"Sometimes this is just the opposite." Leng Zhiqing gently put his arm around her shoulders and half-touched her. The two of them walked from the beach to the winding bamboo path.
Xiao Xixi did not refuse, fearing that she would irritate Leng Zhiqing again, and she still had to deal with some things she didn't want to deal with, so she could only keep her head down and move forward.
Not far away, walking from the sea to the beach, Situ Leiyan's feet were still wet with sea water, stepping on the white beach, and his narrow and deep eyes stared closely at Xiao Xixi who had followed Leng Zhiqing away.
Just now, it was such a simple and short touch. A familiar soft and delicate touch... He reluctantly turned his eyes and looked at Gu Ruolan who had already walked to the edge of the beach.
"Yan, I brought my phone," Gu Ruolanxin smiled and said slightly, "Why are you playing in the water again?"
"Well, just take a walk." Situ Leiyan answered casually. He took the phone and flipped through the screen casually, "Are you going back?"
"I... want to go snorkeling with you, and also, can I bask in the sun for a while?" She also made some effort to observe Situ Leiyan's face. Although he frowned slightly, he was still relaxed.
"Do you still want to play?" Situ Leiyan raised his eyebrows, looked at Gu Ruolan's expectant eyes, and nodded, "Okay, I'll wear swimming goggles in the past." His accumulated indulgence towards her was not something he could occasionally do.
Lost due to one hesitation.
There is no way to turn back time, so as long as you seize every moment, you will not waste all your efforts.
****** "Pour you some wine?" Leng Zhiqing sat on the edge of the circular hot spring pool, looked at Xiao Xixi who was sitting inside and enjoying herself, and picked up the bottle of wine.
"Thank you! - But no, no, I want to drink water. Also, I will do it myself." Xiao Xixi refused. She really has no habit of being served by a man like him. The semi-warm water is different from the hot springs in mainland China.
, you won’t break out in a sweat at all, it’s more like taking a bath in room temperature water.
"Soak, don't catch a cold." Leng Zhiqing glanced at her and pressed her shoulder, "I'll get it."
"Thank you." Xiao Xixi had no choice but to nod. Watching Leng Zhiqing pace into the room, she stretched out her hand to hold up the rose petals in the water and blew them.
"Water." After half a minute, Leng Zhiqing put the water glass on the side of the pool.
Xiao Xixi picked up the cup and started filling it with water, while watching Leng Zhiqing walking barefoot to the swimming pool nearby. She simply changed her position and lay on the edge of the pool, watching Leng Zhiqing walk over. Before she could see clearly, he was already jumping for joy.
It entered the water. In another second, it had emerged from a few meters away.
Xiao Xixi was immediately dumbfounded.
Seeing that Leng Zhiqing was like a good swimming fish, she felt a sense of admiration and astonishment in her heart. Naturally, she was used to being afraid of water. Unexpectedly, this man's strong physique was incredible, and he swam to the water in a matter of seconds.
On the other side, he dived into the water and kicked off the bank, using the momentum to reveal his jet-black hair from the water a few meters away.
"It's amazing..." Xiao Xixi couldn't help but sigh to herself. Seeing him swimming quickly in the water, she couldn't help but feel excited to get ready. However, she still had hidden worries. She didn't dare to try it.
She shook her head.
Leng Zhiqing had returned to the shore where he started. He was standing at the bottom of the water, with his chest above the water surface. He wiped the water droplets off his face with his hands. He raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Xixi who was staring at him with relish. He couldn't help but feel guilty.
Smile lightly: "What are you looking at?" She is actually still interested in this.
"You're a really good swimmer," Xiao Xixi replied calmly. "Unlike me, who gets scared when I see the water, you swim just like a fish." She looked impressed but lacked interest.
"This is still about you..." Leng Zhiqing just started to speak, but he swallowed the rest of the words, "It's nothing." Immediately, his face showed a look of depression, and his eyes were dim.
"It's nothing," Leng Zhiqing put down the discouragement just now, and looked up at her again as if nothing had been said, "Come here to learn? Don't be afraid, I'm here."
For some reason, the firm idea that she was not Ding Rou, which he had let go for a long time, actually felt a little bit sad again. For a moment, as if he was looking at Ding Rou again, he wanted to say, this is after competing with you.
, the result of often traveling alone.
Before my eyes, memories that had been buried long ago appeared.
...
"Compared?" Ding Rou's face was filled with cold interest.
"I never compete with women." Leng Zhiqing opened her thin lips and flatly refused.
"Ha," a slightly disdainful smile appeared on Ding Rou's lips, "A real man would never say such things. What he said was just -" She just smiled and shook her head.
"Just what?" Leng Zhiqing asked.
"It's just that I'm afraid of losing, that's all." Ding Rou's apricot eyes were full of confidence. After saying that, she slipped into the water from the shore, tried to stand on tiptoes in the water, and lifted the water to her neck to adapt to the water temperature. Joking
She glanced at Leng Zhiqing, then turned to look at the other end of the swimming pool. Without squinting, she seemed to be muttering to herself: "It's just what it looks like."
"Me?" Leng Zhiqing just asked, but he saw that she had already sunk into the water, kicked off the wall of the pool from the shore, and swam a few meters faintly.
A smile of interest appeared on his thin lips, he jumped into the water and chased after her.
...
"Leng Zhiqing, Leng Zhiqing—" Xiao Xixi looked at Leng Zhiqing as he was deep in thought, and couldn't help but wonder, looking at him, "What are you thinking about?" His eyes just seemed to have traveled through time.
"It's okay." Leng Zhiqing looked at Xiao Xixi who was looking at her with wide eyes.
If possible, he really wished that he had never known Ding Rou. Perhaps, such a self would not be permanently trapped in that demonic state, and would be so inextricably lost in thought at any time.
"Actually, I really want to learn how to swim," Xiao Xixi said, stood up and walked out of the hot spring pool, stretched out a towel, sucked the moisture from her body, walked slowly to the side of the pool, and sat down.
He looked at Leng Zhiqing with a slight smile.
This condescending posture made her feel that she suddenly felt upright.
Unable to hold back, she burst out laughing: "This is the first time I've looked at you from top to bottom. When I look at you like this... my poker face looks a little better." Finally, she couldn't help but joked happily.
After taking a bath in the hot spring, I felt much better.
"You... be careful, I will punish you." Leng Zhiqing glanced at Xiao Xixi, not expecting that she would suddenly say such a thing.
"Really, I'm not afraid." Xiao Xixi moved half a step back, feeling even more happy, and a happier smile bloomed on her face.
"Really, you're really not afraid--" Leng Zhiqing looked at her face with amusement as she was about to succeed in provoking him.
"Of course I'm not afraid, you can't touch me!" Xiao Xixi didn't realize that she was getting burned, and she was still teasing happily. Unexpectedly, Leng Zhiqing's arms held the shore from the water, and suddenly jumped up, grabbing what she thought was a
She was safely pulled into the water.
Before Xiao Xixi could be stunned, she was already submerged in the water in the swimming pool. The water was not deep, but not shallow either. Leng Zhiqing beside her did not particularly understand her huge fear of water, especially when she saw the person she was standing in the sea just now.
Look.
On the contrary, he looked at her with some amusement, waiting for her to struggle to stand up from the water.
Unexpectedly, the moment Xiao Xixi, who was too nervous, just fell into the water, she reflexively wanted to breathe air, and a mouthful of water poured into her mouth. Then, if she wanted to breathe again, she could only be surrounded by water and could touch the bottom of the pool.
But I kept slipping due to excessive nervousness.
A few seconds were as long as half a year. Not only did she not stand firm as he expected, but she struggled to move closer and closer to the center of the pool.
"Help me..." Xiao Xixi said in panic, but as soon as she opened her mouth with a weak cry, water poured in again.
Leng Zhiqing suddenly realized that something was wrong with Xiao Xixi. The playful smile on his face disappeared, and he hurriedly leaned forward to catch the struggling Xiao Xixi. He suddenly lifted her up and found that her consciousness had been cut off, her face was pale, and she was breathing.
Effortless.
"Cough cough cough..." Xiao Xixi, who was placed on the shore, kept coughing, her eyes were a little red, and she wanted to cough up the choking water. Her breathing seemed to be stagnated by the water, which was so difficult.
Her consciousness was a little blurry, her eyes were misty and white, and she couldn't see anything at all.
Feeling weak all over...so scared.
What's going on? I can only think and react in a panic and mechanically, but my mind can't react.
"Xiao Xixi, - Xiao Xixi!" Leng Zhiqing was suddenly stunned. He didn't expect that his casual joke would actually cause such a huge reaction from her. It almost led to a catastrophe.
At this moment, seeing Xiao Xixi coughing feebly until she fell half to the ground, he simply couldn't believe his eyes. For a moment, countless regrets rushed into his heart, and he felt really confused, extremely uncomfortable and indescribable.
worry.
Patting Xiao Xixi's back, he kept calling her name.
"You..." Her mind was suddenly confused for a moment. For a moment, Zhong Yixuan's face appeared in front of Xiao Xixi's eyes. Her whole body seemed to be hit by something. She trembled, hugged herself hard, and shouted loudly,
But he only resisted weakly: "Don't come over, don't come over, don't touch me..."
On the face, it was unclear whether it was pool water or tears.
"Xiao Xixi, Xiao Xixi!" Leng Zhiqing looked at Xiao Xixi anxiously. He, who had always been calm, suddenly panicked. He didn't care to curse himself anymore. He picked up Xiao Xixi's shoulders, shook her hard, held up her face with both hands, and demanded
She stared numbly at her face: "It's me, Xiao Xixi, I'm Leng Zhiqing!"
Cold... clear...
The mind is very slow, who is it?
Is it him... is he... Zhong Yixuan? But, is it still... Leng Zhiqing?
Xiao Xixi's thoughts finally began to slowly recover from the frightened pause, and her eyes that had just been dazed began to slowly shift to the man in front of her.
So scared, is it... Zhong Yixuan, that devil?
No, no, Xiao Xixi's eyes suddenly became hot, and she was trembling, filled with fear. Finally she saw clearly that the person in front of her was Leng Zhiqing, not... Zhong Yixuan! She suddenly felt tears filling her eyes,
She shed tears and murmured: "I'm afraid of the cold..."
Leng Zhiqing looked at Xiao Xixi, who had finally regained consciousness, with innocent and pitiful eyes, filled with tears, and filled her heart with regret, and held her tightly in her arms.