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!”
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