Chapter 152
After finishing the meal, the few of them discussed and decided not to set off immediately. Instead, they threw the shrimp cage back into the lake, washed all the things such as blankets and backpacks, and put them out to dry in the sun. During this time, Xia Entang took the little monk to find food.
There was still plenty of food near the water source. Besides the wild animals, they found some leaf goose vines, already bearing beans. Xia En and the little monk brought back all the fruit. They also found plenty of cacti, a must-have in the desert. They went with empty backpacks, but returned with full bags. With bags full of goodies, they were as happy as if it were New Year's Eve.
"Are we going to eat beans and cactus for lunch? I hope there are fish." The little monk looked at the lake sadly.
"Cactus chicken stew?" Xia En suggested.
"No, keep the raw eggs," the little monk said angrily, "I haven't even eaten eggs yet!"
Xia En nodded.
The sun was getting stronger and stronger, so the four of them turned the tent around and formed a circle. They sat inside the tent, and placed stones, grass leaves, and other things in the circle drawn outside to play Gobang.
The four of them split into two groups, playing rock-paper-scissors. Xia Entang, much to their dismay, teamed up with the young monk, while Chu Huaiqin teamed up with Lin Zhinan. The two groups chased each other until noon. Hungry, the young monk went to the lake to retrieve the shrimp trap, Xia Entang fetched water, and Lin Zhinan and Chu Huaiqin peeled beans from the vines.
We didn't bring many shrimps and fish today. We first cooked the beans in the pot until they were almost done, then added the fish and shrimps and simmered them for about 40 minutes. The aroma made the few people who were short of food salivate.
"Brother, it smells so good. This is the first time I smell something so fragrant." The little monk held the lid of the pot and smiled with his eyes narrowed so that his teeth were visible.
"You haven't had a full meal for a long time." Lin Zhinan said with a smile.
"Eat quickly and take a rest after eating. We will set off at 4:30 in the afternoon." Chu Huaiqin didn't expect that this thing was so fragrant. He took a sip of the soup and it was very fresh, with the taste of grandma's beans, very delicious.
"We still have a lot in our bags, and we can stew them later." The little monk picked a few beans to eat, his eyes lighting up.
Chu Huaiqin smiled and didn't interrupt the little monk's fantasy. This is a big lake, and there are only a few small fish and shrimps to catch. After leaving this lake, there will be no fish or shrimps to catch.
It was one in the afternoon when they finished their delicious stew. It was the hottest time of the day. Xia Entang shared a tent with Chu Huaiqin, while the little monk and Lin Zhinan shared another. The whirring of a small fan, coupled with the coolness of the lakeside, made it a good afternoon nap for them all.
At four o'clock in the afternoon, Xia Entang woke up on time. His movement also woke Chu Huaiqin. They packed up their belongings. Lin Zhinan and the monk carried their own belongings, while Chu Huaiqin's belongings and the team's most important supplies went into Xia Entang's backpack. Chu Huaiqin carried the remaining food bag. They ate cleaned cacti as they walked.
Walking along the lake, the breeze was cool and refreshing, which was very comfortable. However, after walking a short distance, the lake gradually turned into a small stream. The monk was terrified, fearing that the water would disappear while he walked, which would make him want to stay.
We arrived at the next food stop around seven o'clock. The teams that had gone ahead had already set up camp, apparently intending to stay. There was a large pool next to the stream, about five meters in diameter, surrounded by several large, broken rocks.
Everyone's tent was pitched less than five meters away from the puddle. When they saw Chu Huaiqin coming, many people greeted him.
"Are you all going to find something to eat?" Chu Huaiqin looked around and saw that there were very few people around.
“Well, the director’s team didn’t put any food here at all,” said Brisson of the Double Eagles.
Chu Huaiqin was not surprised. This was also the reason why he was not in a hurry to travel. Their current route was close to the water source, which would be the place with the "richest" food in the desert. Judging from the director team's style of doing things, it would be strange if there was any food.
"Ah, I was just thinking about having some meat!" The little monk regretted it, and turned around to set up camp with his backpack. Suddenly, there was a sound of water behind him. He turned around abruptly, his eyes lit up: "Big fish."
"We have been here for half a day and occasionally hear the sound of water. We guess there are fish in it," said Brison.
"Then why don't you catch them?" The little monk was puzzled. Before in the lake, there were only some small fish, and they could catch one or two. Now the sound of the water in the pond was so loud, it must be a big fish, why not go into the water?
Brisson smiled, thinking the little monk was quite cute. "The big lake in the desert isn't scary. It's the small puddles that are more likely to have leaks underneath."
The little monk blinked to indicate that he didn't understand.
"You are not allowed to go into the water either, understand?" Chu Huaiqin knocked on the little monk's head to make him pay attention.
"Oh." Although the little monk didn't quite understand, he nodded.
Chu Huaiqin and his companions left the young monk and Lin Zhinan to set up camp and boil water, while Xia Entang went with them to find food. They hadn't been walking long when they saw a group of people picking cacti. When Chu Huaiqin and Xia Entang approached, many people were already preparing to return.
At that moment, Chen, wearing a veil, walked past Chu Huaiqin, then stopped and said coldly, "You are still so annoying."
Xia En immediately became furious, "You..."
"Don't," Chu Huaiqin held Xia Entang back, turned to Chen and smiled, "Thank you for the compliment. There's an old saying that goes, 'If you're not envied, you're a mediocre person.'"
Chu Huaiqin pulled Xia Entang away, and the audience in the live broadcast room was quiet for a while, and then immediately became excited.
"What the hell? What's going on?"
"Chen has a grudge against his brother? Love and hate each other?"
"I suddenly remembered a comment that said Chu and Chen looked alike."
Others: ...
"Pfft, I don't care who he is. Anyway, I know now that this guy and my brother don't get along. Come on, new hatred and old grudges, my brother, go ahead and cripple him."
"Haha, yes, you're right. Ever since the competition began, this Chen has been acting mysterious. I've been fed up with him for a long time. He only appears a few times when he takes off his veil. It's obvious that he's a vicious and sinister villain who lives in darkness. Villains are always abused by the protagonists."
"No, no, even though Chen rarely takes off his veil, I still feel like he looks familiar."
"You're not alone. I think you're the eldest son mentioned by a certain group chairman a while ago. The media even showed a photo of him, saying he was studying in the British Empire."
"Ah, the Chen Group, the heir to Chairman Chen, who is ranked in the top 100 on the Forbes list."
"No, that's not true, that's not true. Then is his nationality Chinese or British?"
"Need I say more? It must be the country on which the sun never sets!"
"No, no, I just checked his entry information, and the nationality section is blank. Oh my god, how did my brother manage to offend the Chen heir? It's over, it's over. My brother is a celebrity. It's so easy to kill an artist with that kind of capital."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Our Chen would never do such a thing. He is a top student from a prestigious institution. On the contrary, Chu Huaiqin, haha, has done nothing wrong. Why would Chen target him?"
"That's right, he's the son of a group, if Chu Huaiqin hadn't provoked him, how could he possibly have gotten into trouble with him?"
The style of the live broadcast room suddenly changed a bit. Everyone looked at each other in confusion, not understanding why Chen, who had always been low-key and an amateur, suddenly had fans.
"Don't you know there's a disgusting disease in this world called capitalism?"
As the name suggests, it means worshipping rich people.
"Hahaha, the son of a group and a popular star, owl, I want to eat this CP."
Chu Huaiqin's fans: "Get lost, even the little monk won't pay attention to him."
The sudden revelation of Chen's identity sparked a surge of interest, prompting many to search for his profile. Page after page of dazzling introductions stunned everyone, leaving them stunned. They were so impressed, they turned to Chu Huaiqin's past, which seemed much more ordinary, like the life of an average person. For a moment, many people remarked that their brother's existence had suddenly become dull.
Chu Huaiqin’s fans: Get lost, you fake fans.
Chu Huaiqin was unaware that his background had been exposed, so he and Xia Entang got some cacti and returned to the camp. Before he arrived, he saw the little monk and two members of the Russian team standing by the pond, gesturing with their hands. Then he saw Valeri from the Russian team tied another member of the team with a rope.
They are going into the water.
Chu Huaiqin had a bad premonition and walked back quickly. Just as he was about to stop him, he saw the man jump down.
"Haha, the water's so cold! Damn, there's a fish, a real fish! It's touching my feet." Valery laughed heartily in a foreign language. "There's no need for this rope at all."
They used the rope because they were afraid of the current below, but there was none here, so they didn't worry. The captain and his men only found a cactus and wanted to see how he could get them some fish.
"Are there really fish? Are there really fish?" The little monk paced by the pond with sparkling eyes, but thinking of Chu Huaiqin's instructions, he didn't dare to go into the water and could only endure it.
"I'm diving." The Russian team member said to Valeri, stretched out his hands, took a deep breath, and was about to dive into the water when Chu Huaiqin grabbed his neck as he leaned against the water's edge. "What are you doing? Let go."
"Come up." Chu Huaiqin said with a cold face.
"Ah, what are you talking about? Why should I get up?" Valeri felt that Chu Huaiqin was inexplicable. Just as he was about to struggle, Chu Huaiqin, who was holding him, suddenly threw the cactus to the ground, pinched his neck with one hand, and grabbed his arm with the other hand and pulled it upwards. "Ah, what are you doing? I'm going to kill you. Victor, save me."
The Russian team member next to him, Victor, wanted to save him, but Xia En was using a cactus as a weapon against his face. He was a star, and he couldn't handle being covered in a thorny cactus.
"Stop making noise and come up." Chu Huaiqin was a little impatient. From a distance, he saw some movement below.
"No, I won't. Why do you ask me to go? I won't go." Valeri glared at Chu Huaiqin angrily.
"Really? You really aren't going?" Chu Huaiqin sneered, grabbed his head and twisted it back, his eyes facing the stream flowing downstream.
The surface of the not-so-deep stream was surging, and the light before night dimly illuminated something sliding underwater. Yes, it was a crocodile...
"Ah, crocodile, crocodile, pull me up quickly." Valeri grabbed Chu Huaiqin's hand with his backhand and shouted to Victor, "Quick, Victor, pull me up."
"Climb up by yourself!" Victor looked at Valeri struggling at the edge of the water and said curiously, but he still obeyed and tightened the rope. He reached out to pull Valeri, but found that Valeri was shaking all over and he couldn't hold him at all. "Don't shake."
"Ahhh, help! Help!"
"Don't shout with your eyes closed, don't shake, you bastard. You're right at the water's edge, and you can't even climb out by yourself? You're too heavy."
“Plop!”
The crocodile swimming upstream entered the pool. Valeri turned around and saw this scene and almost went crazy.
"Chu Huaiqin, help!"
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