Chapter 45: Capsizing in the Reservoir

Lin Mo looked up at the sky.

"Are you afraid it will rain tonight? It’s not going to rain." Lin Wan gave a chilly, cold smile. "Even if you stare a hole through the sky, you can't win."

"To make a bet like this with me, you are simply humiliating yourself."

Lin Mo didn't care about winning or losing this bet.

She was just fobbing Lin Wan off casually.

The wind began to pick up.

Lin Yunhe looked somewhat worried, "Second brother, do you think it's going to rain?"

"Probably not. I asked the person in charge just now, there's no rain forecast for tonight." Lin Hen was paddling absentmindedly.

Mu Bai and Lin Qinglang sat together.

Both of them stared eagerly at Lin Wan and the others' inflatable boat.

Paddling steadily toward that direction.

"Wanwan." Lin Qinglang deliberately splashed some water.

"Brother, what are you doing!" Lin Wan pouted and, refusing to be outdone, splashed Lin Qinglang until he was soaked through as well. "Let's see if you dare bully me again."

Mu Bai glanced at Lin Wan, then his gaze fell upon Lin Mo.

Lin Mo was leaning against the side, her expression exceedingly cold and distant.

It turned out that when Lin Mo wasn't trailing behind him at his beck and call, she actually looked rather unapproachable.

The two inflatable boats drifted almost close together.

Mu Bai leaned toward Lin Wan. "Seeing that you're having so much fun, we'll go play in the water again next time."

"I'll be attending University A anyway, and I heard there are lots of fun places around there."

Lin Wan looked at him. "I want to ask you a question."

Mu Bai nodded.

"If both Mo... and I fell into the water, who would you choose to save?"

"Of course I'd save you." Mu Bai didn't even hesitate. "Besides, even my primary instinctive reflex would be to save you."

Only then did Lin Wan feel relieved.

"Why did you suddenly think of asking this?"

"Isn't this a trending topic online?" Lin Wan waved her hand dismissively. "You're already outdated. Could Brother Mu Bai actually be a bookworm?"

On the other side.

Lin Qinglang did not give Lin Mo a pleasant look.

He slapped the water surface with his paddle, looking somewhat impatient.

The sound of the wind gradually grew louder.

Lin Mo looked at the gathering patch of dark clouds in the sky.

She suddenly chuckled. "Do you know why I happen to know that you are terrible at video games?"

Lin Qinglang's expression turned ugly. "You'd better not force me to throw you into the water."

"Aren't you even a little curious?" Lin Mo said with a smile, a hint of teasing in her eyes. "Why is it that eight months ago, when you were being mocked by people for your gaming skills, someone happened to step in and help you?"

"Why was it such a coincidence that someone knew all about your predicament?"

Lin Qinglang sat up straight, his expression turning somewhat serious.

Gone was his usual flippant demeanor.

He quietly looked at Lin Mo. "Why?"

Although he asked the question, he already had an answer in his heart, though it was simply too hard to believe.

There couldn't possibly be two people in the world with voices that similar, almost identical.

And every time Lin, the streamer, went live, Lin Mo just happened to not be at home.

"Because that was my alternate account."

Lin Qinglang suddenly let out a scoff. "What kind of joke is that? Do you expect me to believe your words? Just based on you?"

"You must have secretly peeked at me playing games behind my back, right?"

"Aren't you afraid I'll expose such a lie?"

Lin Mo tilted her head. "I never expected you to believe me anyway. After all, in your mind, I'm just a country bumpkin who has never even touched a computer."

She seemed to sigh softly. "Then let's just consider it a joke I played on you."

Lin Qinglang fell silent for a moment.

His heart raced, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

He couldn't possibly believe it.

Lin Mo—whom he dismissed based on sheer prejudice, whom he bullied and cursed at every day—was actually Lin?

It was simply impossible!

Lin Qinglang's gaze turned grave to the extreme. "When I used to play games with her, what was the phrase she said the most often?"

"Played well, don't play again next time."

Lin Qinglang gripped the paddle tightly, his entire body tensing up. Frowning, his gaze locked fiercely onto Lin Mo.

His mind was practically blank.

His heartbeat grew faster with every passing second.

At that very moment, he even forgot how to breathe, yet he had no idea why he wasn't suffocating either...

"Impossible."

Lin Mo suddenly smiled and began paddling her boat deeper into the reservoir.

Lin Qinglang subconsciously chased after her figure.

Suddenly, he roared at the top of his lungs, "It's completely impossible! You're lying to me!"

Lin Wan was somewhat baffled. "What did you just say to Fifth Brother? Why is he reacting so intensely?"

"Nothing much." Lin Mo looked up at the sky. "There's a terrible thing I haven't told you yet."

Lin Wan suddenly felt a sense of unease. "What thing?"

"Actually, I know how to swim, and I swim exceptionally well."

Lin Wan froze completely, then flushed with rage and humiliation. "So you've been playing me for a fool?"

"Isn't acting your usual specialty?"

Lin Mo took a breath of the fresh air above the water, feeling more relaxed than ever before.

"It's about to begin..."

"This time, I guess you won't have the mood to act."

*Crack—*

A terrifying sound echoed across the sky.

A streak of lightning illuminated the entire sky as bright as day.

Silver serpents danced among the dark clouds.

Thunder rumbled within the low-hanging clouds, making one's eardrums tremble uncontrollably.

Lin Wan shuddered all over. "Is it really going to rain?!"

The sultry wind also swept violently across the world.

"Splash—!"

In an instant, the world turned upside down.

"Stop acting crazy." Lin Wan's expression turned unsightly as well. "Hurry up and paddle back to the shore. I'm not betting with you anymore. In this weather, if the boat really capsizes, both of us will die!"

"How do you know I want to live?" Lin Mo retorted.

The fierce wind blew Lin Wan's hair into a chaotic mess.

Her clothes snapped loudly in the wind.

Seeing that there wasn't a trace of fear on Lin Mo's face, Lin Wan's complexion instantly turned deathly pale. "So you dragged me here today to die together with you?"

"You're an absolute lunatic!"

Lin Wan wanted to call out to her brothers for help.

But it was already too late.

The rain had started falling.

A torrential downpour poured straight down, the curtain of rain completely blocking their line of sight.

Lin Wan waved frantically at her brothers, but received no response at all.

Rainwater quickly accumulated inside the inflatable boat.

The reservoir was deep to begin with, and now the water was churning violently, waves battering their tiny inflatable boat.

Making them look infinitely insignificant amidst the fierce storm.

Lin Wan used all her might to paddle the boat, but the churning waves were too fierce. Before she could paddle very far,

she was slapped right back to her original spot by another wave, drifting even further away from the shore than before.

Despair crept into her heart.

"Lin Mo, you jinx! You're really going to get me killed today!"

Through the curtain of rain, Lin Mo wore an expression of cold, utter composure. "I thought you weren't afraid of death. Turns out you're afraid of dying too."

Lin Wan naturally understood what Lin Mo meant.

The situation last time was different.

She had been entirely confident that she wouldn't hurt herself before she threw herself down the stairs.

Now, forget about the fact that she couldn't swim; even if she could, swimming to safety in such a critical situation was far from guaranteed.

"We can only wait for everyone to come save us."

Lin Mo shook her head. "Look... the boats over there have already capsized. No one is coming to save us."

The other three inflatable boats on the water had all overturned.

Several people were struggling desperately in the water.

Only their boat had yet to capsize.

Lin Wan was trembling all over from fear. "Lifeguard... Where are the lifeguards..."

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow. "Didn't the lifeguard say he went to the restroom before coming over?"

At this, Lin Wan fell into total despair.

"So you're planning to swim ashore by yourself, aren't you?"

She glared at Lin Mo with venomous eyes. "Lin Mo, if I die, Mom and Dad will hate you for the rest of their lives!"

Brothers will also remember forever that you are the one who killed me!