When everyone got a clear look, they were all stunned.
Fu Ran called out with a hint of hesitation, “Bro.”
Jiang He, who had been hoping to watch the show, saw her expression change drastically in an instant, and she jumped out to object on the spot, ”Xie Jiumian, we’re a team!”
Xie Jiumian rose from his wheelchair and walked straight toward the beach buggy.
“Mr. Fu.” Jiang He bit her lip. Having no other choice, she could only work on Fu Ran. ”Jiang Hua is your partner. Are you really just going to abandon her like this?”
Fu Ran lowered his dark eyes and gave a soft laugh, his emotions unreadable. “The one being abandoned—isn’t that you?”
Jiang He froze all over, her eyes panicking as she turned her face away from his gaze.
On the beach buggy.
“Not happening.”
Jiang Hua, her leg in a cast, calmly propped it up on the passenger seat, looking at Xie Jiumian standing in front of her. The refusal to give him a ride was obvious.
The thing she wanted, from beginning to end, was only Fu Ran’s Abuse Value.
Switching to this one was pointless.
“It’s so hot out, Miss Jiang. Won’t you invite me up for a seat?”
Just as Jiang Hua was about to refuse, she looked up and saw Xie Jiumian unhurriedly undoing his buttons.
That bewitching face was dangling right beside the car.
Forget it. Sigh, this one’s no different.
“Hold on tight.”
Jiang Hua pulled in her leg and shifted gears with practiced ease.
The engine was already roaring under her foot.
The arrow was on the bowstring!
Excitement flickered in her eyes.
“Time to experience my exclusive Ma! Gi! C! Spiiiiin—”
“Wait.”
Xie Jiumian suddenly pulled off his jacket.
Eight clearly defined abs faintly visible beneath the thin shirt, paired with that utterly devilish face—a striking contrast.
Jiang Hua instinctively licked her canine tooth, eyes glued to him, but said, “That trick doesn’t work on me anymore.”
But then Xie Jiumian suddenly stood up.
Whoa, going that far? Fine, I’ll take a little peek.
Jiang Hua immediately stared at his crotch.
The next second, her smile froze.
Because she saw clearly what was strapped against those abs… a dozen-plus packets of dried noodles.
“Delicious noodles, fragile noodles,” Xie Jiumian introduced them, his face full of regret. “Such a shame. After the magic spinny-spin, they’ll be beaten beyond recognition. Rest in peace, amen.”
Jiang Hua pursed her lips, staring at him for a full five seconds, an epic battle raging in her mind over whether playing or eating noodles mattered more.
In the end, she said, “Five bowls. I’m eating them tomorrow.”
“Deal.” Xie Jiumian settled into his seat lazily.
The production team’s countdown resumed.
Fu Ran watched Jiang Hua’s beach buggy, barely contained schadenfreude in his eyes.
Xie Jiumian was too naive, thinking he’d be the exception with Jiang Hua.
Overestimating himself.
He’d just wait right here for Xie Jiumian to get thrown off.
“Vroom—”
Jiang Hua’s car took off.
Fu Ran’s eyes lit up as he waited.
One second, two seconds, three seconds…
After ages, the car was still driving along perfectly steady, and in the end it even stopped right at the treasure spot.
Never mind a flying figure—there weren’t even more than a few grains of sand splashed out.
Fu Ran was so furious his face turned green!
Why didn’t she throw Xie Jiumian off!
[Why did Jiang Hua’s car stop? I thought the dog training was about to start again]
[Ten minutes have passed. Why hasn’t anyone gotten out? What are those two doing in the car?]
[Don’t tell me they’re doing it. I mean fighting]
Inside the car, Jiang Hua pushed Xie Jiumian three times, but she couldn’t wake this person pretending to sleep. He was dead set on refusing to get out and dig up the treasure chest.
Jiang Hua: “You have one minute. Get out!”
Xie Jiumian mumbled in his sleep: “Mm? I don’t have performance issues.”
Jiang Hua: “Are you kidding me?”
Xie Jiumian: “I never drink horse piss.”
Jiang Hua: “Do you want a taste of my fist?”
Xie Jiumian: “Fu Ran really does look like a monkey.”
Jiang Hua: “Do you want to hear what you’re saying?”
Xie Jiumian: “Okay, mwah.”
Jiang Hua: ?
The production crew: ??
The livestream comments: ??
[A whole lot of flirting with a little bit of cursing mixed in]
[Hua-sky and Jiu-earth CP! I’m carrying your banner, you other two go get divorced!]
[Okay, okay, so you don’t like digging in the dirt—Fu Ran’s dug plenty already]
Jiang He tried to comfort Fu Ran. “Fu Ran, don’t be sad. Jiang Hua is probably just so comfortable around you that she lets loose a little.”
Fu Ran’s expression softened as he looked at her.
“True. Jiang Hua drives slow, so we… still have a chance.”
The word “we” rolled off Fu Ran’s tongue with an extremely suggestive drawl.
Jiang He felt a chill run down her spine.
[The way Fu Ran stares at Hehe is so full of desire! My Fu-He CP can still be saved!]
[What a gorgeous couple! Fu Ran’s gaze is so tender. I bet Hehe has some regrets too, right?]
The three pairs of guests finally set off to hunt for treasure at the same time.
The long route along the beach was littered with even more obstacles.
To claim the biggest share of resources, the clashes between the teams were especially fierce.
Fu Ran’s buggy went absolutely berserk, attacking again and again.
All sorts of voices rang out across the field—
Jiang He: “Yay, I dug up a little box!”
Ke Wenjun: “Digging and digging in the great big beach! Hell yes, I dug one up! Singing works, guys! Singing works!”
Jiang Hua was done toying with the deaf man. She floored the gas pedal and got serious. “Hold on tight!”
“Watch out.”
A large, warm hand covered the top of her head, blocking a razor-sharp branch just in time.
Jiang Hua’s world went dark, but with her skilled driving she still weaved and darted left and right.
Meng Yue and Ke Wenjun’s buggy got slammed onto a rooftop; Jiang He and Fu Ran’s got rammed into a tree.
Jiang Hua claimed the last marked treasure spot, stopped the buggy, and said, “Okay, we’re done.”
His hand still hadn’t moved away, his warm palm covering her eyes.
Without her sight, her other senses were heightened all the more.
A strange, intoxicating scent suddenly wafted into her nose, and she instinctively flared her nostrils and sniffed.
Almost instantly, she identified it: the smell of blood.
He was injured?
What a delicious scent of desire…
Unable to help herself, she took another sniff.
The tip of her nose bumped into his palm.
In an instant, the red haze of desire had already begun to deepen into purple!
“Miss Jiang.” A low, restrained voice sounded. “I kindly helped you out—this isn’t right of you.”
Jiang Hua came back to her senses and looked down to see that she had grabbed his hand.
The man’s eyes were rimmed with red, glistening wet—anyone who didn’t know better would think he’d been terribly bullied by someone.
Jiang Hua hissed in a breath and immediately hopped off the buggy.
[What are these two doing now??? Zoom in, production crew! If your camera’s useless, I’ll crowdfund you a new one!]
[Covering her eyes to shield her from the branch—that’s SO romantic!!]
[But the way Brother Xie looks at Jiang Hua is really off. He’s never looked at Hehe like that!]
[What on earth just happened, ahhh! Something’s wrong with Xie Jiumian’s state, something’s wrong!!]
The treasure hunt ended with Jiang Hua’s team winning a resounding victory.
After a short rest, the three pairs of guests returned to the Heartbeat House.
Jiang Hua was still savoring that sweet scent from earlier, eyes closed, sniffing the air.
“Thinking about me?” Fu Ran asked, sitting down beside her.
Jiang Hua looked up at Fu Ran and immediately curved her lips into a gentle smile: “That’s right, I miss you.”
Before Fu Ran could even smirk, she continued, “Miss burying you in some graveyard, miss soaking your ass in snake wine…”
Fu Ran broke out in a sweat.
Why was she even more of a psycho than him!
System: “Holy mother! No Fear Value, but Excitement Value! This woman’s gone insane!”
Fu Ran took a deep breath. It was fine—he still had his cheat.
Later, when they played the game, he would thoroughly show her what real fear meant!
“First, congratulations to Jiang Hua’s team for winning the treasure hunt just now. The treasure chests you all found will play a role in tomorrow’s game, so please keep them safe, everyone.”
“Next, we’ll move on to the next game. Our game is [King’s Game]. Each guest will draw one card from these six. Whoever draws the King card may randomly assign two guests to receive a punishment.”
The staff finished handing out the cards.
In the first round, Jiang Hua revealed the King card.
“Teacher Jiang, please assign two numbers for the punishment.”
It was Jiang Hua’s first time playing this kind of human party game.
So she said amiably, “Since it’s the first round, let’s keep it fun.”
The other guests breathed a sigh of relief.
Jiang Hua: “Then let’s have Number 1 slap Number 5 three times.”