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As a result, the little fish transformed into an octopus and hugged him, saying, "Brother, I'm tired. Can you carry me back home?"

"Who are you trying to fool, you little lazybones?" Ai Qing rolled her eyes at her, picked her up and walked back. "You have energy to burn off, but if anyone's tired, it's me who's more tired, okay?"

"We used it all to hide our ears and tail," the little fish pouted. "We only have about two hours, so we have to be careful with our time."

"But if I hug my brother like this, my energy won't be used up so quickly."

"I feel like I absorb energy faster when my brother isn't wearing clothes."

"Huh? Really?" Ai Qing was taken aback, not expecting this effect.

Could it be that skin-to-skin contact can increase the absorption efficiency of warm currents?

Wearing clothes normally affects the transmission of heat, right?

"So if Xiaoyu also takes off all her clothes, will she be able to absorb energy faster?" Xiaoyu asked Aiqing innocently.

Before Ai Qing could even react to the question, little Ai Qing perked up immediately.

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To be fair, the claim that clothing affects the actual efficiency of heat absorption is at least somewhat reasonable.

But it would be quite exciting if Xiaoyu said it in a place like a swimming pool.

Fortunately, the water level was high enough that no one could see Ai Qing even though she was wearing a tent.

But Xiaoyu kept hugging him, her whole body pressed tightly against Ai Qing, which made him really a little hot-tempered.

The young man, despite his young age, came to the pool to cool off in the middle of summer, but ended up feeling like he was soaking in a hot spring thanks to the little fish. His body was incredibly warm.

"If you keep saying things like that outside, my body really can't take it." Ai Qing carried Xiao Yu step by step towards a shallower area, pressing against her as she went.

It wasn't intentional on his part; it was just that when the little fish turned into an octopus and wrapped its arms around his neck, the posture naturally became like that.

Moreover, this did nothing to alleviate the situation; on the contrary, it made his suffering even more intense.

"Little Fish didn't do it on purpose." Little Fish chuckled, and once they reached a shallower area, she finally let go of Ai Qing and stood in the water.

At this moment, Ai Qing finally remembered what she needed to do next. In front of the little fish, she swam around once, then emerged from the water and looked at her with a smile: "Want to learn?"

"Mmm!" Little Fish nodded vigorously. After getting used to walking in the water, she had begun to become interested in swimming.

However, she was still a little traumatized by the fall into the water earlier and didn't dare to swim like Ai Qing.

So he immediately hugged Ai Qing and said, "Then you have to support me, otherwise I'm scared."

"Don't worry, you have to take it one step at a time to learn to swim. You can't rush it."

As he said this, Ai Qing helped her put on the swimming goggles on her head, then pinched his nose and submerged into the water.

To be fair, the scenery in the water is quite beautiful.

Xiaoyu's breasts weren't particularly large, but they were at least a B to C cup. They were tightly wrapped in her swimsuit, revealing beautiful curves that weren't usually visible.

And those beautiful legs, completely submerged in water, appeared even more delicate due to the reflection of the water.

I don't know if it's the lighting or something else, but the little fish's legs seemed to be longer when viewed underwater.

Even on ordinary days, the little fish's short legs are still very cute.

Moreover, Xiaoyu herself is not particularly tall, so at first glance, her legs still appear to be very slender and long.

Ai Qing didn't linger to admire it for too long. He gave Xiao Yu a demonstration, held his breath for a moment, and then surfaced again, saying to Xiao Yu, "I'll teach you how to hold your breath first. You have to learn this before you can learn swimming strokes."

"Holding your breath?"

"Yes, that means don't inhale through your mouth and nose, hold your breath for a while, and you'll sink into the water without swallowing it."

"Oh, oh." Little Fish nodded in understanding, and mimicked Ai Qing's actions, trying to pinch her little nose and then sink directly into the water.

In just a second or two, the little fish popped its head out of the water, gasping for breath, "This is so hard!"

Ai Qing: "...Couldn't you have taken a few more breaths before holding your breath?"

"Oh yeah..."

The little fish scratched its head, took a deep breath as Ai Qing instructed, held it in its mouth, and sank into the water.

This time, the little fish managed to hold out for quite a while.

It took her more than ten seconds to emerge from the water.

"Very good." Ai Qing pinched her cheek and encouraged her, "You learn very quickly."

"Hehe~" Little Fish chuckled sheepishly, accepting Ai Qing's praise with ease.

However, after Ai Qing had her try a few more times, she started to make things more difficult for Xiaoyu.

"Now it's a little harder, like this."

Ai Qing sank to the surface of the water, then immediately surfaced, took a breath, and quickly sank back down.

After standing up and squatting down repeatedly for more than ten times, Ai Qing finally stopped and said to Xiao Yu:

"When swimming, you need to breathe. When your head is submerged, you swim quickly and then find a gap between movements to bring your head out of the water to breathe."

"After taking a breath, put your head back under the water and continue swimming forward."

"This back-and-forth movement is for breathing."

The little fish listened attentively, then couldn't help but ask, "If you keep your head above water, you won't have to hold your breath, right?"

"Um... normally you should learn to hold your breath."

"Brother, look at that old man over there." Xiaoyu pointed behind Ai Qing. "Can I imitate that gesture?"

An old man was lying on his back, slowly swimming on his back, his head always above the water, looking quite content.

Especially that big belly, which provides a lot of buoyancy.

"Keeping your head above water isn't easy," Ai Qing said with a helpless expression. "And generally speaking, if your head is always above water, you'll swim much slower."

"Ok."

Little Fish resigned herself to her fate for the time being and obediently followed Ai Qing to learn how to hold her breath.

About ten minutes later, seeing that Xiaoyu had learned enough, Ai Qing led her to the shore and had her hold onto the bank with both hands.

Unlike more than ten years ago, the edge of this swimming pool is no longer uneven with the water surface; instead, it has been designed as a small slope.

Half of the slope is below the water surface, allowing small fish to easily hold onto the bank.

Then Ai Qing also held onto the shore with both hands and began to teach her how to learn the next step.

Freestyle is more troublesome to teach, so Ai Qing simply taught her the breaststroke that her university required her to learn.

So he held onto the bank with both hands, without moving his legs, submerged his head directly in the water, then raised it up and said:

"Look, just like this, the same way we practiced earlier, it's about getting used to this way of holding your breath and exhaling."

Little Fish learned Ai Qing's movements quite quickly and soon got used to them.

Ai Qing then continued to hold onto the shore, letting the waves lift her legs, and then, like a big frog, she kicked her legs backward with all her might.

“Look closely at my legs. If you can’t see them clearly on the surface of the water, you can hold your breath and go underwater to see them.”

While performing the actions, Ai Qing didn't forget to talk to Xiao Yu.

Out of curiosity, Xiaoyu held her breath underwater to watch Ai Qing's movements, then immediately surfaced and couldn't help but laugh, "What kind of movement is that? It looks so funny. My brother didn't do that when he was swimming earlier."

“This is breaststroke.” Ai Qing stopped what she was doing and pinched her cheek in annoyance. “What I did just now was freestyle. Different swimming styles require different movements.”

"Then I want to learn that one, it looks like I can swim faster that way."

“But breaststroke is easier to learn,” Ai Qing said with a chuckle. “Learn that first, and I can teach you freestyle later.”

"Then brother, hold me up." Xiaoyu pulled Ai Qing's hands and made him hug her waist. "Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll fall into the water again and won't be able to get up."

"Don't worry, I'll help you."

Ai Qing would never refuse such a good thing. Bringing girls to the pool to learn to swim was all for this moment, wasn't it?

Although Ai Qing could touch Xiao Yu whenever she wanted at home, Xiao Yu never refused and would even actively cater to her.

However, it can be quite fun to hug and cuddle in the pool, using the excuse of learning to swim to have some physical contact.

"Then give it a try." Ai Qing looked at the little fish that had already been firmly held on the shore and said to her, "In a moment, I will hold your waist with one hand to prevent you from sinking, and support your chin with the other hand. If you can't lift it up, I will lift you up."

"Uh-huh!"

With Ai Qing by her side to help, Xiao Yu felt much safer and was no longer as nervous and scared as before.

She tried to imitate Ai Qing's previous movements, submerging her head in the water and then lifting her legs up.

But for some reason, the more she tried to do it, the less she could lift her legs.

As a result, his head did get submerged in the water, but his breathing and leg movements were completely out of sync.

And because I was in such a hurry, I almost choked again.

Fortunately, Ai Qing was paying attention and immediately supported her slender waist, then lifted her chin to help her head float to the surface.

The little fish's movements in the water were quite awkward, which was because it hadn't controlled its balance well.

"Relax, don't be so stiff, don't try to exert any force. Just relax your whole body and let the buoyancy of the water naturally lift you up."

Ai Qing whispered instructions in Xiao Yu's ear, first helping her to stand up straight in the water, and then letting her try again.

After about ten minutes of practice, Xiaoyu finally relaxed her limbs and got used to the water naturally lifting her legs.

If you ignore whether the movements are correct or not, and don't care about swimming speed, then this posture can be considered a barely passable beginner's level.

However, this doesn't include the hand movements yet.

First, the small fish need to be let go of the help from the shore and actually swim in the water.

Thinking this, Ai Qing had already pulled Xiao Yu towards the middle of the pool.

“Now, I’ll hold your hands and you can pretend you were holding onto the shore just now. Use your legs to push back.” Ai Qing said, gesturing with her hands. “If you choke on water, I’ll pull you up right away. You’ll definitely be fine.”

"Mmm." Little Fish had already mastered the leg techniques and was getting impatient.

Only after placing her little hand in Ai Qing's palm did she become slightly nervous.

After taking a few deep breaths and regaining the feeling of being on the shore, Xiaoyu nodded to Aiqing.