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?”

do you think you are, asking for someone to sacrifice their life for your daughter’s! Is

bit her lip. So

that her

him though?” The woman had seemingly lost it, shouting such a

did not know

“It’s truly your daughter’s demise to have a mother like

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

she screamed, “What the hell are you talking about! My daughter’s already gone, and

her arms as she spoke, trying

was not having any of that. She hid in Lilly’s shoulder, squawking, “You evil woman, fall on

air, the woman really lost her footing and slipped and fell to the

head hit the ground hard, putting her in a kneeling position to the

Lilly and Blake were

herself was terrified at the sight, scrambling to appease Lilly

Lilly

authorities had finished recording his statement, and he had also left

point in staying

glance at the corpse lying

face had been blown open, exposing his

heart lurched in fear

pupils were

the water, they had been

ashore, they were wide

And now…

pupils had somehow

Blake was speechless

“Dad,

“Where’s your

Said that there was someone coming for

more. He pushed Bettany along, returning

asked anxiously,

show much emotion, only

“Why were you struggling in the water for so

when everyone was crowding by the shore, and could see that Blake had been struggling in the water for quite a

wrung his T-shirt out. “The water

not 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

Blake was speechless.

referring to branches,

of the thing that had grabbed his ankles

to reveal his firm, broad chest. He checked himself for wounds in the mirror, and saw

was just a purple-green handprint on

Blake touched the mark. It