Indeed, as soon as Chen Jinyu’s stunning figure appeared, it attracted a lot of attention. Although there were plenty of beauties on site in bikinis with sheer shawls, such a voluptuous figure was rare. The two ignored the attention of the crowd and walked to the poolside to do warm-up exercises before entering the water. Lu Shouyue had already swum a lap and was surrounded by a few girls. Seeing the two of them coming, he dove into the water with a leap, broke away from the girls, and swam towards Lin Wanwan. He emerged from the pool and said to her, "The water temperature is just right." "That’s perfect." Lin Wanwan finished her warm-up exercises, pulled on her swimming goggles, and plunged into the water, holding her breath to swim a few meters before surfacing. At that moment, a "splash" suddenly sounded from the poolside. Lin Wanwan looked over in response and happened to see Chen Jinyu being maliciously pushed into the water by a girl with dyed blond hair. Seeing the off-guarded and struggling Chen Jinyu in the water, the prank-playing blonde girl and her two followers with obvious influencer-style looks laughed out loud together. "Hahaha, she looks like a dog when she fell into the water, and she’s even doing the dog paddle! Hahahaha, it’s so funny." "Haha, that’s right, hey, Little Chen, we’re just joking around, you won’t get mad, right?" As soon as Chen Jinyu entered the water, startled, she instinctively used the dog paddle style she learned wild swimming in the river next to her rural home. She swam to the poolside to hold on, realizing then that she had just embarrassed herself. She didn’t even want to speak! Ever since she was laughed at for her dog paddle in the university pool, she had worked hard to learn the butterfly stroke from a senior in the sports team. Since then, she had never swum the dog paddle again, and today, she had fallen for it! It was enough to make her furious! Chen Jinyu wiped the water off her face and glared at the blonde girl An Youqing, who was leisurely getting into the water with her two sycophantic followers after laughing. "Aren’t you going too far? I’ve endured you for a long time, do you think I really have no temper?" An Youqing, sitting by the poolside and kicking the water to get used to the temperature, sneered at Chen Jinyu, "Oh, so you do have a temper, huh, hehe." The two beside her also laughed along, with one saying, "What are you going to do about it? Hahaha." Chen Jinyu stared straight at An Youqing and said, "An Youqing, why don’t we have a race to see who swims faster? The loser has to avoid the winner from now on." An Youqing coldly replied, "Why would I want to race you." At this moment, Lin Wanwan, seeing the commotion over here, had already swum over to Chen Jinyu, also holding onto the pool wall, and asked her in a low voice, "What’s wrong?" Chen Jinyu turned her head and whispered to her, "It’s nothing." Original content can be found at novel(ꜰ)ire.net Then she turned her gaze back to An Youqing, who was backstroking, with a slightly disdainful look, "Are you afraid of losing so you don’t dare to compete? If so, let’s forget it." Before An Youqing could speak, the girl beside her with distinctly European-style double eyelid surgery spoke first, "Do you know what An An’s nickname is? She’s the ’Mermaid,’ do you think you’re worthy of racing her?" Chen Jinyu smiled and continued to provoke, "I think you guys just can’t afford to lose." "What an ignorant country bumpkin," An Youqing snorted coldly. Lu Shouyue had also noticed the situation over here, but since it involved girls, it was inappropriate for him as a man to go over, so he just lazily leaned against the pool wall on the other side, mostly watching Lin Wanwan. As long as it wasn’t Lin Wanwan who was getting involved in the argument, he couldn’t care less about other people’s business. He had thought Lin Wanwan would come out in a bikini. Almost all the girls who went swimming today wore bikinis, but he didn’t expect Lin Wanwan to choose such a conservative swimsuit. However, on second thought, if Lin Wanwan did wear a bikini, he probably wouldn’t be too happy, given the presence of so many predatory men around. To be honest, it was quite embarrassing that in his 29 years of life, he had never had any experience with romance or techniques for pursuing girls. Although he was sure about his feelings for Lin Wanwan, he still didn’t know how to get closer to her. Lin Wanwan was a mysterious girl who often didn’t return WeChat messages or answer phone calls. It always felt like she was very aloof, so much so that he didn’t dare to call out to her. Being rejected was one thing, but he was afraid they wouldn’t even be friends. Oh well, better to let nature take its course. While Lu Shouyue was deep in thought about his unrequited love, An Youqing had already cast her sights on Lin Wanwan, turning the flames of confrontation toward her. "You want to race, fine, let’s do pairs then. However, the stakes need to change. Hmm, the losers will have to serve as footmaids for the winners tonight." "You!" Chen Jinyu gritted her teeth, "Don’t push too hard, I don’t think I’ve ever offended you." An Youqing performed a glorious synchronized swimming move in the water, then provocatively repeated Chen Jinyu’s earlier words: "Are you afraid of losing so you don’t dare to compete?" Chen Jinyu’s expression changed a few times, then she turned and looked at Lin Wanwan with pleading eyes. Lin Wanwan, having swum over to her, had never intended to stand aside, lightly nodded to her in response. Chen Jinyu had long guessed that Lin Wanwan would agree because even though Lin Wanwan was cold in nature, she was actually quite loyal. From the time they met in college until now, working together for so many years, she understood where Lin Wanwan’s bottom line was. They might find it hard to become inseparable confidantes, but if she needed help from Lin Wanwan, as long as it was within her capabilities, she would certainly not refuse. "Fine, let’s race, who else is on your side?" An Youqing laughed, "Who said I’m teaming up with these two?" With that, she cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted, "Chen Linsuang! Chen Linsuang! Come over here! We have a race!" As soon as she spoke, Chen Linsuang, who was playing volleyball on the beach, stopped and turned to look over, shouting, "What race?" "A swimming race, come help me! Hurry over!" "Alright, wait for me." Chen Linsuang and An Youqing were clearly very close. As soon as she heard that, she said a few words to the people beside her and then immediately ran over. She rinsed the sand off her body with a showerhead at the poolside and then walked over, asking, "Who are we racing against?" An Youqing nodded towards Chen Jinyu and Lin Wanwan: "There, those two. The losers have to serve as footmaids for the winners today."