Yang Yi took a taxi back into the city and chose to get out at the Third City Bridge. After giving the driver all the money and valuables he had on him and saying to keep the change, he vaulted out, cleared the railing, and leaped off in one fluid sequence. The driver could only stare in astonishment before the splash came.
Before the driver could take out his phone to call for help, a woman jogging on the opposite bank that evening rushed over, equally agile, shouting as she came.
"Someone jumped into the river! He has a mental illness! Please call the police and an ambulance, quick!"
Su Na shouted. She had happened to witness the scene during her evening jog, and after shouting, she jumped in after him.
Underwater.
Yang Yi was killing himself.
Normally, dying of suffocation would be an extremely painful process, and it would be almost impossible not to struggle. But Yang Yi was anything but normal. Once he went under, he stopped moving completely and quietly waited for death to come... until a second splash broke the silence.
What's going on?
Yang Yi was rather baffled. It was nighttime, and he was underwater, so he could barely see anything.
He only felt something touch him. It probably wasn't a large fish, since it grabbed his clothes and dragged him upward.
Am I being rescued?
Yang Yi did not want to be rescued. He reached back and shoved the other person away, broke free, and prepared to swim deeper.
But the second time, the other person seized his hair in a death grip, making him bare his teeth in pain. This time, he could not resist and was dragged toward the surface.
*Who is this? I'm trying to kill myself. Why are you