133: Chapter 133 Camping at Qianlu Lake (Part Two)

The chorus was sudden, yet it made perfect sense.

One could only say that Wu Bai is truly the man who holds concerts where the audience buys tickets just to sing for him.

"Hahaha~" After the song finished, everyone looked at each other and immediately burst into laughter.

When the laughter died down, Chen Sheng stood up, gestured with his beer bottle to those around him, and shouted, "Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

"Cheers!"

The echoes of agreement rang out one after another.

At this moment, the person who had been playing the guitar called out, "Everyone who is free, come over to my side. Let's make friends through song tonight."

"Sure! I still have a pack of beer here; I'll bring it over right now."

"I'm coming too, I have some barbecue."

"With drinks and meat, how could peanuts be missing? I have some drunken peanuts here."

"It's not perfect to have alcohol without cigarettes. It just so happens I brought a carton."

"Then I'll bring some snacks." After consulting An Xiaonuan, Chen Sheng quickly chimed in.

"Damn! Guys, slow down a bit! You've already listed all the food and drinks, what am I supposed to bring?"

Hearing this, Chen Sheng, who was packing up snacks, instinctively shouted, "You bring a story."

As soon as these words were out, the surrounding crowd burst into laughter.

"Right! That's the only thing missing—a story."

"Exactly!"

"Let's get this straight: the story has to be good, otherwise you're drinking a penalty shot."

...

Soon, everyone carried their things over to campsite 38. After the neighboring campsites 37 and 39 contributed tables and chairs, everyone sat down together in a circle.

At this point, the travelers at campsite 38—a group of ordinary people who introduced themselves as music lovers—took two more instruments out of their RV. An African djembe and a handpan.

Soon, the music started up again.

"Luo Wei Forest," "Glorious Years," "Li Sao"... Everyone sang a lot that night.

It wasn't until all the wine on the table had turned into empty bottles on the ground that everyone, with faces full of drunken satisfaction, bid each other farewell and wandered back to their respective campsites.

Chen Sheng and An Xiaonuan returned to campsite 42. Chen Sheng, still not fully recovered from the high spirits of just moments ago, sat down heavily in a chair with a hint of drunkenness, asking, "How did I sing just now?"

"You did great." An Xiaonuan answered Chen Sheng's question while using iron tongs to rake through the charcoal. Seeing there were still embers, she quickly threw in a piece of alcohol wax, followed by two more pieces of charcoal.

Once the newly added charcoal was lit, An Xiaonuan picked up some mineral water, poured it into a small pot, and placed the pot on the grill.

While waiting for the water to boil, An Xiaonuan rummaged through her suitcase and found some portable instant flower tea. She took out two bags, placed them into two separate cups, and once the water boiled, she poured it into the cups and handed one to Chen Sheng.

Throughout the whole process, Chen Sheng didn't say a word. With eyes hazy from the alcohol, he quietly watched An Xiaonuan busy herself.

It wasn't until An Xiaonuan placed the tea in front of him that Chen Sheng smiled and said, "Wife! You are so good!"

"Only now realizing it?" An Xiaonuan said, holding her own cup of flower tea as she sat in a chair not far from Chen Sheng.

It wasn't that she didn't want to sit next to Chen Sheng, but since becoming pregnant, she had become extremely sensitive to certain smells, like cigarette smoke. Yet, she couldn't bear to make Chen Sheng quit smoking.

Because she knew that for the sake of their family, Chen Sheng was under a lot of pressure. Sometimes, a seemingly harmful cigarette could help him relieve stress at critical moments.

They say a breakdown happens in just an instant.

She didn't want to be the kind of person seen online who keeps her man on a tight leash, never considering his needs, only complaining about her own difficulties until she drives him completely insane.

As for what those "experts" and "professors" say about smoking being harmful to health or affecting fetal development, as long as Chen Sheng avoided smoking around her, or she took the initiative to move away a bit, and they didn't smoke in an indoor space with both of them present, she felt it wouldn't be an issue.

And on this point, Chen Sheng did very well. At home, whenever he wanted to smoke, he would go to the balcony. Just like how she was taking the initiative to sit a bit further away now.

On the other side, seeing that An Xiaonuan was sitting a bit further away, Chen Sheng reached out to check the wind direction, took out his cigarette case, and lit one up. After taking a puff and exhaling the smoke, he let the full weight of his body sink into the chair, letting out a comfortable groan as he lamented, "It's been many years since I've been this happy."

"Yeah!" An Xiaonuan followed Chen Sheng's lead, stretching out her legs and leaning back against the chair. "It seems the last time was three years ago during the New Year, when you got your bonus and we went skiing at Xiling Snow Mountain."

"Yeah! It's already been three years." Chen Sheng sighed with emotion.

He had originally thought that time was the starting point of his glory, but he hadn't realized it was actually the peak. With the arrival of the difficult times, the company went downhill day by day, and naturally, someone like him, a corporate drone parasitic within the company, fared no better.

At that time, there was only one thought in his mind—make money.

Having fun? At most, it was just wandering around Shu City on the weekends. Something like this, spending several thousand in one go, was something he didn't even dare to imagine.

Chen Sheng took a deep drag of his cigarette, the memory inhaled into his lungs along with the smoke, and a smile returned to his face. "A true hero doesn't dwell on past glories. Let's not talk about the past. Now we have our convenience store, our savings have increased, and life is visibly getting better."

"Mm-hmm, it will only get better in the future." An Xiaonuan looked at Chen Sheng from across the way and nodded vigorously.

"Right! Better and better." Chen Sheng agreed firmly. However, feeling that the atmosphere was a bit off, he immediately took out his phone and changed the subject, saying, "It's about time. We can't forget to set up that package for our good neighbors upstairs."

An Xiaonuan's eyes lit up immediately. She quickly bounced up from her chair, ran over to Chen Sheng in a few steps, and snatched the phone from his hand. "Let me do it, let me do it."

"Don't rush! I haven't connected the device yet!"

An Xiaonuan handed the phone back to Chen Sheng and urged, "Oh, then hurry up. I just saw them showing an open-air movie in the open space over there. Once the package is set up, how about we go watch the movie?"

"They're still showing movies this late?" Chen Sheng quickly logged into the software, connected to their home computer, and confirmed that the computer was properly connected to the bone conduction speaker before handing the phone back to An Xiaonuan. "Then hurry up. Once you're done, we'll go over and take a look. It just so happens I can't sleep right now anyway."

"It'll be done in a second." An Xiaonuan took the phone, skillfully opened the music player, clicked on a folder named "Gift for the SB Upstairs," and randomly selected five songs. She set the interval between each song to be random, between 10-30 minutes, depending on her mood.

The whole process took less than five minutes. It was indeed very fast.

"Alright, let's go watch the movie!" An Xiaonuan handed the phone back to Chen Sheng again.

Chen Sheng took the phone. The screen showed the music player. He subconsciously glanced at the playlist, and the next second, the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily. Good grief, the soundtrack from "The Grudge," she was really worried about not scaring them to death.

Chen Sheng turned off the screen and put the phone back in his pocket. "Let's go!"

After locking the RV door, the two held hands and went to the place where the open-air movie was being shown. Must say, there were quite a lot of people. However, the vast majority were young couples.

And these young people were sitting very close to each other; some were even taking advantage of the dim light to make out.

Looking at the movie again. "Titanic"...

"Good grief! They're really afraid these people won't create a crime scene, aren't they." Chen Sheng couldn't help but think that the company that built the campsite was basically selling condoms. With this kind of atmosphere, tonight would definitely be full of action.

After this thought appeared, while watching the movie, Chen Sheng's gaze would always subconsciously drift around, especially toward the lush, overgrown areas. He was curious if there would be any hot-blooded young men who would be so impatient they'd just dive into the bushes. Tsk tsk~

Time arrived at the next day.

After sleeping until noon, Chen Sheng scanned the QR code to order some cooked food, solving their brunch. The remaining time during the day had only one task—taking photos!

Under An Xiaonuan's command, he had to take at least enough photos to make a nine-grid collage.

"Hubby, take a picture of me, quick."

"Hubby, you have to pick a good angle; you must make me look beautiful."

"Hubby, you go over there, and then take the photo from this direction."

However...

"Chen Sheng~ who is this short-legged person? Tell me, who is this short-legged person? Where did my long, beautiful legs go?"

"Don't run, let me take a bite. I'm telling you, Chen Sheng, if you let me take a bite, this will blow over. If you dare run again, you'll see what happens."