"Then, Teacher Qin, what should I do first?" Lu Chiyan sat by the pool, looking at Qin Sili, humbly seeking advice.
"Teacher Qin?" Qin Sili raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, you taught me to swim, so you're Teacher Qin, right?" Lu Chiyan smiled. "Or would you rather I call you Coach Qin?"
Qin Sili's lips twitched slightly. "Whatever you say."
"Let's begin, Teacher Qin. Time is tight; I have to learn it in two hours. I'm under a lot of pressure!" Lu Chiyan, then jumped into the water with a "plop."
He can't swim yet, so he's in the shallow end of the Lu Chiyan he stands there.
"Practice holding your breath first," Qin Sili Lu Chiyan.
"Hold your breath? I can do that!" Lu Chiyan, taking a deep breath before diving into the water.
Qin Sili kept staring at the water's surface, but after two minutes, Qin Sili found that there was still no movement on the surface, and Lu Chiyan no intention of getting up.
Qin Sili was starting to get anxious.
People who can't swim may not be able to hold their breath for very long when they first start learning, and they may even have accidents due to incorrect breathing techniques.
" A-Yan?"
" A-Yan?"
" Lu Chiyan!"
After calling out twice, Lu Chiyan still didn't respond. Qin Sili panicked completely and immediately jumped into the water and pulled Lu Chiyan out.
Lu Chiyan was holding his breath when he suddenly felt a large hand on his waist, which pulled him out of the water.
"???" Lu Chiyan a little confused.
A pair of doe-like eyes stared at Qin Sili with confusion, "W-what are you doing?"
After speaking, Lu Chiyan silently lowered his head and glanced at Qin Sili's large hand that was still wrapped around his waist.
He was shirtless, and there was no barrier between Qin Sili's hand and his waist; he could clearly feel the warmth of Qin Sili's palm.
Not only that, his chest and Qin Sili's chest were almost touching, the posture was somewhat ambiguous.
[This is way too close! It's really easy to overthink things! My goodness, I'm gay, and with you touching me like this, it's really hard for me not to have any thoughts about you!]
Qin Sili: "..."
"I... I saw you hadn't gotten up yet, so I thought you..." Qin Sili said, releasing Lu Chiyan.
"You thought I suffocated?" Lu Chiyan laughed. "It hasn't been long. I'm very good at holding my breath."
Lu Chiyan looked at Qin Sili with a smile, "Then, wouldn't someone like me be very suitable to learn to swim?"
"Hmm." Qin Sili's eyes held a gentle smile. "Not bad."
"Really?" Lu Chiyan, somewhat puzzled. "Then why haven't I learned to swim before?"
Lu Chiyan tried hard to recall why he hadn't thought about learning to swim all these years, but unexpectedly, he couldn't seem to remember anything.
Why does it feel like there's a gap in my memory?
"Because you said..." Qin Sili started to speak, but suddenly stopped.
Lu Chiyan looked at Qin Sili curiously and asked, "Because of what I said?"
"Because you said I would do it," Qin Sili said.
"Huh?" Lu Chiyan taken aback, frowning slightly. "When did this happen? Did I say that?"
"Yes, I did."
Qin Sili recalled his freshman year when he represented the school in a swimming competition, Lu Chiyan had put up a long banner to cheer him on.
The banner read --
"Sili, you break through the waves, swimming forward without hesitation! Qin Sili, you are the king of the pool, go for it!"
In that competition, he won first place Lu Chiyan was even happier than him, as if he himself had won first place.