Chapter 46: Little Green Pomelo, The Day Isn’t Over Yet—I Haven’t Broken My Promise, Right?

Lin Qingyou once again arrived at the Qingjiang beach. At this moment, there were already fewer people involved in the search compared to last night.

The remaining team members were getting ready to wrap up their work.

Lin Qingyou immediately ran over to stop them. “You can’t leave! You can’t leave…”

The salvage team captain looked at Lin Qingyou with exhaustion and said, “Miss Lin, we understand how you feel, but please understand our situation too.”

“It’s the middle of winter, and we’ve been soaking in the river for a whole day and night. If we keep going like this, people will lose their lives.”

“I…” Lin Qingyou was suddenly speechless.

She wanted to say that she could pay more, a lot more.

But when the words reached her lips, she couldn’t bring herself to say them.

This was already the best salvage team, and they had indeed been working tirelessly for an entire day and night.

At this moment, every single one of them was shivering, their lips turning purple from the cold.

“Do you know of any other salvage teams?” Lin Qingyou pleaded. “You guys can rest first, and I’ll hire another team to take turns with you, okay?”

The salvage team captain sighed and said, “Miss Lin, I’m going to say something you might not want to hear. Your fiancé is most likely gone… If it weren’t for the fact that you’re paying us so generously, we wouldn’t have gone down there again and again.”

He pointed at the vast expanse of Qingjiang. “Look at this river. It’s so deep, and the weather is freezing. If he fell in, how could he have survived for a whole day and night?”

“No… No… No!” Lin Qingyou stubbornly refused to believe it.

“He’ll be fine. He will be fine.”

“If even I give up searching for him…”

“No… I won’t give up!”

Without hesitation, Lin Qingyou spent an enormous sum to hire another salvage team.

As she watched the new team enter the river one after another, she could only silently pray.

Unknowingly, several more hours passed.

The sky gradually darkened.

The riverbank at night was eerily quiet, as always, and the cold was bone-chilling.

Yet Lin Qingyou refused to leave.

She stood by the Qingjiang River, watching, waiting, enduring.

Yin Yichen was also by the river, standing, waiting, enduring.

At this moment, he understood Lin Qingyou’s feelings more than ever.

As he watched her frail yet determined silhouette, for the first time, he truly believed what Xu Wen had said—Lin Qingyou really loved his brother.

As the night grew colder and the wind stronger, Yin Yichen took a step forward, wanting to persuade Lin Qingyou to go back.

They could continue searching tomorrow…

But just then, a voice shouted excitedly—

“We found someone! We found someone!”

Lin Qingyou instantly rushed toward the river in desperation.

Several salvage team members were carrying a man out of the water.

“Yin Hanyu!”

Lin Qingyou stumbled toward the man.

But once again, her hope was crushed.

It wasn’t Yin Hanyu.

It was an unfamiliar man’s face.

The man seemed to have just fallen into the river not long ago. After being carried to the shore and given emergency treatment, he coughed up a lot of water and slowly regained consciousness.

“Who are you?” The salvage team captain asked. “How did you end up in the river?”

“I…” The man hesitated for a moment before replying, “I’m just a fisherman nearby. It was too dark, and I accidentally fell into the river.”

“Fishing?” Lin Qingyou immediately grabbed the man and asked anxiously, “Are there fishermen around here?”

“Of course,” the man said. “Qingjiang is rich in aquatic resources, with all kinds of fish. Not far from here, across the river, there’s a small fishing village. Many families there make a living by fishing, and every household owns a fishing boat.”

“Across the river?”

Lin Qingyou suddenly felt like she had grasped something important. She immediately turned to Yin Yichen. “We need to expand the search area! We have to go to the fishing village right away!”

Yin Yichen nodded and immediately set off with Lin Qingyou toward the village.

The fishing village was small. They knocked on doors, asking every household whether they had found a man while fishing.

They asked again and again, tirelessly repeating their inquiry.

But every response was the same.

No.

No.

No.

Lin Qingyou’s rekindled hope was once again shattered.

Seeing that it was about to rain, Yin Yichen said, “Sister-in-law, let’s go back for now. If you collapse, my brother will never forgive me when he returns.”

Like Lin Qingyou, he firmly believed that his brother wouldn’t die so easily.

His brother had survived far worse situations.

Now, he had finally made it through to a better future, and the woman he deeply loved had finally agreed to marry him.

He wouldn’t die—not now, not like this.

Even if he had to crawl back from the gates of hell, he would return to marry the love of his life.

—

On the way back, Lin Qingyou drove alone.

Yin Yichen didn’t stop her.

After watching her drive off, he quickly got into his own car and sped away.

But he didn’t go home. Instead, he rushed to Yin Corporation’s headquarters.

It had only been a little over a day since his brother’s accident.

But already, the corporate wolves and vultures were eager to make their move.

His brother might not be there, but he was. Those scheming monsters wouldn’t get their way so easily.

Lin Qingyou drove in a daze.

Her mind was unfocused, her attention scattered.

She almost hit a young woman but managed to swerve at the last moment, crashing into a flowerbed instead.

Quickly, she got out of the car and helped the fallen woman up. “Are you hurt?”

Before the woman could respond, her boyfriend rushed over and shoved Lin Qingyou.

“How do you drive?! Do you realize you almost hit my girlfriend?”

“I’m sorry… I’m so sorry…” Lin Qingyou bowed repeatedly in apology. “Let me take you to the hospital.”

“No need, I’m fine,” the woman reassured her. “The car didn’t hit me—I just fell from the shock.”

Unlike her boyfriend, she was kind. “It’s late. I know you didn’t mean it. Just go home safely.”

“Let’s go home too,” she said, taking her boyfriend’s arm.

Even as they walked away, the man was still grumbling. “Babe, you’re too nice! She almost hit you! If you hadn’t stopped me, I would’ve taught her a lesson.”

“Come on, let it go. Besides, we’re getting married tomorrow. We still have so much to prepare. Do you really want to spend the night at the hospital or the police station? That’d just delay everything. Do you still want to get married?”

“Marriage…”

“Marriage…”

Lin Qingyou murmured the word, watching enviously as the couple left.

Today… was supposed to be her wedding day too.

But now, her groom was missing—his fate unknown.

Looking at her damaged car, Lin Qingyou called for a tow truck.

Then, like a soulless puppet, she wandered aimlessly through the empty streets.

The streetlights stretched her lonely shadow long and thin, as if even her silhouette carried boundless sorrow.

Without realizing it, she arrived at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau.

But by now, night had fallen, and all was silent.

Gazing at the tightly shut doors, Lin Qingyou slowly reached out, touching the cold iron gate.

Tears streamed uncontrollably down her face.

If she hadn’t suggested marriage, would Yin Hanyu’s accident have never happened?

She couldn’t hold back any longer.

She collapsed to the ground and wept.

Her quiet sobs echoed in the night—sharp, sorrowful, and heart-wrenching.

Then, suddenly, heavy footsteps approached from behind.

Lin Qingyou whipped around—

And saw Yin Hanyu, wearing nothing but a blood-stained white shirt, staggering toward her.

His face was deathly pale, his clothes drenched in crimson.

Yet, despite everything, he smiled weakly and whispered—

“Little Qingyou, the day isn’t over yet… I haven’t broken my promise, have I?”