Chapter 56 Brothers and Sisters 1
◎This time you finally saved her◎
In the coldest months of winter, the surface of the river is shrouded in a chilly atmosphere.
Hearing the cry, everyone looked for the source and saw a small figure struggling in the river near the shore. The tender hands flapped wildly in the cold river water. The pink cotton jacket on the body was soaked by water, dragging the small body heavily and drifting away.
Even though the passion of the river water in winter has been frozen and the flow is not turbulent, the biting coldness on the surface of the river still intimidates the people on the shore.
"Please! Save my daughter! Please..."
The little woman's shrill cries made people feel heartbroken, but reason still prevailed over emotion.
"How can we save him? It's too cold. He'll freeze as soon as he gets into the water!"
"That's right! Forget saving people, it's hard to even get up here!"
Nan Qing saw Yan Yue's anxious expression and wanted to go into the water herself, so she stopped her and said, "You can't swim, I'll go."
However, amid the hesitation and indecision, someone else shouted, "Someone's gone!"
On the vast river, the little girl had been dragged to a place far away from the shore, with only her little head left. There was a man paddling desperately with his arms, and the splashing water instantly condensed into icy mist in the air, as if to freeze him, but he did not pause at all and ran towards her without hesitation.
"Why is it the stupid one from the He family?"
"Can he do it?"
"Didn't the idiot from the He family become stupid and foolish after he saw his sister fall into the river and drown?"
"What? It's obvious that his mother was having an affair with someone else and he got so upset that he became stupid!"
Romantic affairs between men and women are always more attractive than other gossip. Those who don’t know this family immediately become interested in finding out.
"Hey, what's going on?"
"Oh! He Jun's mother got married when she was sixteen. She married the older brother of a pair of twin brothers, but who would have thought that she would get together with the younger brother a few years later, and was caught by her mother-in-law! Her mother-in-law was so angry that she fell ill. Before she died, she forced the brothers to divorce He Jun's mother!"
"Perhaps because they were dissatisfied with her for not having any children in the past few years, the two brothers kicked her out of the house. He Junniang returned to her parents' home crying, just as her uncle and aunt came to help with the harvest. I don't know how she got together with her uncle again!"
"Is this true? How could someone do such a ridiculous thing?!"
"Can I just make up stories about people? This matter was a big deal at the time, and everyone in their village knew about it!"
The audience started to make noises, "She deserves to be divorced for being so restless!"
"Hey, you said, she got pregnant with He Jun after having an affair with her uncle!"
"Ah? Doesn't that mean that twin brothers can't have children?"
"That's right! He Jun's mother married a widower while she was pregnant with He Jun, and within two years she gave birth to a daughter. When He Jun was eight or nine years old, right here on the river, it seemed like it was around the New Year, the little girl fell into the river and drowned!"
"Oh my! This family is really unlucky to have children!"
"You're overthinking it. They're living a good life! Aren't the twin brothers infertile? The news spread throughout the surrounding villages, and they couldn't find wives, so they came to He Junniang. Now He Junniang, the twin brothers, and the man she married in the end, are living together, and their lives are very lively!"
"Oh!" The people around him expressed their contempt without hiding it.
"What's going on? No wonder He Jun has become so stupid!"
"It's a good thing that He Jun is stupid and stupid enough to call all three men dad! Otherwise, which normal child would do such a thing! With a mother like this, he will never be able to hold his head up in his life!"
"He Jun must be thirty now, right? He still hasn't found a wife. Is this the reason?"
"Of course not! What kind of girl from a good family would dare to marry into such a messy family! Who knows if the one who climbs into the bed at night is a young one or an old one?"
"Really? There are so many fathers-in-law, and some are twins. You can't tell which one it is when you see them, right? Hahahaha..."
Every word of the gossip from that small group of people nearby entered Yan Yue's ears, and his brows furrowed even more tightly.
Chu Zhi also noticed that Yan Yue was upset, and yelled at those people: "In the cold weather, people risked their lives to save people in the river, but you are making up stories and gossiping about them behind their backs! Do you have any humanity left?"
The woman was about to retort when someone else chimed in, "That's right! He Jun is such a hero, but you guys treat him like this! Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning for insulting a hero?"
Those who had just been holding back their unhappiness, under Chu Zhi's leadership, began to refute directly.
The two sides exchanged a few words, but Yan Yue didn't want to listen. She just stared at the river nervously. Fortunately, the little girl did not float away. She seemed to stop where she was, with her little head floating in the water, waiting for someone to rescue her.
He Jun was approaching the little girl, but his speed was obviously slower. Yan Yue couldn't help but grab Bai Chen's arm and said, "Think of a solution!"
In just a flash, the little head on the river surface suddenly sank, causing the crowd to exclaim!
"Don't move!"
Nan Qing quickly pulled Yan Yue's hand, and the little girl's head immediately floated up. She whispered to Yan Yue, "He is saving people."
Only then did Yan Yue notice that Bai Chen's hand, hidden in his sleeve, stretched out two fingers and pointed at the position of the little girl on the river.
Nan Qing explained in a low voice: "He was using his magic power to drag her, otherwise the girl would have sunk long ago."
Yan Yue suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the little girl sank as soon as she touched Bai Chen. She didn't dare to disturb him, and just asked Nan Qing in a low voice: "Can't you just pull him back?"
Nan Qing said: "How can it be that easy? My demonic power can't be released over such a long distance. Not only did he let it go, he also resisted the power of the surging river and dragged me in the rapids."
"Hmm!" Yan Yue asked back, "You mean, he's pretty good?"
Nan Qing said: "It's not just amazing, it's unfathomable."
Yan Yue curled her lips and muttered softly, "But he was not rescued? He still had to rely on He Jun to swim over. In Chu Zhi's storybook, monsters kill people invisibly from thousands of miles away!"
Bai Chen's feet slipped, and Nan Qing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "I told you long ago that her story was too outrageous! How can someone kill someone without being seen from a thousand miles away? You actually believed it!"
He Jun had already grabbed the little girl, and Bai Chen was dragging the two of them with great effort, groaning in his heart.
If we could lift the person out of the water, we could save some energy. But with so many people on the shore, there will definitely be sensational rumors like the appearance of gods. If the traitor hears about it and comes looking for him, Yan Yue will be in danger.
His demonic power had not yet fully recovered, and dragging two people upstream required fighting against endless natural forces, which was too exhausting.
"Jun'er!"
A woman yelled and rushed into the crowd. Yan Yue quickly stood beside Bai Chen to prevent others from interrupting his spellcasting.
The woman squeezed to the front row in a daze, followed by a man in his fifties.
"It's He Jun's mother!"
Yan Yue glanced at the woman, who was also about fifty years old. Her clothes were neat and tidy, her hair was combed meticulously, and she seemed to be a quick and cheerful person.
The man who followed her tried to stop her: "Huilan, Huilan, don't be impulsive! I'll go! I'll go save Jun'er!"
The man was about to take off his clothes, but He's mother wouldn't let him: "You have lung abscess. You will die if you do this! I'm good at swimming! Let me go!"
Yan Yue quickly spoke out to stop them: "You two don't need to fight, they will definitely be able to swim back! The river water is cold, if you go into the water now, it will only distract He Jun and cause trouble!"
Seeing that they were swimming back steadily although not fast, He's mother listened to the advice, but stared at the river anxiously, tears streaming down her face.
Finally, He Jun returned to the shore. Seeing him grabbing the long bamboo pole handed to him by the people on the shore, Bai Chen finally let up.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he withdrew his hand, He Jun and the little girl sank suddenly, and Bai Chen was so scared that he quickly supported them again. It was not until the two were pulled ashore that he breathed a sigh of relief, and his breathing became a little rapid.
The little girl had her eyes closed and her face had already turned purple from the cold. He Jun lay on the ground, gasping for breath, and uttered a weak, broken cry for help: "Quick, save her, please, save her..."
Bai Chen used his magic power again to wrap around the little girl. The little girl coughed and spit out water, then ran into her mother's arms and cried loudly.
Upon hearing the voice, He Jun suddenly covered his face, touched the ground with his forehead, and burst into tears.
The man who followed He's mother took off his cotton jacket and wrapped it around him. He's mother hugged He Jun, patted his back and burst into tears: "Jun'er, it's okay, it's all over!"
He Jun was exhausted. Yan Yue couldn't bear to let He's mother support the staggering He Jun, so she offered to take them home.
As the only man among the four, the task of carrying He Jun naturally fell on Bai Chen.
Bai Chen complained in his heart, I have used so much magic power and I am very tired! But he didn't want Nan Qing and Yan Yue to help him, so he had to carry He Jun reluctantly.
He's mother was efficient and cooked a pot of ginger sugar water as soon as she came home. The man who followed He's mother changed He Jun into dry clothes and wiped his wet hair.
He's mother handed the ginger sugar water to He Jun, but He Jun didn't take it. Instead, he grabbed He's mother's hand and said in tears: "Mom, it's my sister..."
He's mother didn't refute, but nodded: "Okay, okay. Jun'er, drink this bowl of ginger sugar water quickly to drive away the cold..."
He Jun obediently took the ginger sugar water and insisted, "Mother, it's really my sister!" The seven-foot-tall man said, tears falling, "When I swam over, I was almost exhausted. But when I walked back with the little sister, it was obviously against the current, but it took less effort than swimming over!"
Yan Yue secretly glanced at Bai Chen, Bai Chen raised his eyebrows proudly and drank a sip of sugar water.
"Mom, didn't you see that the little girl was floating on the river by herself, as if someone was holding her up!"
"Okay, okay!" Mother He wiped his tears and coaxed him, "Drink it quickly, finish the ginger soup first."
He Jun drank two sips, tears fell into the bowl, and asked again: "Mom, you don't believe me, right? But what I said is true!"
"I didn't dare to believe it at first, but when I grabbed the bamboo pole handed to me by the people on the shore, the power suddenly disappeared. My hand slipped and I didn't hold it firmly, so I sank all of a sudden. Before I could exert any strength, the power pulled me up again! Mom, it's true, I didn't lie to you!"
He's mother was so tearful that she couldn't speak anymore.
"I believe it."
Yan Yue suddenly spoke, which made He Jun stunned.
In order not to attract attention, she deliberately did not wear black clothes when she went out on the street. At this moment, she introduced herself: "I am the owner of the Half Moon Tea House. You can trust me."
"It's your sister who's helping you. She wants to tell you—"
"You finally saved her this time."
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
