Chapter 154 Rescue
Damn it, Lin Xiuzhi is so stupid that she is willing to risk her life for a marriage.
The people washing clothes on the shore were also scared.
Shouted hurriedly.
"Help, help! Someone has fallen into the water."
"Someone come, someone fell into the water."
Ping'er also shouted anxiously.
“Madam, Madam…”
Fortunately, the river water at the end of June was not too cold, otherwise it would be freezing to death. Su Hanchu held his breath, found Lin Xiuzhi in the water, reached out and grabbed her clothes, flew up, and landed on the shore.
At this time, many people rushed over after hearing someone shouting for help, both men and women. Ping'er picked up Su Hanchu's cloak to cover her and Lin Xiuzhi's wet bodies.
"I'm sorry to disturb everyone. The person who just fell into the water was a young lady. My wife has rescued her, but it's not convenient for her to see anyone right now. Please step aside."
Su Hanchu knew Ping'er's emergency response ability. After all, she was a maid trained in the general's mansion.
At this moment, he was concentrating on giving Lin Xiuzhi first aid. If he had not come from the modern era, this girl would have died today.
Su Hanchu folded his palms and kept pressing Lin Xiuzhi's chest until she spat out a few mouthfuls of water, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
But after waiting for a long time, the person still didn't wake up. Su Hanchu pulled her eyelids and looked at her, then finally opened her mouth and blew air into her mouth again and again.
Lin Xiuzhi slowly opened her eyes and saw a girl with water dripping from her hair kissing her.
"Ah! What are you going to do?"
After working for a long time, Su Hanchu didn't even have lunch today. He was tired and sat on the ground in a very ungraceful manner.
"You're finally awake. If you don't wake up, I'll find a way to find your family to collect your body."
Lin Xiuzhi recalled what she did today.
"You saved me?"
Su Hanchu took out the water bag, drank a few sips of the spiritual spring water, and then handed it to Lin Xiuzhi.
"Have a drink. You're a little weak now."
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiuzhi did not reach out to take it, but instead had a look of despair on her face.
"Why are you saving me? Someone like me is not worth saving at all."
Su Hanchu looked at her suddenly and said, "Oh, feed me, you ungrateful thing."
"Oh, this person is really, what can I say about you? You are in your prime, but instead of living your life well, you actually jumped into the river. You are like this..."
Thinking of her conversation with Li Xiao today, Su Hanchu changed the subject again.
"Girl, I know you must have suffered a lot of grievances, and you had no choice but to jump into the river. But there are no hurdles in life that are insurmountable. We should solve the problems we encounter instead of pushing ourselves into despair."
Lin Xiuzhi burst into tears when she heard this.
"But I can't solve it. I can't do anything. I can't change my father, and I can't change my fiancé. They don't want me anymore."
At this time, the people who had come to help after hearing the cry for help had dispersed. Ping'er put her cloak on Su Hanchu, and took off her coat and put it on Lin Xiuzhi.
Fortunately, I wore an extra piece of clothing when I went out today, so it’s not unusual to take one less piece now.
"Madam, Liu Shan has been following us closely all day. He should be nearby now. I'll go look for him and ask him to pick us up by the river."
Su Hanchu nodded slightly to Ping'er, then sat closer to Lin Xiuzhi.
"You're such a good girl, how could they not want you? Maybe they have their own ideas. Girl, people will encounter many things in their lives, but we will definitely overcome them all."
Lin Xiuzhi shook her head slightly after hearing this.
"But I don't have a chance. In ten days, my father will make me get married, and I will never see my brother Li Xiao again."
Su Hanchu looked at her sad expression and spoke tentatively.
"How about you tell me exactly what happened? Maybe I can help you."
Lin Xiuzhi spoke dejectedly after hearing this.
"No one can help me. Marriage is a big deal. It's decided by my parents and the matchmaker. I have no hope left."
Su Hanchu looked at her unconvinced when he heard that.
"You haven't even said it, so why do you think I can't help you?"
Lin Xiuzhi fell silent after hearing this, and looked into the river from afar.
Su Hanchu just felt extremely speechless.
"You're not thinking of committing suicide again, are you? Girl, I finally managed to rescue you. My clothes are still wet. Don't jump down again."
Lin Xiuzhi seemed to have been thinking for a long time.
"Will you really help me? Won't you think I'm a heretic?"
Su Hanchu looked into her eyes and nodded solemnly.
"Help, as long as you tell me what happened, I will definitely help you."
How could he not help? This was Li Xiao's future wife. Just by the fact that Li Xiao had been following Lin Xiuzhi for so long today, it was clear that he couldn't let go of Lin Xiuzhi either. However, his family had fallen on hard times, and he didn't want to drag the girl down with them. Plus, the girl had taken the initiative to break off the engagement, so he had no choice but to convince himself to compromise.
Lin Xiuzhi looked at the river in the distance and spoke slowly after a long time.
"My fiancé is Li Xiao. Five years ago, our two families got engaged. They were just waiting for me to come and propose marriage when I reached the age of marriage. After the engagement, Li Xiao would occasionally come to see me. I knew he was my fiancé. People in the northwest are open-minded, and engaged couples can meet and chat.
He would send me some gifts from time to time, and I would give him some purses, hairpins and the like in return. I packed his gifts in a box. Three years ago, when I was almost reaching the age of 15, he sent me two pieces of fine red cloth, and I thought of using them to embroider my wedding dress.
But fate is so unfair. Two years ago, war broke out between the Northwest and the North Wing, and there was no news of Uncle Li anymore. The Li family gradually declined. A year ago, my father sent someone to the Li family to break off the engagement with Li Xiao and retrieved the token we had exchanged. I didn't want to break off the engagement, and I argued with my father for a long time, but it was no use. I also went to look for Li Xiao, but the Li family avoided me.
When Su Hanchu saw the tears rolling down her face, he took out a handkerchief and handed it to her, but did not interrupt her. What she needed at this moment was a listener.
Lin Xiuzhi took the handkerchief and wiped her face, then continued speaking slowly.
"Recently, my maid accidentally saw Li Xiao working as a waiter at Yuelai Tower on the street. I pretended to be sick today and asked my maid to stay at home in my place. Then I changed into a maid's outfit and went to see him. I said I was willing to go with him, but he didn't want to. Then I jumped into the river, and you saved me."
This is really a tragic love story, Su Hanchu looked into her eyes and spoke.
"Do you really have to have Li Xiao?"
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