Chapter 73 Chapter 73 Spending Money Day 73
There are no truly luxurious hotels in Port Vila. When planning where to stay, Ren Zhen chose a seaside villa with a good view.
This B&B was once criticized online for its "outdated facilities" and "uncomfortable bed sheets", but these are not problems. As long as the scenery outside is good and the decoration is not a big problem, it is enough.
Because before Liu Yue arrived, Ren Zhen had already made a major upgrade to the internal facilities of the B&B.
All the furniture and appliances that Liu Yue might need were replaced with new ones. The B&B stopped receiving guests two days in advance, cleaned every corner, and laid out soft bedding.
After a major renovation, the entire homestay has been completely transformed.
Of course, this kind of renovation costs money, and Liu Yue has also seen the bill.
She was very surprised - of course, she didn't think it was too expensive. This amount of money was really nothing to her, and it still couldn't keep up with the speed at which the system gave her cash back.
She just didn't expect that she could spend so much money in such an unpopular country where there is no high consumption and luxury goods cannot be bought locally.
My goodness, Ren Zhen really knows how to spend money (in a positive sense)
Liu Yue reviewed the situation and gradually opened her mind.
Before, when she spent money, she only spent it within a limited range of choices, and her needs were restricted by supply; but if Ren Zhen is asked to spend money, she will break the rules and actively create supply if there is no supply.
Yes, that's it.
Liu Yue realized that she should no longer consider what is available on the market, but what she wants. Money is the tool for her to use her imagination and creativity.
Having said that...it seems her imagination is limited...
Never mind, we are already at the beach, let’s have fun first!
The flight from Shanghai to Port Vila took over ten hours, and Liu Yue took off at night and landed during the day. Because the time difference wasn't very noticeable, she took a short break at the B&B before heading out to explore.
She changed into her swimsuit, put on a white shirt, and strolled on the beach.
There are forests of coconut trees here, and the sea water is like blue-green jelly. It is the first time that Liu Yue has seen such a clear glass sea.
There's a volleyball net on the beach, and there are a few boats available for travel. On the shady lawn, there are rocking chairs and hammocks, so you can just lie back and relax.
Although the infrastructure here is relatively backward, this pristine beauty is like a paradise.
Liu Yue lay on the hammock, leisurely listening to the sound of waves hitting the shore.
It was not until this moment that Liu Yue understood why everyone was pursuing "unpopular tourist destinations".
On this vast beach, there was no sign of other people, only the occasional seagull skimming across the water. The location of this B&B was fantastic, she had this stretch of coastline to herself, and the tranquility around her allowed her to fully relax.
In front of the boundless ocean, all human troubles can be purified and disappear without a trace as the waves recede.
Shengzhou handed her a drink called Kava, which is a local specialty drink.
To be precise, this should be considered a specialty of the South Pacific island countries, and it is also very popular in Fiji.
He reminded: "You can try it, but don't drink too much. Although there is no alcohol in it, it still has an anesthetic effect."
So magical? Liu Yue took a bite.
It looked a bit like lime water and tasted particularly pungent. After a few seconds, Liu Yue felt her tongue was a little numb.
Although kava did not leave a good impression on Liu Yue, she still tried the local specialty dinner.
She tried lap lap, a steamed pastry made from coconut milk mixed with bananas, potatoes, and cassava. It has a unique tropical flavor and is usually eaten with fish.
Liu Yue wasn't very comfortable with the food, but it was a novel experience. Food in the world has many flavors, and she's exploring more possibilities.
Meat is very expensive here because it has to be imported, but seafood is very cheap because it is locally sourced.
Liu Yue ate a particularly fresh coconut crab. Its crab roe really had a light coconut flavor, and the crab meat was richer and more delicious than ordinary crabs.
If it leaves the South Pacific, even if it is airlifted back to Shenzhen at the fastest speed, it will not taste the same.
But it doesn't matter, she can come again.
If you have money and free time, of course you will spend your unlimited time and energy on eating, drinking and having fun.
Because the scenery of this place is beautiful, Liu Yue even considered buying a property here.
She mentioned this to Shengzhou during a chat: "I'm going to build a villa by the sea, and when I wake up, I'll pick the freshest coconuts to drink. I'll also build a stable over there and raise a horse. Horseback riding on the beach would be a great leisure activity."
In fact, after returning from Switzerland, Liu Yue has been thinking about buying a horse.
However, Shenzhen didn't seem to have many good places for cycling, and wandering around the horse farm was boring. She wanted to ride horses for leisure, not to practice equestrianism.
If you ride on the beach, it will be much more comfortable.
Sheng Zhou was surprised: "Do you want to immigrate to Vanuatu?"
"Of course not." Liu Yue was even more surprised than him. "I just thought that I might want to come here for vacation again in the future. After all, the air here is fresh, the scenery is beautiful, and the pace of life is comfortable."
It's a paradise, but not completely isolated from the world. She can enjoy her own time or go to the local market to join in the fun. It's the perfect living situation.
Although Liu Yue was not sure whether she would come again...but since she had this idea, she had to consider this possibility.
In order to make her happier, I have to do my best even if I am just a backup.
She gave this matter to Ren Zhen, who nodded calmly and took on the task.
The whole process was very smooth. Liu Yue's efficiency in completing this task was even higher than Sheng Zhou's efficiency in helping her open a coconut.
Shengzhou:……
He was so flustered that he almost had to use both his hands and feet. He wasn't tired of opening the coconut, but Liu Yue was almost tired of laughing.
In the evening, when Liu Yue was chatting with Ke Yan, she told her about this matter.
Although Ke Yan is love-brained, she has no other shortcomings. As long as her ex-boyfriend is not involved, she is a good chat partner.
Ke Yan was indeed very supportive. After hearing what Liu Yue said, she started to think about going on vacation to an island and asked a lot of details about traveling in Vanuatu.
Liu Yue likes this place very much, and she feels a sense of accomplishment when she can successfully recommend it to others.
As they chatted, Ke Yan started talking about her current boyfriend.
As long as it wasn't the scumbag she'd been with before, Liu Yue had no problem sharing her love story. And after getting a new boyfriend, Ke Yan had a better understanding of what a normal relationship was and had completely gotten over the dark times.
Ke Yan was very grateful to Liu Yue for this. It was because of her that she gave her the opportunity to participate in the bank's travel program, which enabled her to meet her true love during the trip.
Liu Yue: ...
She was shocked by this description, but it didn't matter. As long as she was happy, that was enough.
The next day, Liu Yue prepared to go to Vanuatu's underwater post office.
It is called "underwater", but it is more accurate to say it is underwater because it is not very deep, only a few meters from the water surface, and you can reach it by diving.
It is said that this place was once a secret intelligence station during wartime, but in peacetime it became a romantic gateway for conveying love and affection.
Liu Yue bought several postcards, sent one to herself, one to Lucas, and the rest to her roommates.
There was no other reason, because she didn't know the other person's address.
Sheng Zhou wrote a postcard and planned to send it to her. Liu Yue wanted to see what he wrote, but he hid it and asked her to read it after receiving it.
Okay, Liu Yue told him the address of Shenzhen University.
Zhang Cheng asked for her and found out that letters sent by email definitely cannot arrive the next day. If sent to China, it will take about a month.
Liu Yue applied some ocean-friendly natural sunscreen mud, equipped herself with a full set of diving equipment, and dived into the water accompanied by Ren Zhen.
Ren Zhen had initially worried she might be afraid of the ocean. The water in the ocean is completely different from the water in a swimming pool. The flowing water can be incredibly oppressive. The deeper she dives, the more intense that feeling of oppression and fear grows.
But Liu Yue was not afraid at all - after learning the Franzoline pressure balance method on the shore, she bravely dived down.
She could feel the temperature of the ocean; the equatorial sea was warm and comfortable. Her attention was drawn to the beautiful coral reefs and the small fish swimming around. Liu Yue loved the sight, but she remembered what she had learned before and did not reach out to touch them.
Beneath the water is another magnificent world. Liu Yue immersed herself in this blue ocean, imagining herself as a free fish.
Oh my god, it feels so good. Liu Yue even wanted to stop and just go with the flow, feeling the waves pushing her body.
She successfully found the mailbox of the underwater post office, took a photo and checked in next to it, and then dropped the postcard into the small mailbox according to the guide.
Mission accomplished, Liu Yue returned to shore.
Sheng Zhou also came back with her. Liu Yue didn't notice him just now, but now she realized that his expression didn't seem very good.
"Are you okay?" Liu Yue quickly asked him to sit down.
Sheng Zhou shook his head and said it was okay. It was just his first time experiencing diving, his body was not used to it, and his ears hurt a little.
He quickly changed the subject and looked at the photos they had just taken in the sea with Liu Yue.
Liu Yue was very satisfied with these photos, especially with her movements and postures.
She felt very relaxed and at ease in the sea, and even suspected that she was a fish in her previous life. She felt much more comfortable in the water than on land.
"And I must be a sea fish," Liu Yue said, "because I don't have this feeling in the swimming pool, which shows that I'm not an ornamental fish raised in an aquarium."
Sheng Zhou said: "It may not be a fish, it may be a killer whale."
That’s even better! Liu Yue loved hearing that killer whales were amazing, her eyes practically lighting up.
But she is still very pragmatic. If she were a marine creature, she would not have the same strong fighting power as a killer whale.
So, she should be a dolphin, and from the appearance, she is a mini version of a killer whale.
Shengzhou must be the fighting fish. It looks good and has a high appearance value. It must be raised alone and cannot stand other species.
The two of them discussed their respective marine life sculptures seriously. After a while, Liu Yue wanted to continue diving, and Sheng Zhou also recovered.
Liu Yue was a little worried: "Can you really go down? Actually, it's enough for me to have Ren Zhen accompany me."
Ren Zhen also didn't recommend Shengzhou go underwater again. Liu Yue must have been born with a natural diving aptitude, and equalizing her ears would be easy to learn, but Shengzhou hadn't mastered it so well. If he continued diving, he'd have to see an ENT doctor when he returned home.
Well, under the persuasion of professionals, Shengzhou had no choice but to stay on land.
The first time is new, the second time is familiar. Liu Yue dived deeper this time.
Diving is a wonderful experience. She loves the feeling of swimming in the ocean. The blue water embraces her, and the ocean opens its warm arms to her.
She likes diving, and Liu Yue just found out about this.
She originally thought that her favorite thing to do was lying down, but unexpectedly, within a few months, she discovered several new hobbies.
As Liu Yue dived deeper and deeper, the memories of her childhood kept replaying in her mind.
When writing essays as a child, she was the most imaginative child. While others dreamed of becoming teachers, scientists, or other well-known professions, Liu Yue wrote that she wanted to be an explorer like Xu Xiake, measuring the land beneath her feet with her own two feet.
This happened a long, long time ago, so long ago that Liu Yue had forgotten it until she suddenly remembered it at this moment.
As she grew older, her wishes changed.
She wanted to take the civil service exam, have a stable job, and a house that would give her a sense of security...
After getting ashore again, Liu Yue sat on a chair with a bath towel wrapped around her, and Sheng Zhou wiped her dripping hair with a towel.
Liu Yue sighed, "Actually, I'm a very lucky person."
Sheng Zhou smiled and replied, "Of course."
With a family background like hers, the luck of reincarnation is not even one in ten thousand, it has to be one in billions.
If Liu Yue were to speak, she would also agree with this statement, although she did not rely on reincarnation, but was chosen by the system.
However, what she was thinking just now was that after she had enough wealth, she finally returned to the path that she most wanted to take when she was a child.
"There's no need to buy a house in Vanuatu for now," Liu Yue and Ren Zhen said. "There are many small islands like this in the world. Let's go somewhere new and exciting later."
Don't play it safe and don't go into your comfort zone.
Every journey is an adventure into the unknown, and that's what makes it interesting. She still likes excitement.
Rich people's ideas are always changing. Ren Zhen didn't show any surprise, but just nodded calmly to indicate that he understood.
Sheng Zhou asked her, "Where do you want to go next time?"
"I don't know." Liu Yue said casually, "I don't have any new plans at the moment. I'll decide based on my mood."
Anyway, the system will help her open the travel blind box by completing the task of collecting fragments.
Liu Yue now feels that this task is extremely interesting. She can earn points and have fun at the same time. It is simply tailor-made for her!
Even if the next fragment appeared in a place like Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, Liu Yue felt that she would be fine, as there were always more solutions than problems.
——Of course, she was just talking casually. The task should be as simple as possible.
In the afternoon, Liu Yue took a group of people to Mount Yasur by helicopter.
The area around here is full of volcanic landforms, and the terrain is quite bumpy. After Liu Yue got off the helicopter, she had to take an off-road vehicle for more than an hour before reaching the foot of the mountain.
It sounds hard, but this is the result of her using her money ability.
Ordinary tourists who want to come to Tanna Island must wait for the flight time, and after landing they can only sit in ventilated pickup trucks.
You know, the seats in pickup trucks are not only uncomfortable but also offer little protection. You're basically eating volcanic ash all the way, and it's also very easy to get motion sickness and vomit.
At least Liu Yue was sitting in an off-road vehicle, the body of which protected her from the wind and sand that were blown up along the way, and the speed was also faster than a pickup truck.
Forget about sleeping. Even if Zhang Cheng is a good driver, anyone who drives here will be bumped around a bit given the road conditions.
Liu Yue was not used to it at first, so Sheng Zhou played some rock music in the car. She swayed along and felt less dizzy.
In order to see the active volcano, she is also very good at finding joy in adversity.
The altitude of Mount Yasur is only more than 300 meters, and there are well-built hiking routes, so it is not difficult to reach the summit.
Liu Yue thought she would need a trekking pole, but in fact, she just had to walk up the stairs slowly.
She managed to reach the top of the mountain before sunset. This time, the debris was quite good, and could be picked up within a hundred meters.
Liu Yue walked around the crater on the pretext of wanting to take photos from a different angle, successfully triggered the pickup function, and exchanged it for 22 points.
Not bad, not bad. The fragments collected before all started with 1, and the points for redemption were getting less and less. This time there was one that was over 20, which made Liu Yue more confident in the system and believe that this was not a PDD routine.
She had already accumulated 65 points, leaving her 35 points short of the 100-point threshold for redemption items. If she was lucky, she could collect two more fragments and select a 10 billion yuan prize from the wheel.
How is she going to spend so much money? How is she going to spend it?
Liu Yue felt very happy in her heart and smiled even more happily when taking pictures.
However, this didn't help her image at all - the area was covered in volcanic ash and she was wearing a gas mask.
Theoretically, active volcanoes erupt very frequently, but no one can predict the exact time of their eruption.
After playing for a while, Liu Yue felt tired. Ren Zhen brought a folding chair, and she sat on it, playing with her phone while waiting.
Someone nearby set up professional photography equipment, while others looked up at the weather. Although it wasn't the rainy season, if it suddenly started to rain, there would be nothing anyone could do.
Liu Yue certainly didn't want it to rain, but if it did, she could just come back tomorrow. Just like watching the sun rise over the Golden Mountain, with money as her backing, she had plenty of time and patience.
Fortunately, her luck has always been good.
After waiting for about half an hour, she felt a noticeable vibration under her feet, which gave Liu Yue, a liberal arts student, a practical sense of the "crustal movement" that she had written about countless times.
This kind of shaking is not enough to shake people's bodies, but the volcano that suddenly "comes alive" still makes people feel instinctively scared.
Even though Liu Yue knew that the eruptions of Mount Yasur would always be straight up and down and would never escape diagonally, and she had already prepared herself mentally, she was still a little panicked at this moment.
Sheng Zhou said to her, "Listen, this is the heartbeat of the earth."
Although Liu Yue didn't hear the banging sound, this description was indeed very accurate.
She made sure she had her goggles on and took a few deep breaths to calm herself down.
By this time, it was completely dark, and Liu Yue could smell a strong odor of sulfur. Everyone on her side was fully armed, but some less prepared tourists were nearly choking on the ash and pungent smell.
The black smoke coming out of the crater became thicker and thicker. At first, it was just a little red light, which was enough to make tourists excitedly raise their cameras.
Liu Yue thought it would take a gradual process, but she didn't expect that in the next second, the erupting magma would suddenly splash upwards, and the blazing fire tore through the night sky, as if it was going to sweep across the entire world.
The wind was roaring, the magma was surging, and sparks exploded in the night sky like a grand firework display, dyeing even the sky dark red.
It is so hot, majestic, grand, and so intoxicating and fascinating.
Liu Yue was shocked by the wonder of the moment. All she could see was the erupting volcano, and she could no longer think of anything else.
No matter how cool the movie special effects are, they can't compare to this immersive experience. The only word that comes to her mind is worth it.
If she couldn't see such a stunning scenery once in her lifetime, her life would definitely be filled with regrets.
Liu Yue only remembered to take pictures later. Although the real-time pictures can well restore the dynamic feeling of the volcanic eruption, the scenery recorded by the mobile phone camera is ultimately not as good as what can be seen with the naked eye.
Later, the volcanic eruption had ended, but she was still looking at the road, and the visual impact was still replaying in her mind.
It feels so good, so enjoyable, so exciting!
While she was concentrating on looking at the volcano, Sheng Zhou distanced himself from her and took a photo of her.
Of course, the face cannot be seen clearly in the photo, but Liu Yue likes this photo with the erupting volcano very much and even set it as her phone wallpaper.
Liu Yue spent several more days in Vanuatu. She swung on the Blue Lagoon, tried diving, witnessed the Tyndall Effect at the top of the Blue Hole, took some life-changing photos, and visited a primitive tribe to experience their weaving skills and traditional songs and dances...
She had a carefree vacation and returned very happy, leaving no regrets on the trip.
Liu Yue chartered a plane back to Shenzhen. Sheng Zhou calculated the time and chartered another plane. After landing, he would return to Beijing.
As long as Liu Yue wants, every day of hers can be a holiday, but Sheng Zhou has a lot of work and schedules. He has to shoot commercials and participate in the script reading for the next drama.
Liu Yue knew that the next advertisement he was going to shoot was for Bulgari.
"What title did they give you?" she asked specifically.
"Global spokesperson, this is their highest title."
Sheng Zhou said: "The kind that is officially announced simultaneously on the external network. I hope that when you go to other countries in the future, you can also see my territory."
Not bad, Liu Yue was very satisfied.
After all, if Bulgari doesn't give Shengzhou face, then in a sense, it is also not giving her face. After all, when a brand hires a spokesperson, it is essentially to serve its customers.
In addition, Shengzhou has another thing to thank Liu Yue for.
A famous director found him for a big movie. Although he was the second lead, he had a lot of roles. As a senior director, he was also very capable of carrying the box office.
The film industry is particularly exclusive, and Sheng Zhou had never made a movie before. Logically speaking, such a good thing would never happen to him.
Although the public statement was that the director saw the TV series he starred in and was moved by his performance, Sheng Zhou was very self-aware and believed that someone must have helped him.
Liu Yue scratched her head: "Have I helped? I don't know."
She looked at Ren Zhen, then at Zhang Cheng, and got a positive answer from Zhang Cheng.
Oh, it turns out to be a little gift from He Xi.
"No need to thank me." Liu Yue said, "I've had a lot of fun recently. This is a reward from my mother."
After getting off the plane, she and Sheng Zhou took different shuttle buses.
Sheng Zhou hesitated several times to speak, but before Liu Yue noticed, he returned to normal.
Never mind, it’s fine like this.
When the two of them parted, there was no formal farewell. Liu Yue simply said goodbye and got into the car.
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