Chapter 68 The Landlubber Prince
On the dark surface of the canal, the gale whipped up huge waves, like monsters with gaping jaws, wantonly devouring everything around them.
The once majestic "Giant Sword" was now reduced to a mere masthead struggling on the surface, the rest submerged in the icy riverbed. A massive whirlpool formed at the site of the sunken ship, its terrifying suction threatening to drag everything around it into the abyss.
Although Shen Jin and Jiang Mianmian boarded the small boat, the danger was not over.
"Paddle faster! Get out of the whirlpool!"
Shen Jin held Jiang Mianmian tightly with one arm and gripped the rope with the other, giving stern instructions to Ying Yi, who was in charge of rowing.
Yingyi unleashed his full inner strength, the oars almost sparking, but the suction of the river was too great. The small boat was like a leaf in a stormy sea, in danger of capsizing at any moment.
"Boom—!"
Just then, the mast of the sunken ship broke completely, and with tremendous force, it crashed heavily onto the water, creating a giant wave that was at least two meters high.
"careful!"
Huge waves crashed down on us.
Shen Jin subconsciously pressed Jiang Mianmian tightly into his arms, using his back to block the immense force of the water wall.
"Bang!"
The small boat was capsized by a huge wave.
Jiang Mianmian felt a sudden dizziness as the icy river water rushed into her mouth and nose, and a feeling of suffocation overwhelmed her.
However, as a post-apocalyptic survival expert, this amount of water was nothing to her. She quickly held her breath, adjusted her posture, and stabilized herself in the water like a nimble fish.
[Phew...that was close!]
Thank goodness I can swim! If I were someone who couldn't swim, I'd be done for today.
She opened her eyes and searched for Chen Jin's figure in the murky water.
Where's Shen Jin? He was just holding me, why did he let go as soon as we got in the water?
Jiang Mianmian looked around.
By the faint moonlight filtering through the water, she saw that Yingyi and several other guards had surfaced and were calling out anxiously.
Only... Shen Jin was nowhere to be seen.
Where are they?
Such a powerful regent, gone?
Jiang Mianmian's heart skipped a beat. She suddenly remembered something.
In Daqian, especially among the northern nobles, most were skilled in horsemanship and archery, and few were adept at swimming. Furthermore, Shen Jin spent most of his time leading troops in battle in the northern borderlands…
A terrible thought exploded in her mind.
Holy crap! Is this guy a terrible swimmer?!
She suddenly plunged down and swam into the depths.
really!
Three or four meters below the surface, she saw a figure slowly sinking.
It is cautious and prudent.
He didn't struggle because he choked on water the moment he entered the water, and the brocade robe he was wearing, which weighed dozens of kilograms after absorbing water, made him feel like a stone, and he fell straight to the bottom of the water.
His eyes were tightly closed, and his face appeared deathly pale in the water. His usual domineering aura had vanished, leaving only a chilling vulnerability.
Be cautious!
Jiang Mianmian felt as if her heart had been squeezed hard by a large hand.
[Damn it! Aren't you supposed to be invincible? Aren't you supposed to be a war god? How come you can't even doggy paddle?!]
If you drown here, you'll be the most pathetic regent in history!
She swung her legs frantically, rushing towards him like an arrow released from a bow.
The pressure underwater was increasing, and the air in my lungs was running low.
Finally, just before Shen Jin was about to sink into deeper waters, Jiang Mianmian grabbed his collar.
Sink.
It was completely sluggish.
The man looked thin, but his frame and soaked clothes made him seem heavier than a hundred-pound stone lock!
[Rise! Rise!]
Jiang Mianmian gritted her teeth and unleashed her "monster strength." With one hand around Shen Jin's neck, she used the other to paddle vigorously, dragging this heavy burden upstream.
However, at that moment, Shen Jin, who had been unconscious, seemed to sense the heat source around him, and his survival instinct made him move suddenly.
Like a drowning octopus, he suddenly wrapped himself around Jiang Mianmian, holding her waist tightly with both hands and his legs around hers.
This is a force that could strangle a person to death.
Jiang Mianmian almost couldn't hold her breath.
[Let go! You son of a bitch, let go! Are you trying to strangle me?!]
[Is this the legendary "dragged to death by a drowning person"? Shen Jin, you repay kindness with enmity!]
She pinched him hard in the water, but Shen Jin didn't react at all, and hugged her even tighter, as if she were the only piece of driftwood in this cold world.
Left with no other choice, Jiang Mianmian had to give up struggling and let him hold her. Relying on her strong physique, she dragged this "human pendant" upwards little by little.
"Splash—!"
Finally, the two emerged from the water.
"Whoosh—! Whoosh—!"
Jiang Mianmian took deep breaths of fresh air, feeling as if she had been reborn.
"Your Highness! Your Highness!"
Not far away, Ying, who was hugging a wooden plank, almost cried with excitement when she saw the two of them. "Quick! Come here quickly!"
Jiang Mianmian dragged Shen Jin and swam to the edge of the huge ship plank.
At this moment, Shen Jin had completely lost consciousness, his face was bluish-purple, and his breathing was so weak that it was almost imperceptible.
"Quick! Pull him up!"
The crowd hurriedly dragged Shen Jin onto the wooden plank.
Jiang Mianmian also climbed up, ignoring that she was soaking wet and shivering, and immediately went to check Chen Jin's breathing.
It's out of breath.
My heartbeat was also very weak.
[Drowning and suffocation!]
[Immediate first aid is needed! Otherwise, even a miracle won't save him!]
Jiang Mianmian looked at Shen Jin's lifeless face, and her eyes reddened.
【Chen Jin, you better hold on!】
I haven't even complained that you can't swim, and you dare to die like this? You dare to leave me all alone?
If you die, I'll really start keeping male lovers! A hundred of them! I'll dance party on your grave every day!
While she was mentally threatening him, she quickly unbuttoned Chen Jin's collar and cleared the foreign object from his mouth and nose.
The surrounding guards were terrified and stood in a circle, at a loss for what to do.
“Your Highness… His Highness…” Yingyi’s voice trembled.
"Shut up! Get out of the way!"
Jiang Mianmian roared, her eyes sharper than ever before.
She took a deep breath, pinched Chen Jin's nose, lifted his chin, and then—
Without hesitation, she leaned down and pressed her lips to his cold, purplish lips.
The entire room fell silent.
The guards stared wide-eyed.
Is the princess... visiting the prince?
At this critical juncture of life and death?
They didn't understand that this was "artificial respiration," but they felt that the scene was both shocking and filled with a heartbreaking despair.
Jiang Mianmian didn't care what others thought.
She forcefully blew air into Chen Jin's lungs, watching his chest rise and fall slightly, then released and pressed on his chest.
One, two, three...
Wake up! Wake up!
On this vast river, on a floating wooden plank, Jiang Mianmian tirelessly repeated the same movements as if she were fighting against the King of Hell.
Shen Jin, didn't you say you would protect me for life?
Didn't you say we'd share the same bed in life and the same grave in death?
Then open your eyes!
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