The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

"Hey? Short legs...cough cough, old squad leader, Sister Lin, why are you drinking?"

Xu Bowen walked over to them with a grin, rubbed his still-sore ear, and "politely" kept an arm's length distance from Wen Yao.

"None of your business! You're an adult, what's wrong with having a drink?"

Wen Yao rolled her eyes in annoyance.

"Why are you coming here instead of visiting your friends?"

"Don't even mention it, I'm too ashamed to face them anymore."

Xu Bowen shook his head with a wry smile.

After Wen Yao publicly humiliated his boast, his friends relentlessly mocked him, saying that a sports student had been thoroughly beaten by a young girl and they were practically ready to expel him from the sports student program.

"That's perfect, sit down and have a drink with me."

Xu Bowen was about to refuse when he met Wen Yao's kind smile.

Zhao Lin, with her innate drinking prowess, could drink several bottles without even turning red in the face; Wen Yao simply couldn't outdrink her.

She knew Xu Bowen had a low alcohol tolerance, and she was determined to get back at him.

Helpless, Xu Bowen could only sit opposite her, looking at the large glass of beer that Wen Yao handed him with tears in his eyes.

"Bottoms up! Drink!"

Wen Yao tilted her head back and drank, her throat bobbing up and down, quickly finishing the glass of beer.

Damn it, let's fight this tigress to the death!

Xu Bowen gritted his teeth, picked up his wine glass, and drank.

"Cough cough cough..."

He choked so badly after drinking less than half a cup that his face turned as red as if it had been burned.

"Hahahaha...Are you even capable?"

Wen Yao pointed at his flushed cheeks and burst into laughter.

In an instant, she felt all the frustration in her heart vanish.

"Damn it... I really am, how can a man... say he can't do it?"

Xu Bowen straightened his slurred speech, tilted his head back, and downed the remaining half-glass of wine.

Huh? How come there are three short-legged chickens now...?

Xu Bowen felt a sudden dizziness and pointed at Wen Yao, wanting to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

Soon, he collapsed on the beach, unconscious.

"Ugh, garlic bird, garlic bird, this is so boring."

Wen Yao stood up and patted the sand off her legs.

"Linlin, let's go play in the water."

"Shouldn't we just leave him alone?"

Zhao Lin pointed to Xu Bowen, who was fast asleep, hugging the sand.

"No need. When we get back, if he's still not awake, we'll take a taxi and send him home."

Wen Yao pouted and called out to Xu Xi, who was nestled in her brother's arms in the distance.

"Xi Bao, it's time to go to the sea! Follow me and let's head out to sea!"

"Here it comes!"

Xu Xi took her brother's hand and ran happily toward Wen Yao.

"Ah Yu, let's go swimming together."

Zhao Lin waved to Qi Yu, who was standing to the side.

"good!"

Qi Yu smiled and picked up a swimming ring from the side and put it on.

"Hey? Brother Qi Yu, you can't swim?"

Wen Yao was puzzled when she saw Qi Yu putting on a swimming ring.

No, it doesn't.

"I remember you mentioned before that a few years ago you caught ducks in the pond back home and treated your family to some meat."

Wen Yao asked in confusion.

If Qi Yu also wears a swimming ring, then they won't have enough swimming rings.

There were five people in the group, and she only brought four swimming rings.

Upon hearing this, Qi Yu scratched his head sheepishly.

"Actually, the pond was only knee-deep. I was able to catch the duck because I tripped over a rock at the bottom and fell, hitting the duck and stunning it..."

Upon hearing this, Xu Xi, the only one among them who wasn't wearing a swimming ring, changed her expression slightly.

"Oh, I see... Then I'll go to the little shop next door and buy another swimming ring."

Wen Yao muttered to herself as she took out her wallet from the tent.

"No."

Xu Nian took off her own swimming ring and put it on Xu Xi.

"Little Creek, go play with them."

"It's okay, Brother Xu Nian. A swimming ring isn't worth much. I'll just go buy another one."

Wen Yao frowned.

There's no reason to let someone be left behind when you're out having fun.

"It's okay. We haven't had time to clean up the trash yet. You guys go have fun. I don't like swimming either, so I'll just clean up the trash here."

Xu Nian smiled and waved her hand.

He knew that things at the beach were expensive, and it wasn't worth wasting money there.

For him, seeing his sister's smiling face was enough.

Xu Xi's eyes darted around. She gestured to show the size of her own swimming ring and then to Wen Yao's.

"Yaoyao, let's change our swimming rings."

"what?"

Wen Yao took off her swimming ring and handed it to Xu Xi, then took what Xu Xi handed her.

Only then did I realize that Xu Xi's swimming ring was a whole size smaller than mine.

Xu Xi pressed her back against Xu Nian's, stood on tiptoe, and put the swimming ring over their heads.

The new swimming ring was just the right size to cover the two of them.

"Okay, now everyone can go swimming without spending any extra money."

Xu Xi clapped her hands happily, turned around and grinned at her brother, eager to show off her achievement.

Xu Nian rubbed her little head, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"Charge! Charge!"

Wen Yao took the lead and rushed into the waves.

Zhao Lin and Qi Yu followed closely behind, and together they plunged into the embrace of the sea.

"Brother, let's go down too."

"it is good."

Xu Nian and Xu Xi carefully stepped into the seawater, their big feet and small feet close together, their hands firmly holding onto the swimming ring.

The seawater was cool at night, seemingly unaffected by the scorching heat that had plagued Yuncheng for months.

When your toes first touch the seawater, you can't help but twitch them slightly.

As the seawater gradually rose above my ankles, calves, and thighs, a refreshing coolness from the ocean instantly spread throughout my body.

Standing in the sea, even my body felt much lighter.

In an instant, a splash of water came and landed on their heads.

"Xi Bao! Let's have a water fight!"

The instigator, Wen Yao, was waving at Xu Xi with a grin while splashing water at Zhao Lin and Qi Yu.

"Aaaaaah, my hair!"

Her hair, which her brother had just tied up, was disheveled by the seawater, and a hint of anger appeared on Xu Xi's face. She reached into the seawater and splashed it forcefully towards Wen Yao.

Wen Yao fought back while retreating, slowly entering the deep water area and escaping Xu Xi's attack range.

"Brother, let's chase after them."

Xu Xi lightly touched the seabed with her toes and slowly moved towards deeper waters.

However, because she was the shortest among them, before she could even get close to Wen Yao and the others, her feet could no longer touch the seabed, forcing her to stop moving forward.

Ugh, I'm so annoyed!

Xu Xi angrily swung her little feet in the water.

Just then, Xu Nian wrapped his arms around her waist, lifted her out of the water, and placed her on his shoulders.

"Come on, Little Creek, that way you'll be taller than them."

Xu Nian smiled, held onto the swimming ring tightly, and waded along, bringing Xu Xi closer to Wen Yao and the others.

"Hehe, brother is awesome!"

Xu Xi happily pumped her fist, squeezing her legs tightly around her brother to maintain her balance.

Now I can use both hands to fight, and I don't need to use one hand to hold the swimming ring anymore.

Combat power doubled!