Chapter 165.

Cheng Ming, who had finished showering, knocked on the wall and asked, “Are you guys done?”

“Don’t rush, don’t you know that girls take baths very slowly?” Chen Ziyi responded loudly.

Four people washing together is really slow and totally inefficient, either chatting and kibitzing or playing with each other’s balls.

Cheng Ming made a sound to urge them before they would collect themselves a bit and bathe seriously, so quiet that only the sound of water remained, but it didn’t take long for them to play again.

It took an hour of tossing and turning to finish the shower. A bubble bath doesn’t take as long as you guys.

Half-wet, half-dry hair hung down her back, radiating the fresh scent of shampoo.

Not bad, not bad. It’s all his family’s flavor now.

It was already past one in the afternoon and the swimming pool was noticeably more crowded and noisy.

Standing in front of the door of the swimming pool, Cheng Ming reminded, “Check your bag, you haven’t forgotten anything, right?”

“No.” Zhao Ren replied instantly, her luggage was minimal, just a swimsuit, goggles and a swim cap or something.

“Cheng Ming, I wanted to ask just now, Xiao Li and Xiao Ren and the girls are fine, are you treating Jing Yi and I like children as well?” Chen Ziyi questioned irritably.

At your age, in Cheng Ming’s eyes, you are indeed no different from little kids.

“An illusion, your illusion.”

Cheng Ming simply fooled around and took the lead to walk out of the swimming pool.

Cheng Li stepped out of the swimming pool with his front foot, the heat wave hit his face, and his first reaction was to turn his head back to the swimming pool to cool off.

Cheng Ming hurriedly caught his sister by the back of her collar and pulled her back.

Chen Ziyi waved her palm and fanned herself next to her ear and said, “It’s so hot, I still have to walk back, I don’t know how much sweat I’m going to get along the way, this bath is considered a waste.”

“Just think of it as tanning your hair.” Lin Jingyi said as she ruffled her hair.

The library and swimming pool are nearby in exquisite single-family cottages.

There is neither shade nor tall buildings to block the light, it is indeed difficult enough to walk back, but you can’t just keep staring at the door.

Cheng Ming took the first step, and Cheng Li grabbed the corner of his coat and hid behind him, following suit, not forgetting to shout back, “You guys hurry up too.”

A group of young people, both male and female, came out of a villa and walked towards the swimming pool, colliding head-on with Cheng Ming’s group.

“Uh ……”

This group of people are basically all the same table in the Dragon Mountain Hotel dinner people, say not familiar, at best, is considered to have a side.

Nanming City is really small, Cheng Ming couldn’t help but sigh.

During the summer vacation, Nanming City has fewer places to play and spend time, and there is only a small poke of people of the same age who can afford to spend money on swimming pools, so it’s not uncommon to meet them by chance.

Cheng Ming turned his head sideways and reached out to block his face, intending to pretend he didn’t see them. They didn’t treat themselves well anyway, and were probably not impressed at all, ignoring each other!

Unfortunately, this was just Cheng Ming’s wishful thinking.

After all, the centerpiece of this circle – Ye Mei – wasn’t about to let him go.

Cheng Ming had covered his face for the time being, but Lin Jingyi hadn’t, and walked graciously on the road, recognized by Ye Mei at a glance.

Ye Mei trotted to Cheng Ming and the others and said in surprise, “Cheng Ming, Jing Jing, what a coincidence, you guys are here to swim too?”

“Uh-huh.”

Lin Jingyi nodded slightly.

Chen Ziyi immediately approached Lin Jingyi’s ear to whisper.

Ye Mei bent down, hands propped up on her knees, assumed an affectionate stance, and asked with a smile, “You’re Xiao Li, right? It’s been a long time, you’ve really grown up, we played together when we were kids, remember?”

“Hello, sorry, I don’t remember.” Cheng Li buried her head in Cheng Ming’s back and responded, really not giving any mercy, not even saying polite words.

Chen Ziyi clenched her hands into fists and exclaimed outright – “NICE, well done.”

Ye Mei, who had eaten the closed door, was embarrassed, and the sisters and flower protectors behind her were furious, but they were too embarrassed to take it out on a brat, and all of them glared viciously at Cheng Ming, counting new grudges and old ones together.

In addition to Cheng Ming’s party, he is the only one who is a man, Chen ZiYi needless to say, fresh and elegant appearance, Lin JingYi even belongs to the type of the more you look at the more durable type, completely is the male public enemy.

If Ye Mei’s side of the circle, there are too many monks and not enough meat, a few girls are treated like treasures.

Cheng Ming reached out to protect Cheng Li and said with a smile, “I’m sorry, Xiao Li is slightly afraid of life, as for swimming, we’ve already swum and are preparing to go home.”

“Eh? Already swam? What time is it.”

Ye Mei tilted her head, suddenly dumbfounded and completely unable to understand.

Cheng Ming explained, “We like to be clean, so we specially picked the morning to swim, our stomachs are almost starving, we are rushing home for lunch, if there is nothing important, we will leave first, you guys also hurry to go swimming, the midday sun is too poisonous.”

“You guys haven’t had lunch yet? Do you want to go to my house and have some fruit to pad your stomachs? My house is right here.” Ye Mei invited by pointing to the small villa behind her.

It’s really a windfall, coming for a swim can lead to the discovery of Ye Bin Song’s lair.

Cheng Ming politely refused and said, “No, thank you for your kindness, next time for sure, and you don’t keep your friend waiting, hurry up and go to the swimming pool.”

Ye Mei’s home, Cheng Ming has a certain interest, maybe he can dig into Ye Binsong’s black information and handle.

But a hasty visit is definitely not possible, one is not sure if Ye Binsong is at home, the second is so many people, Cheng Ming wants to sneak around and do something bad is also very difficult, the third problem is even more realistic, Ye Mei’s friends do not treat him well, there is no need to be brazen enough to respond to the invitation.

Ye Mei’s two female friends just couldn’t stand to watch and held Ye Mei’s arm, dragging her towards the swimming pool, saying, “Let’s get out of here, we’re all getting sunburned to death.”

Ye Mei turned around and shouted, “Cheng Ming, Jing Jing, and Xiao Li, for my birthday, you must remember to come.”

“Little Ming, are you planning to go to Ye Mei’s birthday party?” Lin Jingyi asked with a serious face.

“Of course I won’t go, you can see that her friends don’t like me, am I not looking for trouble if I go?”

“Then I won’t go either, although this is very sorry for Ye Mei, it does feel like there’s no way to play happily together now like when we were kids, there’s an indescribable sense of disconnection.”

“Most childhood friends and childhood playmates end up like this, you and Cheng Ming are the outliers.” Chen Ziyi pinched Lin Jingyi’s cheeks and said resentfully.

Zhao Ren blinked and asked, “Brother Cheng Ming, are we going to come back to the pool later?”

“Definitely something to go back to if you want to fully learn how to swim, treading water, holding your breath underwater, changing your breath and all that.”

“It feels like such a waste of money, it’s too expensive, it’s only been swimming for so long and it doesn’t feel any cleaner than the river in the mountains.” Zhao Ren said heartily.

“I feel the same way.” Lin Jingyi agreed.

“Swimming in the river? It’s a bit dangerous, but it’s not impossible if you take proper precautions, just keep an eye on the weather forecast and don’t go back up the mountain on rainy days.”

Chen Ziyi put on a muscle-showing gesture and said, “Want to climb a mountain? Take me one, I’m a little mountain climber.”

“Brother, there’s an ice cream seller over there, and watermelon, go get it, go get it.”

Cheng Li excitedly pointed to the ice cream machine and the cart selling watermelon vendors outside the kiosk and pushed Cheng Ming’s back.

“Cheng Ming, I want strawberry flavored ice cream, and the watermelon had better be chilled to beat the heat.”

“You two losers ……”

Cheng Ming took out his wallet and revealed a happy smile, isn’t working hard to make money so that his sister can lose her money?