Chapter 332: Chapter 329: I Don’t Like the Small One
On the contrary, Qin Miaoke had written her experience report early and had even received praise from the leadership.
Zhang Hao wasn’t particularly good at these kinds of face-saving tasks.
But since Qin Miaoke had finished so easily, he came to ask for her help again.
"Miaoke, we’ve been out supporting for nearly half a month, and after coming back, we have to write a reflection."
"I don’t really have any insights, but since it’s an assignment from above, we have to complete it, so..."
Qin Miaoke remained silent, just quietly watching Zhang Hao.
"So what, you want me to ghostwrite for you? That won’t do, this is your responsibility, how can I help with that?"
"How is it solely my responsibility? We’re friends and colleagues, it’s only right to help each other out."
"If you help me write it, I’ll treat you to milk tea, a large one."
"I’m on a diet recently, I can’t drink milk tea."
"Then I’ll treat you to a meal, hotpot, barbecue, grilled meat, Japanese cuisine, all are okay."
"Can’t do that either, I’m dieting."
"Then I’ll invite you to go to a hot spring or swimming, how about that?"
"A hot spring? Is it a natural hot spring or an artificial one? There’s a big difference between the two."
Seeing that Qin Miaoke was interested, Zhang Hao knew there was a way through.
"You decide, as long as you can help me write a reflection to hand in, you can make any request."
Qin Miaoke vaguely felt that Zhang Hao’s attitude toward her had changed a bit recently.
But whether this change was good or bad, she wasn’t clear yet.
"Alright then, let’s go swimming, swimming is good for fitness, maybe it can even help me lose a pound, I’ll give it to you before we leave work."
Zhang Hao clasped his hands together, grateful for Qin Miaoke’s help.
Before leaving work, Qin Miaoke handed over a reflection on the out-of-town support to Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao spent some time reviewing it before handing it in.
After confirming that the content written within was issue-free, he then handed it to the leadership.
This matter was finally settled, and he prepared to pack up and go home.
Qin Miaoke came looking for him again: "Didn’t you promise to take me swimming? You seem to be heading home."
"Are we going today?" Zhang Hao asked.
"When else do you plan to go?" Qin Miaoke also wondered.
"But I didn’t bring a swimsuit," Zhang Hao said.
"Just buy one there, anyway, we must go today, I won’t have time this weekend," Qin Miaoke issued her ultimatum.
Zhang Hao looked Qin Miaoke up and down: "You have plans this weekend, are you going out to have fun?"
"I don’t need to tell you what I’m going to do, let’s just go today, finishing this favor sooner means you can relax, right?"
At first glance, her words seemed to consider his convenience, but since Qin Miaoke had put it this way,
he really had no reason to refuse.
"Fine, let’s go, there’s really no way to say no to you."
Upon arriving at the swimming pool, Qin Miaoke had already changed into a two-piece swimsuit,
showing off her quite decent figure.
Zhang Hao, on the other hand, wore black swimming trunks, with a towel draped over his upper body.
"Big guy, still so shy, afraid of people looking at you?"
"Just not used to it, you swim, I’ll watch from above."
Qin Miaoke looked surprised: "What, you’re so grown up and still can’t swim? Do you need me to teach you?"
Zhang Hao indeed wasn’t very good at swimming because he didn’t like the water much.
"You swim on your own, if I go in, I’ll just be making a spectacle for others."
Qin Miaoke thought Zhang Hao’s words were a bit exaggerated; after all, there were so many people who couldn’t swim, yet they came to the swimming pool to cool off.
Many people just floated on the water with swimming rings.
"It’s okay just to soak in the water without swimming."
On the poolside, watching Qin Miaoke dive in and swim about like a lively fish, Zhang Hao felt quite envious.
After much hesitation, he also entered the water, yet due to his height, the water was barely up to his chest.
There’s still some distance to go before she can drown him.
Qin Miaoke swam underwater and burst back up to the surface with a splash.
In the water, the makeup on her face had long been washed away completely.
One could tell that Qin Miaoke’s skin was naturally quite good.
She didn’t need the enhancement of cosmetics at all.
"Why did you come down? Try swimming a bit; it’s fine. Or, let me teach you."
After hesitating for a while, Zhang Hao finally agreed to Qin Miaoke’s request.
With her help, he also thrashed around in the water a bit.
"You’re learning quite fast. Once you can swim, you’ll have a new skill, and you can go play at the beach."
"But the beach is not the same as the swimming pool; it’s more dangerous there."
"You’ve just started learning, so you should train more. How about this—we come here to swim after work in the coming days?"
Zhang Hao instinctively wanted to decline. It’s nice to just sunbathe on the beach.
Or getting splashed by the waves isn’t bad either; there’s no need to swim out in the deep.
He thought this way, but that didn’t necessarily mean He Qianhui would dislike it.
If He Qianhui likes swimming and he doesn’t know how, he could only watch helplessly from the shore.
Thinking about it this way, Zhang Hao decided to learn swimming after all.
He arranged with Qin Miaoke to meet for the following week; as long as he could get off work on time, they would come to the swimming pool together to learn to swim.
As a result, he would get home an hour later than usual every evening.
Luckily, He Qianhui was busy with work too, always getting home around eight or nine o’clock, completely unaware of what Zhang Hao did after work.
Gradually mastering the essentials of swimming, Zhang Hao could now swim back and forth in the water.
But his stamina was still lacking compared to Qin Miaoke.
One day, as they sat by the poolside chatting, a fairly handsome young man approached.
He came up to Qin Miaoke: "Are you thirsty, beautiful? I saw that you swam quite well just now; you must be exhausted. I accidentally bought an extra drink, here, you can have it."
Facing the sudden kindness of a stranger, Qin Miaoke was very cautious inside.
"No need, I brought my own water, but thank you."
Qin Miaoke’s response was quite polite.
The man seemed to be prepared for such an outcome and was not discouraged at all.
"Is this guy your boyfriend?"
Qin Miaoke looked at Zhang Hao and said with a smile, "He isn’t my boyfriend at the moment. Why do you ask?"
"Since you don’t have a boyfriend, why don’t the two of us give it a try? You’re so pretty; it would be a shame not to have a boyfriend," said the man.
A hint of disdain flashed in Qin Miaoke’s eyes.
"Zhang Hao, let’s go."
Seeing Qin Miaoke getting up to leave, the man was persistent.
"Beauty, I’m not bad-looking either. Are you sure you don’t want to give it a try? I’ll definitely treat you well," the man said.
Qin Miaoke left as if escaping from trouble, while Zhang Hao gathered their things and followed her.
Just as they were about to leave, the man grabbed Zhang Hao’s shoulder, spinning him around as well.
"Bro, don’t block the toilet if you’re not going to shit, okay? That girl was teaching you how to swim, yet you say she’s not your girlfriend."
"If you don’t have the guts to admit it, let her go. I’m into her anyway. Can you give me a chance?"
Zhang Hao found the man a bit annoying: "She said it already, we’re not boyfriend and girlfriend. Go chase her; am I stopping you?"
Having said that, Zhang Hao left with his belongings.
The man frowned, feeling as if he’d been played.
He hurried out, but Qin Miaoke had already entered the women’s changing room.
Zhang Hao also entered the men’s changing room, his dressing routine was quite simple.
He swapped his swimming trunks for his own underwear, shorts, and shirt.
He didn’t even have time for a shower and just headed straight out.
Seeing this, the man revealed a somewhat unfriendly look in his eyes.
