Chapter 419: Flowers inserted on flowers

If someone asks Lin Li now: "Lin Li, are you happy?"

Then Lin Li will definitely shake his head firmly: "I don't have the surname Hu, I have the surname Lin."

But happy.

It is really comfortable and cozy to the extreme at this moment.

The gray-blue Moon Tide Lake unfolds under the cloudy sky, and occasionally one or two clusters of withered yellow reeds can be seen swaying in the wind on the shore.

Chen Yuying hugs Lin Li's waist, her cheeks feeling the body temperature coming from his back through the clothing, and the slight rise and fall of human muscles when pedaling.

How comfortable and cozy he is, she is just as comfortable and cozy.

Then Chen Yuying looks up, because at this time the bicycle turns around a bend where the trees are slightly lush, and on the lakeshore, "different" scenery also appears.

Actually, it is the wishing pool by the lake, or wishing lake.

It is not a wishing pool in the traditional sense with sculpture fountains, but a design integrated into the lakeshore.

A circle slightly higher than the water surface is built on the shore, the edge of the platform extends into the shallow lake water, and in the center of the platform stands a large stone carp completely submerged by the lake water, its huge mouth open and facing upward.

A wishing pool always has a target. Obviously, the target here is the carp's mouth. Being able to throw a coin into the mouth is a good omen.

Around the stone carp and the water area facing the carp, the lake water is clear to the bottom, and a large number of coins that didn't go in can be seen lying quietly in the gaps of the pebbles at the bottom.

Wishing pools are quite common in reality—for example, buses are actually wishing pools; throwing coins satisfies your wish to go to some destinations, so it's not a rarity, plus it's not the main promotion here, so it's not a popular check-in point.

Thus, there are twos and threes of tourists on the lakeside walkway, most of them passing by without stopping, or resting on benches in the distance to watch the lake.

At this moment, there are only one or two young people on the shore, which seems a bit deserted.

But this desertion happens to be exactly what the two want. If there were people everywhere, Lin Li and Chen Yuying would lose interest instead.

Park, lock the bike, and the two walk side by side toward the wishing pool.

"There is actually a coin machine, our careful thinking suddenly seems a bit redundant." Lin Li pointed to the coin dispenser not far away and said to Chen Yuying with a smile.

"The coins spit out from that kind of cold machine are different from the coins taken out from my warm backpack. Mine is better." Chen Yuying raised her chin slightly, her words carrying laughter and pride. She didn't think so.

Then Lin Li felt Chen Yuying was right.

Walking to the side of the wishing pool, at this time there was only a young man wearing a gray hoodie beside him, who was casually tossing a coin in his hand.

Hearing the footsteps beside him, he subconsciously turned his head and glanced. He looked at Lin Li who was closer to him first, just raised his brows, but when his gaze swept over Chen Yuying, it stopped instantly, and amazement and distraction that couldn't be hidden flashed in his eyes.

Immediately after, when his gaze swept to Lin Li, there was a bit more envy, jealousy, and hatred of "how does this B deserve this" that was undisguised.

Lin Li keenly captured this gaze, turned his head to look at the young man, and then a cold smile hooked on the corners of his mouth.

The young man named Xiang Zhicheng immediately withdrew his gaze and no longer looked at the two, facing the stone carp in the pool again.

He took a deep breath, put his hands together, closed his eyes, and his lips opened and closed quickly without sound, seemingly praying devoutly. Then he gathered his energy and shouted at the stone carp with all his strength: "My wish is that I want to get out of singlehood!!"

The moment the words fell, the coin in his hand was thrown out with force.

The coin fell into the water, making a crisp sound. It was actually thrown quite accurately, but the trajectory of the coin after entering the water was unpredictable. For example, this one didn't fall into the carp's mouth as wished, but swayed to the carp's fin, and then fell to the bottom of the pebbles along the slope.

Xiang Zhicheng's annoyed voice came from the side; it was just a little bit off.

Lin Li's eyes lit up, and he patted Chen Yuying on the shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yuying looked at him suspiciously.

"This pool is so spiritual." Lin Li exclaimed with some surprise.

"Hmm?" Chen Yuying tilted her head slightly, a bit confused: "How is it spiritual?"

"It didn't hide and tuck like other feudal superstitions, but gave a specific response directly!" Lin Li explained seriously, "Did you hear that? Just now this person shouted 'I want to get out of singlehood,' and then threw a coin in, and as a result, the wishing pool immediately replied to him 'Lonely for a lifetime.' Isn't this a response?"

"Lonely for a... hmm?"

Chen Yuying was stunned for a moment. After reacting, she pursed her lips tightly and buried her head, but her shoulders couldn't stop trembling, and a few gasps that were forcibly crushed leaked from her throat.

But the laughter finally leaked out from the gaps of her fingers tightly covering the corners of her mouth. Then she decided that covering her mouth didn't seem to be of much use, so she turned to cover Lin Li's mouth:

"Keep it down! The person involved is still here!"

Xiang Zhicheng: "..."

Too late.

I heard it all!!

And you didn't speak quietly either!!

Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you are beautiful!

"Buddy! That was 'Gudu sound' not 'Lonely for a lifetime'! Don't spread rumors! God doesn't mean that!" Xiang Zhicheng couldn't help but step forward to reason with Lin Li.

Lin Li had a blank face: "Right, lonely for a lifetime."

"Hey, you kid are immune to oil and salt, right."

"F*ck, why are you so vengeful... However," Xiang Zhicheng shook his head helplessly, paused, and confessed, "Brother, your girlfriend is indeed ridiculously good-looking. No wonder you were anxious just now."

Hearing this, Chen Yuying's laughter gradually stopped, a bit confused, and she leaned out to look at Xiang Zhicheng.

How to say this, it seems like he and Lin Li know each other?

"My love rival." Seeing the girl's confusion, Lin Li introduced first.

Chen Yuying suddenly realized. Lin Li reminded her, and she remembered—this voice was the owner of the voice in the forest that was heard but not seen.

It was just that because there is a subtle difference between a person speaking at a normal volume and shouting, she didn't recognize it for a while.

No wonder Lin Li didn't lower his volume when speaking just now. Normally, Lin Li still knows how to avoid it when speaking ill of strangers.

"Good-looking, right!" Then Lin Li looked at Xiang Zhicheng, with a tone of showing off.

"Sigh, what kind of virtue and ability..." Xiang Zhicheng touched his chin, his gaze patrolling between Lin Li and Chen Yuying, and finally shook his head: "It's really a flower inserted on cow dung."

"What are you saying! She is also a flower!" Lin Li grabbed Xiang Zhicheng's collar in a rage, angry.

Xiang Zhicheng, Chen Yuying: "..."

Xiang Zhicheng was silent for a long time, and finally laughed: "Brother, you are invincible."

Then, he pointed to Moon Tide Lake:

"Do you know, I often come to Moon Tide Lake. In summer, there are many lotus flowers in the lake, but many people shake those lotus flowers to take pictures, which is very low-quality.

But looking at you, brother, as a flower, you must be able to empathize and feel the same, then you must not shake the lotus, right?"

"Although I'm not as good as you said, I really don't shake the lotus." Lin Li withdrew his hand, very satisfied with Xiang Zhicheng's praise, and said modestly.

Xiang Zhicheng gave a thumbs up.

"Next time you be the cow dung." After Lin Li returned to her side, Chen Yuying was a bit dissatisfied.

"Received," Lin Li turned to look ahead, "Alright, let's ignore this single dog, let's make our wish."

Chen Yuying nodded, looking as if she had no choice when it came to Lin Li.

"My turn, I'm making a wish—" Lin Li suddenly separated his hands, which had been pressed together in prayer, and pointed one at Xiang Zhicheng. "May he never be able to get a girlfriend in this life."

And the moment the words left his lips, Lin Li aimed at the carp's mouth and tossed the coin.

Hearing "a lonely life," the coin traced a perfect parabola, wobbled after entering the water, but without changing direction, it fell precisely into the mouth and vanished.

"Success! My wish was successful!" Lin Li shouted happily.

Chen Yuying blinked.

Xiang Zhicheng: "(; o_o)?"

Hey, no! What kind of wish did you just make?

"Hey! Hey! Wait! Ptooey ptooey ptooey! Hurry up and ptooey ptooey ptooey! Retract that wish for me!" Several seconds after the coin disappeared, Xiang Zhicheng finally reacted, looking at Lin Li with shock and a hint of panic.

This guy is really like Cao Pi's father-in-law framing Yue Fei for treason—Zhen Ji's dad is evil!!

Treating a wishing pool like a curse pool?

"Words spoken are like spilled water; they cannot be taken back." Seeing Xiang Zhicheng's reaction, Lin Li looked up at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, sad and low: "Just like a broken heart, no matter how you repair it, there will always be cracks."

Xiang Zhicheng: "..."

Are you speaking in melancholy and sadness code?

And why is your girlfriend able to look so used to this??

"It's fine, it's fine," Xiang Zhicheng maintained his sanity, shook his head, and forced a smile to comfort himself: "As everyone knows, wishes like this don't come true if you say them out loud. Buddy, you said it so loudly just now, this carp definitely won't make it come true. It's fine."

"Is that so? You mean, as long as I don't say it out loud, it will come true, right?"

Lin Li raised an eyebrow, took out another coin, and stared meaningfully at Xiang Zhicheng. When Xiang Zhicheng felt creeped out and tried to stop him, he immediately tossed the coin again, landing it precisely in the carp's mouth.

"Nice! Hit it again!" Lin Li laughed happily, then looked at Xiang Zhicheng: "Buddy, want to guess what wish I just made?"

Xiang Zhicheng: "(; ゜o゜)?"

"I, I'm not guessing." Xiang Zhicheng's Adam's apple bobbed, and he shook his head.

"Mm-hmm, not knowing is also quite good." Lin Li nodded with a sympathetic smile.

"F*ck!!!" Xiang Zhicheng completely broke down and let out a wail.

Finally, he cast his last shred of hope toward Chen Yuying, his eyes full of pleading: "Miss Chen, Sister Chen, Mother Chen, can you please control your boyfriend..."

Wa, Junior, when did you arrive?

Lin Li vigilantly blocked the space between the two.

Is she your mother that you're calling her that!

—Lin Li wasn't doing it for himself; he was standing up for Lin Ziwei and Lin Shouying.

Daddy is here, don't be afraid!

Chen Yuying covered her face and laughed, but still holding back her mirth, she gently tugged on Lin Li's sleeve: "Alright, Lin Li, stop messing around."

Lin Li, however, looked somewhat innocent: "I didn't cast a curse. I swear on my life and my love for you, the wish I just made in my heart was for him to find a girlfriend soon. Really."