The entrance to the water was in the form of steps, and it was easy to walk down the steps to enter the pool.
Chu Xiaoge was pulled along for several steps. When the water reached her calves, those feelings of panic overwheld her once again.
She stopped in her tracks, unwilling to go any further.
Shang Dongyuan naturally sensed her resistance and patiently coaxed her, "Move a little further in. Don’t worry, I won’t let you drown."
"I almost drowned just now." Chu Xiaoge pouted, a hint of defiance in her tone.
"Are you sure? You only swallowed a couple of mouthfuls of water." He recalled the recent incident, rembering her tearful breakdown, and couldn’t help but shake his head and smile, "Making a mountain out of a molehill."
Chu Xiaoge picked up on his disdain, and in her sha and anger, tried to shake off his hand.
But unfortunately, Shang Dongyuan reacted faster, grabbing her tightly and pulling her further in.
"Fear is the most useless thing. If you let it take root in your heart, it only proves that you are a coward. Overco it, and you’ll find that you can do it."
Chu Xiaoge struggled forward, and hearing his words, montarily forgot that the water had already reached her thighs.
Although that suffocating feeling still lingered in her heart, it wasn’t as terrifying as before.
"Is it so bad to be a coward?" she asked in return.
She really wanted to say that being a coward also had its advantages.
At least, you wouldn’t get beaten to a bloody pulp, right?
Shang Dongyuan was stumped by this woman’s question.
What’s so bad about being a coward? He genuinely couldn’t say.
It’s just that he had always been used to being the strong one.
If that coward happened to be her, he thought, then it wouldn’t be so bad.
"Why are you afraid of water?" He brazenly changed the subject, not wanting to encourage her evasive tendencies.
"I can’t really say. It’s just... I don’t really like that suffocating feeling." Chu Xiaoge shook her head, still trying hard to think.
Yes, why was she afraid of water?
Or to be more precise, that night, as she walked alone with her suitcase in the heavy rain, what was she truly afraid of?
Was it the endless barrage of raindrops that made it hard for her to breathe, or was it the condemnation, abandonnt, and disgust from her parents that almost suffocated her?
Even now, talking about it, Chu Xiaoge’s mind was still sowhat blurred.
Shang Dongyuan looked at her quietly pondering and gently laughed, "Isn’t it quite good now? Do you have a suffocating feeling?"
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