Chapter 37
After they finished breakfast, Wang Ma still looked a little proud, and her complexion was much better than last night.
Bai Lu carried the camping chair and walked outside, wondering, "Why is Wang Ma in such a good mood so early in the morning? I haven't heard anything good about it."
Bai Nan glanced back, stuffed the sleeping bag and sleeping mat into the trunk, and casually replied, "When has Aunt Wang ever been unhappy with you? She's happy as long as you're happy."
Bai Lu: "..."
Hmm~ Why does this sound a little cloying coming from Bai Di? When did he become so eloquent? Could it be that Wang Ma's pouty lips were flattered by him?
He inexplicably felt that this was the answer.
As the two were busy tidying up, Xu Xin leaned out of the second-floor window and asked, "Xiao Lu, where is what you were talking about?"
"It's in the bottom drawer of the bookcase, no, did you see the metal box in the drawer? It's a black metal box, with a laser-like sheen!" Bai Lu explained for a while, but then noticed that Xin Ge looked completely blank. "Never mind, I'll go up there!"
He casually tossed the portable stove to the ground, intending to go back and find it himself, but the ashes inside spilled everywhere after the stove fell over. He quickly picked the stove up again.
"Oh no, I'm doomed! If Wang Ma sees this, she'll scold me again!" He was so anxious that he was waving his arms and legs, holding the stove in one hand and a broom in the other.
"What do you want Xu Xin to get? I'll help you find it." Bai Nan watched as he became more and more flustered, scattering ashes everywhere, not only dirtying the marble floor by the door but also leaving streaks of white and gray on the solid-colored carpet.
No, we need to get away from this troublesome place as soon as possible before Wang Ma arrives.
After hearing what he wanted to take, Bai Nan hurried upstairs. When she met Xu Xin at the corner on the first floor, she gave him a ride along.
"What's wrong?" Xu Xin was a little confused. Seeing Bai Nan tiptoeing, he subconsciously slowed his pace as well.
Bai Nan put her index finger to her lips: "Shh—there's going to be a good show later, hehe."
She took Xu Xin's wrist, and the two went up to the second-floor room together. They found the best view from the window and looked down.
“Look.” She pointed to Bai Lu, who was still sweeping the ashes from the stove, her eyes sparkling with laughter as the sunlight refracted through them.
Xu Xin paused for a moment, then looked downstairs in the direction she was pointing.
Wang Ma had silently appeared behind Bai Lu, who was frantically sweeping the carpet. The ash from the stove made him cough, and he was completely unaware of the murderous aura behind him.
"Bai Lu!!!"
Wang Ma roared, and Bai Lu trembled three times.
"Ah—help! Wang Ma, spare me! I didn't mean to!" He was so frightened that he forgot to put down the stove and was chased by Wang Ma in circles. No place he passed was spared.
Upon unexpectedly spotting Bai Nan and Xu Xin, he hurriedly called them down to help: "Holy crap! Help! Come help me! Are you still going fishing?! Are you even brothers?!"
"That's no longer the case! Aunt Wang, he takes responsibility for his own actions! You should teach him properly! We will not disturb him!" Bai Nan shouted back, her laughter barely concealed if she didn't speak loudly.
The sounds of pigs being slaughtered downstairs grew louder and louder. Bai Nan, clutching her stomach which ached from laughing, closed the window.
Turning my head, I suddenly saw a beautiful scene: pink petals fluttering in the air, and black butterflies dancing with the petals trembling in the wind.
—These are peach blossom eyes.
She ended up in a peach blossom forest named Xu Xin.
After a few breaths, she quietly looked away.
Xu Xin looked into her clear, amber eyes, her eyes full of smiles: "Did you bully Bai Lu like this when you were little?"
Bai Nan gazed ahead, her eyes filled with reminiscence: "He lost his mother at a young age, and Aunt Wang was his second mother. But their personalities were too different, and they never got along. So I taught him all the tricks I used to deal with my grandmother. Aunt Wang and my grandmother..."
"Very similar."
She turned her face away and looked again at those peach blossom eyes that she dared not look directly at: "At least, their stubbornness is very similar."
Amber returns, and Xu Xin's eyes crinkle into a smile.
He seemed a little drunk.
After the commotion downstairs gradually subsided, Bai Nan took out what Bai Lu had mentioned from the bookcase drawer—a deck of cards called "Who is the Spy."
She took the cards, gently pushed the drawer shut, and suddenly wanted to laugh.
Do you remember the first time we met?
Xu Xin was tidying up his fishing rods when he heard this. He chuckled and said, "Of course." Then he turned around and walked over, leaning against the bookshelf as he spoke, his tone full of sarcasm.
"Anyone who kneels before you will remember it."
Bai Nan chuckled, then realized he was the one being teased. He quickly suppressed his laughter and said seriously:
"Uh, that's not what I meant."
"Oh~" Xu Xin pretended to understand, "So that means someone sneaked into someone else's room, trying to take advantage of me while I was sleeping?"
"You did this on purpose, didn't you, Xu Xin!"
"Hahaha--"
Before the ashes covered the entire courtyard carpet, Bai Lu finally jumped into the car. After the Land Rover drove away from the gate, he deliberately stuck his head out and shouted something.
"Wang Ma! Wait for me to catch a big fish for you!"
Bai Nan couldn't hear what Wang Ma said, but guessed it was something like "Don't come back, you brat," which was definitely not what Bai Lu wanted to hear, otherwise he wouldn't have suddenly rolled up the car window.
"Holy crap, that scared me to death! You guys said Wang Ma is almost sixty, how come she can run faster than me?!" He patted his chest and panted.
Bai Nan, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and Xu Xin, who was driving, exchanged a glance upon hearing this, and both shook their heads in silence.
"What does it mean to just shake your head and not say anything?" Bai Lu poked his head out from the back seat and looked at the two of them.
Bai Nan raised his index finger and shook it: "Just shaking your head and not saying anything means—this young man's strength isn't enough and he needs to practice, tsk tsk tsk~"
"Go to hell, you White Di! You dare to talk back to me like that?!"
After a noisy and chaotic journey, the three finally arrived at the campsite when the sun rose above the roof of the car.
Bai Lu grumbled as he unloaded all the equipment. Bai Nan was a little carsick, so she spread out a camping chair and sat down to rest for a while. Xu Xin went to inspect the surrounding area after parking the car.
"Brother Xin, find a good spot to pitch the tent. Let's get the tent set up first!" Bai Lu said loudly, putting down the huge, cumbersome tent and putting his hands on his hips.
Turning his head, he saw Bai Nan slumped in a chair and immediately became furious: "I'm working hard here, and you're just lying there enjoying yourself?"
As he spoke, he reached out to pull Bai Nan up, but she quickly stopped him: "No, I'm really dizzy and feel like throwing up. If you move me again, I'll really throw up on you."
Bai Lu quickly jumped to the side: "No, you never used to get carsick. I thought you were faking it."
Bai Nan waved her hand. She had a general idea of Xu Xin's driving speed when she rode on his motorcycle, and she was mentally prepared for it.
But who would have thought that driving a four-wheel drive vehicle could be so bumpy?
After Bai Lu had completely lit the fire on the barbecue grill, Bai Nan felt a little better, just as Xu Xin returned from his inspection.
"Brother Xin, how's it going? Where should we pitch the tent?"
"The current to the south is too strong, otherwise we would build here, away from the stream."
“Okay, no problem, but I just got the hang of grilling meat.” Bai Lu saw Bai Nan get up and simply ordered her to do the work: “Bai Di! You and Brother Xin set up the tent together!”
Bai Nan nodded, ran to the trunk, and picked up the tent from the ground.
Seeing this, Xu Xin quickly ran over and said, "This tent is heavy, don't carry it, let's drag it together."
"Okay." This tent is indeed a bit heavy; I almost couldn't straighten my legs after I picked it up.
The two of them, one in front and one behind, each grabbed a corner of the tent and dragged it to the chosen campsite.
Bai Lu was focused on skewering meat, intending to try grilling one skewer first, when he looked up and saw the two of them smiling and talking face to face. A strange feeling immediately arose in his heart.
Could these two... actually be a couple?
"What do you mean, real or fake?" Bai Nan asked, full of doubt, the hot grilled meat in his mouth making his tongue twitch.
"Ahem, I was saying..." Seeing Bai Nan's innocent expression, Bai Lu couldn't continue. "I was saying this meat looks like it's synthetic, not real meat!"
After swallowing the meat, Bai Nan looked speechless: "Brother, this is clearly beef tendon, where did this synthetic meat come from?"
She gave him a look that said, "Are you stupid?", which made Bai Lu's teeth itch with rage. After holding back, he told himself to just let it go.
Xu Xin, meanwhile, was intently eating his skewers, seemingly listening to them talk, but his eyes never left Bai Nan's lips.
As dusk fell, the three played cards in the tent.
The camping light overhead swayed back and forth, and small flying insects swarmed around, annoying Bai Lu so much that he would raise his electric mosquito swatter every now and then.
"There are so many bugs, it's so annoying."
Xu Xin was also a bit annoyed, so he took out mosquito repellent patches and applied them all over his head and toes.
Of the three, Bai Nan was in the best condition. When she was a child, she often slept on the roof in the summer. Back then, there were no mosquito repellent patches or electric mosquito swatters. Her grandmother would hold her and sing "Grandma's Penghu Bay," and miraculously, the bugs would stay away from her. She could sleep until the sun was high in the sky and the sunlight was blinding.
"Two of a kind! Call it in!" She tossed aside her two-of-a-kind, took a sip of her soda with a smug look, and thought, "I'm going to win again!"
Bai Lu screamed, "Holy crap! I was wondering why the second one wasn't going down, it was because of you! Brother Xin, hurry up and hit her!"
Xu Xin shook his head helplessly. Seeing Bai Nan's smug expression, Bai Lu was instantly enraged: "Brother Xin, where are your Kings and Queens?! I don't have a single one! Bomb her now!"
"Ah~" Bai Nan smacked his lips: "Sorry, Xiao Wang is with me. He's leaving, hahaha, I won again!"
"Ugh—I'm so angry! Xin-ge, why do you only have the King?! You made her the landlord again next round!" Bai Lu turned around and blamed Xu Xin. When Bai Nan was putting mosquito repellent patches on their faces, he couldn't help but fight with her.
"Hey! You can't beat me, so you resort to violence?! Fine! You wait." Bai Nan immediately retaliated, and after hitting him a few times, she saw that half of Xu Xin's handsome face was covered by a cartoon-patterned mosquito repellent patch, and she couldn't help but burst out laughing, "Hahaha, you two are so ugly!"
Xu Xin couldn't resist joining the fray to beat up Bai Nan.
The next day at noon, the three of them returned carrying a bucket of fish.
To showcase their fishing results, the car stopped before even reaching the gate. Bai Lu then grabbed the bucket and ran off as soon as Xu Xin parked the car.
Bai Nan caught him in time, preventing the fish thief from succeeding, which ultimately led to the current situation.
Three people, each with one hand, carrying a bucket by one corner of the handle, staggered into the yard.
"Wang Ma! Look at the big fish I caught for you!" Bai Lu called out to Wang Ma.
"Get lost! Aunt Wang! Don't listen to his nonsense, most of these fish were caught by Xu Xin!" Bai Nan wasn't going to let him get away with this, hmph.
Xu Xin watched them bicker with a smile. After a while, the three of them noticed the silence in the courtyard and looked up together.
"Clang!" The bucket hit the ground.
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