Forced to marry a disabled man in the countryside? I'll repay you tenfold!

"Sisi!" Su Wanqing waved and called out. If she didn't call out, the greedy girl would only have eyes for the roasted lamb and would definitely not notice her.

"Sister Wanqing!" Jiang Sisi turned around, ran over in surprise, and affectionately took Su Wanqing's hand. "What are you doing here?"

Su Wanqing explained simply, "My husband and I are returning from a mission. We stopped here because the scenery was nice, so we decided to stay the night. What about you?"

Jiang Sisi glanced at Zhou Yanshen, tall and imposing behind Su Wanqing, nodded subtly in greeting, and then pointed to the lake and said:

"I came with my dad. Leaders from the central government were on an inspection tour and stopped by for a visit. They've never seen anything like this before, with snow-capped mountains and lakes. It's quite a novelty for them."

Su Wanqing looked at the boats on the lake and thought to herself, "Not to mention people from the south who have never seen anything like this, even I have never seen such a rare sight as snow-capped mountains and a lake."

Jiang Sisi pulled her along, saying, "Hey, don't say so much. Now that you're here, let's have a good chat, and then we can try some roast lamb. By the way, you've been gone these past few days, so you probably don't know what kind of good deeds my sister has been up to."

"Okay, I still have some smoked snake meat here, let's grill it together." Su Wanqing asked casually, "What's wrong with Jiang Weiwei again?" She was really curious about what else this shrewd female lead could do.

Jiang Sisi had finally found a topic to talk about and was about to launch into a long speech when suddenly, a terrified scream and the sound of someone falling into the water came from the middle of the lake!

Just as Jiang Sisi was about to speak, a terrified scream and the sound of someone falling into the water suddenly came from the center of the lake!

"Help!"

"There's something in the water! A child has been swept away!"

"Xiaoyong! Quickly save my son!" Li Guohua, a middle-aged man in a Zhongshan suit with a dignified demeanor, shouted anxiously on the boat.

Jiang Sisi's father, Jiang Zhiping, frowned. "Quickly, go into the water and save her! We can't let anything happen to her!" He cursed inwardly. He had just told this kid to stop causing trouble and told his mother to keep a close eye on him, but they hadn't taken it seriously. Now look what happened, he'd fallen into the water.

If this child were to get into trouble on his territory, this entire inspection trip would be ruined! He wished he could go down and save the child himself!

Immediately afterwards, several people jumped into the water to rescue him.

Hearing the shouts, the young man roasting lamb beside Su Wanqing panicked: "It's a water monster! The man-eating water monster is out again! Don't let them go back into the water, or they'll all be dragged down!"

Zhou Yanshen rushed over upon hearing the commotion, and Su Wanqing pointed to the center of the lake: "Someone has fallen into the water." Jiang Sisi also stared nervously at the lake, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her father was still on the boat.

Without saying a word, Zhou Yanshen immediately took off his clothes, revealing his muscular physique, and was about to jump into the water.

Su Wanqing pulled Zhou Yanshen back: "I heard them say there's a water monster in the water, so let's not go down rashly first." Let's find out what exactly this water monster is all about.

Zhou Yanshen pulled out the knife from his calf and cocked the gun at his waist. "It's precisely because it's dangerous that I have to go down. I'm a soldier; I can't just stand by and watch people get into danger. Wanqing, don't worry, I'm a good swimmer and I'm prepared. If we encounter any danger, I'll definitely evacuate."

Su Wanqing sighed as she watched Zhou Yanshen rush forward. In the original story, Zhou Yanshen was seriously injured while saving his comrades. She could only nod and say, "Then be careful."

Zhou Yanshen then bit the dagger and leaped into the lake, his agile figure quickly swimming towards the area where the incident occurred.

Jiang Sisi whispered, "It seems like the one who fell into the water was that little rascal from the Li family. I hope nothing bad happens to him..." Otherwise, her father will be in trouble.

The young man roasting lamb had already untied the rope of a small boat and was shouting towards the lake, "Don't go into the water! Hey friend, get on the boat quickly, the lake monster will drag everyone in!"

Su Wanqing didn't say anything more, but silently chanted, "Insightful Grid, expand the perception range to a radius of 200 meters!"

She needs to figure out what the water monster is first!

[Expanding perception range to a radius of 200 meters requires 200 grams of gold imbued with 'precious gold power'. Duration: 5 minutes. Continue?]

"yes!"

A 3D map instantly expanded in her mind, covering a large area of ​​the lake. She saw the blue dot representing Zhou Yanshen moving rapidly, and multiple blue dots clustered in the area where the incident occurred. One faint blue dot was surrounded by a large number of dense green dots.

Those green dots were unusually active, wriggling and intertwining as if they were alive.

[Discovered dense life form: Utricularia filamentosa. Characteristics: Predatory aquatic plant with twining filaments; secretes mucus with high levels of natural anesthetic and analgesic components. Its robust structure contains industrial natural rubber substitutes and can be used in the production of condoms or rubber shoes. Weakness: High salinity water causes its cells to rapidly lose water. Value assessment: High.]

After reading it, Su Wanqing immediately understood—there was no monster underwater, but rather a deadly jungle of seaweed. Even if Zhou Yanshen had a dagger, cutting through the layers of tangled vegetation to rescue the child would take too long; the child couldn't wait.

She immediately ran back to the truck, took out a large bucket, poured the salt from her storage space into the bucket (a process called "tenfold return"), and then scooped some water from the lake to mix it. Just as the young man roasting lamb rowed the boat closer, Su Wanqing jumped onto the boat with the bucket.

Jiang Sisi called out urgently from the shore, "Sister! Where are you going with that bucket?"

Su Wanqing turned around and said, "I'll go save that child. I remember now, that thing underwater isn't a water monster, but a type of aquatic plant that's sensitive to salt!"

Meanwhile, on the other side, the lake was already in complete chaos.

Li Guohua's wife, Wang Xiulan, was sobbing uncontrollably on the boat. Li Guohua, his face ashen, forced a smile of panic and ordered, "A few more men go down! We must find Xiaoyong!"

Jiang Zhiping was also sweating profusely with anxiety: "Don't worry, I just saw a soldier go into the water! The child can definitely be saved!"

But those who had gone into the water earlier scrambled back, their faces deathly pale:

"Something was tangled around my feet, but luckily I ran fast."

"It's a huge, dark mass, like seaweed or rope, what on earth is it?"

"Even Xiao Wang, the best swimmer, is entangled and can't get out! He failed to save the child and got himself caught in the crossfire. What are we going to do?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiulan was filled with despair: "My Xiaoyong—" She struggled to jump into the water, but Li Guohua grabbed her and growled, "Don't make things worse! What's the use of crying! Look, a local boat is coming; maybe they can help!"

Looking over, Li Guohua saw a local young man and a young woman rowing closer, and the little hope that had just risen in his heart cooled down again.

"Hey friend, there's a monster underwater! Get out of here! People who fall in can't be pulled out. We fall in all the time here, and even the best swimmers can't get back up."