"...What message do you want to tell Shi Jing?" Jiang Jingwen looked at Qin Ming with a blank expression.

Qin Ming lowered his head and stretched out his hands, groping all over his body. After a while, he remembered that he had left his phone in the locker room.

"I have some amazing news to tell Shi Jing!" He turned and swam into the water, gliding forward as lightly as a fish.

"Hey—" Jiang Jingwen reached into the water and quickly grabbed his left foot. He staggered in the water, then quickly stood up and stood on one foot in the pool.

"Why are you grabbing me?" He frowned and stared intently at Jiang Jingwen.

Jiang Jingwen grabbed his foot and pulled him back forcefully, bringing him right back to where he started.

"Wait a minute before you say anything. Didn't you see Shi Jing teaching Chao Chao how to swim? The young couple is finally getting some time together, don't go over there and become a third wheel."

"I..." Qin Ming was speechless after being rebuked, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that what Jiang Jingwen said made a lot of sense.

Jiang Jingwen: "You and Shi Jing are together every day, and you have plenty of time to whisper sweet nothings. But we, Chaochao, can only stay here for a short seven days. These seven days are precious, so please try not to disturb us unless necessary."

“…Oh.” Qin Ming was convinced by her. “Then I’ll play for now and we’ll talk about it when Shi Jing has some free time.”

"Okay." Jiang Jingwen nodded. "Let's continue with the one-on-one duel! I'm going to beat you today!"

Qin Ming: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"...What are they playing?" Zhu Jinchao looked over there from a distance, feeling a little curious.

Shi Jing cupped her cheek and forcefully turned her head back, forcing her to focus solely on him.

"Never mind what they're doing, next I'm going to teach you how to hold your breath underwater."

“Okay.” Zhu Jinzhao straightened his back, looking serious.

Shi Jing: "Holding your breath is very simple. You just need to open your mouth, take a breath, hold it, and then sink into the water."

"Don't be afraid, I'll hold you the whole time. If you can't hold it in anymore, just stand up."

Zhu Jinzhao nodded, then took a breath, held it tightly, and sank headfirst into the water.

The first time she tried to hold her breath underwater, she couldn't hold it for more than a few seconds. Shi Jing patiently guided her, letting her try many times until she gradually improved her breath-holding time.

Shi Jing: "If you hold it in a few more times, I'll go with you."

Zhu Jinzhao hummed in agreement, then raised her hand to brush away all the wet hair that was hanging over her forehead.

Shi Jing held her hands, face to face, and after counting "three, two, one," he pulled her down into the water with him.

Zhu Jinzhao had almost adapted to the underwater environment. Halfway through holding her breath, she suddenly mustered up the courage to open her eyes underwater.

The swimming pool water was just changed this morning and is very clean; even if it gets in your eyes, it won't hurt.

Zhu Jinchao felt the gentle flow of water, blinked slowly in the water, and looked at the mirror in front of her with great curiosity.

As if sensing something, Shi Jing opened his eyes the next second.

Their eyes met through a curtain of water, and they couldn't help but smile.

But the next moment, Zhu Jinzhao suddenly saw Shi Jing frown.

"Huh?" Zhu Jinzhao was startled and instinctively tried to get up and surface. But as soon as she moved, a sharp pain suddenly shot through her temple!

The sting was sharp and intense, and her vision blurred almost instantly.

"Every morning..."

"Chaochao, where are you...?"

An urgent female voice suddenly rang in her mind, and Zhu Jinzhao's vision went white for a moment, followed by a jumble of chaotic images—

The murky river water pressed heavily on her body. A slender figure desperately brushed aside the weeds in the water and grabbed Zhu Jinzhao's hand just a second before she was about to sink to the bottom.

She was being dragged upstream by the figure, but a few seconds later she suddenly shook off the figure's hand.

The figure suddenly turned around, unwilling to give up, and stubbornly grabbed her shoulders, trying to pull her up.

But she refused to cooperate and was determined to drown herself.

"Chaochao, please come up here quickly..."

"I'll take you home, I'll take you away from the Zhu family..."

The woman's voice was still echoing. Zhu Jinzhao felt that the voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't figure out who it was.

Wishing you a prosperous day!!!

Her rescuer was driven mad by her suicidal attitude and started yelling her name underwater.

"Zhu Jinzhao!! You're not allowed to die!!"

The surrounding noise was too loud; no matter how loudly the person shouted, Zhu Jinzhao couldn't hear clearly. Yet, even so, the moment she heard his voice, her heart skipped a beat.

"Thump!"

My heart pounded against my eardrums, and I suddenly woke up today.

The figure suddenly became clear in front of him, perfectly overlapping with Shi Jing's worried face.

"Every morning!"

Shi Jing pulled her out of the water, and she was finally able to exhale the breath she had been holding.

"Huff... huff..."

She leaned against Shi Jing's chest, breathing heavily, her heart pounding like a drum.

"Are you alright?" Shi Jing patted her back, trying to soothe her.

Her temples were throbbing intermittently, and her whole head felt numb.

"It's...it's alright..." Her expression was blank, her eyes were empty and dull, and her words were trembling.

Shi Jing frowned, his eyes filled with heartache: "You held it in for too long this time. I'll shorten the time for you next time."

"Okay...okay..." Zhu Jinzhao nodded awkwardly twice, then looked up at Shi Jing and joked, "I think I was hallucinating just now."

“Me too.” Shi Jing smiled.

Zhu Jinzhao: "So what did you see in your hallucination?"

“Hmm…” Shi Jing thought about it seriously, “The things in the illusion are too chaotic, I can’t even tell what those things are.”

“I can tell the difference,” Zhu Jinzhao said smugly. “In my hallucination, I saw myself fall into the river, and then you jumped in without hesitation to save me.”

"Oh?" Shi Jing raised an eyebrow, helping Zhu Jinzhao slowly walk towards the poolside. "Am I that brave in your illusion? Did I manage to rescue you successfully?"

"Hoo..." Zhu Jinzhao slowly exhaled, her rapid breathing finally calming down.

“You are very brave, and you can save me. But I don’t know why, I just want to die and refuse to go with you.”

"No!" Shi Jing rebuked her sternly, "You can't have thoughts of dying!"

Zhu Jinzhao: "That's an illusion, I can't control it..."

Shi Jing: "Even hallucinations won't do!"

"Alright," Zhu Jinzhao conceded.

As the sun rose higher, its rays stung my skin with a burning pain.

After a few people got ashore, changed out of their swimsuits, had lunch, and then grabbed Shi Jing and went to the hospital.