Save Beauty

  On Sunday, my wife Zhou Siying and I went skiing at the only ski resort in the city. The northern mountain where the ski resort is located is a famous tourist destination in summer, with a boating lake at the foot of the mountain. In winter, the boating lake would be frozen and become a natural ice skating rink.

  After Siyue and I finished sledding, it was already late afternoon. As we were walking home, Siyue said she knew of a small path behind the boat lake that could take us directly out of Beishan Park.

  On our way home across the lake in a rowboat. A cry for help came from far away in the northwest: Someone has fallen into an ice hole!

  "Go and take a look..." Si Wei said.

  "Go..."

  We went closer and took a look, it turned out that a girl in her twenties had fallen into the ice hole dug by the fisherman.

  Surrounded by a large crowd of onlookers.

  People were talking and saying: This girl intentionally committed suicide, with such a bright sky and such a big ice cave, how could she not see it? Didn't you see that after she fell into the water, she didn't even cry out?

  Some say: it's hopeless, on a day with temperatures below minus thirty degrees, who dares to go there?

  "This girl is going to be in trouble..."

  "Husband, look quickly, it's Qī Xuěfēi who fell in..."

  "It really is her."

  This girl with the surname Qi is our neighbor, a pretty little girl who is also a university student majoring in vocal music. However, due to a heartbreak, she has become somewhat mentally unstable. Since then, her family hasn't been taking care of her much, which is quite pitiful.

  "Shall we save her?" I turned back to ask Siying, we only need to stand at the edge of the ice cave and we can pull her up.

  "Be careful, husband..." Si Yue was also a kind-hearted girl.

  "I'll go slowly, you wait for me here." I said to Siying.

  "No." My wife gazed at me with affection and said, "It's safer if we go together."

  "Whatever..." I said.

  My wife, Zhou Siying, and I cautiously approached the ice cave hand in hand. No wonder nobody dared to come and rescue her - there was a large circle of floating ice around the ice cave, which had already frozen but not firmly enough, with the danger of collapsing at any time.

  I had my wife stand on the frozen ice and then I crouched down carefully approaching that ice cave little by little.

  At this moment, the girl in the ice cave is stretching out a pair of hands, her body is faintly visible, it's unknown if she can still be saved.

  I stretched out my hand and grabbed hers, trying to pull her up. Her body was very light, and with a slight effort, I pulled her head out of the water. Her face was frozen pale, and her hair was covered in ice crystals. She opened her eyes and saw me, and for the first time, her usually crazy eyes had some sparkle.

  "It's you, Liu Ge." Qi Xuefei said weakly: "What's wrong with me?"

  "Don't worry, you accidentally fell into the ice hole, I'll pull you up right away." I said.

  "Thank you..." At this moment, Qi Xuefei suddenly had a desire to survive, she grabbed my arm with her hand and tried to climb up.

  At this time, unexpectedly, the floating ice around the ice cave could not withstand the weight of the two of us and shattered.

  With a loud splash, I and Zixuefei fell into the water at the same time.

  "Hurry! Let go of Siying!" I shouted to my wife, worried that she would also be pulled over.

  "No! Husband!" Zhou Siying's hand grasped mine tightly as she shouted for help to the people standing around.

  But surprisingly, no one came to rescue us. Siying's strength couldn't withstand the two of us after all, and with a splash, she also fell in.

  I was a good swimmer, but my body quickly lost consciousness from the icy lake water. All I could hear was Qī Xuěfēi's crying voice: "Liu Dàgē, it's all because of me that you two are in this situation... I'm sorry..."

  "Wait for me, Liu Ming...Liu Ming..." his wife's voice trailed behind him.

  Then nothing was known anymore.