[成歷|西玉]棋手 英文版 026
*Another name for this chapter: Miami Beach: Surging Waves
????O! Summer Vacation!
????So great art thou! Liberate us from schoolwork!
????Sustained is thy fame! Never faded is thy feat! Eternal is thy glory!
????The summer vacation finally came as the students expectantly ticked off the days. Jackie Chan took the whole family to travel. They drove a car across the broad continent to the east coast, where the world-famous Miami was located.
????On the beautiful Miami Beach, Uncle and Tohru wore loose clothes, lay on the beach chair comfortably, and felt the sea breeze blowing into their faces whereas Jackie had to study cultural relics in a nearby museum.
????Jade was a little unhappy because Jackie went to work regardless of them, "Jackie, we are here to relax. It's summer vacation now."
????"I'm sorry, Jade. It's my duty." Jackie put on his backpack, ready to leave. He patted Jade's head before leaving, "Have fun."
????"Humph!" Jade pouted. I am unhappy, very unhappy.
????Hsi Wu comforted her: "Jade, Jackie's work is important after all. He can enjoy the vacation with us after he finishes his work."
????Thanks to Jade, Hsi Wu could be on vacation with them this time. Jade got Captain Black's permission after persuading him for a long time.
????"Captain Black, please. Allow Hsi Wu to go on vacation with us."
????"I'm afraid he can't, Jade. It has broken the regulation that he left San Francisco with you a few days ago. It should not happen once more."
????"But Captain Black, it's summer vacation now. If let him stay at Section 13 all the vacation, he'll be crazy."
????Captain Black who stayed at Section 13 all year round: "…"
????Maybe he should consider taking a vacation himself.
????"Well, Jade, Hsi Wu can leave San Francisco this summer…"
????"Thank you, Captain Black!" Jade hugged him from behind and ran out happily to inform Hsi Wu.
????"Jade, where will you take your vacation? I also want to…" The captain closed the forms in his hands and looked back, "Jade?"
????But she had been out of sight, having not heard Captain Black's words.
????When Jade sipped the coconut juice on a beach chair in the black one-piece swimsuit Jackie bought for her, she thought of Captain Black, "If only Captain Black were with us. I think he also needs a vacation."
????"You're right, Jade." Hsi Wu wore a pair of sunglasses and black swimming trunks bought by Jackie, resting with his eyes closed. Perhaps because demons surpassed human beings in physical fitness, his athletic body could be seen when he only wore swimming trunks though it was usually hidden under clothes. He was not weak but also not as muscular as El Toro.
????"Hsi Wu, let's go swimming." Jade put the juice bottle on the table and could not wait to go swimming.
????How could someone not swim if they come to the seaside?
????"Swim?" Hsi Wu frowned. He was not glad.
????Except for Bai Tza, other demons did not like water more or less, especially Shendu and Hsi Wu.
????Unless he was bathing, Hsi Wu did not like it when water attached to his wings because that would make them heavy. Moreover, he would feel reined in the water. He like freedom, not rein. For that Hsi Wu rarely went to Bai Tza's palace. Not to mention he could not swim.
????But Hsi Wu would not tell Jade of this. It was too shameful that he could not swim throughout his thousands of years of life.
????"Jade, I think…"
????He was dragged by Jade before he finished his words.
????Uncle raised and said: "Remember to take the swim ring."
????"Only children need swim rings," said Jade disapprovingly. She could swim excellently.
????"The sea is far more dangerous than the swimming pool." Uncle took out and presented two swim rings to them, "Uncle will not let you play in the sea without swim rings."
????Jade was disappointed and took the swim ring at Uncle's request, "Well, okay…"
????Hsi Wu felt happy in his heart but pretended to be disappointed.
????Not bad, not bad, I have the swim ring and I will not drown anyway. It does not matter that I go to the sea.
????Hsi Wu took a deep breath, put on the swim ring, and followed Jade to the sea.
????As soon as she was in the water, Jade let go of the swim ring and headed for the deeper area. Hsi Wu could not swim so he could only use magic to follow her with difficulty.
????"Jade, maybe…"
????Seeing Hsi Wu still wear the swim ring, Jade felt confused, "Hsi Wu, why do you still wear the swim ring? Can you not swim?"
????Luckily, Hsi Wu wore sunglasses so Jade could not see the evasive look in his eyes, "Swim. Ho ho. Of course, I can."
????A huge wave suddenly came near them. Hsi Wu looked up at the huge wave that covered the sky and could not help cursing: "*!"
????"Slosh!"
????The wave passed and Jade floated to the surface again. Though it seemed dangerous, Jade was not hurt at all. She exclaimed excitedly: "Amazing!"
????Jade was planning to go to the farther area when she looked back and found Hsi Wu was not on the sea surface.
????Only a swim ring was left and bubbles ceaselessly came out of the sea.
????"Hsi Wu!"
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