Qin Yi noticed something was off almost instantly.
A wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Pan’er, why don’t you speak? Don’t you miss me?"
"Oh, stop it!"
Qin Yi, who was helping her tidy up her clothing, hadn’t anticipated her attack at all. He was directly kicked down the rocks by Su Pan’er and fell into the lotus pond below.
Splash!
A loud splash echoed, with water flying!
The splashed, icy pond water drenched Su Pan’er, waking her up to what she had just done.
Oh no!
Did Qin Yi...?
She quickly rose to her knees.
The moonlit lotus pond was exceptionally beautiful, with the water surface still rippling and spreading out. However, the figure that should have emerged didn’t appear again.
"Qin Yi! Qin Yi, can you hear me? Qin Yi!"
She quickly called out several times, but there was still no response. The ripples gradually diffused and disappeared. Apart from a small residue of ripples, there was no other movement.
Oh no! Could it be that he doesn’t know how to swim? It seemed, it seemed she’d never seen Qin Yi swim before!
Su Pan’er’s face turned pale in an instant, her entire body shivered slightly, not caring for anything else she jumped into the water with a splash.
The icy water cooled her skin, quickly taking away the summer heat. The water was not shallow, reaching past her chest and submerging to her shoulders when she stood near the edge of the pond.
However, Su Pan’er had no mood to enjoy the coolness, she dived into the water and swam around the bottom of the pond, feeling desperate. Judging by the ripples that scattered from before, Qin Yi should have fallen in nearby.
But Su Pan’er scanned all around, up and down, left and right, but still found no figure of Qin Yi.
"Qin Yi, where are you? Qin Yi, come out!"
Unable to hold her breath any longer, she had to surface. Her voice choked up as she called out for Qin Yi.
The water surface was silent, with no response.
This is bad!
Could he have sunk into the silt at the bottom of the pond and been unable to answer her?
Thinking of this, Su Pan’er got goosebumps all over her body, feeling empty and fearful. Without any hesitation, she dived back into the water. This time, she wasn’t careless at all, searching bit by bit across the silt at the bottom of the pond.
Still, she could not find Qin Yi!
Tears welled up in Su Pan’er’s eyes. Qin Yi, you can’t come to harm!
Unprecedented fear and helplessness engulfed Su Pan’er’s whole being. She wiped her eyes and continued searching.
Just then, her body was suddenly pulled backward, as if her clothes or dress strings were caught in something.
Su Pan’er was startled! She hadn’t found Qin Yi yet, she herself couldn’t afford any mishap. She swiftly paddled her hands and kicked her legs searching for an escape from this pulling force. However, the pull strength didn’t decrease, but became bigger, it was determined not to let go until it achieved its goal.
Su Pan’er was in a frenzy!
She struggled to kick and tried to surface.
But the pulling force grew stronger and stronger, making it impossible for her to get away. She attempted to get rid of her clothing and escape the crisis, but it gave the opponent an opportunity.
The opponent suddenly caught her ankle. The pulling force did not lessen, dragging her backward.
Su Pan’er struggled desperately.
With the oxygen in her body depleting quickly, a pressing pain emerged from her chest. Dizziness started to set in, she swallowed hard the air in her mouth and twisted her body, managing to free her ankle. She immediately kicked hard backward.
But her attacker dodged it.
She instantly swam forward, hoping to escape. But the opponent quickly caught up with her and grabbed her waist from behind. Su Pan’er’s eyes turned bloodshot, she bit her teeth, but could not get rid of the binding force.