After saying this, Li Xiang abandoned the palace maid and headed towards the Shan Hai Academy. However, he had only gone halfway, when he was still several dozen feet away from the entrance of the academy, when he suddenly heard a cry for help coming from inside.

Li Xiang listened intently and realized it sounded like Yan Shu's voice. In his haste, he didn't even bother to go through the gate and jumped over the courtyard wall into the Shanhai Courtyard.

However, as soon as Li Xiang jumped into the courtyard and pushed aside the weeds in front of him, he saw two eunuchs committing evil deeds by the pond.

"stop!"

Upon hearing this, the two eunuchs quickly abandoned Yan Shu and ran away along the path.

Li Xiang had no intention of chasing after the two. He hurriedly went to the pond and rescued Yan Shu, who was about to drown.

At this point, Yan Shu was barely breathing and would surely drown if she wasn't rescued quickly.

Seeing this, Li Xiang disregarded the proper separation between men and women, immediately laid Yan Shu flat on the ground, and then pressed on her chest.

He learned this from his younger brother, Li Xiang, and he learned it a long time ago.

Although he didn't know the significance of doing this, Li Xiang had told him when he taught him that it could save lives, especially for people who had fallen into the water.

The reason Li Jue taught Li Xiang this was because there were many rivers in Qianzhou, making it easy for people to fall into the water.

He did this as a precaution, to prevent himself from falling into the water and drowning one day...

"Yan Shu, wake up..."

"If you don't wake up soon, I'm going to have to start breathing on you!"

The "breathing" that Li Xiang mentioned was also taught by Li Jue, but he only remembered the two words "breathing" and had long forgotten the "artificial" part.

He was very skeptical of "breathing," and he couldn't understand how mouth-to-mouth resuscitation could save a life.

However, with Yan Shu's fate uncertain, he had no choice but to try anything, even if it seemed hopeless.

"Yan Shu, I'm so sorry..."