The Crazy Son-In-Law

“Different strokes for different folks,” some people are warm-hearted, while others are indifferent.

“All is lost, all is lost, the water is too rapid, and it’s so cold right now. Even if the person is conscious, the odds are against them,” someone said with a grimace of regret, shaking their head as if watching a spectacle. Some were even just there to take pictures.

Due to the violent impact just now, both the person and the vehicle plunged into the water. Xiao Shun was dazed for a moment, immediately mobilized his internal energy to steady his spirit, and began to unbuckle his seatbelt.

All the car windows were shattered. The cold river water flooded into the car, and along with the rapid current, the vehicle was almost instantly submerged, slowly drifting downstream.

Under the stimulation of the bone-chilling cold, Yao Cen regained some consciousness.

“Ouch!”

Her head was throbbing, and her limbs were nearly numb. She tried hard to open her eyes, seeing only a murky dark red around her, followed by a suffocating sense of oppression.

Instinctively, she tried to breathe forcefully through her nose and mouth. The cold river water rushed into her nostrils, a sour sensation rushed to the top of her head, her mind went blank, and her instinct to survive made her struggle incessantly.

“Woo woo…”

She wanted to shout for help, but a mouthful of river water gushed into her chest.

The seatbelt!

Fortunately, she had been swimming since she was a kid, and still had a shred of sanity in this critical moment. She fumbled for the seatbelt.

After unbuckling the seatbelt, she used the last of her strength to crawl out of the window. However, what presented before her eyes was Xiao Shun, carrying Tang Shishi and swimming towards the shore.

With trembling lips turning blue, she murmured weakly, “Hubby, save me…”

Another surge of icy water filled her mouth, chilling her to the core. Suddenly, she lost the last bit of her strength, slowly closing her eyes. The heartbreaking scene remained in her eyes before everything went dark, and she lost consciousness.

After dragging Tang Shishi to shore, Xiao Shun was already exhausted. The weight of his drenched clothes, coupled with the rapid current, had almost drained him of all his strength.

By this time, dozens of people had gathered on the shore, scrambling to help Tang Shishi ashore.

When the car fell into the water, she was in the back seat without a seatbelt, and was thrown out of the car. When Xiao Shun found her, she was nearly 20 meters away from the car.

She had already fainted early on and was in a very dangerous situation. Xiao Shun rushed to save her first.

Xiao Shun could feel that she was barely hanging on, and her life was rapidly fading away. He quickly took off his coat, pulled out a thin needle, and swiftly pricked several acupuncture points on her body.

“Is there anyone else in the car?”

“Yes, I just saw a head pop up and then sink back down. I’m afraid the person is not going to make it!”

Xiao Shun’s heart tightened. Had Yao Cen unbuckled her seatbelt and gotten out of the car herself?

Yao Cen wore a protective charm he gave her, carved from a Spirit Stone. It could certainly protect her life in the water, but he was afraid that she might be swept away by the river. So Xiao Shun had not helped her unbuckle the seatbelt earlier, as it would be easier to find her this way.

The water was deep and fast, and no one dared to jump in to rescue her. Several medical personnel in white coats had also arrived by this time.

“Remove the needles from her body after three minutes, I’m going to save someone!” Xiao Shun said gravely to the medical staff.

With that, his gaze quickly swept over the river surface, looking for Yao Cen.

The medical staff looked at each other somewhat inexplicably upon hearing this, but they did not question further and quickly began to perform emergency rescue on Tang Shishi.

“Young man, it’s too dangerous. You can’t go back into the water. It’s already a miracle that you were able to save your wife.”

“Yeah, don’t take risks. What if you lose your own life? It’s been almost ten minutes, I’m afraid…”Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

Everyone saw his face turning purple, his body trembling non-stop, and they tried to dissuade him.

“Splash!”

Ignoring everyone, Xiao Shun dived back into the water.

He had carefully sensed the water and could feel two faint spiritual energies. One was emanating from the car, probably from the Sea Spirit, and the other was about five or six meters downstream from the car, which must be Yao Shun.

He quickly swam tothe location of Yao Cen, and once he reached, he dove deeper.

The water here was about ten meters deep. Even with his spiritual energy protecting him, the bone-chilling river water still seeped into his body through every pore, threatening to freeze him stiff. He dived several times but couldn’t find Yao Cen’s exact location, and panic began to set in.

Meanwhile, those standing on the shore were on tenterhooks, silently watching the water’s surface. Each time he surfaced, they couldn’t help but let out a sigh of relief, and when he dove again, their hearts clenched.

“He’s incredible! If it were me, I wouldn’t have lasted this long.”

“Sigh, the person in the water must be his family or friend. I’m afraid it’s too late now. It’s been over ten minutes, even if they’re rescued, they probably won’t survive. Why risk his life this way? If he keeps going like this, he’ll die too.”

“Young man, hurry up and come back!” someone shouted when he surfaced.

At this point, Tang Shishi had coughed up some water and regained consciousness, but she was still very weak. Her face was pale, and her lips were blue.

“Quick! Take her to the ambulance! It’s too cold out here,” a doctor said.

“Is there anyone else in the water? Whoever it is, call your husband back quickly. He’s been searching in the water for over ten minutes. He won’t be able to keep up at this rate,” a nurse nearby said.

She had watched Xiao Shun struggle in the water for so long. It was only the end of March, and the thought of the water temperature made her shiver. Even as a seasoned medical professional, she was moved.

“Husband?” Tang Shishi, whose brain was just waking up from a lack of oxygen, murmured.

She looked towards the water and quickly saw Xiao Shun’s head emerging from the water. From afar, she could feel his anxiety and the hardship he was enduring.

“Did he rescue me first?” Tang Shishi asked, as if in a trance.

“Yes, he seemed exhausted when he rescued you. It’s been another ten minutes now. The person in the water is probably already gone. He’s in too much danger,” someone responded.

In an instant, Tang Shishi was in tears. She tried to get up but couldn’t muster the strength.

“Take her to the ambulance now, quickly!” the doctor reminded again.

“Don’t just stand there, the patient is very weak, don’t let any complications develop.”

Then two nurses helped Tang Shishi towards the ambulance.

Tang Shishi looked back at the rushing river and said weakly, “Let me go, I want to wait for him here.”

Tang Shishi couldn’t ask Xiao Shun to come back, because the person in the water was his wife. Although she didn’t know why Xiao Shun had rescued her first, seeing him now risking his life to save Yao Cen, she knew that he loved his wife.