"Hold on tight!" the safety officer on the shore reminded them. The turbulent water ahead was concentrated in one place, leaving them little time to feel guilty, and the kayak was rushed down with the roaring white waves.

With Lin Sitian's scream, the kayak fell into the water and almost flipped over. The two of them managed to stabilize the boat with great difficulty. The rapids that followed made it impossible for them to take care of anything else. Their bodies were bumped up and down with the kayak, and their adrenaline was surging throughout the entire journey.

By the time the stream finally calmed down, the kayak was already full of water, not to mention the two people who were soaking wet.

The boat sailed to a spacious and quietly flowing body of water, with canyons and rocks on both sides. Forests that blocked out the sun grew between the rock walls and the embankments, almost blocking out most of the sunlight. Amid the lush greenery, only sporadic fragments of light fell into the stream, sparkling.

"So beautiful." Lin Sitian sighed sincerely. If beautiful scenery can make people feel relaxed and happy, then what can capture people's hearts even more is probably to travel in such scenery with the person they love. This can be regarded as her little selfish desire today. When she saw the pictures of this rafting on the Internet, the first thing she thought of was to experience it with Zhou Sheng. However, it would be a bit unsatisfying to go on a long trip and return on the same day. She was afraid that Zhou Sheng would feel uncomfortable if she only asked him to stay overnight. She was also worried about embarrassment, so she simply pulled her friends together to organize today's trip.

"Zhou Sheng..." The girl was busy being moved by the romantic scenery, but when she turned around, she found that the other party had no resonance at all -

Zhou Sheng was using his helmet to scoop water out of the boat one scoop at a time.

Seeing her looking at him, Zhou Sheng asked seriously, "What's wrong?"

Wow, another scoop.

Lin Sitian wanted to cry. She felt that the tears Zhou Sheng spilled were the tears she shed for him. "You are scooping water."

"Ah, what else?" Zhou Sheng said, "The boat has taken on too much water. If we don't clear the water out, we won't be able to reach the destination before sunset."

It's a very realistic issue, you can't say he is wrong.

"Don't you think the scenery here is beautiful?"

Zhou Sheng looked up and said, "Yeah, not bad."

Wow, another scoop.

Lin Sitian felt that she was wrong. In fact, what Zhou Sheng threw out at this moment were all the water that had entered her brain when she made this decision.

——How could she have such excessive expectations of a fool who only knew how to do exercises?

Lin Sitian sighed, took off his helmet, and scooped up water with him.

It is a case of a couple returning home together.

As a practical man, Zhou Sheng scooped up most of the water silently and reliably. Just when the water in the boat was almost at the bottom, he suddenly heard a "splash". When he looked up again, the other side was empty.

"...Lin Sitian?"

Zhou Sheng discovered that Lin Sitian was missing.

The helmet was floating on the water, and even the life jacket had somehow come loose, and when he looked, it was just floating towards him.

Without a second thought, he threw away the helmet in his hand, leaned over the side of the kayak and leaned over to look into the water. The stream here was not very deep, but for people who couldn't swim, it didn't matter as long as they couldn't reach the bottom. Zhou Sheng knew this feeling when he tried his best to learn how to swim that summer.

"Lin Sitian--" Zhou Sheng looked to the left and immediately turned to the right side of the kayak, but still could not see any figure struggling.

I have never felt so flustered as I do now.

His eyes seemed to have lost focus and his fingertips that were gripping the kayak suddenly turned slightly white.

But Zhou Sheng remained extremely calm. He looked around and saw no safety guards. The people in front had drifted away for a long distance. He quickly began to take off his life jacket. If Lin Sitian fell into the water, he would also have to dive in. He could swim and he could save her.

Lin Sitian. Lin Sitian. Lin Sitian.

He repeated the name quickly in his mind over and over again, almost like a repeated spell.

It seemed like a century had passed, but in fact it was only a dozen seconds. Zhou Sheng leaned over and was about to jump into the water when he suddenly heard someone behind him shouting, "Zhou Sheng!"

Zhou Sheng turned around in astonishment. Lin Sitian jumped up and half of her body was lying on the edge of the kayak. She shook her hair as she just came out of the water, and water droplets splashed onto his face, causing him to raise his hand to block it.

Looking through the gaps between his fingers, he saw the girl's clear water body, with water droplets hanging on her neck, collarbone and arms, like fish scales shining in the sun. The little mermaid was now swinging her tail in the water, leisurely, biting her lip, looking at him with a smile.

"I, I thought... I thought you fell down." Zhou Sheng felt relieved and fell back into the kayak.

Then his chest began to rise and fall clearly, restarting the circulation of the oxygen that he had not had time to inhale and the carbon dioxide that he had not had time to exhale. But even so, he did not dare to relax his gaze and kept it fixed on her.

"I can swim..." Lin Sitian was a little embarrassed and reached out to brush her wet hair, "And I'm very good at swimming. I grew up by the water."

She clung to the kayak and drifted along effortlessly, which didn't seem like she was bragging.

Zhou Sheng still said nothing, continuing to calm his disordered breathing, staring at her in a daze with burning eyes.

He was so dull and nervous that Lin Sitian was afraid that he would be scared to death, so she quickly tried to explain, "Really, I'm fine, I was just teasing you, look--" After that, she dived into the water again, quickly retrieved the water floating equipment, threw it on the kayak, and then approached the stern where Zhou Sheng was sitting, pushed the kayak to speed up, her white legs were looming in the stream, outlining beautiful arcs of waves up and down, and she really looked like a natural fish tail.

A hand suddenly pressed on the back of her hand, "Come up quickly."

Lin Sitian raised her head, and Zhou Sheng seemed to have regained his senses, leaning towards her in the shadow of the backlight.

"Come up quickly, Lin Sitian." He urged again.

It was as if he was afraid that if he didn't hold on tight, the fish would slip away right under his nose.

Lin Sitian hooked her arms onto the kayak and rested her chin on the surface of the kayak. The girl's clear black eyes appeared in Zhou Sheng's eyes as she raised her head.

"If I really died here, would you feel bad?"

It wasn't some suicidal nonsense, she was just curious, would this idiot really care about her, or anyone else? Seeing how anxious he was just now, she was actually a little happy. She knew that this behavior was not advisable, but it wasn't illegal to be happy in her mind, right?

Zhou Sheng's face froze, he gritted his teeth and uttered: "Can you think of something reliable, Lin Sitian."

She looked at him eagerly: "Will it happen?"

There is no point in asking this question. Most of the time people will just cooperate and say "yes", even if it is not just a polite remark. The one who died is a stranger, and as a human being with a normal conscience, there will always be a trace of heartache and regret.

But she just wanted to hear "yes" from Zhou Sheng's mouth.

Zhou Sheng leaned over very close to her. He looked at Lin Sitian's eyes which were slightly red due to swimming. His cold fingertips gently touched the edge of her jaw and he rubbed it. At this moment, his fingertips were trembling a little.

“Don’t talk about that…”

"Stop talking."

The Adam's apple rolled.

"I am now..."

“It’s very distressing.”

——Lin Sitian, don’t bully me.

What is the state of the brain when it is idle?

It was wonderful, very wonderful. Everything around her seemed to slow down. Even the sound of running water in her ears was hazy as if it was covered by water. The stream gently caressed her body, lifting her up and floating her until she could no longer feel her own weight. She could only feel Zhou Sheng's breathing nearby.

He reached out and held her arm, probably intending to pull her up, but before he could move, Lin Sitian spoke first, "Zhou Sheng..."

He asked——

What's wrong.

I don’t know if he was afraid that the sound would scare away Lin Sitian, the little fish, if he was too close, but he deliberately lowered his voice, so soft that in the end only the shape of his lips and a little breath could be heard.

"Don't move yet." She said, pushing the water with her feet underwater and exerting a little force with her arms... "Come up first."

Although this section of water is all calm, he still has to be prepared in advance, as he doesn't want Lin Sitian to have any accidents.

"Yeah." Lin Sitian finally surrendered.

"Hey - why are you still here -" Wang Yue and Cui Qian waved at them from the boat behind.

"It's taking in water - it's floating slowly -" Lin Sitian raised his hands and shouted at them.

When the kayak reached the shore, Meng Qiaoyu and the others were already waiting there.

"What took you so long?" Meng Qiaoyu asked, and at the same time reached out to Lin Sitian to pull her up.

Lin Sitian didn't think much about it and grabbed Meng Qiaoyu to use his strength to get off the boat.

Zhou Sheng glanced at Lin Sitian's hand, hesitated for a moment, and then went ashore.

As soon as she got ashore, Lin Sitian could no longer hide the wet water droplets on her body. They dripped all over the ground and flowed wherever she walked.

Meng Qiaoyu frowned: "What happened? Did your boat capsize?"

"No," Zhou Sheng interrupted, and walked over to Lin Sitian and told her, "Go change your clothes quickly."

"oh."

"How can it be like we've crossed the water if the boat didn't capsize? Lin Sitian, why are you bleeding?" Meng Qiaoyu was still confused. He glanced at Lin Sitian who was walking towards the locker room and suddenly called her.

Hearing Meng Qiaoyu's words, Zhou Sheng immediately looked up at Lin Sitian. She hadn't turned around yet. Her upper body was covered by a T-shirt and an orange life jacket, and her lower body was wearing black leggings, which was nothing unusual. However, on the white calf of her left leg, a bloody wound about four or five centimeters long was clearly visible. At this moment, water was rolling down from the pit of her knee, mixed with the blood oozing from the wound, winding down.

Zhou Sheng's heart skipped a beat. When did he get injured?

"What's the bleeding?" Lin Sitian also heard it, and turned to look at where they were looking. "Ah? I was just wondering why I felt something seeping into my leg just now and it hurt..."

"Lin..."

"Lin Sitian, are you stupid? You didn't feel anything when you were injured?" Meng Qiaoyu spoke before Zhou Sheng, "How could you get injured while sitting in a kayak?"

"How...how should I know?" Lin Sitian felt a little guilty.

Zhou Sheng took two steps forward and squatted down to take a look.

He pressed the area around the wound with his fingertips. The wound was not deep, just like a long scratch, a little red and swollen, with blood oozing out from time to time. It was neutralized by the water on his body, diluting the blood color. It was indeed not obvious when they were soaking in the kayak. In addition, Lin Sitian had been teasing him with her right foot before, so neither of them noticed it.

"Go change your clothes first, and clean your wound when you come out." Zhou Sheng looked up and said.

After Lin Sitian went to the locker room, Meng Qiaoyu's eyes moved to Zhou Sheng, "Is this what you meant by 'she can take care of herself'? It seems that you really didn't take care of her at all."

Zhou Sheng half-knelt on the ground with his elbows on his knees, wanting to say something but remaining silent.

Whatever the reason, Lin Sitian was indeed injured, and he didn't notice it, so he is responsible.

"I shouldn't have believed you." Meng Qiaoyu walked past him while taking off his life jacket. "If you don't mean to make trouble, then don't make trouble. I really don't know what you want."

After a while, Lin Sitian came out of the dressing room after changing her clothes. She wrapped her upper body and head in a bath towel. Seeing Zhou Sheng waiting for her at the door, she hurried over to him, "Zhou Sheng, aren't you going to change your clothes?"

"I'll take you to treat your wound first. I'm not in a hurry."

"It's okay. I can wash the wound myself. It's dark now and you'll catch a cold if you're blown by the wind. It's only been a short time since you caught a cold."

"I'm fine, come here." Zhou Sheng took her hand without saying anything and walked towards the open-air faucet.

So domineering.

Wang Yue, Yang Xuelin and others were about to come over, but they stopped when they saw this scene. Lin Sitian panicked and started beating drums and gongs. She secretly complained to Zhou Sheng in her heart, but the corners of her mouth secretly curled up a few times.

The cold spring water washed over Lin Sitian's wound. Zhou Sheng, who was squatting beside her, used the corner of his T-shirt to clean the mud and grass debris around her wound. He lowered his head and was very quiet. When Lin Sitian was still hesitating about how to break this atmosphere, Zhou Sheng spoke -

"Did you deliberately not tell me?"

Lin Sitian hurriedly shook her head, "I really don't know, it's not very serious, it just hurts a little." She deliberately emphasized "a little bit".

Zhou Sheng raised his head and stared at Lin Sitian's eyes, not knowing whether he was pretending to be innocent or really innocent. The two looked at each other for a long time, and finally he gave in and couldn't say a word of blame.

After all, it was him who didn't notice and didn't take good care of it. What's the point in blaming her?

"You guys are here--" Just as I was thinking, Meng Qiaoyu's voice came into my ears, "It took me a long time to find it. I just asked the staff. They have a medical kit. I'll take you to deal with it."

"Ah, no need, Zhou Sheng has washed it for me. It's just a small wound and it will heal in two days."

"You are such a thick-skinned person..."

"Meng Qiaoyu, try making personal attacks again!"

Meng Qiaoyu lowered his chin and said, "I don't, that's not what I meant."

The faucet was turned off, and Zhou Sheng slowly stood up, "Lin Sitian, go and take care of it."

"ah?"

Zhou Sheng tilted his head towards her and motioned for her to go to the workstation, "Be careful not to get a scar."

He tilted his head to look at her, his expression unconsciously gentle, and Lin Sitian's heart was confused.

That expression seemed to be coaxing her.

He is coaxing her, he is coaxing her, he is coaxing her.

There was a little sparrow jumping happily above Lin Sitian's head. The little sparrow almost fell down due to the excitement and fainted.

"Then... I'll go." She didn't dare show her strong inner turmoil on her face and could only answer calmly.

Zhou Sheng was about to go along, but was stopped by Meng Qiaoyu.

"Don't go there, put on their life jackets first."

That's right, Zhou Sheng hadn't even changed his clothes yet. Lin Sitian patted his shoulder and said, "Meng Qiaoyu and I will go, you go change your clothes."

"I can wait..."

"Let's go," Lin Sitian followed Meng Qiaoyu and waved back at him, smiling, "Be careful of catching a cold, Patient Zhou--"

Zhou Sheng stood there, with tourists coming and going behind him. He did not move for a long time, until Lin Sitian's figure disappeared from his sight.

He lowered his head and held up the towel beside his face to cover his cheeks which were getting hot in the shadow.

He might be really sick.