Ch60 - The Young Couple Teaches Sister To Swim

It was originally a joyous class gathering for the students, but because of the addition of TA Xiao, the atmosphere instantly became dull and serious.

Looking at those faces with great bitterness and deep hatred, Xiao Yiheng asked Li Cheng incomprehensibly: “I am their senior, and you are also their senior. When you join them, they are very welcoming; but when I join them, why do they put on such an expression?”

 

 

Li Cheng pondered for a while, and came to the conclusion: “Maybe it’s because you are not as handsome as I am.”

Xiao Yiheng raised his eyebrows: “…Do you know how many people approached me for my contact information when I walked here from the station?” 

Li Cheng exploded as soon as he heard it, “Well well, you, this flower, who attracts the bees and the butterflies, do you still want to be my family’s main wife? Someday, you monster A, I will teach you a lesson to let you learn what it means to use O as the key link.”

 

The two people argued back and forth fiercely for a while, then stopped simultaneously and laughed foolishly.

Youyou couldn’t understand what they were talking about. She thought that today’s brother and brother Xiao were so strange. They told those inexplicable jokes that were not funny at all. After they finished talking, they started to giggle, and then finished giggling and continued to talk…… This cycle repeated many times, making her dizzy.

But other than that, Youyou was very happy.

 

The little girl held Xiao Yiheng’s hand with one hand, and her brother’s in the other. The three people walked side by side in the park, and unknowingly attracted many gazes.

Youyou noticed that in their group, there were a few young ladies in the first year of junior high, who looked back and peeked at them from time to time, so she raised her chin triumphantly and thought: See and envy! I have two older brothers, and both brothers are handsome and confident.

As everyone knows, the focus of those little girls was completely different.

“Why did TA Xiao come to the Water Park? Someone with his cold look should go to the Ice Paradise.” 

“And why is Senior Brother Li Cheng talking and laughing with him? Haven’t the two of them always been at odds with each other?”

“What do you mean by ‘talking and laughing’? That’s obviously a ‘forced to smile’. Senior brother Li Cheng has sacrificed himself to help the collective. In order to let us have a good time, he has risked himself to attract TA Xiao’s firepower.”

“Why does senior brother Li Cheng’s sister seem to be familiar with TA Xiao?”

“Little sister, you don’t know how dangerous the world is. Do you remember when TA Xiao came to class on the first day? Everyone was stunned by him. What happened? He didn’t think twice while deducting points!” With that, the little girl pulled Wei Huohuo beside her, “Wei Huohuo has the right of speech in this matter. His points were almost deducted to zero by TA Xiao.” 

Suddenly, the cue came to Wei Huohuo. But he looked like he was on a mental journey to outer space. He took a long time to respond and vaguely said: “Uh…yes, yes.”

They bought group tickets and entered the park together. Although it was a weekend, there were not many tourists because the park had just started its trial operation.

After entering the park, everyone went to the locker room to store their bags and change clothes.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Cheng told everyone: “After entering the park, let’s play separately, but for safety, you children should be at least two or three in a group. Don’t go to the deep water area and don’t talk to others casually. As for Xiao Yiheng… Well, I mean TA Xiao. He is in a group of three with me and my sister. You all can rest assured and have fun. There’s no need to worry about him.” 

As soon as these words came out, the students in the class admired Li Cheng even more. Their eyes were sparkling and they tagged him with a series of labels such as “Feeding a Tiger with Self”, “A Tiger Fighting Hero” and so on.

Only Wei Huohuo’s eyes were complicated. He secretly prayed that his cousin had better leave obediently. He must not, under any circumstances, jump into this pit.

 

After changing their clothes, everyone dispersed. Wei Huohuo ran faster than anyone else. He wanted to find Wei Rong as soon as possible, and persuade him to abandon the sea of emotions and turn back to the shore.

Because it was a water park, everyone who entered the venue had to change into swimsuits and swimming trunks. Some people had thin skins, and after changing their swimsuits, they wrapped a bath towel around their bodies, but Li Cheng was not so pointlessly fastidious. 

Today, he specially chose a pair of sexy orange swimming trunks. He walked out from the dressing room without a bath towel, with his upper body naked. He was tall and long legged. The swimming trunk line passed over the crotch, the beautiful chest muscles and back muscles were unobstructed, the lines were tight and smooth. The mermaid line winded into the swimming trunks, and the honey-colored skin glistened with a layer of radiance.

His wonderful figure was like a natural magnet, attracting countless people’s eyes to stick to him.

Li Cheng was accustomed to being looked at, and frankly enjoyed the attention of others.

Other males felt embarrassed when they spotted him and walked around him. As a result, a hollow region appeared around Li Cheng, but he was unaware of it. 

Youyou stood beside him timidly. Today, she wore a dark blue swimsuit with a small skirt—it was a typical school student look. She looked at the giant swimming pool and water amusement facilities not far away. Her original excitement was gradually replaced by fear.

The Li family were fishermen and died in a shipwreck. This incident left a huge psychological shadow on Youyou, who was only two years old at the time. For a long time, she would scream at the sight of water and was afraid of even taking a bath. It was Li Cheng who had been by her side to encourage her. Youyou gradually let go of her fear and began to try swimming—but somehow, in spite of being the sister of a swimming champion, she had never learned to swim, not even the simplest way of floating on water. She still relied on swim rings.

Because Xiao Yiheng hadn’t come out of the locker room for a long time, Li Cheng thought about it, and simply took Youyou to the tourist store to rent a swimming ring.

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Li Cheng chose a little yellow duck for her, but Youyou was greedy. In addition to the little yellow duck, she also fell in love with a flamingo as big as a boat. 

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He persuaded his sister: “Youyou, this is a small boat, not a swim ring. If you sit on it, you will never learn to swim.”

Youyou had a flat mouth, a little aggrieved. 

Li Cheng was hard-hearted, unmoved: “Besides, ducks can swim, but flamingos can’t swim. Even if it’s a picture for luck, you have to choose ducks but not flamingos.”

Youyou asked in return, “Brother, according to what you said, you can swim. Then why hasn’t anyone made your picture into a swimming ring?”

“…” Li Cheng thought, ‘My sister is getting older, it’s really hard to manage her.’

Youyou: “Frankly speaking brother, you think it’s too expensive.” 

Li Cheng: “You are not letting go even when you know it is expensive?”

Youyou was even more aggrieved: “Can a girl’s feelings be measured by money?”

 

“…”

The siblings quarreled in the tourist store, letting people see them as a joke. 

At the critical moment, a voice rang from behind them: “Since Youyou likes it, let’s rent one.”

At the same time, a well-defined hand stretched out between the siblings and handed two pink banknotes to the staff member at the fees window.

Needless to say, the owner of that hand was Xiao Yiheng.

Youyou smiled and yelled: “Brother Xiao is the best!” This little opportunist immediately forgot her flesh and blood brother’s name, and immediately fell into the arms of another man. 

Li Cheng was angry: “Xiao Yiheng, can you stop doting on her like this?”

Xiao Yiheng leaned over and whispered in his ear: “Last time doesn’t count. This is the first time I am meeting our sister. I have to express something right?”

Li Cheng: “…Remember, it’s ‘my sister’, not ‘our sister’.”

Xiao Yiheng raised his eyebrows and didn’t expose his lie. 

Li Cheng turned around and focused on the alpha. To be honest, Li Cheng had a little selfish desire during this trip to the water park–Xiao Yiheng had seen him almost bare, but Xiao Yiheng was always dressed neatly. Li Cheng wanted to know what kind of physique hid under those clothes.

However, Li Cheng was utterly disappointed. Xiao Yiheng actually wore a long T-shirt over his swimming trunks!

The pure white T-shirt hung down to the base of the thigh. The two straight and slender legs of the alpha were wrapped in ankle-length swimming trunks. The whole body was still tightly wrapped up.

Li Cheng was shocked. 

“Which century are you living in?! These days, no one comes to the water park wearing so much!”

Xiao Yiheng calmly said: “I think many people wear this much.” He pointed his finger in two directions.

But the problem was that the first person he pointed to was a shy female tourist who wore a wrap dress over her swimsuit. The second person was a man with a big belly. He probably had a low self-esteem due to his figure. The man wore a beach shirt with coconut trees printed on it.

Li Cheng originally wanted to take this opportunity to “inspect the goods” first, but his wishful thinking came to nothing due to Xiao Yiheng’s trick. 

Xiao Yiheng seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and chuckled softly: “Are you so curious about my body?”

“Who, who is curious!” Li Cheng blushed in shame and pushed him away, held Youyou and walked away quickly. Youyou clasped the flamingo’s neck in one hand, and followed her brother with footsteps that went pitter-patter.

 

Xiao Yiheng followed them unhurriedly. Before leaving the store, he rented the little yellow duck swim ring that Li Cheng had seen before.

The staff in charge of the cash register said: “Young man, you and your classmate have a great relationship.” 

Xiao Yiheng shook his head: “He is not my classmate, he is my boyfriend.”

The cashier suddenly realized that they were a young couple.

……

Since Youyou couldn’t swim, Li Cheng didn’t take her to play at the large water facilities directly, but first took her to practice floating in shallow water. 

There were not many people in the shallow water area. Youyou dragged the flamingo into the swimming pool, and it immediately attracted the attention of a number of people. Youyou was so proud when she straddled the flamingo, feeling that she was the most handsome female knight in the world.

Li Cheng mercilessly carried her from the flamingo to the pool: “Come on female knight, learn to swim honestly. If you can’t learn to float without aid today, don’t even think about going to the water slide.”

Li Cheng couldn’t understand the problem. It was easy to float if you held your breath. As long as you held your breath, plunged your head into the water, and relaxed your body, you could easily float on the water. Holding breath and floating was the foundation of swimming. If you couldn’t learn to float, then kicking and arm swinging were all empty talk.

But Youyou was like a rock. She sank to the bottom when she was thrown into the water. When she sank to the bottom, she became nervous. Once nervous, her limbs flopped, and when she flopped, she sank faster. 

Youyou tried several times, and finally couldn’t help but hug the flamingo in her grief and shed tears. She didn’t say anything, just looked at Li Cheng with those red eyes. Her small mouth pouted higher than that of a duck.

Li Cheng knew the reason his younger sister was not good at learning, she… deep down in her heart, she was still afraid of water.

Youyou was only two years old when their parents died in an accident. Many people thought that a two-year-old child was too young to understand anything, but in fact, it was precisely because of the young age that the psychological shadow left by the accident would affect her for a lifetime.

The reason why Li Cheng would force his sister to learn to swim was that he hoped that his sister could overcome the nightmare and bravely come out of the shadows. After all, Li Cheng couldn’t protect Youyou for a lifetime. She could be afraid for a while, but not forever. 

Both siblings were exhausted physically and mentally during the swimming lesson.

Xiao Yiheng looked on from the shore for a while, and then vaguely guessed something. He thought for a while, walked to the edge of the pool, and called Li Cheng to the shore.

Li Cheng looked depressed. His body was wet and his blond hair hung on his forehead, water dripping down.

Xiao Yiheng handed him the towel and advised him to proceed step by step and not to rush. 

Li Cheng sat on the bench by the shore and watched his sister in the swimming pool float on the water with her arms around the flamingo’s neck. He sighed and plunged his entire face into the towel.

“I can’t help but rush…” Because of the towel barrier, Li Cheng’s voice sounded muffled, “Xiao Yiheng, have you ever wondered that Youyou and I are siblings, so why does she have parents but I don’t?”

 

Xiao Yiheng carefully chose his words: “I have heard a bit about you from your little brothers.”

The fact that Li Cheng was an orphan was not a secret. Youyou was young, and a girl at this age was more likely to be adopted. The people she called “mom and dad” must be her adoptive parents. 

“I grew up with Youyou. In the orphanage, there were many children, but few living supplies. Although basic food and clothing was guaranteed, there was nothing other than food and clothing. A sandpit, a slide, a set of building blocks… everything was singular. I remember one time when a deflated balloon floated in from outside the orphanage. At that time, more than 20 children grabbed it and my clothes were torn. But I still grabbed it for Youyou,” Li Cheng had a deep smile, “Many people say how cruel the competition in sports is, but in my opinion, it’s the same. If you can’t get a gold medal, you can still grab silver and bronze medals. But in the orphanage, if you can’t grab it, you don’t even have a consolation prize, and you can only be bullied for nothing.”

It was precisely because of this experience when he was a child that Li Cheng developed a character that strived for everything. He was the boss of the children in the orphanage, he had to be the boss when he entered the school. He was only allowed to win the gold medal on the field.

Because he knew that he had no other way but to go for the first place.

“Many people say that without me, Youyou would have had a very poor life in the orphanage, but in fact it was just the opposite—without Youyou, I wouldn’t even have the motivation to fight for anything,” Li Cheng didn’t look up from the towel. From Xiao Yiheng’s perspective, the omega’s shoulders were rigid, as if he was secretly struggling, “But, I can’t always be with Youyou.” 

Xiao Yiheng was an only child. Although he couldn’t understand this fraternal affection, he understood that for Li Cheng, who had lost his parents, his younger sister was the most important person in his life for the first 17 years.

There were so many things Li Cheng wanted to say. He just didn’t know where to start.

“Maybe it’s ridiculous to you? It’s just swimming. If she can’t learn it, why should I force her so hard? This is because… our parents died in a shipwreck.”

For people living in cities, it was hard to imagine that someone’s home was a ship. The ship was very big and had everything available in the cabin. Some ships were aboard on dry land. Apart from going to school, seeing a doctor, and buying basic daily necessities, they didn’t need to go ashore. 

Li Cheng and Youyou were born in such a family that lived on water. There was a poem that says “My deep love for this land”. For everyone in the Li family, it was “My deep love for this ocean”.

Before they learned to walk, they learned how to swim.

However, in the face of a natural disaster, even if you are an expert swimmer, you can’t escape the power of nature. The cabin was overturned by huge waves, and their parents set aside their hope of escape for their children.

In the end, it was the fishery administration boat patrolling the ocean that rescued the confused Li Cheng and Youyou. They wore bright orange-red life jackets and were carried on a floating board, drifting on the sea for a day and a night. When they were rescued, Youyou had fallen into a coma and Li Cheng had a high fever, holding his last breath to stay awake, his lips were chapped like dry land. 

This disaster collapsed their family and caused the siblings to be sent to the orphanage.

The Children’s Rescue Center invited a psychologist to help the two children. Youyou showed various stress responses, but Li Cheng was like a piece of “copper wall, iron bastion“. In the face of the terrible news of his parents’ death, he did not blame others, but asked about the arrangements to deal with the funeral of his parents.

Since then, Youyou was afraid of water, and even kept crying while taking a bath; but Li Cheng began to sign up in various amateur swimming competitions, and gradually showed his head and spread his feet.

“They all say I am strong, but I am not,” Li Cheng whispered, “I know better than anyone that ‘fear’ is the most useless emotion. Water has taken away everything from me. Shouldn’t I be afraid of water because of this?—No, I will prevail over it.” 

Li Cheng learned to overcome fear at the age of ten.

He hoped that the ten-year-old Youyou could also defeat it.

 

“After all, I can’t accompany Youyou for the rest of my life… She has new parents, a new family, and I also have my life and my future.” He still maintained a hunched posture. The protruding spine emerged one by one from between the two back muscles, like a winding path. “In a while, I will set off for the capital to participate in the training camp, and then I will go abroad to participate in the competition, and even enter university in advance…I want to teach her how to swim and defeat fear before I leave.”

Xiao Yiheng silently stretched out his hand and gently covered his back with the palm of his hand. His warm palm slowly caressed along his spine again and again offering comfort. 

He quietly listened to Li Cheng’s narration, and remembered every word he had said in his heart. In front of outsiders, Li Cheng was always arrogant and domineering, as if omnipotent; but it was only today Xiao Yiheng knew that Li Cheng had suffered disasters that ordinary people could not imagine, and everything he experienced had made him who he was today.

“ChengCheng,” Xiao Yiheng solemnly said, “I will help you fulfill your wish.”

“How can you help me?” Li Cheng finally raised his head from the towel, his eyes red, and his tone nasal when he spoke. He glanced at the waterproof plaster on Xiao Yiheng’s right ankle, and muttered, “You can really get into the water like this? And I, a swimming champion, can’t teach her to swim, how are you going to teach her?”

“I will use the Archimedes method to teach her.” 

“……???” Li Cheng thought hard for a long time.

Who was Archimedes? Was there a swimming champion with this name in the world? Or was there a well-known swimming coach he had never heard of, who had created a set of exquisite swimming skills?

Soon, Li Cheng knew who Archimedes was.

Xiao Yiheng walked into the shallow water along the stairs on the bank. The water in the pool was 1.2 meters deep and dampened his waist. The white T-shirt floated in the water and it vaguely stuck to his waist and abdomen, revealing the alpha’s strong abdominal muscles. 

Youyou hugged the flamingo’s neck, looking at him curiously and fearfully.

“Youyou, have you heard of Archimedes’ principle?” Xiao Yiheng asked with his eyes down.

Youyou: “…who?”

“Archimedes, a famous physicist in ancient Greece.” 

Youyou: “…”

Li Cheng: “…”

Xiao Yiheng: “The principle of buoyancy discovered by Archimedes, laid the foundation of hydrostatics.”

Youyou: “…” 

Li Cheng: “…”

Xiao Yiheng: “The famous Archimedes’ principle’ is the formula of buoyancy.”

 

He touched the water to wet his finger and wrote a series of English formulas on the shore.

Fb = -⍴gV 

Fb = buoyant force
⍴ = fluid density
g = acceleration due to gravity
V = fluid volume.

He cleared his throat, guided patiently and systematically, “Next, I will use this physical formula to show you the existence of buoyancy and teach you how to swim.”

Ch60 - The Young Couple Teaches Sister To Swim

It was originally a joyous class gathering for the students, but because of the addition of TA Xiao, the atmosphere instantly became dull and serious.

Looking at those faces with great bitterness and deep hatred, Xiao Yiheng asked Li Cheng incomprehensibly: “I am their senior, and you are also their senior. When you join them, they are very welcoming; but when I join them, why do they put on such an expression?”

 

 

Li Cheng pondered for a while, and came to the conclusion: “Maybe it’s because you are not as handsome as I am.”

Xiao Yiheng raised his eyebrows: “…Do you know how many people approached me for my contact information when I walked here from the station?” 

Li Cheng exploded as soon as he heard it, “Well well, you, this flower, who attracts the bees and the butterflies, do you still want to be my family’s main wife? Someday, you monster A, I will teach you a lesson to let you learn what it means to use O as the key link.”

 

The two people argued back and forth fiercely for a while, then stopped simultaneously and laughed foolishly.

Youyou couldn’t understand what they were talking about. She thought that today’s brother and brother Xiao were so strange. They told those inexplicable jokes that were not funny at all. After they finished talking, they started to giggle, and then finished giggling and continued to talk…… This cycle repeated many times, making her dizzy.

But other than that, Youyou was very happy.

 

The little girl held Xiao Yiheng’s hand with one hand, and her brother’s in the other. The three people walked side by side in the park, and unknowingly attracted many gazes.

Youyou noticed that in their group, there were a few young ladies in the first year of junior high, who looked back and peeked at them from time to time, so she raised her chin triumphantly and thought: See and envy! I have two older brothers, and both brothers are handsome and confident.

As everyone knows, the focus of those little girls was completely different.

“Why did TA Xiao come to the Water Park? Someone with his cold look should go to the Ice Paradise.” 

“And why is Senior Brother Li Cheng talking and laughing with him? Haven’t the two of them always been at odds with each other?”

“What do you mean by ‘talking and laughing’? That’s obviously a ‘forced to smile’. Senior brother Li Cheng has sacrificed himself to help the collective. In order to let us have a good time, he has risked himself to attract TA Xiao’s firepower.”

“Why does senior brother Li Cheng’s sister seem to be familiar with TA Xiao?”

“Little sister, you don’t know how dangerous the world is. Do you remember when TA Xiao came to class on the first day? Everyone was stunned by him. What happened? He didn’t think twice while deducting points!” With that, the little girl pulled Wei Huohuo beside her, “Wei Huohuo has the right of speech in this matter. His points were almost deducted to zero by TA Xiao.” 

Suddenly, the cue came to Wei Huohuo. But he looked like he was on a mental journey to outer space. He took a long time to respond and vaguely said: “Uh…yes, yes.”

They bought group tickets and entered the park together. Although it was a weekend, there were not many tourists because the park had just started its trial operation.

After entering the park, everyone went to the locker room to store their bags and change clothes.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Cheng told everyone: “After entering the park, let’s play separately, but for safety, you children should be at least two or three in a group. Don’t go to the deep water area and don’t talk to others casually. As for Xiao Yiheng… Well, I mean TA Xiao. He is in a group of three with me and my sister. You all can rest assured and have fun. There’s no need to worry about him.” 

As soon as these words came out, the students in the class admired Li Cheng even more. Their eyes were sparkling and they tagged him with a series of labels such as “Feeding a Tiger with Self”, “A Tiger Fighting Hero” and so on.

Only Wei Huohuo’s eyes were complicated. He secretly prayed that his cousin had better leave obediently. He must not, under any circumstances, jump into this pit.

 

After changing their clothes, everyone dispersed. Wei Huohuo ran faster than anyone else. He wanted to find Wei Rong as soon as possible, and persuade him to abandon the sea of emotions and turn back to the shore.

Because it was a water park, everyone who entered the venue had to change into swimsuits and swimming trunks. Some people had thin skins, and after changing their swimsuits, they wrapped a bath towel around their bodies, but Li Cheng was not so pointlessly fastidious. 

Today, he specially chose a pair of sexy orange swimming trunks. He walked out from the dressing room without a bath towel, with his upper body naked. He was tall and long legged. The swimming trunk line passed over the crotch, the beautiful chest muscles and back muscles were unobstructed, the lines were tight and smooth. The mermaid line winded into the swimming trunks, and the honey-colored skin glistened with a layer of radiance.

His wonderful figure was like a natural magnet, attracting countless people’s eyes to stick to him.

Li Cheng was accustomed to being looked at, and frankly enjoyed the attention of others.

Other males felt embarrassed when they spotted him and walked around him. As a result, a hollow region appeared around Li Cheng, but he was unaware of it. 

Youyou stood beside him timidly. Today, she wore a dark blue swimsuit with a small skirt—it was a typical school student look. She looked at the giant swimming pool and water amusement facilities not far away. Her original excitement was gradually replaced by fear.

The Li family were fishermen and died in a shipwreck. This incident left a huge psychological shadow on Youyou, who was only two years old at the time. For a long time, she would scream at the sight of water and was afraid of even taking a bath. It was Li Cheng who had been by her side to encourage her. Youyou gradually let go of her fear and began to try swimming—but somehow, in spite of being the sister of a swimming champion, she had never learned to swim, not even the simplest way of floating on water. She still relied on swim rings.

Because Xiao Yiheng hadn’t come out of the locker room for a long time, Li Cheng thought about it, and simply took Youyou to the tourist store to rent a swimming ring.

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Li Cheng chose a little yellow duck for her, but Youyou was greedy. In addition to the little yellow duck, she also fell in love with a flamingo as big as a boat. 

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He persuaded his sister: “Youyou, this is a small boat, not a swim ring. If you sit on it, you will never learn to swim.”

Youyou had a flat mouth, a little aggrieved. 

Li Cheng was hard-hearted, unmoved: “Besides, ducks can swim, but flamingos can’t swim. Even if it’s a picture for luck, you have to choose ducks but not flamingos.”

Youyou asked in return, “Brother, according to what you said, you can swim. Then why hasn’t anyone made your picture into a swimming ring?”

“…” Li Cheng thought, ‘My sister is getting older, it’s really hard to manage her.’

Youyou: “Frankly speaking brother, you think it’s too expensive.” 

Li Cheng: “You are not letting go even when you know it is expensive?”

Youyou was even more aggrieved: “Can a girl’s feelings be measured by money?”

 

“…”

The siblings quarreled in the tourist store, letting people see them as a joke. 

At the critical moment, a voice rang from behind them: “Since Youyou likes it, let’s rent one.”

At the same time, a well-defined hand stretched out between the siblings and handed two pink banknotes to the staff member at the fees window.

Needless to say, the owner of that hand was Xiao Yiheng.

Youyou smiled and yelled: “Brother Xiao is the best!” This little opportunist immediately forgot her flesh and blood brother’s name, and immediately fell into the arms of another man. 

Li Cheng was angry: “Xiao Yiheng, can you stop doting on her like this?”

Xiao Yiheng leaned over and whispered in his ear: “Last time doesn’t count. This is the first time I am meeting our sister. I have to express something right?”

Li Cheng: “…Remember, it’s ‘my sister’, not ‘our sister’.”

Xiao Yiheng raised his eyebrows and didn’t expose his lie. 

Li Cheng turned around and focused on the alpha. To be honest, Li Cheng had a little selfish desire during this trip to the water park–Xiao Yiheng had seen him almost bare, but Xiao Yiheng was always dressed neatly. Li Cheng wanted to know what kind of physique hid under those clothes.

However, Li Cheng was utterly disappointed. Xiao Yiheng actually wore a long T-shirt over his swimming trunks!

The pure white T-shirt hung down to the base of the thigh. The two straight and slender legs of the alpha were wrapped in ankle-length swimming trunks. The whole body was still tightly wrapped up.

Li Cheng was shocked. 

“Which century are you living in?! These days, no one comes to the water park wearing so much!”

Xiao Yiheng calmly said: “I think many people wear this much.” He pointed his finger in two directions.

But the problem was that the first person he pointed to was a shy female tourist who wore a wrap dress over her swimsuit. The second person was a man with a big belly. He probably had a low self-esteem due to his figure. The man wore a beach shirt with coconut trees printed on it.

Li Cheng originally wanted to take this opportunity to “inspect the goods” first, but his wishful thinking came to nothing due to Xiao Yiheng’s trick. 

Xiao Yiheng seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and chuckled softly: “Are you so curious about my body?”

“Who, who is curious!” Li Cheng blushed in shame and pushed him away, held Youyou and walked away quickly. Youyou clasped the flamingo’s neck in one hand, and followed her brother with footsteps that went pitter-patter.

 

Xiao Yiheng followed them unhurriedly. Before leaving the store, he rented the little yellow duck swim ring that Li Cheng had seen before.

The staff in charge of the cash register said: “Young man, you and your classmate have a great relationship.” 

Xiao Yiheng shook his head: “He is not my classmate, he is my boyfriend.”

The cashier suddenly realized that they were a young couple.

……

Since Youyou couldn’t swim, Li Cheng didn’t take her to play at the large water facilities directly, but first took her to practice floating in shallow water. 

There were not many people in the shallow water area. Youyou dragged the flamingo into the swimming pool, and it immediately attracted the attention of a number of people. Youyou was so proud when she straddled the flamingo, feeling that she was the most handsome female knight in the world.

Li Cheng mercilessly carried her from the flamingo to the pool: “Come on female knight, learn to swim honestly. If you can’t learn to float without aid today, don’t even think about going to the water slide.”

Li Cheng couldn’t understand the problem. It was easy to float if you held your breath. As long as you held your breath, plunged your head into the water, and relaxed your body, you could easily float on the water. Holding breath and floating was the foundation of swimming. If you couldn’t learn to float, then kicking and arm swinging were all empty talk.

But Youyou was like a rock. She sank to the bottom when she was thrown into the water. When she sank to the bottom, she became nervous. Once nervous, her limbs flopped, and when she flopped, she sank faster. 

Youyou tried several times, and finally couldn’t help but hug the flamingo in her grief and shed tears. She didn’t say anything, just looked at Li Cheng with those red eyes. Her small mouth pouted higher than that of a duck.

Li Cheng knew the reason his younger sister was not good at learning, she… deep down in her heart, she was still afraid of water.

Youyou was only two years old when their parents died in an accident. Many people thought that a two-year-old child was too young to understand anything, but in fact, it was precisely because of the young age that the psychological shadow left by the accident would affect her for a lifetime.

The reason why Li Cheng would force his sister to learn to swim was that he hoped that his sister could overcome the nightmare and bravely come out of the shadows. After all, Li Cheng couldn’t protect Youyou for a lifetime. She could be afraid for a while, but not forever. 

Both siblings were exhausted physically and mentally during the swimming lesson.

Xiao Yiheng looked on from the shore for a while, and then vaguely guessed something. He thought for a while, walked to the edge of the pool, and called Li Cheng to the shore.

Li Cheng looked depressed. His body was wet and his blond hair hung on his forehead, water dripping down.

Xiao Yiheng handed him the towel and advised him to proceed step by step and not to rush. 

Li Cheng sat on the bench by the shore and watched his sister in the swimming pool float on the water with her arms around the flamingo’s neck. He sighed and plunged his entire face into the towel.

“I can’t help but rush…” Because of the towel barrier, Li Cheng’s voice sounded muffled, “Xiao Yiheng, have you ever wondered that Youyou and I are siblings, so why does she have parents but I don’t?”

 

Xiao Yiheng carefully chose his words: “I have heard a bit about you from your little brothers.”

The fact that Li Cheng was an orphan was not a secret. Youyou was young, and a girl at this age was more likely to be adopted. The people she called “mom and dad” must be her adoptive parents. 

“I grew up with Youyou. In the orphanage, there were many children, but few living supplies. Although basic food and clothing was guaranteed, there was nothing other than food and clothing. A sandpit, a slide, a set of building blocks… everything was singular. I remember one time when a deflated balloon floated in from outside the orphanage. At that time, more than 20 children grabbed it and my clothes were torn. But I still grabbed it for Youyou,” Li Cheng had a deep smile, “Many people say how cruel the competition in sports is, but in my opinion, it’s the same. If you can’t get a gold medal, you can still grab silver and bronze medals. But in the orphanage, if you can’t grab it, you don’t even have a consolation prize, and you can only be bullied for nothing.”

It was precisely because of this experience when he was a child that Li Cheng developed a character that strived for everything. He was the boss of the children in the orphanage, he had to be the boss when he entered the school. He was only allowed to win the gold medal on the field.

Because he knew that he had no other way but to go for the first place.

“Many people say that without me, Youyou would have had a very poor life in the orphanage, but in fact it was just the opposite—without Youyou, I wouldn’t even have the motivation to fight for anything,” Li Cheng didn’t look up from the towel. From Xiao Yiheng’s perspective, the omega’s shoulders were rigid, as if he was secretly struggling, “But, I can’t always be with Youyou.” 

Xiao Yiheng was an only child. Although he couldn’t understand this fraternal affection, he understood that for Li Cheng, who had lost his parents, his younger sister was the most important person in his life for the first 17 years.

There were so many things Li Cheng wanted to say. He just didn’t know where to start.

“Maybe it’s ridiculous to you? It’s just swimming. If she can’t learn it, why should I force her so hard? This is because… our parents died in a shipwreck.”

For people living in cities, it was hard to imagine that someone’s home was a ship. The ship was very big and had everything available in the cabin. Some ships were aboard on dry land. Apart from going to school, seeing a doctor, and buying basic daily necessities, they didn’t need to go ashore. 

Li Cheng and Youyou were born in such a family that lived on water. There was a poem that says “My deep love for this land”. For everyone in the Li family, it was “My deep love for this ocean”.

Before they learned to walk, they learned how to swim.

However, in the face of a natural disaster, even if you are an expert swimmer, you can’t escape the power of nature. The cabin was overturned by huge waves, and their parents set aside their hope of escape for their children.

In the end, it was the fishery administration boat patrolling the ocean that rescued the confused Li Cheng and Youyou. They wore bright orange-red life jackets and were carried on a floating board, drifting on the sea for a day and a night. When they were rescued, Youyou had fallen into a coma and Li Cheng had a high fever, holding his last breath to stay awake, his lips were chapped like dry land. 

This disaster collapsed their family and caused the siblings to be sent to the orphanage.

The Children’s Rescue Center invited a psychologist to help the two children. Youyou showed various stress responses, but Li Cheng was like a piece of “copper wall, iron bastion“. In the face of the terrible news of his parents’ death, he did not blame others, but asked about the arrangements to deal with the funeral of his parents.

Since then, Youyou was afraid of water, and even kept crying while taking a bath; but Li Cheng began to sign up in various amateur swimming competitions, and gradually showed his head and spread his feet.

“They all say I am strong, but I am not,” Li Cheng whispered, “I know better than anyone that ‘fear’ is the most useless emotion. Water has taken away everything from me. Shouldn’t I be afraid of water because of this?—No, I will prevail over it.” 

Li Cheng learned to overcome fear at the age of ten.

He hoped that the ten-year-old Youyou could also defeat it.

 

“After all, I can’t accompany Youyou for the rest of my life… She has new parents, a new family, and I also have my life and my future.” He still maintained a hunched posture. The protruding spine emerged one by one from between the two back muscles, like a winding path. “In a while, I will set off for the capital to participate in the training camp, and then I will go abroad to participate in the competition, and even enter university in advance…I want to teach her how to swim and defeat fear before I leave.”

Xiao Yiheng silently stretched out his hand and gently covered his back with the palm of his hand. His warm palm slowly caressed along his spine again and again offering comfort. 

He quietly listened to Li Cheng’s narration, and remembered every word he had said in his heart. In front of outsiders, Li Cheng was always arrogant and domineering, as if omnipotent; but it was only today Xiao Yiheng knew that Li Cheng had suffered disasters that ordinary people could not imagine, and everything he experienced had made him who he was today.

“ChengCheng,” Xiao Yiheng solemnly said, “I will help you fulfill your wish.”

“How can you help me?” Li Cheng finally raised his head from the towel, his eyes red, and his tone nasal when he spoke. He glanced at the waterproof plaster on Xiao Yiheng’s right ankle, and muttered, “You can really get into the water like this? And I, a swimming champion, can’t teach her to swim, how are you going to teach her?”

“I will use the Archimedes method to teach her.” 

“……???” Li Cheng thought hard for a long time.

Who was Archimedes? Was there a swimming champion with this name in the world? Or was there a well-known swimming coach he had never heard of, who had created a set of exquisite swimming skills?

Soon, Li Cheng knew who Archimedes was.

Xiao Yiheng walked into the shallow water along the stairs on the bank. The water in the pool was 1.2 meters deep and dampened his waist. The white T-shirt floated in the water and it vaguely stuck to his waist and abdomen, revealing the alpha’s strong abdominal muscles. 

Youyou hugged the flamingo’s neck, looking at him curiously and fearfully.

“Youyou, have you heard of Archimedes’ principle?” Xiao Yiheng asked with his eyes down.

Youyou: “…who?”

“Archimedes, a famous physicist in ancient Greece.” 

Youyou: “…”

Li Cheng: “…”

Xiao Yiheng: “The principle of buoyancy discovered by Archimedes, laid the foundation of hydrostatics.”

Youyou: “…” 

Li Cheng: “…”

Xiao Yiheng: “The famous Archimedes’ principle’ is the formula of buoyancy.”

 

He touched the water to wet his finger and wrote a series of English formulas on the shore.

Fb = -⍴gV 

Fb = buoyant force

⍴ = fluid density

g = acceleration due to gravity

V = fluid volume.

He cleared his throat, guided patiently and systematically, “Next, I will use this physical formula to show you the existence of buoyancy and teach you how to swim.”