Translator: Xena @dummynovels dot com
Chen You held on to the two sides of the slide. His face was very pale, as if he was about to die. In front of him was a vast expanse of blue sea, and it was as if there was a ferocious monster or a ghost lurking beyond the depths about to eat people without leaving any bones behind.
If he jumped in, he would definitely be grabbed by the ankles and pulled underwater. By the time he floated up, his eyes would already be rolled over. It was more likely that he would not even have a chance to float up and would be eaten to pieces at the bottom.
Before he even got in, he already felt like he was drowning. It was so intense, like a needle stabbing into Chen You’s heart and poking his temples many times. He felt dizzy and his body began to tremble. “Dad, I can’t do this.”
Sheng Qing frowned. “Will you get down or not?”
Chen You trembled violently. If his mouth and eyes crooked even more, he would be in the late stages of a stroke. He said towards the man below through his reddened eyes, ‘You’re so annoying!’
Sheng Qing told him, “You’re wearing a life jacket.”
It’s useless, it’s really useless. I’m afraid I’ll scare you if I tell you this, but let alone going into the sea, I get scared when I just put more water in the bathtub. Chen You sniffed, his voice carrying a sobbing tone. “Dad, isn’t it good for me to just sit here and watch you dive?”
The lines between Sheng Qing’s eyebrows deepened a little. He stepped onto the ladder next to him and walked up to the shivering youth.
Chen You swallowed his saliva and his nervous heartbeat stopped when the man walked towards him. Two strong arms reached out from behind and wrapped around his waist. While stunned, he was pushed down by a force from behind.
“AAaaahhhhh!!!”
Chen You closed his eyes and howled while waving his hands, “Dadadadad please save me, save me——”
Sheng Qing looked at the howling youth expressionlessly.
Chen You’s throat was smoking from all the howling, his brain was deprived of oxygen, and he couldn’t catch his breath. When he coughed, it was only then that he realized he was currently sitting at the end of the slide with only his two legs in the water. The rest of his body was just splashed with water on the way down.
“……”
I didn’t go down, I’m not in the water! Chen You took another breath and came back to life.
Holy shit, that was really scary.
Looking down at the big hand on his waist, Chen You couldn’t help but recall the scenes he saw at the slides in playgrounds. Some children were timid and didn’t dare to play in it for the first time, so their parents would sit behind them and hug them to slide in it together.
Sheng Qing was different from those parents.
Chen You came to his senses and immediately lifted his legs from the water. Several strings of water droplets of varying lengths splashed back into the sea surface. When illuminated by the sun, they looked colorful and very beautiful.
His feet were very white, his instep thin and skinny, and his toes small and round, which were all particularly beautiful together in the sun.
It must be the legendary foot grapes1The best possible explanation for this is that his foot is being compared to grapes which is a symbol of good fortune, prosperity, and family unity., Chen You thought again.
Seeing the youth retract his two wet feet back from the matter at hand, Sheng Qing’s face darkened. He jumped into the sea from the side of the slide and swam to the youth. “Give me your hand.”
Chen You shook his head.
He has not yet seen a lotus flower emerging from the water2Describing a very beautiful woman’s face, but a giant eagle was right in front of him and it was very beautiful.
Sheng Qing asked, “Are you afraid of water?”
Chen You burst into tears. Dad, you finally figured it out. It’s really touching. Otherwise, I would have thought that what was pressed into your eye sockets were not eyeballs, but two black stones. “I’m scared.”
Sheng Qing directly carried the youth out of the slide.
Chen You, “…”
Everyone fears one, two, or several things. Some of those things may seem unimaginable to other people, and they may even say in disdain, ‘what’s there to be afraid of?’
Chen You was not the only one afraid of water. Whether in the real world or the mission world, he has a group of like-minded people who share the same pain as him.
However, it would be difficult to find someone with a similar experience to his current situation.
Not being able to swim and being afraid of water but still going diving in the sea was a total suicidal act.
Chen You grabbed the man, hooked his legs around his waist, and clung to him like a kangaroo with very skilled movements.
Sheng Qing put the diving mask on the youth with one hand, and after making sure the breathing tube was in place, he supported the youth’s buttocks and dived down.
Chen You watched the water level rise and cover his feet, calves, thighs, and chest until he was in the water. With eyes wide open, he frantically patted the man.
Sheng Qing leaned close to the youth and looked at him through the mask.
After Chen You was finally forced to learn how to breathe with a breathing tube, he was lifted up out of the sea, and placed on the slide.
Chen You hugged himself in fright.
Angry and aggrieved, he stared at the man who was pulling his hair back which shamelessly combined sex appeal and abstinence. He ranted to the system how he was scared into peeing when he was in the sea. “How shameful! I really didn’t mean to do that. I was just too scared.”
System, “……”
Chen You sobbed. “Speak up, are you looking down on me? Do you think I’m useless? Because I was in the water for less than a minute and was scared to death?”
The system said, “No.”
Chen You’s lips were still trembling. “You must be, don’t explain, I know everything!”
System, “So you know, then why are you asking?”
The sad Chen You said anxiously, “I feel so guilty now. I’ve polluted such a beautiful sea. What if the big and small fish in the sea remember my smell and come to find me? What should I do?”
The system said, “Why would they look for you? Do you think you’re the prince of the sea?”
Chen You, “…That’s mean!”
He curled his lips and said, “It’s written in a novel how the protagonist’s scent was accidentally discovered by a fish monster in the sea and it recognized him as its master. From then on, the protagonist had a pet by his side.”
The system said, “You’re not a protagonist.”
Chen You was stunned. “Don’t joke around, if I’m not a protagonist, then who is?”
The system said, “If this world is a novel, the protagonist is your father and you are the supporting role.”
Chen You was not quite accepting it. “Is there such an important supporting role like me?”
The system said, “You’ll leave after completing your mission, and this world will still exist. If you’re not a supporting role, what are you?”
Chen You was speechless.
That’s right. Once he gets the evil points and completes the mission, he will be sent out of this world. It’s not something he can control.
Ai, why the sudden sadness? I haven’t left yet.
Chen You said, “He knew I was afraid of water, but he still dragged me into the water. Would you say it’s too much?”
The system said, “You can bite your Daddy.”
Chen You snorted twice. “Forget it, he’s all muscle. He’s so hard, I’m afraid I’ll knock my teeth against him.”
The system said, “Some parts aren’t hard.”
Chen You rolled his eyes. Yes, that was true, but believe it or not, as soon as he shed tears, Sheng Qing would go and get sugarcane to coax him.
Then, the harder he’d cry, the harder Sheng Qing would coax him and give him sugar cane to eat. If he refused to eat, it would be terrible because the sugar cane would stuff his mouth.
Sugarcane is a big devil.
Chen You has already eaten two pieces of sugarcane today and really doesn’t want to eat any more for the time being. But when the sun set and evening came, Sheng Qing would probably wash him another piece and gently rinse it under the faucet.
The man’s just so considerate, there’s nothing to say.
And if there’s something to say? Then just finish eating the sugarcane first. The bullying knows no bounds.
Chen You watched the man dive into the sea. He didn’t know where he had dived to. He carefully stretched his neck to look, causing the sparkling light on the sea to make him dizzy. “Can you describe to me what the seabed looks like?”
The system replied, “There are all kinds of fish, corals and so on.”
Chen You asked, “What else?”
The system continued, “There are big and small fish, and big and small corals.”
Chen You, “….”
He scratched his wet hair. “Is Sheng Qing at the bottom of the sea?”
The system replied, “Hmm.”
Chen You was immediately envious, but unfortunately, he could not overcome his fear of big bodies of water. Putting his head in would almost cost him his life. Reaching the bottom of the sea was absolutely impossible. For him, the difficulty level was tied first place with climbing to the sky.
Not long after, Sheng Qing came up. The water slid down his cold, hard cheeks and his Adam’s apple rolled, making the colorful water droplets attached to it fall into the water with a splash.
Chen You sighed. So handsome indeed.
The only drawback was that he was cold, indescribably cold.
Sheng Qing raised one arm, used it to pull the youth in front of him, pinched his chin a few inches closer, and pressed his lips against the other.
Chen You held the slide with one hand and grabbed the man’s hand with the other. He was kissed so hard that he nearly passed out.
Sheng Qing let the youth go while frowning. “Why aren’t you breathing?”
Chen You panted, saying intermittently, “Dad, you…you kissed me too hard… I… cough cough… I couldn’t breathe…”
Sheng Qing’s eyes deepened. “Dad will pay attention to that.”
Having said that, he kissed the youth once more. The force from his lips and teeth was much softer than before, carrying the scent of spring rain, lingering and continuous.
Chen You uncontrollably shivered. Dad ai, you’d better be a little more ruthless. I feel like I’ll catch on fire if you keep dragging your feet like this!
However, Sheng Qing seemed interested, as if he was exploring every reaction of the youth and then compiling a set of detailed data for future use.
More than ten minutes later, Chen You lay on the man’s shoulder. Damn, that’s enough. If a casual kiss lasts this long, how would it be if it was a little more serious. It’ll probably be more than half an hour. Tell me, do you breathe oxygen through your butt?
He pursed his swollen lips and asked, “Dad, can I go back to the cabin?”
Sheng Qing simply said, “No.”
Chen You angrily bit his shoulder.
Sheng Qing lowered his voice, seemingly smiling. “You’re so brave, daring to bite your Dad.”
Chen You was so frightened that he paused for a moment. Why did he hear a hint of doting in those words? Was it an illusion?
