Chapter 182

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Protagonist:

Lu Feng

Lu Feng lay back down on the bed, tossing and turning for a long time; as soon as he closed his eyes, the nightmare he had just experienced surfaced in his mind.

It looked like he wouldn't be able to sleep this time.

Lu Feng sat up from the bed, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table, and opened the Short Video App.

He typed "Century Happy Valley Bungee Jumping" into the search bar, and instantly a large number of videos filmed by online friends appeared.

Just as he opened the first video, a male student wearing a safety rope appeared in the lens.

The person filming should have been an amusement park staff member; they gave the male student a close-up shot and shouted at him: "Little brother, look over here!"

The male student turned his head, made a scissors-hand gesture toward the lens, and the smile on his face looked very relaxed.

After confirming the rope was tied, the safety officer patted his shoulder and asked with a smirk: "Want to take a look below?"

The male student smiled indifferently, then walked to the jump platform and leaned over to look down.

The next second, his face turned "white" in an instant, and his previously smug smile was replaced by terror.

The lens in the video followed downward; below the jump platform was the amusement park's Artificial Lake, and the tourists by the shore had shrunk into sesame-sized dots.

Lu Feng subconsciously held the lens a little farther away; even through the screen, he felt a bit dizzy.

In the next five minutes of the video, it was all a tug-of-war between the male student and the safety officer; the safety officer kept urging him to jump down, while he muttered things like "I'm not ready yet" and "Let me catch my breath," gripping the railing tightly with both hands.

Finally, the male student slowly squatted down holding the railing, his voice trembling: "Sorry, the pressure is too great, I'm not jumping! I want to go home!"

Outside the frame, some of the tourists waiting in line shouted encouragement loudly, while many others laughed heartily at his cowardly appearance.

The male student's behavior in the video did look a bit funny, but Lu Feng couldn't laugh.

He estimated that his own performance when he went bungee jumping today wouldn't be any better than this male student's.

The safety officer in the video suppressed his smile and kept comforting and encouraging the male student, finally getting him to muster up courage.

"Three, two, one—"

With the safety officer's countdown, the male student shouted hysterically and leaped down from the jump platform.

Accompanying his movement, Lu Feng's body trembled as well, and sweat broke out on his palms.

In the lens, the male student's figure quickly shrank, and his screams pierced the sky.

The safety rope kept tightening and loosening; after bouncing that male student a few times, it finally came to a stop.

After finishing the video, Lu Feng only felt his scalp going a bit numb.

He opened the comment section below the video, and the comments inside looked enough to make him tremble with fear.

"Oh my god! The bungee jumping at Century Happy Valley is really too exciting! I suggest people who want to give up on life come experience it; it will definitely leave you with a deep impression!"

"Thanks to my brother for bringing me to experience bungee jumping; the constipation that troubled me for years is finally cured..."

"After coming down, I was completely exhausted and vomited for a long time by the garbage bin! I swear I'll never come bungee jumping again in this lifetime!"

"Don't listen to their nonsense; bungee jumping isn't scary at all! I just finished experiencing it and feel it's just so-so... I won't say more, going to change my pants!"

"Played once, felt very boring, not exciting at all; I was asleep the whole time until the staff pinched my philtrum for ten minutes and I woke up!"

"Was dragged by my partner to experience it once; now he's my ex-boyfriend!"

Lu Feng flipped through the online friends' comments with an ugly expression, and the more he looked, the more he felt a sense of impending doom.

This damn system, just unlocking a recipe, and it pulls off such an exciting project; it's simply making things difficult for him.

Couldn't it switch to something gentler?

Like a Merry-Go-Round or something...

At noon, Lu Feng carried the prepared Red Braised Beef sauce to the neighboring No. 9 Courtyard.

The doorbell had just rung twice when hurried footsteps came from inside the door.

The gate opened, and Lin Xi's little head poked out; the moment she saw Lu Feng, her eyes lit up instantly.

The next second she cheered and darted out from the door, tightly hugging Lu Feng's thigh: "Big Brother! I knew it was you!"

Lin Xi's head rubbed against Lu Feng's leg, then she was attracted by the thermos in his hand, bringing her nose up to sniff: "So fragrant! It's the smell of beef!"

Lu Feng smiled and bent down to touch her little head, pointing at the thermos in his hand: "Guessed right! I made Red Braised Beef for you today; you'll eat it with your dad later."

"Brother Lu Feng, troubling you again."

Lin Yiming came out from the Living Room; seeing Lu Feng, he warmly greeted him to come inside: "Come in quickly and have a cup of tea; someone just happened to send some Longjing Tea Tea Tea the day before yesterday."

"No need, Brother Lin; I still have things to do later."

Lu Feng waved his hand and handed the thermos over.

He planned to deliver the food to Lin Xi and then go to Century Happy Valley; he still had to operate tonight, so he had to get the recipe in hand as soon as possible.

As for why he didn't go in the morning.

Don't ask; asking means he was doing ideological work for himself at home.

Lin Yiming took the thermos, turned around, and handed it to the nanny behind him, instructing her to take it to the Kitchen.

When he turned back, he had an exquisite small black box in his hand: "Brother Lu Feng, I've been eating your food for free all this time; I really feel uneasy about it in my heart; take this."

Lu Feng was just about to decline, but Lin Yiming deliberately put on a stern face and said seriously: "Brother, if you don't accept it, you're treating me, your Brother Lin, as an outsider; from now on, I and Xi Xi will be too embarrassed to go eat at your place."

Lin Xi also chimed in from Yi Pang, grabbing Lu Feng's clothes hem and shaking it constantly: "Big Brother, just accept it! This is something I picked out for you!"

Seeing the serious appearance of this father and daughter, Lu Feng felt warm in his heart; he took the Gift Box from Lin Yiming's hand and smiled, thanking him: "Then... thank you, Brother Lin, thank you Xi Xi, then I'll accept it."

The things had been delivered, and Lu Feng should also go sign in at the amusement park.

Just thinking about having to jump down from eighty meters high later, Lu Feng felt his stomach cramp.

Lin Xi tilted her head beside him, staring at him for a while, tugged at his sleeve, and asked curiously with her small face tilted up, "Big Brother, why do you look unhappy? Are you sick?"

Lu Feng was stunned for a moment and couldn't help touching his own face.

Had his worries already shown on his face?

Hearing his daughter's words, Lin Yiming couldn't help but look carefully at the expression on Lu Feng's face, his brow furrowed, stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong, brother? Did you run into some trouble?"

"No, just a small matter."

Lu Feng quickly put away the worry on his face and smiled faintly.

Lin Yiming, however, did not let it go, his eyes filled with concern: "Brother, if you have something, don't bear it alone. In Jiangcheng I still have a bit of Yin Xiang Li. Need money or need people, just say it. If all else fails, I'll go with you in a while!"

"Brother Lin, I really have nothing wrong. I need to go to Century Happy Valley in a while."

Lu Feng shook his head with a bitter smile.

"Big Brother, you're going to the amusement park?"

Lin Xi's eyes lit up, turned to look at Lin Yiming and said loudly, "Dad! Can we go with Big Brother? I want to ride the Merry-Go-Round!"

Lu Feng silently sighed in his heart.

I want to ride the Merry-Go-Round too...