"Why don't we call him up? He's really getting into it, and I'm starving," Lin Nian said, his stomach growling.
“Indeed, this has taken long enough. Why don’t we pull him up first?” Li Chunlai suggested.
Huang Fei's performance this time was indeed a bit too outstanding. I didn't expect that this kid, who usually slacks off, would actually work so hard when he really gets down to business.
“Okay, let’s pull him up.” Chen Feng agreed, and then he told his father to start cooking.
Little did they know that Huang Fei was underwater and had no idea of the time. If he had known, he would have returned long ago. This was entirely out of desperation.
"Ugh, there's no time displayed here. Maybe I should get a watch next time. How long have I been searching for this?"
"I don't feel like I spent much time on the scavenging, maybe only an hour or two, maybe even two hours would have been enough."
"Two hours to get ashore? Isn't that a bit too short? But I'm hungry."
"But Chunlai went into the water for the first time and stayed for three hours. If I go back in less than two hours, won't they laugh at me?"
"Sigh, let's hang in there a little longer." Huang Fei hugged the pipe, trying to convince himself, and continued to suck up the mud and sand.
"That should be enough now, I guess. It's been about two hours, but two hours doesn't seem like a long time."
"What am I going to do? I'm so hungry I'm about to burst. I should have finished that bag of bread this morning, or at least eaten more before going into the water. Damn it."
"If I go up now, they'll laugh at me for being lazy. No way, damn it, I'll hold on a little longer. It'll take at least three hours."
Huang Fei stood at the bottom of the water, looking up at the river surface. He always judged the time by the sunlight shining through the river.
He looked for a long time, but felt that the sunlight hadn't changed at all.
"Fuck, I really can't hold on any longer. I'm so hungry my stomach is practically sticking to my back. Two hours is fine, I'm just a lazy donkey, what's the big deal? Everyone's a lazy donkey sometimes."
Huang Fei steeled himself, grabbed the tube, and prepared to float to the surface, already prepared to be laughed at.
Unexpectedly, as if sensing something, the rope started pulling him just as he was about to float up.
Seeing this, Huang Fei gave up struggling and let them pull him up. It would be easier that way; he was exhausted.
When they pulled him out of the water, Huang Fei was almost unable to move. Li Chunlai came over, took off his helmet, and exclaimed in surprise.
"Wow, Dafei, you're amazing! You actually lasted this long!"
Huang Fei rolled his eyes upon hearing this. Did you think he couldn't hear the sarcasm in Li Chunlai's tone?
"There's no way I can do it anymore. I'm so hungry I could barely stand in the water," Huang Fei said with a shake of his head and a sigh.
He really didn't intend to slack off this time, but he was indeed extremely hungry.
"It's alright, this is fine. How much longer do you want? Hurry up and take off your clothes, the food will be ready soon." Chen Feng walked over and said, looking at his phone.
Huang Fei's dive lasted three hours and forty-seven minutes, almost four hours, which is quite impressive.
Upon hearing Chen Feng's words, Huang Fei shook his head as he took off his clothes.
That's just how Chen Feng is; he's really good at comforting people, but Huang Fei felt increasingly guilty.
He planned to finish his meal and then go swimming; he would finish the rest of the meal for the day.
"Dafei, you really pushed yourself beyond your limits! You were amazing this time!" Lin Nian walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and praised him.
"Hey, stop talking nonsense. What limit are you talking about? This is the limit I used to slack off at," Huang Fei said, taking off his clothes and lighting a cigarette.
Lin Nian understood what he meant. He used to spend half a day mining for gold, but compared to that time, he had indeed surpassed his limits today.
But that's not exactly something to be proud of, damn it.
“We’ve been waiting for you on the shore for ages, and you still haven’t come up. We’re all starving. Anyway, it’s the first day, so there’s no rush. We’ll just pull you up and get ready to eat.”
"Seriously, if I had pulled you ten minutes later, it would have been a round number," Chen Feng laughed.
"Ah, I didn't even make it to two hours, and I'm still more than ten minutes short?" Huang Fei was filled with regret upon hearing this, and he hated himself for it.
He thought he could easily make it to two hours, but to his surprise, it was still a while short of two hours.
Damn, it seems I really can't slack off anymore. I've degenerated to this extent from slacking off. In less than two hours, I've exhausted myself to the point of near collapse.
"Two hours? What two hours? You've been underwater for more than three hours. I mean, if you stayed any longer, it would have been four hours." Chen Feng said, somewhat confused, upon hearing his words.
"What did you say? How long?!" Huang Fei's eyes widened instantly upon hearing this.
No way, Chen Feng wasn't kidding him, was he? He actually stayed underwater for almost four hours, how is that possible?
"Four hours? Look at your watch. You're still not satisfied? Do you want to go straight to dinner?" Chen Feng joked.
Upon hearing this, Huang Fei immediately took the phone and looked at the time on it. When he saw the time clearly, his face was filled with shock and disbelief!
"Damn, I've been underwater for almost four hours?" Huang Fei himself couldn't believe it.
No wonder I was starving; my body wasn't lying to me!
It's almost four o'clock. I only ate some breakfast. How can I not be cramping?
Only now did he realize that Li Chunlai and Lin Nian's words earlier weren't sarcastic at all; they were genuine compliments, and he had misunderstood them.
"Damn it, I want three bowls of rice, and add a sausage!" Huang Fei suddenly stood up, his previous dejected demeanor replaced by the imposing air of a victorious general.
Huang Fei has finally shown some backbone today!
"Jiajiajia, Feifei, you're amazing!" Chen Feng nodded repeatedly, then turned around and chuckled to himself.
After all that, it turns out this kid didn't understand the time and thought he was early, haha!
Li Chunlai and Lin Nian couldn't help but laugh out loud when they saw this. This kid is really too funny.
The group walked back to the camp together, and the aroma of food wafted over. Everyone was starving and couldn't wait to sit down at the table to eat.
Today I stewed one dish: pork, cabbage, and glass noodles. Five of us sat around the table, slurping it down and it smelled delicious.
"I'll go downstairs in a bit and work until dark. Will I be able to stop working after dark?" Lin Nian asked, holding his rice bowl.
"It's definitely not going to work in the dark. Even panning for gold on land is very risky in the dark, let alone at the bottom of a river. Besides, you can't see anything at the bottom of a river at night. What are you going to do?" Chen Feng said bluntly.
"Hmm, does Brother Feng have one of those walkie-talkies that can be used to talk underwater? It seems like it's not very convenient for us to communicate," Li Chunlai suggested.
“Many walkie-talkies don’t work underwater due to signal transmission issues. Let me search online to see if there are any specifically designed for underwater use,” Chen Feng said after a moment’s thought.
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