The Beauties Help Me Become the No.1 Official-Chapter 322: Extreme Love and Hate

"Don’t get excited... She won’t die!"

Seeing Xie Qian bobbing up and down in the river water, Lin Fan sighed and shouted, "I’m going to rescue her... you two head to the right, towards the river embankment!"

"Brother-in-law... Are you sure you can do it?"

Li Huifang, who had just struggled over the river embankment, watched Lin Fan with concern.

"Don’t forget, I grew up by the river, and this isn’t the first time I’ve saved someone!"

Handing his cell phone from his pocket to Li Huifang, Lin Fan took off his shoes and jumped down as well.

His three greatest skills in life were swimming, writing, and a strong constitution, with swimming undoubtedly first.

In the chilly river water, Lin Fan, who had jumped from the bridge, quickly reached Xie Qian like a fish dashing through the water.

Having swallowed several mouthfuls of water, she was too weak to struggle and was sinking straight down into the water.

It was only in moments like these that the best opportunity to save someone presented itself, so Lin Fan reached out and wrapped his arm around her neck from behind, then started swimming rapidly toward the shore.

Soon, the two of them reached the shallows by the river, and after dragging Xie Qian onto the riverbank, where she had already passed out, Lin Fan immediately began to administer first aid, pressing continuously on her chest and repeatedly pinching her nose to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

"Cough cough cough..."

After just a few attempts, as Xie Qian spat out a mouthful of water, she came back to life. Kneeling there, coughing up water, she was a mess, while Lin Fan sat on a stone nearby. "At such a young age, instead of learning good things, you’re learning how to seek death. Is it really that interesting? Is your life really not good enough?"

"You... You’re not me... How would you know if my life is good!"

Xie Qian’s pale face turned towards Lin Fan as she sat dully, her thick makeup long since smeared.

"When I was in college, tuition was always a problem. I had to work part-time while studying, and I only had eight yuan a day to live on. I remember being so hungry after not eating for three days just to save up for a pair of shoes, just drinking tap water to fill up. Compared to my days, aren’t you already fortunate?"

Lin Fan patted the droplets of water off his head and looked helplessly at Xie Qian. At eighteen, her rebellion was truly frightening.

"Just having enough to eat and drink is happiness?"

Xie Qian, still with tears streaming down her face, sat dully watching the rolling river currents pass by. Having just narrowly escaped death, she still felt so aggrieved. "Since I was young... I’ve been nothing but a puppet. I had to do whatever my mother told me to. I had to like whatever she liked... I just wanted to attend an arts school, to learn to dance, but to her, that was utterly unforgivable. She forced me to study at a teaching college... My life is like a prison; other than pleasing her, I have no other choice..."

As Lin Fan listened to Xie Qian’s tearful complaints and saw Qu Liping approaching from a distance, he shook his head helplessly.

"Why don’t you just die... I’ve raised you all these years... Why would you do this to me... How could you repay me like this, after I’ve provided for you... You are just like your useless father... Other than letting me down, what can you do..."

Sure enough, Qu Liping’s curses echoed through the river wind in the dark night. Facing her endless stream of abuse, Xie Qian simply held her head, crying silently, just like she had said before, she was a prisoner in a cell, merely her mother’s vessel for venting.

"Enough, have you finished scolding?"

Finally, Lin Fan spoke up, his sharp shout startling Qu Liping, causing her to immediately close her mouth; and at that moment, Xie Qian also raised her head, with tears in her eyes, looking at Lin Fan as he stood up.

"Is her rebellion actually unrelated to you? Do you really believe that everything you’ve said is right? I can tell you, you are not a good leader, and she can tell you, you are not a good mother!"

"I... I..."

Qu Liping stared at Lin Fan, shocked. His words pierced her heart, and for a moment, her beliefs teetered on the brink of collapse.

"Alright, everyone needs to calmly reflect on their own problems. It takes two hands to clap, and if there is a mistake, it usually involves both parties. If you don’t want her to jump again, let her come home with me tonight. I won’t be home these next few days, anyway. She’s not a child anymore. Let her stay at my place to clear her head, and when she’s ready, you two can sit down and have a proper talk."

Lin Fan sighed, took his cigarette from Li Huifang’s hand, and lit it, taking a deep drag to warm himself.

"Okay!"

Xie Qian agreed without hesitation but then sneaked a timid glance at Qu Liping, perhaps a habit formed over eighteen years.

"Well... Alright."

In the end, Qu Liping nodded. Naturally, she wouldn’t be at ease if someone else were to take her daughter away, but since Lin Fan was offering, she had no choice but to let go and felt reassured in doing so.

"Okay, let’s go home and take a bath so you don’t catch a cold."

After flicking his half-finished cigarette into the rolling river, Lin Fan spoke and was about to leave when Qu Liping caught hold of him, then pulled him aside.

"Master... I have something to confess to you tomorrow."

"A confession?"

Lin Fan looked at Qu Liping with confusion. There was a flicker in her eyes as if she was hiding something. free𝑤ebnovel.com

"Don’t you want to know who my previous master was?"

Qu Liping’s words made Lin Fan pause, confirming once again that everyone has their complexities.

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