Most of Ji Qinghuaiâs scenes today were arranged in the afternoon. The shooting process went smoothly and all the scenes were completed before dark. Today, there were no night scenes scheduled so the film crew could retire early.
Taking off his head ornaments and costume, Ji Qinghuai felt a lot more comfortable in an instant. It was still early and it was rare for Xie Yan to come out this far so Ji Qinghuai planned to take him to dinner first.
The evening wind blew on Ji Qinghuaiâs face as he left the lounge. He was in a good mood, wearing short sleeves while enjoying the cool breeze.
Ji Qinghuai turned to look at Xie Yan, âWhat do you want to eat tonight?â
Xie Yan replied, âItâs up to you.â
Ji Qinghuai thought about it. There were not many restaurants around here and if you wanted to go to a better place, you had to go farther. That wasnât too much of a problem for them since they had a car and it wouldnât take too much time to go back and forth.
Ji Qinghuai was about to speak when someone suddenly shouted, âNot good! Someone fell into the water!â
Ji Qinghuai looked in the direction the voice came from and saw a field assistant hurrying to where they were. He grabbed the field assistant and asked, âWho fell into the water? Where are they?â
âI donât know, it seems to be a student.â Brother Chang Wu pointed to the west, âOver there, in the reservoir.â
Ji Qinghuai frowned and turned to Xie Yan, âIâll go and check, you stay here and wait for me.â
Xie Yan refused, âLetâs go together.â
The two of them exchanged a glance before sprinting towards the reservoir.
When they arrived, they saw a group of people gathered at part of the guardrail. They ran to the front and saw a boy struggling in the water.
The boyâs position was a little far from the shore so he couldnât have accidentally fallen into the water. However, Ji Qinghuai didnât think much about it. He pressed his hand on the railing and was about to leap over when he was caught by someone.
âYou canât go down!â
It was an uncle who was clutching onto Ji Qinghuai. The man explained, âItâs almost half-past six, the water in the reservoir will be released soon. When the water is released, anyone who enters will be washed away along with the boy.â
Every day at six-thirty in the evening, the reservoir dam would be opened to release water. The water would then flow into other bodies. Once the dam was opened, the water would surge into the reservoir, sweeping along anyone who was inside.
But Ji Qinghuai was not afraid about that, after all, he couldnât be swept away.
âThank you for your reminder.â After that, Ji Qinghuai swiftly leaned over the guardrail and jumped straight down.
âHey!â The uncle exclaimed. However, Ji Qinghuai moved too fast and he couldnât grab him again.
Xie Yan watched from the side. He was not too worried but his gaze followed Ji Qinghuai the entire time.
Ji Qinghuai fell into the water and instantly became drenched. Although it was midsummer, the water in the reservoir was bone-chillingly cold.
He looked forward. The boy was still struggling but he was exhausted and might weaken at any time. Ji Qinghuai swam towards the boy, ignoring the frigid cold.
The distance between the two was not close and he took some time to swim to the boy. The boy choked on several mouthfuls of water in succession and was almost unable to continue holding on. The people on the side looked on with fear as his head sank under the water.
Upon seeing this, Ji Qinghuai immediately plunged into the water and disappeared with the boy. For a while, there was no movement on the water. The uncle shook his head regretfully.
Suddenly, a boy cried out in astonishment.
As soon as he cried out, ripples of water suddenly appeared on the surface, and then two heads popped out. The uncle looked carefully and found that it was the young man who had just jumped into the water, with the drowning boy in his arms.
The uncle was overjoyed and the people on the side were also relieved. Only Xie Yan noticed that something was wrong with Ji Qinghuai.
Xu Luo said that people afflicted with cold poison should touch or consume cold things as little as possible to prevent it from flaring up. The water in the reservoir was freshwater, normal people would feel cold the moment they touched it. He was afraid that Ji Qinghuai wouldnât be able to bear the cold.
He had been too careless.
Xie Yan guessed right. Ji Qinghuaiâs body was indeed affected by the cold water, but he ignored his discomfort and dragged the boy to the shore.
At this time, the previous elder brother Chang Wu came running back again, this time holding a rope in his hand. The distance between the water and the shore was not short. Without the rope, even if someone went down to save someone, he couldnât get up. The elder brother had gone back to ask for help and also to retrieve this bundle of rope.
Seeing Ji Qinghuai swimming over with the boy, elder brother Chang Wu wrapped one end of the rope twice in his hand and threw the other end down. Ji Qinghuai grabbed the rope and tied the rope around the boyâs waist first.
The boy had fainted and needed to be treated as soon as possible. Ji Qinghuai pulled twice to make sure that the rope was fastened before raising his head and shouting, âPull up!â
The eldest brother hurriedly pulled the rope back and several passers-by who had been watching on the shore also came to help. The boy was light and was quickly pulled up.
Elder brother Chang Wu untied the rope around the boy and quickly threw the rope down again. Ji Qinghuai grabbed the rope and tied the rope twice around his waist while Xie Yan frowned slightly.
Ji Qinghuaiâs movements were slower than before.
Ji Qinghuai tied the knot, grabbed the rope with both hands, and shouted, âOkay, pull me!â
Elder brother Chang Wu and the passers-by pulled him up together. At the same time, the originally still water surface began to ripple slowly as the dam was released.
Ji Qinghuaiâs body was suspended in the air as he watched the water below become more turbulent. Only then did he realise that what the uncle had said was true.
In such an urgent situation, no one knew whether they would be swept away by the water so it was no wonder that no one dared to enter the water to save the boy.
Ji Qinghuai was getting closer to the shore and would soon be pulled up to the ground. However, Xie Yan suddenly realised that the rope carrying Ji Qinghuai was about to break.
The field assistant Chang Wu had just grabbed the first rope he could find from one of the crewâs props and didnât have time to check it. Hence, by coincidence, he took a badly worn one. Ji Qinghuai was, after all, an adult. The remaining one-third of the rope that hadnât broken may not be able to bear this weight.
Xie Yan suddenly became a little annoyed.
Whether itâs saving people or letting Ji Qinghuai rescue the child, it was originally a simple matter as long as they mobilised some of their spiritual energy. However, there were a lot of people present now and they couldnât reveal their identities. They could only go down and drag the person up. Now he had to bet on whether the rope would be able to hold up.
Xie Yan didnât want to bet and he was not at ease, so he simply jumped over the guardrail. With one hand holding the guardrail, he reached out to Ji Qinghuai with the other.
Ji Qinghuai was a little surprised. It was obvious that he was close to shore but Xie Yan deliberately climbed over the guardrail to pull him up.
Ji Qinghuai smiled and stretched out his hand to grab Xie Yanâs hand. He was just about to grab it when he suddenly heard a loud âsnapâ.
The rope broke.
Ji Qinghuaiâs fingers brushed against Xie Yanâs before he fell straight into the water.
His fingers left a chill at the spots they touched Xie Yan. When he saw Ji Qinghuai drop into the water, he jumped down without hesitation.
I got my MDZS book yesterday?? I was so excited and right now, Iâm waiting for SVSS and TGCF to arrive