They walked along the embankment. It was still quite cold at night, but having just eaten, Jiang Yi felt that the cold was just right, and the wind blowing on her face was refreshing.

Not long after walking, the aroma of roasted candied chestnuts wafted over from the front.

"Would you like to eat chestnuts?" Nie Can asked. "This chestnut shop is very famous."

Jiang Yi was a little surprised: "Are you familiar with this?"

"I lived in this area when I was a kid, and Renmin Road was not far away."

Jiang Yi asked: "So you lived in Suicheng when you were a child?"

"At that time, my father worked in Suicheng and my mother was from Suicheng. After they got together, they lived on Renmin Road."

Jiang Yi's heart beat faster. This was the first time he took the initiative to talk about his life experience. People are curious, so she couldn't help asking, "But why are you staying in a hotel?"

"They are not together now." Nie Can looked towards the chestnut stall, "My mother remarried and moved to Hong Kong City, and the house has been empty ever since."

No wonder he didn't want to live there anymore.

I guess they were afraid of bringing up bad memories.

"What about your father?" But Jiang Yi regretted asking this question.

Nie Can looked at her for two seconds. During these two seconds, Jiang Yi felt frightened and explained quickly: "Actually, I'm not trying to find out—"

"In the North City," he said.

Jiang Yi took a deep breath, feeling like she knew something extraordinary, but she knew it even though she didn't know it. She asked, "So when you said you were going to Beicheng to celebrate the New Year, were you going with your father?"

"Um."

"That's good too."

But Jiang Yi actually didn’t feel his happiness, so his father also remarried?

Both mom and dad have new families, so he would feel awkward no matter which side he goes to. Jiang Yi suddenly felt like something was pulling at his heart.

After a moment of distraction, he walked to the stall selling roasted candied chestnuts. Nie Can asked again, "Do you want to eat?"

"The one you recommended must be delicious, but you have to queue."

Nie Can smiled and said, "Wait for me."

Jiang Yi saw him walking towards the old man selling chestnuts. The old man was surprised when he saw him and seemed to say, "It's been a long time since we last met."

Then, smiling, she gave him a big bag of roasted sugar chestnuts.

He even refused to take his money.

Jiang Yi said, "How can we finish this much?"

"If you can't finish it, take it home and eat it slowly." He handed the bag to her and grabbed a few for himself, "But the fried candied chestnuts are better when they're hot."

He peeled one and handed it to her, his eyes were softer than ever before, "Would you like to try?"

Jiang Yi took it and put it in her mouth. "It's delicious, sweet and soft."

They continued walking along the levee, and he peeled chestnuts for her as he went, just enough so that she wouldn't get too full.

No one has ever peeled chestnuts for Jiang Yi since she was a child.

For some reason, she felt a tingling pain in her heart.

"Nie Can..."

Just as he started, he suddenly shouted, "Be careful!"

Just as Nie Can pulled her over, a man rushed past her like the wind.

A woman was chasing after him, "Catch the thief, he stole my bag."

This is truly an age of thieves.

A few years later in her previous life, Jiang Yi had her bags snatched by motorcycle gangs in both Suicheng and Dongguan, and she almost ended up in the hospital once.

So, Jiang Yi took off her high heels and threw them at the man without thinking.

With a "bang", it hit the back of the head.

The man felt dizzy and slowed down. The woman whose bag was snatched chased him and tried to get it back.

Several people around wanted to help, including Nie Can, who also ran over. But the man suddenly got angry and slapped the woman, "You bitch, this is my money."

The woman screamed, "I earned this with my hard work, don't even think about gambling with it—"

Before she could finish, the man hugged her and rolled down to the river.

The woman's scream turned into: "Help!"

Nie Can ran to the shore, took off his coat, and immediately jumped in to save people.

Even those who could swim did not dare to go into the water. The current was not fast, but it was very deep and cold.

Jiang Yi ran over closely behind him, and saw Nie Can swimming quickly towards the two people, but the man was still holding the woman, as if they were determined to die together. It was obviously not so easy to save the woman.

Nie Can approached and punched the man. The man let go of the woman and wrestled with Nie Can. It seemed that he was also a good swimmer.

The woman couldn't swim and was struggling in the water, and Nie Can was entangled and couldn't get away for a while.

Jiang Yi's heart was beating like a drum, her eyes were wide, and her hands were clenched.

Should I go down and rescue them, or not?

There is water everywhere in Jiangjia Village, including small rivers, reservoirs, and ponds. When she was a child, she and her friends went swimming everywhere. She has been a good swimmer since she was young. During a flood season when she was a teenager, she and the villagers fished people out of the river.

But after the accident with Little Fruit, she never went swimming again.

The sight of the woman floundering in the water deeply stimulated her fear and twisted her nerves.

"You know what the way to face fear is? It's to face it..."

What Nie Can said in Jiangjia Village that day suddenly popped into his mind.

"Oh my God, she's sinking!" someone shouted.

Nie Can was shaking off the man and swimming towards the woman.

The man behind him kept chasing him and pulled him by the collar.

Suddenly, he heard a "thump" sound, and with it a loud shout: "You subdue the criminals, I'll save the woman."

Nie Can was shocked.

Amid the splashing water, he saw Jiang Yi holding up the woman.

Something tense in his chest seemed to suddenly loosen. He turned around and punched the man behind him hard. The man fainted and was dragged ashore by him.

At the same time, Jiang Yi swam to the shore with the woman, and two people helped to lift her up.

The police comrades then arrived.

The man was awakened and handcuffed.

The woman trembled, "Thank you, thank you, female comrade..." The woman spoke Mandarin, holding the cloth bag tightly in her hand.

It turned out that the man was her husband, who was addicted to gambling and robbed her of the money she earned from selling fruit. The crowd condemned the man and comforted the woman.

He also praised the two comrades who jumped into the water to save people.

Jiang Yi sat on a stone pier by the roadside, trembling all over, not knowing whether it was because of fear or something else. Her lips were trembling, and she was holding her clothes with both hands, not saying a word.

Because my heart was beating so hard.

Suddenly, a coat was put on her, with a familiar smell. Nie Can buttoned her coat and asked, "Are you okay?"

"I...what..." Jiang Yi couldn't finish the sentence because she was shaking.

"You are great. You saved that woman." Nie Can's deep eyes looked at her quietly, as if the noise and bustle around him did not exist at all. There was a kind of power that made people feel at ease.

Jiang Yi looked at him and finally said, "I think I can swim again."

"Yeah." Nie Can's eyes never left her, "You are a good swimmer."

The latter part of the sentence was not loud, and was covered by the increasing number of voices around. Jiang Yi did not hear it clearly, tucked his coat, teeth chattering, "It's so cold."

Nie Can stood up and said something to the policeman. The policeman expressed his appreciation for their bravery, took Nie Can's address, and quickly sent him home to change clothes.

This place was not far from Renmin Road. Nie Can hailed a taxi and arrived at his house in Suicheng in less than two minutes.