Watching Yang Sisi run away, I panicked. I wanted to get ashore, but I couldn't because it was too cold. I was only wearing a pair of tight-fitting boxer shorts, and although the area was deserted, people still passed by from time to time. If I went ashore like that, I would definitely be thought to be crazy...

I swam back to the rock where I had left my clothes, half-submerged in the water, and said to Peach, who was still standing there, "Are you just going to watch her run away like that?"

"Otherwise what?"

"She's childish, but you're not... Could you go back and get me some clothes?"

"I'm not going. Bailu and the others are waiting for me to buy salt and cook..."

"No!"

Peach smiled at me gloatingly, then turned and left. I was stunned and stared at her retreating figure for a long time...

...

About five minutes later, Yang Sisi returned, but without my clothes. She squatted down beside the rocks, a smug grin on her face, and said to me, "Can I ask how you're feeling right now?"

"Get down here, and we'll both die together!"

"I'm not going down, I'm watching the turtles."

"Who the hell is a bastard?!"

"You're such a coward, you don't move at all... Why don't you come up here and walk a few steps... Haha."

"I've never seen anyone as mischievous as you!"

"It's good that you haven't seen me before. The more you see me before, the more memorable I will be... so you won't forget me later."

"If you don't bring my clothes back, this is fucking over... I'm getting a leg cramp, it could kill me!"

Yang Sisi pretended to be very flustered and said to me, "Oh no! You got a leg cramp?... Then come up here quickly."

With an extremely pained expression, I replied, "I'm really not kidding!"

As I spoke, I splashed around in the water a few times, then held my breath and sank down... I was very confident in myself. If I was in good condition, I could hold my breath underwater for two to three minutes, and that would be enough to scare Yang Sisi.

Sure enough, after I silently counted to 30, Yang Sisi couldn't hold back any longer. I heard her panicked voice: "Michael...Michael...stop playing around, I'll give your clothes back, okay...come up here!"

30 seconds is far from my limit. I hid underwater, not wanting to move at all. I felt that a girl like Yang Sisi should be taught a lesson at the right time, otherwise she would only take the joke further and further in the future!

I heard her voice, trembling with tears, again: "You bastard, you're definitely playing a trick on me, aren't you?... Come up here right now!"

If I weren't afraid of ruining my composure, I would have burst out laughing underwater long ago...

I decided to torment her a little longer, and then make her remember this profound lesson.

When I thought that, I had already underestimated how much she cared about me. The next moment, I heard a "plop" as I entered the water and her muffled voice.

My scalp tingled at first, but I quickly realized what was happening and swam toward where she had jumped in. She was already splashing around on the surface of the water, clearly unable to swim.

I quickly approached her, and she instinctively grabbed my neck, pulling me into the water as well, while she herself choked on a mouthful of water...

I didn't care about anything else. I flipped over in the water and landed behind her. Then, while treading water, I used my arms to hold her waist and helped her float to the surface. Once she could breathe freely, I shouted in her ear, "Don't move around. Stay steady, or neither of us will make it to the surface!"

Yang Sisi seemed to trust me a lot. She really overcame her fear in this extremely dangerous situation. She didn't struggle, and I took the opportunity to drag her to the water's edge...

I supported her and helped her ashore first, while I myself was half submerged in the water, lying on the rocks, panting heavily. I didn't know whether I had gone too far with this joke, or Yang Sisi had gone too far!

After regaining some strength, I climbed out of the water. The cold wind immediately woke me up, and I realized that my appearance was problematic. I was standing there so exposed in front of Yang Sisi...

Yang Sisi, that heartless thing, burst out laughing.

"Is it fun?"

"It's not fun... I wouldn't have jumped if you hadn't scared me."

"Do you really enjoy this heart-pounding feeling?"

Yang Sisi then realized she had made a mistake. She avoided my fierce gaze, but still stubbornly replied, "A little... It's a seasoning in life. Adding it makes life more flavorful."

"You're amazing... How about I fry you in oil and make you cumin-flavored? That would be even more delicious."

"Can you stop being so funny?"

Yang Sisi laughed again as she spoke, and I finally lost my temper, angrily saying, "Stop joking with me... You better remember this, even if I'm faking my death, you're not allowed to go down into the water."

Yang Sisi looked at me without saying a word...

Just then, Tie Nan and Coach Ma ran over with cameras in hand. I figured these two bastards, after hearing Tao Zi's description, wanted to take pictures of my embarrassing state for future amusement. But I didn't expect Yang Sisi to be sitting next to me, all soaking wet...

After a moment of surprise, the two asked, "What's going on?"

Yang Sisi looked at me first, then replied with a wronged expression, "This dead man scared me. I shouted for him from the shore for a long time, but he just hid in the water and wouldn't come out... In my panic, I jumped in after him!"

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