She kept searching, her energy visibly draining bit by bit to those in the distance.
In the man-made lake, inside the Pyramid, how could there possibly be fish?
But how would Yan Xiaoling know?
She began to falter, to drown. Even when she was drowning, the sounds she made were not cries for help.
Rather, she called out in a lost voice:
"Where are the fish? Where are the fish?"
She kept calling like this, her voice growing more and more piercing and angry.
Yet, she just didn't think to swim back.
The group that bullied her were terrified. It was only after Yan Xiaoling choked on water several times that they began to scream for help.
When I arrived, I could barely make out Yan Xiaoling, struggling for breath in the water.
I rushed into the lake like a madman, shouting her name.
Upon hearing my voice, Yan Xiaoling tried her utmost to stay above water a while longer.
Her voice was already very weak. At such a distance, no one could hear her anymore.
But I just could.
