Swimsuit

“Yu You, what’s wrong?” After hearing a voice from the changing room, Ye Shuang stood up and walked over to ask.

The voice inside fell silent for a few seconds before answering, “Ye Shuang, I can’t fasten the strap on my swimsuit. It’s a little difficult.”

“Oh, I see…” Before Ye Shuang could say anything else, Bai Yuyou’s voice came again. “Ye Shuang, come in.”

A snow-white hand reached out from behind the curtain and groped around in the air. As if it had finally found what it was looking for, it grabbed Ye Shuang’s clothes.

She gave a strong tug, nearly making Ye Shuang lose his balance and stumble into the changing room.

Bai Yuyou was holding on to Ye Shuang’s clothes with one hand while covering the front of her swimsuit with the other. Her already snow-white skin looked almost translucent beneath the lights, and the sight made Ye Shuang’s eyes go slightly wide.

For some reason, perhaps because he was used to seeing her completely undressed, the way she was only half-covered now had a particularly powerful effect on him. Especially when the girl looked at him with such an innocent expression.

“Ye Shuang…”

Ye Shuang slowly exhaled, then looked at Yu You. “Come on, I’ll fasten the strap for you.”

“Mhm.”

Bai Yuyou turned around, letting the strap fall loose.

She wasn’t completely turned away from him, and the slight angle gave Ye Shuang a clear view of the lower curve of her breasts. His hand lingered for several seconds before he came to his senses and fastened the strap for her.

“Does it look good?” Bai Yuyou turned around, as if showing herself off to Ye Shuang.

Ye Shuang had hardly ever seen Yu You wear such a daring swimsuit. “Isn’t this one a little too…”

Bai Yuyou looked down at herself, then suddenly reached out and hugged Ye Shuang. Rising onto her tiptoes, she whispered, “It’s fine. I’m only wearing it for you… Don’t you like it?”

By then, Bai Yuyou’s small hand was already resting on Ye Shuang’s wrist. Just as his rationality was slowly beginning to crumble, a head suddenly poked in from behind them.

“Yu You, try on these few as well! You absolutely have to get them.”

Ye Shuang and Bai Yuyou turned their heads at the same time. The head that had suddenly appeared beside the curtain belonged to none other than Tang Keke.

…

The air fell silent for several seconds as Tang Keke stared at Ye Shuang and Bai Yuyou, who were embracing each other.

Keke: OvO…

“Ahaha, you two carry on. I won’t disturb you.” Tang Keke immediately shut her eyes. “Oh, no, that’s not right. I didn’t see anything. How strange—wasn’t Yu You in this changing room?”

“Ahaha.”

Ye Shuang finally came to his senses as well. Looking down at Bai Yuyou in his arms, he reached out and pinched her cheek before following Tang Keke out of the changing room.

“Phew, phew, phew…”

When Tang Keke saw Ye Shuang come out, she hurriedly turned around and looked as if she were about to leave, as though she were afraid he might speak to her. The sight made Ye Shuang chuckle.

“Keke.”

“Eek?!”

“What are you yelling for? Go help Yu You choose a few more.” Ye Shuang pointed toward the changing room. After all, Yu You wasn’t only going to try on one swimsuit.

At his words, Tang Keke stretched her neck out with an air of exaggerated suspicion. In the end, she took the swimsuits in her hands and went into Bai Yuyou’s changing room.

“Should I pick out a few things too?”

After calming down, Ye Shuang still couldn’t help recalling what had just happened.

He had clearly planned to make Yu You wait until graduation, but Ye Shuang felt as though he might not be able to hold out that long himself.

He shook his head, composed himself, and decided to try on a swimsuit of his own to distract himself.

“Dad, does this one look good?”

Yezi’s voice came from the other side. She had changed into another little dress with a white-and-green color scheme, making her look especially adorable.

“Not bad.” Ye Shuang smiled.

After a while, Yezi poked her little head out of the changing room. “Dad, come here for a second.”

“Hmm? What’s wrong?”

“Help me pull up the zipper,” Yezi said.

“The zipper… Where’s Duoduo?” Ye Shuang looked around, but he didn’t see the little dark-skinned girl anywhere.

“Duoduo’s changing too,” Yezi explained.

When Yezi motioned for him to come in, Ye Shuang had no choice but to enter the changing room. Seeing that his daughter couldn’t reach the zipper at the back of her swimsuit, he bent down and pulled it up for her.

She was just like her mother—one couldn’t fasten her straps, while the other couldn’t pull up her zipper.

“Does it look good?”

“Mhm. Very cute.” Ye Shuang smiled and reached out to ruffle Yezi’s hair.

“Hold this for me, Dad. I’ve run out of hooks, and I still have another one.” As she spoke, Yezi took off the swimsuit and handed it to Ye Shuang. She then cheerfully put on a school-swimsuit-style one-piece, this version featuring a little skirt trimmed with lace.

“What about this one?” Yezi turned around to show it to Ye Shuang.

“This one’s cute too,” Ye Shuang said with a smile. Although he thought lace-trimmed skirts looked rather old-fashioned, children seemed to love that sort of style.

“It’s so hard to choose. I like all of these.” After trying on several swimsuits, Yezi looked troubled.

“Then we’ll buy them all,” Ye Shuang said.

“Isn’t that a little much? I can only wear one tomorrow.” Yezi felt that it was too extravagant.

Ye Shuang simply smiled. “It’s just a swimsuit. It’s summer vacation, and you and Duoduo will need them when you go to the pool or places like that, won’t you?”

Yezi thought about it carefully and decided that he did have a point.

“Has Mom finished choosing?” Yezi asked curiously.

“She’s almost done, I think.”

“What does hers look like?”

“Uh… well…” Ye Shuang didn’t know how to describe that kind of style to a child, so he gave a small cough. “It’s the sort of style Yezi can wear after you grow up.”

“Yezi can’t wear it now?”

“Mhm.”

“Okay.”

Although Yezi looked a little curious, she didn’t ask any more questions. After taking off all the swimsuits and folding them neatly, she put her clothes back on. “Dad, let’s pay.”

“Okay.” Ye Shuang suddenly thought of something. “Yezi, do you want goggles or anything?”

“Sure!”

After walking out of the changing room with his daughter, Ye Shuang saw that Duoduo had returned as well. She was holding a leopard-print swimsuit and seemed to love the mature, grown-up style.

“What kind did you pick, Yezi?” Duoduo asked curiously.

“This kind.” Yezi showed Duoduo her swimsuit.

“Oh, the sort children like to wear,” Duoduo said.

“Duoduo, you’re a child too.”

“Hmph. I’m practically a grown-up.” Duoduo held up her leopard-print swimsuit. It was a size smaller, but to Duoduo, leopard print apparently represented adulthood.

Ye Shuang wanted to point out that not many adults liked wearing leopard-print swimsuits either, but seeing how precious Duoduo seemed to think it was, he decided not to say anything.