She was worried that the maid named Qiuyue would attack Lin Shuwan, so she intentionally or unintentionally tried to prevent Qiuyue from getting close to Lin Shuwan.

"Madam, would you like some tea?" Qiuyue brought a cup of tea from the side.

Du Yaoyao turned her head and was about to refuse, but Qiuyue took the opportunity to get close to her and pushed her back hard.

Du Yaoyao leaned forward and bumped into Lin Shuwan in front of her. Lin Shuwan screamed "Ah" and fell into the lake.

Du Yaoyao should have fallen down with Lin Shuwan due to inertia, but Qiuyue stepped hard on the hem of her skirt, forcing her to stand still on the boat.

Qiuyue loosened her feet and immediately shouted, “Help, help, Madam Shen pushed our young lady into the lake!”

She shouted and backed away in fear, as if she was afraid that Du Yaoyao would kill her to silence her.

The other two ladies immediately moved away from Du Yaoyao and shouted in panic, "Help! Help! Shu Wan was pushed into the lake!"

Lin Shuwan splashed around in the water for a few times and was about to sink.

Du Yaoyao took off her shoes without thinking and jumped into the lake with a splash.

"Yaoyao——"

The lake water was freezing cold and Du Yaoyao was shivering from the cold. She vaguely heard someone calling her name.

Without caring about anything else, she tried to swim towards the surface where Lin Shuwan was struggling.

Lin Shuwan couldn't swim. Once she took Du Yaoyao's hand, she grabbed hold of a piece of driftwood like a dying person and hugged her neck tightly.

"Don't... cough cough, you... don't..." Du Yaoyao can swim, but has no experience in rescuing people in water. Suddenly, he was pressed down by Lin Shuwan, and with his hands moving, his body sank further and further.

"Miss--"

A maid who was rowing the boat jumped into the water and shouted, helping to pull Lin Shuwan's hand off Du Yaoyao's neck.

Du Yaoyao had just taken a breath when the maid grabbed her left hand and pulled her into the water, while grabbing Lin Shuwan's clothes and pushing her into the water.

She was still yelling, "Help, help, Madam Shen won't let me save the young lady—"

Du Yaoyao: What a huge black pot!

She immediately waved her right hand behind the maid, "Chen Jie...Chen Jie, save me!"

When the maid went into the water, several young men from several boats in the distance had already jumped into the lake and were swimming towards this side. She felt guilty and glanced back secretly. Du Yaoyao took advantage of her unpreparedness, shook off the maid's hand, and kicked her in the stomach.

The maid fell backwards in pain. Du Yaoyao turned Lin Shuwan over, held her from behind and swam backwards.

The maids on the other two boats also went into the water. Seeing the three of them getting closer and closer, Du Yaoyao didn't know whether they were enemies or friends, so she shouted, "Don't come over here, you are not allowed to come over here!"

She looked around and finally saw Chen Jie's figure on the water surface more than ten meters away. She cried, "Husband...Chen Jie, save me!"

Her voice was so soft and gentle that Shen Jie couldn't hear it, so he responded based on his feeling, "Yaoyao!"

Du Yaoyao dragged Lin Shuwan and the maids into a stalemate. The noble ladies who gathered on the three boats to watch the fun had no idea what was going on and didn't understand why Du Yaoyao didn't let the maids rescue her.

This body was really fragile. Du Yaoyao was panting. She held Lin Shuwan's arms up and her head floated up and down in the water.

It seemed like a minute had passed, and it seemed like a lifetime had passed. Du Yaoyao's limbs gradually became weak, and she kept coughing in the water and was forced to drink several gulps of lake water.

"Yaoyao!" Chen Jie swam closer and tried to pull Du Yaoyao's hand.

Du Yaoyao pushed Lin Shuwan into his arms with all her strength.

Glancing at Lin Shuyan following closely behind him, she changed her mind, took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and let herself sink to the bottom of the lake.