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That competition at the Hucheng River 8 years ago was the first time she was taking part in a national competition. Because her sister could tell that she was somewhat nervous, she suggested they go out for a walk to calm her nerves.
However, Shi Guang was still somewhat nervous and uneasy.
On their way back, Mo Feifei spotted something bobbing up and down the waters, struggling.
Because she did not know how to swim and the waters of the Hucheng River were black, dirty, and murky, she even thought that it was some animal struggling in it just from the sound alone.
To try to diffuse Shi Guang’s nervousness, she joked that it might have been an alligator or something.
As Shi Guang followed her sister’s finger and saw the bubbles that were appearing on the surface of the waters as well as the ripples that were turning weaker by the moment, through her years of experience swimming, it took no time for her to determine that it was no alligator but a person drowning.
That person should be at the last breaths of life.
At that moment, Shi Guang did not have any time to ponder about anything as she leaped right in.
It was the start of winter where the waters were already freezing to the touch. Shi Guang’s actions frightened her sister to no ends as she yelled out for her from the shore repeatedly.
There was no sliver of light coming forth from those dark and murky waters.
Shi Guang swam in the cold waters for some time before managing to grab hold of the drowning person, and even then, it required a mammoth amount of effort from her to drag him out of the waters and giving him emergency treatment.
And at that time, he truly had luck to thank for her being the one who had come across this situation. If it were anyone else, his life would have been gone by then.
It was only after she felt that his life had been saved that she handed him to her sister before leaving for the competition that was about to begin.
After the competition, she checked with her sister on how the person was.
Through her sister, Shi Guang found out that the person’s friend arrived and she left him in her care. Because of that, the entire incident of saving him was over, and Shi Guang did not think about it again.
For a swimmer, saving someone that was drowning was something that couldn’t have been any more ordinary, and thus it wasn’t worth mentioning at all. However, she was still rather elated at that time. After she saved the person, she was in a marvelous mood, and her performance during the competition could not have been better.
In fact, she even managed to clinch the champion’s title—her first national champion’s title.
At that time, she told her sister,
The good will be rewarded. The champion’s title is my present!
But, who would have thought that everything was just the beginning…
Not long after, that sister of hers who was always cheery like a flower and happy like a lark suddenly turned introverted and shut herself in, not wanting to talk entirely. Her results fell abysmally overnight, and she would often have nightmares—she was just like a snail that was injured, choosing to hide in its shell and never to come forth ever again.
Even when Shi Guang tried cheering her sister up, the most of a response she got in return was a forced smile. It was as though her sister was hiding tons of things and did not wish to tell her.
One day, she overheard a conversation between her parents. It was only then that Shi Guang knew about everything that had happened to her sister.
She even heard her mother telling her father,
This really can’t do. How about we go look for Mayor Su? I refuse to believe this. Just because their family is rich and powerful, does that mean that they can do anything they want?
The next day, they headed out, instructing Shi Guang to take good care of her sister and that they’ll be back really soon.
However, they never ever returned.
When she rushed to the hospital after receiving a call from her little auntie, it was only to see their cold, lifeless bodies lying on the bed.
And when she returned home, she caught sight of her sister jumping off the building.
At that moment, she could only stand there blankly. Her mind felt as though it was being struck by something where there was nothing left but a patch of emptiness.
She thought that she was merely having a nightmare, and that once she woke up, she’d see her father, mother, and sister smiling at her once again…
