74: Chapter 74 The Mysterious Reward Turns Out to Be Just a Clue?

Before long, guided by the staff, everyone arrived at the resort hotel on the island.

Calling it a hotel, it was actually more like individual villas scattered among the coconut groves, with white exterior walls and thatched roofs, full of tropical charm.

Lunch was arranged in the largest villa among them.

The long table was already covered with food, and the variety was so rich that it made people wonder if the Program Team had suddenly found their conscience.

Everyone quickly took their seats.

Except for the female guests who were still somewhat reserved, the male guests grabbed food like a sweeping storm.

Naturally, Lu Li and Xu Hao were the main ones among them.

Director Zhou couldn't help but facepalm at this sight; fortunately, the broadcast was turned off, otherwise if the viewers saw a group of stars acting like starving ghosts, he would get chewed out by the audience again.

Anyone who didn't know would have thought the Program Team hadn't given them any food to eat.

Xu Hao and Zhou Yichen: "I thank you so much."

When everyone was about half-full, the atmosphere at the scene was much more harmonious than the previous two days, at least on the surface.

Not to mention the others, even Zhou Yichen felt that Lu Li looked rather pleasing to the eye now.

...

Lunch ended quickly.

The staff began to clear the dining table, and the other guests dispersed in twos and threes to find a place to rest.

As for Lu Li, after finishing his meal, he also found a spot on a lounge chair outside the villa, lay down on it, and closed his eyes to bask in the sun.

Shen Qingxue walked out at some point as well, sat down on the lounge chair next to him, holding a book in her hands, and lowered her head to flip through it.

Lu Li opened one eye, glanced at the cover of the book, wanting to see what kind of book it was.

After looking at it several times, well, he couldn't see it.

"Ahem, what kind of book is this?"

Shen Qingxue turned a page without raising her head.

"You wouldn't understand."

Lu Li withdrew his gaze and curled his lips.

"If you don't want to say it, fine. What do you mean by 'you wouldn't understand'? Are you just bragging, who are you looking down on?"

Shen Qingxue's fingers paused on the page, then she looked at Lu Li, saying word by word.

"I said, this book is called 'You Wouldn't Understand'."

Lu Li's expression instantly froze, and he couldn't help but curse inwardly, how could there be such a terrible book title?

But he quickly adjusted himself and immediately laughed it off.

"Haha, hahaha, so it's this book, I knew it, hahaha."

Shen Qingxue gave him a faint glance, didn't reply, and continued turning the pages.

Lu Li closed his eyes and stopped talking, feeling awkwardly pained.

Sure enough, there were still cultural differences between the two worlds; how could any book be named such a terrible name.

The sea breeze blew over, carrying a hint of coolness.

Blowing and blowing, by the time Lu Li drowsily opened his eyes, a staff member happened to be calling his name nearby.

"Teacher Lu? Teacher Lu?"

"What's wrong?"

"Director Zhou asked me to inform you that the afternoon recording is about to start, please move to the beach to gather."

"Oh, okay."

Lu Li rubbed his eyes and sat up from the lounge chair.

There was no one on the lounge chair next to him anymore; Shen Qingxue had left at some point, leaving only that book resting on the armrest.

He stood up, stretched, and followed the staff toward the beach.

...

On the beach, the others had almost all arrived.

Lu Li glanced around and found Shen Qingxue's spot.

Soon, he walked over and stood still beside her.

"Why didn't you wake me up before leaving just now?"

Shen Qingxue didn't raise her head, saying indifferently, "Seeing that you were sleeping so soundly, I couldn't bear to wake you up."

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, then scratched his head.

"Oh... then thanks."

Shen Qingxue didn't reply.

Soon, Director Zhou walked out from under the parasol, followed by the Deputy Director and several staff members.

"Alright, alright, are everyone here?"

Everyone nodded.

"Alright then, the live broadcast is about to start. Everyone check your status again, and we'll go live in three minutes."

Lu Li glanced at Shen Qingxue, who showed no reaction, and asked casually.

"Aren't you going to touch up your makeup?"

Shen Qingxue raised her head and glanced at him.

"No need."

Lu Li felt a bit guilty under that glance and sheepishly touched his nose.

"Fine then."

Three minutes later, the staff made a gesture, and the red live broadcast indicator light lit up.

Director Zhou raised his megaphone and cleared his throat.

"The live broadcast begins!"

The moment the screen of the live broadcast room lit up, netizens poured in like a tide.

[It's here, it's here, it's here!]

[Good afternoon to all the Yu Yifeis in front of the screen!]

[That strait-crossing session in the morning made my palms sweat, is there anything even more thrilling this afternoon?]

[Where are Lu Li and Shen Qingxue? Let me take a look at my CP!]

[F***, the Goddess looks so good this afternoon too!]

[Lu Li is standing next to her, the two of them match so well.]

[Sigh, seeing them stand together always gives me the feeling of a little cotton-padded jacket being snatched away by a blond-haired punk.]

[The bullet comments flew by quickly, and the online viewer count rapidly climbed.]

Director Zhou looked at the backend data, nodded with satisfaction, and then raised his megaphone.

"Welcome everyone back to the live broadcast scene of Heartbeat 72 Hours!"

He paused and swept his gaze across every guest present.

"Everyone performed wonderfully in the morning's strait-crossing segment, especially the combination of Lu Li and Shen Qingxue. Let us once again use applause to congratulate them on successfully completing the challenge!"

Sparse applause sounded on the beach.

Director Zhou waited for the applause to subside and continued.

"I promised to announce the reward for the morning segment in the afternoon, and now is the time to fulfill that promise."

He deliberately dragged out his tone, his gaze falling on Lu Li and Shen Qingxue.

"Because the CP combination of Lu Li and Shen Qingxue successfully completed the challenge in the strait-crossing segment, the Program Team will grant you a special reward..."

Director Zhou paused, the corners of his mouth curving into a meaningful smile.

"Clues to three challenge cards."

As soon as these words were spoken, the beach fell silent for a moment, with big question marks surrounding everyone.

Lu Li curled his lips; he knew that given the Program Team's usual style, they wouldn't give out anything good.

He just didn't expect that in the end, it wasn't even a physical item.

"Three clues? What kind of thing is this again?" Xu Hao suddenly asked, puzzled.

Director Zhou quickly explained.

"This is related to today's second segment."

"The Program Team has scattered many challenge cards across this island, and each card has a different challenge task written on it."

"Each combination needs to search for these cards on the island and complete the challenges on them. For each completed task, one point will be awarded."

"In the end, rankings will be made based on the number of challenges completed by each group, and the first place will receive a mysterious big gift bag prepared by the Program Team."

He paused and added, "Other rankings have no rewards."

As soon as his voice fell, everyone's expressions instantly sagged.

They originally thought the Program Team was finally acting like decent human beings, but they didn't expect they had thought too much after all.

Leaving aside what the so-called mysterious big gift bag was, just based on this routine, everyone could feel that the so-called challenges weren't right.

In the live broadcast room, the netizens' bullet comments were already going crazy.

[Three clues! The Program Team is blatantly showing favoritism here!]

[What do you mean by favoritism? They won fair and square in the morning, okay? If you guys could cross the strait too, the Program Team would give you clues as well.]

[Exactly, Lu Li and the Goddess deserve it, what's there to be sour about?]

[Lmao, what's the use of three clues, even if you are given clues you still have to be able to find them.]

[Look at Lu Li's expression, what bad idea is he plotting again?]

[I think they will probably go find the hardest kind of cards, after all, others can find the easy ones too.]

[Makes sense, maximizing benefits after all.]

[Suddenly a bit excited, wonder what divine operations there will be in this segment.]