Too high to reach

Chapter 156: She was so angry
Moe recognized him...

The unconscious boy is the one in the tree at Dajue Temple.

I'm so angry I'm trembling!
She had never been this angry before.

What's wrong with this idiot?

He's either climbing trees or going down into the lake; doesn't he value his life?
But looking at the boy's tightly closed eyes, pale face, and bluish-purple lips, he lay motionless...

What should we do in this situation? I think I read about it in a book...

But when you need the book, you realize that when you're nervous, you can't remember anything.

What should I do? Please don't let him really die!
She went berserk and started kicking the boy's bulging belly indiscriminately.

Urgent, angry, fierce, and fast!
The boy was so badly kicked that he convulsed a few times and vomited water...

Mo Yi took one look and thought, "It works!"
He didn't dare stop, and kept punching and kicking!
The boy had just woken up when he was almost knocked out of breath again!

He struggled to raise his arm to stop them: "Ugh...cough cough cough...okay...stop...stop hitting me..."

He turned his head and started vomiting.

Interspersed with desperate coughing, his face turned from white to purple, and after gasping for breath... his eyes, which had been listless, slowly focused...

I guess I've survived.

"You idiot! Aren't you afraid of dying?!" Mo Yi pointed at him and screamed, "Why is it that every time I see you, you're courting death? What's wrong with you? Where are your parents? Come on! Take me to find them. This time, I'm going to get to the bottom of this!"

Ugh... The boy waved his hand at her while vomiting...

"Nothing you say will work! I have to teach you a lesson! You almost died, you know? You almost died!" Mo Yi roared, his neck veins bulging.

If it weren't for my own coming this way, if it weren't for this bamboo pole, if it weren't for the timely discovery, or if he weren't so lucky.

A living, breathing person, just like that, gone.

I'm afraid we won't even be able to find his body. Does he even know that?

Mo Yi's tears fell uncontrollably, her whole body trembled, and her arms ached so much that she couldn't lift them. She leaned against the waist-high steps, looking utterly pathetic.

The boy took a long time to breathe heavily and finally caught his breath, but he was still lying on the ground.

I glanced sideways and saw Mo Yi clearly. She looked familiar... Then I remembered what she had just said and I understood!

That fool under the persimmon tree...

"I know... I won't do it again next time... Please stop nagging, it's giving me a headache..."

Suddenly, he remembered something and tried to stand up. But he felt dizzy and fell back down with a thud.

"Excuse me... sister, could you please bring me my clothes? I need to put them on quickly!"

Mo Yi then saw the boy clearly. What was he wearing? It was a dark gray, shiny fabric. After being wet, the water droplets slid down and dried... and it wasn't even clinging to his body.

My shoes and clothes are all wet.

What are you wearing?

The boy became smug: "Never seen this before, have you? This is a sharkskin coat..."

"Shut up, you're smart this time, you even know to take off your coat and put it by the roadside..."

"Didn't you teach me this last time?"

"You still dare to talk back? I already told you a lot last time. How did you get here? Tell me the truth!"

"I just finished making this dress and wanted to try it on. I didn't expect the water to be so shallow at the edge, but if I went any further in, I would have drowned." He was still scared; the feeling he had just experienced was terrifying.

"Where is your servant? No one followed you out?"

“Uh…” The boy’s eyes darted around. “There’s something else important I need to take care of, so I sent him to do it.”

"Important matters? More important than your life? You're sending everyone away so you can go and kill yourself?"

"Hey, don't be so rude!"

"What day is it today? It's the Empress Dowager's birthday! If something happens to you, the whole family will be implicated!"

"Okay, okay! I know..." The boy held his head, his head really hurting from her nagging.

Can you swim?

"will not."

"How could they be so bold?"

The boy remained silent.

"What's your name?" "Liu Nian."

"Whose family is it?"

Liu Nian remained silent.

"You think I can't find your house just because you don't tell me? Let me tell you, I definitely will! And I'll make sure your family punishes you severely!"

"Sister... I almost drowned just now, and you're still scaring me..." The boy finally burst into tears.

Mo Yi was so angry she couldn't do anything. "I've told you before, you have to know how to be naughty! How can you be so careless? Read more books, it's all written in swimming books."

"You've seen it? How do you swim in it?"

Mo Yi, who loved to teach, recalled: "First of all, you can't be afraid of water. If you panic as soon as the water is above your head, you'll struggle frantically and run out of strength in no time."

Liu Nian blinked, recalling what had just happened... that was him.

"Another thing is, you can't raise your hands above your head; you have to paddle underwater. Once your hands come up, your body will sink."

Liu Nian reluctantly raised her hand, then thought about it: it really was true, she had just been waving her hand frantically and splashing the water, her mouth submerged in the water, gulping it down...

"And another thing: as long as you hold your breath, you'll float on the surface. Inhale when your mouth is above the water, and hold your breath when it's underwater. Don't shout, or water will just go in and you'll drink your fill!"

She looked at Liu Nian with disdain; her stomach wasn't so round anymore, and she had vomited a large puddle of water...

"What book is this... I've never read it before?" Liu Nian wondered.

"You've wasted all your time being a reader on being naughty!"

"Alright, alright! Stop it..." Seeing Mo Yi glaring at him, he quickly added, "What else is written on it?"

“…” Mo Yi thought for a moment, “It seems there’s another one. It doesn’t matter if you can’t swim, you can lie on the surface of the water.”

"Lying on the water? How do you do that?"

"Put your hands behind your head, lie back, and make sure your back is straight; don't sit back. Once you're spread out, you'll float on the surface, and you can breathe through your mouth while waiting for someone to rescue you."

"Aren't those legs heavy?"

"Legs... I forgot. I think it meant to float along with the water, understand? Don't use force. If you suddenly leap out of the water, you'll definitely sink even deeper the next moment. If your feet can't touch the bottom..."

"Okay, I understand. My uncle said he'll take me to a hot spring bath in winter. The hot spring pool at home is huge. I can try it out then."

"Then why don't you try it at home first?"

"My uncle doesn't have time..."

"Are you feeling better? We're about to go up." Mo Yi started getting impatient again. "Look! My shoes are all wet."

"I'll buy you two pairs later, let's go up. Let's make sure no one sees us." The two helped each other ashore.

The people Xu Ke sent to patrol were going around them via a side path and didn't see them.

Mo Yi twisted the hem of her skirt and took off her shoes to shake off the water.

As Liu Nianyi picked up her clothes, a green object fell out...

Mo Yi hasn't looked at it closely yet...

"Master!" With the voice, a figure swayed and approached.

"Sister..." Liu Nian was very anxious, but before she could even say "Don't say it," she was already in a panic.

The man was already kneeling before him. "Master, why have you come here?" Despair filled the man's eyes.

It scared him to death.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I just... uh, I know this lady, we, uh... are talking here..."

"But...Master!" The man's eyes were red. Did he think he was stupid? Both of them were in such a sorry state, and the young master's hair was all wet; something must have happened.

"Okay! Okay! I'm fine." The boy glanced timidly at Mo Yi and put his clothes back on.

Mo Yi saw that the person who came was ordinary-looking, thin, and dressed in a blue cloth shirt, just like an ordinary servant.

But that look in his eyes, that aura... it's hard to describe.

"Are you his servant? The water is so vast and deep, and you just let him play here all by himself?"

“He didn’t… I sent him away to take care of important business…” Liu Nian explained.

"Shut up!" Mo Yi commanded directly.

(End of this chapter)