Su Nanqing felt a sharp pain in her foot and gradually sank deeper into the water.
The Old Madam gasped for air. She had been pricked by something in the water earlier, causing her to panic. Her leg cramped, and being in the deep end, she nearly drowned.
Watching Su Nanqing sink slowly, she looked at her with concern. “Miss, are you alright? Come up quickly.”
Su Nanqing tried hard to stay calm.
Enduring the stinging pain in her foot, she gradually surfaced.
The Old Madam noticed the blood in the water and then the bloodstains on Su Nanqing’s body. Her expression darkened—someone had tampered with the pool.
“Miss,” the Old Madam tried to reach for Su Nanqing but lacked the strength to move.
Su Nanqing sensed something was wrong. She struggled to climb out but eventually collapsed weakly beside the Old Madam. The world spun around her—the water had been laced with an anesthetic.
“Grandma, there’s… something in the water. It seems to drain your strength.”
Su Nanqing was drenched, and blood continued to flow from her foot.
The wound on her sole looked severe.
The Old Madam noticed that Su Nanqing’s injury was worse than her own. She, too, felt her strength fading gradually.
“It’s alright. My bodyguard will be here soon. Thank you for saving me. Without you, I might have died here today.”
The Old Madam was weak. Su Nanqing wanted to speak but gradually lost consciousness.
“Old Madam, are you alright?”
The Old Madam’s bodyguard rushed over in a panic.
The Old Madam pointed at Su Nanqing beside her. “Quick, take her to the hospital. She’s badly injured.”
The bodyguard hesitated. “Old Madam, let me take you first.”
“Enough! She saved me. Get her to the hospital now,” the Old Madam insisted firmly.
Not daring to delay, the bodyguard carried Su Nanqing to the hospital.
As they moved away, the Old Madam also passed out.
At that moment, Song Jiaqi arrived but missed the earlier scene. She hurried to the Old Madam’s side.
Seeing the unconscious Old Madam, she quickly jumped into the water, soaked herself, then climbed out and held the Old Madam, shouting to the surroundings, “Help! Help! Someone’s fallen into the water!”
Just then, the Old Madam’s grandson arrived to pick her up. Hearing the cries for help, he quickened his pace.
“Grandma! Grandma!”
Shen Muqing was more beautiful than most women, yet not effeminate. Tall, slender, and exuding a lazy elegance.
Song Jiaqi stared wide-eyed at the handsome man before her.
Compared to a cold man like Gu Yushen, this type was her ideal.
“Sir, please take the Old Madam to the hospital quickly.”
Shen Muqing glanced at Song Jiaqi, grateful. “Thank you for saving my grandmother. Here’s my business card—contact me tomorrow.”
Song Jiaqi took the card, pretending to look worriedly at the Old Madam. “Sir, it was nothing. Please hurry and get the Old Madam to the hospital.”
“My savior, you must remember to contact me.”
Shen Muqing noticed the blood on the ground, his gaze turning grim. Someone had tampered with the pool. His grandmother was a swimmer and rarely encountered such situations.
He carried his grandmother away, with the bodyguard clearing the path ahead.
Song Jiaqi looked at the business card in her hand, a sly and triumphant smile spreading across her face. She had been delayed earlier while accompanying Gu Yushen to the banquet.
But the outcome was exactly what she wanted.
Su Nanqing, just wait. I will crush you beneath my feet.
…
Su Nanqing didn’t wake until the next day.
Su Xing sat beside her, and seeing her awake, the tense expression on his handsome face relaxed.
Su Xing couldn’t help but scold, “You brat, if you hadn’t woken up, your name would have been carved on a tombstone by now.”
Su Nanqing asked in surprise, “Brother, are you saying I almost died?”