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It’s been over five years, even though Heriberto tried his best to help Melanie hide and change, Melanie has completely escaped from her original family for over five years, but there will always be someone who remembers her true birth.
Even if no one remembers where Melanie came from, Iris will never forget.
Melanie is from a small town in the north.
More than five years ago in winter, Eleanor went to that northern small town to meet an old friend she hadn’t seen in years.
Back then, Eleanor’s health was already very bad, she and Heriberto were both worried, so they went with Eleanor together.
Ran into an old friend, Eleanor caught up with them. She and Heriberto had nothing to do, so they went for a casual walk outside.
Two people were walking on the street, she saw a local specialty restaurant and suggested going in to try some local specialties.
At that time, Heriberto was a bit reluctant, but still went into the small restaurant with her.
The north is remote, people are not fully civilized. Maybe because they saw that she and Heriberto were dressed nicely, someone actually drugged their food, and they passed out without any defenses.
Then, they were taken to a broken ship, planning to extort money them.
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It was more than thirty degrees below zero at that time, but the river didn’t freeze because there were hot springs upstream.
The river was flowing very rapidly.
They were taken onto the ship, and a few kidnappers splashed them with icy water from the river.
Heriberto woke up first, broke free from the untied ropes on his hands, and fought with the kidnappers.
When Iris woke up, she saw Heriberto fighting with some thugs and getting injured. Then, one of the thugs hit him hard on the back of his head with an iron rod, causing him to fall off the boat and into the river.
Iris didn’t have time to think, so she just jumped into the river and grabbed Heriberto.
The river was flowing very fast.
Heriberto got seriously injured, he’s already unconscious.
They were quickly washed away by the river.
A few thugs didn’t dare to jump into the river, they watched helplessly as they were engulfed by the river water and swept downstream.
Iris held onto Heriberto tight the whole way without letting o.
The turbulent river water carried them a long way. Finally, Iris found a chance, grabbed a tree branch, and managed to get the unconscious Heriberto to the shore.
In the end, she ran out of strength, got swept away again, and then passed out.
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When she woke up, it was already late at night.
She was lying in the hospital, with Eleanor by her side.
Heriberto was also lying in the hospital, and by his side was Melanie.
Melanie said, it was her who jumped into the river to save the unconscious Heriberto.
She wasn’t completely lying, after all, Iris was just trying her best to get Heriberto to shore at the time.
He was still unconscious at that time, and completely soaked.
With that kind of weather, if Melanie hadn’t found Heriberto in time and taken him to the hospital, he would have died for sure.
No kidding, with the temperature below minus thirty degrees, Heriberto would freeze to death from hypothermia.
When Iris woke up and looked at Heriberto, he was staring at her with anger and even resentment in his eyes.
She was the one who wanted to take Heriberto to the small restaurant
to eat.
Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been drugged, and Heriberto wouldn’t have almost lost his life.
Iris felt guilty and didn’t say anything to Heriberto.
That day, Melanie became Heriberto’s lifesaver.
Melanie saw that Heriberto had a good status, so she asked him to take her away.
Melanie’s alcoholic father took some money from Heriberto and then
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