Chapter 1073: Chapter 1073: Abnormal Heart Rate
You never really know how tall the diving board is until you climb up there.
“How does it feel? Is it different from how it looks from below?”
Jian Dan nodded honestly, “It seems not as high from below.”
“Whenever I have something on my mind, when I’m unhappy, or when there’s a problem I can’t solve, I e here to dive!”
The moment you leap out, abandoning everything, all your troubles seem to bee insignificant.
And the charm of diving is that it’s not like bungee jumping—you know you have safety measures attached to your legs. With diving, there are no safety measures whatsoever, so you have to be brave enough to take that step, with only the cold pool water waiting to embrace you!”
After hearing Mu Yi’s words, Jian Dan looked down from the edge of the diving board, and indeed, it felt nothing like bungee jumping.
“What do you think? Do you want to give it a try?”
Jian Dan hesitated.
“Don’t be scared, I’ll jump first to show you!” he said, walking to the edge of the diving board.
Without any elaborate pose, he simply leaped forward and with a splash, he was in the water…
“Jian Dan, don’t be afraid. You’ll feel much more relaxed once you jump. Trust me!”
At that moment, Jian Dan’s heartbeat was racing fast. He kept adjusting his breathing, but he couldn’t manage to normalize the rhythm.
“I’ll be down here to catch you; it’ll be fine!”
When Jian Dan thought about retreating, the image of Chen Xirui and Uncle embracing each other flashed through his mind, and his heart clenched once more.
Jian Dan gripped his hands tightly and instead of retreating, he advanced.
As he reached the edge of the diving board and looked down, perhaps because of the depth of the water, it appeared especially high.
Mu Yi didn’t e out of the water; he waited for her within…
Jian Dan closed his eyes…
It was too unbearable. Maybe, just as Mu Yi said, diving would indeed bring relief?
Jian Dan clenched his teeth, took a deep breath, and stepped forward. His center of gravity shifted, and he fell…
He went blank in midair until his back slapped the surface of the water hard.
The loud noise indicated how painful it was; Jian Dan nearly passed out from the impact.
“Jian Jian, are you alright?” Mu Yi swam over nervously to check on Jian Dan.
Jian Dan was a bit dazed from the hit, so he didn’t notice Mu Yi’s term of endearment.
Mu Yi helped Jian Dan out of the water and onto a nearby lounge chair. “How do you feel?”
By then, Jian Dan had recovered a bit, and his head wasn’t so dizzy anymore. “It hurts,” he said with a laugh.
“You can still laugh?” How could one laugh instead of cry at a time like this? What kind of logic was that?
“I really do feel a lot better!” Jian Dan said, a faint smile on his face.
“Turn around, let me have a look,” Mu Yi said, his heart had skipped a beat when he saw Jian Dan hit the water so hard.
If he had known it would turn out like this, he would never have let Jian Dan dive!
“I’m fine, no need,” Jian Dan said, how could he possibly let Mu Yi check his back!
Mu Yi saw Jian Dan’s reluctance and, though still worried, didn’t press him.
“Then I’ll take you to the hospital!”
“Why go to the hospital? I’m fine!”
“But—” Mu Yi was well aware it couldn’t be ‘just fine’.
“Stop worrying, I’ll be alright after resting a bit!” Jian Dan said, forting Mu Yi with a smile.
“Alright! But if you feel unfortable at all, you must tell me right away!”
“I will!” Jian Dan said and then slowly closed his eyes.
Mu Yi sat on another lounge chair, watching Jian Dan’s sleeping face and felt a ripple in his heart…
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