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?”

not go down to try saving everyone? Did he not run into trouble on the water

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

woman bit her lip. So what if

her daughter was

woman had seemingly lost it, shouting such

not know

demise to have a mother like you! No wonder

save your daughter,

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,

flailed her arms as she spoke,

in Lilly’s shoulder,

through the air, the woman really lost her footing and slipped

a kneeling position to the

Lilly and Blake were rendered speechless by

sight,

scooped Lilly up. “Let’s

had finished recording his statement, and

was no point in staying here

cast one last glance at the

covering his face had been

heart lurched in fear

pupils were looking at

water, they had

they were wide open and

And now…

had

Blake was speechless

“Dad, what’s

asked, “Where’s your

underground. Said that there was someone coming for an

not say anything more. He pushed Bettany along, returning

asked anxiously, “Are

did not show much

struggling in the water for

on the walkway by the riverbank when everyone was crowding by the shore, and could

wrung his T-shirt out. “The water weeds

so late in the night, how terrifying!

Blake was speechless.

was referring to branches, or

that had grabbed his

clothes to reveal his firm, broad chest. He checked himself for wounds in the mirror, and saw nothing