Meng Liang was also shocked and ran to his mother and squatted down.
"Mother, are you alright?"
Mencius' mother grabbed his wrist.
"You still want to keep a woman like that? She's so heartless, she doesn't care about you at all! The day you go to work, she might just take a knife and stab me! Why is my life so miserable, old man!"
She started howling again.
"Mother, don't worry, you'll be alright."
Meng Liang helped her up and, seeing Guan Shi standing motionless to the side, spoke in a somewhat hurried tone.
"Why aren't you fetching a doctor yet?!"
The last glimmer of light in Guan's eyes was extinguished.
She lifted her foot and walked out.
Everyone assumed she had gone to the clinic to fetch a doctor and didn't think much of it.
Guan walked out of the alley in a daze, but did not head towards the clinic.
She thought about all the little things that had happened in the three years since they got married, about Meng Liang's gentleness towards her, and about her mother-in-law's wickedness; her mind was in turmoil.
On the bustling street, all sorts of people passed by, but she couldn't see a single one.
She thought to herself that rather than be insulted by them, demoted from wife to concubine, and have her family ridiculed, she would rather die now.
At least she's dead now, but she's still Meng Liang's wife!
Once the thought came to mind, I couldn't suppress it.
As if by some strange twist of fate, Guan arrived at the Imperial River.
She looked at her hands, roughened from hard work.
What was the purpose of all this patience over the past three years?
She closed her eyes, lifted her right foot, then lost her footing and fell straight into the water.
However, although there are few people living near the Imperial River, it is not a desolate place.
An old man and a young man were walking not far away when they suddenly heard a thud. They instinctively turned their heads to look, and their expressions changed immediately.
"Quickly, go save them!"
The old man stomped his foot and gave his grandson a push.
The grandson threw down his basket, took off running, mustered all his strength, ran to the riverbank, and jumped in.
He was an excellent swimmer. As soon as he entered the water, he swam like a fish, quickly spotted the location of the person who had fallen in, popped his head out of the water, and swam rapidly towards them.
Before long, he dragged Guan Shi to the shore.
"Grandpa! Come quick, see if he's still alive!"
The old man lay on the riverbank, and the grandfather and grandson worked together to pull him ashore.
The old man quickly reached for her wrist, then breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's alright, it's alright, he's still alive, he just choked on water and stopped breathing."
As he spoke, he pressed hard on Guan's abdomen.
"vomit!"
Guan vomited a lot of water, and then opened his eyes.
She blinked in confusion, then saw the familiar old man in front of her and instinctively called out.
"Dr. Ding?"
This old man was Dingxiang's grandfather, Dr. Ding.
Dr. Ding's clinic is located in the south of the city and is quite well-known.
Dr. Ding stared at her face for a long time, then suddenly slapped his thigh.
“Aren’t you Old Guan’s daughter from the grocery store next door? How could you be so careless as to fall into the water? Even though you’re young and healthy, you still need to be careful! What if you develop health problems later? Falling into the water in winter is no joke; one wrong move and you could lose your life. Even if you don’t die, it will have a significant impact on a woman…”
Ding Gui watched as her grandfather started rambling again, and couldn't help but twitch her lips, pulling him aside.
"Grandpa, stop talking, let's hurry up and take my sister-in-law back to the clinic!"
"Yes, yes, yes, look at my brain!"
Dr. Ding patted his forehead.
However, he was old and weak, and there was no one else passing by. After thinking it over, he had no choice but to have his grandson carry Guan Shi on his back and walk towards his family's clinic.
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