Chapter 293: Your Own Life Matters Most—As for a Girlfriend, That’s Just Fleeting
Besides Xiao Q and Ke Bei on the high platform,
the people in the live stream room could actually see what was happening inside the water slide.
Yes, there were also cameras inside the slide.
However, they were all various high-precision, advanced cameras, super stealthy.
The kind ordinary people know nothing about.
Because of this, these people in the live stream room were like watching a movie.
Watching the men and women riding the water slide face judgment by the blades.
Currently, in the Hua Country chat room of the live stream room.
Domineering Female CEO: [I wonder if Xiao Peng can hold on. Actually, I really hope he doesn't die. After all, if he dies, there's one less source of entertainment.]
Middle-aged Uncle: [Hard to say if he'll die. If Xiao Q and Ke Bei rescue him in time, he should survive.] Inside Slide 4.
"I can't hold on much longer."
After all, Xiao Hua was a girl, and the kind who normally never exercised at all.
Actually, even if she were a boy, facing this situation wouldn't be much more helpful.
Because nowadays, regardless of gender, everyone from childhood is pressed against desks, becoming nearsighted.
Exercise?
There's simply no time for that.
Because of this,
inside this very slippery slide with constant water flow impact,
after grabbing the handle with one hand, the entire body's support relies on the strength of one arm.
Xiao Hua wanted to grab the handle with both hands.
But the handle was too small, only allowing one hand to grip.
She also wanted to switch hands, but given the current situation, she didn't have the capability.
She herself didn't know how long she had been holding on, dangling like this.
She only felt her arm sore, swollen, and painful.
And several joints hurt terribly, like her wrist, elbow, and right shoulder.
Besides that, her palm hurt intensely from being strained for too long.
She was about to lose her grip.
Therefore, she wanted to extend her left hand, asking her boyfriend to give her some support.
Xiao Hua's boyfriend looked at Xiao Hua's extended left hand.
He also extended his own free left hand and grabbed Xiao Hua's left hand.
At the same time, he said: "No, this won't work, Xiao Hua. Later, I'll brace my legs against the slide on your side."
"You use my legs as a barrier, switch your right hand gripping the handle to your left hand. After you finish, then grab my hand, and I'll also switch hands. Otherwise, continuing like this, neither of us will be able to hold on."
"Okay, go ahead!"
Xiao Hua replied without thinking, without hesitation.
"Mm."
Xiao Hua's boyfriend exerted strength in his legs, along with his core. He tried many times, constantly adjusting, and finally managed to brace his legs against the area around Xiao Hua's thighs.
"Hurry!"
Xiao Hua's boyfriend said urgently: "I can't hold this position for long either!"
Xiao Hua nodded, drew her legs upward, curled up, and braced them against her boyfriend's legs.
Then, she lifted her head upward, and her left hand began reaching for her right hand.
Just as she was about to reach the right-hand handle, inserting her left thumb into the handle gap, her right hand let go, allowing her left hand's other four fingers and the rest of her palm to enter the handle.
But at that moment, something unexpected happened.
Xiao Hua's boyfriend's legs suddenly slipped downward.
Originally, the right angle of 90 degrees formed by his body and legs became 180 degrees.
That itself wasn't the issue.
After all, he was fine, but Xiao Hua suffered.
Because she hadn't completed the hand switch yet, her body's center of gravity relied entirely on her boyfriend's legs for support.
Now that leg support was gone.
Relying solely on that one thumb inserted early into the handle couldn't possibly support her entire body weight.
In terror, Xiao Hua fell straight down.
If nothing unexpected happened, Xiao Hua's human body would collide with the metal blades.
Testing which was harder.
But an unexpected intervention came.
The moment she fell,
Xiao Peng desperately caught Xiao Hua.
After being caught by a force, Xiao Hua instinctively clung tightly to that force.
When everything stabilized, she realized her legs and feet were wrapped around Xiao Peng's body.
Xiao Peng and Xiao Hua, this former couple, no, actually former former couple.
Previously, Xiao Hua saved Xiao Peng, now Xiao Peng saved Xiao Hua.
"Xiao Hua! Are you okay?! I'm sorry! I accidentally lost my grip just now!!!"
At this moment, Xiao Hua's boyfriend above looked extremely anxious.
Xiao Hua, now pressed tightly against Xiao Peng, actually felt somewhat embarrassed.
Her face even turned slightly flushed.
Hearing her current boyfriend's words, she looked up and said: "It's fine, you didn't do it on purpose!"
"Heh, Xiao Hua, you foolish woman, still saying [you didn't do it on purpose]? Your boyfriend clearly intentionally loosened his legs to make you fall. If you don't believe me, I'll send you up right now. Go to your boyfriend and let him support you?"
Xiao Peng curled his lips upward, sneering with extreme disdain.
The slide interior was quite small, and they were very close to each other.
Therefore, Xiao Hua's boyfriend also heard Xiao Peng's words.
But surprisingly, he didn't refute them.
If this were before riding the slide, Xiao Hua would definitely have started arguing with Xiao Peng again.
But now, Xiao Peng had saved her, so she felt embarrassed.
Still, she felt what Xiao Peng said was wrong.
Therefore, she looked up, her hopeful eyes turning toward her boyfriend above: "Honey, pull me up!"
Xiao Hua struggled to extend one hand upward.
From their current positions, if Xiao Hua's boyfriend extended his foot, Xiao Hua could grab it.
But not only did he not extend it, he actually retracted it upward, clearly indicating he didn't want Xiao Hua to come up.
Moreover, his expression turned extremely cold at that moment.
Things had reached this point, and the truth was completely clear.
Xiao Hua had no choice but to believe Xiao Peng was right.
But why?
Xiao Peng said: "Believe it now? I saw it clearly from below. If your boyfriend truly couldn't hold on, the speed his legs dropped would at least be the gradual kind from losing strength, not the instant release like before. So, your boyfriend did it on purpose! As for why, you'll have to ask him."
Xiao Hua's confused gaze turned toward her boyfriend.
Xiao Hua's boyfriend sneered coldly: "Since things have come to this, I'll stop pretending."
"That's right, I did it on purpose just now, intentionally made you fall. If possible, I'd even take Xiao Peng down with you by collision. That way, the Cross-shaped Blade would have two human cushions. If I lose my grip and slide down, it wouldn't cost me my life."
Hearing her boyfriend's personal admission, Xiao Hua felt bewildered and shocked: "Why? I'm your girlfriend! How could you treat me like this?!"
Xiao Hua's boyfriend said: "No, Xiao Hua, are you stupid? In such a life-and-death crisis, even if you were my wife, I'd abandon you without hesitation! After all, your own life is what matters most. Not abandoning you would be strange, right?"
"And,"
Xiao Hua's boyfriend continued, his eyes becoming very irritated.
"You woman, we've been dating for a while, but even though you're clearly a slut, you refuse to sleep with me. I found it very strange."
"Until that day at the pancake shop when I met your ex-boyfriend Xiao Peng, then I understood - old feelings aren't dead!"