In the rain, Shen Shi came running all the way. Looking at the excited expression on his face, Zhong Qingzhu bit his teeth. Suddenly, he felt that the man was a bit hateful. Staring at him, he was about to speak. Shen Shi was excited and pointed at her behind him and shouted, "Water pool, water pool!"
Zhong Qingzhu was stunned and looked back in the direction of his fingers. He saw that the pool behind him was no different from the one before. It was still calm. The rain fell on the clear water, splashing small spray, and layers of ripples floated away silently, adding a bit of quiet
"What happened to the pool?" Zhong Qingzhu also forgot to scold Shen Shi for a moment, but just frowned and asked.
Shen Shi looks excited and says, "I've looked around. It's all hard stone walls. There's no way out, but there's a pool left."
Zhong Qingzhu thought for a moment, and suddenly he saw a light. He said, "You mean this pool may be the way out?"
Shen Shi ran to the water's edge and began to look carefully at the small but seemingly deep pool in front of him. He said, "I don't know, but there is no such thing as a water source waterfall, so maybe the pool water flows in from outside!"
Zhong Qingzhu nodded repeatedly, with the same look of joy and expectation on his face. Although the connection between the pool and the outside world is only a guess of Shen Shi, any tiny hope is so precious for the desperate two of them. Once it appears, they want to seize it by all means.
The two men stood side by side by the pool, their faces changing. The more they thought about it, the more likely they felt it was that the Black and White Fish Island was in the sea, and there was plenty of water on the island. The flood of water in the underground cave just now is a clear proof. Perhaps there is a secret passage under the water that can lead to the outside?
Zhong Qingzhu subconsciously clenched his fist and was full of expectation and excitement. After all, they were only teenagers, who didn't have the desire for life. She nodded heavily to Shen Shi and said, "Stone, you are so smart."
"Ha ha ha..." Shen Shi laughed and said, "It's too early to say. We have to see if there is a way out under the water."
Zhong Qingzhu nodded and said, "Hmm."
Then she looked at Shen Shi, who smiled at Zhong Qingzhu.
No one said anything, and no one took the next action.
The original warm and joyful atmosphere was strangely stagnated and paused for a moment. They looked at each other, but neither of them made any action. A moment later, the two people seemed to feel that something was wrong at the same time, and they said with one voice:
"Why don't you go and have a look..."
The voice was interrupted again. Zhong Qingzhu was a little confused. He looked at Shen Shi. Shen Shi seemed to think of something. With a dry smile, he said, "I don't know much about water. Why don't you work hard and go down to have a look?"
Zhong Qingzhu was silent for a moment and said, "I don't know water..."
Shen Shi: "..."
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By the pool, the atmosphere seems to be getting cold. Even the rain on my face seems to be a little cooler than before.
Shen Shi shook his head and said with a wry smile, "I grew up on the southwest mountain when I was young. I don't even know about the sea. Even rivers and lakes are rare, so I didn't learn to swim when I was young. You are right here by the sea. Why don't you have water?"
Zhong Qingzhu's face was filled with disappointment. Hearing Yan, he smiled helplessly and said, "I grew up here in Haizhou, but I have had a hard time since I was a child. I have been helping my mother since I was sensible. I have been busy all day. How can I have time to play with water?"
The two people stood at the water's edge, looking at each other without saying a word. It was not easy to think of such a possible way to escape, but they were trapped in the fact that neither of them could swim. Shen Shi sighed and said, "Alas, it's really..."
Looking at his gloomy face, Zhong Qingzhu felt a little uncomfortable and felt a little guilty for no reason. Although she knew that it had nothing to do with her, she said quietly, "Forget it. In fact, there was little hope. Maybe the bottom of the pool was a spring, not a way out."
Shen Shi nodded, and then said, "I knew I would try harder a few days ago. I'd rather kill fewer ghost faced shrimps than swim with starfish."
Zhong Qingzhu was stunned and said, "What starfish?"
Both of them have come to this point. Shen Shi has no intention of concealing anything. What's more, things in Hongbeng Village are not secret. He roughly told Zhong Qingzhu about going to Hongbeng Village to peel shrimps. Finally, he said starfish promised to teach him to swim, but he did. Shen Shi's surname Wu here seems to be very bad. After learning it for a long time, he just learned how to hold his breath and float, As for walking and swimming in the sea, no matter how many mouthfuls of sea water he ate, he still hasn't learned.
Zhong Qingzhu listened carefully. When she heard about starfish girl, she was a little serious. Later, when she heard that Shen Shi was embarrassed when learning to swim, she could not help laughing. In this way, the original fear of death between the two people was diluted.
Shen Shi Kankan finished saying, and his face looked ugly. He complained to Zhong Qingzhu, "You know how she responded to me when I asked her how long it would take for you Red Beng people to learn to swim? She actually said that they were born in the water and were born to swim, so they didn't have to learn to swim at all... I looked at myself after hearing this, and I couldn't say a word for a long time."
Zhong Qingzhu burst out laughing.
Shen Shi looks around in a bit of agony. At last, his eyes fall on the pool in front of him. Finally, he grits his teeth and suddenly stomps his foot: "Forget it, for better or worse, we must try."
With that, Zhong Qingzhu walked towards the pool. Surprised, he stopped him and said, "What are you doing?"
Shen Shi said: "There is no way now. I must try. Maybe the water is shallow. I can see the movement below."
Zhong Qingzhu said, "Oh," and then stopped, with a worried look on his face. "Then you should be careful, don't go too far, and try slowly."
Shen Shi agreed and stepped into the water. At the moment when his foot entered the water, his face showed a grin, which startled Zhong Qingzhu beside him and said, "What's wrong?"
Shen Shi shook his head and said, "It's OK. The water is so cold."
Although the pool water is cold, it is not really exaggerated. So after a while, I slowly walked around with Shen Shi in the water and gradually adapted to the temperature around me. I didn't care about this anymore, but walked slowly toward the center of the pool.
Although they hoped that the pool would be shallower, the unlucky people seemed to have little luck after all. Shen Shi only walked a few steps, and found that the terrain under the pool suddenly dropped, and the water surface quickly reached his knees from his ankles, and then kept rising. When he walked five or six steps into the pool, the water surface was already close to his chest.
The pool looks so deep.
Shen Shi turns his head and looks at Zhong Qingzhu on the bank with a wry smile. Zhong Qingzhu shakes his head helplessly and sighs gently.
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Further down, the pool water flooded my neck, mouth and nose. It would be dangerous if I could not swim. Shen Shi dared not go deep any more, so he had to turn back and walk back. After walking three or two steps, I watched the water recede to my waist, but I was not reconciled. I hesitated for a moment, bit my teeth, opened my mouth and took a breath, and then buried my head in the water.
Zhong Qingzhu on the bank stared at the Shen Shi in the water. Fortunately, the water was clear and the Shen Shi was in shallow water, so even if he dived into the water, he could still see his figure. In the daze of the water, Shen Shi's body looked a little clumsy and flopped under the water, but his body slowly floated up. However, while his hands and feet were dancing, the whole person was spinning around, and there was no sign of progress.
Although Zhong Qingzhu doesn't know water, he grew up on the shore of the sea. He hasn't eaten pork and has seen pigs run. There are many scenes of others swimming in the past. From this look, it can't be seen that Shen Shigang really didn't lie. He seems to have no talent for swimming in the water.
"It seems that... a little pig is struggling in the water." Zhong Qingzhu felt this ridiculous idea inexplicably, then blushed and hid her mouth from laughing. A moment later, she felt sorry for the stone looking for a way out, and secretly scolded herself.
After a while, the breath was exhausted. Shen Shi came out of the water with a "whoop", and his whole body was wet, but his face was depressed. He said to Zhong Qingzhu who was standing by the water, "I can't see anything..."
Zhong Qingzhu waved to him with some concern and said, "Why don't you come up first?" With that, he looked at the pool beside him and could not help but secretly stepped down with his foot.
The pool water is really cold. It's like a cold air coming in. Maybe it has been uncomfortable before. Even now, facing the situation where the last glimmer of hope may be cut off, Zhong Qingzhu is still calm. After a while, he tries to step into the water again.
Later, I will wash my body with this pool of water and wait for death.
The sound of splashing water came from afar, but Shen Shi walked from the water to the bank with a gloomy face. At the same time, he complained to Zhong Qingzhu: "Why do you think it's so difficult to swim? I've worked hard to learn, but I just can't learn. I just don't like those moves of paddling and kicking in the water, let alone floating in the water. Er... Green Bamboo, why are you also in the water?"
When he was about to reach the shore, Zhong Qingzhu also walked into the pool at some time, with a little curiosity on his face, and his right hand gently swung and patted in the waves, as if he had never experienced playing in the water.
After a while, she turned around and said with a smile, "Stone, who did what you did just now? I'll learn how to do it."
Shen Shi waved his hand and said angrily, "Didn't I just tell you what the starfish taught me from beginning to end? That's about it. It sounds more difficult to do simply. To hold your breath is to take a breath and get into the water. After a while, your body will float. By the way, be careful, don't go too far."
Zhong Qingzhu smiled and thought for a moment. With a little curiosity and a little fear, she carefully breathed a few times. Finally, she covered her mouth and nose with her hands. She also looked clumsy and then buried herself in the water.
A moment later, Shen Shi saw her body and slowly floated in the water. He couldn't help but "Eh" and said, "I can't help learning so fast." Before the words fell, Shen Shi suddenly stared at the water.
In the clear water, Zhong Qingzhu's body seemed a little light. Although her injured left hand was tightly tied to her side with a cloth band, she tried to stretch out her only right hand and paddled under the water. At the same time, as Shen Shi had heard from Haixing and told her before, her feet kicked back in the water at the same time as she pulled her arms.
The slim and beautiful girl's figure, in the depth of the confused water waves, looks very different from the clumsy Shen Shi before, just like an elegant mermaid, sliding forward leisurely and easily.
The water waves are gentle, rippling and open, surrounding her. The secluded pool on the stone wall reflects her warm and soft appearance.
At the water bank, Shen Shi was already numb. He stared at the beautiful figure slowly swimming in the water. After a while, he was a bit inconceivable and said:
"No, there is no reason here..."