
And Tang Xin, who had always seemed timid and introverted, revealed a completely different side of herself.
It felt like something had shifted.
At last, before the cruise ship fully sank, everyone had been saved.
When the rescue boats finally arrived, they saw only the ship’s railings still above water and assumed they were too late.
But when they turned their heads—
They saw dense swarms of fish, orcas, sharks, manta rays, dolphins…
And riding on their backs—countless survivors.
Rescue team: “???”
They must be dreaming.
This had to be a mirage.
Or else they’d all suffered some massive stroke together.
But soon they realized it was no hallucination and hurriedly transferred everyone onto their boats.
In the end, only Chi Qian and Chi Fengxiao remained.
“Young ladies, and you, brother—hurry, climb aboard,” a rescuer called, reaching out a hand.
Chi Fengxiao explained, “We’re here filming a show. We just came over to check things out. We’ll head back shortly.”
The rescuer blinked, dazed. “Th-then… where did all these fish come from?”
“Oh, that’s just CGI,” Chi Fengxiao said calmly. “They’ll disappear in a bit.”
The rescuer thought, We can play dumb, but don’t treat us like we’re actual idiots.
He asked again, “Could you tell us your names? We’ll send a banner of thanks later…”
Chi Qian’s eyes lit up. “Oh, no, no, that’s too embarrassing. We never leave our names when we do good deeds.”
“I’m Chi Qian, this is my uncle Chi Fengxiao. Please write on the banner: Eat well, drink well, live forever. Thanks!”
The rescue team member: “……” Wait, didn’t you say you didn’t want to leave your name?
Tang Xin pressed her lips together in a smile. Qian Qian was just too cute.
“Big sister, big sister.”
The twin girls who had been saved by Chi Qian stretched out their hands and offered her a lollipop. “Thank you.”
“When we grow up, we want to be just like you.”
Chi Qian accepted the lollipop with a look of heavy seriousness. “You can, but there’s no need. I’m not a good person.”
The twins: “We don’t believe that! Big sister is obviously a good person!”
Chi Qian: “I used to steal vegetables from other people’s QQ Farms. When I was in a bad mood, I liked to crush instant noodles at the supermarket. Just last week, I even beat up the little chicken in my third uncle’s Ant Manor.”
Chi Fengxiao, who had been smiling: ???
Wait—why did you beat up my little chicken!!
Chi Qian lit up a cyber-cigarette and said in a world-weary tone: “Don’t copy me. My glorious history is not something you can learn.”
The twins, who had never seen the cruelty of society before, now had their eyes opened.
So… so this is what the adult world is like? So complicated?
[I was bawling so hard my tears were flying into my mouth and coming out my nose… but the moment sister Qian opened her mouth, the tears flowed back inside]
[Little sisters, take sister Qian’s advice—there’s no such thing as ‘easy’ in the world of good people. Don’t follow her path!]
[Rolling on the floor laughing, is Qian Qian’s specialty just scamming little kids?]
[Nope, she scams adults too—look, there’s a victim standing right there.]
“I was wondering why my chicken’s head is always covered in lumps! So it was you sneaking in and beating it up every day!”
Chi Fengxiao ground his teeth. “It was bad enough that you let your chicken steal my chicken’s feed, but you had to beat it too! Chi Qian, you have no heart!”
Chi Qian clutched her chest. “Uncle, my heart was taken away by the Queen Mother the year I descended to the mortal realm, afraid I’d get entangled in mortal emotions and lose my place among the immortals…”
“Speak human language!”
“Oh, I mean—I just don’t have a heart.”
“……”
The two of them bickered as they rode away on the orca.
The rescue team members stood frozen, staring after them.
An indescribable sense of shock and confusion exploded in their chests. Their entire worldview had just collapsed.
“Captain, how are we supposed to write this report?”
“Whales and dolphins saving people, that I can wrap my head around. But sharks saving people? That I really can’t!”
“And why on earth can they ride on an orca’s back?!”
Rescue captain: …Have you ever considered that I’m just as helpless as you?!
“Oh! Thank God, my phone’s still working!”
Someone in the crowd let out a shout. “I just searched her account on Weibo—she’s a celebrity! And her uncle is a film emperor!”
The moment those words dropped, everyone rushed to crowd around him.
“Add me, add me! Send me her profile link too!”
“Does she endorse any products? I’m buying a hundred of whatever it is!”
“They really were filming a show? I’m subscribing the second I get home!”
