72: Chapter 72: Successfully arrived! This scene is so sweet!!!

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Li still pushed the boat forward a little bit, stopping only when he was so exhausted he was almost on the verge of collapse.

To be honest, if it weren't for the life jacket supporting him, he felt he could sink to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish right now.

"Get up."

Shen Qingxue's voice came from ahead, not as a discussion, but as an order.

Lu Li opened his mouth to say something, but swallowed the words back down.

Because he saw that Shen Qingxue had already turned around, holding the edge of the boat with one hand and extending the other hand out to him.

"Fine."

Lu Li stopped being stubborn, reached out and grabbed her wrist, used the buoyancy of the life jacket to push himself up, and flipped into the boat.

As soon as he came up, the two sat facing each other, their knees almost touching.

Shen Qingxue's clothes were still dripping water, and her hair was wetly plastered against her face, making her look a lot more disheveled than usual.

But the more it was like this, the more it gave her a pitiful and lovely aesthetic, making people want to protect her the more they looked at her.

"Are you hurt?"

"No, do I look like the kind of person who gets hurt so easily?"

Shen Qingxue glanced at him, said nothing more, turned around, and picked up the oars again.

Lu Li also picked up his oar, and the two began rowing one after another again.

Only this time, the amplitude of Lu Li's rowing was obviously much smaller; it wasn't that he didn't want to use force, but that he truly had no strength left.

Shen Qingxue seemed to sense something, slowing down her own rhythm to keep the boat's speed consistent with his.

The two rowed in silence like this, neither of them speaking.

Fortunately, the waves right now were pushing them toward the shore one by one, saving them quite a bit of effort.

"Yo~"

A teasing voice suddenly came from behind.

Lu Li looked back.

Xu Hao and Lin Yu were sitting on a rescue boat, passing right by them.

Xu Hao crossed his legs, holding a bottle of mineral water in his hand, drinking leisurely, and raised an eyebrow at Lu Li.

"Yo~ Keep running. Weren't those two short little legs quite capable of making a fuss?"

Lu Li's mouth twitched subconsciously.

"Where is your boat?"

"It fell apart."

Xu Hao said it rightously and self-confidently, not feeling embarrassed at all.

Lin Yu, sitting beside him, turned dark in the face upon hearing this, and reached out to pinch his arm in annoyance.

"You're still talking. Would it have ended up like this if you had reinforced it more in the beginning?"

"That can't be blamed on me either. Who knew the waves would be this fierce."

Lu Li rolled his eyes, too lazy to bother with them, and turned around to continue rowing.

Soon, the rescue boat chugged past them. Sitting on it, Xu Hao didn't forget to turn his head and shout a sentence to Lu Li.

"I'll wait for you on the opposite shore, don't be too slow!"

Lu Li didn't look back, just silently raised his middle finger.

[Hahaha I'm dying of laughter, Xu Hao's punchable expression]

[Crossing legs and drinking mineral water on a boat, he really knows how to enjoy life]

[The Baobu KIA boat, now it's truly KIA]

[I'm suddenly a bit curious how much longer Lu Li's boat can hold out, it looks like it's about to sink]

[No way, their boat even had its keel reinforced, and it's not far from the opposite shore]

The bullet comments were flying thick and fast, while Lu Li and Shen Qingxue were still rowing with their heads down.

The outline of the opposite shore was becoming clearer and clearer, and the coconut trees and parasols on the beach could be seen.

Lu Li's arms were aching to the point of numbness, rowing completely by inertia, and Shen Qingxue was no better off either.

"Hey, do you think the Program Team bought insurance for us? I feel like I'm really going to cross over."

"Oh right, can we still claim compensation if we're gone?"

"The wicked Program Team!!!"

Lu Li's handiwork had already slowed down, and he began rambling incoherently.

"Shut your mouth, speak a little less, and you can row a few more strokes and get there earlier," Shen Qingxue said with displeasure.

Lu Li curled his lips, and his movements sped up slightly again.

Thus, the two rowed in silence for another dozen minutes.

Until the beach was close at hand, and the bottom of the boat hit something, unable to move forward even half an inch.

Lu Li looked down, and the bottom of the boat had already touched the sandy bottom of the sea.

We've arrived.

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, and happened to exchange a glance with Shen Qingxue, who had just turned her head back.

Their gazes collided.

"Damn it! Then what the hell is there to row for."

As Lu Li spoke, he tumbled out of the boat; the seawater at this location only reached up to their knees.

Shen Qingxue also came out of the boat, following behind Lu Li.

However, their speed after getting off the boat was pitifully slow, because their legs were already a bit weak.

[Holy crap! They really arrived?! They rowed across!]

[I declare that the shenlu boat is this season's strongest battle boat, no counter-arguments accepted]

[These two people really have too much perseverance; if it were me, I would have given up long ago]

[That's why idol dramas are all deceiving; look at how disheveled these two people are after coming ashore, it's completely different from the art style in movies]

[Disheveled is disheveled, but don't you guys feel like this is a real-life idol drama]

[Indeed, this kind of scene of going through wind and rain together is much more ship-worthy than any artificial sugar/sweetness]

[Kill Lu Dog! Seize Qingxue!... Forget it, won't kill him today, let him live another day]

Bullet comments flooded the screen, and the online viewer count hit a new high again.

Director Zhou sat behind the monitor on the shore, looking at those two people on the screen, and involuntarily revealed an auntie smile.

The Deputy Director leaned over, lowering his voice.

"Director Zhou, Lu Li and Shen Qingxue have already come ashore, and the other two groups are still dawdling behind."

Director Zhou coughed twice, his expression returning to composure, and then waved his hand, his eyes never leaving the screen.

"No rush, let them row slowly. Keep your eyes locked on the camera angle here first, not a single second of these two people's footage can be missed."

On the beach.

Lu Li found a dry spot, sat down heavily, leaned all the way back, and sprawled out flat on the beach in a spread-eagled shape.

Shen Qingxue stood beside him, hesitating for a moment.

In the end, sensibility still broke through rationality, making her lie down right along with him.

The two of them lay there quietly like that, neither speaking.

After a while, Lu Li turned his head and glanced at Shen Qingxue, who had her eyes closed beside him.

"Hey, why did you lie down too?"

Lu Li called out.

"... I wanted to lie down, so I lay down."

Shen Qingxue didn't open her eyes.

"Whoa~ Such personality. Right, do you think if the segments arranged by the Program Team are all this tiring, I should ask them for a pay raise?"

The corners of Shen Qingxue's mouth twitched slightly, not knowing whether she was smiling or speechless.

"... Shut your mouth."

Lu Li gave a chuckle, didn't mind it either, turned his head back, and continued to sunbathe.

On the other side, Xu Hao and Lin Yu were walking towards this direction.

From afar, Xu Hao saw Lu Li lying on the beach and couldn't help shouting at the top of his lungs.

"Yo! Lying down already? Lu Li, you're not cutting it."

Lu Li didn't even lift his eyelids, lazily replying,

"If you think you can, you do it."

Xu Hao gave a chuckle and didn't take up the conversation, instead sitting heavily on the beach beside them and also starting to lie flat.

Standing to the side, Lin Yu looked at Xu Hao, then looked at the distant sea surface, and couldn't help asking a question.

"Has Zhou Yichen and the others not arrived yet?"

"Not yet, they're still drifting on the sea," Xu Hao replied with his eyes closed.

Lin Yu gave an "Oh" and didn't ask anymore.