"What a pity!"
Ren smacked his lips. The manuscript fee wouldn't be paid until next month, so he still had no money to eat.
After all, the original owner's only money had been used to rent a house and buy painting tools.
Before this, he hadn't eaten for more than ten days. If the landlady's daughter hadn't kindly given him five loaves of bread more than ten days ago, he would have gone more than a month without eating and would have starved to death by now.
No... Wouldn't it be better to starve to death?
If he starved to death, he could go home.
Ren suddenly felt a little regret. If he had known, he wouldn't have accepted the five loaves of bread.
He ran all the way here today, and as expected, he planned to walk back slowly.
At that moment, a cry of surprise came not far away.
"A puppy fell into the water!"
"This puppy is so pitiful."
"Is there anyone who can swim? Go down and save her!"
"Don't be silly, go down to the river to save people for a dog? What if there's danger?"
...
On the bank, many onlookers gathered.
Ren was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he shouted, "I'll do it!"
He quickly lunged into the crowd, and everyone, startled, moved aside.
Then, Ren jumped and entered the swift, cold river.
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect someone to be so brave as to jump into the river for a puppy!
And he didn't even take off his clothes or shoes before jumping.
The girls next to him were very excited. Finally, someone dared to stand up.
But...
"He didn't even know where the puppy was and went in. Will he get into trouble?"
"Ah... He shouldn't, right?"
"No!" At that moment, the girl leading the way said calmly, "He's in danger now. The water is flowing too fast. We have to help him."
"But... Sakura, how can we help him?" The other girls hesitated and asked:
"Go get a stick and go to the river to pull him out," said the girl named Sakura.
At that moment, in the river, Ren barely opened his eyes in the turbulent, cold, and murky water, and saw the puppy struggling in front of him.
He couldn't see it clearly; after all, the murky water made it difficult for him to open his eyes.
He could only see something yellow about 20 to 30 meters to the right.
Ren took a deep breath, raised his head, and came out of the water. Only then did he confirm that it was indeed a puppy.
It was a puppy, orange-yellow in color, and it must have been less than three or four months old. No wonder it couldn't swim and could only struggle there.
His eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly swam forward.
When he reached the yellow puppy, Ren grabbed it. At that moment, the puppy seemed scared.
It opened its mouth as if to bite him.
Ren suddenly felt happy. It seemed that the mortality rate for rabies was very high. Wouldn't he be dead if he was bitten?!
However, the puppy seemed to sense that Ren held no ill will and didn't bite him, but gently nipped his arm.
Ren felt the warmth in his hand, but no pain, and felt a little regret.
But first he had to save the puppy; after all, it was a life.
Then he would drown here so he could save a life and go home as he wished.
Great! Today is a good day!
Ren swam to the bank with the puppy in his arms. He planned to throw it onto the bank, and then he would sink to the bottom of the river and drown.
However, a group of people gathered on the bank.
A group of... girls.
They didn't seem very old, in their early twenties.
They were so young and beautiful.
Ren sighed inwardly.
But it was just what he needed. If he gave them the puppy, his mission would be complete.
"Quick! Hurry, take this stick and come up!" A beautiful girl leading the way suddenly pulled out a thin branch and offered it.
Ren was stunned for a moment.
"No, you guys save the puppy first." He held it in his arms with one hand and offered it to the girl.
The girl hesitated for a moment, but still took the puppy Ren was holding.
Ren saw that the puppy was safe and nodded with satisfaction. The next instant, he stopped swimming and slowly sank to the bottom of the river.
"Bad!" The other girls panicked: "He has no strength! Save him!"
The girl leading the way also panicked and extended the branch in her hand: "Quick! Take the stick, we'll pull you out!"
However, Ren didn't respond to her and sank directly to the bottom of the river.
Suddenly, everyone panicked.
The rescued puppy seemed to know that Ren had saved it, and Ren was in danger, so it also barked anxiously.
"Quick! Grab the stick!"
The girl was still thinking about saving Ren. Seeing Ren drift away from her in the water, she immediately gave the puppy to the girl behind her and extended the stick, trying to touch Ren and pull him out.
However, at that moment, her feet slipped.
"Ah!" With a cry of surprise, the sound of someone falling into the water followed.
"Ah! Sakura also fell into the water!" The other girls screamed and shouted loudly.
"Someone fell into the water! Help us!" They were so anxious they almost cried and shouted at the top of their lungs.
But it seemed there was no one nearby who could swim, and everyone became disheartened.
After all, if one is not careful, even those who can swim can lose money.
In this situation, who would dare to go into the water to save people?
Time slowly passed, and the situation became more and more critical.
However, at that moment...
"Huh!"
"Bah!"
The man's heavy breathing and the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground.
The girls looked back and found that it was Ren who had just "drowned" and had brought the girl who fell into the water to the bank.
Sakura spat out the water that had choked him and looked at the young man with a strange gaze.
Hadn't this person... hadn't he just drowned a moment ago?
Ren put her down and said, "You almost died. Are you okay? Well, it looks like you're fine. Luckily, you're fine."
He saw the girl drowning to save him. If she drowned because of him, wouldn't that be very unfortunate?
Although he wanted to die, he didn't want to cause a girl's death for his own reasons.
The key is that this girl is so beautiful... Well, she's just like the editor; both are beautiful young women.
She has an attractive figure.
It's a pity to die in such a mess.
So he gave up the idea of drowning and swam to save the young woman.
"I'm fine... Thank you..."
Although she felt very strange, Sakura still thanked Ren.
"Sakura!"
At that moment, the other girls rushed to Sakura excitedly and shouted enthusiastically.
One of them approached with the puppy in her arms.
"I'm fine... Don't worry." Sakura immediately comforted her companions.