Chapter 362: At the very least, Lin Li made the sleeping lion wake up

"Don't, don't go any further!!"

"Zi! ——Ang! ——Brother! ——"

Lin Li was desperate, running along the edge of the pool.

That run in the sunset that day, that was Brother Ziang's lost swimming trunks.

Although for safety's sake, he couldn't run fast barefoot on the wet ground, but since the object of pursuit was swimming, Lin Li quickly overtook Ceng Ziang.

So, with his upper body facing the pool, Lin Li began to wave frantically and call out:

"Ya mie ro——ya mie ro——"

Lin Li's voice was full of emotion, no technique.

However.

At this very moment, Lin Li remembered a reversal story that was absolutely brilliant.

It is said that a long, long time ago, there was a person named Xiao Ming.

Then, Xiao Ming didn't hear it.

Your mother's!

Ceng Ziang couldn't hear it either right now!

……

The inertia of jumping into the water had dissipated, and the air absorbed by his lungs had been exhausted, so Ceng Ziang could no longer continue to swim underwater.

He emerged from the water like a lotus, changed his swimming style to the fastest freestyle, or crawl, and wriggled forward.

When diving underwater, the world was pressed on the mute button, and almost all sounds were isolated.

And when his head emerged from the water and the water in his ear canal flowed out with his movements, the world became noisy again.

—It was all the sound of splashes and turbulence brought by hand movements.

At this moment, Ceng Ziang, who had been focused on breathing and adjusting his swimming movements that had slight flaws because he hadn't swum for too long, really didn't have much attention to external sounds.

He was enjoying swimming.

Ah, so cool~

Ceng Ziang didn't know if it was because he hadn't swum for too long, or if Nansang Swimming Pool had some unique design, but in short, this swimming experience was really novel, comfortable, and enjoyable.

There was a sense of naturalness, Ceng Ziang even felt that he had completely merged with this pool at this moment, without any barriers.

There is me in the water, and there is water in me.

Bathed in water as delicate as a baby's skin, moving forward as smoothly as silk.

This was an experience he had never had before, Ceng Ziang even couldn't help but want to sing:

Can't help but turn into a stubborn fish~ swimming alone against the current to the end~ the vows made piously when young~ silently sinking in the deep sea~

Ceng Ziang felt that he had been sentenced to lifelong loneliness by love.

Swimming is worthy of being his favorite sport, it's really graceful, feeling the pores of his whole body stretching, Ceng Ziang couldn't help but want to close his eyes comfortably, letting his body follow muscle memory and play freely.

Hmm?

Because his head had been above the water surface, Ceng Ziang finally noticed Lin Li running on the pool edge on the right before closing his eyes.

And when Lin Li found that he finally looked at him, Ceng Ziang could clearly see the other's excitement and surprise, and it seemed he was still saying something in his mouth.

The splashes and turbulence still completely covered it, and Ceng Ziang didn't hear it.

But looking at Lin Li, who was waving excitedly at him, and the smile on his face and his running, there was no need to hear it.

Ceng Ziang already understood Lin Li's meaning.

—Seeing him swim so fast, he wanted to have a speed competition with him, right?

Ha, if it were before, he might have been afraid of the battle, after all, the other party was on the shore, but this time, possessing this inexplicable comfortable power, he wouldn't lose!

The fighting spirit and blood... were burning!

So, Ceng Ziang's left hand continued the standard swimming posture, while his right hand found a perfect opportunity, raised high, and waved back at Lin Li.

Lin Li, the future might be yours, but now, it's not the future yet, let us... try!

Ceng Ziang took a deep breath, focused on the front, his line of sight crossed countless crowds who seemed to be staring at him, and reached the wall at the end of the pool directly.

Come on, my body, I command you, take out everything you have, burn!

Ceng Ziang moved forward with all his might, he swam fiercely, passionately, and desperately!

……

When he saw Ceng Ziang wave at him with a smile, Lin Li, who originally thought this fool had heard him, just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, but turned his head and saw him instantly start accelerating forward in the pool, was stunned.

"(；o_o)?"

Your mother's.

Ceng Ziang, what the hell are you doing.

You noticed me and still didn't stop, you're still accelerating toward hell, what the hell are you doing?

The string that Lin Li was holding onto snapped completely at the moment when hope came and went out.

Somewhat desperate, Lin Li knelt on the edge of the pool, his left hand supporting the ground, his right hand reaching out in the direction Ceng Ziang was swimming, as if wanting to grab that ethereal hope:

"Don't... don't..."

"Brother Ziang, that's hell..."

"Why, why are you still accelerating..."

No response.

Lin Li lowered his head in despair, using his right hand to beat the wet ground, and water splashed everywhere.

The sound came from between his teeth:

"Damn! Damn! Damn it! What kind of joke is this! In the end, I still didn't do anything! I didn't change anything! I... I couldn't do anything!!!"

Lin Li finally understood at this moment what kind of state of mind Eren had when he watched Uncle Hannes being eaten.

However, despair and hope coexist.

Just like when Eren was desperate, Mikasa immediately went to tell him—"Eren, you have always been by my side, taught me how to survive, wrapped a scarf around me, you didn't do nothing."

In fact, this world is also using its own way to tell Lin Li—you, didn't do nothing either!

Bad news: Although Ceng Ziang didn't hear it.

Good news (?): But those desperate calls just now were heard by everyone else in the swimming pool!

Therefore, when Lin Li gave up calling, someone immediately started relaying:

—"Buddy! Your swimming trunks fell off!"

—"Child! Your brother is calling you! Your swimming trunks fell off!"

—"Eh! Brother! Still swimming? Your pants are gone, damn it! This is pornographic, isn't it!"

When the desperate Lin Li heard these voices, the sense of redemption brought by these touching voices of concerted effort was no different from the light received by children all over the world when Tiga was petrified.

Lin Li looked up, his vision a bit blurry—of course, it was tears of emotion, it couldn't be because of the water splashes he just patted, right.

Rubbing his eyes, Lin Li finally saw the scene in front of him.

o_o

The emotion in Lin Li's eyes disappeared instantly, becoming expressionless.

—Eh, your mother, why did you all suddenly start diving.

Just seeing Ceng Ziang remained deaf to everyone's calls, with only the wall at the end of the pool in his heart, swimming forward firmly.

And when swimming, it wasn't suitable to go up and block directly, so when everyone's attention in the hall was locked on Ceng Ziang, those tourists who were resting or swimming slowly in front of the lane immediately changed direction and made way for him to pass unimpeded.

Then,

One by one, they started diving.

There weren't many young girls in the swimming pool, and the few were basically in the shallow area.

At this moment, they were pointing at Ceng Ziang and laughing with their friends, probably saying "your husband" or "no, your husband" with their lip movements.

Most of those diving and peeking curiously now were grandpas, grandmas, and other men. After each one surfaced, they all showed a meaningful expression to the crowd around them.

Lin Li: "……"

Lin Li realized one thing after the fact: Damn, shouldn't he have been so loud?

"……"

"Damn! So I didn't do anything! And I hurt Brother Ziang?"

Recalling that Ceng Ziang had operated a bit before taking off his clothes, Lin Li, who knew how much he cared about this, felt some self-blame and guilt.

But the next second, Lin Li's eyes were firm, and he stood up.

No, no, absolutely not! He couldn't give up just like that! He couldn't fall down yet!

In his Oxford dictionary, there are no two words for giving up!

There is salvation, there is still salvation!

Lin Li put his hand behind his back, then... "Duck Blood Bottle," after it's done, I'll sacrifice a quarter of a box of duck blood, so, you come out for me now!

The "Duck Blood Bottle" was summoned and appeared in Lin Li's hand.

Lin Li's eyes were full of determination, just seeing him wave his hand—the mouth of the "Duck Blood Bottle" pointed directly at Ceng Ziang swimming in the water!

Wa ya ya! Credibility! Give it to me... go! Go! ——

Brother Ziang, this is the last thing I can do for you, I'll let your sleeping lion... wake up!

Bulge! Bulge! Bulge! Bulge!

After doing all this, putting the "Duck Blood Bottle" back into the warehouse, Lin Li smiled with relief, as if all his vitality had been drained, lifeless.

Just like this.

Everything is over.

Burned out, leaving only... snow-white ash.

……

"Ah~ cool~"

When his hand finally patted the wall of the pool, Ceng Ziang leaned against the pool wall, grabbed the handrail with one hand, wiped the water stains off his face with the other, and then showed a satisfied smile.

Really, he hadn't swum for too long.

Ceng Ziang himself was a bit surprised, is swimming actually this cool?

How to describe it, it's even cool enough to want to...

Sure enough, he should swim more in the future.

After expressing such feelings in his heart, Ceng Ziang turned his head, intending to see how Lin Li, who was competing with him, was doing now.

As a result, he saw Lin Li sitting on the edge of the middle of the pool soaking his feet, covering his face with both hands, unable to see his expression, but the whole person exuded a dejected atmosphere.

Ceng Ziang clicked his tongue.

This wasn't necessary. It was just losing a small competition, how could he be this dejected.

Hiss, should he... have swum a bit slower?

"Lin Li!" Ceng Ziang shouted at Lin Li, preparing to encourage him.

However, before Lin Li could respond, Ceng Ziang suddenly discovered that other tourists standing on the edge of the pool and in the shallow area, a very large group of people, were all looking at him now.

Did he shout too loudly?

So Ceng Ziang smiled apologetically at them.

However, those who were responded to, some widened their eyes and nodded, while others silently moved their gaze away.

When Ceng Ziang noticed that the direction of the gaze of many of them was consistent, he followed these gazes and finally saw something floating on the water not far away.

Because the distance was too far, and the line of sight was almost horizontal, Ceng Ziang couldn't see what it was at all.

"Grandpa, what's that floating?" So Ceng Ziang looked at an old man who was hitting the pool wall with his back to exercise, and asked.

The old man was stunned upon hearing this, then his expression became strange.

For a long time, the corners of his mouth began to twitch, and the old man's nostrils also suddenly began to get bigger and smaller.

Finally, after suppressing the laughter, the old man nodded: "Swimming trunks."

"What?" Ceng Ziang widened his eyes.

The old man nodded: "What's floating is swimming trunks."

"Grass? Ah?" Ceng Ziang was stunned for a while after listening, then couldn't hold back his laughter.

Although it was only a few words, one could think of the things hidden behind it at a glance.

After all, a wonderful story doesn't need many words.

For example, one sentence can tell a sad story: I dreamed I was very happy to find a toilet.

"Grass, who is it, so unlucky, why hasn't anyone gone to collect it yet."

The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to laugh. Before the old man could answer, Ceng Ziang couldn't help but grab the handrail to support his body, looking at the full picture of these swimming trunks.

He saw it.

"Laugh to death, Grandpa, these swimming trunks look quite like the ones I'm wearing~"

Ceng Ziang said to the old man with a smile, then looked down at his swimming trunks, wanting to confirm this.

Three eyes met.

Oh oh, he made a mistake, he wasn't wearing swimming trunks at all, so it didn't look like it at all.

"……"

Ceng Ziang: "ovo"

"……"

Ceng Ziang: "o_o"

"……"

Ceng Ziang: "o^o"

"Eh, grass!! Why the hell are my swimming trunks over there!!"

Ceng Ziang, who came back to his senses, immediately used both hands to protect his crotch, and opened his mouth to Lin Li, who had already stood up after hearing his name and was now looking at him with compassionate eyes not far away:

"Gulu gulu gulu!!"

—As everyone knows, once you curl up and hug in the water, the buoyancy of a pool only a few meters deep is completely insufficient, so when Ceng Ziang protected his crotch with both hands and curled into a ball, he instantly Titanic-ed.

Ceng Ziang, who choked on several mouthfuls of water, hurriedly surfaced, and with a bit of lingering fear, grabbed the handrail with one hand again, while the other hand still protected his crotch, looking at the distant swimming trunks.

The swimming pool is a standard long pool, a full fifty meters.

So, now these swimming trunks are at least forty meters away from him, floating lonely with the waves caused by others swimming.

If he could increase the length of a certain part of his body by forty meters, Ceng Ziang was hoping for the first time to add it to his hand.

One hand can't swim, so he definitely can't swim over now, but fortunately he didn't come alone this time, so Ceng Ziang immediately looked at Lin Li for help:

"Lin Li! Help! Help me get the swimming trunks! Brother!"

Lin Li's expression remained compassionate, nodded, went into the water to fish up the swimming trunks, and then walked toward this side on the shore.

"Brother, your swimming trunks." Lin Li walked from the edge of the pool and handed the swimming trunks to their owner.

And the lifeguard sitting on the observation platform in the middle of the short side also said seriously to Ceng Ziang at this time: "Hello, sir, naked swimming is prohibited in our swimming pool, please wear swimming trunks next time you swim."

Ceng Ziang: "……"

Grass.

"Uncle, he didn't do it on purpose, there's a reason." Lin Li explained to the lifeguard upon hearing this.

Ceng Ziang nodded, showing anticipation—Lin Li, hurry, saving my face depends on you.

"He chose to swim naked because he saw your promotional sign, can't blame Brother Ziang." Lin Li pointed to the building wall in the hall and said.

Ceng Ziang and the lifeguard looked in that direction upon hearing this.

"Wearing underwear to swim is an indecent act, build a civilized Nansang together, please do not wear underwear to swim"

Ceng Ziang, lifeguard: "……"

The lifeguard roared after a moment of silence: "That means let you wear swimming trunks and don't wear underwear! It doesn't mean let you wear nothing at all!!"

Ceng Ziang: "……"

The fact that the last hope was on Lin Li was itself more desperate than despair.

Ceng Ziang smiled with relief.

Of course, he also put on his swimming trunks.

Hehe, he put them on his head.

—Now, Ceng Ziang thinks the most shameful thing is not his lower house, but his upper house.

……

There was a person sitting on the edge of the middle of the pool soaking his feet, covering his face with both hands, unable to see his expression, but the whole person exuded a dejected atmosphere, the posture was exactly the same as Lin Li just now.

Of course, it was Ceng Ziang.

"Brother, are you okay?" Lin Li, who had swum a few laps, came up and leaned against the pool wall, comforting Ceng Ziang.

"I want to be quiet." Ceng Ziang waved his hand.

Lin Li was a bit surprised: "You also know Jingjing? Is it Jingjing from Tianhong or Jingjing from Qingjue?"

Ceng Ziang: "(；o_o)?"

Aren't these the names of two foot-washing shops that were sealed? Why is this kid speaking so fluently?

But being interrupted like this, Ceng Ziang let go of his hand covering his face, looked up at the sky, tugged at his swimming trunks, and sighed:

"I'm really grassed, Lin Li."

"These swimming trunks hadn't been worn for too long, causing them to be a bit loose. After I dived in, it split into two with me."

"Plus I hadn't swum for too long, I forgot what it felt like to wear normal swimming trunks to swim, I didn't realize this at all, leading to the abnormality that a normal person should have been able to detect at the first time, I didn't detect..."

"I even sighed that swimming today was different, exceptionally comfortable, grass!!"

"This face... I really... lost it all."

"It's fine, it's fine, don't be autistic, don't be autistic," Lin Li comforted softly, "A person's life is very short, just endure it and it will pass."

"Brother, the wheat has ripened five thousand times, you haven't worn swimming trunks for the first time."

"This sentence is not used like that, damn it!" Ceng Ziang couldn't hold it together, then seeing Lin Li was really concerned, he smiled reluctantly and waved his hand:

"It's fine, after relaxing for a while, I've already thought it through now, actually it's also fine."

To be honest, Ceng Ziang was even a bit glad.

He leaned forward slightly, blocked his mouth with the back of his hand, and whispered to Lin Li: "Lin Li, let me tell you something."

"Hmm?" Seeing the mysterious posture, Lin Li leaned over curiously.

"Women are made of water, this thing is not groundless!" Ceng Ziang said his discovery solemnly, lowering his voice: "Naked swimming actually makes people react! The person who invented the word 'blanching' is simply a genius!"

"Lin Li, you don't know, I only noticed later that several grandpas looked at me with full envy and reminiscence. Fortunately, fortunately, my lion woke up, defending my last dignity."

Ceng Ziang had a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Lin Li blinked.

Why does he remember that more people's eyes were full of "Damn, there's a pervert here, can he stand up like this?"

And brother, didn't you notice that there isn't a single female creature under fifty in the deep water area now?

Your class monitor will probably still thank you after knowing this.

However, as long as Brother Ziang is happy, these are not important.

It's not in vain for his good intentions.

"That's quite good," so Lin Li praised perfunctorily, then continued to persuade: "Brother, you haven't already got a drawstring, go into the water and swim, time is money, if you keep sitting here, be careful of being flicked by Bai Baihe."

"Damn, such an old meme, you actually still remember." Ceng Ziang nodded, and he had indeed rested enough, supported his hands forward, and entered the water.

"I practice memes on the Los Angeles basketball court at four in the morning every day, this is just a basic operation," Lin Li smiled, "This meme is not old, I even know a meme from 19."

"19? Isn't Bai Baihe flicking the hook from 17? Isn't this older?" Ceng Ziang was a bit surprised.

Lin Li: "That meme is called Mr. De and Mr. Sai."

Ceng Ziang: "(；o_o)?"

"What kind of 19 is this!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 363 =====