Pet King

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

In 2013, there had been a similar tragedy that happened here, at the beach that was famous due to Cleopatra.

Four Chinese students studying in Egypt came together as a group to Mersa Matruh. They didn’t go to the famous Agiba Beach or Gharam Beach. Maybe they didn’t like the fact that the other beaches had a lot of people, or maybe they wanted to see Cleopatra’s bathroom too. But all four of them had ended up drowning here.

As there had been no other witnesses then, no one knew how they had drowned, leaving behind nothing but regret and remorse.

Seeing that the tragedy was about to repeat itself and that it was an emergency, Zhang Zian couldn’t just leave the other man to die. He couldn’t call the police, and he definitely couldn’t jump in to save him, or he would just be sending the Grim Reaper another gift.

An idea flashed through his head. Even though he couldn’t save the person himself, there might still be a chance of survival for the surfer. There was someone nearby with naturally webbed feet.

“Galaxy, wait here for me. I’ll go find Sihwa so she can save a life,” he said and immediately went back the same way.

Right now, his entire face was full of sand, just like a construction worker who had just finished work. The visibility had lowered so much that he couldn’t even see the silhouette of the car. At least he remembered the general position of the car, and he finally found it after a while of trying to reach it.

“Cheep cheep.” Pi opened the door for him, looking behind them and making a hand sign of questioning, meaning to ask where Galaxy was and whether he’d managed to find it.

Famous had already come back too. Even though it was also covered in sand, it was much better than Zhang Zian.

The moment the door opened, the sand started flooding into the car.

Zhang Zian made his instructions quick. “That surfer earlier might drown, so we have to find a way to save him. I’ll go find Sihwa. Pi, you have to keep pressing on the horn. Hopefully the surfer can hear it.”

Pi nodded.

Zhang Zian didn’t have time to elaborate further and ran towards the giant rock where Cleopatra’s bathroom was after closing the door. Even though they were in a rush, he still slowed down his footsteps when stepping into the sea. It would be more troublesome if he fell down now.

The giant reef had two openings, one facing the sea and one facing the shore. Sihwa had come in from the former, while Zhang Zian had gone in from the latter.

The sound of the car horn came, seemingly far away.

The undercurrent that had swept the surfer away was angled towards the car. If the surfer tried to swim back parallel to the shore, he would definitely not be able to get back. But if he tried to swim back in the direction of the car, there might be a chance of him being able to swim back to the shore, or at least not getting swept farther and farther away. Of course, this was all only possible if he didn’t become an idiot and abandon his surfboard to jump into the water…

Zhang Zian was pretty confused. The howling of the wind had already become haunting outside, so why was Sihwa still so calm in the cave?

It was only after he entered the cave that he saw that due to the thick reef rocks and the winding path, the sound of the howling winds was greatly reduced, even completely covered by the sound of the tides. Because of that and Sihwa’s continuous bragging to her internet fans, she had absolutely no idea that a storm had been raging outside.

Zhang Zian didn’t want to show up in her livestream in case someone recognized him, so he picked out a small stone from the rock wall and threw it at Sihwa, hitting his target spot-on.

“Hey! Which annoying b*stard threw this at me?” She turned around in anger only to see Zhang Zian poking his head out, acting suspicious.

“Ah Ze An, you—” She wanted to scream, but Zhang Zian kept making weird hand signs, as though doing an odd rendition of sign language.

He was really glad that she always called him “Ah Ze An” now, or he might already have exposed himself.

“Someone fell into the water just now! Hurry up and go save him, Sihwa.” Zhang Zian whisper-shouted in a really awkwardly strained voice, sounding horrible.

He had originally wanted to drag Richard out to speak on his behalf, since it was able to imitate other people’s voices, but that stupid bird seemed to have guessed his intentions from a mile away and refused to come out from the corner of the SUV that it had hid itself in.

Besides, remembering that Richard had just released its excretions all over, he was a bit reluctant to put Richard onto his hand…

Sihwa’s eyebrows went up in confusion. “Which idiot’s that careless?”

“Don’t worry about who it is. If you don’t go save him, that man will drown!” Zhang Zian still spoke with that strained voice.

“But…” Sihwa bit her lip, unable to make a decision. She had never saved someone before, and she didn’t know how.

“Remember the white whale?” Zhang Zian asked.

Sihwa stalled, understanding.

When she was about to freeze to death in the Baltic Sea, that beluga whale had brought her near a submarine volcano where it was warm, so that her body temperature could return to normal. Without it, she would never have lived to see today.

Zhang Zian meant that just as the beluga whale had helped her, she should help others as well.

Hearing him talk, the netizens in the livestream exploded.

“Hey! Who is that talking? It seems like a guy! Godd*mn it! All the good vegetables have been eaten by pigs!”

“Who fell into the water? Who asked to you save them? Why should you? Why didn’t that guy who asked you go himself?”

“Sihwa, you have to think about it! Don’t force yourself into a bout of foolishness. A lot of people have died trying to be a hero saving the princess in distress!”

“Sihwa, call the police! Don’t go down yourself!”

The netizens had suggested that out of goodwill. As normal people without professional training, it was too dangerous for them to try to save a drowning man.

It would be better if the drowning person had lost consciousness. If they hadn’t, they would grab onto their lifesaver and not let go, causing the other person to not be able to swim either and resulting in both of them drowning. Many people who tried to save others from drowning had met such a fate.

Even though he was panicking, Zhang Zian did not push Sihwa, hoping for her to come to her own conclusion. If she didn’t want to help, even if he forced her to, she wouldn’t do her best.

Looking at the comments that the netizens sent, Sihwa could recognize many words. Even if there were words that she didn’t recognize, she could easily guess them from the context clues.

One of the comments that floated past the screen caught her eye. To be a hero…

“Thank you for your good wishes,” she said.

The netizens sighed a sigh of relief, thinking that she finally understood.

She said instead, “But I want to go help save that man, as I want to be a hero. I have read many fairy tales, and there’s always a courageous person who shows up. I…I want to become that courageous person who overcomes all the odds and dragons to save the princess from the tower.”

The netizens were all speechless then, not knowing whether to scold her for being childish or praise her for being naive.

She smiled at the camera and confidently announced, “Don’t worry! I will not die—at least not in the water! Today, I’ll let you all see what I, Sihwa, can do! If you think I’m amazing, make sure to send me a present!”

The netizens wanted to diss her for still thinking about presents at this darned time.

The sea seemed to start retreating.

“I’m going! This is a livestream you have never seen!”