"Oh dear! Young Master Jincheng, please spare Third Young Master!"
Just then, Aunt Pei's voice echoed from the back garden, followed by the sound of something falling into the water twice.
Aunt Pei's scream immediately followed: "Help! Third Young Master and Young Master Jincheng have fallen into the water! Quick, someone help!"
"Yao'er!" Upon hearing the commotion, Qin Yonghui rushed towards the back garden with a look of alarm.
Yu He also quickened her pace to follow.
The back garden bordered an artificial lake. Aunt Pei was anxiously calling out by the lake. Seeing them arrive, she quickly said, "Second Grandmother, Third Young Master has fallen into the lake!"
In the lake, Qin Jincheng and Qin Xinyao were struggling and thrashing in the water. Qin Xinyao's head had just emerged when Qin Jincheng pulled him back underwater.
Normally, there should be security guards patrolling the Qin residence, and in such an emergency, they should have arrived within three minutes. But for some reason, no one appeared.
Qin Yonghui, watching from the shore, was terribly worried. "Where are the security guards? Why haven't they arrived yet?"
As she spoke, she wished she could jump in herself to save them.
Yu He pulled her back. Seeing Qin Xinyao's struggles weaken and him slowly sinking, with no one coming to their rescue, she put down her bag and leaped into the lake.
"Miss Yu!" Aunt Pei called out nervously, but seeing that Yu He could swim, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Yu He swam rapidly towards them. Qin Jincheng was still thrashing, while Qin Xinyao had already choked on water and was sinking. Holding her breath, she dove underwater and pulled him up.
Qin Xinyao couldn't die!
The resistance in the water was immense. Yu He struggled with all her might to bring a man taller than her to the surface.
Aunt Pei and Qin Yonghui stood ready on the shore to receive them. As Yu He was about to hand him over, she felt a strong drag from behind.
She turned her head and saw Qin Jincheng holding onto Qin Xinyao's feet, dragging him back, and mumbling incoherently, "Save, save me..."
To those on shore, it looked like Qin Jincheng's instinct for self-preservation. But Yu He delivered a fierce kick to him.
Qin Jincheng cried out in pain, let go, and sank into the water.
Just then, Madam Huang arrived with the security guards. She saw the scene unfold.
Her gaze deepened, and she commanded, "Quick, save them!"
Two security guards promptly jumped into the water.
Yu He handed Qin Xinyao to the people on shore. Several people struggled to pull him out and began resuscitation.
As Yu He was about to get ashore, her ankle was suddenly grabbed by something. With a strong tug, she was pulled underwater.
It happened so suddenly that Yu He accidentally swallowed a few mouthfuls of water. But she managed to hold her breath just in time to avoid disaster.
Underwater, she clearly saw that it was Qin Jincheng holding her foot.
Holding her breath, she turned like a mermaid, agilely flipping in the water and swimming directly towards Qin Jincheng.
Qin Jincheng saw her approaching, pushed off the water, and turned to escape.
But Yu He did not comply. She swam over swiftly, grabbed him, and dragged him towards the bottom of the lake.
Pretending he couldn't swim?
Trying to prank her?
Then she would play with him, and they would see who could prank whom!
Qin Jincheng realized Yu He's intentions and became flustered. He tried to pry her hands off but couldn't.
He quickly composed himself, telling himself not to panic!
When he learned to swim, his longest breath-holding record was four minutes! Ordinary people found it difficult to hold their breath for two minutes underwater. He didn't believe Yu He could hold out longer than him!
So he deliberately towed Yu He towards the deepest part of the lake. If she couldn't hold her breath and something happened, it wouldn't be his fault.
However, before they reached the center of the lake, as the seconds ticked by, Qin Jincheng was approaching his limit. He found that Yu He showed no intention of letting go.
She held him down tightly underwater, as if intending to drag them both to their deaths!
He started to panic.
As he panicked, Qin Jincheng completely lost his ability to hold his breath, choked on some water, and then it was an unstoppable cascade.
He struggled desperately, and gurgling sounds came from the surface of the water.
Madam Huang, standing on the shore, had started recording on her phone the moment Yu He counterattacked Qin Jincheng. Seeing this, she still urged the two in the water, "Jincheng is being dragged to the bottom of the lake! Hurry and save Jincheng!"
The two security guards in the water followed them. Yu He saw Qin Jincheng's struggles weakening. She checked his pulse, then pushed him towards the security guards and quickly swam towards the shore.
"Do you know how dangerous your actions were? You were trying to kill Jincheng!"
As soon as Yu He got ashore, Madam Huang's scolding rained down on her.
Yu He ignored her, wiped the water from her face, and immediately went to check on Qin Xinyao's condition.
Fortunately, the artificial respiration was timely. Qin Xinyao vomited the water he had choked into his lungs and slowly regained consciousness, albeit with a dazed look.
Yu He felt his pulse. He was just scared and seemed alright, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
Qin Yonghui knelt beside him, her eyes red with anxiety. Seeing Qin Xinyao awake, she murmured, "Thank Buddha for his blessings, thank Buddha for his blessings."
Meanwhile, Qin Jincheng had also been pulled out and was undergoing CPR. Madam Huang was theatrically wailing beside him, "Jincheng, please don't be alright!"
"How did this happen? Why did you fall into the water?"
Madam Song received the news and rushed over with two family doctors and some servants. Even the pregnant Qin Xinhong followed behind slowly.
Hearing that Qin Jincheng was in trouble, her face was filled with worry.
"Sister-in-law, you're finally here. If you hadn't come, Jincheng might have been killed by this girl! Look, what has she done to Jincheng!" Madam Huang struck first, opening the video she had just recorded for Madam Song to see.
Madam Song didn't bother watching and first asked the family doctors to examine the two drowning individuals, especially Qin Jincheng, who was still receiving CPR.
"Third sister-in-law, that's not quite right. Yu He went into the water to save Yao'er." Qin Yonghui stood up and defended Yu He.
"Even if she was saving someone, she couldn't step on Jincheng to do it!" Madam Huang deliberately incited. "Everyone present just now saw it with their own eyes. She kicked Jincheng away in the water and dragged him into the lake, wanting to drown Jincheng! I even have video evidence! She's trying to kill someone!"
Just then, Qin Jincheng also woke up.
He sat up and met Yu He's cold gaze. He immediately remembered the suffocating agony of near-death and shivered, turning to cling to Qin Xinhong.
"Godmother... I almost thought I would never see you again, sob sob sob~"
His face was pale, clearly terrified. His crying made him look even more fragile and pitiful.
Qin Xinhong's maternal instincts flared. She couldn't bear to see the child crying. Heartbroken, she wiped his tears with a handkerchief. "Don't cry, Jincheng, don't cry. Godmother is here."
Qin Jincheng continued to sob, "She's so scary. She kicked me in the water and dragged me in. It was so terrifying. I thought I was going to die, sob sob sob~"
Yu He, wrapped in a large towel provided by a servant, was drying her wet hair. She watched Qin Jincheng and Madam Huang, who were putting on a united front to condemn her. Then she looked at Qin Xinyao, curled up on the ground, his eyes wide with terror and trembling, forming a stark contrast.
She let out a cold laugh. "Why don't you first tell me how you and Brother Xinyao fell into the water?"