Chapter 214 - 210: Good Cabbage Deserves Three Updates Less
Li Xianglu and her group had collected bird eggs for a while before playing in the sea when they suddenly heard some commotion behind them. They quickly ran back to see what was happening.
And there they saw Lu Anna sitting on the ground, slapping the kneeling Qin Zhen in front of her.
Qin Zhen was stunned by the slap at first and his face turned red as he prepared to leave, but then he saw Lu Anna holding her chest with both hands in a mix of shame and annoyance, and without much ado, he took off his wet shirt and covered her chest with it, then got up and left.
Li Xianglu didn’t know what had happened, but seeing Lu Anna soaking wet, she deduced that Anna must have fallen into the water. However, that was no reason to hit someone, and a look of displeasure crossed her face.
Iro, who obviously knew the whole story, gave Li Xianglu a wink, while Xi Yunmei also arrived quickly and helped the seated Lu Anna toward the resting quarters for the staff.
Fortunately, they had brought towels. Lu Anna looked pale as she wiped herself down; Li Xianglu, worried about getting wet while playing in the water, had also brought a skirt along and offered it to Anna. Anna, being about the same height but a bit chubbier than Xianglu, could still fit into it, so she took it to change.
Xi Yunmei was also unaware of what had transpired; she and her son had been collecting bird eggs when suddenly there were shouts of someone falling into the water, which had brought her rushing here. She found her sister-in-law soaking and sitting on the ground.
Iro said in a low voice, "She and Qin Zhen, I don’t know how, ended up near those rocks, and somehow Anna fell into the water. It was Qin Zhen who pulled her up, and then..." Iro pouted her lips, kissed the air, and said mischievously, "Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and when Anna came to, she hit Qin Zhen."
So that was what happened. However, Li Xianglu was still not pleased. Qin Zhen had saved her, how could she hit him? Though Qin Zhen was known to be boisterous and immature, to Li Xianglu he was family, and it’s upsetting to see a family member get hit without cause, even if by a good friend.
Seeing Li Xianglu upset, Xi Yunmei realized this was a tricky situation to handle. After all, their sister-in-law was a maiden and getting kissed—even if for resuscitation—would be psychologically upsetting, but he did save her life, making the incident hard to address.