Gu Jiaojiao faintly heard the panicked voices of the women: “Quick, someone come! Someone has fallen into the water!”

“Operate the wheelchair yourself, I’m going to save her.”

Su Shuoci wanted to stop her, but Gu Jiaojiao had already dashed over and leaped into the pond.

With a loud “splash,” countless water droplets flew into the air, infuriating Su Shuoci so much that he pounded his legs in frustration.

He had never hated his paralyzed legs so much for not being able to stand. He was on the verge of breaking down.

Even if she were a deity descended to earth, Gu Jiaojiao’s body was still mortal and frail, and she had always been sickly.

He knew she wouldn’t die, but he was terrified that she might ascend to heaven. His legs weren’t healed yet!

His heart clenched painfully, as if a blunt knife were cutting into it. He frantically propelled his wheelchair forward.

“Jiaojiao, don’t be foolish. You’re not well, come up quickly!”

Unfortunately, Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t hear or sense his anxious calls. She had already jumped into the pond.

Su Shuoci’s voice was urgent and mournful, bringing tears to those who heard it. Only then did the crowd realize that the one who had jumped into the water was the fake daughter of the Sheng family.

“Don’t worry, it’s only right for Gu Jiaojiao to go down and save people. The one who fell in is her adoptive mother,” a woman kindly comforted Su Shuoci, as her husband was one of his subordinates.

The woman’s words did not comfort Su Shuoci but instead made him even more anxious.

It was only right for her to risk her life to repay her adoptive mother’s kindness, but what about him?

Would she ascend to heaven and leave this world?

Gu Jiaojiao was unaware of the man’s inner turmoil. She had already jumped into the water and grabbed hold of the person in the pond.

It was her adoptive mother. Like a drowning person clinging to a lifeline, she held onto Gu Jiaojiao tightly, refusing to let go.

Gu Jiaojiao wanted to push her away and swim to the shore, or else both of them would perish in the pond. But it was difficult to speak in the water.

Her adoptive mother clung desperately to her arms. Seeing that both of them were about to sink, Gu Jiaojiao took out a silver needle from her space and without hesitation, pricked her foster mother with it.

The pain made Sheng’s mother release her grip. Gu Jiaojiao threw the needle back into her space, supported her adoptive mother with one hand, and swam with the other.

After swimming just a dozen meters, Gu Jiaojiao was frantic. She had underestimated the frailty of her body. Seeing that they were still some distance from the shore, she mustered all her strength to swim toward the bank.

A woman on the shore, holding a bamboo pole used for drying clothes, either intentionally or unintentionally, pushed them back into the water. Sheng’s mother grabbed Gu Jiaojiao’s arm again.

Gu Jiaojiao no longer had the strength to swim or push the woman away. She was so angry she wanted to curse.

With a loud splash, a figure swam toward them and quickly reached them.

With a strong pull, the man yanked Sheng’s mother out of the water and then flung her onto the shore.

Gu Jiaojiao saw that it was Su Shuoci and was so frightened that her legs cramped. A semi-paralyzed person’s body coordination is poor.

It’s easy to choke on water, and if not careful, it could lead to drowning or even death.

In her panic, Gu Jiaojiao’s limbs cramped, and she soon sank into the water. As her eyes closed, she saw Su Shuoci already holding her by the waist.

He gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. This was her first kiss, lost in the water. With her limbs cramped, Gu Jiaojiao couldn’t swim.

Su Shuoci focused solely on giving her air, fearing that his wife might ascend to heaven. He didn’t even think about whether it was a kiss or not.

Seeing his wife’s eyes tightly closed, he became even more frantic, giving her breath after breath.

Meanwhile, Sheng’s mother, who had been flung onto the shore, was unharmed. Su Shuoci had thrown her onto the grass by the pond.

Sheng’s mother was the leader of the cultural troupe. They didn’t have performances or rehearsals, so they got off work earlier than others.

On her way home from buying groceries, she ran into her nemesis, Ren Xiaofang, her cousin.

For many years, the two had clashed whenever they met, but this time, Sheng’s mother lost her temper completely.

Sheng’s mother strongly suspected that Ren Xiaofang had deliberately switched the two children years ago, though she had no concrete evidence.

Furious, Sheng’s mother wanted to hit Ren Xiaofang. In the scuffle, Sheng’s mother’s back pain suddenly flared up, and she fell into the pond.

The two cousins had both fallen for Sheng Liangyuan, back in the day, but Ren Cuiping had won out in the end.

Ren Xiaofang, unwilling to admit defeat, married Sheng Liangyuan’s superior in a fit of anger.

Ren Xiaofang’s husband was twenty-one years older than Sheng Liangyuan and had been widowed for many years, with no intention of remarrying.

Both Ren Xiaofang and Ren Cuiping were young women in the cultural troupe, naturally attractive.

A widowed man of many years couldn’t resist the flirtations of a young girl and reluctantly agreed.

After marriage, Ren Xiaofang lived next door to Ren Cuiping, and the two cousins became a contrast within the compound.

They also became sworn enemies.

After marrying, Ren Cuiping gave birth to three sons and then a daughter, living a very happy life.

Ren Xiaofang’s husband was already in his forties when they married, and he had a daughter and two sons from his previous marriage.

By the time Ren Xiaofang married, her husband’s eldest daughter had already married. After many years of marriage, Ren Xiaofang had not had any children.

Ren Cuiping had already given birth to her second son by the time Ren Xiaofang had her first child, a daughter.

This infuriated Ren Xiaofang to no end.

But that wasn’t the main issue. The most important thing was that Ren Xiaofang’s husband was getting old and was about to retire.

Sheng Liangyuan, on the other hand, was still young. In just over a decade, he had surpassed Ren Xiaofang’s husband and was now only fifty years old.

Ren Xiaofang’s husband was already seventy, the same age as Sheng’s grandfather.

The two cousins in their forties had been fighting openly and covertly for decades, but this was the first time they had come to blows in public.

Because Ren Cuiping had learned from her daughter that her adoptive mother was Ren Xiaofang’s stepdaughter, Dong Yuehua.

How could Ren Cuiping swallow this insult? It was clear that her cousin had maliciously switched the children.

So, for the first time, Ren Cuiping lost her composure and grabbed Ren Xiaofang to hit her.

Ren Cuiping was very popular. After being flung onto the shore by Su Shuoci, several women helped her back.

“Ren Cuiping, you black-hearted wretch! Your adopted daughter is still in the pond, and you’re just going to leave her there?”

Hearing Ren Xiaofang’s words, Ren Cuiping became even more resentful and pretended to faint.

“Jiaojiao has her husband to save her. Our leader’s clothes are wet; let’s take her back to change,” a young wife from the cultural troupe said indignantly.

“Ren Xiaofang, you rotten-hearted woman! We all saw you push our leader with the bamboo pole. We’re going to report you!”

Several women cursed as they half-dragged, half-carried Ren Cuiping toward the hospital.

Ren Xiaofang, grumbling in dissatisfaction, slowly retreated from the crowd. She had no ability to go into the water to save someone.

Although Gu Jiaojiao was her nominal granddaughter, she wouldn’t risk herself for a sickly girl.

The women on the shore were all shouting for help, but none of them actually took action.

In the water, Su Shuoci had been giving mouth-to-mouth resuscitation for a long time and was growing increasingly anxious. Then he felt his wife pinch him.

Overjoyed, his body trembled. Due to his poor coordination, he couldn’t use his legs to tread water and sank backward into the water…