novelraw Chapter 385 - 3: Want to Marry a Great Hero
Chapter 385 - 3: Want to Marry a Great Hero
Silence.
The calm river surface is so silent in the deep night.
It wasn’t until the night breeze came that the person under her hand moved slightly, half-awake, and Chu River snapped back to reality.
She looked at the nimble big grass carp in her right hand, then at the collar of the girl in her left hand, and without hesitation, lifted her left hand high. The man in a military uniform standing on the bank only hesitated for a moment, then, in a mutual understanding, grabbed the girl’s collar and forcefully pulled her onto the riverbank.
Simultaneously, Chu River also came ashore.
Her pair of ragged cloth shoes, who knows from which year they were picked, were now soaked as she unapologetically stepped in them like slippers. Turning around, the grass carp was still flopping, and she slapped it unconscious again.
Glancing again—the young man in front of her was oddly pleasing to the eye.
The man in the military uniform was torn as he looked at the still-unconscious girl, so Chu River helpfully pointed out, "She’s not fainted, probably just scared stiff. Just give her a kick and she’ll be fine."
Even though she had lost her spiritual power, she could still hear the breathing and tell that the girl’s body wasn’t completely relaxed. Chu Aiguo’s suggestion wasn’t out of malice.
The girl’s fingers twitched a bit but still had no reaction.
The military man glanced at Chu River disapprovingly and said, "You can’t just kick someone—how about this, just step on her finger a bit."
Saying this, he started putting on his shoes.
...
The next second, the girl’s eyelashes fluttered and she slowly opened her eyes.
No matter how many MMPs were screaming in her mind, she was pale at the moment, hugging herself weakly and pitifully, "Ah... did you save my life?"
As she spoke, her gaze was locked on the man in the military uniform, full of deep affection.
However, the steel-hearted straight woman standing behind her interrupted at this point.
"It was me."
Chu River stepped forward confidently and said, "I don’t want you to work like an ox or horse for me, I don’t want you to repay me in the next life, nor do I want you to offer yourself to me. Just get me some meat, a rabbit, a pheasant, a big fat fish... any will do."
The girl was dumbfounded.
She turned to look at the thoroughly soaked Chu River behind her, then at the dry-clothed man in military uniform before her, and suddenly found herself breathless.
——This was not part of her plan!
However, one was tall, the other slender. One was handsome, the other dry as a bone. Yet, their expressions were gorgeously in sync, both intensely focused on her, as if quite intrigued by her promise.
The girl’s mouth moved, finally uttering with difficulty:
"I... you..."
The man in military uniform, with a face full of righteousness, said, "That’s right, this young lady saved you. Next time you come out in the middle of the night to steal fish, be more careful."
The girl’s face went stiff.
She kept telling herself not to get upset: I won’t get mad, I won’t get mad, getting mad will harm my body and nobody will care.
Besides, a male lead from the 70s, at first, is sure to have a male chauvinist mindset, with the thinking of a straight man of steel. It’s understandable.
...
Lowering her head, she cautiously said, "I wasn’t trying to steal fish. How could I do something that undermines socialism? It’s just that life became unbearable, so I..."
Chu River sighed, "You should have said so earlier. Why did you call for help, causing me to almost lose my grass carp?"
If she had intended to die, was Chu River the type to meddle in other’s business? Maybe she could have taken the chance to catch another one, wouldn’t it be nice to have two fish for one meal?
Then, thinking—no, this isn’t right!
If people were to die in the river and not be pulled out, they might get nibbled by fish. Would she still eat this fish?!
This woman—why is she harming others without benefiting herself?
The man in military uniform also frowned, not considering the possibility of fish eating people. He earnestly said:
"What do you mean by that? Someone saved you, and you think she’s undermining socialism?"
"Exactly!" Chu River stood beside the man in the military uniform, glaring at her, "You wouldn’t be trying to dodge giving thanks, would you?"
The girl lowered her head, "No, I’m not... I didn’t..."
The resentment in her eyes was hidden away.
...
——How could there be such a meddlesome woman?!
Clearly, Zhao Weihong was supposed to be saved like this, and then she and Shi Suifeng would appear at Old Zhao’s house all soaked in the middle of the night. And eventually, under public pressure, the soldier in front of her, Shi Suifeng, would marry Zhao Weihong.
But that woman lacked insight and when she heard that Shi Suifeng adopted three of his comrades’ children in the army, she caused a huge commotion, treated the children poorly, ruined her reputation, and eventually eloped with someone else.
Now, she had transmigrated into this book, finally managed to give Zhao Weihong a stomachache tonight, and came here herself, faking a near-drowning accident with a determination to swim, all to become family with this future big shot ahead of time!