Chapter 17

“Huh?”

“Whose head is this?”

“Oh! It’s our Zhou Moli!”

Zhou Moli came out of his tent, followed by Lin Xinmeng.

The moon was dark, and the wind was strong. Considering how suspiciously the two people were acting, something must be awry.

“What are they doing?”

“Why do I feel like Zhou Moli and Lin Xinmeng are secretly out on a date?”

“Don’t drag Zhou Moli into this. He’s the most handsome man. Don’t anyhow ship them into couples. They’re just seniors and juniors from the same company.”

Zhou Moli and Lin Xinmeng sat around the fire and used the light from the flames to illuminate their surroundings.

“Senior Zhou,” Lin Xinmeng slowly said.

“You don’t have to be so formal. We’re teammates. You can call me by my name.”

“Oh, okay...”

In the dark night, Lin Xinmeng’s face was flushed red. Zhou Moli noticed it, but he thought it was just a visual error caused by the yellow flames.

Lin Xinmeng took out the band-aid she had clenched tightly in her palm and stared at the back of Zhou Moli’s hand. Her voice was low and soft. “Your... your hand is injured. Let me help you put on a band-aid.”

Her voice was filled with shyness.

It was only then that Zhou Moli noticed a small scar on the back of his hand.

He must have been accidentally cut by some branches or grass today.

Without thinking too much, Zhou Moli extended his hand. “I’ll have to trouble you.”

“It’s no trouble at all.”

Lin Xinmeng bit her lower lip lightly. The thought of this man being hers in the future made her a little nervous.

Lin Xinmeng’s hand trembled involuntarily when her fingertips touched his skin.

The bright moon hung high in the sky, its reflection on the dark sea, creating ripples.

The sound of the waves, the crescent moon, and the bonfire gave the atmosphere between the two a hazy feeling.

“I feel like they’re really a couple! Lin Xingmeng is so considerate, and Zhou Moli is well-mannered.”

“They’re having a date in the bonfire. This isn’t wilderness survival, this is more like a couple camping!”

“Wah! Zhou Moli, how can you be with another girl? What about the oath of eternal love between you and me? It was nothing but an idiom! If you want to learn idioms, come to the junk education institute! You’ll even get an amazing admission gift if you sign up now!”

It was late at night, and the customer service staff who was reviewing the bullet screen was tired. There were many advertisements mixed in with the bullet screen.

After a quick glance at the band-aid, Zhou Moli placed a card between them and uttered, “These are the clues found today.”n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

While everyone was under the coconut tree, Zhou Moli searched around and finally found this unique card on a banyan tree with a hanging creed.

There were no words on the card, but a picture.

Lin Xinmeng looked at the picture and analyzed it seriously, “This is a drawing of a mushroom and orange, is it?”

Zhou Moli nodded. “But what do a mushroom and oranges symbolize, and what do they mean?”

“Perhaps we can try to guess the intention of the question setter?” Lin Xinmeng suggested.

The drawing was divided into two parts. The first part was the mushroom and orange stacked together. The second part was mushroom and orange separated, with the mushroom standing higher than orange.

“I feel like I’m writing an essay from a picture. Are you sure this isn’t an essay question from which year?”

“The question setter must be saying if you want to guess my intention, it will be to make you unable to guess!”

“Zhou Moli and Lin Xinmeng really look like the male and female leads of a school drama. They’re doing questions together on a hot summer day. They will be such a good couple!”

The other two teams had not started looking for clues yet, and Zhou Moli was not in a hurry to solve the first clue.

“It’s fine.”

Seeing Lin Xinmeng frowning, Zhou Moli comforted, “If you can’t think of anything, let’s leave it at that. We’ll think about it tomorrow. It’s getting late, so rest early.”

“Okay, Moli. Good night.”

“Yes. Good night.”

Zhou Moli put away the clues and did not pay much attention to the change in Lin Xinmeng’s expression.

The next day, just as the sun rose, a scream of horror woke everyone up from their dreams.

“F*ck! Who is it?! Whose prank is this!”

Qin Yitan’s loud voice resounded, and everyone stood up.

“What’s the matter?” Wen Jian rubbed her eyes, looking drowsy.

Qin Yitan was furious. “Who pulled my tent to the sea?!”

Wen Jian was confused. “What? Pulled what? Who pulled what?”

Seeing Lu Mingyu’s figure, Qin Yitan became even angrier. He asked, “Was it you? Lu Mingyu, is it because I didn’t let you have the coconuts yesterday that you dragged my tent, along with me, to the beach in the middle of the night?”

The first thing Lu Mingyu did when he woke was to look for Lu Yang. Seeing that there was no one in the tent, he wanted to look around but was framed by Qin Yitan for no reason.

He glanced at the tent soaked in the seawater, then glanced at Qin Yitan’s pitiful look.

“It wasn’t me.” After Lu Mingyu said that, he wanted to ask Wen Jian if she had seen Lu Yang, but Qin Yitan stopped him.

“Who else would it be if it wasn’t you? Do you think I’m the one who dragged my tent over to frame you?”

...

There was no air conditioning in the wilderness, and the mosquitoes had been buzzing in his ears all night. Zhou Moli and Lin Xinmeng didn’t have a good night’s sleep last night.

“They seem to be arguing. Should we go and take a look?” Lin Xinmeng asked.

“There’s no need.”

Lu Mingyu and Qin Yitan’s grudges were very complicated.

Moreover, they couldn’t afford to offend either of them.

For Lu Mingyu to be able to stay in the entertainment industry for so long, even though he was often criticized, he must have had a prominent background.

Moreover, Jiang Yanzhou, who Zhou Moli had always wanted to work with, seemed to have a good relationship with Lu Mingyu.

No matter how terrible Lu Mingyu was, there was no way Zhou Moli would go against him.

As for Qin Yitan, he was good at promoting marketing accounts and had close connections with the media. It was best not to offend him.

In such a situation, the best way to protect himself was to stay out of it.

“But...”

...

The probability system told Lin Xinmeng that she didn’t complete yesterday’s persuasion mission and was given another chance to make up for it today.

However, she felt she should not go since Zhou Moli said there was no need.

There were countless conflicts between Lu Mingyu and Qin Yitan, and they often ignited at the slightest spark. “Perhaps it will be fine if I did not try to mediate this time?” she thought.

The system seemed to have guessed Lin Xinmeng’s thoughts and urged her once more.

“Host, please hurry up and complete the mission. If you ignore the mission, you will lose twice the points!”