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 into

sacrifice their life for your daughter’s!

woman bit her lip. So

that her

him though?” The woman had seemingly lost it, shouting such a

not know

your daughter’s demise to have a mother like

to save your

she screamed, “What the hell are you talking about! My daughter’s already gone, and you’re speaking of her like this! Did he

she spoke, trying to

having any of that. She hid in Lilly’s shoulder, squawking, “You evil woman, fall on that big bottom

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

the ground hard, putting her in a kneeling position to the person

and Blake were rendered speechless by

herself was terrified at the sight, scrambling to appease Lilly

Lilly up.

finished recording his statement, and he had also left

no point in staying here

Blake cast one last glance at the corpse lying

face had been blown open, exposing his bloated, pale

heart lurched in fear at the

pupils were looking at

in the water, they had

ashore, they were wide open and staring in front

And now…

pupils had somehow turned

Blake was speechless

asked, “Dad, what’s

asked, “Where’s your

that

say anything more. He

asked anxiously, “Are

not show much emotion,

you struggling in the water

been on the walkway by the riverbank when everyone was crowding by the shore, and could see that Blake

“The

It’s so late in the night, how terrifying! You can’t see anything, what if you had run into something

Blake was speechless.

referring to branches,

thing that had grabbed his ankles

firm, broad chest. He checked