Chapter 2 The Lifesaver

"Poor thing, her elder brother was paralyzed in his prime, watching with wide eyes as his wife was humiliated by the village thugs, and he passed away before he was thirty."

"First, her partner died, followed by her son. Her mother couldn't bear one blow after another and soon succumbed to depression."

"Her sister-in-law, without any support, was bullied and toyed with even more cruelly, and in the end, she couldn't bear the humiliation and chose to commit suicide."

"Without their parents' care, her second and third brothers ended up in trouble. One became a hooligan, tricked into stealing by street thugs, and ended up with a lifelong disability from a fall, while the other was caught participating in black market dealings and ended up in prison."

"However, once Dong Wenzhong and Chen Yanran left, the two started a business with the money she gave them and did better and better, owning several shops with children, and leading a happy, fulfilling life."

"Later, she went to great lengths to find them. Before she could settle accounts with them, she was tied up by Dong Wenzhong and Chen Yanran together."

"She clearly remembered the disgusting faces of these two people. Chen Yanran sat triumphantly in front of her, looking at Xu Ying with a mocking face, 'Xu Ying, I have never seen a woman as stupid as you, but thanks to you,'

'Wen Zhong and I could return to the city early to live a good life. Do you know how grateful we are to you?'"

"Xu Ying sat in the chair, her face twisted with rage at these words, and she spewed blood from her mouth and nose."

"After Chen Yanran finished speaking, she gave Dong Wenzhong a coquettish look and continued with a smiling expression: 'Do you know how your third brother was caught?'"

"Xu Ying's heart trembled violently, and she looked at Chen Yanran with anger, 'Chen Yanran, what do you mean by that?'"

"Chen Yanran giggled at her, 'Your third brother heard from Dong Wenzhong that you were sick and had no money for treatment, so he went to the black market to make money, and then we reported him and got him caught.'

'Don't you think the people around you are so good to you, why don't you appreciate them?'"

"'Chen Yanran, I will kill you.' Xu Ying looked at the smiling faces of the adulterous couple in front of her, feeling how ironic it was. She screamed, cutting the ropes and grabbing the blade in her hand, rushing towards Chen Yanran, only to be hit in the back of the head by a bottle thrown by Dong Wenzhong."

"In the end, she died from blood loss."

"Thinking of her own death, Xu Ying looked at Chen Yanran with eyes full of hatred."

"'Chen Yanran, you say you saved me? Then can you swim?'"

"'If you really saved me, then swim in the river for me now and let me see.'" Xu Ying said as she grabbed Chen Yanran's arm and started pulling her outside."

"Chen Yanran was startled by her expression and was dragged out before she could react."

"The commotion at the captain's house had already drawn many onlookers. Now seeing Chen Yanran being dragged out by Xu Ying, they all craned their necks, ever curious, 'Xu Ying, you're not dead?'"

"'You're the one that's dead, your whole family's dead. My daughter's fine and healthy. If anyone else dares to say my daughter's dead, I'll scratch you to death,' Mrs. Xu cursed through gritted teeth."

"That shameless son of a bitch, they all cursed her daughter as dead. She remembered every one of those people, waiting for a chance to deal with them."

"'Xu Ying, what are you pulling Chen Zhiqing for?' The people were already accustomed to Mrs. Xu's antics."

"They were even more curious about what was going on with Xu Ying and Chen Zhiqing."

"'Xu Ying, Chen Zhiqing saved you, how can you not be grateful, and treat her like this?'"

"Xu Ying, upon seeing so many people, sneered and directly revealed the truth, 'Chen Zhiqing says she saved me."

"But I clearly saw that it was Lu Family's Daya who saved me. I just want to know who really saved me.'"

"'Lu Family's Daya? Lu Family's Daya also had an accident on the day you fell into the river and hasn't woken up yet!' said someone who saw clearly."

"Chen Yanran's face turned pale. She couldn't swim at all. If Xu Ying really dragged her to the river, she could drown."

"She struggled desperately, but she was still tightly gripped by Xu Ying, 'Xu Ying, I'm not feeling well, I can't go into the river.'"

"Some not afraid to add to the spectacle teased, 'Chen Zhiqing, is it really that you can't go into the river, or are you afraid to go in the river?"

"I say it's strange. Xu Ying is a head taller than you. On any regular day, you can't lift this or carry that."

"How could you have the strength to pull Xu Ying? Isn't Xu Ying also over ninety catties heavy?'"

As these words were spoken, everyone began to grow curious.

Xu Jian Country looked at Chen Zhiqing, who was being clingy to his daughter, making her unable to move, and knew very well what was going on.

His face grew darker and darker, and he said ominously, "I'm going to find the Lu Daya and ask her to make things clear."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yanran immediately panicked; she believed that Xu Ying had been unconscious and had no idea who had saved her.

After Lu Daya had rescued Xu Ying, she too had fainted. Back then, there were many people around, and Dong Wenzhong had asked her to wet her clothes, adopting the title of life-saver.

She thought that, being recognized as Xu Ying's savior, Captain Xu would surely be grateful to her and would assign her an easier task.

Even if Xu Ying knew who rescued her, considering Wen Zhong, Xu Ying wouldn't dare to say anything.

They had thought through their plan, but had not expected Xu Ying to suddenly act as if she'd lost her mind.

And just now, that damn girl had looked at her as if she was looking at an enemy.

Could it be that she knew something? That shouldn't be right!

Afraid of her lie being exposed, Chen Yanran looked up and saw Dong Wenzhong among the crowd, suddenly feeling like she had grasped a lifeline, she shouted, "Dong Zhiqing, you saw it at that time, it was me who saved Xu Ying, right?"

Dong Wenzhong had originally been standing among the crowd, but when she called out like this, everyone turned to look at him, and he could no longer hide among them.

He walked toward Xu Ying, his eyes tender as if bathed in the warmth of spring, saying, "Yingying, I can attest that it was Chen Zhiqing who saved you."

"How can you bear witness? Claiming Chen Zhiqing saved me with no evidence, don't be ridiculous—my eyes aren't blind, I can see perfectly well who saved me," Xu Ying stepped back a few steps disdainfully, holding back her nausea as she spoke.

Dong Zhiqing's face stiffened, not expecting her to publicly disrespect him, and he became somewhat enraged and asked, "Yingying, don't you trust me?"

Xu Ying felt like slapping this man across the face—It was clearly a lie, and yet he wanted her to believe it, truly the epitome of shamelessness.

How could she have loved such a scumbag in her previous life?

She restrained her anger and coldly asked, "Dong Zhiqing, why do you want to help Chen Zhiqing lie?"

Dong Wenzhong's expression turned furious, and he lowered his voice as he walked up to Xu Ying, "Xu Ying, what are you trying to do? This is no time for jokes."

Xu Ying, looking at Dong Wenzhong approaching, couldn't hold back her anger and slapped him across the face.

"Get lost, stay away from me."

At that moment, everyone around was stunned.

Who didn't know that Xu Ying was extremely fond of Dong Zhiqing, always following him around, gifting him steamed buns and eggs one day, chicken legs the next.

She spared no effort in her attentiveness, while Dong Zhiqing acted aloof every day, stringing her along.

She made all the young men in the village green with envy, and some of the girls even wished they were Dong Zhiqing.

Yet today, she suddenly turned against Dong Zhiqing.

Mrs. Xu and Mr. Xu were also utterly astonished.

Xu Ying had just recovered from her fever, her head still ached a bit, and seeing Dong Wenzhong had triggered her resentment; she was afraid she would lose her temper if she stayed longer.

Turning to Mrs. Xu, she said, "Mom, I'm still feeling a bit unwell, I want to lie down in my room for a while."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xu's heart clenched with worry, and she immediately started to help her daughter back to the room.

Addressing the crowd blocking the way, she called out, "What are you looking at? Move aside, move! If my daughter is delayed getting back to her room and something happens, none of you will get away with it."

Xu Jian Country was also worried about his daughter's wellbeing and shouted at the onlookers, "What are you staring at? Aren't we working today? Hurry up and go back to eat and get to work."

The authority of the team leader was significant; when he shouted like that, the onlookers were so scared that they immediately ran off.

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