I'm back in 1990

Chapter 3: Boys need to learn to protect themselves

At that time, the small town was just beginning to develop, and the tallest building in the town was the Qingjiang Building, which had been completed a year earlier.

Although it was called a skyscraper, it was actually only eleven stories high. Shortly after its completion, Huang Xiaochuan was fortunate enough to go up there once with Lao Huang.

I remember that after climbing to the top of the building and looking around, the entire Qingjiang city could be seen, which shows how small Qingjiang city is.

The town is still a blend of tradition and modernity, dominated by old buildings, but modern architecture will gradually replace these old buildings.

People's clothing and appearance are also evolving with the times, and their living standards are changing day by day.

Since China returned to the Olympic Games in 1984, a sports craze has swept the country, so successive Qingjiang leaders have favored the development of sports.

The most modern buildings in the small city of Qingjiang are actually several sports stadiums, one of which is the swimming pool we're going to visit today.

In the plaza outside the swimming pool, a running panda holds up a countdown sign with the numbers showing 33 days until the opening of the Asian Games.

At that moment, the Asian Games anthem, "...We Asians, our mountains hold their heads high... Asia's majestic spirit roars to the heavens!" was playing over the loudspeakers inside and outside the swimming pool.

This year is China's Asian Games year, and the whole country is going all out for this grand event. Asian Games songs are playing everywhere, and there are news reports on television every day about the construction of Asian Games venues and preparations for the Asian Games.

The weather was hot, and it was a weekday, so most of the young people in the swimming pool were students on summer vacation. They came here to escape the heat, just like Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Wei, resulting in the pool being packed with visitors. The shallow end of the swimming pool, which was over a thousand square meters, was packed with people, skin to skin. The rest area was also full of people, and those who couldn't find a place to sit simply laid out towels on the ground and sat on them.

In stark contrast to the shallow water area was the deep water area, where only a few members with good swimming skills were leisurely swimming on their backs.

The swimming pool has regulations that only swimming association members who have been approved by the pool can enter the deep water area, while other ordinary swimming enthusiasts can only stay in the shallow water area. The two areas are separated by iron fences and are controlled by safety officers sitting on a high platform.

Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Wei both happen to be members of the city's swimming association. This is thanks to the extracurricular activities organized by their elementary school. Huang Xiaochuan and Yu Wei both chose to sign up for the swimming group, and every summer a professional physical education teacher would be responsible for guiding them.

So they learned to swim in elementary school, and under the guidance of professional teachers, they mastered the essence of swimming. They also participated in several swimming competitions organized by the city for elementary and junior high school students, and each time they achieved good results.

So the two of them became members of the city's swimming association during junior high school.

After changing into their swim trunks, putting on their swim caps, and casually hanging their swimming goggles on their foreheads, the two did some warm-up exercises at the edge of the deep end.

Little did they know that their casual actions attracted the attention of many members of the opposite sex gathered in the shallow water, some with passionate gazes, some shy... and of course, many with lewd looks.

Huang Xiaochuan is 1.8 meters tall with a well-proportioned physique. After taking off his coat, he reveals a perfectly sculpted physique with exceptionally fair skin. Coupled with his handsome appearance, his looks are simply unbeatable.

Yu Wei wasn't much different; he was just a little shorter than Huang Xiaochuan, standing at 1.76 meters. Because he had developed the habit of running every morning with Huang Xiaochuan, he had a very well-proportioned physique. Moreover, this guy was fairer than Huang Xiaochuan, and with his uniquely three-dimensional face, he might be even more attractive to young women and girls than Huang Xiaochuan.

As is customary, the two warmed up and then went into the water to get used to the temperature. They quickly got out of the water and walked to the diving platform. After exchanging glances, they put on their goggles and jumped into the pool with a very standard posture.

Two white figures swam underwater like dolphins. Soon, the two burst out of the water and began their race in a freestyle style, using both their hands and feet.

At that moment, the two became the most eye-catching people in the entire swimming pool, even attracting the attention of several lifeguards.

At first, the two walked side by side, with no one in front or behind.

As the second 50-meter stretch began, Yu Wei's stamina was noticeably slightly inferior to Huang Xiaochuan's, and he gradually fell behind by half a body length. After swimming 100 meters, Huang Xiaochuan was the first to touch the edge of the pool.

He took off his glasses, leaned against the edge of the pool, and took deep breaths. It felt so good to be young again; he was full of inexhaustible energy.

At this moment, Yu Wei also reached the finish line.

Yu Wei, panting heavily, complained indignantly, "Phew... I only lost because I'm a little shorter than you, phew... otherwise I wouldn't have lost to you."

Huang Xiaochuan, who was enjoying the feeling of his youthful body, ignored him and went ashore on his own. Standing on one leg, he hopped left and right to drain the water from his ears.

After doing all this, Huang Xiaochuan lay down on a rest chair in the deep water area. This is a special privilege for swimming association members, since the annual membership fee is 30 yuan.

Lying flat in the most comfortable position, drinking a can of ice-cold Jianlibao, and letting out an orange-flavored burp, Huang Xiaochuan felt that this was what life should be like.

Yu Wei followed suit, also holding a can of Jianlibao and sipping it through a straw, except he wasn't lying down.

Instead, he sat on a deck chair and looked towards the shallow water area, his target being the white, bare thighs of the girls in the shallow water.

This kid not only looks at things himself, but when he sees a decent target, he'll also call Huang Xiaochuan to look at it together.

Soon, the kid leaned close to Huang Xiaochuan and whispered, "At two o'clock ahead, isn't the girl in the yellow swimsuit with white polka dots looking good?"

Huang Xiaochuan looked up and glanced in the direction Yu Wei had indicated. Not bad, the girl dared to wear a swimsuit of this color, which meant she was quite confident in her skin. Her skin was indeed quite fair, but as for how smooth it was, he would have to touch it to know.

"Ugh... Pah!" Huang Xiaochuan quickly put away that filthy thought.

But he muttered a comment: "Not bad, quite pretty."

After Huang Xiaochuan finished speaking, he resumed lying flat, while Yu Wei continued to look for new targets.

Just as Huang Xiaochuan was leisurely enjoying the beautiful afternoon, a pair of fair and shapely thighs suddenly appeared in front of him. Huang Xiaochuan's gaze followed the thighs upwards, and the first thing that caught his eye was a light purple swimsuit, which clung tightly to a graceful body. His gaze paused briefly at the slightly protruding breasts before continuing upwards, and then he saw a familiar face smiling at him with pursed lips.

Huang Xiaochuan instinctively sat up quickly, squeezed his legs together, and looked at the person who had come in with surprise.

"What a coincidence! Huang Xiaochuan, you're here swimming too?"

"What kind of question is that? Dressed so scantily, what else could you be doing but swimming?" Huang Xiaochuan thought to himself.

But he asked with a puzzled look, "Class monitor? How did you get here?"

The person who came was Qin Yu, Huang Xiaochuan's high school classmate and class monitor. However, Huang Xiaochuan couldn't understand how this girl got into the rest area.

The young woman was youthful and beautiful, and her figure had basically matured, but she was still a little immature. She was completely different from Professor Qin, the doctoral supervisor from Jin University, whom she met at the 30th anniversary class reunion in her previous life.

In her previous life, after taking the college entrance examination, she went to Yanbei and studied there until she graduated with a doctorate. After that, she was hired to teach at Jinling University.

"You don't recognize your old classmates now that the college entrance exam is over?" Qin Yu joked with Huang Xiaochuan.

Beside Qin Yu was a glamorous girl wearing a black one-piece swimsuit, her hair tied in a high ponytail. The black swimsuit made her not-so-fair skin appear even whiter. She looked a bit older than Qin Yu, and at that moment, her eyes were staring straight at Yu Wei.

"Oh no! I just didn't expect to run into you here, class monitor." Huang Xiaochuan stood up and casually wrapped a bath towel around his waist.

In fact, Huang Xiaochuan was thinking to himself, "This is the first time I've ever seen a class monitor who isn't wearing clothes, no, he's wearing a swimsuit."

Yu Wei is the kind of guy who shrinks back at crucial moments. He's incredibly brazen when he's peeking at girls' thighs, but when two tall, beautiful girls actually appear in front of him, he chickens out!

Huang Xiaochuan, his friend, knew about his quirk, but it wasn't a big deal. It was just a common problem among young men—they get shy around girls. Yes, they really do get shy. It doesn't need treatment; it just fades with age. Who's ever seen a seasoned veteran get shy?

At this moment, Yu Wei was in this state, he was hesitant and embarrassed to take the initiative to greet Qin Yu.

Although Yu Wei and Huang Xiaochuan were not in the same class in high school, he still knew Qin Yu. However, the two had never had any contact during their school years. Today, they were so close to each other, dressed so scantily, face to face. This was truly the first time ever.

Huang Xiaochuan nudged Yu Wei with his elbow, trying to ease the kid's embarrassment: "You've met her before, she's our class monitor, Qin Yu."

Then he patted Yu Wei on the shoulder and introduced him to Qin Yu: "This is my childhood friend, Yu Wei from Class 5."

Qin Yu put her arm around the woman in the black swimsuit next to her and introduced her: "This is my cousin, Jiang Tian. She's a sophomore this year."

Huang Xiaochuan waved his hand to express his goodwill.

"Hello!"

"Hello!"

Jiang Tian gently waved her hand in response.

In contrast, Yu Wei's face was as red as a monkey's bottom, and he mechanically waved his hand.

Qin Yu responded frankly, "I know Yu Wei. Aside from being apart in class, you two are practically inseparable, right?"

"Haha! We've lived in the same courtyard since we were little, and later we moved and lived in the same building, so it's normal that we're good friends," Huang Xiaochuan explained with a smile.

After chatting for a while, Huang Xiaochuan realized that the four of them were still standing, so he quickly raised his hand in a gesture of invitation: "Squad leader, let's not stand anymore, let's sit down and talk!"

Huang Xiaochuan gave up his recliner for Qin Yu and Jiang Tian to sit on, while he shared a recliner with Yu Wei.

After sitting down, Huang Xiaochuan tentatively asked, "Class monitor, are you also a member of the swimming association?"

Qin Yu chuckled and shook her head: "No, my cousin's friend is a security guard here, and he sent us over. There were just too many people in the shallow water area, so we thought we'd come here to rest for a bit, and we didn't expect to run into you all."

Huang Xiaochuan nodded, finally understanding.

At this moment, the girl praised Huang Xiaochuan: "Huang Xiaochuan, you swim so well! When did you learn to swim? How come I've never heard you mention it before? Is your great physique because you swim so often? You've kept it so well hidden! I've never noticed before!"

"Uh...!" Huang Xiaochuan was at a loss for words when faced with so many questions.

After organizing his thoughts for a moment, he said, "When I was in elementary school, the school organized interest groups. Yu Wei and I were pulled into the group by our homeroom teacher to make up the numbers. But all the other groups were full, so we had no choice but to be assigned to the swimming group."

Unexpectedly, this remark made the girl burst into laughter, her silvery giggles ringing out: "Giggle...!"

Huang Xiaochuan looked helplessly at the girl who was laughing so hard she was doubled over, and thought to himself, what's so funny? Does she have such a low threshold for laughter?

After laughing, Qin Yu continued, "This is really interesting. You guys just stumbled upon this by accident!"

While the two were talking, Jiang Tian, ​​who was next to Qin Yu, was also busy.

She stared at Yu Wei and asked proactively, "Your name is Yu Wei?"

Yu Wei's face turned bright red, and he was so nervous that he didn't know what to say, so he could only nod.

"I just saw you guys swimming, you swim so well! I want to learn too, can you teach me?" After saying that, her big, bright eyes blinked and stared at Yu Wei, trying to charm him.

This was the first time Yu Wei had ever met such a bold girl. The girls he had met in school were all quite reserved and demure, at most they would blush and stop him to hand him a love letter.

So he paused for a moment, didn't respond, and instead looked at Huang Xiaochuan beside him with pleading eyes.

Kind-hearted Huang Xiaochuan couldn't help but whisper a reminder in Yu Wei's ear: "My mom said that boys also need to learn to protect themselves when they're out in the world."

Seeing the two boys whispering, Qin Yu couldn't help but ask, "What are you two saying? Why don't you dare let us hear?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Xiaochuan simply repeated what he had just said loudly: "I told Yu Wei that boys also need to learn to protect themselves when they are out in the world."

Qin Yu was momentarily stunned, her face showing some confusion, while Jiang Tian stared at Huang Xiaochuan with a look of surprise for a while.

"Cough cough...!" A short while later, the clever Qin Yu blushed and deliberately coughed a few times to cover up her embarrassment.

"Huang Xiaochuan, I have something to tell you."

"You go, class monitor."

"The day after tomorrow, the 12th, we have to go back to school to fill out college applications. A few of the class leaders discussed it and decided to organize a get-together for the class at noon. After all, we will be going our separate ways soon, and it won't be easy to get together again."

"Sure! No problem, I'll participate enthusiastically." Huang Xiaochuan smiled and raised his hand to indicate his agreement.

What other opinions could Huang Xiaochuan have? Of course, he would follow everyone's wishes and actively participate.

However, this kind of class reunion is a once-in-a-lifetime event. If someone were to suggest another class reunion several years later, Huang Xiaochuan would definitely decline.

By then, will it be a class reunion? It'll just be a place where you pay money to watch others show off, and you'll also feel disgusted by your own competitive spirit.

We're all just eating and drinking our own food, so why should we watch such a disgusting scene? Wouldn't it be better to use that spare money to buy a few pounds of pork ribs and stew them?

However, out of politeness, Huang Xiaochuan still took the initiative to ask, "Class monitor, how much will each person have to pay?"

"There's still some money left in the class fund. I've roughly calculated that if everyone contributes another ten yuan, it should be enough. Any overpayment will be refunded, and any underpayment will be collected."

Huang Xiaochuan agreed without hesitation: "Okay, I'll give you the money when I go to school on the 12th. Now...?"

Huang Xiaochuan looked himself up and down, indicating that he had nowhere on his body to take out money.

"Hahaha...!" The girl looked at Huang Xiaochuan, who was only wearing a pair of swim trunks, and guessed what he meant. She couldn't help but laugh loudly.