Caught in a rip current at the beach, my stepsister and I were both drowning. My mother, a lifeguard, rescued my stepsister first and stopped her colleague from saving me. She said coldly, “Don’t bother with Jiang Qianqian. She’s been a swimming champion since she was little. How could she possibly drown? She’s obviously faking it!” Only when my body washed ashore while she was teaching people to swim did she still refuse to believe it. “That can’t be my daughter. Jiang Qianqian isn’t that fat!” But, Mom, the seawater had made my body swell.
