Chapter 862: Chapter 862

The summer breeze swept across the lake at the amusement park, stirring up waves.

Cries for help rang out as tourists peddling boats all vigorously headed toward the child who had fallen into the water.

The Lady Boss couldn’t see Lin Baici and was so anxious she nearly jumped into the lake to find him.

Over sixty meters away, Lin Baici surfaced and then swam with all his might toward the two who had fallen into the water; his strong arms cut through the waves, as swiftly as a swordfish!

In less than a minute, Lin Baici reached the child, stretched out his big hand, grabbed him by his clothes, and pulled him up.

With Lin Baici’s arm strength, he could easily throw the child onto a paddle boat seven meters away, but considering that might cause secondary injuries, he refrained.

Lin Baici swam to the side of the boat, placed the little boy down, then dove back into the water to rescue the young woman, but upon entering the water, he realized she was holding her breath and diving.

Her posture clearly belonged to someone adept at swimming.

Lin Baici hesitated, instinctively ready to attack, because he felt it was a trap.

The other party was either a God Hunter or a monster.

The young woman gave Lin Baici an OK gesture and then started to act like she was drowning, thrashing her limbs vigorously.

The lack of hostility from the other side furrowed Lin Baici’s brows, but his quick-thinking soon caught on.

Could this be someone hired by Gu Qingqiu, to showcase heroism in front of the Lady Boss?

To improve likability?

[Just an ordinary native of God’s Ruins, no threat at all!]

It was conclusive; it was Gu Qingqiu’s doing, otherwise, which woman would be bored enough to pretend to drown for fun?

Lin Baici was speechless.

Actually, it worked quite well.

Han Suying was pedaling furiously on her paddle boat, rushing over at top speed; even a fool could see her interest in Lin Baici by now.

Lin Baici, with one arm, held the young woman and surfaced, swam to the paddle boat, and helped her up.

"Cough cough... Thank you!"

The young woman thanked him, unexpectedly finding Lin Baici so handsome that she felt tempted to offer him dinner as thanks without charging any money.

Lin Baici grabbed the gunwale with both hands, pushed down hard, swung his right leg onto the boat, and easily hopped aboard.

The little boy clearly knew how to swim and showed no panic of drowning; he was now looking at Lin Baici with wide eyes.

This big brother swims so fast and looks amazing too. How do you get eight-pack abs like his?

The young woman, watching Lin Baici who was only wearing underwear, blushed: "Could... could I have your phone number? I’d like to treat you to a meal as thanks!"

It would be even better if something could happen!

"Bai Ci, are you alright?"

The Lady Boss came over in a boat, exhausted and panting, drenched in sweat, her dress soaked and clinging to her body.

Lin Baici walked to the bow, took a large step spanning over four meters, and returned to the paddle boat.

This effortless display left the young woman staring in awe; as a sportswoman herself, specializing in swimming, she knew Lin Baici’s leap signified his exceptional physical fitness far beyond ordinary people.

"I’m fine, sorry to worry you!"

Lin Baici, seeing boats approaching, preferred not to stay and quickly left.

In the distance, on a paddle boat, Xia Hongyao and the others were spectating.

"Did you get it on camera?"

Hua Yue Yu nodded, checking the photos: "Got all the close-ups!"

"Brother Lin looks so cool saving people!"

"This is it, look how anxious the Lady Boss was; I won’t believe it if you say she isn’t into Little Lin!"

Xia Hongyao fanned herself, complaining about the dreadful heat, feeling sticky, and really wanting a shower.

"Do you think God Lin realized the drowning people were set up by us?"

Che Zhengshuo was curious.

If Lin Baici thought he was being a hero and was full of pride, and then someone told him that it was all staged, wouldn’t he feel extremely embarrassed?

That would be a dark history for him.

Li Yintong thought for a moment, feeling Lin Baici’s reaction was quite normal.

Xia Hongyao was certain.

Che Zhengshuo countered.

"With Little Lin’s intelligence, he would surely see through it!"

Xia Hongyao explained.

Che Zhengshuo was left dumbfounded. What kind of reasoning is that?

Are you a die-hard fan of Lin Baici?

"Bai Ci saw through it!"

Gu Qingqiu, watching Lin Baici’s paddle boat move away, explained to everyone: "The way that young woman acted after falling in didn’t look like a real drowning victim. Bai Ci could surely see that, so he might have thought, is this a trap set by enemies?"

"Bai Ci didn’t attack but chose to rescue instead, which shows he guessed it was someone I had paid!"

Money makes the world go round; the amount Gu Qingqiu paid the young woman, equivalent to 500,000 yuan, was more than double her annual salary.

So even if she swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, it was still worth it.

"Exactly, that’s what I thought!"

Xia Hongyao nodded emphatically.

Che Zhengshuo rolled his eyes at Xiong Da, questioning his reasoning ability.

Under the shade of a tree by the lake, Lin Baici carried a travel bag containing the Black Tripod Bowl, unable to take anything out in front of the Lady Boss.

Luckily, the weather was hot enough, so after wiping with some tissue and waiting for less than a quarter of an hour, Lin Baici’s body had dried.