Chapter 369


    The memories buried in the recesses of her mind slowly surfaced, riling up a storm in


    her head. That day, ric fell into the river. Since he almost drowned when he was a


    child, ric always had a phobia of water, and he never learned how to swim. She


    wasn’t in the same ss as him, so she was with her ssmates during that outing.


    Her deskmate said they wanted to fish for some shrimps, so they went to the river, but


    then her ssmate said they had to get something, so she told Victoria to go ahead


    and wait for them. Victoria went ahead while her deskmate went back to take


    something.


    Even though it was already spring, the riverside was still a chilly ce. The winds made


    Victoria shiver, and she had half the mind to turn back and tell her deskmate to ditch


    the n due to the weather. If they went ahead with their n, they mighte down


    with a cold. Just when she was wondering what she should do, she heard cries for


    help.


    Victoria looked in the direction of the cry and saw udia shouting for help. “Help!


    Someone’s fallen into the river!”


    udia? Why is she here? Victoria looked around, but there was no one to be found.


    So, who’s the victim? Victoria quickly took off her shoes and ran ahead, looking around.


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    When she realized the victim was ric, she almost died of shock. What? How did he


    fall into the river? I thought he had a phobia of water.


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    The thought was fleeting. Victoria took off her coat, leaving only a thin shirt on. She


    then whizzed past the screaming udia and jumped into the river. Every cell in her


    body screamed out in pain from the cold. She felt her limbs freeze the moment they hit


    the water, but she pressed on anyway. There was someone to be saved. Still, the


    currents were powerful, and it took everything she had just to swim up to ric.


    ric had fainted from gulping too much water, which made things easier for her. If he


    was still conscious, he might grab onto her too tightly, making it hard to save him.


    Victoria held him and swam back to the shore with much difficulty. She felt her body


    slowly getting stiffer. When she finally reached the riverbank with ric, udia came


    and hauled him up.


    udia quickly tended to ric and ignored Victoria. Victoria was about to tell udia


    to help her out, but her strength left her and a current washed her away. udia didn’t


    even look at her. The current washed Victoria far, far away, her body getting colder. She


    was losing consciousness fast, and just when she was about to give up and close her


    eyes forever, something hit her, and she gained some fighting spirit back.


    I can’t die after saving him. The river’s cold and fast. I need to get to the shore. At least I


    have to get back tond before I rest. She mustered thest of her strength and


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    climbed onto shore, and not a moment too soon. Thest of her strength fizzled out,


    and shey on the ground, breathing and shivering violently. Then she closed her eyes,


    and everything went ck.


    Memories flooded her head, ying out like a movie. Everything she couldn’t remember


    became so clear When the memories were done ying. Victoria was breathing


    heavily, and she clutched her chest, gulping for air What? So, I was the one who saved


    ric? Then what about udia? They said she was the one who saved him. If that’s


    the case, then why do I have these memories? Am I imagining things? Or did udia


    take credit for what I did? If I’m imagining things, there’s no way these memories would


    feel so real.


    Her breathing was getting ragged About fifteen minutester, she got up and quickly


    took out her phone. She wanted to call ric right away, but the moment the call went


    through, she regretted her decision and quickly hung up, then she held her forehead in


    frustration. What am I doing? What am I supposed to tell him? Oh, I was the one who


    saved you, not udia? Like hell he’s gonna believe that. It’s been years since then.


    There’s no way he’s going to believe me at all. If anyone else told me that udia wasn’t


    the one who saved him, I wouldn’t believe them either, let alone ric. Unless I can find


    proof, that is, how can I even find proof?


    The reason ric believed udia saved him was because he was unconscious, so he


    had no idea who saved him. Victoria was washed away, and udia was the only one


    by his side, so everyone thought she saved him. If Victoria were to tell


    everyone she


    was the one who saved ric instead of udia, everyone would probably call her a


    liar.


    Her phone suddenly rang. When she noticed who the caller was, her face fell ric


    Must be because of that call. She had nothing to say, but eventually, she picked up the


    phone anyway


    “You called me, didn’t you?” ric sounded like he was in a hurry. “Why did you hang


    up?”


    Victoria wanted to say something, but she hesitated for a moment. I called the wrong


    number.”


    “You called the wrong number?” ric didn’t believe it at all.


    “Yeah. If nothing else, I’m hanging up.” Victoria hung up before ric could say


    anything.


    ric looked at his phone, a frown furrowing his brows. She called the wrong number?


    There’s no way she would make a mistake like that, and even if she called the wrong


    number, there’s no way she would hang up right away. Then when I called her again,


    she didn’t seem to want to talk to me. She was also panting a little…


    ric tucked his phone away and picked up his coat and car key, then he quickly left.


    He ran into his parents on the way down. Noticing that he was leaving, they asked, “It’s


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    “I have something to do. You two go to sleep.” He left right after that.