"Ahahaha" The sudden accident caught me off guard and all I could do was laugh it off.

"You, brother You?"

It was clear that laughing it off wouldn't solve the accident.

At this moment, Yuan Muxi, Su Yuqian, and An Lisi all looked at me with puzzled expressions, although Su Yuqian seemed more serious.

She was staring at me.

My body trembled with fear, and for a moment, I didn't know what to say.

I even had a hallucination of being caught in a double-cross situation and dying miserably.

"You, brother You? Who is Youjie?" Yuan Muxi broke the silence and asked.

What should I say? What should I say? I have never been so panicked before because I would never do such a thing, and I never expected the accident I didn't want to encounter to come so quickly.

I swallowed hard, feeling like there was something stuck in my throat.

"...Well..." I couldn't express anything.

"I am You, brother You..."

"Cousin... she's my cousin!" An Lisi tried to speak for me and preemptively explain the situation.

My heart was pounding. I blurted it out in a state of extreme anxiety and nerves.

What would the outcome be? Let fate decide.

"You, brother You?" An Lisi looked at me with a questioning expression.

"I had no choice..." I said in agony in my mind. I could only brazenly face the danger of losing my life at any moment and weave lies: "She's my uncle's daughter from abroad, so she's my cousin. She came to play here while on vacation because it's been a long time since she last visited our hometown."

An Lisi's face showed shock.

"With her beautiful blond hair, she truly is a foreign beauty, huh? Ahaha, by the way, my proud cousin's name is An Lisi. It's quite stylish, isn't it?"

Suddenly, I felt a pang of guilt. Although it was true, I said it in a half-truthful way.

"Cousin, right? Shouldn't we greet in English... hi," Yuan Muxi awkwardly tried to greet.

"Hello..." An Lisi responded directly in Chinese.

"Eh?!" Yuan Muxi was taken aback by this.

"Ah... Although An Lisi is abroad, she has also received a Chinese education. She likes to speak Chinese," I explained with a guilty conscience.

Ah... my conscience was stabbed.

"You, brother You..." An Lisi was a bit discontented.

"An Lisi, just cooperate with me in this situation," I said softly.

"But... am I not You, brother You's girlfriend? Why am I a cousin?"

"Isn't being a cousin also good?"

"..." An Lisi didn't accept it.

I felt a headache coming on. Can I say this in this situation? Being caught in a double-cross situation, even though I was innocent, would lead to a terrible ending.

"This... this is just unavoidable... I... I'm just shy, I haven't mentally prepared myself yet. Besides... oh right, my mother doesn't allow me to date in high school. If they find out and tell my mother, it'll be over. You know, good news doesn't travel far, but bad news does!"

After saying that, I started to breathe heavily.

"That's why... it's all my fault for not thinking it through," An Lisi blamed herself.

"It's okay... it's okay," It seemed like An Lisi accepted it. I was really relieved and let out a sigh of relief.

When they looked towards Yuan Muxi, they found that they were staring at me with sharp eyes, especially Su Yuqian, who was particularly serious.

"So... this is my cousin,"

"Nice to meet you for the first time, please... please take care of me,"

An Lisi bowed and said,

"I am... please take care of me, An Lisi? Can I call you that?"

"Yes..." An Lisi responded shyly.

"Then allow me to say it again, please take care of me, An Lisi... um... I'm Yuan Muxi, your brother's classmate,"

"Um... brother... thank you for taking care of him,"

"I... I have always been taken care of by Youjie," Yuan Muxi said nervously, her cheeks turning red.

"Hehe," then both of them smiled awkwardly at the same time. I didn't understand what was going on, but the only thing I knew was that their relationship seemed to be improving.

"Forget to introduce... this is your brother's..."

I actually forgot about this interruption. Now it's really over. My body couldn't stop trembling.

"Muxi, let's go into the swimming pool quickly," Su Yuqian interrupted Yuan Muxi.

"Ah... right... let's go in first then,"

Yuan Muxi didn't continue speaking. Thanks to that, I managed to escape a disaster, but I will have to be even more careful next.

After paying the fee and changing into swimsuits, just like last time, I arrived at the meeting point first. The girls were unexpectedly slow.

"Youjie..." An Lisi's figure appeared in the distance. She was wearing a white bikini and looked a little shy, covering her chest.

"An Lisi, what's wrong with you?"

"It's the first time wearing a swimsuit... I'm really shy," An Lisi's face turned red. Although she tried to cover her chest with her arms, her snow-white skin was fully exposed in sight.

"Don't keep staring at me..." An Lisi's face turned even redder, like a cooked octopus.

"Ah... sorry," I quickly turned my gaze away.

At this time, Yuan Muxi and Su Yuqian came out together.

"Youjie..." Yuan Muxi waved her hand, while Su Yuqian had a blank face and didn't plan to look at me.

"It took a little longer, making you wait..."

"It's fine..."

"Well then... let me teach Youjie how to swim... I apologize if I don't teach well,"

"It's no problem. I'm really grateful that Muxi taught this amateur," I said.

"Well then... let's get in the water first..." Yuan Muxi said, and I wanted to follow, but An Lisi stopped me.

"Muxi, can you teach me first? I... I can't swim either,"

An Lisi said, gathering her courage.

"Is that so? Then let's do it together..."

"No... you have to teach me first, and only me..."

An Lisi's tone was somewhat intimidating. What's going on?

"Alright," Yuan Muxi said helplessly.

"Sorry, Youjie, I'll teach An Lisi first and then teach you," Yuan Muxi turned to me with an apologetic expression.

"It's okay... I'll leave An Lisi to you. If she does any wrong moves, you can criticize or even hit her..."

"It's easy to learn... no need for that..." My comment instead troubled Yuan Muxi. They then went down to the swimming pool to practice in the shallow water area. Now, only Su Yuqian and I were left. I felt awkward and wanted to go up and talk to her. But as soon as she saw me approaching, she immediately walked away. I felt rejected. "What's wrong with her? Clearly, she's the one who's at fault," I vented my frustration in my mind. But I couldn't do anything as I watched her leave, so I sighed and sat on the side, observing the people swimming and playing in the pool.