Such a handsome man belongs to whoever finds him first.

Su Wan let out a sorrowful sigh, sniffling as she walked to the riverbank to wash her feet. There was no denying that the environment at this time was truly beautiful. The river water was crystal clear; when Su Wan glanced down, she could see smooth pebbles on the riverbed and her own reflection. To be honest, the original owner, while plump and sloppily dressed, had quite decent features. Upon closer inspection, Su Wan realized that the original owner's appearance was identical to how she herself looked when she gained weight at sixteen. So after all this, she was still herself—just heavier.

She took a step forward, wanting to observe more closely, but just as she moved, the system's prompt sounded: "Friendly reminder: the water is dangerously deep." Only then did Su Wan notice how deep the water truly was. She felt a bit surprised—the system was actually useful for something other than simply warning her about acting out of character.

"Hey, System, do you have any other functions?" Su Wan blinked her starry eyes with anticipation.

The system remained silent.

"Come on, tell me," Su Wan pressed, undeterred.

Silence was her only answer, cold and absolute.

With no one to talk to, Su Wan had no choice but to dejectedly wash her feet. She sat amidst the grass, lifting her feet—shoes and all—into the river. The icy water surged up around her feet, instantly washing away the sticky discomfort. Su Wan exhaled a long breath, feeling as though she had come back to life. She began to hum softly, but when she glanced downstream, she suddenly noticed someone in the water.

It appeared to be a man—and a well-built one at that. From Su Wan’s vantage point, she could see his broad shoulders and strong, sculpted arms. His upper body was draped over a large rock, his lower half submerged, resembling a scene straight out of a film about powerful, alluring mermen.

Su Wan clicked her tongue with regret. "What a pity—he’s probably quite handsome," she mused. Unfortunately, she couldn’t swim. After rinsing her shoes in the water, she stood up to leave.

But then the system’s voice rang out: "Failure to save a life. Virtue points -1. Remaining virtue points: 9. When virtue points reach zero, the host will forever lose the chance to change fate and immediately become mentally incompetent."

"Wait! No!" Su Wan froze, shouting in panic, "It's not that I don't want to save him—it's just that I can't swim!"

"Activating Aquaduck Skill for the host," the system announced.

Suddenly, Su Wan was filled with strength, and her mind was flooded with swimming knowledge.

"Wow, System, you can do that too!"

"But what exactly is an Aquaduck Skill?" Su Wan wondered aloud, but didn’t dwell on it. She dove straight into the water.

However, as her body instinctively propelled her forward, she found herself uncontrollably quacking like a duck. Um... So this was the Aquaduck Skill? How mortifying! Thankfully, no one was around, or Su Wan would have wanted to disappear into the earth.

She finally reached the man and eagerly grabbed his hair, pulling his head above the water. Heaven had eyes—he really was outrageously handsome, several times more so than the male lead, Wang Luo.

His skin was a healthy bronze, his features strong and well-defined, his lips and mouth perfectly shaped. Even with his eyes closed, he exuded a heroic aura. The current was too strong for Su Wan to linger; she seized his arm and began dragging him ashore.

As she pulled, the man’s head turned, revealing a vivid red tattoo on his neck.

“Oh? A rebellious youth!” Su Wan leaned in curiously, discovering the tattoo was a red spider lily. Only half of it was completed—it seemed something had interrupted the process. Some petals were outlined, but none had been colored in.

Su Wan could relate. She’d once wanted a ring tattooed on her pinky, but the moment the tattooist revealed the needle, she’d been scared off by its sharpness. It looked painfully uncomfortable. This guy had managed to endure halfway—better than she had.

But weren’t people in this era a bit too avant-garde? Who would dare to tattoo a red spider lily? Wasn’t it considered unlucky?

The river’s swift current battered them both, but Su Wan didn’t hesitate. She dragged the man to shore. He lay there lifeless, unmoving, so Su Wan mimicked what she’d seen on television, performing CPR and artificial respiration.

Just as her lips brushed his, a shrill voice called out from the bank, "Oh my! They’re kissing!"

A chorus of hurried footsteps followed. Su Wan lifted her head to see the bank crowded with onlookers. A scrawny middle-aged woman peered over triumphantly, as if she’d just caught an adulterer.

With one hand on her hip, she looked every bit like a human compass, arms akimbo. "Ah, isn’t that the Su family girl and that opera singer?"

At that, a chubby boy of about thirteen or fourteen squeezed through the crowd and hurried to Su Wan’s side.

"Sis, what are you doing?!"

Su Wan, still bent over the man, looked up innocently. "Saving someone!"

"Oh, she says she’s saving him," the compass woman jeered, her tone mocking.

Someone immediately chimed in, "Sure, and soon she’ll have to take his clothes off to save him, haha!"

The chubby boy flushed red and shouted at the crowd, "What nonsense! Can’t you see Jiang Xiaolang passed out? My sister is saving him!"

"Well, we’ve never seen anyone saved like this," the compass woman tittered, covering her mouth.

The boy, fed up with her instigating, retorted without courtesy, "What would a dung-hauler know about the world?"

The woman’s smile vanished at once. She snorted coldly, "Fine, then today I’ll broaden my horizons and see how your sister brings him back to life."

"Everyone saw it—Su Wan has no shame! She accepted my nephew’s betrothal gifts and now she’s lying indecently with another man in the grass."

"This is hooliganism! She should be reported to the police and thrown in jail!"

The boy’s heart pounded with fear. He lowered his head and asked Su Wan, "Can you really save him?"

Su Wan was anxious—if the man died, her virtue points would be docked again. She ignored the commotion and pinched the man’s nose, trying mouth-to-mouth again.

But after several attempts, the man showed no signs of waking. Aunt Wang sneered and sent her husband to fetch the village chief, determined to have Su Wan taken to the police station.

The boy’s face turned scarlet with worry. Hooliganism was a serious crime, punishable by imprisonment. Prison was a terrifying place for a girl like Su Wan. Once inside, her life would be ruined forever.

Su Wan was frantic and pleaded with the system, "System, why isn’t he waking up? Is he already dead?"

"Your first aid method is incorrect," the system replied.

Suddenly, a set of standard rescue procedures flooded her mind, and Su Wan followed them at once.

Sure enough, after just one round, the man coughed up water and woke.

As his coughing echoed out, the system announced her success: "Congratulations, host, you have saved a life. Virtue points +20."

The crowd began to change their tune.

"Hey! He really woke up!"

"I told you!"

"Wasn’t Jiang Xiaolang pulled from the water by the Su family girl?"

"Definitely! I saw him come here with a fish basket this morning. He must have fallen in by accident—his father died the same way..."

The crowd buzzed with excitement, now praising Su Wan’s bravery.

The chubby boy finally relaxed and turned to Su Wan. "Weren’t you meeting Wang Luo? How did you end up here?"