CHAPTER 85: CHAPTER 85: VICTIM

Gu Nian was so absorbed in playing alone, and with her mind wandering at times, she carelessly felt a hard shove on her shoulder, causing her head to plunge into the river.

Because she went in headfirst, and due to the thick growth of lotus leaves, flowers, and weeds in the pond, even though she knew how to swim, she found it difficult to turn herself over at that moment.

Helpless, Gu Nian had no choice but to reverse her strategy, desperately grabbing everything around her, trying hard to burrow deeper into the pond.

Once she felt her body fully submerged, Gu Nian quickly entered the space, and only then did she start coughing violently.

The feeling of drowning was extraordinarily uncomfortable.

Having been caught off guard by the plunge into the water, she swallowed several gulps, and now breathing fresh air, she almost coughed her lungs out.

Once she finally caught her breath, Gu Nian had time to think.

She had been crouching by the bank when she felt someone push her from behind, causing her to lose balance and dive into the water.

She was just a child, who would be so cruel as to want her drowned?

With this thought, Gu Nian returned to the outside world to find her body still in the water, but fortunately, she had righted herself and was no longer head down.

However, just as she surfaced, something struck her head.

The stabbing pain caused her to lose her balance again and fall back into the water, forcing her to re-enter the space.

Gu Nian touched her forehead, her hand covered in bright red blood.

Damn it!

What kind of grudge is this!

Outside, Sanhu and Little Hu, who had been working together to pick lotus flowers, were startled by a splash and turned to look, finding that Gu Nian was no longer where she had been crouching.

Little Niu was holding a stone, throwing it into the water, and where the stone hit, a patch of blood-red emerged.

"Little sis!" Little Hu threw away the several lotus flowers he had just picked and ran toward that direction.

Sanhu couldn’t care about anything else, his eyes red as he followed Little Hu.

Lin Sanshui and Mrs. Jiang were making smoked sausages using the method Gu Nian taught them, when they suddenly heard someone shouting outside, "Third Uncle, Sanhu and Little Hu are fighting with Little Niu, they’re almost beaten to death, you better hurry!"

Lin Sanshui paused his movements.

The couple exchanged a glance, Lin Sanshui said, "You stay home and watch, I’ll go see what’s happening."

Lin Sanshui was unaware of Gu Nian falling into the river, thinking that even if Little Niannian stood aside and didn’t intervene, Little Niu wouldn’t be a match for his two sons.

By the time Lin Sanshui hurriedly followed the apologetic person to the scene, the three children had already been pulled apart, but Little Hu and Sanhu were noticeably more agitated, struggling as if they wanted to continue hitting Little Niu.

He glanced around but didn’t see Gu Nian.

Just as Lin Sanshui was about to step forward, Lin Man and Mrs. Zhang came running over.

"Oh my son, how did he end up beaten like this!" Mrs. Zhang rushed forward to hug Little Niu, then let go, furiously looking at Sanhu and Little Hu, and charged at the two children, "I swear I’ll beat you two little bastards to death today! How dare you hit my son, I’ll make you see how tough I am..."

Mrs. Zhang cursed and moved to strike, but fortunately, the two people holding Sanhu and Little Hu quickly shielded them, though one of them couldn’t dodge and was scratched with several bloody marks on the face by Mrs. Zhang’s claws!

Seeing it was bad, Lin Sanshui hurriedly stepped forward, "Sister-in-law, the kids are still young, a bit of friction is inevitable, let’s talk this out..."