Novel Bin Chapter 14: And Then He Wanted to Hug Him
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Song Xuanhe had not submerged for long when someone else jumped in. That person helped him pull the already unconscious Xiao Yuanmu to shore and perform compressions immediately.
Song Xuanhe only relaxed when Xiao Yuanmu had coughed water out. He sincerely thanked the other person, “Thank you.”
If he hadn’t had Xiao Shenglin’s help, with his slight fear of water, Song Xuanhe would have found it very difficult to save Xiao Yuanmu in such a short period of time. When Xiao Shenglin had jumped in, he had saved two people.
Xiao Shenglin shook his head. He wiped the water off his face and examined Xiao Yuanmu’s condition. He said a bit hesitatingly, “He hasn’t woken up yet. He’ll need someone to give him rescue breaths. Can you do it?”
Song Xuanhe lowered his head and looked at the pale Xiao Yuanmu, who had tightly shut eyes. Although he really wanted to say that he couldn’t, if he didn’t do it, then Xiao Shenglin would have to. As heartless as he could be, he couldn’t bring himself to implicate an innocent passerby, who doesn’t even appear in the story and had even just saved him. Moreover, Xiao Shenglin was one of the few people in this world who Song Xuanhe thought was a decent person. He couldn’t screw him over just because of this.
There was no time to waste. Song Xuanhe pried open Xiao Yuanmu’s jaw and lowered his own head.
At this moment, Zhou Nan ran over to the pool. His expression was very dark. He scanned the situation and asked with a cold voice, “What happened?”
This was a party he had organized. Even if Xiao Yuanmu’s status was low, he was still someone Song Xuanhe had brought with him. Moreover, before going upstairs, he had promised Song Xuanhe that he would not let something happen to Song Xuanhe’s people on his territory. He hadn’t expected that in just half an hour, he would be fiercely slapped in the face.
He didn’t have to even think to know that Xiao Yuanmu had not fallen into the water by accident. There was definitely someone here who had done something.
A man in patterned swim trunks walked over and smiled. “This was an accident. Several of the models were playing with water guns over there. When they ran over here, they probably hadn’t seen that there was someone standing by the pool and accidentally pushed him in.”
The models who were pointed out by the man stood together. They were male models who Zhou Nan had hired to help liven things up. Right now, they had been exposed, causing their faces to turn deathly white. After all, they were third, fourth-rate models. Just to attend this party, they had exhausted all their resources. Moreover, everyone here was extremely rich. If they really looked into this, it would be hard for them to continue in the industry.
Zhou Nan didn’t look at the male models. Instead, he said to the man who had been speaking, “Since he had been accidentally pushed in, why didn’t anyone jump in to save him? Did you plan on watching someone die in my home?”
Upon hearing this, the smile on the man’s face disappeared. Seeing the relentless expression on Zhou Nan’s face, his face paled. He subconsciously turned to look at Song Xuanhe, who was giving breaths.
Song Xuanhe noticed the activity on Zhou Nan’s side, but he wasn’t in the right mind to go deal with it. This was because he had given Xiao Yuanmu quite a few breaths, but the other still showed no signs of waking up. This made him doubt whether he had missed something during his first aid course.
If giving rescue breathing did not work, they would have to immediately call for an ambulance.
Song Xuanhe furrowed his brows and turned to Zhou Nan. “Call the ambulance right now.”
Zhou Nan gave a harsh look at the man who had been talking before and then fished out his cell phone, preparing to call for an EMS.
Right at this moment, Xiao Yuanmu slowly opened his eyes. He coughed softly, causing Song Xuanhe to look over. He then asked in a weak voice, “I thought you didn’t like water?”
Song Xuanhe was startled. He then reacted. Xiao Yuanmu was asking him why he saved him.
He looked into Xiao Yuanmu’s eyes, that were especially bright either because he had just been choking on water or some other reason, and asked in a low voice, “Should I have watched you die then?”
The beads of water on his eyelashes dripped down into his eyes. Xiao Yuanmu blinked. The water touched his eyes and made them slightly red. His eyelashes couldn’t help but quiver. He asked, “You don’t want me to die?”
Song Xuanhe asked back, baffled, “Why would I want you to die?”
After saying that, he looked at Xiao Yuanmu a bit hesitatingly and talked to the System in his head:【Help me examine Xiao Yuanmu. He doesn’t seem normal right now. Could he have been reborn?】
【Big bro, he really hasn’t.】The System sighed. Probably because it had already been asked this twice today, its boorish voice sounded rather helpless. It could only explain:【Although Xiao Yuanmu deviated from the plot a bit before, I’ve already told you that these kinds of slight changes are very normal. But, what I can guarantee is that the important scenes will not be changed. The big boss’s rebirth is the most important plot point in the book. At that time, it’s possible that he won’t chase after you with the intent of killing you, but it is impossible for him to not be reborn. It’s also impossible for the timing of his rebirth to be wrong!】
After getting the System’s guarantee, Song Xuanhe let out a sigh of relief. He thought it over and thought that the System was right. Xiao Yuanmu could not be reborn now. After all, he had not yet done anything to Xiao Yuanmu. The only thing he had done to offend him was using the orphanage director to threaten him. Even then, he hadn’t really done any real harm to Xiao Yuanmu or the Director.
If Xiao Yuanmu really was reborn here, how could he look for him in the name of revenge? He wouldn’t want to kill him over such a small matter, right?
Xiao Yuanmu’s eyes seemed to light up a bit more. He looked at Song Xuanhe quietly and said, “Then, I’ll always be by your side.”
Song Xuanhe went blank. He only just realized that he and Xiao Yuanmu had had different interpretations of Xiao Yuanmu’s “You don’t want me to die?” Xiao Yuanmu had meant, “Were you afraid that I would die?” whereas Song Xuanhe had thought he was asking if Song Xuanhe had been actively hoping for Xiao Yuanmu’s death. That was why Song Xuanhe had refuted it at once.
It was just that, looking at Xiao Yuanmu’s expression right now, Song Xuanhe didn’t really want to correct him.
Meanwhile, the others hadn’t misunderstood anything. After all, they all thought that Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu were a couple. Just now, Xiao Yuanmu’s life had been on the line. They could understand if the two of them exchanged some cheesy words of love. In the beginning, they had also thought that Xiao Yuanmu was the same as Song Xuanhe’s other little lovers, who he had been keeping. Now, they had a whole new appraisal as to the place Xiao Yuanmu had in Song Xuanhe’s heart.
After all, they had never seen a financial backer ever look so anxious over a plaything they were keeping as if the one who would die in the next second was themself.
Someone’s voice broke through the quiet, interrupting Song Xuanhe and Xiao Yuanmu, who were silently gazing into each other’s eyes.
“Er shao, I really didn’t mean it like that.”
Seeing how keyed up Song Xuanhe had been over Xiao Yuanmu, the man who had said it was an accident could no longer hold himself back. He promptly changed his tune, “Those models had been causing a racket and hadn’t watched where they were going. They actually dared to bump into Mr. Xiao. They must pay for this.”
The models all paled upon hearing this. One of them couldn’t help but look at the shadow in the corner of the house.
Song Xuanhe turned towards the voice. When he saw the face of the person who had been speaking, he instantly connected the original host’s memory with the description in the book. He narrowed his eyes and got up. “That’s not what you said before.”
Although that person knew he had appraised Xiao Yuanmu’s status wrongly, he hadn’t thought that Song Xuanhe, who had always treated him as a friend, would actually not let this go. He secretly gritted his teeth. As expected of the Song Family’s youngest young master, usually, he treated them like good friends when they were hanging out. But in reality, he only saw them as lackeys trailing behind him. That’s why he had become hostile towards him so quickly.
Even though he was furious internally, the man still smiled and promptly said, “Er shao, I think you might be misunderstanding me. I was standing far away before. I also didn’t know what had really happened, ah. I just thought that since this is Nan ge’s home, nothing big should have happened. So, I downplayed the event to settle this matter easily so that it wouldn’t ruin everyone’s excitement! Now that I know that it was on purpose, we obviously can’t let them off easily. How about you hand this over to me? I promise that I will make those models know what regret means.”
Song Xuanhe sneered. He slowly got close to the man, who was several centimetres shorter than himself, and said, “How do you plan on settling this?”
The man subconsciously took a step back. Even though he was a bit slow, he could still perceive that Song Xuanhe was not willing to let this matter go so easily. He cautiously said, “Since they are male models, then they should put on a show. How about we let them put on a fashion show in the pool? It just so happens that the pool is 180 centimetres deep. Those male models are all taller than that. Let them walk through it like a walkway. Nothing will happen. It’ll be fun.”
As soon as these words were spoken, one of the male models rushed forwards. The other models pulled at him. They heard the man continue saying, “Moreover, since they made a mistake, they must be punished. It’s hard to walk steadily in the water. How about we give them some equipment?”
The man smiled flatteringly. There was a cruel light in his curved eyes. Matched with his greasy expression, Song Xuanhe wanted to vomit while looking at him.
Song Xuanhe didn’t cover up the disdain on his face as he turned away. He used his chin to gesture at the male models standing off to the side. His gaze fell on the model who had nearly rushed over. He said, “You, come over here. Tell me what happened.”
The male model clenched his fists. It was obvious that he realized that all the people in this house weren’t easy to deal with. Moreover, he firmly believed that the man who had been speaking of the punishment just then had really meant it all. If what the man had suggested really happened, if they really tied things to them and made them walk in the pool, then their noses and mouths would all be submerged under the water, considering that the tallest of them was only 185 centimetres tall. At that time, even if they didn’t die, they’d be barely alive.
Besides, he didn’t want to gamble on whether these people, who were some of the richest around, would play with their lives for the sake of amusing themselves.
Song Xuanhe saw the look of patient endurance and hatred on the male model’s face. The smile on his face disappeared, and he said in an indifferent tone, “If you tell me the truth, I promise that you and your friends can leave safely. If you lie to me, then I believe you already know what awaits you.”
The man looked at the clear, deep, blue pool, panicked. His face that had already been pale became even more white. He squeezed his fist tight and pursed his lips for a while. In the end, he glanced at the man standing by Song Xuanhe, who was shooting him a look of warning, and gritted his teeth. “I’ll tell you everything! But, you must promise that my friends and I can leave.”