novelraw Chapter 80: What Is He Doing Here?
Chapter 80: What Is He Doing Here?
Q City is a coastal city, and every summer, many people come here to swim, travel, and escape the heat.
Qian’s urban village is far from the seaside, and having lived here for so many years, Jia Xiufang has only been a few times. This time, if it weren’t for Qian dragging her out, she wouldn’t have come.
In the eyes of this down-to-earth woman who moved from the countryside to the city, traveling is a waste of time and money and has nothing to do with her. The year they first came to Q City, Chen Lin took her once and showed her what the sea was like.
Qian didn’t choose a hotel but instead opted for a villa rental in the seaside residential area. The price was a bit higher, 200 yuan a day, much more expensive than a hotel. Qian lied to Jia Xiufang, saying it was 30 yuan a day, and even then, Jia Xiufang thought it was expensive.
Jia Xiufang wore a swimsuit for the first time, feeling very embarrassed, having been conservative all her life. Qian dragged her out, and seeing the white splendor outside, Jia Xiufang slowly adapted.
With a swim ring around her waist, her daughter pushed her into the water. The sun-warmed water made her a bit dizzy at first, but with Qian swimming around her, and mother and daughter chatting, it surprisingly felt quite good.
She never expected this kind of life.
She also saw many women around her age, swimming in the sea. Jia Xiufang realized that not all middle-aged women stay home doing chores and looking after kids; some come out to have fun too.
"Mom, is swimming fun?" Qian asked, wearing a simple one-piece swimsuit that looked plain but accentuated her figure.
"It’s alright," Jia Xiufang said, trying hard to move around in her swim ring, and once she got the hang of it, she became somewhat addicted.
She felt uncomfortable when she arrived, but once in the water with her daughter chattering along, busy adapting to new things, she surprisingly had no time to think about divorce.
"Some things, if you don’t try, how will you know if they’re good? What did you say to me before? People who travel must be out of their minds, not earning money and just wandering. But isn’t this wandering quite nice?"
In life, you have to keep trying; if you don’t encounter new things, how will you know what you like?
Watching others swim at the seaside, she thought she didn’t like it, but once in the water, playing, she found it quite enjoyable, just like in life.
"You silly girl, who are you calling a wanderer!" Jia Xiufang pushed Qian, who splashed water on her face. Qian made a funny face at her, swimming away agilely, leaving Jia Xiufang clumsily chasing her with the swim ring.
Yu Minglang walked over with others, and immediately saw a blue mermaid in the water.
Qian was trying to make her mom happy, swimming happily, and when she looked up, saw a row of men in suits, and the leading one looked so familiar.
Yu Minglang?!
This guy... what’s he doing here?!
You never know when you’ll meet someone, but what’s he doing here instead of being at the company?
The two of them just looked at each other through the crowd, forgetting he was there to survey land with someone, and Qian forgot what she was doing, as if time had stopped.
Yu Minglang was actually there to survey land for a development project nearby with a partner.
He didn’t expect to see her.
Qian was also busy watching Yu Minglang.
In all the men Qian had seen, he was the only one who wore an Armani suit so fashionably, his well-tailored outfit exuded subtle charm, luxurious material enhancing his exceptional demeanor, and the modern curved lines gave him a top-tier trendy vibe, even though the others with him were dressed similarly, he just looked exceptionally good.
His tall, muscular build made even a simple suit look like a men’s version of a Victoria’s Secret model.
Qian was too focused on him when Jia Xiufang caught up, splashing water on her, causing Qian to lose control and cramp up...
She screamed, trying hard not to sink and stay afloat on the water.
"Qian’er, what’s wrong?" Jia Xiufang noticed something wrong with her daughter, and in fact, Yu Minglang had noticed too.
"A leg cramp..."
Getting a cramp from frequent swimming isn’t rare, as long as you float on your back in the water, even if your legs can’t move, as long as you paddle sideways, you won’t sink. Qian was enduring the pain and was about to try when the anxious-to-save Jia Xiufang hurriedly took off her own life preserver and put it on Qian.
"Qian’er, don’t be afraid, mom’s here!"
"...Can you swim?"
"Ah!" Jia Xiufang started to flail, making Qian laugh and cry at once.
Although it’s the sea, it’s still over a person’s height. With a cramp, how can she hold onto Jia Xiufang?
From the moment Yu Minglang saw Qian cramp up, he couldn’t hold it any longer, threw his phone to his secretary, and jumped over after taking off his shoes.
He quickly pulled up Jia Xiufang, put Jia Xiufang’s life preserver on, and reached out to hold Qian’s waist with one hand while pushing Jia Xiufang’s life preserver with the other, so intimately close they were completely together.
The skin exposed rubbed against his soaked suit, and when his hand pressed closely on her waist like that, Qian shamefully blushed again.
She dared to bet that sly wolf, although playing the part of a hero now, must be thinking internally as follows.
The life ring must be for Jia Xiufang, who wants to hold the mother-in-law!
And Qian had no doubt that this guy was swimming so slowly on purpose; it was just a short distance, did he have to move at a snail’s pace?
Given his phenomenal physical condition, how could he be so weak? Impossible!
"Don’t be afraid, I’m here." He looked down and said to her.
...Not afraid, just overwhelmed by your shamelessness, Qian silently looked at him and swallowed her true thoughts.
After coming ashore, Jia Xiufang was totally unaware that her daughter had been held with such a small waist for so long in the water, and kept thanking Yu Minglang profusely.
"Thank you, sir!"
"You’re welcome, Auntie, I’m Yu Minglang, I’m—"
"The one who helped us put out the fire! He’s very busy, go on, carry on with your work."
Qian feared he might say, I’m your daughter’s boyfriend, and quickly pushed him away.
Jia Xiufang was still unaware of the different interaction between Qian and Yu Minglang, "Sir, wait a moment, I’ll get you a bottle of water!"
Their clothes were just a distance away, along with fruits and water, so she ran off to get them.
"Where are you staying?" Yu Minglang asked, taking the opportunity.
"The weather is really nice today," Qian looked up to the sky.
"Auntie, I have something to tell you!" Yu Minglang shouted, and Jia Xiufang turned around.
Qian pinched his waist and loudly said to Jia Xiufang, "Mom, give him a Coke, he said he wants a Coke!"