After rebirth, I rejected the rich yandere lady-Chapter 477 - 221: Redemption Destined, The Changed Xiao Sickly Cutie.

The icy, bone-chilling water of the lake.

Xu Musen was dragging the man, his strength almost depleted, just short of that last bit...

"Daddy!!"

On the icy surface, the little girl was drenched in icy water, her face had turned so pale from the cold, her small body trembling incessantly.

Tears hung on her face like beads of ice, and as Yao Mingyue looked at her, the scene seemed to flashback to her own self six years ago.

Watching her loved ones go through life and death right before her eyes, that pain still felt like a knife constantly piercing her heart...

With the current scene unfolding, her heart trembled wildly. Six years ago, she hadn’t been able to wait for her father to celebrate her twelfth birthday.

Now... watching the little girl cry her heart out, it was as if she was seeing a familiar tragedy all over again.

This was the pain Yao Mingyue least wanted to remember, the pain she had always tried to avoid.

At that moment, Yao Mingyue felt a sour weakness throughout her body, a sense of powerlessness enveloping her once again.

Like a demon of the heart, even though Yao Mingyue was proud and stubborn, at this moment, she was as vulnerable as the little girl.

"Whoosh..."

Xu Musen, holding a lifebuoy, gripping the man, used his last ounce of strength to swim upward.

Yao Mingyue’s eyes returned to the lake, where Xu Musen, clinging to the lifebuoy, seemed to lose strength; he struggled to lift his head and breath in the air deeply.

But even the air now felt cold as needles piercing into his lungs; Xu Musen clenched his teeth, his face pale and frightening.

It was like... his father, who had left him six years ago.

In Yao Mingyue’s life, the two most important men, she had already lost one; this time, she could not just watch!

At that moment, Yao Mingyue took off her down jacket, wrapped the sleeves around a nearby railing, and jumped in.

Xu Musen was caught off guard.

Just when he felt almost exhausted, Yao Mingyue jumped in too; she was always afraid of the cold.

The icy, bone-chilling water was like silver needles pricking through every pore, an indescribable pain.

Yao Mingyue hugged Xu Musen’s waist, her body trembling, but she held tightly onto Xu Musen, using her own strength to start swimming up toward the icy surface.

Her hands grabbed at the ice, the sharp frost like a sword blade, piercing through the girl’s fair fingertips, and blood flowed out, red and stark.

But she could no longer feel the pain; all she wanted was to get Xu Musen out of the water.

Either... die together!

Xu Musen was even more anxious; why had this girl jumped in as well? But with the clothing wrapped around Yao Mingyue, it did indeed save him a lot of effort; he bit his own tongue tip, forcing out some strength.

At that moment, on the ice surface, a woman immediately grabbed onto the clothing wrapped around Yao Mingyue, pulling with all her might toward the ice surface.

Others nearby heard the commotion and rushed to help.

"Come on! Let’s pull together!"

Two men worked together, while Xu Musen clung to the man, and with one hand around Yao Mingyue’s waist, they finally surfaced with the help from above.

"Quick, rescue them!"

The surrounding tourists came over and helped pull the unconscious man to the shore.

Xu Musen held the equally frozen Yao Mingyue and rolled onto the ice surface.

He exhaled deeply, feeling his limbs stiffen, but he didn’t have time to relax; he quickly got up and looked at Yao Mingyue in his arms, who was getting fuzzy.

"Ming Yue!"

Xu Musen gently patted her cheek.

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"Musen..."

Yao Mingyue was shivering from the cold, her skin having lost all color, but looking at Xu Musen’s anxious face, she smiled weakly.

She reached out with her own injured hand, gently touching Xu Musen’s cheek: "I’m glad you’re okay..."

As she spoke, her gaze drifted aside. The man who was rescued was still unconscious, but he had coughed up some water, and his complexion was rapidly improving.

"Daddy, Daddy!!"

The little girl clung to her father, seeing his color gradually return, she wiped her tears away, hope rekindling in her eyes as she and her mother cried and hugged each other.

Watching this, Yao Mingyue’s vision blurred as she saw her past self once more.

If... her father could have also been sent to the hospital in time during the car accident, would everything have turned out differently?

"So fortunate..."

Yao Mingyue’s lips curled into a weak and complex smile. At this moment, she had saved not just the little girl but also the regretful and despairing "herself" from six years ago.

"So silly... Don’t talk anymore, I’ll take you to see a doctor!"

Xu Musen picked her up; his feet, clad in soaked socks, felt as if they would stick to the ice if he stood there any longer.

"Need help?" inquired the concerned onlookers nearby.

"No, I’ve got it."

Xu Musen held Yao Mingyue tightly. The look in Yao Mingyue’s eyes when she had jumped down without hesitation...

Yao Mingyue had a twisted personality, but behind that twist was her heart that had never forgotten her love for Xu Musen.

It was true that Yao Mingyue had a strong desire to control, but her love for him was equally genuine, to the extent she could act recklessly...

Xu Musen looked at her shivering, tightly curled up in his arms, reminding him of that night six years ago.

That was how she had cried herself to sleep in Xu Musen’s arms back then. Enjoy more content from novelbuddy

The once staunch defenses in Xu Musen’s heart seemed to be thawed bit by bit by the cold of the day...