“You should just shut up. I’m already tired enough,” An Jiuyue said as she swam.
While the people on the bamboo raft showed hostility toward Xue Ling, as if ready to skin her alive, the bamboo raft gradually approached An Jiuyue
An Jiuyue, who was still in the water, pushed the water basin up first. “Let’s get them up first.”
“Master, let me do it.” The man’s subordinate immediately took the water basin from An Jiuyue. He was stunned to see the two children in the water basin.
Everyone had assumed that there was only one child, but there were two! One of them was sound asleep, and the other was crying. That was why they had thought that there was only one child.
The man pulled An Jiuyue up.
“Huff!” She sat on the bamboo raft and exhaled loudly but quickly looked towards the two children in the water basin.
The other two people gave An Jiuyue a thumbs up and complimented, “Miss, you’re immeasurably beneficent! When these children grow up, they will definitely repay you. You saved their lives.”
An Jiuyue paid no attention to their words and simply smiled at them.
She had wanted to search the area for a while longer. However, she realized that she could not do so anymore now that they had two children with them.
It had been raining persistently, and water had accumulated in the water basin. The two children had been lying in the water and were freezing.
She decided immediately. “Let’s go back.”
“Pft,” Xue Ling sneered and looked at An Jiuyue in disdain.
“You didn’t care about us when we were all soaked. But now that you’re soaked too, you decided it’s time to go back. Why don’t you just stay in the water?”
An Jiuyue chuckled, raising her hand to pinch her forehead.
Instantly, she reached out to grab Xue Ling by the collar and lifted her up. Turning around, she held Xue Ling over the water.
“Ah! Save me! Brother Yun, save me! She wants to kill me!”
Xue Ling kicked her legs in fear and looked at the man for help. However, the man was indifferent and gazed at her coldly.
“Brother Yun, save—”
“Shut up!” An Jiuyue shouted.
“Did you really think that I’m a saint who will let you condemn me however you want? I tolerated you because I am only here to rescue people, and I thought of you as a victim of this natural disaster!
“If you don’t want me to rescue you, you can just go back into the water! How about that? Shall I let you go? Hmm?”
Xue Ling grabbed An Jiuyue’s wrist tightly, her face pale with fright.
“No… don’t. I… I won’t do it anymore. It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have criticized you. Put… put me down.”
Xue Ling was too afraid to say anything harsh and could only apologize.
“Hmph!” An Jiuyue tossed her back onto the bamboo raft.
Without wasting any more time, she reached out to take the bamboo pole from the man’s hand. However, he did not return it to her.
“Where are we going? Direct the way,” he said.
An Jiuyue raised her eyebrows.
Since he was willing to row the raft for her, she gladly accepted the free labor and relaxed.
“Go there.” She pointed to a location and sat down to inspect the dry cotton clothes she had removed.
She then picked up one of the children and brought the child to Yan Yan.