Xu Xiuxiu, who had jumped into the water, quickly swam over to the person who had fallen in.
Actually, she hadn't known how to swim before. The little swimming ability she had now was something she had learned in Jiang Siming's swimming pool.
After swimming over to the woman, Xu Xiuxiu grabbed her and prepared to bring her ashore.
But the woman struggled desperately in the water. The moment her hands touched something, she immediately clung to it, causing Xu Xiuxiu to lose her balance.
"Don't panic. I'm here to save you. Hold on to my hand, and I'll take you back."
Xu Xiuxiu shouted from the surface, but the other woman seemed unable to hear her, focused solely on surviving.
Xu Xiuxiu could understand. After all, drowning people instinctively grabbed and pulled at anything they could reach.
She could only use all her strength to drag the woman toward the shore.
Dragging another person along was extremely exhausting. Xu Xiuxiu was only an ordinary girl, and this kind of exertion, combined with the fact that she had only just learned to swim, was too much for her.
After swimming only a few steps, Xu Xiuxiu felt her strength failing. Her body grew as weary as if it had been filled with lead.
But for the sake of saving her, she gritted her teeth and forced herself onward, struggling toward the shore.
They were almost there. As long as she could grip the stone wall, she could climb up.
Xu Xiuxiu was simple-hearted, so she first pulled the drowning woman up and let her climb out.
"You go up first. Once you're up, pull me up."
The drowning woman quickly grabbed hold of the stone wall, but she was too weak to climb up for the moment.
Then, she quickly