However, the force from her feet prevented her from getting rid of it like she had before from the force on her arms.

She didn't dare to look back at all.

She was extremely frightened.

Then, she choked.

The water rushed into her mouth and nose crazily, and she shed tears, which were mixed with the water.

...

When she woke up again, she saw her parents crying with joy.

She is held in her mother's arms.

The body is very weak, but the mind is at ease.

...

"After that experience, I never went to the river again."

"When I went home during the summer vacation, I heard from my mother that another child almost drowned in that river."

"After all, a long time has passed, and adults are much less wary of the river, and they turn a blind eye to children running there to play."

"Just warning them not to play in the river."

"But this time, I heard that the child fell in from the river."

"The child struggled desperately, but something was holding him on his feet, preventing him from breaking free."

"Later, the adults who came after hearing the news rescued the child."

...

"Like me and all the other kids who drowned at that time."

"It's because something in the water pulled my ankle."

"The adults say it's a waterweed."

"At that time, I didn't dare to recall the details of my drowning, so I just accepted it that way."

"But after hearing about the drowned child this time, I couldn't help but think of my own experience."

She noticed something was wrong.

So, she came to the river again.

She is no longer the child she used to be.

The water level of the river could not even cover her head.

...

Thinking this way, she no longer had the shadow of her childhood towards this river.

Then, the familiar force on her ankle made her look stunned.

Same as last time.

This force kept trying to take her deeper into the water.

But what was different was that she pricked up her ears and listened carefully.

"...play with...play...play with me..."

The thin voice was intermittent.

She frowned, listened more attentively, and couldn't help but bend her body further toward the river.
Chapter completed!