Heartstrings on Fire

Chapter 314

With the sound of drums, the boats shot forward like arrows, racing at full speed.

Onlookers at the shore were amazed by the spectacle, and everyone began cheering for their favorite boat team, shouting words of encouragement.

Especially, they ran alongside the boats as they departed

Though Agnes’s group wasn’t large, they were still a good number of people.

They were caught in the middle of the crowd and had to follow the flow of people. All of Agnes’s attention was captivated by the boat race.

Then, she heard a noise and someone shouting. “Someone fell into the water!”

Agnes looked towards the water and saw that it was Mariela.

People’s attention shifted because of the incident.

Everyone started to worry.

However, the embankment was quite high with no steps to get down, and the water level was shallow, making it difficult for even skilled swimmers to get back up onto the shore.

extremely anxious

when she wasn’t even standing close to the

crying for help as she slowly sank, her

and grabbed Jared Whitfield’s arm, saying, “What do we do? Jared, you have to go and save her.”

that Jared could swim, and he

had an outdoor swimming

skill level comparable to that of

hesitated, not making any moves

Mariela continued to sink

and talking but showed no intention of

taking off her shoes,

shoes completely, Jared stopped her

doing?” he

can’t just stand by. I can swim

face remained stern as he

“Alright, you stay here. I’ll go and rescue her”

Jared was willing

water, he slowly took off his shoes and clothes, which made Agnes even

struggling, and it looked like she had only two hands left. If this continued, even if

a graceful dive, Jared jumped into the