Mi Shen's smugness hadn't passed before she began to sink again.
This time she sank even faster because the weight of another person was added, and the speed of the descent was alarmingly rapid.
Mi Shen was dumbfounded. Was this person here to save her or to harm her?
As she struggled, she vaguely heard cries of alarm coming from the shore, but what exactly they were shouting, she couldn't make out.
Her consciousness grew increasingly blurry, and she ran out of strength entirely, sinking deep into the water.
In the midst of her haziness, she only felt a hand firmly grasping hers, never letting go.
...
Mi Shen was pulled ashore. The sunlight was so intense that it hurt her eyes, and it seemed like quite a crowd had gathered, chattering incessantly with Mao Beibei's voice tinged with panic amidst them.
