Chapter 925 Unexplained Drowning

The deer's tone was quite decisive, and his eyes curved into crescent shapes.

"Deer!"

The girl turned around and glared at her friend who had complained about her, and shouted in annoyance.

"Well, I'm telling the truth."

The little deer smiled with narrowed eyes.

"Just don't be scared by me."

Xiao Xiao tried to smooth things over. He pushed the menu over and asked, "What would you like to drink?"

"Want some cake?"

……

After the two girls who came later placed their orders, the waiter, who had a rather strange look on his face, bowed slightly and stepped back.

"what happened?"

A waiter passing by curiously leaned in and whispered, "What's that expression on your face?"

"Not really."

"Just now, the two girls called that boy Master Xiao, 'Master.'"

"What a strange name, isn't it?"

"Master? What the hell is that? Why is it called that?"

"I want to know too."

"The manager is watching us!"

"Okay, no more chatting, I'm leaving."

……

"Xiaoyu."

Xiaolu touched his friend and said, "Tell Master Xiao again what you told me before."

"...Xiaolu, please help me tell it."

Pei You asked softly.

"Then why did I bring you here?"

Xiaolu was helpless, "I can't explain such a strange thing clearly. Only if you tell Master Xiao can I understand it better."

"Oh, it's okay. Master Xiao is a very nice person."

"Besides, I'm right next to you."

……

"excuse me."

The waiter placed the coffee and tiramisu that the two girls had just ordered on the table.

"Please enjoy.

The waiter bowed and retreated.

……

"Bae-you."

Xiaolu called out his friend's full name word by word with a straight face, "Didn't we agree on this before?"

Why are you hesitating and wanting to back out at the last minute?

"Don't delay, just speak up."

"Master Xiao is very busy."

"He is a master."

"Master!"

"I helped him with a small favor before, so he was willing to take the time to come here."

"Don't waste this opportunity."

……

Looking at Xiaolu who was seriously fooling his friend, Xiao Xiao lowered his eyes to hide the smile.

However, it is obvious that these words have a significant effect.

Because the girl who kept her head down and didn't even look at him was obviously persuaded.

……

really.

Although Pei You held the coffee cup in both hands, her eyes were still not looking at him.

But the girl finally spoke to him.

"Master Xiao, thank you for coming here."

"…This is what happened…"

……

The girl's home is in the suburbs.

There is a small river near her home, and when she was very young she liked to play there with her friends.

They can play and frolic by the river all year round without getting bored.

Especially swimming in the water in the summer, skating and fishing on the ice in the winter are the must-do activities for these children every year. The river is always filled with the children's laughter.

At this point, the girl, who had been a little too nervous, seemed to forget her nervousness as she recalled the good memories of the past, and her voice became natural.

She looked at her reflection in the brown liquid in the coffee cup, somewhat absorbed in it.

She suddenly realized that the corners of her mouth were raised.

"Ah, sorry."

The girl suddenly became flustered again, and there were violent ripples in her coffee cup. "I seem to have said a lot of nonsense."

"will not."

Xiao Xiao's eyebrows curved slightly, and his voice was gentle, "This should be related to the incident you are going to talk about later."

".Um."

The girl suddenly wanted to look up at the boy in front of her. Xiaolu had specially invited Master Xiao for her.

It is related to nature, and that small river is where the incident took place.

Although the river was very popular among children, there was a period of time when, for some unknown reason, children kept drowning.

Although they were rescued in the end, the river became a forbidden place that adults forbade children to approach.

Whether it was the children who nearly drowned or the other children who were terrified by watching their friends drown, they all consciously abided by the new ban.

Pei You was one of the children who almost drowned.

She remembered clearly that something in the water grabbed her arm.

She turned her head and looked. The sunlight shone through the water, and the light and shadows in front of her eyes changed and sparkled.

But there was nothing.

She moved her arms uneasily and felt a strange pulling force.

Her heart was beating fast.

She thought of her friends who had drowned during this period, and fear grew.

She began to swim desperately towards the surface.

It was clearly just a river that was not very deep, but when she looked up she could see the water surface that seemed to be glowing.

However, the force from her feet made it impossible for her to get rid of it like she had done with the force from her arms before.

She didn't even dare look back.

She was terribly frightened.

Then she choked.

The water rushed into her mouth and nose frantically, and her tears flowed out and mixed with the water.

When she woke up again, she saw her parents crying with joy.

She was held in her mother's arms.

My body is weak, but my heart is at peace.

“After that experience, I never went to the river again.”

"When I went home this summer, my mother told me that another child almost drowned in that river."

"After all, a long time has passed, and adults have become less vigilant about the river, and they turn a blind eye to children playing there."

"Just warn them not to play in the river."

“But this time, I heard that the child fell in from the river.”

"The child struggled desperately, but something seemed to be holding him by his feet, preventing him from breaking free."

"Later, an adult who heard the news came and rescued the child."

"Just like me and all the other kids who drowned."

"Something in the water grabbed my ankle."

"The adults said it was waterweed."

"I didn't even dare to recall the details of my drowning at the time, so I thought so too."

"But after hearing about the drowned child this time, I couldn't help but think of my own experience."

She sensed something was wrong.

So, she went to the river again.

She is no longer the child she was before.

The water level in the river was not even enough to cover her head.

Thinking of this, she no longer had the shadow of her childhood on this river.

Then, the familiar force on her ankle made her look stunned.

Same as last time.

This force kept trying to carry her deeper into the water.

But the difference was that she pricked up her ears and listened carefully.

".Play with. Me"

The thin sound was intermittent.

She frowned, listened more attentively, and leaned closer to the river.

But just before she was dragged into the river, she suddenly struggled to break free from the force on her feet and took a few steps back with a staggering step.

(End of this chapter)