The bamboo raft left at the foot of the mountain had been carried up by a few men. If the raft had remained at the foot of the mountain, it would have been swept away by the high tides overnight.
An Jiuyue rowed the bamboo raft towards the village.
Many of the houses in the village were completely submerged by the floodwaters.
Some plants were drifting along the water. She immediately noticed a pair of hands clutching onto a large tree. She rowed the raft towards it, trying to get closer to the log.
Soon, there was a loud bang as the bamboo raft collided with the large log.
The person, who had been relying on her survival instinct to prop herself up against the log, was jolted awake by the sound. She opened her eyes and looked up to see a bamboo raft with a woman standing on it.
"Do you still have strength? Can you climb up?" An Jiuyue asked but still stretched out her hand towards the woman in the water.
"Save me…"