Traveling through an ancient military camp: Bao'er's survival song

If Li Bao'er, a modern science and engineering girl, saw this scene, she would definitely know what was going on.

Water and land in nature are conductive. If Peng Zizheng had been standing on the ground by the lake or had fallen into the lake, the powerful lightning current would have surely scorched him to a crisp.

But Peng Zizheng, by sheer coincidence, leaped out of the pavilion—neither on land nor in the lake, but in mid-air! He successfully avoided contact with any of the good conductors of lightning. Such incredible luck was truly unparalleled.

Seeing Wu Suining still crying in the rain, Peng Zizheng hurriedly shouted to the two maids who were standing there dumbfounded in the pavilion, "Hey, you two, what are you doing? Why don't you take your young lady back to the pavilion!"

Leng Hua and Qiu Guang then snapped out of their daze and rushed out to help Wu Suining into the pavilion to take shelter from the rain. Fortunately, the spring rain was like a misty haze, only lightly misting Wu Suining's body and not getting her too wet. Leng Hua and Qiu Guang hurriedly changed handkerchiefs to dry their young lady's hair and face.

Peng Zizheng dived back into the lake, searching for Wu Suining's gold hairpin in the mud. Meanwhile, Wu Suining, in the pavilion, felt her heart pounding with fear. She suddenly realized that she didn't actually want Peng Zizheng to get hurt, and she even wondered if she had even the slightest bit of feeling for him.

If Li Bao'er, a modern science and engineering woman, were here, she would probably understand.

It's the suspension bridge effect!

Whether it was Wu Suining being terrified when Peng Zizheng took her up a tall tree and her legs went weak, or now being terrified by Peng Zizheng's near-death experience and crying her eyes out, it all stemmed from the psychological phenomenon of the suspension bridge effect.

When a person's heart races and they lose their composure due to fear, fright, or excitement, they often mistakenly believe that this change is caused by the person next to them, making them very susceptible to developing an emotional attraction to that person.

At this moment, Wu Suining even wanted to call Peng Zizheng to come up quickly; she didn't want the hairpin anymore, and the lake water was quite cold in spring...

But Wu Suining couldn't bring herself to do it.

When Peng Zizheng came up from the bottom of the lake to catch his breath, he saw the master and two servants still in the pavilion and called out loudly, "Junior sister! Send someone to bring you back to the house first. This spring rain is chilly, don't catch a cold. I'll come find you as soon as I find the hairpin!"

Just as Wu Suining was about to speak, Peng Zizheng scurried back down...

Leng Hua and Qiu Guang thought Peng Zizheng's words made a lot of sense, so Qiu Guang braved the drizzle and ran back to the manor to find someone to carry the sedan chair.

Wu Suining returned to the house, changed her clothes, and drank ginger soup. She was very worried about Peng Zizheng.

What if lightning strikes again? Or... what if the hairpin in the muddy bottom of the lake is hard to find, and Peng Zizheng gets exhausted and drowns while searching? Wu Suining was anxiously watching the weather outside, but finally calmed down and regained her composure. She called a few servants who were good swimmers to go to the lakeside and keep an eye on Peng Zizheng.

Not long after the servants left, Peng Zizheng returned, soaking wet. He held up the gold hairpin, the mud washed away by the lake water, while a puddle of water flowed beneath his feet.

"Junior sister, a gentleman?" Peng Zizheng said smugly.

Wu Suining didn't dare to look at Peng Zizheng, nor did she answer. Instead, she directly called out to the steward of the estate: "Hurry up and take General Peng to take a hot bath, and bring up some ginger soup too!"

Peng Zizheng turned back as he walked, saying, "Junior sister, you are a gentleman! Remember that! You are a gentleman!"

Wu Suining couldn't stand his smug look and really wanted to spit at his back.

But she is Wu Suining, sob sob sob.