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?”

for

woman bit her lip. So what if it

that her daughter was gone

The woman had seemingly lost it, shouting

not know what to

“It’s truly your daughter’s demise to have

says that? He jumped in to save your daughter, and you’re still

for real this time, sobbing loudly as she screamed, “What the hell are you talking about! My daughter’s already gone, and you’re speaking of her like this! Did he save her? No, he didn’t! You’re all evil, saying

she spoke, trying to

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

the woman really lost her footing and slipped and

in a kneeling position to the person that she had just

Blake were

herself was terrified at the sight, scrambling to

scooped Lilly up. “Let’s

his statement, and

no point in staying

one last glance at the corpse lying

his face had been

in fear at the

were looking

water, they

he was ashore, they were wide open and

And now…

pupils had

Blake was speechless

“Dad, what’s

asked, “Where’s

“He’s back underground. Said that there was someone

anything more. He pushed Bettany

anxiously,

not show much emotion, only mumbling, “I’m

were you struggling in the water for so long,

by the shore, and could see that Blake had been struggling in

“The water weeds were

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,

the thing that had grabbed his ankles

was home, Blake took off his soaked clothes to reveal his firm, broad chest.

purple-green handprint on

Blake touched the mark. It felt