Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 19: Chapter 17 Retrieve the Ring from Underwater

Hey, hey, hey, big sister, what are you doing?

Seeing the situation, Huo Sining didn’t have time to think and rushed to grab Su Qingqing, who was about to jump into the river.

The grabbed Su Qingqing was not at all grateful and turned around to curse at Huo Sining, “Who are you, and why are you grabbing me?”

Huo Sining helplessly said, “What are you doing? Jumping in? I can’t just watch you throw your life away!”

“Who asked you to meddle?” Seeing Huo Sining insist, Su Qingqing’s face darkened, “I just want to go down and pick up my engagement ring!”

Pick up an engagement ring? Huo Sining was dumbfounded. What kind of joke was that? This was the Yellow River, not your home swimming pool, jumping in could cost your life!

Huo Sining was simply speechless and asked, “Do you know how to swim?”

Su Qingqing was taken aback and finally realized the problem. She turned her head to look at the waters below, her face turning red with embarrassment as she shook her head.

Where did this naive young lady come from? No wonder she was being tormented to pieces by that white lotus flower just now.

“Just wait.” Huo Sining couldn’t help but sigh. He pulled Su Qingqing down, then turned around and directly jumped into the Yellow River.

Su Qingqing’s eyes widened in shock, and after a second she finally reacted.

She frantically rushed to the railing, but the river was turbulent; where was Huo Sining’s figure?

Su Qingqing felt a bit panicked inside; although the engagement ring was important, it was not as valuable as a human life.

Before, her desire to jump was just an impulsive reaction, and it was only after Huo Sining’s pull that she came to her senses.

Now Huo Sining had jumped in to help her fetch the ring. What if he lost his life because of it? Wouldn’t she be the cause?

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, Su Qingqing panicked and quickly took out her phone to make a call:

“Brother… wuwuwu, there’s been a huge accident, come quickly to save someone!”

The person on the other end, Su Jinyuan, panicked as soon as he heard his sister’s crying voice on the phone and hurriedly asked, “What happened? Speak slowly.”

“Zhou Zhen said he likes Ye Zixin, and he wants to break off our engagement, and he threw the engagement ring away. Wuwuwu…”

Saying this, Su Qingqing cried even harder.

“What? How dare he? It seems that kid has been too comfortable lately! Sister, wait, I’ll go to the Zhou Family now to avenge you!”

Su Jinyuan trembled with rage; he had long told his sister that the Young Master Zhou couldn’t be trusted, but she wouldn’t listen and insisted on getting engaged to Zhou Zhen.

Look, now trouble has indeed happened!

Hearing his sister crying on the phone, Su Jinyuan didn’t say another word, stood up, and rushed out.

He was going to the Zhou Family to beat Zhou Zhen to a pulp.

“No, brother, wait!” Su Qingqing saw her brother was about to hang up the phone and instantly became anxious, “Brother, don’t go to the Zhou Family first, you got it wrong, I’m not asking you to teach Zhou Zhen a lesson. A friend of mine has fallen into the Yellow River, you need to call someone to help me quickly.”

Su Jinyuan was dizzy after hearing his sister’s incoherent words, somewhat like a monk who was baffled,

“Qingqing, what exactly is going on, what does Zhou Zhen wanting to break the engagement with you have to do with your friend falling into the Yellow River?”

But Su Qingqing was too anxious to care about clarity: “It’s because Zhou Zhen threw the ring into the Yellow River, and my friend jumped in to fetch it for me. If you don’t send help soon, it will be too late!”

Jump into the Yellow River to retrieve a ring? Wasn’t that like looking for a needle in a haystack? Where did such a fool come from?

Su Jinyuan was speechless but knew the urgency of the situation. Without further ado, he hung up on Su Qingqing and called friends nearby The Bund.

Under the waters of the Yellow River, Huo Sining had no idea that her jump into the river would cause such chaos; all she did as she went underwater was sigh.

Ever since she acquired the Water-Repelling Pearl, she couldn’t help but feel an urge to get into the water, finding complete comfort whenever she was submerged.

Fortunately, she still remembered what she had come for. Although the Pearl allowed her to see everything underwater with clarity, a ring was simply too inconspicuous.

After estimating the parabolic trajectory where Zhou Zhen had thrown the ring, Huo Sining conducted a carpet search in the area where it might have fallen, but even with her eyes strained, she couldn’t spot the target.

Just as Huo Sining was about to give up, she stepped on a large rock and suddenly felt the Azure Pearl on her forehead flash.

Huo Sining felt perplexed and couldn’t help but bend down to lift the large rock.

In a split second, a river crab scuttled out from under the rock, clumsily trying to escape.

Huo Sining took a closer look and couldn’t help but laugh—what was hanging from the crab’s outstretched claw, if not the diamond ring?

“I’m near the dock on The Bund, I’m standing at…”

Su Qingqing was on the phone with Su Jinyuan when a head suddenly popped out of the churning water.

Huo Sining calmly walked out of the water, facing Su Qingqing with a smile all over her face.

“Hey, Qingqing, can you make it clear where you are? I didn’t hear you,” demanded Su Jinyuan from the other end, eager to hear the rest.

Su Qingqing, however, stared dumbfoundedly at Huo Sining coming ashore before snapping back to reality, “Brother, no need, my friend is fine.”

Huo Sining, fearing Su Qingqing might notice something was off, deliberately soaked her clothes before coming ashore.

Though it was summer, the night was still a bit chilly, especially after being drenched in cold water, and she felt a cool breeze raising goosebumps all over her as soon as she reached land.

Su Qingqing hurried over, with a flicker of concern in her eyes, “Are you okay?”

Huo Sining shook her head and extended her hand to offer the ring to Su Qingqing, “Here, your ring.”

Tears welled up in Su Qingqing’s eyes as she retorted with frustration, “Who are you, huh? Who asked you to go down and fetch it? Is a lousy ring worth risking your life like this? You’re crazy!”

Huo Sining was stunned; after searching for so long underwater to find the ring, she didn’t expect to be scolded instead of being thanked.

She immediately felt annoyed and her expression darkened as she retorted coldly, “If you think I shouldn’t have meddled, then I’ll just throw it back for you, please do fetch it yourself!”

Realizing her words had offended, Su Qingqing quickly tried to explain, “That’s not what I meant, you misunderstood.”

“What do you mean, then?” Huo Sining was a bit angry; she didn’t like to be met with coldness when trying to help.

Su Qingqing awkwardly glanced at Huo Sining and stuttered, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to blame you just now. I saw you jump in and then you just disappeared; I was afraid the river had swept you away. You really scared me. If you didn’t come up soon, I was going to call the police.”

Huo Sining felt much better when she heard these words, realizing this girl wasn’t entirely ungrateful. Stashing the ring into Su Qingqing’s hand, she turned to leave.

“Wait, where are you going?” Su Qingqing quickly called after Huo Sining.

Huo Sining pointed to her drenched clothes and said with a smile, “Do you think it’s appropriate for me to stand here like this?”

Summer attire was generally light, and Huo Sining’s drenched clothing clung to her body, her woebegone appearance drawing the side glances of many bystanders.

Suddenly feeling embarrassed, Su Qingqing quickly said, “Are you heading back? Where do you live, I’ll give you a lift.”

Saying this, she fished out a set of car keys and dangled them in front of Huo Sining.

Seeing the English letters on the car key, Huo Sining raised an eyebrow in surprise.

It turned out this Su Qingqing was actually wealthy.

Huo Sining lowered her head to look at the water stains on herself, feeling somewhat uncomfortable, and no longer declined, she nodded in agreement to Su Qingqing’s offer.