That afternoon, Jiang Dao changed into his swimsuit and went to the teaching area for trial diving training in the swimming pool.
The purpose of the trial dive in the pool is mainly to learn how to assemble and wear diving equipment, get familiar with the use of various equipment, learn basic diving movements, and practice hand gestures for communicating with fellow divers.
The learning content was not too much and not too difficult. Moreover, Jiang Dao was a quick learner and did not need to be told a second time how to use the various equipment. His ability to control his body also allowed him to move very flexibly in the water. Halfway through the class, he had already mastered all the content he was supposed to learn.
After surfacing, Paul opened his goggles and praised without reservation: "Dao, you are the smartest student I have ever taught! I look forward to taking you out to sea tomorrow. I'm sure you will perform well!"
Jiang Dao stroked his hair and smiled, "I'm looking forward to it, too."
After going ashore to unload the equipment and take off the diving suit, Jiang Dao picked up the towel and wiped his hair.
Paul looked at Jiang Dao's handsome body and felt a little unwilling: "Your boyfriend is keeping a close eye on you? This is not good. You should be free. Why can't he accept fair competition?"
Jiang Dao was no stranger to this theory, as it was everywhere in the apocalypse, and he couldn't help but laugh when he heard it.
However, to avoid trouble, he did not refute Paul's guess about his boyfriend, and said casually: "He knows kung fu, you definitely can't beat him."
Hearing this, Paul couldn't hide his disappointment and sighed, but he was still a gentleman and didn't pester her: "Okay, I give up. Today's class is over. Go to the counter at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning to pick up your things and go diving."
Since Paul's performance was too straightforward, Jiang Dao did not take a shower in the public bathroom in the teaching area. He directly put on a T-shirt and shorts over his swimming trunks and walked out of the teaching area in slippers.
When he looked up, he saw Chu Yinlong waiting outside the door.
"Hey? You're here so early?" Jiang Dao walked forward quickly. "I learn quickly, so I finished class early. I thought you were resting in the room..."
Chu Yinlong looked at Jiang Dao and said nervously, "He didn't touch you, did he?"
"He touched me?" Jiang Dao laughed, "He really dared to touch me, now his arms and legs are probably broken. Don't worry, I'm not that easy to be bullied."
Chu Yinlong was still angry and frowned tightly: "For such a big club, how come only this one coach can speak Chinese..."
The next day, Jiang Dao received the equipment and was about to follow Paul onto the boat when he saw the club leader running over, followed by Chu Yinlong, who was wearing diving gear.
The club leader said a lot of things to Paul. Paul looked helpless and nodded to Chu Yinlong: "Then let's get on the boat."
Jiang Dao was amused and sat next to Chu Yinlong with a smile: "Hey, why are you following me? Didn't you pass the AOW certificate?"
Chu Yinlong said calmly: "I'll do free diving."
Jiang Dao smiled, leaned close to Chu Yinlong's ear, and lowered his voice: "Dad Long, are you afraid that I will be bullied, so you come to protect me?"
For some reason, Chu Yinlong remembered that Jiang Dao deliberately called him "Dad" yesterday morning, and immediately frowned: "Don't call me that."
Jiang Dao said obediently: "Oh, okay, Teacher Chu."
Teacher...something doesn't seem right.
But it’s much better than dad and father, so... let’s leave it like this for now.
The boat soon arrived at the sea area where the club was conducting diving training.
Jiang Dao put on his equipment according to the steps he learned yesterday. After checking that everything was correct, he put the oxygen tube in his mouth and turned over to enter the water.
Dense bubbles rushed past Jiangdao's eyes, as if pulling open a curtain.
Jiang Dao was stunned as he looked at the scene that suddenly unfolded before his eyes.
The water in this area is clear, and the sunlight shining through the sea surface makes the underwater reefs, corals and fish look incredibly beautiful. The vast blue world is clear and magical. The sea water gently wraps around him, brushing the dense aquatic plants between the corals, and fish swim around in it, filled with incomparable vibrant vitality everywhere.
At this moment, Jiangdao felt someone patting his arm.
Looking back, he found Paul following him and making a gesture to him to dive.
Jiang Dao nodded and was about to control the equipment to exhaust and dive when another person suddenly appeared in his sight.
Chu Yinlong was not too far from him, his body slightly raised, his eyes looking at him, and he was slowly sinking. Seeing Jiangdao looking at him, he opened his arms and signaled Jiangdao not to be afraid.
Jiang Dao was of course not afraid. He slowly descended according to the standard diving procedures, did several ear pressure reliefs, and slowly dived to a depth of eight meters.
At this time, a group of small fish swam towards the front.
Jiangdao subconsciously stretched out his hand, wanting to try the feeling of the fish passing through his fingers.
As a result, the group of fish seemed to have suddenly encountered a natural enemy. They suddenly gathered into a ball, changed direction, and swam away quickly.
Jiangdao: ...
How come even after he went into the sea, his condition of being disliked by small animals remained the same? !
Jiang Dao continued to dive until he reached the bottom of the sea.
He chased the schools of fish near the reefs and corals, and finally had to admit that even the fish, in their base camp in the ocean, still had some inexplicable fear of him.
Even when he saw a conch lying on the beach and approached to take a closer look, the conch suddenly shrank and buried itself in the sand.
Behind the eyepiece, Jiang Dao rolled his eyes towards the sea.
As a result, when he turned around, Jiang Dao saw that not far away, Chu Yinlong was slightly tilting his head, and a beautiful fish the size of a palm was hovering above his head, occasionally pecking at his floating hair curiously.
Jiangdao: ...
After finishing the first dive and returning to the boat, Jiang Dao took off his goggles, turned his head and leaned on Chu Yinlong's shoulder, pretending to cry: "Even fish despise me! Conchs also despise me! I can't stand this grievance!"
Chu Yinlong smiled, raised his hand and patted Jiang Dao on the head, and consoled him: "Shall I treat you to a seafood buffet at noon?"
Jiang Dao raised his head in a second, his face full of expectation: "Okay!"
Chu Yinlong smiled and reached out to gently pinch Jiang Dao's face.
Then he looked at Paul, who was sitting on the other side of the boat, with a warning look in his eyes.
Paul was speechless, raising his hands in a silent gesture of surrender.
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The second and third days of the course are ocean diving training twice a day. Only after four dives can the final assessment be conducted. The assessment was not difficult. Jiang Dao completed a series of actions according to the examiner's instructions at a depth of 16 meters underwater, and he passed the test and obtained the OW diving qualification certificate.
As for the AOW certificate that Chu Yinlong obtained, he needed to add two more days of study time. After much calculation, Jiang Dao realized that if he stayed two more days he would not be able to return home in time to attend the official wrap-up party. He had no choice but to give up and make up for AOW when he had time later.
When leaving the teaching area, Paul suddenly chased after me.
"Hi, Dao, I have a gift for you." He still had his signature sunny smile on his face, and spread his palms in front of Jiang Dao, "I made it myself, and I think it's very suitable for you, please be sure to accept it!"
Jiang Dao looked over and saw a small earring lying in Paul's palm.
The main body of the earring is a small conch with a purple luster. It is smaller than the little finger and looks very cute.
Jiang Dao's attention was attracted and he moved forward to take a closer look with interest.
"This is a real conch!" He looked at Paul in surprise.
"Yes, it's made of real conch." Paul smiled even more happily, "Do you like it?"
"It's cute." Jiang Dao smiled but didn't extend his hand, "But I can't take it."
Paul's sea-blue eyes were suddenly filled with disappointment: "I don't mean anything else, I just think it suits you very well."
Jiang Dao still shook his head and took a half step back to create some distance: "Thank you, but I'm sorry."
Chu Yinlong suddenly raised his hand, put his arm around Jiang Dao's shoulders and brought him into his arms: "Let's go."
Jiang Dao turned around and never looked back.
He half leaned on Chu Yinlong and raised his hand to touch his earlobe - he had forgotten that the original owner had pierced ears, but he didn't like wearing jewelry, so he never thought about it.
When Chu Yinlong embraced him and walked to the door of the guest room area, Jiang Dao suddenly reacted and struggled slightly.
Chu Yinlong let go of his hand reluctantly and pretended nothing had happened.
Since you cannot take a plane within 24 hours after diving, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong booked a return flight for the next afternoon. After morning exercises, Chu Yinlong suggested going to the central commercial street for a stroll and bringing some small gifts to friends.
There are many island specialty shops in the shopping malls here, selling shell ornaments, pearl jewelry, coconut products, as well as the unique local printed clothing and fish skin products of Country M.
Jiang Dao looked at the tuna specimens displayed outside the fish leather products store in amazement and couldn't help but reach out to touch it. He could never imagine that fish skin could be used to tan leather.
Opposite the fish skin shop was a jewelry store. Chu Yinlong looked at it for a moment and turned to go into the store.
The shop owner came over immediately and spoke in fluent Chinese with poor pronunciation: "Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"
After a moment's silence, Chu Yinlong said, "Well, I want to buy a gift for my elders."
The shop owner smiled and led Chu Yinlong to the counter: "If you want to buy jewelry for your elders, you can consider our pearls. Please come and have a look... Excuse me, how old are you?"
Chu Yinlong answered simply, and the shop owner enthusiastically recommended several pearl jewelry to him. Finally, Chu Yinlong chose a brooch.
The boss was about to pay the bill when he was suddenly stopped by Chu Yinlong.
"Well, let's pack up this pair of earrings as well." Chu Yinlong pushed a small box next to him over.
"No problem!" The shop owner smiled from ear to ear, swiftly returned to the counter and packed the two pieces of jewelry separately.
Chu Yinlong took the bag and turned around to see Jiang Dao had entered the fish skin shop opposite at some point.
He walked over quickly and saw Jiangdao taking a paper bag from the store owner.
Coming out of the store and seeing the people waiting outside, Jiang Dao smiled and took out a box from a paper bag and handed it to Chu Yinlong.
"Here," he urged with a smile, "open it and take a look."
Chu Yinlong was surprised: "For me?"
Jiang Dao said as a matter of course: "Yes."
Chu Yinlong took the box, opened it, and found a black leather belt inside.
Jiang Dao shook the paper bag in his hand and said with a smile, "It's made of fish skin. Isn't it amazing? Let's each have one."
After closing the lid of the box, Chu Yinlong looked into Jiang Dao's eyes with gentle and affectionate eyes.
"Thank you..." He smiled, his voice slightly hoarse, "...I like it very much."
The author has something to say: After being reminded by readers, the stupid author found out that red coral is a first-class protected endangered species QwQ... The gift was changed to pearls!
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