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A-Jie and Xiao-Lin also changed into their diving gear. A-Jie's black diving suit clung tightly to his body, clearly outlining the muscle lines of his shoulders and chest.

He usually works as a bartender on the boat and appears very refined, but it wasn't until he took off his loose shirt that people realized he was quite muscular.

When Xiaolin came out of the cabin, Li Xiulan's eyes lit up—her diving suit was also black.

Kobayashi has an outstanding, curvaceous figure. The wetsuit fits her body like a second skin, making her curves even more eye-catching than when she wears a dress.

Li Xiulan looked her up and down, then smiled and praised, "Xiao Lin, you look really good in this."

Xiaolin was a little embarrassed by the praise. She lowered her head and smiled, her ears turning slightly red. She quickly turned around to check the gas cylinder, pretending to be very busy.

Luo Fei was the first to go into the water.

He sat on the gunwale, with his back to the sea, his hands bracing against the gunwale, and gently flipped backward, making almost no sound when he fell into the water.

Soon, he popped his head out of the water, took off his snorkel, and waved to his parents: "Dad, Mom, come on down! The water's not cold, it's so comfortable."

Li Xiulan was also sitting on the gunwale, her feet dangling above the water. She had already put on her flippers, but her body seemed to be glued to the gunwale, and she refused to flip down no matter what.

Luo Weidong was right next to her, and he had already fallen into the water. He crashed straight into the water like a stone, splashing up a huge spray.

He splashed around in the water for a couple of moments, then surfaced, wiped the water off his face, coughed twice, and then laughed.

"The water isn't deep! You can stand firmly!"

Luo Weidong shouted and stepped into the water, his feet landing on the sandy seabed, the seawater only reaching his chest.

Li Xiulan took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, braced herself on the gunwale with both hands, moved her body forward, closed her eyes, and suddenly flipped downwards.

With a "splash," she landed horizontally on the water, splashing even higher than Luo Weidong had.

Seeing this, Xiaolin quickly reached out to support her arm and help her stand firmly in the water.

After regaining her footing, Li Xiulan found that the seawater only reached her shoulders, and the sand beneath her feet was soft and felt very solid. The tension in her heart immediately dissipated.

"Wow, it really can stand up!"

She exclaimed in surprise, her voice coming through the mirror with a hint of muffledness.

She looked down at the sand underwater—yellowish-white, with a fine texture.

Occasionally, a few small fish would swim past her feet, moving as fast as a silver lightning bolt. Before she could even see them clearly, they had already disappeared behind the distant rocks.

Luo Fei swam to his mother's side, supported her, and patiently taught her how to maintain her balance in the water.

"Mom, don't rush to swim. Let's try to float first. Take a deep breath, hold it, relax your body, and don't flail your arms and legs. The water will naturally support you."

Li Xiulan took a deep breath and held it. Sure enough, her body slowly floated up, her feet left the sand, and she floated on the water like a plank of wood.

She was so nervous that her hands and feet were stiff, her fingers clenched like curled chicken claws. Luo Fei smiled and patted her shoulder, signaling her to relax.

She tried to lower her shoulders, and her body became much more stable. She floated quietly on the water, motionless, just like a stranded fish.

Luo Weidong watched from the side and imitated her by taking a deep breath, holding it, and relaxing his body—he also successfully floated up, and floated more steadily than Li Xiulan, because his belly was big, so the buoyancy was greater.

Li Xiulan saw his round belly floating on the water in the mirror, looking just like an upside-down pot, and couldn't help but laugh.

With that laugh, air escaped from his mouth, his body sank down, and his feet touched the sand.

Although Luo Weidong didn't know what she was laughing at, he laughed along with her when he saw her laughing.

Xiao Lin and A Jie also went into the water, and the three of them surrounded Li Xiulan and Luo Weidong, protecting them in the middle.

Luo Fei taught his mother how to kick the water with flippers: "Mom, keep your legs straight, don't bend your knees too much, use the power of your thighs to drive the flippers, kick up and down, not sweep left and right."

Li Xiulan tried kicking, and her flippers splashed a large spray of water onto Luo Fei's face.

Luo Fei wiped the water off his face and said with a smile, "Mom, be gentle, you don't need to use so much force."

Li Xiulan tried again, this time with gentler movements. Her flippers traced a soft arc beneath the water's surface, and her body moved forward a short distance.

Her eyes widened behind the mirror, revealing a look of surprise—she had finally grasped the essentials, although her movements were still a little clumsy.

Without waiting for Luo Fei's instructions, Luo Weidong started swimming on his own.

His movements were much more coordinated than Li Xiulan's; his fins kicked the water with a steady rhythm, and his body glided faster in the water. He quickly overtook Li Xiulan and swam ahead.

Seeing how fast he was swimming, Li Xiulan felt a little unconvinced and kicked the water hard to catch up. The splashes were even bigger than before, but her body didn't move forward much, as if she was standing still.

Luo Fei suppressed a laugh, swam to her side, supported her waist, and helped her adjust her body position.

"Mom, your body is sinking too low. You need to straighten your back and lift your buttocks up a little."

After Li Xiulan adjusted her posture as he instructed, her body indeed floated higher, and the efficiency of her kicking also increased, making her forward speed significantly faster.

They spent the entire morning in the shallow water.

The water in this shallow area is less than five meters deep, with the seabed covered with fine white sand and dotted with some low reefs.

Green seaweed and purple coral grow on the reef, their vibrant colors resembling an oil painting.

There weren't many fish in the water, but occasionally you could see a few yellow and black clownfish hiding among the corals, peeking out as if they were secretly observing; while silver barracudas darted overhead, as fast as an arrow released from a bow, leaving only a blurry shadow.

Li Xiulan's phone was in a waterproof bag and hung on her wrist; she would take a few photos every few minutes.

Her lens captured colorful schools of fish, swaying corals, Luo Weidong's slightly clumsy movements in the water, Luo Fei's fleeting moment as he pierced through a beam of sunlight underwater, Xiao Lin's already slender legs appearing even longer in the water, and A Jie's somersaulting movements in the water like a fish.

She took so many photos, and she couldn't bear to delete any of them. She thought every single one was beautiful and wanted to treasure them all.

Luo Weidong also brought his phone, but the images he captured were completely different from those of Li Xiulan.

Li Xiulan photographed fish and corals, but he photographed Li Xiulan wearing a mask and grinning, recording the tiny splashes of water she made when she kicked the water, capturing her frustrated expression when she failed to catch a fish, and the way she floated on the water like a plank.

Li Xiulan didn't realize he was filming her; she thought he was also filming the fish, and called out to him, "Look over there, there's a big one!"

He then aimed the camera in the direction she pointed, and as she swam over to chase the fish, the camera quietly turned back, focusing on her back.

Luo Fei swam around in the water, carefully confirming that there were no undercurrents or dangerous creatures in the shallow area, before returning to his parents with peace of mind.

He noticed several people in diving gear swimming toward the deeper water in the distance; there were both men and women among them.

At the head of the group was a man who looked like a coach, followed by three or four tourists.

These tourists were very clumsy, their kicking motions were crooked and awkward, clearly indicating that they were novices.

Luo Fei glanced at it and then looked away, not taking it to heart.

Time slips away silently in the water.

The sun slowly rose from the east to its zenith, and the light changed from oblique to direct.

The underwater world was much brighter than in the morning, with sunlight penetrating the seawater and casting shimmering spots of light on the white sand, like shattered mirrors.

Li Xiulan's lips were a little purple—although the water temperature was not low, after soaking in the water for several hours, her body heat was still slowly being lost.

Luo Fei noticed this and swam to his mother's side, gently patted her shoulder, and pointed to the water, indicating that she should rise to the surface.

Li Xiulan seemed a little reluctant to leave, and took a few more photos before following Luo Fei upstream.

Lunch was very plentiful. Old Li made seafood noodles with fish they caught that morning. The broth was milky white and so delicious that it made you want to swallow your tongue.

Li Xiulan scrolled through photos on her phone while eating. She came across a picture of Luo Weidong with his mouth open in the water and almost spat out her noodles laughing: "Look at yourself! Don't you look like a dying fish?"

Luo Weidong took a closer look, his cheeks flushed instantly, and he reached out to snatch the phone to delete the photos, but Li Xiulan held onto the phone tightly and wouldn't give it to him.

The two of them argued like children around the dining table, until Luo Fei finally spoke up and advised, "Mom, you should keep it. It will be very interesting to look back on it later."

Li Xiulan then put her phone away and proudly gestured with her chin towards Luo Weidong.

Luo Weidong gave a soft hum and lowered his head to continue eating his noodles.

The afternoon light was much softer than at noon and was no longer so glaring.

Luo Fei decided to take his parents to explore deeper into the water. The deep water area was located at the edge of the reef, with a depth of about fifteen to twenty meters.

The seabed is no longer covered in white sand, but in vast expanses of coral reefs, resembling a colorful underwater garden, densely clustered together: some shaped like deer antlers, some like brains, and some like blooming flowers.

The fish here are far more numerous than in the shallow waters, often numbering in the hundreds or even thousands, gathering together like clouds of moving colored smoke, swirling, tumbling, gathering and dispersing above the coral reefs, a dazzling sight.

As soon as Li Xiulan entered the deep water area, she was captivated by the fish and corals, taking pictures non-stop with her phone, wishing she could capture the entire underwater world in her phone.

Luo Weidong was much more relaxed than in the morning and was no longer nervous. His kicking movements became more and more natural. He swam side by side with Li Xiulan, occasionally reaching out to help her, and occasionally pointing to a big fish in the distance. The two of them were getting more and more in sync.

Xiao Lin and A Jie flanked them, maintaining a distance that was neither too close nor too far.

Xiao Lin was a very good diver. He moved like a fish in the water, with smooth, graceful movements, never too fast or too slow, and never more than two meters away from Li Xiulan.

A-Jie is also quite skilled, but he prefers to weave in and out among the rocks, like a playful dolphin.

Luo Fei swam at the front, glancing back at his parents from time to time to make sure they were safe.

His gaze swept over the other areas of the deep water—where there were already quite a few divers, in small groups, all wearing brightly colored diving suits.

Some tours are led by instructors, who wear bright yellow or red diving suits while the tourists wear black or blue ones, making them easy to distinguish.

The instructors were professional, with clear gestures and a steady rhythm. Under their guidance, the tourists swam slowly underwater, sometimes taking photos, sometimes watching the fish, and everything seemed to be in good order.

Before long, Luo Fei noticed an unusual scene.

About thirty meters to his right front, a group of divers were resting on the edge of the coral reef.

The instructor was wearing a yellow wetsuit, was tall, and had a red label on his back with the name of the dive shop printed on it.

The tourist was a woman; her face was not clearly visible, but judging from her figure and swimming style, she was probably not very old.

She was wearing a pink wetsuit and white fins. She swam alongside the instructor, her movements a little clumsy but still coordinated, looking like a beginner with some experience in diving.

At this moment, the coach stopped.

He gestured to the woman, signaling her to stop as well.

The woman did as instructed, remaining still in the water and gently kicking her feet to maintain her balance.

The coach swam to her side, circled behind her, and suddenly reached out and pressed down on her shoulder.

The woman's body was pressed down to the seabed. She struggled and tried to float to the surface by paddling with her arms, but the instructor's strength was far greater than hers, and she was unable to break free.

The coach reached out his other hand and pulled off her mask.

The moment the mask slipped off her face, seawater rushed into her eyes and nose.

She closed her eyes, and the breathing tube in her mouth fell out. She started choking on water, and strings of bubbles rose from her mouth like boiling water.