Spoiled by Eight Uncles

The rescue boats lit up the water in the night, searching and scooping as time passed.

The middle–aged lady, now restrained, continued to shriek, “My daughter… my daughter…”

Yet after half an hour searching, nothing seemed to come up. Someone said that the girl may have been dragged under the current, and had sunk to the bottom of the river.

Either way, there was no way she was still alive…

“Ugh, if that lady hadn’t meddled just now… her daughter might have been found…”

“Alright, stop talking about it. She just lost her daughter, that’s a pretty big deal…”

The middle-aged woman’s chest ached as she listened.

No, how could it have been her fault?

She had just been anxious. Any mother would have done the same in a situation like this.

She hadn’t asked for Blake to save her, either. Why hadn’t he saved her daughter, and gone back for her instead!

The woman was overcome with remorse and guilt she could barely breathe, running to Blake and beginning to hit and kick at him:

“Why didn’t you save my daughter first! Why did you rescue a dried-up corpse! Why did you save me!”

“You’re evil, you should be dead! My daughter’s only sixteen, but you didn’t save her! You should be dead!”

The middle-aged lady shrieked loudly, yelling bloody murder at Blake.

Lilly clenched her fists. “Unreasonable! Unreasonable! You’re being absolutely ridiculous!”

Her father was far from deserving to be dead!

Lilly did not get it. Her father had tried so hard to save everyone, why was it his fault now?

Blake pushed Lilly behind him gently, his expression cold.

He could understand the pain of losing one’s daughter— come to think of it, he would be just as overwhelmed if his dear Lilly was gone.

But understanding was one thing. That didn’t mean he was going to be blamed for it.

Blake grabbed the woman’s palm, outstretched and ready to slap Lilly. He shoved her away. “I won’t blame you for this, seeing as your daughter’s nowhere to be found.”

The woman refused to back down still. The man that had helped Bettany look after Lilly just now shouted, “Are you done making a scene?”

everyone? Did he not run

are, asking for someone to sacrifice their life for your daughter’s! Is your daughter’s

bit her lip. So what if

point was that her daughter

had

not

to have

He jumped in to save your daughter, and you’re still saying

woman broke down for real this time, sobbing loudly as she screamed, “What the hell are you talking about! My daughter’s already gone, and you’re speaking of her like this! Did he save her? No, he didn’t! You’re

she spoke, trying to hit

shoulder, squawking, “You evil woman, fall

rang through the air, the woman really lost her footing and slipped and fell to the

a

and Blake were rendered

sight, scrambling to appease Lilly

scooped Lilly

recording his statement, and he had also left his number

point

leaving, Blake cast one last glance at the corpse lying by the

his face had been blown open, exposing

heart lurched in fear at the

man’s pupils were looking

in the water, they had been rolled

was ashore, they were wide open and staring in

And now…

pupils had somehow

Blake was speechless

asked, “Dad, what’s

“Where’s

“He’s back underground. Said that

anything more. He

anxiously, “Are

show much

“Why were you struggling in the water for so

when everyone was crowding by the shore, and could see that Blake had been struggling

“The water weeds

help but nag, “Well, don’t be so rash next time! It’s so late in the night, how terrifying! You can’t see anything, what if you had run into something in

Blake was speechless.

was referring to branches, or rocks in the

that had grabbed his

firm, broad chest.