Chapter 453 - Drowning (1/2)

Chapter 453 Drowning

After closing the bathroom door, Zhang Heng did not turn on the faucet right away. Instead, he looked at Fan Meinan with worried eyes.

“We may be able to find other ways. You don’t have to do this…”

“Yes, you are right, but your friend probably can’t wait that long,” Fan Meinan insisted. She took a deep breath and turned on the faucet of the bathtub faucet. “I will struggle, and I might try to catch a breath. You, however, have to make sure that my nose and mouth do not leave the water…”

Fan Meinan paused. “Set the time to 4 minutes. If it is too short, I may not be able to look for anything valuable. If it is too long…”

“If it is too long, you may suffer irreparable brain damage. Even if I manage to save you, you’ll probably be a vegetable forever,” Zhang Heng went on. “When a person is in a hypoxic state, it only takes five minutes before the brain cells start dying off. So, I have to resuscitate you within five minutes.”

“Well, glad you know,” Fan Meinan replied. “Okay…I have nothing else to say.”

She glanced at the bathtub again, but it was only filled halfway.

Fan Meinan then unb.u.t.toned her coat, leaving only her innermost vest. Although she tried her best to behave like she usually did, her aggravated breathing exposed her inner feelings in such moments.

Zhang Heng was carrying her away from the monster when the two first met, and he realized then that Fan Meinan was very light. She usually preferred to wear loose clothes, and it wasn’t easy to see the shape of her body. Now that she had taken off her top, Zhang Heng found the girl to be extremely skinny. There was almost no flesh around her bony arms.

Fan Meinan wasn’t used to being stared at like this. She turned around, hugging her arms around herself. “Why is it so cold,” she muttered.

“I’ll ask if there is anything that can warm you up,” said Zhang Heng as he opened the door.

Fan Meinan stopped him before he could leave. “No, this is fine. It won’t take long anyway.”

After that, the two spoke no more until the bathtub was filled. Fan Meinan reached out to test the water temperature.

“Let’s begin,” she replied with clenched teeth.

Zhang Heng nodded. Fan Meinan rarely had such a grave expression on her face. Since she had made up her mind, there was no delaying it. As she immersed herself in the water, the entire world around her fell silent. Her black hair floated like algae, and she exhaled a string of bubbles from her mouth. From the top, she looked like a mermaid living at the bottom of the sea.

This beautiful picture didn’t last too long, though.

Soon, Fan Meinan started to choke for breath. Her survival instincts pushed her to keep raising her head, but her decision kept her in the water. Her lungs were bursting for air, and Fan Meinan struggled harder than she ever did before.

When she simply couldn’t do it anymore and was about to resurface, a steady hand kept her head below the water.

The water in the bathtub started to splash around violently.