Gu Nuo'er didn't plan to respond to him for the time being.

Let Brother Siming wait a while.

She concentrates on taking care of Zhang Yuanyi in her arms.

Zhang Yuanyi's face was pale, and although she was covered by the canopy, she could still feel the swaying of the hull.

She leaned against Gu Nuo'er's arms, her body froze.

"Yuanyi, would you like some water?" Gu Nuo'er lowered her long eyelashes and asked in a gentle tone.

Zhang Yuanyi shook her head, panic in her big almond eyes.

Gu Nuo'er could see that she was terribly afraid.

Zhang Yuanyi leaned on her shoulder and said in a harsh voice, "I'm afraid of water..."

Gu Nuo'er blinked her long eyelashes.

Afraid of water?

She smiled lightly, her face beautiful.

"Are you afraid because you can't swim?"

Zhang Yuanyi shook her head gently, her eyes dimmed with a slight panic.

"As a child... I nearly drowned."

When she was four years old, she took a boat trip on the lake.

However, the ship leaked and sank!

Zhang Yuanyi still remembers that the lake water, which usually seemed calm on the shore, quickly spread over her head.

She struggled constantly, but the clothes on her body were very heavy, and she fell to the bottom of the lake!

The water rushed into her nose, choking her so much that she couldn't breathe!

At that moment, Zhang Yuanyi felt that someone grabbed her throat and lost her strength to struggle.

If the accompanying guards hadn't swam in time to save her, she might have died that summer.

After returning home, Zhang Yuanyi was frightened and fell ill.

The Zhang family also became frightened because they almost lost their daughter.

Until the age of seven, Zhang Yuanyi was kept in a deep boudoir and could not go out.

The fear of nearly drowning when she was a child had always lingered in her heart.

Usually when taking a bath, even if standing in the tub, two maids should stay with him.

When I see rivers and lakes like this, I always want to stay far away.

Zhang Yuanyi said in a dull voice, "Last time I saw sister Xie fall into the lake. I think she must be very scared, so I found someone to save her."

"But now that I think about it, not everyone is as useless as me. I'm afraid of water, and I'm scared when I see Jiang He."

She drooped her little head, completely lost her lively and playful look a few days ago.

"I almost dragged my sister down, sorry."

Gu Nuo'er felt a little distressed when she heard that.

Like her own sister, she held Zhang Yuanyi in her arms.

"Yuanyi, don't say that, it's not shameful to be afraid of water, you're just afraid of being in danger again."

"Every one of us has something to be afraid of. For example, I am afraid..." Gu Nuo'er thought about it before saying, "I'm afraid of the wolves that howl."

"Like Hu greasy, he is afraid of cocklebur. If you don't believe me, look at it."

After Gu Nuo'er finished speaking, she turned her head towards Hu Greasy's direction and pretended to exclaim, "Hu Greasy, why do you have a cocklebur on your head!"

Hu Guben was distracted by the boat awning, and suddenly jumped up when he heard the words.

"Where! Where! Help me take it off!"

Before, when he couldn't transform into a human form, he ran in the woods.

If a fox's fur is not careful, a few cockleburs will stick to it.

It made him feel stabbed every time he lay down and panicked.

But at that time, I had no hands, and I couldn't reach my back, so I could only rub down against the big tree!

Even if he has become a human now, Hu greasy still hates this thing.

Seeing him waving his hands frantically, Gu Nuoer and Zhang Yuanyi couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Only then did Hu greasy realize that he was being tricked.

"You two make fun of me together!"

After being relieved by Gu Nuoer, Zhang Yuanyi's expression softened.

The boat continued to descend along the current, and the boatman's eyes passed Gu Nuo'er from time to time.

But more often, he was looking at the woman who was wearing a hat and couldn't see her face.