The Competition

"They weren't at the scene. It was already very late, and the other girls had gone to the showers to rinse off. They planned to change, and then leave after saying hello to the coach when he returned."

"Because this girl was more diligent, she stayed in the pool to train by herself."

"But by the time the other girls finished showering and came out of the changing rooms, the girl who was training still hadn't come to find them."

"So they all went to the pool to look for her. As soon as they got close, they saw her body floating on the surface of the water."

"The girls had never seen anything like it. They were stunned on the spot. Not long after, the coach rushed back."

After a moment of thought, Jiang Cheng frowned and asked, "Drowning from cramps wouldn't be quiet. Did those girls really not hear anything at all?"

Yuan Xiaoyi shook her head. "They said no. All their statements were the same. Some of them mentioned that the girls' shower room was around a corner from the pool, and there was a corridor. Plus, the girls weren't that old, and they were joking and chattering while showering."

"The incident had a very bad impact at the time, especially since the swimming pool had only recently been built."

"The school also felt very wronged. They were just doing them a favor, who could have expected such a thing to happen in the end."

"Later, I heard the school put in a lot of effort to suppress the matter. It wasn't about shirking responsibility or anything, but rather that news like this spreading would be quite... problematic."

"What happened next?" Jiang Cheng was more interested in what happened afterward.

Hearing this, Yuan Xiaoyi hesitated for a