Spoiled by Eight Uncles

Blake weaved through the crowd quickly, and saw a head bobbing about the water.

Even more strangely, there were two girls sobbing their hearts out. Both of them were drenched.

He had heard that there had been two girls who had fallen into the water. Had they been rescued already.

A middle aged woman shouted, “Give me back my daughter! My poor daughter!”

She panicked as she spoke, insisting on getting into the water.

Blake pulled her out of the way at once. “Don’t you go in there!”

The lady refused to listen, insisting on going in. “My daughter, please save my daughter!”

But, there were a few old uncles and aunties shouting by the shore, “No, it’s a man… there’s a man too!”

So was it a man or a woman?

The middle-aged woman shoved Blake away, and was promptly yanked back.

He asked sternly, “Can you swim?”

The lady shook her head.

Blake said, “Don’t go in there. Wait here for me. Got it?”

Upon speaking, he jumped into the water. There was a life at stake here, and time waited for no one.

Blake rowed in the direction of the floating head.

Only for the middle-aged lady by the shore to jump in anyways. The water’s edge was shallow but got deeper as it went further into the center. She walked along the edge, shouting, “My daughter, save my daughter!”

Before she could finish, she lost her footing and slipped and fell into the river!

The lady cried out in panic, struggling and flailing her limbs.

“Help…”

Blake was nothing but annoyed. He’d told her not to come in, she didn’t know how to swim— and she’d done it anyway.

He stared at the head in the middle of the river. It had stopped moving.

lady was closer, only two meters

dead by that time. The person in the middle of the river was already unmoving, and most likely

choose the person who was more likely to survive. One would usually prioritize

top speed, raising the woman and hauling her

mud by the river, crying out once before she was yanked ashore by the

and Lilly could not match Blake’s speed, and had only reached the shore

to the shore, and

She

out at this. “Lilly, don’t

turned around. “Don’t worry, Grandma! I know what I’m doing. You

speaking, she

did not know what to do. She herself could not go down, that would only

a meter. There were too many people by the river— she

a safe spot, flagging down

for how short her legs were, and reached the shore in no time. She did

hoisting her up. “Don’t go running around, little

river were strong, and Blake could only hear himself rowing. He

around the person’s clothing, all

This person had just fallen into the water. Why did they feel mossy and slimy, like algae had begun to grow on them? The person was on their back, exposing a pale and lifeless face with upturned eyes. It was a

It was a man.

got a shock. Just then, he felt something wrapping around his ankles and pulling him into

“What?”

dare you trick me, of all

wrenched his feet free,

coming face to face with a

would also have been terrified if something in the water was to grab their ankle out of

the floating male corpse, stomping down vigorously. He had undergone underwater training before, and was able

like he was kicking against something round and soft— because he had lost his footing after stomping down, the round thing was probably shaped like a

was underwater. He grabbed the male

pursuit, and quickly caught

backwards once again. This underwater force

He let go of the corpse, pushing it hard towards the shore. Whether the corpse made

own safety was far

was able to swim with

underwater had now caught both of his ankles. Blake was no

like the corpse

might just be able to hold

might not work. He did not know what he was dealing with, and if it might explode with energy all of