Li Na’s head was leaning against the window. In a daze, she felt Fairy get up and leave. After a while, she felt that Fairy sat back in her seat. She took advantage of the situation, leaned on Fairy, and said, “Fairy… my head hurts. Lend me your shoulder… to lean on.”
Jiang Ke stretched out his hand and placed Li Na’s head on his shoulder. Li Na, who had found the right place, dawdled for a while. Then she felt more comfortable, so she relaxed and fell into a deep sleep.
It was just that in her sleep, the faint scent of lemon lingered on the tip of her nose.
Jiang Ke put his hand on Li Na’s forehead after she fell asleep. It was hot. He frowned and asked Fairy next to him, “Li Na has a fever, has she taken medicine?”
Fairy was at a loss, “She has a fever? How could I not know?” She touched Li Na’s forehead, then withdrew her hand with a grim expression. “She just kept saying that she had a headache, but she didn’t mention a fever or if she had taken medicine already.”
Jiang Ke was silent. He looked at Li Na’s face, which was blushing because of the fever.
Li Na was awakened by the laughter of the people on the bus. She opened her eyes, lifted her head, and looked out of the window. The bus was driving on a road, and the roadside was already the blue sea and golden sandy beach.
“Have we arrived?” Li Na asked in a hoarse voice.
“Well, are you awake? How are you feeling?” Jiang Ke asked.
Li Na turned her head. It was not Fairy. She was a little stunned. “General manager, why are you sitting here? Where’s Fairy?”
Jiang Ke turned his head and pointed at Fairy, who was next to him and chatting and laughing with Cheng Tian. “I’ve been here since the beginning,” she said
Li Na couldn’t help sighing. Jiang Ke stretched out his hand and touched Li Na’s forehead. Li Na instinctively dodged back, but the back of her head suddenly hit the window.
“Ah!”
Li Na rubbed the back of her head in pain and closed her eyes. Jiang Ke chuckled lightly. He held Li Na’s head with his left hand, moved her hand away, and gently rubbed the sore spot with his right hand.
Li Na hung her head, a little embarrassed.
“Is the headache better?” Jiang Ke asked while he rubbed.
“Much better.”
“Don’t you know that you have a fever?” Jiang Ke’s tone was a little reproachful.
“…I know.”
“You know but you still haven’t taken medicine?” Jiang Ke let go and put his hand on her forehead. “Wait till we arrive at the resort, I’ll take you to the pharmacy to buy some medicine.”
“No,” Li Na said hoarsely. “I’ll just drink more water. I don’t need to take medicine.”
“Why not? Do you really think that drinking more water will solve the problem?” Jiang Ke glared at her. He took out his phone, opened the map, and searched for nearby hospitals.
“Isn’t drinking more water the most common thing men say to women?” Li Na retorted, “Why is it useless?”
Jiang Ke changed the subject, “Why did you wear a black dress when you know we will go to the beach to play? At noon, the sun will only make you feel hotter.”
Because we are going to the beach to play, we would inevitably touch water and sand. Light-colored clothes are easy to dirty, and it’s also more see-through when wet, revealing the outline of the undergarments. Li Na chose a black chiffon dress after much consideration. An ankle-length dress with long sleeves for sun protection, but is still breathable.
In contrast, Jiang Ke removed his usual suit and wore a short-sleeved shirt and black quarter-length shorts today. It was simple and trendy. And it was indeed the best attire for going to the beach.
“I think my attire is pretty good. It protects me against the sun and is dirt-resistant. But you, general manager,” Li Na snickered. “It’s not good to get wet and let the female employees stare at you.”
“Don’t worry,” said Jiang Ke, smiling wickedly. “I’ll only let you see me when I’m wet.”
Li Na couldn’t figure out when their conversation had become so ambiguous. She couldn’t think of a better rebuttal, so she fell silent.
Jiang Ke smiled victoriously at the side.
The bus stopped in an open-air parking lot of the seaside resort, and everyone got off one by one and stood in the open space in front of the bus.
Jiang Ke and the HR manager, Tian Tian, stood together. Jiang Ke said loudly, “It’s 8:45 now. You can look around. There are quite a lot of attractions here. We have agreed with the resort hotel that we will gather at the hotel restaurant at 12:00, noon. We will eat on time. And gather again at 5:00 pm. If you are tired, you can go and get a room, but it will not be reimbursed.” Find the original chapter at novelping . com.
“Ah, then where should we take a nap at noon?”
“What if I want to change my clothes or take a shower?”
“Don’t be so stingy.”
Tian Tian stood up and rolled her eyes. “What nap? Don’t you need money to eat? There is not enough time during the day to play, open what room? Those who want to change their clothes can go to the bathroom. Those who want to bathe can go to the sea.”
She held a thin stack of vacation brochures in her hand and handed them out to people in the front row to pass on to the back.
“Let me tell you first, this place the company has chosen will not let you down. There’s a bus stop next to the resort. You can get off at any stop. There’s a wholesale clothing market in the town. Girls who don’t want to bask in the sun or play in the water can go shopping and haggle or something.”
“Then, the seaside of the resort is a ready-made sea and beach. You can play whatever you want or tease the handsome guys and beauties here. However, the consequences will be at your own risk.”
Someone snickered below.
“The resort goes southeast along the beach. There’s a small boat port with motorboats and boats going to Longnu Island not far from the beach. There’s a Yue Lao[1] temple, an amusement park, and a small restaurant on the island. As for where you want to go, that’s up to you.”
After she finished speaking, Tian Tian clapped her hands and said, “Everyone, be careful and play in groups. To avoid any accidents, don’t run around alone.
“Dismiss.”
“Whoo! Let’s play.”
“Let’s go, let’s go.”
Li Na stood still for a moment. Fairy patted her on the shoulder. “What are you doing? Let’s go.”
“Oh,” Li Na slung a black bag on her shoulders and followed Fairy. “Where shall we go first?”
“First we’ll go to Longnu Island to play for a morning, then we’ll go back for lunch, and go shopping to digest. After that, we’ll play on the beach for a while, pick up some shells and take pictures. It’ll be five o’clock then.” Fairy flipped through the vacation brochure in her hand and spoke clearly.
“Wow, you really deserve to be the assistant manager,” Cheng Tian came over to flatter Fairy. “You even planned the itinerary perfectly.”
Fairy glanced at him, she didn’t get angry or smiled. Instead, she called Guo Dehao and Xiao Xiao over. After discussing their itinerary, the five of them decided to go together.[2]
Going out to play, the more the merrier.
“Where’s He Suanran?” Xiao Xiao asked casually.
Li Na pointed to the general manager. Several beautiful women from other departments of the company surrounded Jiang Ke. He Suanran crossed her arms and waited expressionlessly. It was obvious that He Suanran was not in a good mood.
“Ah, the general manager is so pitiful…” Xiao Xiao shook her head and tsked twice.
“That’s pitiful?” Guo Dehao couldn’t believe it. “It’s called having a lot of luck with women. Maybe the general manager is secretly happy, several good-looking female employees of the company surrounded him.”
“Have a lot of luck with women, don’t say that,” Cheng Tian patted Guo Dehao’s back. “You’re still young, there are opportunities.”
Fairy sneered and walked ahead. “How do you know that the general manager is secretly happy?”
“I just know,” Guo Dehao said, “It’s my intuition as a man.”
“Yo!~” Xiao Xiao joked.
Fairy was even more brutal, “What man’s intuition? Do you think all men are like you? Happy when there are beautiful women to play with? The general manager is different. He’s the most annoyed by this kind of thing.”
After a pause, she added, “Based on what I know about the general manager for many years.”
“Che.” Guo Dehao is not convinced.
Li Na glanced over at the general manager and nodded in agreement.
A group of five people went to the island by boat, the ticket was 10 yuan per person for a round-trip. Li Na put on an orange life jacket, and they arrived at the island in less than five minutes. The island had been planted with large trees with curved branches and dense leaves for a week, and coconut trees surrounded the beach.
As they were stepping on the sand on the stone road, they could see many recreational facilities, big and small. There was a swimming pool, a carousel, bumper cars under the carport, a roller coaster, a haunted house, an arcade, and a pirate ship…
Li Na was a little disappointed, “It’s just an amusement park built on an island…”
“Hey, don’t be discouraged,” Fairy said. She pointed to the hill on the other side of the island. “Isn’t there a dragon girl statue and Yue Lao temple? It will take two or three hours to walk around the island. Let’s have fun.”
Li Na said “Yeah,” but she really couldn’t play. Her head was still hurting. And she really couldn’t lift up her spirits.
Fortunately, everyone was chatting and laughing. During this period, Xiao Xiao wanted to ride the roller coaster and everyone played with her. When passing the haunted house, Fairy suggested, “Let’s go to the haunted house. It looks so scary.”
“Okay.” Guo Dehao and Cheng Tian readily agreed. They’re men. Naturally, they would not be afraid of this kind of thing.
Xiao Xiao hesitated and said yes. Fairy looked at Li Na, and she nodded as well.
The haunted house is still a creation made by humans. Under the premise of knowing it was man-made, there was nothing to be afraid of.
Once inside, Li Na kept quiet, as usual. At first, Fairy and the others were still chatting and laughing, while Xiao Xiao kept silent as if she was trying to suppress some kind of emotion.
Li Na saw that she[3] was afraid and wanted to give her a reassuring pat on the back.
As a result, she suddenly collapsed and freaked out! With a scream, everyone just wanted to ask what happened when an unknown object hangs from the top, with blood, hair, and bloody eyeballs on it…
“Aaaaa!”
“Ah-“
“Whoa!”
The first one was Xiao Xiao’s repeated screams. The second one was Fairy. Because the unidentified object appeared suddenly, the last scream was made by Guo Dehao.
Seeing that Xiao Xiao was agitated, he grabbed her hand and tried to calm her down. However, Xiao Xiao was scared out of her wits by the hanging object. She closed her eyes and focused on screaming. She waved her limbs and hit whoever touched her.
Guo Dehao cried out in pain. He wanted to speak, but he didn’t know what was going on in front of him. Two people were screaming and running around. The music was eerie, the lights were dim, and the contagious screams sounded one after another.
…Li Na stood against the wall, speechless as she watched her friends scramble.
Here they were, terrified. Constantly screaming like a pig. Li Na stayed out of the way and just wanted to smirk twice.
“Incoming call~ incoming call~”
Li Na took out her phone. No contact was displayed. She picks up. “Hello?”
“Aaah- Aah-“
“There’s a ghost, there’s a ghost, help!!”
Jiang Ke: “…” What’s going on?
[1] a god of marriage and love in Chinese mythology
[2] Fairy, Li Na, Cheng Tian, Guo Dehao, and Xiao Xiao