Chapter 45 Song Qiuchi needs some water to clear his head!
Under the guidance of professional coaches, the contestants put on their equipment and prepared to climb.
Cheng Luanxin's fighting spirit came and went quickly. The moment the safety belt was fastened around her waist, her legs began to tremble.
Du Zhiruo couldn't help but feel a little worried. She still remembered Cheng Luanxin's scream when they rode the roller coaster. "Is it really okay? I can go instead."
Cheng Luanxin glanced sideways at Song Qiuchi and Su Ling, who were standing nearby. Song Qiuchi was meticulously checking Su Ling's safety harness. She felt strangely unhappy, mumbling to herself, as if trying to convince herself, "It's okay. It's only 15 meters. I've got a safety harness. I won't die if I fall. I've bungee jumped before, so what's so scary about this?"
Du Zhiruo: ...You won’t die if you fall down. Have the requirements been lowered so much?
The front of the climbing wall features irregular shapes and irregular rock formations, making it challenging to climb. There's also the possibility of competitors vying for the spot, so every second counts. The instructor emphasized a few key points before we officially began our climb.
As the whistle blew, Cheng Luanxin took a deep breath, grabbed the rock in front of her, and began to climb. The first few rock holds were easy to grasp, but after climbing about two meters, she found that there were no more rock holds she could reach.
Seeing that other runners had overtaken her, she had to retreat and replan her route.
The coach shouted at her, "Plan your route well in advance. Don't rely too much on your arms. Put your feet first and then climb up!"
Du Zhiruo also shouted at her: "Qiu Chi! Come on!"
Cheng Luanxin gritted her teeth and climbed up again. This time she paid attention to planning the route and tried her best to use her legs to exert strength. However, she was a novice after all, and Song Qiuchi was tall, so it was difficult for her to shift her center of gravity flexibly. She ran out of energy before she had climbed halfway.
She stopped halfway at the climbing wall, her arms sore and swollen that she couldn't move.
Looking up at Su Ling, she was almost reaching the top.
The other contestants also had experience in rock climbing and were ahead of her.
Cheng Luan was dejected, blaming herself for being a newbie and overestimating her own abilities by wanting to compete with Su Ling. Now, she had to wait to be eliminated.
All the shouting in her ears became distant, and even her vision became blurry. She panted and thought aimlessly, after all, it was Song Qiuchi's people who were lost, so it was a loss.
At this moment, with a cry of "Ah", Su Ling missed a step and fell from the top.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly, stepped on a rock, and hung two or three meters away from Cheng Luanxin's feet, and did not fall further.
Cheng Luan's heart moved. This was simply an opportunity given by God for her to surpass Su Ling!
She gritted her teeth, rekindled her fighting spirit, gathered her strength, pushed hard with her feet, and continued to climb.
Su Ling followed closely behind, holding on tightly.
The two reached the top of the wall almost at the same time, then ran to the other side of the climbing wall and evacuated downwards.
The other side is no longer an irregular rock formation, but a hanging ladder. It is no longer about skill, it is purely a race.
Cheng Luanxin is very good at this activity. There are such facilities on the school playground. When she was a child, she was wild and often climbed up and down.
Her speed increased immediately, and she retreated swiftly downwards, not only leaving Su Ling behind, but even almost catching up with He Ran, who was in second place.
In the end, Su Ling was eliminated and Cheng Luanxin retained the chance to advance to the next round.
She removed her protective gear and was about to collapse to the ground. Du Zhiruo supported her: "I knew you could hold on. How do you feel?"
Cheng Luanxin was almost exhausted: "My legs are weak."
She took a deep breath and subconsciously looked at Song Qiuchi and Su Ling beside her.
Su Ling was seen sitting on the bench with a depressed look on her face, while Song Qiuchi was considerately holding her kettle and pouring water for her.
Cheng Luan felt annoyed and narrowed her eyes. The kettle already had a straw, so why would she need to pour the water out to drink? It was completely unnecessary!
But Su Ling seemed very sad and buried her head on Song Qiuchi's shoulder. Song Qiuchi not only did not refuse, but also patted her back soothingly.
Cheng Luanxin: “!!!”
How frivolous! Is Cheng Luanxin the type to casually cuddle with anyone? What would the audience think if they saw this?!
She didn’t know whether Su Ling needed to drink water or not, but she needed some water to cool down, and Song Qiuchi needed some water to clear his brain even more!
Barrage:
"I'm fine, Akichi's eyes are about to sparkle hahaha."
"Song Qiuchi really has everything on his face."
"Qiu Chi's idea is very simple, he just wants to be praised by Luan Xin."
"Then make peace quickly."
Su Ling gently leaned her head on Song Qiuchi's shoulder and asked softly, "How is it, is she still looking at you?"
"It seems like she's not watching anymore, but she doesn't seem very happy." Song Qiuchi straightened his back and carefully watched the movements over there.
"It's right that she's unhappy. Being unhappy means she cares about you. If she's happy, then go ahead and cry." Su Ling lifted herself up from Song Qiuchi's shoulder. "Just wait. If it goes as I expected, she'll be unable to resist and come looking for you soon."
After Song Qiuchi and Su Ling were eliminated, they were assigned to prepare camping facilities with Lin Zhiyun and Duan Mengshu, while Cheng Luanxin and Du Zhiruo entered the next stage of the competition and followed the program crew to the lake to compete in kayaking.
Each kayak has two seats, allowing two members to ride together and paddle together.
Cheng Luanxin put on a life jacket and got into the kayak, but her mind was not on the competition.
How could Song Qiuchi be so close to Su Ling? It was really too much.
They've only been together for a few days, yet they're already so affectionate with each other. Could it be that they've signed some secret agreement?
What do the romantic observers think after seeing this? Chi Xin secretly decided to BE, while the CP of Song Qiuchi and Su Ling was hyped up?
No, I can't allow Song Qiuchi to occupy my body and hype up their relationship. Song Qiuchi sang "Be Your Enemy" affectionately in KTV, and Cheng Luanxin turned around and got involved passionately with Su Ling. Doesn't this prove that I'm a scumbag who abandons her lover in the end?
It was clearly Song Qiuchi's fault that Chi Xin secretly fell in love with BE.
Cheng Luan secretly made up her mind to go find Song Qiuchi after the game. She couldn't let her act recklessly like this anymore and she had to resolutely protect her reputation!
Du Zhiruo could see that she was worried and patted her shoulder: "Focus, the game is about to begin."
Cheng Luan calmed down and stopped thinking about Song Qiuchi.
However, the rock climbing just now had consumed all of Cheng Luanxin's strength. As a novice in rock climbing, her arms were sore and weak that she couldn't move the oar at all, and even dropped the oar into the water.
The two of them spent most of the day trying to retrieve the oars that were drifting farther and farther away, not to mention racing with other teams.
The game ended and both of them were eliminated as expected.
Cheng Luan was extremely annoyed: "I blame myself for holding the team back."
Du Zhiruo consoled him, "That's already pretty good. If it were me, I'd probably have been eliminated in the second round."
The two returned to the camp under the guidance of the staff.
The four people who were eliminated early have already set up the tent and marquee and are setting up the barbecue grill.
Song Qiuchi and Su Ling had already changed out of their sportswear and put on sun hats. They were sitting in rocking chairs, stringing meat skewers and chatting, looking very comfortable.
Cheng Luan felt sad and muttered softly.
Barrage:
"What did Akichi say?"
"If I'm not mistaken in her lip movements, she should have said 'no work at all' [laughing]"
"Hahahahaha, they don't even look like they're working. You're right, Cheng Luanxin and Su Ling are going too far! They don't even look like they're working!"
Lin Zhiyun glanced at the two of them and said, "We have enough manpower here. Do you two want to go fishing? The production team has applied for a fishing permit. They said that the lake where you just competed is stocked with a lot of Qingjiang fish."
Du Zhiruo took the fishing equipment and said with interest: "It seems interesting. Let's go?"
Cheng Luan was taken aback. If she went fishing, wouldn't that mean she would be separated from Song Qiuchi again? Although it was annoying to see Song Qiuchi and Su Ling being so sweet, it would only make her more upset if she couldn't see them.
Seeing this, Su Ling suddenly jumped up and said, "I want to go fishing! Zhiruo, can you take me with you?"
Before anyone could react, she took off her plastic gloves, pushed Cheng Luanxin to the rocking chair, pressed her shoulders and sat down, saying with a smile, "Don't look at me like this, I'm very experienced in fishing, and I guarantee a good catch! Qiuchi, please skewer the meat for me here!"
Du Zhiruo was embarrassed: "But..."
Su Ling blinked. "How about we wait until Luan Xin and I finish stringing the meat, and then the four of us go together? It would be a bit of a waste of time though."
Cheng Luanxin hesitated: "Then you two go... It just so happens that I'm not very good at fishing..."
Barrage:
"Su Ling's amazing assist!!"
"I didn't feel anything for Su Ling before, but now I kind of like her."
"Chi Xin secretly promised! Chi Xin secretly promised! Chi Xin secretly promised!"
"But Zhiruo is a bit pitiful."
Since Cheng Luanxin said so, Du Zhiruo couldn't refuse anymore. She smiled at Su Ling and said, "Then let's go."
Song Qiuchi waved at the two of them, then continued to lower her head and concentrate on skewering the meat, as if the person who was chatting and laughing with Su Ling just now was not her.
Cheng Luan was so frustrated that she wanted to wait for Song Qiuchi to speak first, but Song Qiuchi just didn't say anything. The piece of meat in her hand became slippery and greasy after being dipped in the sauce, and she couldn't put it on. After a long time, she couldn't even put one string on. She had no choice but to touch Song Qiuchi's shoulder timidly: "Hey, why can't I put it on?"
Song Qiuchi glanced at her and said, "You don't know the method."
Cheng Luanxin said in a muffled voice: "Then you should teach me."
"You have to pierce it along the texture of the muscle." Song Qiuchi took the piece of meat that had been ravaged and riddled with holes from her hand, found the right direction, and pierced it in one go.
Cheng Luanxin lowered her head: "Oh, then I'll try."
Sure enough, after mastering the technique, the meat skewers became easier to thread, but there was no reason to talk to Song Qiuchi.
Seeing that the meat in the bucket was almost skewered, Cheng Luanxin asked with a stiff upper lip, "What are we going to do after we finish skewering the meat?"
Song Qiuchi thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the lake to get some water to wash the vegetables."
Cheng Luanxin opened her eyes wide in surprise, unable to believe that these words came from Song Qiuchi's mouth. She lowered her head and muttered softly: "Is the water in the lake clean... or are you going to feel uncomfortable if you can't see Su Ling for a while..."
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