It was afternoon at a private beach in Florida.
There were many people scattered around the large beach. There were children on vacation and seniors from the nearby retirement community. On the beach near the half exposed coral reef, there sat four young Asians underneath a big beach umbrella.
Song Qiyan and Xia Liang sat in the middle with Wei Jian and Lin Qian on each side.
Xia Liang looked to the left at Wei Jian who had very uneasy expression. Then she turned to look at Lin Qian at her right who had a poker face. She silently pressed her lips into a thin line and pulled back closer to Song Qiyan.
Song Qiyan held her waist and gave her the peanut butter and jelly sandwich he had just made.
The four of them were dressed in T shirts and beach shorts. None of them had put on swimming suits. Neither of the men really needed to. Xia Liang didn't because she was still at the tail end of that thing that all women suffered monthly from. While Lin Qian was hardly in the mood for swimming and so was just here to keep Xia Liang company. Thus, the four of them sat awkwardly like this on the beach.
Song Qiyan took a bag of cleaned strawberries out of the cooler. His slender fingers opened the zipper of the plastic bag and slowly ate one. Then he fed Xian Liang one. With Xia Liang's eager gaze, his eyes twinkled and fed her another one.
Wei Jian and Lin Qian were used to their public display of affection and chose to ignore it. They ate their own sandwiches.
After eating the sandwich, Xia Liang used the wet wipe that Song Qiyan had handed over to clean her hands. Then she peeked at the two people who were still in their cold war. She tried to ask, "Uh, Qiyan and I are going to take a walk to help digest the food. Are you two coming together?"
"Who wants to go with him? !"
"Who wants to go with her? !"
Xia Liang: "..."
Xia Liang helplessly looked at Song Qiyan for help. He stood up calmly then he dragged Xia Liang up to her feet. He faced the other two who were still sitting and said, "I and Xia Xia are going to take a walk."
The implication was very clear.
Do not come and interrupt our private time together. Solve whatever problem between the two of you in the meantime.
Five minutes later, Xia Liang with her bare feet in the sea looked back at where they had sat before in the distance. She pinched the large hand holding hers. "Is it really alright to leave those two over there?"
Song Qiyan's expression remained unchanged. He adjusted Xia Liang's black cap, which was the same as his. 'Uhm, give them some space to cool down."
"Oh..." Xia Liang trusted Song Qiyan wholeheartedly. If he said it was alright then there was nothing more for her to think about.
But besides her, the upstanding man with a poker face was actually a narrow minded person. He pulled his hat a little bit down to cover his eyes. Those two people were just tag alongs for this trip. Who cared what they were doing.
Two days later, Xia Liang's "special condition" ended. Finally, she could go into the water. After she ate breakfast early in the morning, Xia Liang excitedly went to the bathroom to change into her swimsuit. The green two piece swimsuit in her hand was ordered online with one-day delivery. It was not as exposed as most bikinis, it was more cute, like the kind that teenagers wore.
Aside from Lin Qian and Song Qiyan, Wei Jian was also outside as well. Xia Liang hesitated to go out like this, so she decided to put on a white, chiffon robe.
But Xia Liang didn't realize that, sometimes, semitransparent was even more attractive .
Xia Liang gathered her street clothes and went back to her room. Lin Qian looked up and down at her. "Tut," then she took her swimsuit into the bathroom.
Xia Liang stood there and couldn't decide whether to go out or not. Someone knocked twice on the door.
She cautiously stood behind the door and carefully pull open the sliding door wide enough for her head to pass through. After she saw that it was Song Qiyan outside, she let him in. Song Qiyan laughed at her cautious behavior. He rubbed her head, "It's just me."
Xia Liang stuck out her tongue. She closed the door after he came in. "Uh, Qian Qian's lesson was too devastating."
Song Qiyan smiled, then he saw what she was wearing. His eyes subconsciously widened.
Xia Liang curled her toes unnaturally and used her right index finger to scratch her cheek. "Uh, doesn't it look good?"
Song Qiyan grabbed her hand which was still hanging in mid air. A small flame burnt faintly in his eyes.
After he held her hand for a while, her ears slowly became red. He then shook his head. "Are you...going to wear this outside?"
"No good?" Xia Liang deflated her mouth. She pulled the corner of her outer robe. She was a little disappointed. She thought he would like it...
Song Qiyan stood there. He held Xia Liang's left hand and looked at her. His girl had no idea just how attractive she was right now. Xia Liang was not tall, but her petite figure was very curvy. Her waist was tiny. The light green two piece swimsuit peeked through the translucent white robe. It cast a shadowy outline of her body figure. It was enough to encourage people to commit a crime…...
Song Qiyan pulled Xia Liang's hand to his lips and kissed with restraint. He then shook his head and touched her face. "Xia Xia, let's stay in. Ok?"
"Ai?" Xia Liang was surprised by the sudden declaration and looked up into the passion eyes of Song Qiyan. Then she seemed to understand something.
Song Qiyan sighed a long breath and stretched his arms to pull her into his. It was rare to hear him mutter so childishly, "I don't want them to see you like this." He just wanted to hold her tightly in an embrace. He didn't want to let her go outside at all. Whenever he thought about other men out there looking at her, he just felt...very uncomfortable.
Xia Liang was annoyed and amused at the same time and slapped his back. "From your reaction just now, I thought the swimsuit looked ugly!"
Song Qiyan rubbed her hair and muttered, "Who would dare say that to my Xia Xia?"
Xia Liang blushed. She giggled and kissed Song Qiyan's chin.
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