Even so, knowing she wasn't the only one troubled by the ring visibly improved Kisaki Eri's mood by a great deal.
Mouri Ran looked at her father, then at her mother. The heart that had been hanging in suspense all along finally dropped with a thud. She practically wanted to rush over and high-five Jiang Xia, but this did not seem like the right moment. In the end, she could only secretly bounce a few times where she stood to vent her overwhelming excitement.
Seeing that this classmate who had been worrying over her parents was fully revived and could continue the trip, Jiang Xia turned to Matsuzaki Haru and continued, "Toda Kiwako was the same—perhaps she wanted to give her fiancé one final test of his feelings before the wedding. She deliberately pretended to drown in shallow water, wanting to see whether her fiancé, who could not swim, would rush in to save her regardless of the danger.
"Drowning can sometimes be hard for people on shore to notice. If she acted like she was 'drowning' for ages and her fiancé never saw her, it would have been far too awkward.
"So Toda Kiwako needed an accomplice. Someone who could tell her fiancé when she was 'drowning,' so he would notice immediately that she was in danger. And compared to the two male classmates who had come along, only you—the fiancé's younger sister—were suited for that role.
"When everyone was eating together earlier, Toda Kiwako suddenly said she was going diving and asked you to go back to the room to get her a Towel. That should have been the signal to begin your little test."
Matsuzaki Haru went rigid, unable for a moment to think of any rebuttal.
Suzuki Sonoko scratched her head, recalling something. "Come to think