The noblewoman didn’t want to die either; it was just out of helplessness. At this moment, seeing someone coming to save her, she also instantly became alert and grabbed onto a piece of driftwood beside her.
"Save me, please save me."
"Stop shouting, if you attract people over, we’ll both be in trouble," Zhang Xiaoshan warned the noblewoman while swimming.
Upon hearing this, the noblewoman immediately quieted down.
At this time, she also recognized Zhang Xiaoshan’s voice.
Soon, Zhang Xiaoshan reached the noblewoman’s side, grabbed her waist, and then swam towards the village with her.
"What are you doing? I need to leave this place, I have to get out of the village, you’re going the wrong way," the noblewoman shouted anxiously.
But it was as if Zhang Xiaoshan hadn’t heard the noblewoman’s words at all, and he continued to swim in the direction of the village.
Because he was carrying someone, his speed was much slower, so it took seven or eight minutes to cover a distance of less than three hundred meters.
Zhang Xiaoshan threw the noblewoman onto the shallow bank, went ashore first, then collapsed with a back flop onto a large smooth rock, breathing heavily.
"You, who asked you to bring me back? I need to leave here, you—you take me away," the noblewoman said as soon as she got on shore, walking up to Zhang Xiaoshan and kicking him while shouting menacingly. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁
Zhang Xiaoshan didn’t indulge her at all, rolled his eyes, and said coldly,
"Can’t you grasp the situation you’re in? You’re nothing but a prisoner, yet you really think of yourself as some rich young lady from the city? A fallen phoenix is not as good as a chicken. You’re not young anymore, don’t you understand this simple truth?"
"Besides, if I hadn’t saved you just now, you would have drowned in the river already. Shouldn’t you be thanking me first?"
"You start off with accusations as soon as you come up, I think you should have just drowned in the river before," Zhang Xiaoshan retorted, stubborn as a mule and not coddling the noblewoman in the least.
The noblewoman was almost choked with anger. How many men in the city dared to speak to her ? But as Zhang Xiaoshan said, times had changed, and when under someone else’s roof, one must bow their head.
Very quickly, the noblewoman adjusted her emotions, and spoke to Zhang Xiaoshan in a low and meek voice,
"I’m sorry, I was too anxious just now. I apologize to you, and thank you for saving my life."
Having caught his breath, Zhang Xiaoshan looked at the noblewoman and let out a chuckle.
"Who would have thought that a noble young mistress like you would apologize to someone? It seems Wei Bao has tormented you quite a bit."
The noblewoman clenched her teeth and remained silent.
That was when Zhang Xiaoshan continued,
"Alright, I don’t want to quarrel with you. Let’s leave this matter as it is. I didn’t swim to the other shore with you just now not because I didn’t want to, but because I simply couldn’t manage it. It’s at least eight hundred meters from here to the other side, and after swimming less than three hundred meters with you, I was already struggling. If we had aimed for the opposite shore, we would have had to swim five or six hundred meters. If I had run out of strength halfway, not only would you die, but I would also be buried with you. I’m still young and haven’t lived enough yet."
This speech effectively deflated the noblewoman’s anger.
She sat down on the ground with her rear, holding her head and started crying bitterly.
"Am I really trapped here for the rest of my life? I, I want to go, I want to go home."
Seeing the noblewoman’s pain, Zhang Xiaoshan felt a tinge of pity rise within him.
"Didn’t I give you a bottle of medicine to administer to Wei Bao? Why are you so anxious, even considering such a foolish way that’s tantamount to seeking death?"
After hearing Zhang Xiaoshan’s words, the noblewoman immediately lifted her clothes.
Her snow-white skin was covered in scars.
Zhang Xiaoshan was a bit taken aback.