Redemption from the Abyss: The School Beauty Insists on Pulling Me Out of the Mire

Xie Wang pulled Su Qinghe through the crowd and squeezed to the front.

In the middle of the murky artificial lake, about seven or eight meters from the shore, a small figure was struggling desperately in the water.

It was a little girl, with only her two hands above the water, scratching haphazardly, her head bobbing up and down.

The elderly people on the shore were so anxious they were stamping their feet. Some were looking for long branches, while others were calling for help.

But no one dared to go into the water rashly—after all, they were all elderly people.

"I'll go."

Xie Wang cursed under his breath and, without the slightest hesitation, threw the backpack in his hand to the ground.

He quickly kicked off his shoes, shoved the phone into Su Qinghe's hand, and spoke rapidly and calmly:

"Qinghe, record the video."

After saying that, he was about to jump into the water.

"Thank you, Wang!"

Su Qinghe grabbed his arm tightly, her voice trembling:

"Can you swim? This water looks deep..."

Xie Wang glanced back at her; there was no fear in his peach blossom eyes, but rather a sense of reassurance.

"Just kidding, your boyfriend is a pro. I can save a person, and I could even catch a shark in the sea without any problem."

He squeezed her hand hard, then pulled it away:

"Wait for me here!"

"thump--!"

Water splashed everywhere.

Xie Wang plunged into the icy lake water, his arms slicing through the water as he swam at an incredible speed toward the small, floating black dot.

Su Qinghe held up his phone, and the image on the screen was shaking.

She stared intently at the figure bobbing up and down in the water.

……

[In the lake]

Xie Wang quickly swam to the little girl's side.

"Don't be afraid, your brother is here!"

He called out and reached out to grab the girl's arm.

However, the will to survive that a drowning person displays under extreme panic is astonishing.

The moment Xie Wang's hand touched the girl, the child, like an octopus whose switch had been flipped, suddenly wrapped around her.

"Cough cough...!"

Before Xie Wang could even get into position, his neck was tightly gripped by two small but extremely powerful arms.

Then, she hung on him like a scale, and even tried to climb up by stepping on his head.

"Gurgle..."

Xie Wang was caught off guard and was pushed into the water, swallowing a mouthful of lake water.

He suddenly poked his head out, wiped the water off his face, and looked speechlessly at the little devil who was desperately trying to push him into the water:

"Hey! Let go! Are you trying to murder your benefactor?!"

"Help...help..." The little girl wouldn't listen at all, using her hands and feet to tightly wrap around his waist and neck, choking Xie Wang until his eyes rolled back.

Xie Wang was both amused and exasperated.

His cool rescue pose, which he had planned on the shore, was completely ruined.

In this situation, let alone carrying someone to swim like in the movies, he felt that he must look like an unlucky guy being haunted by a water ghost.

"Okay, okay, hold me tight, just don't strangle me... Oh no, stop pulling my hair! It's ruined my hairstyle!"

Xie Wang struggled to maintain his balance in the water while complaining helplessly. He could only switch to the most strenuous backstroke position and drag the little girl to the shore.

Just as Xie Wang was fighting the octopus in the water.

"squeak--"

A very conspicuous Barbie pink Wuling Hongguang MINI suddenly and stylishly stopped abruptly on the side of the road.

The car window rolled down.

Lu Yi poked his head out and looked at the two heads bobbing up and down in the lake, feeling that they looked somewhat familiar.

He didn't rush over to help (after all, with his physique, going down there would just be suicide).

He simply raised the black film camera silently.

Focus the lens.

In the picture, the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the lake, making it sparkle.

Xie Wang, his upper body exposed, dragged a little girl along with a look of utter despair, his expression twisted and struggling.

"Click."

The shutter is pressed.

Lu Yi looked at the photo on the screen, nodded in satisfaction, and recited softly:

"Life is heavy, like the hands that are strangling his neck right now. This is not only redemption, but also an art of suffocation."

It was confirmed that Xie Wang had swum to the shore and was safe.

Lu Yi put away his camera, rolled up the car window, and drove off.

……

"Splash—"

Xie Wang finally dragged the little girl ashore.

He collapsed onto the grass, panting heavily, feeling like his lungs were about to explode.

"Thank you, Wang!"

Su Qinghe threw down his phone, rushed over, first draped his coat over him, and then anxiously checked him for injuries:

"How are you? Is anything bothering you?"

"It's nothing..." Xie Wang waved his hand, pointed to his throat, and said with a wry smile, "It's just that this lake water... tastes awful, it's all muddy."

Beside her, the little girl who had been rescued lay on the ground, crying loudly, clearly terrified.

Su Qinghe quickly went over, gently patted the girl's back, and softly comforted her:

"Don't be afraid, little one, we're up now, it's alright."

Xie Wang sat up, wiped the water from his face, looked at the little girl crying with snot and tears streaming down her face, sighed helplessly, took a piece of candy from his schoolbag, and handed it to her.

"Alright, stop crying. Where did that strength you used to choke me in the water go? You almost killed me."

The little girl looked at the handsome older brother, sobbed, and took the candy, finally stopping her crying.

A few minutes later.

The sound of sirens grew louder as they approached.

The police and the confused mother who went to buy water and returned to find her child missing arrived together.

"Little Flower!"

The woman rushed over, crying, and hugged the child. Then, with a thud, she was about to kneel down before Xie Wang and Su Qinghe.

"Thank you! Thank you so much! You are my benefactors, if it weren't for you..."

Xie Wang quickly helped the person up:

"No, no, no, Auntie, please don't do this. It was nothing. I'm just glad the child is alright."

After understanding the situation, the police officers who responded to the scene gave Xie Wang a thumbs up and took out their body cameras.

"Good job, young man! Your courage and bravery deserve praise! Come on, let me take a picture of you two."

"Click."

In the photo, Xie Wang is soaking wet, wearing Su Qinghe's school uniform jacket, his hair is messy, but he is smiling brightly.

Su Qinghe stood beside him, her eyes filled with pride.

"We'll be going now, we still need to go home and study."

Xie Wang politely declined the parents' offer of money as thanks, and, pulling Su Qinghe along, quietly left amidst the group of elderly people praising "this child is really good."

……

【21:00 · Genting Music Room】

Back home, the two of them took a hot shower to dispel the chill of the lake water.

Xie Wang, dressed in his pajamas, was sitting on the carpet packing his suitcase.

Su Qinghe sat on the sofa, holding a hairdryer to dry his hair.

"Thank you for your vain."

Su Qinghe looked at his still slightly red neck and couldn't help but laugh:

"I didn't realize you were such a good swimmer! Your swimming style in the water just now... um, it was quite unique."

Xie Wang was stuffing beach shorts into the suitcase when he heard this. He paused, turned around, grabbed her wrist, and turned off the hairdryer.

The world fell silent instantly.

He looked up at her, his face filled with grievance and helplessness:

"Is that what I wanted? That kid is too strong, like an octopus."

He paused, his gaze lingering on Su Qinghe's lips:

"But don't worry."

"When we get to the beach, to a secluded spot in the sea, I'll take you swimming."

"Back then, no one bothered us, so I taught you... what real mandarin ducks playing in the water really means."

Su Qinghe blushed and gently tapped his head with the hairdryer:

"Indecent."

"Alright, hurry up and pack up."

Xie Wang smiled, released his grip, and continued stuffing things into the box:

"Passport, sunscreen, swimsuit... Oh, and did you bring your black swimsuit? It's nice."

"I brought it."

"And this too."

Xie Wang took the newly bought camera out of the drawer:

"Let's shoot a lot of videos then, to piss off Lu Yi, who can only take still photos."

Everything is in order.

Two suitcases stood side by side in the entryway.

Xie Wang glanced at the e-ticket information on his phone.

"Flight confirmed, hotel confirmed, luggage confirmed."

Xie Wang stood up, walked to Su Qinghe, and opened his arms:

Everything is ready, except for sleep.

Su Qinghe walked over, hugged his waist, pressed her face against his chest, and listened to his strong heartbeat.

"Thank you for your vain."

"Um?"

"Good night."

Goodnight, my teacher Su.