Ten minutes later, everyone on the ship was rescued.
Fortunately, no one died in this accident, but multiple people sustained serious injuries.
Videos and surveillance footage from the incident went viral online!
Both Weibo and Douyin trending lists exploded!
#Royal Cruiser Shattered#
#The Girl Carrying Her Brother#
#Qiao Chuchu, Hang in There#
Pei Fengnong finally had some downtime and opened his phone, only to be greeted by a notification about "Qiao Chuchu, Hang in There."
Pei Fengnong: "?"
He clicked on it and saw Qiao Chuchu on the deck, tightly gripping the railing, carrying the towering Pei Youchuan on her back, struggling to climb up.
The background audio was a crisp female voice, shouting loudly, "Qiao Chuchu, hang in there!!"
Pei Fengnong: "???????????"
The comment section was full of praise:
「I actually cried watching this, who else felt that?」
「Seeing this petite girl carrying such a muscular guy on her back, I got teary-eyed. In times of trouble, true feelings surface—this girl didn't abandon her boyfriend!」
「FYI, it seems this isn't her boyfriend, but her brother.」
「Ahhh, such a great sister! I want a sister like that too!」
「Holy crap, isn't that Qiao Chuchu? The guy on her back is her older brother!」
「Anyone know who she is? I'm really liking this sister!」
「She's quite wealthy, probably wouldn't be out in public much. She has seven brothers—she's the eighth child in her family.」
「Wait, seven brothers, she's the eighth, and has reddish-brown hair? Could she be the infamous Eighth Young Mistress from the internet buzz recently?」
#Is Qiao Chuchu the rumored Eighth Young Mistress?# This hashtag quickly climbed to the top of the trending list!
「If it's true, the Eighth Young Mistress is incredibly beautiful!」
「Is this my daughter I've been following online? Is this my online-raised daughter?!」
「The man she's carrying—I feel like I've seen him somewhere before! Isn't he the CEO of some mobile game company?」
「No way, is this some kind of pampered royalty drama script? Her brother owns a gaming company or something?」
Pei Fengnong decisively dialed Qiao Chuchu's phone number.
It was turned off.
He became increasingly panicked and quickly called Pei Yuan: "Qiao Chuchu and Pei Youchuan's boat capsized, do you know? Do you know where they are now??"
Pei Yuan was even more shocked: "What? I don't know anything!"
Pei Fengnong was so anxious he couldn't sit still: "Hold on, I'll send the video to the group. Right now, I have no clue where Qiao Chuchu is—both her and Pei Youchuan's phones are off!"
Without a second thought, Pei Yuan hung up and called his assistant: "Qiao Chuchu and Pei Youchuan are likely at a hospital in Lan City, go check where they are."
The assistant immediately began investigating.
Pei Yuan opened the video Pei Fengnong sent in the group.
In the video, Qiao Chuchu was wrapped in a rope, carrying the unconscious Pei Youchuan on her back, struggling to climb upwards!
He couldn't believe it, feeling like a bucket of cold water had been poured over him, leaving his blood cold!
How could this have happened?!
His brother and sister nearly died?!
The group chat exploded with messages:
Ying Chen:「Pei Youchuan is almost twice as wide as Qiao Chuchu, yet she's carrying him? She's really something...」
Lou Yuejue:「What incredible willpower the sister has, she's so amazing!」
Lin Qing:「I just came out of a meeting and saw tons of people talking about the shipwreck. Apparently, Qiao Chuchu is the one who went viral? Lots of media are already tracking her down for interviews!」
Pei Che:「Location?」
One minute later, Lin Qing posted the location in the group:「Here it is!」
Everyone who saw the message rushed to the hospital!
The hospital was already surrounded by a large crowd of media personnel.
Even many ordinary people were live-streaming, holding their phones and saying, "Haven't seen Qiao Chuchu yet, not sure where she is, but there sure are a lot of red-haired people around."
At that moment, Qiao Chuchu was hiding in the police car at the back door of the hospital, her head wrapped in Pei Youchuan's clothes, her hands trembling nonstop.
Of course, it wasn't out of fear or anger.
It was because she had used so much strength earlier that her muscles were strained, causing her hands to tremble uncontrollably.
But she was indeed annoyed.
Because the hospital was now filled with people!
Everyone was looking for her!
Many people were so disrespectful that whenever they saw a red-haired person, they'd shove their camera in their face, and even after realizing it wasn't her, they'd laugh shamelessly without even offering an apology!
The whole hospital was in chaos because of these people!
Even the hospital security couldn't stop them, and many had already called the police.
Both her and Pei Youchuan's phones were waterlogged and unusable, so they couldn't contact anyone or even call for a cab home.
So the police planned to take her home first to avoid any bigger disturbance if she were discovered.
Pei Youchuan hadn't woken up yet, and she couldn't stay in the hospital.
Luckily, he only had a mild concussion and was severely dehydrated.
The doctor said he needed to sleep a bit more, and the police assured her that as long as she wasn't there, everything would be fine, and they'd drive these people away.
Qiao Chuchu looked at the crowd blocking the hospital entrance and irritably turned her head away.
Another street over, one luxury car after another slowly rolled in.
The live-streaming civilians immediately aimed their cameras at the luxury car convoy: "Wow, so many rich people are arriving!"
Pei Yuan stepped out of his car, scanning the area with a grim face.
The self-media person quickly focused their cameras on his face.
Bullet Screen: "Ahhhhh!! I'm even more convinced Qiao Chuchu is the rumored Eighth Young Mistress, who is this young master?!"
「So handsome, so handsome, so handsome! Is he one of my cloud husbands? Is he?!」
Pei Yuan scanned the surroundings, his expression dark: "Why is there such a crowd? Surrounding the hospital completely."
Pei Che walked up beside him, unfazed: "Qiao Chuchu's gone viral; everyone's here to ride the wave and find her."
Pei Fengnong stepped forward calmly: "Don't worry about all that, we need to hurry upstairs to find her. Many here are crazy for traffic, we can't let her get hurt."
They quickly strode into the hospital.
In a hospital bed, Pei Youchuan suddenly jolted awake!
He shot up from the bed: "Chuchu! Chuchu?!"
Pei Youchuan was icy cold, panicked, scanning his surroundings.
This wasn't the ship's cabin anymore.
It was a hospital room.
Pei Youchuan got out of bed, barefoot, searching the room repeatedly: "Chuchu! Chuchu, where are you?!"
A nurse, exasperated, stood at the door of the ward, repressing her anger and shouted: "Is Qiao Chuchu's family here? It's been an hour, how come no one has come to handle the deceased yet? So irresponsible!"
Pei Youchuan quickly ran to her: "I am! I'm Chuchu's family!"
The nurse gave him a curious once-over, her gaze stopping at his receding hairline: "You are? But the person I was just speaking to wasn't you."
