Eight Uncles' Beloved Treasure (Lily)

Chapter 169 Is Saving Someone A Mistake?

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?”

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

are, asking for someone to sacrifice their life for your daughter’s! Is your daughter’s life somehow worth more than that of

bit her lip. So what

that her

I beg him though?” The woman had seemingly

not know

your daughter’s demise to have

to save your daughter, and you’re still saying

are you talking about! My daughter’s already gone, and you’re speaking of her like this! Did he save

as she spoke,

having any of that. She hid in Lilly’s shoulder, squawking, “You

woman really lost her footing and slipped and fell

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

Lilly and Blake were rendered

terrified at the sight, scrambling to

scooped Lilly

recording his statement, and he had also left

was no point in

cast one last glance at the corpse lying by

tarp covering his face had been

heart lurched in fear at the

man’s pupils were looking

water, they had been

were wide open and staring in front of

And now…

had somehow turned

Blake was speechless

“Dad,

“Where’s your

that there was someone

anything more. He

anxiously,

show much emotion, only

were you struggling in the water for

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

T-shirt out. “The

help but nag, “Well, don’t be so rash next time! It’s so late in the night, how terrifying! You can’t see anything, what if you

Blake was speechless.

to branches, or

that

his firm, broad chest. He checked himself for

just a purple-green handprint on his

the mark.