Chapter 119: I Can't Help But Feel Schadenfreude!
Chapter 119: I Can't Help But Feel Schadenfreude!
Wen Wan quickly crouched down and carefully dug through the sand, revealing a blood-red, branch-like coral.
Red Coral! The one from her dream!
"Ah! I've finally found it! Finally!" Wen Wan jumped in excitement, letting out a scream.
Jiang Xia, who was being carried by Zhou Chenglei towards the beach, heard the scream and turned to look.
Wen Wan instinctively glanced at Jiang Xia as well.
Not everything good had to be taken by Jiang Xia.
This time, she had finally grasped the hint from her dream!
She had seized the initiative, instead of letting Jiang Xia take what was rightfully hers every time!
Their eyes met, and Wen Wan raised her eyebrows at Jiang Xia, her gaze challenging, before smirking.
From now on, she would never let Jiang Xia take anything that her dream hinted at!
Jiang Xia, feeling inexplicably provoked, was speechless.
It was truly baffling!
After provoking Jiang Xia, Wen Wan happily crouched down to continue digging for her red coral.
Her movements were cautious, but inside, she was ecstatic!
Zhou Guohua also realized it was red coral, but he wasn't as excited as Wen Wan. After all, in this era, red coral wasn't as valuable.
He smiled and said, "Little Wan, you're so lucky! You actually found a red coral!"
Jiang Xia recalled the content of the book.
In the story, the male lead went out to sea and obtained a red coral, which was worth millions in modern times!
The villagers praised him for his foresight in not selling the coral.
She finally understood the meaning behind Wen Wan's provocative gaze.
So, she had found the very red coral that would be worth millions in the future!
Wen Wan had reincarnated, and she probably knew that Zhou Chenglei would find a cluster of red coral in the future, which was why she had been following them out to sea these past two days.
Jiang Xia felt a twinge of regret for not thinking about Zhou Chenglei's good fortune in the book and seizing the opportunity.
She gave Zhou Chenglei a resentful look.
Oh well, the chance to become a millionaire in the future had just slipped through her fingers.
Zhou Chenglei carried Jiang Xia to the beach and was about to set her down when he met her resentful gaze.
Zhou Chenglei: "..."
Still want a hug?
He wrapped his arms around her waist and whispered, "I'll hug you later, for as long as you want. For now, we have guests to attend to."
Jiang Xia: ???
What was he thinking?
Jiang Xia's ears burned as she glared at him, "Get lost!"
Zhou Chenglei chuckled and tightened his hold on her waist, "I'll go and bring the things down first."
He let go and turned towards the boat, but he couldn't help but glance at the midday sun.
It was barely noon?
Jiang Xia ignored him and looked down to search for some shellfish to cook with noodles.
Not far away, Zhou Guohua crouched down, intending to help Wen Wan dig.
Wen Wan slapped his hand away, "Don't touch it!"
Zhou Guohua smiled and withdrew his hand, unbothered.
Wen Wan dug carefully.
And after just a few scoops, she was done!
A piece of red coral, slightly longer than her finger, was completely unearthed and lay on the sand.
Wen Wan: "..."
Wait, what?!
Shouldn't it be a cluster?
Shouldn't it be taller?
Where was the rest of it? Under the sand?
It must have broken, how heartbreaking!
Wen Wan continued to dig frantically with her hands.
But there was nothing!
How could there be just a small piece?
Impossible!
She dug like a madwoman.
Zhou Guohua: "..."
Jiang Xia was digging for white clams when she caught the corner of her eye Wen Wan's frantic movements. She turned to look and saw the red coral Wen Wan had set aside, only palm-sized, shaped like a "Y" gesture.
One stem becomes one segment?
"Pfft—" Jiang Xia quickly turned around, covering her mouth!
"Hahaha..."
Forgive her for being impolite, but she couldn't hold it in!
How rude!
"Haha..."
What to do, she couldn't hold it in!
Just as Zhou Chenglei carried Amy off the boat, he turned around and saw Jiang Xia covering her mouth, her shoulders shrugging as if she were crying.
He quickly put Amy down and rushed over, grabbing her shoulder, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing! Haha..." Jiang Xia waved her hand, then covered her mouth and laughed.
Zhou Chenglei realized she was laughing, but he didn't know what had triggered her laughter. Afraid she might laugh herself into a coughing fit, he pulled her into his arms, gently patting her back, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"
Jiang Xia buried her face in Zhou Chenglei's chest and laughed heartily, letting out a muffled, "Hahaha..."
Zhou Chenglei held her, gently patting her back, helping her calm down.
Why was she laughing so suddenly? Was it that funny?
Zhou Chenglei's attention was divided between the task at hand and Jiang Xia. He had glanced at the people on the beach before getting off the boat, but he hadn't paid attention since then, and he had just turned his back to Wen Wan, so he genuinely didn't know what Jiang Xia was laughing about.
Finally, Jiang Xia managed to calm down.
Amy came running over to ask if Jiang Xia was okay.
Jill and John also approached and asked.
Zhou Fu and Zhou Chengxin hurried over, carrying things.
Jiang Xia calmed down and stepped out of Zhou Chenglei's embrace. Smiling, she replied, "I'm fine, I just thought of a joke."
Amy asked what joke she had thought of.
Jiang Xia casually made up a joke she had heard in the modern era, a French one.
Amy giggled along.
John and Jill laughed as well.
John praised Jiang Xia for being very funny.
Jiang Xia replied with a 'thank you' in English, then asked them how they wanted to prepare the lobster.
With such a loud laughter, Wen Wan naturally noticed Jiang Xia.
Wen Wan knew Jiang Xia was laughing at her, and her face turned dark with anger.
She wished she could grab a handful of sand and throw it at her! How heartless!
How could someone be so cruel?
Seeing others in trouble and feeling delighted about it!
However, what made her even more frustrated and anxious was that Jiang Xia was chatting and laughing with the foreigners in a foreign language.
It wasn't English, but she could tell it was very fluent! Wen Wan was shocked and scared.
Zhou Guohua was also witnessing for the first time someone communicating so naturally and fluently with foreigners.
He asked Wen Wan, "Xiao Wan, is Jiang Xia speaking English?"
He hadn't heard a single foreign word, so he didn't know the difference between English and French. He couldn't understand either way.
Wen Wan had only been translating English magazines, so he assumed it was English.
Wen Wan shook her head and said irritably, "No, English is difficult to learn, and it doesn't sound that bad! If she's speaking English, then only the 'thank you' is pronounced correctly! The rest are mispronounced, and I can't make them out. I guess the foreigners are guessing and piecing it together."
Wen Wan hadn't heard French either, so she didn't know which language Jiang Xia was speaking.
Zhou Guohua agreed, thinking that few people could speak English, and who would be so capable of understanding other countries' languages? Only college students or those who had studied abroad would know!
Wen Wan was annoyed by Jiang Xia and didn't want to discuss her, so she said to Zhou Guohua, "This segment of coral is obviously broken. Let's go look elsewhere."
She was determined to find the entire coral.
"Okay, I'll help you look."
So the two of them began a thorough search on the beach.
(End of Chapter)
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