Chapter 154 A Tacit Understanding

After Dan Anwen calmed down, Gu Ji had explored the inside of the pool quite well, and at least dared to walk on the bottom of the pool in the water.

"Let's practice holding our breath and exhaling first," Dan Anwen said, sounding slightly professional.

Since the child wants to learn to swim, he will naturally teach her seriously, since swimming will bring her more benefits than anything else.

Having an extra survival skill is never a bad thing.

Gu Ji looked up at him blankly, clearly unsure of what to do.

Dan Anwen curled his lips and said in a gentle tone, "Put your head underwater and hold your breath."

Dan Anwen asked Gu Ji to hold his arm and then held his breath underwater.

Without the slightest hesitation, Gu Ji grabbed the man's arm and submerged her head in the water.

The longer Gu Ji held her breath underwater, the more oxygen-deprived she felt in her head, until all she could think about was the man's every move.

She only stopped when she felt she was about to die, and immediately brought her head to the surface.

Her tightly tied bun was rinsed with water, and the stray hairs on her forehead clung tightly to her cheeks. Dan Anwen observed her complexion and thought that the child did have some talent.

Gu Ji, who was panting heavily, did not notice that a pair of dark eyes were staring intently at her rosy lips.

After looking away, Dan Anwen tucked a strand of hair behind Gu Ji's ear and said, "Let's practice a few more times."

In the following time, Gu Ji practiced holding her breath and exhaling countless times. She felt the air in her lungs starting to move around erratically, without any discernible pattern.

After Gu Ji had practiced enough, Dan Anwen let her rest by the pool.

"Do you want to learn freestyle or breaststroke? I'll help you get a feel for it later." Dan Anwen squeezed Gu Ji's hand.

After finishing the water in her glass, Gu Ji wanted to collapse onto the recliner. She shook her head weakly and was about to say that she wouldn't practice today when she suddenly thought that it would be a waste to learn only half of it. Besides, she didn't seem to be very resistant to water after she had been in contact with it.

"Let me rest for five minutes, then I'll go down and try out which position I like." Gu Ji opened her small hands, showing Dan Anwen the number five.

Dan Anwen placed his large hand on her small hand and smiled, "Okay, we're not in a hurry to learn. We'll go eat after we've experienced it."

"Uh-huh."

Once Gu Ji felt his energy and blood returning to normal, the two of them went back into the water.

This time, Dan Anwen directly grabbed Gu Jiying's slender waist with his large hand, accidentally touching the soft flesh of her waist, and she subconsciously shrank into the man's arms.

Dan Anwen's deep eyes darkened instantly; it was the first time he had realized that a child's waist was so sensitive.

Thinking of this, Dan Anwen secretly rubbed his fingertips together. Gu Ji instantly sprang up in the water, his eyes filled with accusation, "Uncle Dan, you did this on purpose."

Dan An chuckled softly, a smile playing at the corners of his eyes. He leaned close to her rounded earlobe and said in a gentle, indulgent tone, "Little one, you're really sensitive."

Upon hearing this, Gu Ji immediately moved his hand to her waist and used some force to pry open the man's large hand that was harassing her waist.

As he withdrew from her waist, a hint of regret flashed in Dan Anwen's gentle eyes. He hadn't expected the child's waist to be so sensitive and soft.

Fearing she might really get angry later, Dan Anwen said with a smile, "I won't tease you anymore, let's begin."

Gu Ji nodded, but still warned the man, her fierce yet soft gaze utterly harmless, "You can't put your hands on the soft flesh of my waist, or you won't get a goodnight kiss tonight."

Since the two started dating, the once innocent goodnight greetings have turned into a reluctant goodnight kiss.

A dark glint flashed in Dan Anwen's eyes, seemingly intimidated by Gu Ji's threat, "Fine, I won't pinch the soft flesh on your waist."

With trust in him, Gu Ji let him place his large hand on her waist again. However, unlike before, his hand moved down an inch and did not place it on the most sensitive part of the girl's waist.

Gu Ji breathed a sigh of relief and entrusted her entire body to the man's hands.

Dan Anwen also maintained a good teaching attitude, and did his best to support her waist so that she could move her posture on the water.

The man's hands were tightly clasped around the girl's soft, slender waist, and their bodies were pressed very close together. Sometimes, the girl's thighs, which were thrashing about in the water, would brush against the man's thighs.

It's hard for a man not to have a wonderful reaction to a girl he likes when their skin is warm and touching.

However, by the time he realized his body was burning hot in the constant-temperature water, it was too late, and he secretly thought something was wrong.

Sure enough, spending too much time in physical contact with children caused repressed thoughts to take root and sprout.

Gu Ji was puzzled when he didn't hear Dan Anwen's voice. What was wrong?

No sooner had she turned her head than her body was pressed tightly against the man's, and before she could react, she felt a soft touch on her lips.

Seeing Gu Ji staring intently at him with her eyes wide open, Dan Anwen adjusted his posture, freeing one hand to cover her eyes, his voice gentle and tender, "You have to concentrate when you kiss."

The girl's curled eyelashes gently brushed against the man's warm hand, and finally she obediently closed her eyes.

With her sight blocked, her hearing and touch became even more sensitive. She could clearly hear the man's heavy breathing and vaguely sense his restraint and control.

After a long while, the man finally pulled away from the girl's rosy lips with an urgent kiss. She had just opened her mouth to ask what was wrong, but the words in her throat were once again sealed by the man's kiss.

It wasn't until she struggled in the water and felt the heat below her waist that she realized why he was so impatient.

Now she was completely too scared to move, even stopping the movement of pushing the man. She was no longer the naive girl she used to be; she understood the message the man was conveying.

However, she could also feel the man's cherishment and love for her, and she knew he wouldn't easily do anything reckless.

Once the man's disordered breathing had calmed down a bit, his movements became slow and gentle, as if he was afraid that his earlier rashness and eagerness might have frightened her.

The man buried his head in the girl's slender neck, his heavy breathing gradually calming down before he lifted her and carried her to the ground.

Gu Ji patted his back, trying to calm him down, but a hoarse voice came from above, "Little kid, if you keep patting me, I can't guarantee what I might do next."

Gu Ji stopped moving the second the man finished speaking, her watery eyes still holding the lingering desire from before, staring straight at the man.

Dan An's dark eyes, which had already lost some of their desire, almost surged again because of her gaze. He could only close his eyes to calm himself down.

Only after he wrapped her body in a bath towel on the ground did he dare to look directly into her innocent yet alluring eyes.

The man's voice was still hoarse, like sandpaper being rubbed against it, "Can I hug you again?"

He was afraid that his reaction underwater might have frightened her.

The girl blinked her slightly reddened eyes, took the initiative to reach out and hug the man's lean waist, and gently rested her head on his shoulder.

The two of them understood the meaning behind the kiss without saying a word.