Wang Xiang grumbled to Zheng Kai, but Zheng Kai completely ignored him. He just kept eating while saying to Zhao Yuan, "Hey, bro, I want one more fish."
Wang Xiang went to sit down beside Chen Wanxin and said, "Wanxin, could you please..."
Chen Wanxin exchanged a look with Zhao Yuan. Zhao Yuan spread out his hands and said, "I'm too tired to cook now."
After a moment of thought, Wang Xiang went to beg Lin Wenxi. "Brother Wenxi, it's my bad. I'm sorry. Please help me."
Lin Wenxi pretended to misunderstand him and said, "But I don't know how to fry a fish. How can I help you?" While saying this, he carefully picked the fish bones out before putting the fish into his mouth.
Wang Xiang bashfully whispered something into Lin Wenxi's ear. The next moment, Lin Wenxi stopped eating and looked at Zhao Yuan.
"If you give me a sweet smile, I'll cook the fish."
Zhu Ziping calmly sat down on the piano bench and lifted her slender hands. She hit on several keys to try it out and then she stopped with a solemn expression on her face. She kept her eyes closed for a moment and then opened them while smiling slightly. Under the dim candlelight, she started with a minor triad chord which sounded calm and peaceful. The timber of the piano was rich. Lin Wenxi enjoyed the music while looking at the bright moon outside. Gradually, the music reached its climax which was filled with complicated minor triad chords. Zhu Ziping's fingers moved extremely fast, which deeply impressed Lin Wenxi. While listening to the music, he felt as if he had seen a bright moon being chased by a group of colorful clouds above a vast stretch of wasted land, and then he felt as if he had just experienced an autumn rain and seen the moon surrounded by thin clouds above some high mountains. It was the often-heard "Colorful Clouds Chasing The Mo
When Wang Xiang took out the map and asked their host for directions, their host shook his head slowly and said, "You've taken a wrong turn. The river you saw yesterday is called the Yinshui River and your destination is on the other side of the Niutou Hill, which is located at the end of the main stream of the Yinshui River. You took a wrong turn yesterday and thus entered this village." It turned out that Wang Xiang had read the map wrong again and made the team waste several hours. Upon knowing that, Zheng Kai hit his fist on Wang Xiang's head. Zheng Kai did not flare up probably because he was somewhat influenced by the peaceful atmosphere in the village. The team quickly packed up and set off. They had to hurry up. Otherwise, the entire team would be eliminated from the competition. They walked along the Wen Stream, the small tributary of the Yinshui River, to leave the village, and then they walked along the main stream of the
Zheng Kai was rushing toward the top of the hill with Wang Xiang tied on his back and Lin Wenxi tied to his front. The rope had to sustain the weight of the three boys, and the blue veins on Zheng Kai's arms had all stood out. The dry twig in Zheng Kai's mouth nearly got chewed through. Despite these, Zheng Kai continued to rush toward the top. "Zheng Kai, go back down!" Zhao Yuan shouted. Zheng Kai spat out the dry twig and retorted, "Zhao Yuan how can you outshine me today?" The twig rolled on the cliff for some time and then fell down silently. Zhao Yuan felt that his heart sank together with the twig. "Zheng Kai, are you stupid? You get upset, so you put three people's lives in danger. Wenxi... Wang Xiang... are you alright?" Zhao Yuan broke out in a cold sweat and tried his best to catch up with Zheng Kai, planning to help him out when there was a need. "Zhao Yuan, I'm fine," Lin Wenxi said
The two girls quickly came up to help them dress the wound. Zheng Kai pointed at Lin Wenxi, who was lying on the ground silently, looking pale. Zhang An'an had seen Zheng Kai push Lin Wenxi up just now. She really wanted to joke about it and asked Lin Wenxi whether his assh*le was alright. However, when she saw the injuries on their bodies, she decided to remain silent about this. When she was about to accuse Wang Xiang of being so useless, she saw him dress Zheng Kai's wounds professionally and carefully. She smirked and thought to herself, "Well, looks like Wang Xiang knows how to dress wounds better than me." As such, she could only focus on taking care of Lin Wenxi. She said, "Cutie Wenxi, be brave. It may cause you a little pain. Let me blow it for you to give you some comfort. You'll recover very soon, cutie Wenxi." Upon hearing that, the other two boys felt disgusted. When the two girls focused on taking care of Lin Wenxi, Wang Xiang looked
After taking some rest, the team started to travel again. Suddenly, it became somewhat cold, and dark clouds began to gather in the sky, casting a long shadow over the mountains. The team saw the lightning and then heard the thunder. It was windy, and it was going to rain very soon. Lin Wenxi looked back at the mountain village and somehow thought of the young woman, her piano and her story again. When the team members all put on their helmets and burrowed into the wood, someone hurriedly chased after them and cursed. "These brats, you even dared to climb the cliff..." After running for a while, he stopped wearily and said to himself. "Well, if I had not drunk too much last night... Zhao Yuan is indeed good at drinking." That evening, the team deliberately chose to camp at the top of a slope since it was raining, but at night, their tents still got flooded. When Zhao Yuan woke up, he felt that his pants got wet and thought that he probably had a wet dream.
"Attention, march rapidly!" Zhao Yuan commanded. The team set off again. As it rained intermittently, the team had to stop sometimes. Lin Wenxi could not remember how many times they stopped. The only thing that he remembered was the warmth of Zhao Yuan's back. He felt so warm there that he nearly broke into a sweat. After traveling for some time, he felt that someone fed him some liquid food which tasted like bread. Another time when they stopped, he heard Zheng Kai's deep voice. "Hold these two bamboo sticks in place!" After that, he felt that he was lying comfortably on a stretcher instead of being carried by Zheng Kai or Zhao Yuan. When the team stopped again, he heard the boys leave to fetch some water and the girls chatting together. Chen Wanxin said, "Looks like he's even weaker than a girl! Zheng Kai has muscles, Wang Xiang reads the map, and Zhao Yuan is our leader. The three of us have to pack up the tents, wash the clothes and
In the beginning of his test, Zheng Kai was given 10 rubber bullets and asked to shoot an AK47 model gun. He was told that he could get 1 point by getting seven 10-rings. There were 10 scoring rings on the target, and the 10-ring was the small center spot of the target. Upon hearing that, Zhao Yuan widened his eyes in surprise and began to wonder how difficult his test would be, while touching Lin Wenxi's forehead with one hand to check whether he still had a high body temperature. The moment Zheng Kai saw the model gun, he looked grim. He observed the gun for a moment and then quickly loaded the bullets into it. He lifted up the gun, aimed and shot all the bullet shots at once. Nine of these bullets hit the 10-ring. Upon seeing that, Zhao Yuan could not help but cheer. Zheng Kai easily got one point. After that, he was asked to dismantle and reassemble an AMR sniper rifle model. He swiftly completed this task, which deeply impressed Zhao Yuan and Lin Wenxi. After gett
"You just continue to recite poetic lines containing the character 'Yuan' (deep water) and leave the rest to me," Zhao Yuan bent down to talk to Lin Wenxi. Lin Wenxi nodded and quickly recited 7 or 8 lines. "Read Tao Yuanming's poems aloud, I'll rise from Jiuyuan... Fish swimming in the deep water and birds flying among the wood, each in its own place..." The red light was on again and began to flicker, signalling to the examinees that the had to leave now. The examiner in the corner stood up impatiently. "I protest!" Zhao Yuan raised his hand high and said. "Speak," The examiner in the dark corner still remained barely visible to them. He stood still like a statue. "We're a team. According to the rules, we can answer questions together. The 20th question asks us to recite 50 poetic lines, each including a character from the examinee's name. Just now Lin Wenxi recited lines including the character 'Xi' f