After about 30 seconds, Lin Mo jumped down.

This girl really can't swim, floundering at the bottom of the water.

When she was almost out of strength, I held her from behind and lifted her to the surface.

"Still want to die?"

She nodded firmly.

I let go of her hand, and she sank again, then floundered. This time I was not too far from her. When she couldn't take it anymore, she grabbed my leg.

I pulled her out of the water again.

"Still want to die?"

She held onto me tightly, her lips trembling, not sure if from the cold or fear.

Lin Mo quickly shook her head, looking scared.

"I'll pull you ashore."

After getting ashore, the sun had already set, and the two of us sat by the river shivering.

"You... you can swim... why did you jump into the river?"

"I... wasn't it to... save you?"

"Is there... anyone who... saves people like you?"

"If... I don't let you jump once... I'll leave... you still have to jump."

She glared at me resentfully.

"Still... still fucking jump... not jumping?"

"Not jumping... it's too cold."

When she heard she wasn't jumping, I laughed, she saw me laugh, and she laughed too.

The weather in May in the northeast is still quite cold. I took out my phone to call a friend to come pick us up and wait by the river for a while, freezing to death.

When I took out my phone, I found that it was waterlogged and had shut down.

I shook it hard, but it wouldn't turn on, so I had to reluctantly put the phone back in my pocket.

"Why... didn't you take out your phone before jumping into the river?"

"If I took out my phone, would you still believe I was jumping into the river with you?"

She nodded, "Then your background is also fake, right?"

"No, except for my good buddy being stabbed to death, everything else is real."

We walked shivering towards the shore. Lin Mo said she lived relatively close by and suggested I warm up at her place, to which I agreed.

After a second thought, I asked her if she could take me back, so as not to have any more conflicts with her husband.

She said it was fine, they didn't live together.

When we arrived at her home, she changed clothes first and cooked a pot of vegetarian noodles, which we shared.

For some reason, I found that bowl of noodles particularly delicious.

"I didn't expect your cooking skills to be not bad."

"I'm actually not very good at cooking, I just know how to cook noodles."

I said it was pretty good, and if I ever hit rock bottom, opening a small noodle shop could be a way to make a living.

After eating the noodles, I was ready to leave.

Before leaving, I asked her, "Still planning to jump into the river?"

She shook her head, "Not jumping anymore."

"That's right, you have to remember, you've already died once, don't be afraid when faced with difficulties."

"Okay."

I thought we wouldn't meet again in the future.

Lin Mo was just a passerby I occasionally saved, but unexpectedly, a week later, we met again.