Chapter 313: Falling into the Water

As it was a national compet.i.tion, besides the partic.i.p.ants and team leaders from all over the country, people from the nearby universities also came over.

Instantly, Imperial University became abnormally lively.

This time, most of the Student Union members didn’t partic.i.p.ate in the reception. Initially, many of the Student Union members were still strolling around the school with the intention of watching a show.

Later on, they were surprised to discover that there were more people in charge of receiving guests than they had expected.

Never mind the fact that there were a lot of people, but the reception was also organized and carried out in an orderly manner.

“Student, I want to ask what department Chu Luo from your school is in? Can you take me to her department?”

Almost everyone’s first question after coming to Imperial University was this.

At this moment, the students at Imperial University would ask proudly, “Chu Luo is currently studying at the College of Foreign Languages, College of Computer Science, College of Medicine, College of Electronic Engineering, and… Student, which department do you want to visit first?”

The student who asked was shocked.

“Student, you really like to joke. How can Chu Luo be studying so many specializations?”

“You don’t believe me… Come, come, let me show you Chu Luo’s cla.s.s schedule that someone on our BBS has compiled.”

“Heavens! Is she even human?”

“No, Chu Luo is the G.o.ddess of Studying in our school. She just jumped from first year to third year a few days ago.”

“Too… too incredible!”

When they heard this, the people who were watching the show suddenly felt proud.

After the entire morning, the students at Imperial University enthusiastically led the partic.i.p.ating students from other schools to walk between the few major colleges. As they walked, they talked about which specializations Chu Luo had chosen. Their smug expressions were especially annoying.

At half-past eleven, Chu Luo finished her work. When she and Roundy walked out of the control room, they saw Nangong Yi holding a screwdriver and a starter as he performed maintenance on the stage.

Nangong Yi gave people the impression that he was a gentle scholar who never did any ch.o.r.es.

Chu Luo stood there and looked on for a while. She realized that he was rotating the loose screws like he knew what he was doing.

At this moment, Nangong Yi discovered her and turned around.

Chu Luo walked over and asked, “Are you done with your work?”

Nangong Yi put the screwdriver and starter in his hand into the toolbox beside him and said with a faint smile, “You can check.”

Chu Luo raised her eyebrows and said to Roundy beside her, “Roundy, let’s see the effect.”

After Chu Luo finished speaking, the entire hall underwent a drastic change. First, the top of the hall split into two sides, forming a well. The late autumn sunlight shone in, giving people a warm feeling.

Then, the stage extended forward, and all the seats started to change. The seats that were originally placed facing the stage actually separated to the sides, extending all the way to the door in the middle, forming a two-meter-wide slope.

Finally, there was the stage effect. On the wide stage, the display screen on the entire wall displayed various desired effects.

When Nangong Yi saw this, the smile on his face finally disappeared, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.

“Junior, you actually figured out all the designs of the third hall in such a short time!”

Chu Luo glanced at him and said, “Do you really think I can’t do anything if you don’t tell me anything?”

Nangong Yi laughed and said innocently, “I really didn’t know that the third hall had such a high-end design.”

“How did you become the president of the Student Union?”

“…”

Nangong Yi rubbed his nose and said helplessly, “Junior, do you really think the president of the Student Union is omnipotent? Such architectural matters have already exceeded my scope of management.”

When Chu Luo heard this, she nodded perfunctorily. “Alright.”

Nangong Yi felt even more stifled.

After checking the entire hall, Chu Luo and Nangong Yi walked out of the hall.

At this moment, there weren’t many people outside the hall, but there was a commotion from Crescent Lake behind it.

Chu Luo said to Nangong Yi, “Go eat first. After lunch, go to the Education Bureau and meet the organizers.”

Such compet.i.tions were usually organized by the Education Bureau and the Painting a.s.sociation. Chu Luo had to report to them about her preparations in the afternoon.

Nangong Yi nodded.

Not long after the two of them left, a scream suddenly came from Crescent Lake.

Not long after, someone ran over on the phone. “Not good. Someone fell into the lake at Crescent Lake. For some reason, the person who fell and the person who jumped down to save him sank to the bottom of the lake… Should I look for the president or Chu Luo?”

When Chu Luo and Nangong Yi heard this, they turned around and ran over.

Nangong Yi felt that he had run fast enough, but he realized that in the blink of an eye, Chu Luo had run a few meters in front of him. Then, she disappeared.

Chu Luo quickly arrived where the group of people were and asked, “What exactly is going on?”

Her voice wasn’t loud, but it silenced the clamor.

When everyone heard her voice, they automatically made way.

One of them quickly replied, “A girl from another school slipped and fell in. The girl doesn’t know how to swim. Once she struggled, she got farther and farther away from the sh.o.r.e. A boy from our school jumped down to save her but was pulled by her. The two of them had already sunk to the bottom of the lake.”

Chu Luo looked in the direction that person was pointing at and could only see the murky water after a struggle.

She strode to the lake.

Nangong Yi also ran over and stood in front of Chu Luo. He quickly took off his coat and threw it to Chu Luo. “Help me hold it.”

Then, he jumped down.

Chu Luo opened her mouth but didn’t stop him in the end.

Nangong Yi quickly swam to the place where the two of them sank and dove down.

The people standing on the sh.o.r.e looked over worriedly. Many girls were so frightened that they started crying.

“What should we do? Will those two students die?”

“Why hasn’t the president come out of the water? Did something happen to him too?”

“Why aren’t the school’s security guards here yet?”

…

Chu Luo stared at the lake water and couldn’t stand the crying beside her. She shouted in a low voice, “Shut up, all of you!”

The girls subconsciously shut up.

Chu Luo said, “Take some people to pluck willow branches. The more the better.”

The boys quickly went to pluck willow branches.

Soon, they got many willow branches. Chu Luo took the willow branches and quickly weaved them into a willow rope. Before everyone’s shocked gazes, the willow rope was thrown towards the water.

At the same time, Nangong Yi emerged from the bottom of the lake.

Chu Luo said to him loudly, “Nangong Yi, grab the willow rope.”

Nangong Yi instinctively grabbed the willow rope and said to Chu Luo loudly, “They’re entangled by the water plants. Get a few more people to help.”

Chu Luo turned to the boy beside her and said, “A few people who can swim should go down.”

A few boys quickly took off their coats and jumped down.

Soon, Nangong Yi, together with the boys, brought those two people up from the bottom of the lake.

Nangong Yi couldn’t care less about the water on his body and said to Chu Luo, “They’ve been in the water for too long. If the school doctor doesn’t come…”

“Then let’s save them.”

After Chu Luo finished speaking, she tilted her head and asked everyone around her, “Who’s from the medical school?”

A boy quickly stepped up. “I am.”

“Okay, come with me to give them emergency treatment now.”

After saying that, she quickly walked up to the girl and knelt down to give her emergency treatment.

The boy from the medical school treated the other boy at the same time.

Everyone looked at them nervously.

After two minutes, someone realized that the expressions of the two people who had fallen into the water weren’t right. He said in horror, “What should we do? They don’t look good.”

“Have they been underwater for too long?”

“Will their lives be in danger?”

“Ah, that girl is reacting.”

Soon, the girl spat out the water in her chest and started coughing.

Chu Luo took out a silver needle and quickly inserted it into one of the girl’s acupoints. Only then did the girl stop her heart-wrenching cough and open her eyes.

Chu Luo asked, “Whoever’s wearing two layers of clothes, take off one for her.”

A boy quickly took off his coat and handed it to Chu Luo.

Chu Luo handed the coat to the girl. “Can you get up?”

The girl felt much better and nodded at Chu Luo.

Chu Luo helped her sit up.

At this moment, a loud shout came from behind.

“The heads and school doctors are here.”

Everyone subconsciously made way.

Then, she saw a few school heads and teachers from another school rush over with security guards and the school doctors.

“Where are the people who fell into the water?” a school head quickly asked.

“Here.”

One of the teachers from another school walked up to the girl and quickly asked worriedly, “Meng Jie, are you okay?”

Meng Jie grabbed the clothes she was wearing and said with trembling lips, “I’m okay. My fellows from Imperial University saved me.”

That teacher heaved a sigh of relief.

The boy who was treating the other boy at the side shouted anxiously, “Chu Luo, this boy seems to have stopped breathing.”

Chu Luo and the school doctors walked over at the same time.

A school doctor’s expression changed drastically. “The mud got into his lungs. We have to get the mud out immediately or it will be too late.”

A head asked anxiously, “Do you have a way to get the mud out of his lungs?”

“No. We’ll need to use a machine.”

Everyone started to worry.

“What should we do?”

“Will that cla.s.smate die?”

The girl who was saved started sobbing softly.

Chu Luo glanced at everyone and said to the boy from the medical school, “Help him sit up and lean on your shoulder.”

The boy from the medical school quickly helped the boy up.

Chu Luo squatted in front of him and took out a silver needle.

A teacher from another school wanted to stop her. “Student, you…”

An Imperial University head stopped him. “Let Chu Luo do it.”