Chapter Twenty-Six: A Promise in the Sunset

Gollum ......

"Oh no! Sister, she looks like she's drowning?!"

What's the situation?!

I was lying on the beach with sunglasses on my sunglasses, sipping a Makakula tropical fruit platter blended tea, when I heard Xiao Erli's words, I almost didn't squirt. Hurriedly got up and looked towards the sea: I saw a pink ball half-sunk in the sea not far away, spitting bubbles in a row, looking like it was dying.

"I'm super, not good! Xiao Erli, you come back to find the lifeguard first, and I'll save your sister!"

I tore off my sunglasses and swam headlong into the sea in the direction of my target, but fortunately, the place where the Mile sank was not too far from the shallow water, and it didn't take me a minute to salvage it very easily.

「…… Wow, my belly is so big, how many mouthfuls of seawater have I sucked......

I gently laid Ichiri flat on the beach, just as the lifeguards and Uncle Goto also rushed over, I took two steps back and wiped the sweat caused by being frightened, and waited quietly for Uncle Lifeguard to treat Ichiri.

「…… Puff cough cough cough ...... ...... here?"

As the lifeguard gently squeezed his abdomen, a beautiful splash erupted from Yili, and a small rainbow could be faintly seen on it.

"Sister! You're finally awake~~!"

Xiao Erli pounced on Yili and hugged him tightly:

"You drowned just now, and I asked Brother Yu Zuo to save you!"

Seeing that Ichiri, who had just woken up, was still a little confused and at a loss to touch his sister's head, I had to come in and explain slowly:

「…… Just now I heard Xiao Erli say that you seem to be drowning, and I found you in the deep water area and brought you back...... Can't swim? Why go to deep water?"

"Ah...... I was just thinking about something, and my foot suddenly cramped, and I don't know what happened......

"Didn't you do the exercise......

"W-What is that?"

"Ahem, little sister, diving exercise refers to doing some movements that can stretch your muscles and bones before entering the water, which can effectively prevent drowning phenomena such as cramps in the hands and feet."

"Ah...... Well, thank you for waking me up......

"Hahaha——! No thanks! This is the duty that a lifeguard should do! And it's this little brother who rescued you...... Alas, I really didn't expect that there would be a problem just when I went to the bathroom, and sure enough, it was not easy to do any work."

The lifeguard uncle shyly touched his head with his wheat-colored muscular arm, as if he was feeling guilty for his failure to do so.

"If I'm okay, I'll go back to work?"

"Well, anyway, thank you."

I shook hands with the lifeguard, turned and crouched next to Ichiri:

"How do you feel now? Sure enough, you are playing beach volleyball with Aunt Goto and them in the shallow water, right?"

"It's much better...... Mom, are they playing beach volleyball?"

"yes, it's better for you to play with them, I'm all going to make up the numbers......

Uncle Goto looked at Ichiri with a frightened expression, and I had to gently pat him on the shoulder:

"It's okay anymore, this kind of thing happens a lot at the beach."

"Yusaku, this time it's really thanks to you...... But it's better not to talk to Michiyo about this matter, otherwise I'll have to worry about it again."

"I will...... Let's go a mile, and if you really want to play with people, right?"

「…… Hmmm!"

Alas?

Seeing that Ichiri took the initiative to hold my hand, although it trembled slightly, it was still soft and very warm.

Maybe I'm just drowning and I'm scared.

I try not to think about other aspects, isn't there any ten delusions in life, if the other party doesn't mention this kind of thing, all of them will be counted according to illusions, so that the world where no one will be hurt will be completed!

「…… Yu Zuo, one mile? How do you ...... It hurts!"

"Sunny day! You can't look around when you're playing...... Alas, isn't this Xiao Yuzuo and Xiao Yili?"

Mom's violent buckle hit the door of the sunny day's head, and let the latter launch the "head squatting" skill before looking at us with satisfaction...... Well, especially when I saw us holding each other's hands, I showed a very obscene uncle's idiot.

"Ichiri is going to fight too, you can teach her...... Hey, what are you doing so close?"

I protected Yili, who was a little surprised, and looked at my mother speechlessly.

"No problem, after all, it's the daughter of a high school classmate, I'll abduct it...... Phew, I'll definitely train Koichiri to become a Pokémon Master...... No, beach volleyball!"

"It's because of you that I don't dare to feel at ease...... I'll leave it to Aunt Goto."

I hung the dead fish eyes and took Ichiri around this older girl who was not mature at all, and after handing over Ichiri to Aunt Goto, who was intellectually mature, I finally breathed a sigh of relief, returned to the beach chair and took out the switch that was placed here on a sunny day and played.

I have to say, playing dead or alive on the beach: beach volleyball, it seems that the experience is not bad...... Although there are four beautiful girls in front of them playing a realistic version of volleyball, it's just that.

「…… Brother Yu Zuo is coming to play watermelon?"

「…… Oh, Xiao Erli, it's okay."

I put down the switch in my hand, took the heavy baseball bat in Xiao Erli's hand, Uncle Goto on the side waved at me, and there were three watermelons on the ground...... Well, they are medium melons, large melons, and super large melons - it's easy to understand!

"Well, let's start with me!"

I helped Uncle Goto tie his eyebands, and after making sure he couldn't see anything, I said "Start"! I saw Uncle Goto turn around twice on the spot, and walked in the opposite direction of the oversized melon very simply......

"Direction...... Daddy is going in the wrong direction!"

"Xiao Erli can't remind me?"

"Woo-I'll remind Brother Yu Zuo later!"

"Okay, okay! Xiao Erli said so, didn't he~"

Under the command of Xiao Erli's Jing (Hu) and Sure (Chaos), Uncle Goto went through ups and downs, and finally slowly touched the oversized melon and smashed it with a stick.

"Oh...... Dad is so good."

「…… I've gotten to the point where even Xiao Erli will dislike it?!"

In the face of Uncle Goto, who was kneeling and crying bitterly, I shrugged my shoulders and said that I couldn't help it. And pulled Uncle Goto to tie my eyebands.

"Start~? @! ~」

Why is the symbol behind so messy? A problem with Uncle Goto's tone?

After two turns in the same place, I waved the bat in my hand, and found that it was similar to the wind resistance just now, and I should be in the right direction.

「…… Xiao Erli, how is it! Isn't it powerful, Brother Chuan?"

I tore off the strip of cloth and gave Xiao Erli a thumbs up.

「…… Brother Yu Zuo smashed my melon."

Belch...... This method is still a bit unreliable.

……

"Hmm——! It's been a great day~."

While they were gathering outside the rental house to barbecue, Ichiri and I quietly ran out to enjoy the red orange sea at sunset.

"Ah...... I'm also very happy to be able to come to the beach with everyone......

The girl on the side didn't know why she was a little flustered, but when I saw this, I took her hand and sat on the beach.

"Ugh——?? Yu, Yu Zuojun?!"

"Just call me Yu Zuo...... Speaking of which, we're halfway through the summer vacation."

"Ah...... Hmmm......"

"Then let's come here again next summer, shall we?"

"Ugh...... Is it really possible?"

"Of course, it's agreed?"

Seeing that I stretched out the little finger of my left hand, Yili also slowly showed a shy smile, and also used my little thumb to pull the hook.

"It's agreed!"