At that moment, the only scene that emerged in Ruan Jiaojiao’s mind was Ruan Chi being drowned by the murky river water. She ran without looking at the path ahead, nor did she notice anyone beside her as she dashed past.
She felt a sudden strong push from behind while running, and before she could react, she twisted her ankle and plunged headfirst downward.
directly below was a deep pit. Perhaps the water was shallow for an adult, but for Ruan Jiaojiao, who was not yet 1.2 meters tall, it was very deep. She fell headlong with no chance of suspense, sinking out of sight immediately.
This turn of events happened so swiftly that everyone saw it, but could not react in time. By the time they did, the looks on their faces had completely changed.
"..." Countless heart-wrenching cries erupted at once.
But Ruan Jiaojiao could no longer hear them. The moment she hit the water, her ears were filled with mud and water, and she instinctively closed her eyes, plunging her world into darkness, hearing only the gurgling sound of water.
The shouts from the outside seemed to come from a very distant place...
She struggled to get up, but her toes couldn’t touch the bottom, and after paddling her arms a few times, she was still engulfed by the muddy water, finding nothing to grasp onto...
After Ruan Jiaojiao fell into the pit, the first to jump into the water was Xiu Xi, who was closest to her. He knew how to swim in his previous life, and although he wasn’t sure about this body, he didn’t hesitate to dive in and struggle to lift Ruan Jiaojiao, who had gone under, by kicking his legs up.
Then came the Ruan Family’s three high school-aged big brothers.
Ruan Jiaojiao was small and not tall; the pit was fatal for her, but for the high school brothers, the water only reached their necks.
They clumsily dragged Ruan Jiaojiao out of the water.
This whole process took but a mere tens of seconds.
Yet Ruan Jiaojiao had already choked on a lot of mud water.
"Jiaojiao, Jiaojiao!" Holding Ruan Jiaojiao in his arms, Ruan Hao’s face was ashen, and the others’ complexions were no better.
On the bank, Ruan Wei and Ruan Qun were so frightened that they were shaking uncontrollably, their legs were weak, and they dared not come closer.
Holding the unconscious Ruan Jiaojiao, Ruan Hao was at a loss. Fortunately, when Ruan Jiandang was in the hospital, Ruan Jun, who was keeping a bedside vigil, had seen some emergency instructions for drowning on the walls. Without hesitation, he took Ruan Jiaojiao from Ruan Hao’s arms and started to administer first aid.
After pressing down a couple of times, Ruan Jiaojiao spat out a mouthful of mud water and regained consciousness.
she stared with wide eyes in one direction, as if she were looking at someone.
"Jiaojiao!" Ruan Chi, who was initially at the forefront, heard the commotion and ran over like the wind.
Ruan Jiaojiao watched him run over, kneel in front of her, blinked, and then tears streamed down her face...
It felt as if her heart was being wrenched... the pain was almost unbearable.
If the scene of Ruan Qun dying that she had seen in her dream the first time was a coincidence, then this time, the sight of Ruan Chi drowning that she witnessed just before she went underwater confirmed that none of this was a mere coincidence or accident, but rather deliberate!
Ruan Jiaojiao dared not think about it, nor could she afford to. It felt as though someone had gruesomely torn a gash in her heart, bleeding profusely.