Chapter 56
Island A was not very big. Chu Huaiqin took the little monk and Xia Entang past the place they had walked yesterday and continued walking forward. On the way, the little monk saw a watermelon again, and then Chu Huaiqin found two tomatoes. At this point, they found nothing.
It was a tropical area, close to the sea. Although there was shade in the woods, the three people were still sweating profusely from the heat, especially Chu Huaiqin. The situation during the domestic competition occurred again. It is said that people who sweat a lot tend to have white skin, and Chu Huaiqin was no exception. In the scorching summer, in the colorful light, his skin was white and almost transparent, and sweat flowed down like water, making many men in the live broadcast room blush with their hearts beating, and women screaming.
My dear brother, you are so handsome and charming.
Xia En was terrified by the excessive sweating and quickly opened both coconuts. Chu Huaiqin felt like he was living his life all over again as the cool coconut water flowed down his throat.
After drinking water, the three set off again. After more than an hour, they crossed the entire island and found nothing. Instead, they encountered several teams of people who came in to look for daggers like them. Everyone had something in their hands, either watermelon or tomato. It seemed that these were the only two foods unique to this island. The situation was worrying. Chu Huaiqin thought that he must leave the island as soon as possible.
The three of them returned with three tomatoes and a watermelon. Along the way, Chu Huaiqin noticed that there were not many coconut trees in the woods, and many of them had fallen to the ground. Thinking of the coconut tree that the little monk had climbed before, which only had seven coconuts, and looking at the many fallen trees around, Chu Huaiqin guessed that there must have been a typhoon here not long ago.
The three returned to the camp. Su Huaichen was still working on the beach. Lin Zhinan had already woven two shrimp cages, one big and one small, and had some banana leaves with him. When he saw Chu Huaiqin coming back, he called out "Brother" in a crisp voice and continued to sort the banana leaves. Because they were knocked down by stones in the Y-shaped area of the banana tree, there were a lot of silk threads on them. Lin Zhinan was chopping the silk with a stone axe.
Chu Huaiqin said, "Xia En, go check on the senior. The little monk and I will look around to see if there are any coconuts. We'll pick whatever we can."
"Ah, have they all been picked?" The little monk was a little surprised.
"Well, this island cannot store clean water due to its terrain. The situation on other islands is unclear. We must ensure the water supply." Chu Huaiqin looked at the blue sky. There was not a trace of gray clouds anywhere. They had not found the dagger yet, and it was not easy to make a raft and leave.
"Can you climb a tree?" Xia En asked with a frown.
"It depends on the situation. It shouldn't be." Chu Huaiqin replied, pulling the little monk away. The small stone axe was in Lin Zhinan's hand, and he was going to get two more.
Xia En didn't really want to go to the beach, but if he went to pick coconuts, Chu Huaiqin might go find Su Huaichen. Thinking of his psychological barrier to the sea, Xia En didn't say anything in the end.
There are many coconut trees on this beach, but only a few of them are actually growing coconuts. The two of them searched all the way. It only took a short while for Chu Huaiqin to walk and jump from being upright at the beginning to bending over and panting and sweating at the end. The people in the live broadcast room were stunned when they saw Chu Huaiqin, who was even weaker than in the woods. Is this really the man who kicked someone away last night?
"Did Chu Huaiqin forget to eat spinach?"
This sounds like the romantic thinking that only Japanese people have.
The island was not big, and the beach was also small. The two walked all the way from the camp, passing one camp after another, but only one or two people were left in each camp. The others, like them, went into the woods to look for the dagger.
When they met, the Jin people greeted Chu Huaiqin generously, while the Goryeo people turned away. When they met the Peacock people, they found that five people were arguing. The little monk laughed with glee, pulled Chu Huaiqin to watch the fun, and kept asking them what they were arguing about.
Chu Huaiqin was at a loss for words and was about to pull the people away when the Japanese people came over and started chattering in English. To put it simply, starting at noon, for some reason, the two foreign players from Peacock Country kept saying they were not feeling well and were unwilling to work. The three stars said they were slacking off, so they started arguing.
Chu Huaiqin smiled and thanked the Japanese star, and said, "If possible, you should stock up on some water!"
After he finished speaking, he took the little monk away and repeated to the little monk what the Japanese man had just said.
"They must be lazy." The little monk said seriously, but winked at Chu Huaiqin.
Chu Huaiqin was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He did use some skillful force when beating the two men, but it would only make them feel uncomfortable for two or three days, and it wouldn't be a big problem. He just didn't expect that the five of them would start quarreling so soon.
The two walked for a while before they found a tree with coconuts, but unfortunately there were only three. The young monk excitedly took off Chu Huaiqin's belt, and imitated what Chu Huaiqin had done before, using his own belt to connect with Chu Huaiqin's, and then trapped himself beside the tree. He took the newly made stone axe and climbed up in two or three steps. It took more than half an hour to get down three coconuts, and then continued to the next one. By the time they picked the third one, Chu Huaiqin and others had got more than twenty coconuts in total. At this time, from a distance, they also saw the Japanese people running over, also looking for trees with coconuts everywhere. Unfortunately, the beach itself was not big, there were many coconut trees, but few with coconuts, so it was not easy to find them.
Chu Huaiqin saw that the time was almost up, so he found a few vines and tied more than twenty coconuts to them and pulled them back.
Su Huaichen and Xia En have returned to the camp with two octopuses, three fish, and a bunch of clams.
"Senior, you are awesome." Su Huaichen surprised Chu Huaiqin. Xia Entang must have often gone diving in the sea to catch fish before. He had experience, so it was not surprising that he could find some. However, as a star, Su Huaichen should be just like him, with average swimming ability. If he were to go down, he might not even be able to catch an octopus. He didn't expect Su Huaichen to be so awesome.
"Haha, it's just so-so." Su Huaichen laughed, quite proud of himself.
There was no one in the live broadcast room to complain. If they could talk to Chu Huaiqin, they would definitely tell him that this guy did go into the water, and he tied himself with vines. He just came out after diving in for a few seconds, patting his chest and saying that he saw a shark.
Live broadcast room: ...
Although Su Huaichen was only in and out of the water for ten minutes, he was incredibly lucky. While he was debating whether to dive in, he spotted two octopuses crawling among the rocks. Two other fish had been washed up by the water and stranded. Actor Su's only contribution was digging for clams. The most frustrating part was that he slipped on a pebble while trying to catch the octopus.
The people in the livestream room burst into laughter, while Su Huaichen's fans couldn't bear to watch. As the long-time low-key and generally elegant actor Su, his halo had almost faded since the domestic competition.
It was already 2 p.m. when we started making lunch. We grilled the fish, which was more filling. The two octopuses were tangled up, making it difficult to cut with a stone axe while they moved. So, we used the simplest method we'd used before: wrap them in banana leaves, push the fire away, dig a hole in the hot sand, and bury them. We prepared to bake the octopuses in the sand. We also used the same method for the clams.
"The people in the Gun Gun Team are really good at eating. Everyone else only eats grilled food, but they have so many ways to eat."
"I heard that Chinese people eat everything except airplanes in the sky and trains on the ground."
Chinese people in the live broadcast room: ...
"I think we can see if there is any kelp and asparagus tomorrow." Chu Huaiqin felt that they could develop in this direction.
"Kelp, the kind with a bow tied in it?" Su Huaichen grew up in a wealthy family and was not very familiar with the original appearance of many things in life. Although his family went bankrupt and he fell from grace when he was eighteen, he happened to meet Xia Huang. Later, when the two separated, he had already become a popular actor with a good financial situation, so Su Huaichen really had never suffered any hardship in life.
Live Broadcast: When you went into the sea today, wasn't there something wrapped around your feet? It was kelp!
Chu Huaiqin replied: "No, it's quite long. I'll go down to the sea to see it tomorrow."
"You're going into business?" Xia En looked at Chu Huaiqin in surprise, but showed his disapproval.
"Yes," Chu Huaiqin thought. It was time to get rid of that psychological shadow. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to carry it for the rest of his life. There was another reason. "We have searched the land on the island carefully, but there is no dagger. I wonder if it is on the seabed."
"Under the sea? Why do you think so?" Su Huaichen was a little surprised.
"A dagger is different from a boat. It is too small and not easy to find, but the director doesn't provide any information at all. Isn't it strange?" Chu Huaiqin thought about it in the woods today. Director Li said when they got off the boat that it was within a nautical mile radius. He meant one nautical mile, and land is counted in kilometers. So is it possible that it is in the sea?
Of course, this is just speculation, and he needs to confirm it. If it is confirmed to be wrong, then they will have to find a way to move.
Xia En said in a deep voice, "I'll go down to the sea and look for it this afternoon!"
"We shouldn't look for it blindly. There will always be some clues." Chu Huaiqin thought that if the dagger was really in the sea, it would definitely not be easy to get it from there, but it would not be dangerous, and it would be a place where it could be discovered.
"Well, let's eat first!" The little monk was already very hungry. Eating fish alone could not fill his stomach completely, so he got hungry easily. The grilled fish was already emitting a fragrant aroma.
"Okay, let's eat." Chu Huaiqin was also hungry.
Each person gets a piece of the golden roasted fish. The skin is fragrant and the meat is tender. The banana leaves that were dug out from the hot sand are dripping with juice. The aroma is completely different from the roasted fish and makes your mouth water.
People in the live broadcast room were screaming, saying that I couldn’t eat as well as they did at the beach at home, it was so painful.
After they finished eating, they packed up and went into the water. Unfortunately, the three of them fished in the sea for an entire afternoon but didn't find the dagger. However, they did find a lot of kelp and caught two lobsters. That night, the food Chu Huaiqin and others had was once again the envy of the live broadcast room.
This kind of life seemed wonderful, but after one day, two days, and three days, when all the coconuts were picked, there was no clean water source, no so-called half-arm-long dagger mentioned by the director team, and no trees could be cut to make bamboo rafts to leave the island, the emotions of the people in each team began to get anxious.
Conflicts between teams also began to intensify, and the atmosphere became tense for a while.
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