Now, various extracurricular classes have emerged, including swimming lessons.

Cen Huai’an and Zhang Lu signed up for one of these classes, which was run by a retired swimmer and used a middle school’s swimming pool.

This class was the closest to Jiang Grandpa’s house, so Zhang Lu and Cen Huai’an checked out the pool environment and signed up right away.

They attended twice a week.

When Jiang Weixian heard that they were learning to swim, he signed up as well.

Today was their first swimming lesson.

When Cen Huai’an, Zhang Lu, and Jiang Weixian arrived at the school pool, several children of various ages were already there.

There were kids ranging from seven or eight years old to fifteen or sixteen.

Including Cen Huai’an and the others, there were a total of eight children learning to swim.

In addition to the main coach, there was also a male coach, one in his thirties and the other in his twenties.

Each coach was responsible for four students.

Cen Huai’an and Zhang Lu were assigned to the older coach, while Jiang Weixian learned from the younger one.

Before entering the pool, the coach first led all the children in warm-up exercises.

“Warming up before swimming is very important. Without it, you risk injuring your joints, ligaments, and heart, and it can also lead to cramps once you’re in the water, which can threaten your safety.”

Upon hearing this, all the children immediately performed the exercises more accurately.

Since Cen Huai’an and his friends practiced martial arts and were used to warming up, they performed the warm-up exercises the most accurately and learned the fastest.

After the warm-up, the children, dressed in colorful swimsuits and wearing swim caps, put on their floaties and entered the water.

The water was cool and comfortable on such a hot day, so the children started splashing around happily even before their swimming lessons began.

The coach didn’t stop the splashing children.

He pointed to Zhang Lu and said, “You start learning with me. The other kids can play on their own but keep your floaties on and stay away from the deep end. I’ll teach her first and then move on to you.”

Zhang Lu followed the coach to the side to begin her lessons, while Cen Huai’an quietly floated with his floatie, enjoying the coolness of the water.

Even if he wasn’t learning to swim, just lounging in the cool pool was very pleasant.

He glanced over at Zhang Lu’s swimming lesson, thought about it for a moment, and walked over to them, feeling the pool’s bottom beneath his feet.

The pool was only 1.2 meters deep.

For students who were all over 1.2 meters tall, it wasn’t very dangerous as long as they didn’t slip and fall.

As he approached the two, he heard a loud slap.

Zhang Lu had slapped the coach’s face, shouting, “Where are you touching?!”

Cen Huai’an frowned, trying to quicken his pace, but the water’s resistance slowed him down.

The coach’s face showed anger as he covered his face and yelled, “This is normal teaching! How can you teach swimming without touching? If you don’t want to learn, then leave. I don’t need you as a student!”

Zhang Lu huffed, “Do you think I’m a three-year-old? Teaching swimming involves touching feet and arms, not the chest! And it wasn’t just once!”

Zhang Lu then walked towards the shore, shouting, “Other girls learning from him, look carefully. This coach is clearly up to no good! He’s just a scoundrel using swimming lessons as an excuse to grope girls!”

The other girls, who hadn’t started their lessons yet, were already quite conservative and had come to learn swimming as a bold attempt.

None of them were willing to tolerate being touched inappropriately. They all quickly covered their chests and moved towards the shore.

“Damn you!” The coach, seeing Zhang Lu not only leaving but also trying to ruin his class, no longer hid his anger.

He glared at Zhang Lu and swam towards her, ready to teach her a lesson.

Before he could reach Zhang Lu, Cen Huai’an kicked him hard, causing him to clutch his waist in pain and fall back.

Taking advantage of the moment, Zhang Lu and Jiang Weixian quickly got out of the pool.

The younger coach, who had heard the commotion, came over.

He was hired by the older coach and wasn’t aware of his actions.

Seeing Zhang Lu’s accusations, he looked disgusted and didn’t continue the older coach’s harassment of Zhang Lu and Cen Huai’an.

Instead, he frowned at the older coach.

Jiang Weixian also came over and stood next to Zhang Lu, alongside Cen Huai’an, glaring at the older coach.

Zhang Lu stood by the pool’s edge, facing the older coach who was cursing from the water. “You only know how to curse. If you have guts, come up here!”

She then made a provocative gesture, which made the coach, still recovering from the pain, swim towards the pool’s edge.

As soon as he reached the edge and tried to climb out, Zhang Lu kicked him back into the water.

He no longer attempted to come out and glared at Zhang Lu with malice from the water.

Cen Huai’an’s gaze at the older man was even more fierce, making the man shiver involuntarily.

“Sis, let’s not stay here,” Cen Huai’an whispered in Zhang Lu’s ear, pulling her away.

Zhang Lu’s eyes lit up, and she glared at the older coach. “I’m not playing with you anymore!”

With that, Zhang Lu, Cen Huai’an, and Jiang Weixian went to change their clothes.

The older coach, clearly angered by their actions, waited outside the changing room to confront them after they left.

As soon as Cen Huai’an, Zhang Lu, and Jiang Weixian came out, he tried to grab Zhang Lu, “You little…”

Before he could finish, Cen Huai’an kicked him hard in the stomach, causing him to fall to the ground and slide backward due to the force.

The older coach groaned in pain, clutching his stomach. “I’m calling the police! You dare to hit me? I’ll make sure you pay!”

Zhang Lu’s usually cheerful face darkened with fury. “Make us pay? We’ll see who pays for whom!”

She turned to Cen Huai’an and Jiang Weixian. “An’an, Weixian, let’s go.”

The older coach didn’t pursue them.

He continued cursing at the younger coach who had followed him, “What’s wrong with you? Even after seeing this, you didn’t come to help! Watch out…”

The younger coach threw his clothes at him. “Here’s your clothes. With a boss like you, I’m disgusted. I’m quitting!”

Enraged, the older coach continued to shout and curse.

Cen Huai’an, Zhang Lu, and Jiang Weixian angrily went to Jiang Zhida to report the incident.

They knew they were kids, and their strength was limited, but Jiang Zhida was different.

He was an adult and knew how to handle problems.

Cen Huai’an and Zhang Lu had already thought of a way to take revenge.
“Uncle, take us to report that coach. He definitely deserves to be charged with a crime!” Zhang Lu said fiercely.

From the moment he heard Zhang Lu say that the middle-aged coach had taken advantage of her, Jiang Zhida’s expression turned grim.

He held a lighter, flicking it on and off, and when Zhang Lu finished speaking, he put the lighter in his pocket and stood up.
“No need for you to worry about this. I’ll handle it.”

Regardless of whose fault it was, when a girl was taken advantage of, people would point fingers at Zhang Lu.

Jiang Zhida had a better solution in mind and wouldn’t let Zhang Lu use that method.

“Uncle, how are you going to solve it?”
Cen Huai’an and Jiang Weixian looked at Jiang Zhida curiously, eager to know how he would take revenge without involving the police.

Jiang Zhida didn’t want the three of them to know about the darker sides of things; he rubbed Zhang Lu’s head and said, “You don’t need to worry about that.”

After saying this, he left Yunmengze, leaving Zhang Lu and the others to play in the box.

Once Jiang Zhida was outside, Zhang Lu whispered, “Is Uncle planning to find someone to beat that coach up?”

Cen Huai’an replied, “Beating him up is just a temporary fix; he’ll still teach others and this will happen again.”

Zhang Lu rested her chin on her hand, “That’s why I said we should send him to the police station. A few years for a crime would teach him a lesson about taking advantage of girls!”
This was not long after the crackdown in ’83, where some criminals received harsher sentences.
Cen Huai’an said, “But doing that would harm your reputation, and Uncle wouldn’t want that.”
Cen Huai’an didn’t want Zhang Lu to be pointed at because of that scum either.
Zhang Lu didn’t care, saying, “As long as that scum gets punished, I don’t mind a little damage to my reputation.”

But no matter how much they discussed it, Jiang Zhida wouldn’t allow them to intervene, and there was nothing they could do but wait for his news.

It wouldn’t be a quick resolution, and the three of them planned to continue their swimming lessons.

This time, Jiang Zhida didn’t let them learn outside.
“When Yunmengze was built, they built a swimming pool just for guests. Since a guest expressed interest in learning to swim, I brought in a few coaches for you to learn from.”

Yunmengze had more than one pool, and the one Jiang Zhida arranged for Cen Huai’an and the others to attend was exclusive to VIP guests.

It was less crowded, and the coaches were highly skilled and professional.

The teaching style was completely different from the previous coach.

He started with instruction on the shore and didn’t touch the students when they got in the water.

Instead, he used a board and a teaching stick to adjust their swimming postures.
If the kids had any misunderstandings, the coach would demonstrate using male students without touching any sensitive areas, maintaining a very professional approach.

The kids, learning martial arts and having good motor skills, learned to do the frog stroke in just a few days.

They came to swim at Yunmengze whenever they could and were extremely happy.

As for the coach who had initially taught swimming, Jiang Zhida didn’t disclose his methods; his interest class was shut down, and he was taken away by the police, facing numerous charges, though not for taking advantage of girls.

Jiang Zhida lounged back on the sofa, casually saying, “He was guilty of tax evasion, bribery, and running an illegal interest class, which is enough to lock him away for many years. There’s no need to add a charge of taking advantage of girls. Having that charge would negatively affect the girls who learned in that swimming class.”

This is how society works; it’s not the girl’s fault, yet when it comes to such matters, the blame often falls on them.

Jiang Zhida was considering all the girls who had taken swimming lessons, wanting to prevent them from being pointed at by relatives and neighbors in the future.

Zhang Lu understood Jiang Zhida’s intentions and knew he had his reasons for acting this way.

Feeling touched, she leaped into Jiang Zhida’s arms and hugged him tightly: “Uncle, thank you!”

Jiang Zhida raised an eyebrow with a smile: “You’re my niece; what’s there to thank for?”

Chu Xia only learned about this after the matter was resolved when Zhang Lu accidentally let it slip at Grandfather Jiang’s house.

Fortunately, it was just in front of her and Jiang Zhi’s view.

Jiang Zhi was furious, poking her forehead and scolding, “Why didn’t you tell me when this happened? Zhang Lu, your courage is getting bigger! I wondered why you suddenly wanted to learn swimming from your uncle, and now I know! Tell me, did that coach do anything inappropriate?”

“No,” Zhang Lu quickly shook her head, clinging to Jiang Zhi’s arm, “Mom, you know my strength, right? He only touched my chest a couple of times, and before he could do anything else, I hit him.”

Jiang Zhi was still very angry: “Just hitting him a few times isn’t enough; he deserves to be beaten several times! He should be locked up; scum like him should stay in prison for life!”

Chu Xia patted Zhang Lu’s head: “Lu Lu is very brave.”

Not every girl would speak out when faced with such situations.

Some girls quietly endure due to fear, shyness, or worry about others’ judgment.

Zhang Lu’s actions ensured that the coach could no longer bully girls, and no one could do better than her.

With her little tail perked up, Zhang Lu smiled and said, “I’ll be even braver in the future!”

Such matters should be exposed every time she encounters them. She is determined not to let other girls be harmed.

Jiang Zhiguang pinched her ear. “Calm down! Don’t think that just because you’ve practiced martial arts for a few years, you can take on evil and uphold justice. When you meet ruthless people, your small frame won’t be able to handle them!”

Jiang Zhiguang’s concern wasn’t without reason, as those who are extremely ruthless and reckless might carry knives or wooden clubs and wouldn’t hesitate to kill.