The sudden incident left Miss Xu unable to calm down. Seeing that the boatman who fell into the water hadn’t surfaced, she stepped onto the deck with a pale face and looked at the river, asking, "Is he dead?"
Tang Zijin furrowed her brows, rowing hard: "Have you ever seen a boatman who can’t swim?"
Upon hearing this, Miss Xu understood even if she was still in shock.
The pleasure boat was leaking, the boatman fell into the river...
They were set up!
"How dare he?!"
They were noble ladies; if anything happened to them, that boatman wouldn’t escape responsibility.
Tang Zijin felt helpless, realizing she had underestimated people’s jealousy. Even though she tried to keep her distance from others, she still fell into soone else’s trap.
At that mont, the pleasure boat suddenly jolted violently.
Luckily, Tang Zijin reacted quickly and held onto the edge of the boat, preventing herself from falling into the river, though the paddle she held fell into the water.
"Soone is hitting the boat from underwater!"
Tang Zijin imdiately thought of the boatman from earlier. Just as she asked Miss Xu and the two maids to crouch down, a second jolt struck again.
"Ah~"
Miss Xu lost her balance and fell straight into the river.
"Miss Xu!"
Tang Zijin’s expression changed drastically.
Miss Xu couldn’t swim and was desperately flailing in the water.
Seeing this, Tang Zijin hesitated for a mont but ultimately jumped into the river, quickly swimming towards Miss Xu.
Yes, Tang Zijin could swim.
At this mont, she was filled with gratitude towards Gu Moyan. If it weren’t for the young lord forcing her to learn swimming when she was a child, she would likely have to watch Miss Xu drown helplessly now.
This ti, Miss Xu was likely caught in this ss because of her; she absolutely could not let anything happen to Miss Xu, or else the Tang Family and the Xu Family would turn against each other.
"Miss~"
The two maids remaining on the boat were already terrified and didn’t know what to do. They wanted to jump in to save her but couldn’t swim, only able to cry out for help loudly.
However, the boatman had preditated this. At this mont, the pleasure boat was docked at a river bend with no other boats nearby.
Tang Zijin was rescuing soone in the water for the first ti and had no experience. She didn’t know the extent of survival instincts people would exhibit when facing death. As soon as she grabbed Miss Xu, she was tightly wrapped up by her, unable to swim any further despite the proximity to the boat.
Tang Zijin was exhausting her strength, struggling to hold onto Miss Xu. Just as she was about to despair, a cruise boat approached, and amidst her blurry vision due to the water, a figure jumped in, swiftly swimming towards her.
As the figure got closer, Tang Zijin recognized it as Gu Moyan, her eyes suddenly shining brightly: "Young lord!"
Gu Moyan reached out to Tang Zijin as soon as he got close.
Tang Zijin said hastily, "Rescue Miss Xu first, I can swim, I can still hold on."
Gu Moyan looked at her pale face, furious but proceeded to take in the unconscious Miss Xu.
However, he wouldn’t dare leave Tang Zijin alone in the river, unsure of any hidden currents, unwilling to take the risk. Grabbing both Miss Xu’s arm and Tang Zijin’s waist, he swam hard toward the shore.
Fortunately, An Ping soon swam over as well, allowing Gu Moyan to hand over Miss Xu to him while he swiftly swam to the shore with Tang Zijin.
After both she and Miss Xu, along with the two maids, were rescued, Tang Zijin finally relaxed completely. She imdiately complained to Gu Moyan, "Young lord, soone tried to harm us."
Without needing Tang Zijin to say it, Gu Moyan had already guessed.
Looking at the half-sunken pleasure boat in the river, a gleam of severity crossed Gu Moyan’s eyes. Seeing Tang Zijin soaked through, he hurriedly took off his outer robe and draped it over her.
As soon as the cruise boat arrived, Gu Moyan directly lifted Tang Zijin and stepped onto it.
...
"Cough, cough~"
On the cruise boat, a thick blanket was not so gently draped over Tang Zijin by Gu Moyan.
Seeing Gu Moyan’s sullen expression, Tang Zijin dared not speak, obediently wearing the blanket without provoking him.
Gu Moyan’s face clearly showed anger. Seeing Tang Zijin’s timid deanor only fueled his ire: "Didn’t you have the courage to jump into the river to save soone just now? Who are you putting on this pitiful act for now?"
Tang Zijin hesitated briefly, still feeling the need to defend herself: "I can swim; I couldn’t stand by and watch Miss Xu drown, could I?"
Gu Moyan: "Couldn’t you call for help?"
Tang Zijin: "But there was nobody around at the ti, and there was no ti to spare." As she spoke, her face showed anger.
"Young lord, the pleasure boat was tampered with. Not only that, after the boat started leaking, the boatman kept ramming it, leading to Miss Xu falling into the river. You must catch him. He’s trying to kill both Miss Xu and ."
Looking at the pitiful Tang Zijin, who seed so powerless even when angry, Gu Moyan sighed and reached over to tuck her wet hair behind her ear: "Don’t worry, I’ll avenge you."
Such boldness, must have eaten bear hearts and leopard guts, daring to harm the little chubby face, not knowing only he was allowed to bully her?
"Not only the boatman but also whoever’s behind him won’t escape either."
Tang Zijin turned her head in embarrassnt, then randomly tried to straighten her wet hair.
Just then, An Ping walked in: "Young lord, several pleasure boats are coming over, carrying ladies from various families."
Gu Moyan imdiately let out a cold laugh.
Those plotting against the little chubby face probably didn’t really want her dead; they just wanted to embarrass her publicly.
A noble girl falling into the water in public, rescued by an outsider would ruin her reputation—how could she marry into the Duke Residence after that?
Such a vicious plan!
Tang Zijin also figured this out, her face turned paler because she was cold from being soaked, her nose red, making her look quite pitiful.
Seeing her in this sorry state, Gu Moyan was distressed and imdiately asked, "Has the pleasure boat been handled thoroughly?"
An Ping nodded: "It’s been taken care of."
Gu Moyan looked at Tang Zijin: "There are people coming to watch your misfortune. Since they are so keen on watching people fall into the water, why not let them experience it firsthand?"
Saying this, he was about to instruct An Ping.
At that mont, Tang Zijin suddenly grabbed his hand: "Young lord, don’t do that."
Gu Moyan frowned: "Your assailant is likely among them. Are you sure you don’t want revenge?"
Tang Zijin: "I want to, but today all the ladies were invited by the Princess Consort to watch the competition. If all the ladies fall into the water at once, it would be dreadful if word got out. Perhaps let’s drop it, I’m alright anyway."
Gu Moyan paused, then looked at Tang Zijin with frustrated exasperation: "With your temperant, it’s no wonder people bully you."
Tang Zijin was silent for a mont, muttering quietly: "You don’t bully , I stay away from others...."
Gu Moyan saw her lips moving and asked, "What are you muttering about?"
Tang Zijin shook her head hurriedly: "I didn’t say anything."
Gu Moyan snorted: "You only dare to stand up to , but not others. You’re just lucky to have encountered ; otherwise, how would you live your life?"
Tang Zijin: "..."
The young lord’s words felt a bit strange?
Gu Moyan turned to An Ping: "It’s not good for them to fall into the water, but it’s okay to give them a morable lesson."
"Arrange for a few skilled swimrs to dive in, and when the boats approach, bump them, let them feel the fear little chubby face just went through."
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