Stunning Dragon Wife -
Chapter 373 - 372 Crossing the River
Chapter 373: Chapter 372 Crossing the River
After the fierce battle, Zhang Xiaoshan’s body was smeared with a lot of mud. Now he was standing in the water, bending over to clean himself. Hearing the woman’s threatening words, he was not only unrushed but even burst into laughter.
He spoke to Luo Yu with irony.
"The mouth is on you, could I really stop you if you want to tell on me? But let me remind you to think about the consequences. Don’t end up in a situation where I’m fine, but you’re the one who gets severely dealt with by Zhang Ercai."
"By the way, you might not know that Zhang Ercai used to be a dog trader, right? His skills in training dogs are quite formidable. Maybe you’ll have a chance to experience them firsthand."
Hearing this, Luo Yu’s face flushed red with anger.
"Wow."
The very next moment, she squatted on the ground and started to cry.
"You and Zhang Ercai are the same, all men in the world are the same, not a single good one among them."
Seeing Luo Yu cry, Zhang Xiaoshan felt a bit soft-hearted.
"Forget it, stop crying. I wasn’t lying to you. I said that once this is over, I’ll send you away, and I’ll definitely keep my word."
"What’s the point? You’re just tricking me into sleeping with you."
Luo Yu, still angry, cursed outright.
"Why are you so ungrateful? I was speaking nicely to you, and here you are cursing at me. Let me ask you, you seem to know a lot about swimming, right? Your skills in the water seemed pretty good just now."
Luo Yu wiped away her tears and said.
"Back when I was in school, I was the captain of the swimming team. I’ve even competed in races and won some awards. My skills are indeed good, but this here is a rapid current, I can’t swim across it."
"You can’t swim across it alone, but if someone helps you along the way, wouldn’t that work?"
"What do you mean?"
Luo Yu looked at Zhang Xiaoshan with suspicion and then shook her head.
"Do you mean you’re going to take me with you? But with the rapid current here, and my swim ring being washed away, how could anyone successfully swim across it, let alone with another person? Even an Olympic champion would be in vain."
Zhang Xiaoshan calmly replied.
"What an Olympic champion can’t do, doesn’t necessarily mean I can’t either."
"I grew up here since I was little, I’m very good at swimming, rest assured. If I say I can take you across, I definitely mean what I say."
"This is the fastest way for you to leave, I’ve given you the opportunity, whether you take it or not is up to you."
Upon hearing this, Luo Yu hesitated.
She sized up Zhang Xiaoshan.
Thinking to herself, the local villagers live off the water, so being good at swimming must be true. Besides, if he really wasn’t that great at swimming but boasted so much, wouldn’t he drown in the river just the same?
Forget it, even if I drown, it’s much better than staying at Zhang Ercai’s house, being treated like a dog, right?
Thinking this, the woman quickly made up her mind.
"Alright, I’ll trust you this time. Take me with you across."
"Fine, swim with me. When you feel like you’re running out of strength midway, I’ll support you."
No sooner said than done.
Both of them entered the water, Luo Yu in the front, Zhang Xiaoshan in the back, swimming towards the opposite side together.
The distance to the other bank was about two li, which is roughly one kilometer.
In a normal swimming pool, that would take about forty minutes at a regular pace.
But this is a rapid current, the river water was constantly rushing downstream, and Luo Yu’s body began to deviate from the intended path, turning from a straight line into a diagonal.
Twenty minutes later, they had only covered a third of the distance. Moreover, because there were many stones in the river, Luo Yu was bruised all over her body from the collisions.
Zhang Xiaoshan closely followed more than a meter behind Luo Yu.
"How are you holding up?"
"I’m fine, I can swim a bit more."
Luo Yu gritted her teeth and pushed forward.
Luo Yu’s foundation in swimming and her physical condition were indeed not bad.
After half an hour, they had covered another third, making it two-thirds of the way.
But they had now reached the deepest and most perilous segment of water.
Luo Yu breathed heavily, and the frequency of her arm strokes became lower and lower.
"Bang."
Suddenly, a piece of wood as thick as a person’s waist and more than a meter long struck Luo Yu. Like the last straw that breaks the camel’s back, Luo Yu, who was already exhausted, suddenly lost her momentum and began drifting downstream with the log.
Just a hundred meters away, there was a whirlpool. If she got caught in it, death was certain.
"Help, help me..."
She struggled wildly in the water, continuously crying for help, swallowing mouthfuls of river water.
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