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?”

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

woman bit her lip.

point was that her daughter

The woman had seemingly lost it, shouting such a

else did not

up, “It’s truly your daughter’s demise to have a mother like you! No wonder she

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

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

flailed her arms as she spoke, trying to hit the

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

the woman really lost her footing and slipped

a kneeling position to the

Lilly and Blake were rendered speechless by

herself was terrified at the sight, scrambling to appease Lilly

Lilly

finished recording his statement, and

no point in staying here

cast one last glance at

his face had been blown

lurched in fear at the

were

now in the water,

wide

And now…

pupils had

Blake was speechless

asked, “Dad,

“Where’s

responded, “He’s back underground. Said that there was someone coming for an

not say anything more. He pushed Bettany

asked anxiously, “Are

much emotion,

in the water for so long,

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

wrung his T-shirt out. “The water weeds were a

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 had run into

Blake was speechless.

referring to branches,

thing that had grabbed his

took off his soaked clothes to reveal his firm, broad chest. He checked himself for wounds in

purple-green handprint on

Blake touched the