'I can't let him catch me,' Su Yue thought. She immediately started swimming away, putting distance between them.
Thanks to her superb swimming skills, honed by countless idle hours in her family's pool, Su Yue handled Lin Li's attempts to catch her with ease.
Every time Lin Li got within ten meters of her, Su Yue, graceful as a mermaid, would always pull away in an instant.
Then, she would laugh and tease Lin Li for his doggy paddle.
Lin Li, now determined to catch Su Yue, naturally wouldn't let her words distract him. He stubbornly kept at it with his persistent doggy paddle.
The chase continued, one fleeing and one pursuing, and time flew by.
Twenty-some minutes later, the smile on Su Yue's pretty face, who had been darting through the water like a nimble mermaid, gradually vanished.
She watched, panting, as Lin Li slowly swam toward her, still maintaining his initial pace. She muttered to herself in astonishment.
