Chapter 1142: The Little Fox in the Snow
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
While shouting, she looked anxiously around and tried to find tools that could be used.
However, there was nothing nearby and she didn’t have time to think about it. She immediately took off her long coat, grabbed one end of it, and flung the other end to Pei Jingyu. “Catch it! I’ll drag you up!”
Pei Jingyu was soaked in the cold lake and, as she couldn’t swim, she drank a few mouthfuls of water. The feeling of suffocation filled her heart with fear. In desperation, she suddenly saw the jacket that Xia Ling had flung over and grabbed it as if it was the last life-saving straw without any care.
She grabbed too hard and swayed Xia Ling’s body. Suddenly, Xia Ling couldn’t stand the pull and slipped a half step into the lake. Her leg was immersed in the lake. The bitter cold bit Xia Ling and her expression changed. She took a breath of cold air and held her ground, clenching her teeth, and encouraging Pei Jingyu. “Keep it up!”
The down jacket on Pei Jingyu was soaked in water and became very heavy. Xia Ling was just a girl and didn’t have much energy, and she was dragged into the water step by step. But she wouldn’t let go of her hand anyway, and she desperately leaned her body back. She pulled onto life-saving clothes, her face pale.
Pei Jingyu only felt her body getting colder. The sun shone on the water, but she felt the atmosphere of death was close at hand. Her consciousness slightly drifted and her mind was blank. There was only the face of Xia Ling clenching her teeth in her line of sight. Even if she was dragging her down with her, she never let go.
She was somewhat confused. Was Xia Ling not her enemy? Was she not a wretched entertainer, how could she be trying to save her life with her own? Really… it was too weird…
Her mind gradually blurred. She didn’t know how long it was, it seemed to only be a second, but it also seemed to be an eternity. She saw several staff members rus.h.i.+ng over to them with great horror. They hugged Xia Ling, took over the rope that she had twisted with the coat on her hand, and dragged her to the sh.o.r.e with the strength of a few people.
Xia Ling fainted in the arms of the staff.
Pei Jingyu was groggy and staggered around as the staff carried her to the guest room in the resort. A large group of doctors and nurses gathered around her to inspect her and gave her a drip as well as a lot of medicine. They also made ginger soup for her. She was mechanically numb and let herself be at their mercy. No matter what they asked her, there was no reaction, and the thoughts that were repeated in my mind were actually the figure of Xia Ling. The way she refused to let go, and the encouraging words she gave like “Keep it up.”
The ginger soup in her hand was suddenly knocked over to the ground.
She looked up and saw Pei Ziheng.
She had never seen her indifferent Big Cousin so angry that he lost control before. It took a lot of effort for her to hear what he was saying. Pei Ziheng asked, “What the h.e.l.l happened between you two! Did Pei Zhenyuan send you here to harm Xiao Ling?”
Pei Jingyu shook her head, and she finally regained her senses and asked, “How is she?”
“If anything happens to her and the child in her stomach, I will haunt you even as a ghost!” Pei Ziheng threatened her coldly, then turned and walked toward the door. “Keep this woman in check! Without my order, she is not allowed to leave the room one step!” The surrounding staff nodded and he left.
Pei Jingyu was shocked and could not speak—
What?! She and her child?!
When did Xia Ling become pregnant?!
No wonder… No wonder a few days ago when her uncle mentioned Xia Ling, his expression was a bit more gloomy than usual. If the child in Xia Ling’s belly was born, it would be the first child of Pei Ziheng! An illegitimate child!
Pei Jingyu took a breath of air and didn’t dare to think about it anymore.
However, strangely, she was somewhat faintly worried about Xia Ling. Was it because she had been saved by her, so she wasn’t thinking clearly? However, there was a small voice in her heart that said that this girl she had always considered an “enemy” could not possibly be a bad person if she had used her life to save her.
In just a few hours, she suddenly felt that she did not know Xia Ling.
Her mind was full of complex thoughts as she quietly rested in the room. The next day, her body no longer had any problems and she could move around as usual. She heard that Xia Ling had woken up from her coma, so she asked Pei Ziheng to allow her to visit her. Pei Ziheng didn’t allow her to visit her; he didn’t want to make any surprises to happen to Xiao Ling anymore. Who knew what was Pei Jingyu’s purpose?
Rather, it was Xia Ling who voluntarily asked for Pei Jingyu after waking up. “Was she rescued?”
Pei Ziheng looked at her gloomily. “She is alive, what about you? Have you ever thought about the consequences of being dragged down by her? Even if you did not drown, the cold water could harm our child.”
Xia Ling regained her senses and chuckled. “When you save someone, you don’t get to think so much.” She looked up at him again. “Isn’t Pei Jingyu your sister? Could you bear to see her die?”
Pei Ziheng leaned over and reached out to rub her face. Under the warm fire of the fireplace, she looked so beautiful, delicate like a flower. A long time pa.s.sed before he slowly said, “Anyone can save her, including me. But you can’t.” She was the most precious treasure in the world, simply irreplaceable.
Xia Ling smiled again, a tinge of warmth and sadness on her face. “Pei Ziheng, should I be happy or sad?” Bowing down, she gently stroked her lower abdomen, where there was a pitiful little life inside. “You would rather die for me instead of giving me a name?”
The hand rubbing her cheeks was taken back. Pei Ziheng said, “You will be happier if you forget that name.” The tall figure of the man stepped away and disappeared into the snow in the courtyard.
Xia Ling curled on the lounge chair, looking at the direction in which he disappeared. The expression in her eyes was a little dim.
After this accident, her body that just got well became fragile again. The medical staff was so busy every day that they wanted to treat her like a porcelain doll, lest there should be a slight bit of loss.
She left herself at their mercy, thinking that this year’s Spring Festival would not be spent well.
Soon it was New Year’s Eve and the garden was littered with snow. Xia Ling sat in the rocking chair in the corridor, holding a delicate stove and watching the scenery. Her body was wrapped in a thick white fox coat, and under the soft and dense plush revealed her small face. She looked like a cute little fox.
Pei Jingyu got permission from Pei Ziheng to come and see her. She stood at the door and saw her silhouette at first sight and suddenly felt that she was not so annoying.
Xia Ling sat on the rocking chair thinking about something, her small face looking at the snow in the courtyard. She looked very dull and stupid. After a long while, she found that there was someone else in the room and she turned to look at Pei Jingyu with some vigilance and surprise. “How are you still at Xi Cui Lake? Have you not returned to your home for the New Year?”