Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

Chapter 482: The Educated Youth Cousin in the Historical Literature (52)

diving?

Song Guanwen, whose sleeve was grabbed by the old lady, was stunned at first when he heard the words. Then, his mind suddenly flashed with the image of Lin Xi sitting on a bench by the lake with her head turned away from him, and his heart suddenly sank.

He knew Lin Xi too well. Although this person always appeared to be humble and submissive on the surface, and would even look away unconsciously when meeting someone's gaze, he was actually as stubborn as a little donkey at heart. Once he made up his mind to do something, he would not give up easily.

A few days ago, he was bedridden. Seeing her running to see him panting every day, he told her coldly that she didn't need to come, but she nodded timidly every time, and then the next day she would appear at the door as usual as if nothing had happened, holding the "treasure" she brought.

There were too many people around just now, and he couldn't talk to her in front of everyone, so he thought about getting the things he bought for her first, coaxing her into submission, and then asking her what was wrong.

Thinking about it now, Song Guanwen's heart suddenly sank. Could it be that she thought... that he left her alone by the deserted lake and turned around to accompany Chen Caiqing to watch the acrobatics as if nothing had happened?

Thinking of the figure with its back to him and its head turned towards the lake, Song Guanwen suddenly felt his legs go weak, and his throat felt as if a ball of water-soaked cotton had been suddenly stuffed in it, making it difficult for him to breathe.

"What was the diving girl wearing? What did she look like?" He suddenly grabbed the old lady's arm and lifted her up from the ground, his nails almost digging into her wrinkled skin.

"Hiss..." The old lady was hurt by his sudden force and couldn't help but gasp. She looked up and met the young man's terrifying eyes. She couldn't help but jump and was so scared that her tongue was tied. "From far away... I saw a skinny girl. What was she wearing..."

The old lady was still trying to recall what color clothes the little girl splashing in the water was wearing, but before she could finish her words, she heard a loud "crash" and a net bag full of things slammed to the ground. A palm-sized glass jar inside was instantly smashed into pieces, and light yellow particles were scattered all over the ground.

The young man who was just in front of her eyes suddenly rushed out like a gust of wind. The old lady looked at Song Guanwen's running back and couldn't help but shout loudly, "Ouch! Your things!"

Her voice was very loud, but Song Guanwen seemed not to hear it at all and did not even turn his head. Seeing this, the old lady couldn't help but sigh in her heart. This man was a kind-hearted person, but he was a little impatient. The look in his eyes when he pulled her just now was as if he wanted to eat her, which was very scary.

As he ran so fast, his heart began to pound wildly in his chest, almost shattering his ribs. His ears were filled with the roar of the wind whistling past. Song Guanwen almost staggered to the edge of the artificial lake, his eyes fixed on the bench where Lin Xi had just sat.

The seats under the shade of the trees were empty except for the scattered, mottled shadows of the trees.

His heart seemed to be suddenly grasped by an invisible hand, and his vision suddenly went black. Song Guanwen staggered a step and then suddenly turned his head.

A few dozen meters away, anxious people gathered in groups of three or four on the lakeshore, all their eyes directed in the same direction - in the center of the lake, a thin figure was bobbing up and down on the white water, with black hair spread out in the water like tangled seaweed.

It's really her!

The moment he saw the color of the man's clothes clearly, Song Guanwen felt a roar in his head, and his body reacted before his consciousness.

The crowd gathered on the shore were looking at the struggling figure in the water with concern. They were extremely anxious but at a loss as to what to do. They naturally wanted to save the girl struggling in the water, but there were more than ten people here, but none of them could swim.

"Where's the caretaker of this artificial lake? He must be able to swim, so why is he nowhere to be seen?"

"It's time for dinner now. I guess he went to eat after get off work. Someone just called him."

"Oh my! What a sin! We must quickly find a way to fish them out. There are so many people here, and not a single one can swim? Do you have a rope or a pole? At least they can give them a hand."

"The water is too deep and she is too far away. I can't throw the rope over and the pole is not long enough."

"Can we just watch helplessly..."

Just as the onlookers were discussing countermeasures, the two people standing at the outermost edge suddenly felt their shoulders sink. A bony hand suddenly grabbed their shoulders and pulled them to the sides without any explanation.

"What are you doing!"

The two men staggered to the side and before they could stand firm, they saw a figure passing through them. The figure moved with astonishing speed, like a white lightning, splitting the noisy crowd.

The young man who suddenly broke into the crowd quickly climbed over the fence. Without any hesitation, he plunged into the water with a resolute attitude like a wounded egret under the dazzling sunlight.

It was not until a muffled "bang" was heard and the splashing water hit their faces that the people on the shore shuddered, reacted, and let out a burst of exclamations one after another.

It was extremely irrational to jump into the water without testing the depth, but when Song Guanwen saw the green cloth clothes floating on the water, he had already lost his mind.

His body hit the water, causing a dull pain, followed by a fine tingling sensation. The moment he entered the water, the sticky water turned into an impenetrable net, trying to trap him tightly.

Song Guanwen quickly adjusted his breathing, raised his head from the water, and looked at the figure on the water in the distance.

Her struggles became weaker and weaker, and her pale arms appeared and disappeared on the water's surface, as if they would melt into the water at any time.

Song Guanwen's heart tightened. He took a deep breath, dived back into the water, struggled to push away the sticky water, and swam forward.

Song Guanwen was like a fish short of oxygen. Every time he took a breath, he would only surface for a moment. As soon as his lips touched the fresh air, he would immediately dive back into the water. The humid lake water kept pouring into his nasal cavity, burning a rusty and bloody smell in his trachea.

His lungs twitched as if clamped by tongs, his eardrums buzzed from the water pressure, and his nails split at some point, leaving streaks of blood in the murky water. But every time he looked up and saw the edge of the green dress that seemed so close yet so far away, he no longer cared about the pain.

Faster, faster.

This thought burned his nerves. In a trance, he seemed to see the pair of eyes that were always timid and dared not look at people, now gradually closing in the swaying light and shadow, and would never open again.

"Xixi——"

It was just a few minutes, but it seemed like centuries. Song Guanwen finally grabbed the corner of her clothes when the thin figure completely sank into the water.

He used all his strength and pulled hard, dragging the person to his side. Water splashed everywhere, and he didn't care about the essentials of rescuing a drowning person. He hurriedly brought the person into his arms, then carefully held her face with trembling hands, and then was stunned.

The same blue cloth clothes, the same black braids, but it was not that familiar face.

It wasn't her!

Fortunately, it wasn't her.