Chapter 421

The rowboat, with no one pulling the oars, drifted slowly with the wind. A half-withered, shattered leaf stuck to the bottom of the boat swayed tirelessly with the water ripples for who knows how many dozens of times.

Lin Li's chin rested lightly on the top of Chen Yuying's soft hair, his right hand tapping the girl's shoulder with a lazy rhythm.

Vague human voices came from not far away. Chen Yuying, as if awakened from a short nap, opened her eyes, poked her head out to rest her chin on Lin Li's shoulder, and followed the sound.

It was another boat.

"Let's adjust the direction."

Although there was still a certain distance, if they continued to let the wind take the boat, there was still a possibility of colliding, so the young girl got up and said, her voice carrying a slight hoarseness from just waking up.

It was as if nothing had happened before.

"Received."

Lin Li nodded, gripped the oars again, and used his wrist strength to give the small boat a new heading.

"Next time, you're not allowed to be a crow; that's very cheap." Chen Yuying grabbed her sweater and tightened it, letting it completely wrap around her neck, and said somewhat dissatisfied at this moment.

Hmph, Lin Li dares to flip the table now, next time he'll dare to flip the clothes.

Her forehead was still itching slightly.

"Wow, look, there are wild geese in the sky!"

Lin Li pointed at the sky and exclaimed, his smile as bright as if he had just kissed someone.

This time he wasn't lying; Chen Yuying looked up and could also see the flock of geese forming a "person" formation passing overhead.

"You're not allowed to change the subject." Chen Yuying withdrew her gaze and said flatly.

"Class Monitor, what do you think the wild geese abroad do?" Lin Li's ears seemed a bit deaf; he turned a deaf ear, rubbed his chin, and sighed with some sympathy:

"When they fly abroad, in order for the locals to understand, the formation has to be composed into ''people''. That's too difficult for them."

When foreigners laugh, it must be happyhappyhappy, right?

"We're talking about crows, it has nothing to do with wild geese." Chen Yuying remained unmoved, her smile only deepening.

"Crows?" Lin Li raised an eyebrow, his expression suddenly becoming solemn, "Crows are good birds; they taught me many life philosophies."

"Class Monitor, do you remember the crow drinking water?

When I was little, I saw an old grandpa fall into a well. The other kids all panicked, but I was the only one who got inspiration from this story and started calling everyone to throw stones into the well one after another.

Hard work pays off; with our efforts, the water level in the well got higher and higher, and the old grandpa finally floated up with the well water and was saved. It's just that I don't know why the well water turned red, and after the old grandpa came out, he didn't speak, and even after being cremated, he didn't make a sound—he was especially tough."

Chen Yuying, with a slightly doting and helpless smile, watched quietly as Lin Li played dumb and made up stories.

"The Lin Li of childhood" also suffered by following Lin Li; any legendary experience could be pinned onto him.

There is a saying: "When you sneeze as a child, you always feel like someone is secretly thinking of you; when you grow up, you realize that maybe it's the grown-up you missing your childhood."

For Lin Li, this meant his childhood self had a premonition of the countless tribulations in his future, which is why he sneezed.

"Not only that, the crow's regurgitation is what has been inspiring me to be filial to this day." Lin Li's words hadn't finished,

"Still when I was little, after I learned the story behind this idiom, I was especially moved and promised my mom on the spot that if one day in the future she was old and couldn't chew food, I would be just like the crow and chew the food into pieces before feeding it to her!"

"Unfortunately, my mom didn't appreciate it and beat me up on the spot."

"Oh? Why?" Chen Yuying obediently played the straight man.

"Because when I made the promise, I was holding a sugarcane in my hand, chewing-chewing-chewing while promising." Lin Li shrugged, "How hateful, when my mom spanked me, she actually used my sugarcane."

"Pfft—" Chen Yuying couldn't help but laugh.

Of course she knew Lin Li was playing around to change the subject. After laughing, she gave Lin Li a white-eyed look filled with indulgence, but ultimately didn't pester him further.

If Lin Li likes to be cheap, let him be cheap; she never expected him to agree anyway.

Anyway, Lin Li also has a sense of propriety, hmm, he should have.

Taking out her phone, Chen Yuying prepared to take some photos. Her peripheral vision caught those two orange life jackets in the boat cabin, so she looked toward the shore pier with a guilty conscience:

"Wouldn't it be bad not to wear life jackets?"

"Woman, with me here, do you still need a life jacket?" The domineering CEO Lin Li curled the corner of his mouth.

Chen Yuying tilted her head and thought for a moment, then nodded heavily, her eyes full of sincere trust: "That's true!"

"Right!" The feeling of being completely trusted made Lin Li feel comfortable.

Chen Yuying: "With you here, whether there's a life jacket or not after falling into the water, it's all over anyway. It's indeed unnecessary, it's meaningless."

Lin Li: "?"

Eh, baby, I don't think that's what I meant, right?

Looking at the instantly dazed Lin Li, Chen Yuying finally couldn't hold it in, and her crisp laughter spilled onto the lake surface again.

The heavy life jackets really affected the photo results. Because this boat wasn't small, as long as they sat in the middle, they wouldn't fall into the water even if they tipped over; the risk was very low, so the two of them lay quietly at the bottom of the boat.

·"Dangerous action, please do not imitate"·

"Lin Li, you hold it and take a few for me." After taking selfies for a while, Chen Yuying handed the phone to Lin Li.

"Okay." Lin Li took the phone and was just about to conceive the angle when someone else's voice came first.

"Open your legs a bit more, the pose should be a bit more provocative, stick your tongue out, okay, keep this angle..."

The two looked toward the sound and saw a slightly larger pedal boat approaching their rowboat.

On the boat, a man holding a professional camera was directing a young woman at the bow.

Feeling the previous angle wasn't enough, the photographer continued to direct: "Open your legs a little more, eh, collapse your waist a bit..."

In weather less than ten degrees, the woman was wearing a gauze dress like one used for cosplay, exposing a large amount of skin. At this moment, according to the directions, she was posing in coordination with the lens, a professional smile on her face. With each movement, a slight breathy sound would come from her mouth.

Does this woman raise sheep after graduation?

What does an eagle sound like?

But being able to wear something like this to shoot videos or pictures in this weather, her dedication was quite good in the context of Laoxiangji, and Lin Li expressed his approval of this.

Then Lin Li couldn't help but laugh out loud—the f*cking nerve, how is this photographer so unprofessional, secretly adjusting his pants while directing.

But thinking about it, he understood; winter is just like this, it's easy to freeze a man's junk rock-hard. This is the price of dedication.

Feeling the aura of the person beside him slightly freeze, Lin Li turned his head and happened to meet Chen Yuying's gaze.

The corners of Chen Yuying's mouth seemed to lift by a fraction of a millimeter, forming a half-smile arc, and her voice was light, carrying a trace of chill, drifting over eerily: "Is it good to look at?"

"Not good to look at, just a bit of pity," Lin Li was very calm, "I don't know if, after this girl chooses the path of a borderline streamer, she will think of the warm scene in the middle of the night when her dad clumsily spun around in front of her wearing a pure white princess dress and then shyly but expectantly asked, ''Nannan, is Daddy pretty?''"

Chen Yuying: "... seems like something got reversed, right?"

"Same meaning, just understand it." Easily handling the life-or-death question, Lin Li shook the phone:

"Alright, let's take our own. You, pull your legs in a bit later, the pose should be a bit more dignified, the tongue must be hidden well..."

Zhongdeng, with me Lin Li here, don't be afraid!

Time passed.

The golden glow of the sunset dyed the mountains and forests, and water birds returning to their nests swept across the sky, casting fleeting shadows on the water surface and leaving behind long cries.

Unknowingly, the two had drifted on the lake until dusk.

"About time, ready to go eat?" Seeing that Chen Yuying's rowing movements were already showing signs of fatigue, Lin Li asked with a smile.

Chen Yuying rowing was purely because she wanted to play.

"Okay." Chen Yuying nodded, her breathing slightly short, and she didn't act coy, letting go to let Lin Li take over.

Rowing the small boat leisurely back to the pier, Lin Li hopped back onto that bicycle that had carried so much happiness.

"Are we continuing to finish this loop to return the bike before going to the restaurant, or are we riding straight to where we're eating tonight?" Lin Li pedaled slowly and asked.

"Dinner isn't here," Chen Yuying wrapped her arms around his waist, her cheek pressed against his warm back, "After finishing the loop, we'll take a taxi over."

"No activities here tonight?"

"Mm-hmm, there's nothing much to see here at night."

"Then do we have activities after dinner? I don't want to go home."

"Go to the ''downtown'' of Puchun to go shopping? We haven't gone shopping alone yet, eh. Of course, you've also worked hard all day today; if you're tired, there's a plan for less walking at night. I've also scouted a few shops there online~"

It could be seen that Chen Yuying had made extremely detailed plans for today's date, with contingency plans for every aspect.

"With you," Lin Li's voice carried a smile, piercing through the slightly cool evening breeze, "I won't be tired—note, this isn't a romantic line, it's from the bottom of my heart."

"Pfft!" Responding to him was the young girl's light, smiling rebuke.

Getting off the ride-hailing car, the two were already in the ''downtown'' of Puchun Town.

Actually, in terms of prosperity, this place might not be as good as the core business district of Xiling, but as a strange new environment, it could still bring the fun of fresh exploration.

The dinner Chen Yuying booked was a Spanish-style restaurant, which seemed to have a bit of a reputation locally. The shop was bustling with people, and the atmosphere was lively.

However, in terms of taste, it could only be considered mediocre, relatively average.

Lin Li was quite calm about this; hitting a landmine while eating is normal, and besides, it wasn't exactly hard to eat.

On the other hand, Chen Yuying, who had carefully selected the restaurant, seemed a bit disappointed; the greater the expectation, the greater the sense of disparity.

"Hello, the two of you," seeing that the two had already started packing their things to leave, a waiter hurried over, a standardized smile on his face:

"How was your dining experience tonight? If possible, could you please give us a good review on the platform?

As a token of appreciation, we will waive the bill for that extra potato omelet you two ordered just now."

Chen Yuying was about to shake her head and decline, but her hand was gently pressed by Lin Li, so she looked at him with some confusion.

"Okay." At this moment, Lin Li was already nodding at the waiter with a smile, while taking the phone from Chen Yuying's hand and starting to operate the review on the booking platform.

His fingers clicked rapidly, and Lin Li finished quickly: "Alright, already gave a good review."

"Okay, thank you both, I'll immed... eh, guest, it seems you gave a medium review." The waiter's grateful smile froze instantly when he leaned in and saw the phone screen clearly.

Medium review, didn't misread it.

"Oh, oh, it's like this," Lin Li said with a sincere face, "I'm from Henan, I feel your shop is very good, very 'zhong'! Zhong! Very zhong! My highest evaluation!"

Waiter: "(; o_o)?"

Eh, no.

Chen Yuying laughed out loud.

"Happier now?" Lin Li extended a finger, gently tugged on Chen Yuying's soft cheek, and laughed in a low voice.

Amidst the girl's gaze, which carried reproach but couldn't hide her laughter, he took her hand and walked to the front desk to settle the cost of the extra order.

Before they had walked a few steps, the waiter's voice, carrying a bit of unwillingness and inquiry, came from behind:

"Sir, your logic just now was very reasonable... but, you are definitely not from Henan!"

"I'm not zhong! You big idiot! What are you saying! Why do you say I'm not from Henan." Lin Li turned back, frowning slightly.

"Because..." the waiter pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses, his sharp eyes having already seen through everything: "Sir, you just laughed, and since ancient times... zhong! and! laughter! are hard to have both!!!"