Cold-faced Empress

"it is good!"

Having said that, he immediately took off his shoes.

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Ning Ruicheng tossed the long flute at his waist into someone else's arms and said confidently to Fu Siying, "Siying, don't worry, I will definitely rescue my cousin!"

As soon as the sound faded, "plop," he plunged headfirst into the lake.

Fu Siying pretended to be panicked and nervous as she sat on the side of the boat, staring intently at Ning Ruicheng as he rescued people. In reality, her gaze was icy cold, wishing that the two of them would drown immediately!

One was a white snake spirit who deceived and ruined her, and the other was a beast who tormented Yunzhi. Fu Siying really wanted to snatch the bamboo pole from the boatman's hand and smash these two bastards into the bottom of the lake.

Ning Ruicheng swam with all his might to Wei Lanling's side and supported her. Wei Lanling clung tightly to Ning Ruicheng, wrapping herself around him like a seaweed.

Such a tight embrace naturally allowed Ning Ruicheng to feel the soft, exquisite curves of the woman's body. However, this was hardly the time for his thoughts to wander. Ning Ruicheng held Wei Lanling tightly and swam towards the boat with all his might.

Soaked to the bone, Wei Lanling was pulled onto the boat by the crowd. She was so shocked that she trembled all over, but she didn't forget to turn back and check on her savior.

"Young Master Ning, please come up quickly!"

Wei Lanling stretched out her soft, boneless hand towards the boat. Ning Ruicheng disliked Wei Lanling's weak and feeble physique, but he couldn't refuse her kindness, so he grabbed Wei Lanling with one hand and his companion with the other, and was pulled onto the boat like a turtle.

Both of them were soaked to the bone and looked quite disheveled. Wei Lanling bowed deeply to Ning Ruicheng, tears streaming down her face, and said, "Thank you so much, Your Highness! Lanling is willing to repay your life-saving grace with my own body!"

His words caused a stir among those present. Ning Ruicheng, in particular, was so shocked that he forgot all about maintaining his usual dashing demeanor.

He was initially reluctant to go into the water to save people because he was worried about getting into trouble. If it weren't for Fu Siying's pitiful plea, given his status, he would never have personally gone into the water to save an ordinary-looking woman.

"No, no, no, no need!" Ning Ruicheng decisively refused. "It was your cousin who asked me for help. If you want to thank someone, you should thank your cousin."

Wei Lanling was a little anxious: "Cousin should thank him, but Prince Ning should also thank him!"

Seeing that Ning Ruicheng was about to get annoyed, Fu Siying smiled and said, "We can talk about repaying the debt of gratitude later. You two should hurry up and go ashore to change your clothes."

With Fu Siying's help, Ning Ruicheng readily agreed and hurriedly took his leave.

"Siying, you owe me a great debt of gratitude today, and I will repay it in the future!"

Fu Siying nodded lazily.

Seeing Ning Ruicheng leave, Wei Lanling couldn't help but step forward to chase after him: "Ning Shi..."

Fu Siying grabbed Wei Lanling tightly and scolded her with a look of disappointment, "Have you no shame? You have no self-respect at all!"

Wei Lanling was startled and timidly turned to look at Fu Siying: "Cousin, I..."

"Haste makes waste. You've already shown this kindness; there will always be opportunities to repay it in the future. Your current behavior is truly reckless!"

After being scolded by Fu Siying, Wei Lanling could only suppress her feelings. Since coming to the Fu family, she had suffered enough from being dependent on others, which was why she was so eager to climb back into a better position, leading her to make a hasty mistake.

"Alright, look at you, all disheveled. Let's go ashore and go home."

Wei Lanling looked down and saw that her clothes were all clinging to her body, outlining her figure completely. She belatedly realized that she had been seen by those young masters and felt extremely ashamed.

What's even more embarrassing is that the girls on the boat didn't have cloaks or anything to cover Wei Lanling's body, so from the moment she disembarked until she walked to the carriage, she had to be careful to conceal her figure so that she wouldn't be seen by others.