Chapter 274: Chapter 256, Old Granny, Strange Monk_1
Seeing the struggles of the two elders in the water growing feebler, Daohua quickly asked, “Is there any rope on the boat?”
A servant boy immediately answered, “Yes!”
Daohua said urgently, “Go get it now!”
Soon, the servant boy brought over a bundle of rope.
Daohua estimated its length and deemed it sufficient, then tugged on it to ensure its strength before quickly tying one end around her waist.
Seeing her do this, Dong Yuanyao quickly asked, “What are you going to do?”
As Daohua tied the rope, she kept her eyes on the people in the river, “Of course, to save them.”
Dong Yuanyao became unsettled, holding onto Daohua’s hand, “You can’t go. The river is so turbulent…”
The rope already secured, Daohua interrupted Dong Yuanyao, “Don’t worry, I can swim, and I’ve tied the rope around me. You guys just pull from the boat; I won’t be washed away.”
After speaking, she handed the rope to the strongest servant boy, “When I grab the two elders later, you must quickly pull us back, understand?”
The servant boy was somewhat nervous but still nodded quickly.
Seeing him nod, Daohua flipped over the railings and with a ‘plop’, jumped into the river.
Dong Yuanyao couldn’t help but exclaim in shock, then saw Daohua emerge from the water and immediately started swimming hard toward the two elders.
“You must hold the rope tight. If anything seems off, pull Daohua back immediately,”
Dong Yuanyao said anxiously to the servant boy. Then, after a moment’s thought, she had a few other servant boys hold the rope tightly, ready to pull Daohua back at any moment.
The river current was fast, and Daohua struggled to swim for a while before finally wrapping her arms around the necks of the two people from behind.
When she clearly saw the faces of the two elders, she was shocked, “Grandma Gu? The strange monk?”
“Save… save her!”
Seeing Daohua, Yun Jian, who was almost at his limit, suddenly brightened and quickly pushed the elderly woman beside him towards Daohua.
Daohua said with effort, “Strange monk, don’t move. I’m running out of strength.”
Gu Jian immediately stopped moving. He had now realized that their rescuer was a child of about ten years old.
With the river so turbulent, how could the little girl save the two of them?
Gu Jian was anxious, glanced at his sister who had already passed out, and clenched his teeth, trying to pry open the arms wrapped around his neck.
Feeling the strange monk’s intention, Daohua immediately shouted, “Strange monk, I’m tied with a rope. As long as you don’t struggle, the people on the boat will pull us up.”
Gu Jian shook his head, “The three of us are too heavy. If the rope snaps, we’ll all die!”
Daohua, “It won’t snap, the rope’s sturdy!”
Gu Jian wanted to speak further but was abruptly silenced by Daohua, “I say, weren’t you the aloof sort? How come you’ve become so fussy now? Listen to me, stop moving. We’ll definitely be pulled onto the boat.”
Gu Jian truly stopped moving.
One reason was that he couldn’t bear to leave his sister alone. The other was astonishment at what Daohua had said.
Gu Jian glanced at Daohua from the corner of his eye.
It seemed the child knew him?
But why didn’t he have any recollection?
On the boat.
“Daohua has got to the people, quick, pull them back!”
As soon as Dong Yuanyao saw that Daohua had reached the victims, she ordered the servant boys to pull on the rope.
“Pull quickly!”
Seeing the trio barely moving in the river, Dong Yuanyao urged in distress.
The servant boy was sweating profusely, “Miss Dong, the river’s resistance is too strong, and with three people on Miss Yan’s end, it’s a bit hard to pull!”
Dong Yuanyao, “What do you mean ‘hard to pull’?”
After some thought, she called everyone on deck to pull the ropes, and finally, she joined in as well.
Just as Daohua and the other two were slowly moving towards the ship, ‘splash,’ someone jumped from the shore and swam rapidly towards the trio.
“That person is a good swimmer, so fast!”
The people on the ship couldn’t help but exclaim.
Soon, the swimmer reached Daohua and the others.
Daohua glanced at the newcomer and didn’t resist, allowing him to wrap an arm around her neck, and then they swiftly swam towards the ship, aided by the rope’s force.
A quarter of an hour later, Dong Yuanyao instructed the servants to pull the four of them onto the ship.
“Daohua!”
At that moment, Xiao Yeyang at the stern, having received the news, ran over quickly. Seeing Daohua drenched, he quickly took off his outer robe to drape over her.
Seeing the urgency, worry, displeasure, and anger in Xiao Yeyang’s eyes, Daohua quickly said before he could speak, “I can swim, even if I fall into the river, I won’t be in any danger.”
After pausing, she continued.
“For safety’s sake, I also tied a rope around myself, so, for sure, nothing will happen.”
Seeing Daohua shrink her neck and look at him fearfully, Xiao Yeyang held back again and again but finally said through gritted teeth, “What if the rope isn’t long enough or strong enough?”
Feeling Xiao Yeyang’s real anger, Daohua swallowed hard and said weakly, “It won’t happen, I checked it.”
Xiao Yeyang held back his anger, “Do you not understand that there are always uncertainties, what if there’s an accident?”
Daohua fell silent now, knowing whatever she said, Xiao Yeyang would have a retort.
“Sister, wake up, please, wake up!”
Suddenly, an extremely constrained and suppressed calling voice arose.
Turning her head, Daohua saw Granny Gu lying motionless on the deck while the Monk looked on the verge of collapse.
“Let me have a look!”
Daohua quickly stepped forward, checked Granny Gu’s condition, and then hurriedly began performing CPR on her.
Gu Jian watched nervously as Daohua pressed and pushed on Granny Gu’s body. He wanted to intervene several times but ultimately held back.
About a quarter of an hour later, Granny Gu ‘whooshed’ out several mouthfuls of water.
At this, Daohua collapsed onto the deck, exhausted, while Gu Jian embraced Granny Gu, crying tears of joy.
“Granny Gu needs to rest now, holding her like that will make her uncomfortable,” she said, then looked towards Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang glanced at Granny Gu and Bald Gu Jian, and ordered, “Take them to rest in the cabin.”
Gu Jian looked at Daohua, then at Xiao Yeyang, and without saying anything, he picked up Granny Gu and followed the servant below deck.
Once everyone had left, Xiao Yeyang turned to Daohua with an unfriendly gaze.
Knowing she was about to be scolded, Daohua’s eyes darted around, and she quickly placed her hand on her forehead, “Oh, my head is spinning. Could I be catching a cold?”
Hearing this, Dong Yuanyao understood instantly and immediately stepped forward to help her up, “You’re drenched, come on, I’ll take you to change your clothes.”
Daohua nodded repeatedly, “Yes, yes, yes.”
Watching the two leave, Xiao Yeyang rubbed his throbbing forehead and then sighed helplessly.
After Daohua changed her clothes, in the end, she still couldn’t avoid Xiao Yeyang.
Watching Daohua shrink her head like a quail, meekly standing before Xiao Yeyang, Dong Yuanyao covered her mouth to stifle a laugh, walked out of the cabin, and went up on deck, only then remembering there was one more person who had helped.
“Where is the person who helped Daohua rescue others?”
The servant pointed towards the riverbank and said, “There, that person just jumped back into the water and swam back to shore.”
Dong Yuanyao looked over and saw the person climbing out of the water and helping an old man on the shore walk away, “It’s him!”
The young man at the congee stand who said he wasn’t an official!
