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Our movements were extremely ambiguous, and I thought that the person on the shore must have misunderstood.
Just for a split-second, Tai Ziqian released me as I stood firmly in the water.
I stared at the man on the bank, and he looked at me, too, his body a faint golden yellow in the sun, not seen for a long time, thinner than ever, his arms flanked by strong muscles, his stomach showing six distinct abdominal muscles.
He was as self-disciplined as ever, as well-built as ever.
I knew he was looking at me, too, even though he was wearing dark glasses. He was standing there motionless, and his eyes must have been looking at me.
Tai Ziqian was silent as he saw the situation. Then, he dived into the water and swam to the other side of the pool.
Just then, a little girl in a pink bathing suit came running over and shouted, "Daddy! I've changed into my bathing suit! "
I turned and saw that it was Dodo.
She looked thinner and paler than before, followed by an aunt who looked like a babysitter. The nanny was wearing ordinary clothes and had an awkward smile on her face, as if she was not used to this kind of environment.
Sheng Yun turned around and looked at Duo Duo. He immediately took off his sunglasses, squatted down and opened his hand to Duo Duo.
She threw herself into his arms, and he hugged her tightly. Then he smiled at her and said, "Then will Daddy teach you how to swim?"
"Alright!" Duo Duo replied heartily.
Sheng Yun didn't have any intention of leaving. It seemed like he wanted to teach Duo Duo how to swim here. What about me? Should I stay, or should I leave?
Tai Ziqian swam in a circle before returning. He stuck his head out from beside me, wiped the water droplets on his face and whispered to me, "Shubei, if you don't want to stay here, we should go back to our room to rest first."
At that moment, I felt a burning gaze from the side.
Then I heard Duo Duo say to Sheng Yun, "Dad, it's Auntie Shubei."
"En, don't worry about them. Just focus on studying. Dad will first teach you how to hold your anger." Sheng Yun said coldly.
Even from a distance of more than two meters, I could still feel the coldness in his voice. This feeling of being so close made my heart ache again and again.
Instinctively, he wanted to leave, but he didn't know why. He said to Tai Ziqian, "Teach me, I don't want to leave yet."
"Alright." Tai Ziqian nodded. He looked at me with a serious expression and whispered into my ear, "If you feel uncomfortable, then we'll leave first. We'll teach you next time. There are plenty of opportunities anyway."
"No, today." I was stubborn again.
I didn't dare to look to my side. I knew he was there, and his familiar voice kept ringing in my ears, the tenderness in his voice that I had felt before, the concentration and love in his expression.
But now, he had given them all to Duo Duo. Perhaps he realized that Duo Duo's life was running out, so he did his best to give her all the missing fatherly love he could. He always brought Duo Duo along with him, and on many occasions, he would bring this illegitimate daughter that the media was guessing about.
The hostility in that child's eyes has disappeared. Now, it is filled with the innocence of a child. I don't know if they are connected to Xiaoyun in private, but it is obvious that Sheng Yun's love has made this little girl extremely happy.
Tai Ziqian also began to teach me to hold my breath, 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 30 seconds... Every time I heard Sheng Yun's voice not far away, I felt like I was going to sink into the water.
We were close, but we had no communication. He accompanied Duo Duo and Tai Ziqian accompanied me. It was as if there was an invisible barrier separating us from the other two worlds.
This feeling was suffocating. I felt a sense of loneliness again. I slid forward with all my might, and Tai Ziqian supported my body. However, the moment he let go of me, I sank down. I splashed a few times and even choked on a few mouthfuls of water.
"Shubei, you have to calm down." Tai Ziqian saved me from the water and told me.
I saw that Duo Duo was already able to swim a short distance by herself under the guidance of Sheng Yun. When Tai Ziqian carried me up, his gaze also turned towards me. His eyes were so cold, like a sharp knife, that it pierced towards my heart.
I knew that in my heart, he was still there, and he had never left me.
I still love him, and I'm even willing to stay here just to spend a little more time with him.
"Shubei, I need to go to the washroom. You should practice first." Tai Ziqian told me before he climbed up to the shore and hurried to the washroom.
The three of us were the only ones left in the huge swimming pool. I heard Duo Duo ask Sheng Yun, "Daddy, why are you ignoring Auntie Shubei? Didn't you love her a lot? "
"Kids shouldn't ask too much about adults, just concentrate on swimming." Sheng Yun replied calmly.
Standing in the shallow water, I tried to walk from the middle to the shore, but after a few steps, my feet slipped and I fell back uncontrollably, sinking back into the water again.
I kept splashing in the water, trying to get up, but my feet were out of control, my hands and feet were sliding, I struggled out of the water and sank again and again, choking on water, and then I realized I was drowning.
A pair of large hands suddenly scooped me out of the water. He pulled me out of the water, and with his arm around my waist, I quickly raised my head and saw that familiar face and smelled the familiar scent.
At that moment, his eyes seemed to shine. But his words made me feel as if I had fallen into an abyss.
"In shallow water," he said, "don't play the drowning trick."
Did he think I was acting? I couldn't help but let out a "hur hur" before I pushed his hand away and said indifferently, "Thank you."
"You're welcome." He frowned at me and said, "Nanny Liu said you are very busy, it turns out... "He's just playing with a man here."
Another cold arrow shot over with a swoosh.
I lightly said, "When did you meet with Nanny Liu again?"
"You can't take away my right to meet with Zaizai," he said coldly. Then, he added, "We haven't gone through the divorce procedures yet. When we're with other men, pay attention to the influence, and consider the looks of others."
"You're talking about me. What about you?" I asked, looking up at him.
I didn't expect to see her after so long. When we met again, my voice was so distant, so estranged that I lost all my sensibility and my reason returned.
"Of course I will do my best, but I hope you will take note of this … "Don't let the gossip spread to my ears, I don't like to hear it." Sheng Yun said coldly.
"Clear your mind." I choked back.
"That would be for the best!" His words were loud, and his words seemed to have no feeling for me at all. All that remained was the cold reality.
He continued to walk over to teach her, and as I stood alone in the swimming pool, I felt a sense of loneliness I had never felt before.
What could be more desolate than the word "loved"?
Looking at his determined back, listening to his love and tenderness for her, I understood that after that night, all his love for me had been frozen.
To him, our relationship was already a thing of the past. There was no way back.
I slowly walked to the shore of A'lang. I climbed out of the swimming pool with a ladder in my hand. Tai Ziqian finally ran out. I walked straight into the ladies' room to shower and change into my clothes. My whole body was filled with a deep sense of powerlessness.
I was taking a shower when Duo Duo walked in. She looked at me smugly.
It turned out that she was still the same as before.
"I thought Auntie Shubei's figure was very good, but I didn't expect her to be so weak," Duoduo crossed her arms in front of her as if she was a little adult. "My dad won't like you anymore, so don't ever show up in front of my dad again."
"Is it true that your father said you were ill?" I asked, looking at her emaciated body and pale face.
Her expression immediately became somewhat gloomy, but she still stubbornly said, "So what if I am, so what if I am." Anyway, my dad loves me the most right now. "
"Take good care of your body and recover quickly!" I touched her head with my hand and went out to the wardrobe to get dressed.
I can't afford to be harsh on a child with a serious illness. Her personality was not created by herself, and a large part of the reason was due to the adult's teachings.
She ran up to me again. She tugged at my sleeve and said, "Let me ask you, are you really dating that man just now?"
"Did your father make you ask?" I asked.
"Daddy doesn't care if you date anyone! It's my curiosity! If you're really with that man, divorce my dad! That way, when I was still alive, I would have seen that there was a woman by my father's side that could take good care of him! " Duo Duo suddenly said.
Her sudden words made my nose ache, and I stared at her for a moment, unable to speak.
"My dad turned down so many women because he married you. But you didn't care about his face at all. You were with another man so quickly! " "I tell you, I won't give up on making my father and mother together! "Xu Shubei, if you don't love my dad, don't bother him!"
In that instant, all sorts of feelings surged through his heart. Did he turn down a lot of women for me? Does he still have any feelings for me in his heart? Did he misunderstand my relationship with Tai Ziqian and that's why he didn't contact me for so long? Did he think I didn't love him?
Countless questions swirled in my mind. I changed my clothes and walked out of the bathroom. When I walked out, Sheng Yun coincidentally walked out in a clean casual outfit. His hair was still slightly wet, and when he raised his head and saw that it was me, he suddenly handed me something and said, "This is yours."