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Gu Beilu thought that Yu Xi was really afraid of injections.

I don’t know how he spent his time in the hospital when he was younger. The number of injections he had to take must have been unimaginable.

Fortunately, Gu’s mother insisted on giving him these two candies this morning, otherwise Yu Xi would have been very nervous about getting the injection.

That night, Gu’s mother was preparing to make a new dessert, but suddenly she couldn’t find the raw materials.

“Uncle Zhou, did you see the box of imported milk candy I brought back yesterday?”

The housekeeper glanced at Gu Beilu who was passing by the living room and said, “Yes… the young master took it.”

“Derek?” Mrs. Gu was full of doubt. Her son had clearly looked disgusted with her candies this morning. “Where are the candies in the kitchen?”

Gu Beilu stopped and admitted calmly: “I took it.”

“Don’t you like eating?”

“Yu Xi likes it.” This brand is imported and difficult to buy online, so he just bought them all.

Seeing his mother’s puzzled look, he thought for a moment and asked dryly, “Can I have it?”

Mother Gu folded her arms across her chest and looked at Gu Beilu, who looked a little different, but she couldn’t tell what was different.

“Okay, I can give you the candy, but you can’t take it for free. I have conditions.”

Gu Beilu: “What conditions?”

Mother Gu smiled and said, “Help me try the new snacks.”

Gu Beilu: “OK.”

Mother Gu: “For a month.”

Gu Beilu: “…”

Mother Gu: “Write 300 words about your tasting experience each time.”

Gu Beilu: “…”

Although Gu Beilu did his own thing, he also knew that there was no such thing as a free lunch, so he worked diligently as a food taster for a month.

Gu’s mother’s pairings were very creative. Sometimes, if she thought the food tasted good, she would leave two pieces for Yu Xi. If she thought the food tasted bad, she would write it down in the report, not only analyzing the taste, but also giving suggestions for improvement based on the cost.

The trial went smoothly for a month. That night, Gu’s mother took out another bag of candy and said to him with a smile, “It’s new stock. I’ll leave one bag for you. Let me try it for another month.”

It’s not easy to find a food taster like Gu Beilu, so it’s a good deal to bribe him with a bag of sugar.

Gu Beilu didn’t want to eat anymore, and finally couldn’t help asking: “Mom, why do you like making desserts?”

Mother Gu smiled and said, “A hobby, just like learning programming.”

“Have you ever thought about turning this into a business?”

“Business?”

“I think you can consider it. After all, you have a lot of business experience. Don’t waste your talents and interests.”

He discovered this month that Gu’s mother actually just needed someone to give her feedback, and she was happy to accept both positive and negative feedback. If the market could respond, it would be a greater satisfaction for her. Besides, business preparation was a hassle, so Gu’s mother would not let him taste the food at home every day.

After the Gu couple returned to China, the company’s business had matured and they didn’t need to worry too much, so Gu’s mother became free. She thought she would have more time to spend with her children, but Gu Beilu had already developed an independent personality, with a high IQ and strong opinions. Not only did he not need tutoring, but his homework and even extracurricular studies were clearly arranged for himself, and she really had no say in them.

Although the decision to open a store and do business cannot be made in a day or two, this matter still planted a seed in Gu’s mother’s heart.

*

It has been a while since the start of the school year. Yu Xi has adapted quickly, likes school life very much, and looks forward to going to school every day.

The school teaches them different knowledge every day, and has different fun every day. Yu Xi’s fun reached its peak more than a month after the start of school.

Because the first graders will start taking swimming lessons.

Yu Xi was so happy that he chattered all morning. Swimming! I can actually swim in school! School is such a magical place, it has everything.

After the head teacher announced the news, Gu Beilu thought for a long time with a stern face, and asked the question that bothered him the most: “Does everyone swim in the same pool in swimming class?”

The head teacher kept smiling: “Of course.”

Gu Beilu: “Can I apply for private lessons?”

Homeroom teacher: “Gu Beilu, swimming class is an elective. Your parents have already told me that you don’t have to take it.”

Gu Beilu breathed a sigh of relief.

Yu Xi looked at him in confusion: “Derek, don’t you like swimming?”

Gu Beilu shook his head: “I don’t like water. My clothes get dirty when they get wet.”

Especially in places like public swimming pools, everyone is bound to be dirty.

Yu Xi pursed his lips. Although he didn’t understand why clothes were dirty when they were wet, he felt a little embarrassed to find out that his best friend didn’t like his hobby after knowing him for such a long time.

The head teacher turned his gaze to Yu Xi and continued with a smile: “Yu Xi, your parents said that you like swimming very much. The swimming teacher wants you to demonstrate it to your classmates first. Can you do it?”

Yu Xi immediately became happy and clapped his hands: “Great, great, I love swimming the most!”

After taking a few classes at Gu’s house during the summer vacation, the personal trainer asked for leave to go abroad. He hadn’t been in the water for a while. Now he was as happy as if he had received ten little red flowers.

Gu Beilu stood aside without saying a word, his expression somewhat difficult to guess.

*

In the afternoon, at the school swimming pool.

The swimming class was taken by two classes together, and the students from Grade 1 Class 1 and Class 2 were assigned together.

It was almost the first time for the children to take a swimming lesson. They were curious and excited but also a little scared.

In order to get closer to the children, the muscular coach wore a cartoon swimsuit and said with a cute clip: “Students, today we are going to start learning swimming, a very interesting skill. Swimming not only allows us to swim freely in the water like a little fish, but also makes us stronger.”

“Who do you think is the best swimmer?”

The coach’s friendliness successfully aroused the interest of the primary school students, and a group of naughty kids began to answer questions.

“Nemo!”

“SpongeBob!”

“No, it’s Aquaman! He’s the most powerful!”

“You’re all idiots, it’s obviously a submarine!”

Just as the students were talking at once, a sweet voice caught the coach’s attention.

“Sailfish swim the fastest.”

In a group of little head, the sharp-eyed coach spotted Yu Xi. The child was very small, with red lips and white teeth, and was very cute.

“Student, what is your answer? Can you say it again?”

There is no standard answer to this question, it is just a warm-up topic, but this answer is very different.

“Sailfish! Sailfish are the fastest swimmers!” Yu Xi repeated his answer confidently. Sailfish are the swimming champions in their ocean and the fastest fish in the world. “They can swim 200 kilometers per hour!”

Much faster than he had swum before.

This answer obviously exceeded the cognition of other children, and even the coach was a little surprised: “Where did you learn this?”

It is hard to imagine that such professional knowledge comes from the mouth of a six or seven-year-old child.

“I…” Yu Xi scratched his head, not knowing how to explain this common sense that mermaids have known since childhood.

“Oh, I see.” The coach’s eyes lit up. “Today we have a kid who loves ocean knowledge and is good at swimming. Is that you?”

Yu Xi nodded desperately!

The coach motioned for the assistant to come over: “Okay, then let our assistant coach take you to change clothes first, and then demonstrate to the other students, okay?”

Yu Xi was delighted: “Okay!”

Being able to swim is a remarkable thing for a child of this age, and the classmates next to him all looked at him with envy.

Shen Di was extremely surprised. Yu Xi looked so soft and tender, he didn’t look like someone who liked sports at all.

He poked Zhao Yu beside him: “Do you believe Yu Xi can swim?”

Zhao Yu shook his head: “I think Gu Beilu is better at swimming than him.”

“Gu Beilu?” Shen Di shuddered as he connected Gu Beilu with water. “Don’t mention him. It’s a good thing he’s not coming.”

Just as Shen Di punched the air a few times to express his dissatisfaction, a classmate from Class 2 came over.

“Gu Beilu? Is he the monitor of your class?”

Shen Di nodded and looked at the strange tall classmate: “Who are you?”

“I’m the monitor of Class 2, my name is Li Yiming.”

Shen Di was a little allergic to the squad leader and didn’t plan to pay any more attention to him.

But Li Yiming seemed very interested in Gu Beilu: “I heard from the teacher that he has good grades. Is that true?”

Li Yiming thought he was very smart, but after school started, people always said that Gu Beilu was the smartest kid in the grade.

“He is quite smart, but he doesn’t dare to swim. He is a mysophobe and is afraid of water and dirt.” Shen Di admitted that Gu Beilu was smart, but there were also things he couldn’t do.

Thinking of this, his mood suddenly improved a little.

Yu Xi quickly changed his clothes and came out, wearing a pair of blue swimming pants with a little shark pattern, and his whole body was as white as a porcelain doll.

“Okay, everyone, be quiet, let’s watch classmate Yu Xi swim…”

With a splash—Yu Xi couldn’t wait to jump into the swimming pool.

The small body stretches out in the water, as light as a dolphin. Every time it raises its arms, it is like waving a pair of invisible wings, gently and powerfully.

Not only were the students stunned, even the coach couldn’t believe that such a good seedling could be found in this elementary school. Although the movements were not particularly standard academic ones, there was a special sense of water, which was natural.

When Gu Beilu walked into the school swimming pool, he saw a little elf in the azure blue pool that almost blended into the water.

Like all the other kids, he was almost stunned.

This was also the first time he saw Yu Xi swimming. During the summer vacation, when Yu Xi was swimming at Gu’s house, he was afraid of being exposed and never went to watch his class.

Yu Xi didn’t know that everyone’s eyes were on him, and he had fun as soon as he got into the water. His body floated up gently, and then flexibly dived under the water, as if he had a natural tacit understanding with the water.

He hasn’t been in the water for more than a month, and now he is so happy!

The students on the shore gradually came to their senses after being surprised and exclaimed in amazement.

“So beautiful…”

“Yu Xi is the best swimmer!”

“From our class! From our class!”

There is a sense of collectivism in the school. The exclamations of the classmates gradually turned into cheers. The classmates shouted Yu Xi’s name excitedly, with pride written all over their faces.

Gu Beilu also came back to his senses from his surprise. With a sullen face, he grabbed the white bath towel from the housekeeper and quickly walked through a group of noisy classmates.

Yu Xi heard the voices of his classmates on the shore and finally remembered that he was in class, so he swam back obediently.

As he emerged from the water, he turned around playfully, splashing water.

Gu Beilu had stood on the shore without knowing when, and his whole body was soaked by the huge splash of water.

The classmates suddenly fell silent, and they saw that Gu Beilu’s face turned another shade darker.

It’s over, Yu Xi is in trouble this time.

Yu Xi nimbly leaned out of the swimming pool and blinked his round almond eyes.

Gu Beilu’s expression seems a little unhappy?

He looked closely and saw that Gu Beilu’s white shirt, blue pants and black shoes were all wet.

He stuck out his tongue, knowing that he had gotten into trouble. Gu Beilu had just told him today that he hated water the most…

“I’m sorry, Derek…” He reached out to Gu Beilu, his voice a little soft. Except for the first time they met, Gu Beilu had never been so mean to him.

The butler in the distance saw this scene and knew that his young master was about to lose his temper, so he rushed forward.

But the next second, Gu Beilu pulled up the wet little ball and hugged him with a bath towel.

“Public swimming pools are dirty, so you’ll swim at home from now on.”

Yu Xi:?

The butler slammed on the brakes and quietly stepped back.

The coach was just about to praise Yu Xi when he was choked by this sour-faced kid who appeared out of nowhere.

All the students in Class 1 were shocked, except Shen Di.

Shen Di shrugged, thinking that other people had never seen the world. What’s the big deal? He had gotten used to it since the second day of school.