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    Loop6(1)

    The test paper was handed out, 145 points.

    The derivative question that deducted points really felt familiar to Bai Tong, and the answer seemed to be lingering in his mind, ready to come out.

    So Bai Tong didn’t listen to the teacher’s lecture on other topics and directly took the manuscript paper and started calculating.

    The school bell rings.

    After a while, a shadow was cast diagonally from the front, covering her desk.

    Bai Tong looked up and found a classmate looking at him.

    Not only did she look, she also stretched out her hand and fumbled along the side of Bai Tong’s neck a few times.

    It was a soft but cold hand. Bai Tong felt very uncomfortable and moved away.

    “What are you doing?” Bai Tong asked.

    Bai Tong felt that his tone was not very serious, but this classmate actually cried and said twice in a row like he was talking to himself, “I don’t want this.”

    Bai Tong thought she was quite scary, and there were fewer and fewer people in the classroom. Bai Tong thought she should go back first, so she packed up her things and left the classroom in a few minutes.

    Seeing that the classmate seemed to be behind him, Bai Tong lowered his head and walked faster, arriving home in more than ten minutes.

    Bai Jingru was not seen when he opened the door. Bai Tong put things away and washed his hands first. Not long after, Bai Jingru came down from upstairs and said, “Tongtong, did you finish school so early today?”

    “I finish school so early every day,” Bai Tong said the second half of the sentence, “I just don’t want to come back.”

    Bai Jingru didn’t care about her and said with a smile, “What’s wrong with my family? Isn’t it as big as your school?”

    “Yes.” Bai Tong replied randomly.

    The little leopards and little Jin were rubbing around under their feet. Bai Tong picked one up and held it on his lap, rubbing its head with one hand.

    “Tongtong, come and go on vacation with me next week, Ta Island.” Bai Jingru said.

    Bai Tong found it funny, pointed to the school badge on his chest and said, “Mom, I am a student and I want to go to school.”

    Bai Jingru said, “I still need to study for several years. It’s better to start studying again when I get back.”

    He added, “There are few people on the island now, and the rainy season hasn’t come yet, so it’s just right.”

    It was difficult for Bai Jingru to come up with a few reasons, so Bai Tong raised his eyebrows casually.

    After taking a bath, Bai Tong returned to his desk and continued to solve the problem from the day. It didn’t take long to solve it, a=-2, b>=-2/3

    In this way, Bai Tong felt a little bored, finished other homework, and went to bed.

    When Bai Tong came to the class the next day, there were not many people there. He first looked for the classmate who seemed to be mentally disturbed from yesterday evening, but he couldn’t find him.

    During the afternoon break, Bai Tong thought of her again inexplicably. He looked around the class, but still didn’t see this person.

    Isn’t she in her own class?Or was the brief contact yesterday just his hallucination?

    Bai Tong thought for a while, but couldn’t think of anything, so he simply forgot about it.

    A few days later, Bai Tong and Bai Jing landed on Ta Island as scheduled and expected to stay here for a week.

    Bai Tong goes to at least one island every year, and there is nothing new about it anymore.She is too lazy to do activities like snorkeling and surfing; she has no interest in watching fish or fishing. The fish are so ugly.

    Her arrangements these days are very simple, either soaking in the sea water, or soaking in the hotel swimming pool, or else just lying here and there all day long, like an object that can be moved at will.

    There is no leisurely vacation, only a spontaneous feeling that youth is wasted and has no meaning.

    However, Bai Jingru was not just here for vacation. She had a friend who invested in property here and invited her to inspect it.

    Bai Jingru asked Bai Tong to go with her, but Bai Tong refused. Even if she had nothing to do, she wanted to stay by herself and have nothing to do, instead of following behind Bai Jingru with nothing to do.

    Today, Bai Tong lay on the hotel’s private beach until almost five o’clock. The wind gradually picked up. She thought about going to the sea for a while and then going back to the room.

    There are scattered people swimming and surfing on the beach.

    Baitong’s water quality is average, it only swims in shallow waters near the coast and doesn’t swim too far.

    I suddenly had the idea to dive underwater and try how long I could hold my breath.

    After adjusting his swimming goggles, Bai Tong took a deep breath and dived under the sea.

    It is indeed very close to the shore. The sunlight penetrates completely and you can see the fine white sand on the seabed. Tiny bubbles are floating upward. The turquoise sea surface is broken, as if a layer of glass glaze has been burned.

    Bai Tong looked at his watch, 42 seconds.

    Has it just been a while?

    Bai Tong continued to count in his heart, one second, two seconds…

    After counting nearly ten times, his chest felt a little swollen and painful. Bai Tong spit out a large mouthful of bubbles and began to float upward.

    But very slightly, my head hit something.

    Looking up, it was pitch black.

    Bai Tong pushed it with his hands. This thing was very light and floated with the sea water as soon as he pushed it, but he couldn’t push it away no matter what.

    The oxygen was exhausted, and Bai Tong couldn’t help but take a sip of water. The harder he struggled, the more water he drank until his ears began to buzz.

    The sound became louder and quieter, and gradually, the world became quiet and distant.

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    When Bai Tong woke up, the surroundings were either white or blue, and there were many ticking instruments.

    There were doctors and nurses chatting nearby, speaking in a language she didn’t understand.

    Seeing that she was awake, someone opened the door to the ward.

    Outside the door, Bai Tong saw Bai Jingru standing there. In addition to her, there were police, people from the hotel, and some Asian faces.

    When Bai Jingru walked in, those people also followed, especially when the police were still chattering. Bai Jingru stopped and said something back, then drove them all out and locked them outside.

    Bai Jingru walked to Bai Tong. The two looked at each other for a while, and then Bai Jingru silently sat down on the chair beside the bed.

    “Mom…” Bai Tong was wearing an oxygen mask. His voice sounded dull and hurt everywhere from his head to his throat to his lungs.

    “It’s okay.” Because Bai Tong’s hand was injecting an intravenous drip, Bai Jingru could only gently touch her daughter’s shoulder and comfort her.

    “Mom, what did you tell them?” Bai Tong didn’t feel Bai Jingru’s nervousness, fear, or feeling of regaining something. In addition to feeling a little uncomfortable, she was more curious.

    Bai Jingru replied, “The hotel’s security management is not in place. The police want to find out some information from you. We will talk about it later. You will stay in the hospital for three days and then we will return to China together.”

    “It takes so long?” Bai Tong said.

    “It’s okay. Just keep an eye on it. Nothing will happen. Mom will stay with you.” Bai Jingru said.

    Medical staff came to talk to Bai Jingru, and then Bai Jingru said to Bai Tong, “You should rest first, Tongtong. I will come see you later.”

    After Bai Jingru left, Bai Tong didn’t dare to close his eyes. As soon as he closed his eyes, he would think of the feeling of being underwater. The suffocation was so close.

    Although she was scared, Bai Tong felt that this time it was her fault, it was just an accident, and she had no real intention to do anything to herself.

    Later in the evening, Bai Tong took a nap, so he didn’t see Bai Jingru.

    The next day, Bai Tong woke up very early. Bai Jingru said yesterday that she would accompany him, but in fact, it was a lie. Bai Tong waited all morning and did not see Bai Jingru’s figure.

    So Bai Tong used the remote control to turn on the TV hanging at the end of the bed, watch the news, and learn French.

    It was babbling and I couldn’t understand it at all.

    There was news about the hotel, the beach, and the thick mosaics where I stayed, myself?

    Bai Tong looked at it carefully, but couldn’t understand what he was saying. A nurse came in and saw Bai Tong reading the news about the accident, and came to comfort her.

    The nurse’s English was not very good, so Bai Tong could tell something about a paddle board or an evil hotel.

    I once wondered if I had heard it wrong.

    She asked what paddle board.

    The nurse didn’t seem to understand. She took out her phone and opened an app. Before handing it over, she hesitated and asked Bai Tong if she was sure she wanted to see it.

    Bai Tong took it over. This is a foreign short video software. There are some low-definition videos on it. At first, they were shot from far away from the sea while shaking. After a few times, there were still different angles.

    Audiences are everywhere in life. Bai Tong pieced together a timeline of his main activities that day from scattered videos. At first, he was lying on the beach. After entering the water in the afternoon, he disappeared not long after. Later, a floating paddle board appeared on the water and swayed with the sea water for a long time.A lifeguard swam closer and pulled Bai Tong out from under the paddle board.

    The video material comes from a wide range of sources, and there is even a high-definition photo of Bai Jingru and Bai Tong, in which Bai Tong is wearing school uniform.Bai Tong recalled it and couldn’t remember when the photo was taken.

    Looking further back, I don’t know if some of the videos have a large section of Bai Jingru’s introduction cut out for the sake of length. Bai Tong’s information is limited, but it’s not completely absent.

    At the end, Bai Tong didn’t understand where the paddle board came from.

    Bai Tong returned the phone to the nurse and thanked him. The two chatted for a while, and the nurse began to check and record the data for Bai Tong.

    Although Bai Tong felt that it was really annoying to stay with Bai Jingru all day long, he didn’t know if it was because this was a foreign country and he was lying in a hospital bed, so he missed Bai Jingru a little bit.

    What I was thinking about was whether she would just leave him here, what if she never came to see him again, what if she died?

    Anyway, just thinking about it, Bai Jingru came in the afternoon.

    Looking tired.

    This kind of look is rarely seen on Bai Jingru’s face. Bai Tong leaned over and took a closer look, and seemed to be able to see a faint green color under Bai Jingru’s eyes.

    “Mom, didn’t you sleep well?” Bai Tong said.

    “It doesn’t matter to me, how are you feeling today?”

    It was okay if Bai Jingru didn’t ask, but when she asked, Bai Tong coughed violently.She really wasn’t pretending, she felt a little uncomfortable in her lungs, and when she coughed, it started to hurt.

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