When a group of us arrived at the hot spring villa area, it was around 12 noon, which happened to be dinner time. A dedicated person will provide us with a whole table of Chinese and Western food. According to personal taste, we can eat whatever we like.
Because there were only three women at the table: me, Du Ting, and Zhao Jiaying, so the three of us sat together. Du Ting sits on my left and Zhao Jiaying sits on my right.
While we were eating, Queen B ran over from behind and squeezed in between me and Zhao Jiaying. I saw that Zhao Jiaying was a little afraid of dogs, and her whole body was tensed up, but she didn't dare to make a sound. Instead of explaining to her that she shouldn't be afraid, as this kind of dog is very docile, I might as well just call the queen to my left without making a sound.
Queenb sat down between me and Du Ting, sticking out her tongue towards me, and her saliva almost dropped.
I picked up a piece of barbecued ribs and handed it to him with my hand. He took it and swallowed it in two bites, barely chewing it.
Seeing this, Du Ting used serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of chicken with chicken bones and gave it to queenb. I was also quick to speak and subconsciously said, "Miss Du, dogs can't eat chicken bones."
Du Ting's hand stopped in mid-air. Seeing this, queenb simply jumped slightly, biting the chicken bone and ran away.
Du Ting was startled and almost dropped her chopsticks, which made Luo Xiangdong look towards us and asked aloud: "What's wrong?"
Du Ting's eyes dodge slightly, hesitating and not knowing how to respond.
I said: "Nothing, it's queenb."
Luo Xiangdong said: "If you don't give it food, it will be so greedy now that it won't even eat the dog food."
I said, "It's not like you've been feeding it Kobe beef all day long."
Luo Xiangdong said: "Did you feed it too little salmon?"
As soon as we talked about it, the incident just passed. After dinner, Zheng Zeyu said he was going to play ball for a while, and Luo Xiangdong, Wei Zheng and Qin Yichuan were all going. Du Ting said she wanted to swim in the back. I couldn't swim, so Luo Xiangdong asked Du Ting to teach me.
As a result, all the men went to play ball, and the three of us women walked towards the swimming pool in the back.
On the way, Du Ting asked me in a low voice: "Queenb ate chicken bones, will everything be okay?"
I didn't expect that Du Ting was still worried about this matter, so she paused and replied with a slight smile: "It's okay, it's just a piece."
Du Ting snorted, and then said: "Xiangdong is so precious to these two dogs, so don't make any mistakes with me."
I smiled and said, "Even if something happens, Brother Dong won't blame you."
Hearing this, Du Ting raised the corners of her lips and replied: "That's what I said, but there is no need to make him unhappy."
While we were talking, the three of us walked to the swimming pool. There was actually no one in the huge swimming pool. It was probably because Luo Xiangdong and the others had said hello before they came and booked this place.
We first went to the back to change into swimsuits. When we came out, Zhao Jiaying said to me, "I can't swim."
I said, "Me neither."
Du Ting said: "Why don't you guys know how to swim? Swimming is easy to learn. After a while, you will learn it after getting into the water."
Zhao Jiaying shook her head: "No, I'm afraid of water. You should just play and I'll watch from the side."
Du Ting smiled and said, "Why would you change into a swimsuit if you don't go into the water?"
Zhao Jiaying smiled slightly and replied: "It's just a coincidence."
We walked to the edge of the swimming pool. Du Ting first did a simple warm-up exercise on the edge of the pool, and then made a standard water-like movement. Her slender body plunged directly into the water, making very small splashes.
She swam forward using the breaststroke method, and it took her a long time to raise her head to take a breath. Zhao Jiaying and I stood by the pool, looking at her with envy.
I was born to admire good swimmers. I always feel that this is not only a cool skill, but also a practical survival skill. I have phantom death syndrome. I often think that if a shipwreck falls into the water, someone who can swim might still be able to struggle until the rescuers arrive. A landlubber like me who would die in the water would probably burp in less than half a minute. Shit.
We watched as Du Ting swam to the opposite side of the pool, then turned over and kicked the pool wall. When she came back, she used freestyle swimming.
Zhao Jiaying next to me said: "I really envy such a tall girl. It feels like I am almost three meters tall when I fall down and stretch out my hand."
I burst out laughing, then looked at her and said, "You are just the right size."
Zhao Jiaying said: "No way, I'm only 1.58 meters. The company insists on writing 1.65 meters on the information. I usually wear high heels that are at least ten centimeters high when I go out. Fortunately, celebrities in the entertainment industry lie about their height, otherwise I would be so small. He is taller than 1.65 meters."
I said: "It's better to be petite. You see, you don't feel any pressure when wearing high heels that are more than ten centimeters. I only dare to wear eight centimeters at most, otherwise I feel like a giant has risen and I feel embarrassed." "
While I was chatting with Zhao Jiaying, Du Ting had already swam back and forth. She put her arms on the edge of the pool, raised her head, looked at me and said, "Come down and play, the water is very comfortable."
It's below zero outside now, but the room temperature has been maintained at around 25 degrees. The water temperature is measured by the temperature of the human body. People will only feel warm after getting in.
With the encouragement of Du Ting and Zhao Jiaying, I entered the water from the ladder. The water hit my collarbone, and I held onto the ladder to steady myself, but I felt my chest was tight and I couldn't breathe.
Du Ting said: "It's okay, this is a normal reaction. Now I will teach you how to hold your breath underwater."
Zhao Jiaying did not dare to go into the water, so she could only sit on the edge of the pool and put her legs in.
Adhering to the idea of having more skills and more paths, I seriously learned swimming from Du Ting. After learning for a while, I was able to hold my breath in the water and let my body float.
Du Ting also showed me the standard breaststroke posture, saying that it is the easiest way for beginners to use the breaststroke posture. I held my breath and went underwater to watch her movements. She swam farther and farther, and soon she reached the middle of the pool.
I couldn't hold it in any longer, so I raised my head and broke out of the water. When she was just wiping the water on her face with her hands, she heard Zhao Jiaying beside her say: "What's wrong with Miss Du?"
I was stunned, and then looked in the direction of Du Ting's finger. I saw Du Ting in front of me, who was swimming well, but suddenly her legs stopped moving, and she could only flap her arms in the water.
At first I thought it was Du Ting's new swimming technique, until Du Ting's head came out of the water and she shouted vaguely: "Help...save me..."
Could this be the legendary cramp? !
Zhao Jiaying and I were both frightened because neither of us knew how to swim.
There were only three of us in the huge swimming room. The snapping sound of Du Ting slapping the water in the middle of the pool, as well as her occasional incomplete calls for help, were really like the call of death in our ears. The feeling of being unable to do anything while watching, we were immediately frightened.
After maybe five seconds, I realized it and shouted loudly: "Someone, help!"
Zhao Jiaying stood up from the edge of the pool and shouted too.
But after we shouted for a few seconds, there was no movement at all on the other side of the gate, and no one came over. Many thoughts flashed through my mind in just one second. For example, this place was reserved and there should be no outsiders. I had to find someone to help.
I was still in the water, so I turned to Zhao Jiaying at the edge of the pool and said, "Hurry up and call someone!"
Zhao Jiaying was also stunned. After a pause, she said oh twice in a row, then turned around and ran out quickly.
This series of actions alone took no less than ten seconds. Du Ting was still struggling in the pool. Every time she struggled out of the water, she shouted for help.
I couldn't help but watch a living person asking for help in front of me and not do anything, even though there was more than ten meters of water between the two of us.
So after hesitating for a while, I chose to let go of my hand holding the edge of the ladder and started walking into the pool.
As I walked, I thought, it's okay. The water is only as deep as my collarbone. As long as I can walk safely without slipping, I can definitely help Du Ting.
I took as big a step as possible, and every step was very steady. After all, the buoyancy is very strong when the water is deep. If I am not careful, my whole body may float.
Anyone who can't swim knows that apart from fear of water, people feel very insecure underwater, so now I am really risking my own life to save Du Ting's life.
As I walked forward, I comforted Du Ting loudly: "Don't be afraid, I'm coming, just wait a little longer."
As I walked forward, the ripples of the water surface rippled around my neck. I was concentrating on Du Ting. I didn't notice that the water was getting deeper and deeper. At first, it only hit my collarbone. It reached my chin.
When I realized it later, I was less than five steps away from Du Ting.
I subconsciously raised my chin to allow my mouth and nose to breathe, and stepped towards Du Ting. I said out loud: "I'm here..."
Du Ting must have suffered from leg cramps, unable to exert any strength at all, and kept fluttering with her arms. In the chaos, she saw my figure and swam toward me. Without saying a word, I stretched out my arms to help her up. Unexpectedly, Du Ting pulled my arm hard. The water here is deep and buoyant. I just felt a lightness under my feet, and then my whole body floated sideways.
When my whole head was submerged in the water for the first time, at that second, water was poured into the nose first. I was startled and subconsciously wanted to shout, but when I opened my mouth, a large amount of water was poured from the inside of my mouth to my throat. My whole body was like a frightened bird, and I instinctively fluttered my hands and feet, but this movement failed to bring me out of the water, and my body even kept sinking.
I have not dreamed of drowning once or twice, but never once did I feel as clear as I do now. It turns out that drowning is so uncomfortable.
I closed my eyes underwater and felt that the water had rushed into my lungs. I heard that people who drowned had their lungs filled with water.
I was so scared that I really thought I was going to die. I miss my mom, I miss my dad, and I miss my milk even more.
I think about what I have done in the past twenty-three years. It seems that I have been studying in primary school, junior high school, high school, university...
I think of Chen Wenhang, Zhang Xinwei, Xu Lu; I also think of Kuang Yiyang, Luo Xiangdong and even Ji Guanxin.
I…
Just when I clearly felt that my stomach was filled with water and I was sinking to the point where I was falling to the bottom of the pool, a hand, in my despair, pulled me up to the surface...