Qi Liu didn't say anything, but simply walked to a chair nearby and sat down.
He suddenly began, "I used to have a friend who was a soldier."
The sentence, spoken in a rather low tone, caused Xu Qiaoqiao to furrow her brows, curious about what he was getting at.
Qi Liu continued, "He couldn't swim. He was a ground troop and thought swimming wasn't necessary, so he was too lazy to learn. Until one day... during a mission, he and his comrades were blocked by a lake. They had to swim across to escape. But he couldn't swim, so one of his comrades swam with him. It was a long distance for one person to swim, let alone two. Several times along the way, his comrade almost couldn't keep going. My friend urged his comrade to leave him behind and save himself, but his comrade didn't say a word and just kept swimming until they reached the other side of the lake."
