Chapter 44: Na Zha's Swimsuit Skin

"Hey, Mi Mi?"

Huh~

Hearing the familiar tone and voice, Da Mi Mi unconsciously let out a long breath.

"A Ci……"

"What's wrong? Your voice is so quiet."

"I……"

Da Mi Mi lifted her head and looked around; everyone was busy with their own affairs, so they probably hadn't noticed her.

"Why haven't you called in so long?"

"You didn't call me either."

"You……"

Da Mi Mi covered the hand holding her phone with her clothes, leaned on the table pretending to sleep, and almost cried out.

"Can't you, as a man, just let the girl have her way?"

Chen Ci chuckled: "Do you still count as a girl?"

"What do you mean?"

"No, I just missed you."

"Really?"

Da Mi Mi obviously didn't believe it, thinking, "If you missed me, why didn't you even take the initiative to call?"

"Believe it or not, the airport signal is bad; I'll call you after I get a taxi."

"Hey, you……"

After confirming the call had ended, Da Mi Mi's big eyes were at a loss; in short, she was dumbfounded.

What does this mean? After not talking for over a week, we only exchanged a few sentences.

But listening to Chen Ci's tone, it seemed nothing was wrong.

"Places, everyone, Xiao Yang, are you asleep?"

She didn't have time to think, and quickly replied: "Oh, no, I'm coming…"

Chen Ci hung up so decisively, not because he didn't want to talk, but mainly because there was a little tail beside him, making some things hard to say.

Putting away his phone, he turned his head and saw Little Na Zha looking at him with a smiling face.

"Na Zha, what are you looking at?"

"Brother-in-law, is the new older sister called Mi Mi?"

Chen Ci almost took a half-step back strangely, his brow showing oddness.

"New older sister?"

Good grief, you just want to be the little sister-in-law, and you don't care who the older sister is, right?

"Na Zha, I think it's necessary to teach you: in Chinese, you have to have an older sister before you can have a brother-in-law."

"Huh?" Na Zha blinked: "Why?"

"A brother-in-law is the husband of an older sister; without an older sister…"

Chen Ci felt something was off; how did he become a language teacher?

He roughly understood that, in Na Zha's understanding, this 'brother-in-law' meant about the same as 'older brother'.

"Anyway, remember: you must never call me brother-in-law in front of strangers, especially women, or I might not be able to protect you."

"Ah? If not brother-in-law, what should I call you?"

"Whatever you like, call me Chen Ci or older brother."

Na Zha muttered softly: "Still, brother-in-law rolls off the tongue more easily…"

"Cough." Chen Ci pretended not to hear.

After a while, the two got in a taxi and drove onto the expressway heading to the city.

Not long after leaving the airport, the roadside opened up to a vast expanse of azure blue and green, where water and sky blended into one.

"Brother-in-law, the sea—this is the ocean!"

Na Zha clung to the car window, marveling at the coastline outside.

Before Chen Ci could speak, the round-faced driver uncle smiled and asked: "Young lady, is this your first time seeing the sea?"

"Mm-hmm."

Na Zha remained immersed in the shock of the seascape, still staring fixedly out the window.

"Which country is the young lady from? Her Chinese is really good."

Chen Ci said calmly: "China, Uyghur."

The driver uncle laughed even more brightly: "Ah, so you're fellow Uyghurs—no wonder you've never seen the sea. At this time of year you've arrived; don't think just because our southern summers are hot, but when you get to the seaside…"

"Cough, I also grew up here, I know all that you're saying."

Running into a chatty driver, sometimes I really don't know if it's lucky or unlucky.

"Like that, I can't tell your accent, but the young lady is so pretty, her older sister must be gorgeous too, young man, you're really lucky…"

"Cough cough!"

"Oh, sorry for misspeaking, I haven't seen such a pretty young lady in a long time; have you considered letting her become a star?"

Chen Ci realized he could hardly keep up with the driver uncle's train of thought; their conversation jumped all over the place with no coherence.

"About the same, I also make movies."

"Mm, no wonder—are you here to visit relatives or to film?"

"Neither."

The driver uncle suddenly shook his head and sighed, 'Alas, what a pity.'

At this moment, Chen Ci became curious instead: 'What's the pity?'

'Young man, your hometown is also around here, right? This place is so beautiful, there's so much fun stuff—why hasn't anyone made a movie or something?'

Upon hearing there was something fun, Na Zha immediately became interested, turned her head to look at Chen Ci, and said, 'Brother-in-law, what fun things are there?'

Chen Ci rubbed her hair, then pointed at the driver and said, 'You'd better ask him.'

'Uncle~'

'Hey!'

The driver couldn't help smacking his lips; this taste was sweeter than honey in March.

'We have plenty of fun things here, especially in summer—going to the beach to swim, dive...'

'Swim!'

Na Zha is obviously impatient; hearing about swimming, her eyes lit up.

She's always wanted to learn to swim, let alone freely frolic in the sea.

'Brother-in-law, I want to go swim in the sea.'

Chen Ci said calmly, 'Swimming—did you bring your swimsuit?'

'Huh?'

A simple question left Na Zha speechless—she's just a little land duck, where would she get a swimsuit?

Of course, Chen Ci still agreed to her request: 'No problem, I'll buy you two when we pass a store later.'

Coincidentally, he also wanted to see Na Zha unlock her swimsuit skin.

'Mm-hmm, thank you, brother-in-law!'

The little girl lunged straight at Chen Ci, hugging his arm and rubbing against it.

She felt even more excited than when she received that Chanel bag earlier, though she seemed to have forgotten the sunglasses perched on her head.

Still, Chen Ci helped her take them off: 'Take it easy.'

The driver uncle watched this scene through the rearview mirror, feeling an indescribable envy.

Having such a pretty, lovable little sister-in-law clinging and acting cute—he'd be willing to die ten years earlier.

'Master, we've entered the urban area—let's first find a supermarket.'

'Okay.'

Suddenly, a familiar guitar sound rang out from the car—turns out the driver uncle was playing music in the car.

Chen Ci frowned slightly, instinctively turning his head to look at Na Zha—just then the little girl also tilted her head to look at him.

Their eyes met, and they smiled at each other.

Na Zha opened her little mouth to say something, but Chen Ci raised his index finger, making a shushing gesture.

The little girl understood, and the smile on her face became even more exuberant.

'Goodbye, my love...'

'In my sky!'

The driver uncle joined in with a howl, and after howling he still added, 'Young man, have you heard this song?'

Before Chen Ci could speak, Na Zha could hardly contain herself: 'We've all heard it; we heard it the first time it was sung.'

Indeed, it was the first time—Na Zha even went on stage to present flowers.

'This song was put in the car by my son; he said it's their class song, and everyone has to learn to sing it.'

'Class song?'

'Ah, in their second year of high school they'll be taking the college entrance exam around this time next year, and I also think this song makes a good class song—it has a motivating vibe.'

'Then I suggest you listen to another song by this band...'