He swam to the middle of the river, reached out to support his panicked mother, then paddled the water with his other hand and slowly swam towards the shore.
The worse a person is at swimming, the more panicked he becomes in the water.
Especially when someone goes down to rescue, they will be held tightly to it as a life-saving straw.
The same went for this mother. She held the child in one hand and tightly grasped Xiao Chen's arm with the other, which affected Xiao Chen's performance.
The rushing and cold river water poured in gulps, so much so that Xiao Chen, who was a good swimmer, had to drink several gulps of water.
Fortunately, when he was almost reaching the shore, someone handed him a bamboo pole for survival, and Xiao Chen reached out and grabbed it.
A group of people on the shore worked together to drag the three people up.
Sitting down on the shore, Xiao Chen wiped the water off his face.
I was really exhausted just now. If my swimming skills were not good enough, I would not dare to go into the river to save people.
The mother and child were fine, they were just frightened and drank a few gulps of water.
The mother hugged her child and cried heart-wrenchingly, even forgetting to thank her savior.
Xiao Chen was at the center of cyberbullying, so he didn't want to get involved. He picked up his clothes and left quietly.
I went back to the hotel and changed my clothes, and then I realized that I had forgotten to take out my cell phone when I was saving the man.
That second-hand Xiaomi phone has been with him for several years, and it's time to change it.
I packed my clothes, put on a mask and sunglasses, ran to the nearest shopping mall, found the Xiaomi counter, and picked out a Redmi phone with good value for money.
Just as I finished paying and was about to leave the mobile phone store, Xiao Qian's voice came over: "Xiao Chen?"
Turning around, I saw it was indeed Xiao Qian.
She walked forward and grabbed him angrily: "Xiao Chen, you made Mom so angry that she got sick and was hospitalized, did you know that?"
"And what's going on with the online incident? How could you do such a thing? Don't try to evade the issue. Explain your situation clearly."
"Let go." Xiao Chen pushed Xiao Qian away with his backhand.
He really wondered if he was unlucky, running into the Xiao family everywhere he went?
And he was so covered with sunglasses and mask, how did Xiao Qian recognize him?
"You'd better give me an explanation." Xiao Qian gritted her teeth and said, "I felt that I had wronged you before and I felt that I owed you."
"But you are such a person. You, you even made your mother sick."
"She's sick because she has bipolar disorder. Why is she blaming me for her illness?" Xiao Chen frowned. "Do I need to explain this to you? Who are you?"
"It's all over the Internet. Besides, would that girl ignore her own innocence and publicly accuse you?" Xiao Qian said angrily.
"Do you know why I look down on you, the Xiao family? It's because as long as something involves me, you never care about the truth."
Xiao Chen made no effort to hide his disgust for her: "You only stand on the moral high ground to accuse me. This kind of prejudice will never change."
"If you have a clear conscience, why do you wrap yourself up so tightly?" Xiao Qian was a little angry.
"You should stand up and prove your innocence. If you do this, it only shows that you have something to hide."
"Heh... The Xiao family is indeed different. You guys are simply the best at showing off your indifference."
Xiao Chen was so angry that he laughed.
"You know, Xiao Qian, I've sent my grandma somewhere else, and the glass of our place is smashed and the door is splashed with paint."
"Cyberbullies are no different from thugs. So you think I should stand up and accept those insults? Accept those cyberbullyings?"
"If you don't actively solve the problem, how far are you going to let things develop?" Xiao Qian was stunned.
She has never experienced cyber violence and has no idea how terrible it is.
"How do you know I didn't actively solve the problem? But solving problems requires brainpower, not just going out and getting scolded."
Xiao Chen said coldly: "You'd better pray that you don't have to go through these things."
"Because if you go through these things, I guarantee you'll be unable to handle the pressure and commit suicide the next day."
"Also, if you haven't experienced the suffering of others, don't judge them from a moral high ground."
Xiao Qian calmed down and said, "Come back with me."
"Why should I go back with you?" Xiao Chen really felt that this woman was mentally ill.
"You made your mother so angry that she was hospitalized. Shouldn't you go see her and apologize to her?" Xiao Qian said angrily, "She is still your mother no matter what."
"She carried you for ten months and gave birth to you. You need to repay this kindness with your whole life."
"Really? Then why don't you ask me why I argued with her?" Xiao Chen took off his mask, revealing several obvious scars on his face.
He pointed at the scratches on his face, his tone a little sharp.
"When I was being cyberbullied, instead of trying to find out what happened, she immediately attacked me personally, insulted me, hit me, and said I had brought shame on her."
"Yes, I was born after ten months of pregnancy, but she never concealed her dislike for me."
"I have repaid everything I owe to your Xiao family. It was my kindness that I didn't call the police to arrest her immediately."
"And you'd better disappear from my sight, otherwise I don't mind making you unemployed right now."
Xiao Chen has the ability to make her unemployed, it’s just a matter of a phone call.
Xiao Qian was scared. She was like a deflated ball. She just looked at Xiao Chen with disappointment on her face: "Why are you like this now?"
"Very disappointed, right? I'm no longer the Xiao Chen who allowed you Xiao family to manipulate me and tried to please you carefully."
Xiao Chen smiled: "I've started to learn how to fight back. Now you can no longer use me as a pretext for anything?"
"Stop that lecturing tone. You don't deserve it. In this world, the only person who can teach me a lesson is my grandma." Xiao Chen glanced at her indifferently.
Then he put on a mask and turned away.
Xiao Qian really had no other choice but to stamp her feet in anger.
"Xiao Qian, what's wrong with you?" At this moment, Xiao Yan came over carrying some things.
"I saw Xiao Chen. I asked him to go home, but he was so arrogant." Xiao Qian said angrily.
"What did you say?" Xiao Yan asked.
"I just asked him to go home and apologize to Mom. Mom was so angry that she was hospitalized." Xiao Qian said angrily: "As a son, he shouldn't quarrel with Mom no matter what."
"Isn't this also his disappointment in us, his family?" Xiao Yan's expression was complicated as she murmured, "Have you ever thought about what if he was really wronged in these things?"
"Impossible. That girl looks so pitiful. How could she use her innocence to frame Xiao Chen?" Xiao Qian said firmly.
"It's best not to jump to conclusions before something happens. Have you forgotten how much we misunderstood him before?" Xiao Yan said quietly.
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