"Why are you so hostile to Meng Qiaoyu?"

In the queue waiting to board the ship, Lin Sitian suddenly came up to Zhou Sheng and asked. She asked deliberately and with a hint of sarcasm.

However, Zhou Sheng frowned, thought for a moment and replied: "I don't."

He spoke in a serious and calm manner, and Lin Sitian even began to doubt whether she had really misunderstood just now.

"Really?"

This question made Zhou Sheng reflect. Did he really show hostility just now?

"I thought you and Meng Qiaoyu had some unpleasantness downstairs this morning." Lin Sitian found an excuse to defend herself. She didn't think Zhou Sheng was jealous of her, at least she couldn't let Zhou Sheng think so.

Zhou Sheng shook his head again. "At that time, I was just wondering why you asked me out and Meng Qiaoyu was here too."

At this point, he and Lin Sitian had the same thought pattern, and he immediately added, "I mean, if you want a reward, why do you include Meng Qiaoyu in it?"

Lin Sitian didn't think much about it and explained, "Because we have to stay overnight, grandma refused to let us go, so I had to move someone she knows. At first I said Yang Xuelin would be there too, but grandma felt that Yang Xuelin was a girl and still unsafe, so I called Meng Qiaoyu - it just so happened that their class also wanted to find a place to play during this holiday, so they all booked this place, and there are discounts for group tickets, so everyone can take care of each other when the time comes."

Zhou Sheng lowered his eyes indifferently. The misunderstanding was resolved, but he still felt a little dissatisfied in his heart, especially after hearing about Lin Sitian's family's attitude towards Meng Qiaoyu, the feeling of depression in his heart became even heavier.

He is used to coming first and rarely experiences the feelings of a loser.

"Let's go." Lin Sitian called him. It turned out that they were already at the front of the line.

Zhou Sheng got on the kayak first and reached out to take Lin Sitian down. The staff on the shore gave a few instructions and the kayak was pushed out along the current.

The place where we boarded the boat was in the shadow of one side of the valley. The sunlight was blocked, and the jubilant water flow stirred up wet moisture nearby. As soon as Lin Sitian left the shore, she couldn't help hugging her arms and rubbing them, "It's so cold."

There are still a few days until the beginning of summer. Even though the temperature has risen today, the air still has the chill of late spring. It is inevitable to feel cold when you come for rafting wearing little and being on the water.

Zhou Sheng comforted her: "It's almost noon. Once we leave this area, the sun will be bright and it won't be cold." He suddenly remembered something and asked, "Can you swim?"

Lin Sitian tilted her head and looked at him with a half-smile, then asked him, "What about you? I remember you didn't know how to do it when you were in the first year of high school."

"We were not in the same class in our first year of high school."

"Sometimes we bump into each other in swimming classes. We take two classes together. I've seen you." At the beginning, the water flow was relatively gentle. Lin Sitian grabbed the handle of the kayak and went up and down with the boat. Her tone was very leisurely, "--silly, you were kicking your legs by the pool."

Zhou Sheng's face turned redder as she continued talking. "Why did you notice?"

"Someone was chatting and said, 'Zhou Sheng, who is ranked first in his grade, also doesn't know something.' I looked at it out of curiosity. Everyone is curious."

That was the first time she had an impression of the name Zhou Sheng, even though before that he had always ranked first in the section exams, first in various competitions, and was the best debater in the school debate competition, and won the district essay gold medal...ah, she learned these later. In short, she remembered the name Zhou Sheng because of that day, when she saw him unable to swim, clinging to the edge of the swimming pool, choking on water, and kicking his legs hard. His serious look was both funny and interesting, and it is still fresh in her memory.

When Lin Sitian mentioned his past embarrassment, Zhou Sheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He touched his hot earlobe and said, "I know how to swim now... I took a summer vacation to learn how to swim."

"One summer vacation? That's too fast. It turns out that geniuses learn things differently from us." Lin Sitian sighed.

"I'm not a genius," Zhou Sheng turned his eyes away, "There are many things I don't know either."

"——But if you don't know how to do it, just concentrate on learning. Many things are not as difficult as they seem. What is difficult is determination and persistence." Zhou Sheng finished speaking, raised his hand to cover his lips a little awkwardly, and pretended to cough, "Did I say it sound like the answer to the reading comprehension?"

Lin Sitian curled up the corners of her mouth, revealing a shallow dimple: "No." She admitted that what she liked was Zhou Sheng, who would admit that he had shortcomings. This was what attracted her most to him, humility and sincerity, which were rare qualities for boys of this age. It might also be because he had been immersed in books all this time that he was different from others.

[Many things are not as difficult as they seem. What is difficult is determination and persistence.]

Thinking of this sentence, Lin Sitian was thoughtful.

At this moment, the water under the boat was gradually becoming turbulent. Zhou Sheng saw her staring at the water in a daze and thought she was scared. "Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you can't swim. If you fall in, I will rescue you as soon as possible."

Lin Sitian smiled: "You are so nice to a girl who has nothing to do with you. I am really curious about how far you will go if you really fall in love with someone one day, Zhou Sheng?"

Zhou Sheng was stunned. His sensitivity from years of solving problems allowed him to grasp the key point of this sentence. He quickly went over what happened in the morning in his mind and suddenly understood the possible reason why Lin Sitian was angry so early in the morning.

"I..." Just as he was about to say something, the kayak had already reached a rapid with a drop in height, interrupting the words he was about to say -

"Hold on tight, Lin Sitian!"

The kayak jumped down from a high place in the turbulent rapids, and the falling water suddenly poured into the boat. Before Lin Sitian could sit firmly, the whole kayak circled in the rapids and was pushed to the edge of the rocks by the water, colliding and bouncing like a bumper car, making her dizzy.

“Ahahahaha—”

What followed was a turbulent rapids with twists and turns, and before they could recover from the previous one, they fell into the next whirlpool. Several times the boat was about to flip over, but it inexplicably straightened out. Lin Sitian swayed along with the boat, and the valley echoed with the girl's excited screams.

"Zhou Sheng, Zhou Sheng! It's going to fall, it's going to fall! In front--" Lin Sitian pointed excitedly at the small waterfall on the cliff in front, shaking her body as if she was eager to try.

"I know, Lin Sitian, hold on tight, don't let go! Lin Sitian! Lin Sitian——!!"

Zhou Sheng was frightened just by watching her holding on to the boat with one hand and making a fuss as she approached the waterfall. But when he said that, Lin Sitian was still excited and unrepentant, and was immersed in the rushing water. Zhou Sheng almost leaned over to grab her, but the next second the whole boat was in the air. Her body reflexively grabbed the handrail of the kayak, and the boat slammed into the water as if it had made an emergency landing, splashing water all over the sky as it rose and fell.

"Wow!" Lin Sitian smiled so much that her eyes and eyebrows curved into crescents, and shouted excitedly: "Successful landing!"

"You..." Just as he said one word, the boat hit the wall and a waterfall of water rolled down from a high place, directly pouring all over Zhou Sheng's head and face.

Both of them were stunned by the accident. Lin Sitian even started giggling at Zhou Sheng's soaked look, and patted the boat with laughter without mercy.

Water droplets dripped, and Zhou Sheng was soaked all over - he was the one who followed the rules, and he was also the one who suffered, so innocent. And Lin Sitian didn't know if she was too lucky, because after the ups and downs of the boat, she only had a few strands of hair wet, hanging down on her temples.

Her candid smile was not at all restrained in front of Zhou Sheng. Zhou Sheng watched this scene quietly. His originally calm mood seemed to be infected. He looked up at the splashes of water under the clear sky and finally laughed.

The warm sunlight at noon fell from the sky into the bottom of the pool, passed through the leaves on the cliff, turned into a few mottled pieces of gold, and shone on Lin Sitian's face, making her skin hazy and a few drops of water fell from her wet hair. The girl smiled sweetly, but was suddenly dazzled by the flowing sunlight. She couldn't help but squint her eyes and raised her wrist to block them. The light spread into a colorful halo with the water vapor under the waterfall, and there was a faint rainbow.

Zhou Sheng only felt that his heartbeat also fluctuated with the traces of drifting and her laughter. He suddenly said: "Lin Sitian."

"Huh?"

"Wang Yue and the others have also caught up."

"Where?" Lin Sitian looked back hastily, "Nothing - wow!"

Before he could even turn his face, water was splashed on his face.

"Zhou Sheng! You're cheating!" Lin Sitian's eyes widened. This section of the stream was relatively calm. Without thinking, she let go of the kayak handrail, leaned over and scooped up a handful of water to splash on Zhou Sheng's face. Zhou Sheng was not to be outdone, and reached into the stream with one hand, creating a wave of water. The two of them splashed water on each other happily, but the girl's hands were slender and small, and the strength was not enough. The water splashed by both hands was not much. Lin Sitian scooped two scoops, but it was not as good as Zhou Sheng's. Soon she was soaked and as embarrassed as Zhou Sheng. Water droplets hung on her eyelashes and her eyelids could hardly open.

"Ah, Zhou Sheng, stop splashing!" Lin Sitian closed her eyes and shouted angrily.

Normally, this kind of talk would not be useful when playing around, but since the other person was Zhou Sheng, he actually stopped.

Lin Sitian opened her eyes and looked at him with tears in her eyes, "You really splashed water on me."

Zhou Sheng was puzzled, "Or is it fake?"

“……”Talking to a straight man can make you angry to death in minutes.

Lin Sitian was so angry that her teeth itched. She said angrily, "You are taking advantage of your strength because you are a boy. It's not fair. From now on, you are not allowed to splash water."

"oh."

Then Zhou Sheng began to suffer from Lin Sitian's unilateral abuse. She poured handfuls of water on his face. He could only close his eyes and let her bully him. A few times, she poured too much water and Zhou Sheng had to put his hands up to cover his face.

When there is really no opponent, this kind of overwhelming victory is also very lonely. Lin Sitian finally vented her anger, stopped, lay breathlessly beside the boat, and looked at him, "Why are you so obedient?" She didn't fight back at all.

Zhou Sheng wiped the water off his face and opened his eyes, "I have to let you win once."

--ha?

“You can’t win normally”, is this what you mean?

Good guy, he is worthy of being the best debater in the debate. He doesn't even use a curse word when he fights back.