Chapter 13 The Girl Who Tried to Drown Herself

• Pei Ruo drove the Lamborghini at breakneck speed and disappeared down the street in the blink of an eye.
• As Tang Yin sat in the passenger seat, his eyes became bleak and desolate.
• Although telling Ruan Qin off to her face had brightened his mood, the memories of his past flashed across his mind and left him in low spirits.
• That forsaken relationship had, perhaps, been a lesson for him to give up on love.
• “Mr. Tang, how was my acting earlier?” Pei Ruo turned in her seat to smile at Tang Yin.
• Tang Yin smiled wryly back at her. “Not bad! Thank you so much.”
• “You’re the boss now, so of course I’ll do whatever you want. How could I let you thank me when I was just helping you out as my boss?” Pei Ruo said with a smile and a voice that was soft and melodious.
• Her voice made Tang Yin feel at ease and even tempted him to just close his eyes and enjoy it.
• “Was that your ex-girlfriend?” Pei Ruo’s eyes rolled back in thought and she asked with a sly smile.
• “Yup! It’s in the past now!” Tang Yin spread both his hands.
• “I thought so too! She certainly isn’t worthy of a guy as amazing as Mr. Tang. If you’re looking for a girlfriend, I have a whole bunch of friends for you to choose from. A domineering woman? A loli? An innocent one? Or a cute, bubbly one? I promise that you’ll be spoiled for choice, and each of them is at least a hundred times better than her!” A smile clung onto Pei Ruo’s lips as she studied Tang Yin out of the corner of her eye. “If you don’t like any of them, then how about me? I may be a little older than you, but I’m very good at taking care of people!”
• In the beginning, she had been apprehensive about serving someone with a family background like Tang Yin’s, especially since she hadn’t known about his character back then. But back in the small eatery run by the Lin Family, she’d realized that Tang Yin was actually an innocent fellow and proceeded to throw her apprehension to the back of her mind.
• Tang Yin blushed in embarrassment. “It’s alright. I’d like some peace for a while!”
• “Who’s peace?” Pei Ruo’s gaze held some petulance in it.
• Tang Yin paused for a moment before breaking out into laughter, which was soon joined in by Pei Ruo’s.
• They parked the car outside a cafe. Then, Tang Yin got down and entered along with Pei Ruo.
• After they’d taken their seats, Pei Ruo placed the documents she’d been holding into Tang Yin’s hands.
• After opening the files, he skimmed through the documents and signed on them when he saw no evident problems.
• The two of them chatted and laughed until it was close to nightfall before they finally emerged from the cafe.
• Tang Yin declined Pei Ruo’s offer to send him back and walked along the streets, back toward Wuhan University.
• Over the last year, he’d been worrying over mundane matters and hadn’t had much chance to stroll around Wuhan. In fact, Wuhan’s scenery was great, particularly now that the lights in the city had just lit up; seeing it was an opulent experience.
• The average person might have succumbed to its lure, but Tang Yin had come from and walked out of such a life, only resuming his original identity after a year of exile. It was a different experience for him now that he viewed the same luxury through different eyes.
• Walking, stopping, continuing and pausing, Tang Yin took in many sights and felt much better.
• Just then, a shrill cry in the distance caught Tang Yin’s attention.
• Tang Yin saw a crowd by the lake shore in the distance, pointing and speaking animatedly to each other as a human figure bobbed on the water, spouting bubbles and looking particularly spine-chilling.
• Is someone attempting suicide in the lake?
• Shocked, Tang Yin rushed over and heard someone in the crowd scream.
• There was indeed someone in the lake, and he or she was a distance away; it was clear the person had attempted suicide in the lake.
• Tang Yin didn’t think twice and hurriedly stripped off his clothes before diving into the water.
• In that moment, the crowd had yet to come back to their senses, but when they saw that someone was swimming toward the suicide attempter, they immediately started to cheer him on.
• Tang Yin was good at swimming and had learned from a professional coach in his childhood, which was why his mind was exceptionally calm when he entered the water. His two hands stroked the water before him and he shot out like a fish.
• The instant he got close to the suicide attempter, Tang Yin swum around to approach the person from the back, then hooked and tightened an arm around her from behind.
• “Leave me alone, let me die…”
• Tang Yin said nothing—as he also lacked the energy—and his legs started kicking powerfully through the water.
• Though the whole process looked fast, Tang Yin quickly felt his limbs turning weak and nearly succumbed to exhaustion while still in the water.
• When he reached the shore, Tang Yin held onto a boulder nearby to pull the suicide attempter onto the shore before he sat by the side, heaving and puffing.
• “Leave me alone, just let me die…”
• “Die? I don’t know what you’ve been through, but if you aren’t even afraid of death, then what is there left to be afraid of? In this world, is there anything more frightening than death?!” Tang Yin roared and pulled the girl up. “Get up!”
• “Why did you save me…” the girl sobbed out, still fully drenched.
• Tang Yin squinted at the girl’s face and was rooted to the spot in shock. “It’s you!”
• “Tang Yin?” Ji Youyou faltered for just an instant before bursting back into tears.
• Tang Yan blanked out for a moment before hurriedly grabbing hold of the clothes he’d thrown on the shore and running off into the distance, pulling Ji Youyou with him.
• “Mister, can you hold on for a minute? We’re reporters from City Evening Paper, and we’d like to interview you…”
• “Kind sir, may I know your name…”
• Tang Yin used his clothes to shield both him and Ji Youyou’s faces from the cameras and quickly charged his way through the crowd before running a significant distance along the lake shore.
• Ji Youyou was still crying though her eyes were already swollen shut.
• Tang Yin finally breathed easy when he saw that no one was chasing after them. He then turned to look at Ji Youyou. “What on earth were you thinking?! Do you know how dangerous that was?!”
• Ji Youyou squatted on the ground, buried her head in her hands and bawled.
• Tang Yin sighed, not knowing how to comfort her.
• The girl, Ji Youyou, was a classmate of his whose grades always put her at the top of the class. She was uglier than some due to the acne on her face, but she was a rather friendly character.
• Tang Yin seldom spoke to her, and the few times that he had conversed with her had been during the class party. Later on, he’d heard from others that she came from a particularly poor family that relied on welfare from the government each year; this had made Ji Youyou particularly self-abased and timid, speaking in a small voice when she did.
• A girl like her actually wants to drown herself?!
• “What on earth is the matter with you?” Tang Yin plopped down on the lake shore and asked in exhaustion.
• Ji Youyou was still sobbing, but who knew whether she was really sad?
• Tang Yin glanced at her. Exasperated, he could only raise his voice. “Just say it! What is going on with you?”
• Ji Youyou was so scared that she shook and trembled uncontrollably.
• Tang Yin warned her fiercely, “If you’re not going to say it, then you can stay here by yourself. Lots of scumbags hang out around here. Heck, a few perverts may even make their way to you and pull you away!”
• Ji Youyou raised her head and looked around in fright.
• “I’m leaving if you don’t spit it out.” Tang Yin pursed his lips then stood up straight.
• “I…” Ji Youyou burst out into tears again. “It’s because… Because…”