78: Chapter 78 Oh no, the goddess has really been corrupted!

Just at that moment, Lu Li suddenly turned serious.

"Brother Zhou, we worked so hard to get this clue, you have to make good use of it."

"Rest assured, Brother Lu, I will definitely return the favor twofold later."

"You're too polite, Brother Zhou."

"Not at all, not at all. Brother Lu is the truly polite one."

The two looked at each other and laughed at the same time, sounding exceptionally sincere.

[Hahaha, these two are acting so well. I can smell the hypocrisy right through the screen.]

[Lu Li: I believe your ghost, you old bastard are wicked to the core.]

[Zhou Yichen: Do you think I believe you?]

[Holy crap, is this that fake plastic brotherhood?]

[I am dying of laughter. They call each other brothers on the lips, but inside they are probably cursing each other as idiots.]

The bullet comments flew by rapidly.

At this time, Shen Qingxue, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up.

"This clue is indeed a bit hard to find. Lu Li and I spent over ten minutes and couldn't find it."

Zhou Yichen's smile stiffened slightly.

His gaze lingered on Shen Qingxue's face for a second before shifting to Lu Li's face.

Lu Li still wore that grinning expression.

Zhou Yichen's brows furrowed slightly.

He wasn't doubting that Shen Qingxue was lying to him; after all, in his impression, Shen Qingxue was someone who never bothered to lie.

But the problem is...

That bastard Lu Li's smile was way too fake, and his behavior was more bizarre than the last.

Could this guy possibly harbor any good intentions?

Zhou Yichen muttered inwardly, but on the surface, he still nodded with a smile.

"Thank you for the reminder, Teacher Shen. We will definitely look carefully."

Shen Qingxue didn't speak again.

Lu Li patted Zhou Yichen on the shoulder, and his tone was as sincere as could be.

"Brother Zhou, then we'll be heading off first. Time is running out, see you later."

"Alright, Brother Lu! See you later."

The two looked at each other again, smiled at the same time, and then turned around simultaneously.

The moment they turned around, their smiling faces collapsed simultaneously.

Lu Li strode forward, with Shen Qingxue following closely behind him.

Walking a dozen steps away, Lu Li looked back and confirmed that Zhou Yichen and the others had disappeared behind the coconut grove before speaking.

"That son of a bitch Zhou Yichen still wanted to trick me, does he really take me for a fool?"

Lu Li's voice wasn't loud, but the disdain in his tone was undisguised.

The netizens in the livestream instantly burst into laughter.

[Hahahaha, the boat of friendship capsizes just like that.]

[Calling him Brother Zhou just a moment ago, and now he's a son of a bitch upon turning around?]

[Lu Li: That was just business mode earlier, this is the real state now.]

[I'm dying of laughter, this guy flips his face faster than turning a book.]

[Zhou Yichen: You think I'm not?]

[Lu Li and Zhou Yichen's friendship: calling each other brothers on the surface, cursing each other as idiots behind their backs.]

After Lu Li finished cursing, he suddenly tilted his head to look at Shen Qingxue beside him, subconsciously flashing a wicked smile.

"I wouldn't have guessed it from you."

Shen Qingxue turned her head to look at him, expressionless.

"What?"

"You look so refined and delicate, and you look like someone with a kind heart. I didn't expect you to tell lies so effortlessly."

As Lu Li spoke, he even gave her a thumbs-up.

"Impressive, impressive. I admire you."

Shen Qingxue stopped walking, turned around to look at him, her tone still calm.

"What lie did I tell?"

Lu Li was stunned for a moment, then began counting on his fingers.

"You said that the clue is indeed a bit hard to find. Isn't that just tricking them into thinking the challenge card hasn't been found yet?"

Shen Qingxue looked at him, her expression unchanged.

"And then? What I said is the truth. After all, we did spend over ten minutes, but we still didn't find the challenge card, right?"

"As for the rest, that has nothing to do with me."

Lu Li opened his mouth, wanting to refute, but suddenly found that he couldn't find a single reason to do so.

Because what Shen Qingxue said was indeed the truth.

Holy crap!

In one word, brilliant!

...

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Not long after Zhou Yichen and his group walked away, Su Qing spoke up.

"The clues they gave are probably useless, right? Should we still go search somewhere else?"

Zhou Yichen also felt this made a lot of sense.

He might not know others well, but didn't he know Lu Li? This was bound to be a trap for him.

But then again, in his impression, Shen Qingxue was someone who wouldn't lie, or perhaps more accurately, someone who disliked lying.

And Shen Qingxue's words just now...

For a moment, Zhou Yichen fell into a dilemma because he had walked himself into a paradox.

On one side was Lu Li, whom he considered full of wicked schemes, and on the other side was Shen Qingxue, whom he believed disdained lying...

In the end, Zhou Yichen still made a decision.

"Let's go take a look."

Su Qing was stunned for a moment.

"What?"

"I said, let's go take a look."

Zhou Yichen turned around, preparing to head to the highest point of this area.

"According to that clue, it should be at a high place. If we look carefully, we should find something."

Su Qing opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but seeing Zhou Yichen's serious expression, she swallowed her words back.

She followed behind Zhou Yichen and asked in a low voice.

"You believe them?"

Zhou Yichen didn't look back, his tone calm.

"Whether I believe it or not isn't important. What's important is, what if the clue is real?"

Su Qing pursed her lips and didn't reply further, because talking was useless anyway.

[Zhou Yichen really got led astray by this kid Lu Li.]

[Zhou Yichen is quite sharp too, how did he lose his head as soon as it involved Shen Qingxue?]

[It's hard to get past the trial of a beauty.]

[It's over, my Goddess has really been corrupted by Lu Li.]

[She never lied before, wuwuwu.]

[The problem is the Goddess didn't lie either. Spending over ten minutes and not finding it, what does that have to do with finding it later?]

[Hilarious, is this the art of language?]

The bullet comments flew by frantically, but Zhou Yichen and Su Qing had already set off toward the highest-located villa in that area.

...

On the other side, Lu Li made a new discovery.

They walked along the path to a resting area, where several white chairs were placed.

Lu Li hadn't held out much hope originally and just glanced over out of habit.

But just with that glance, he noticed an inconspicuous sealed bag tucked into the crack of one of the chairs.

"What the heck?!"

Lu Li walked over, squatted down, and reached out to dig the sealed bag out from the crack.

Shen Qingxue stood to the side, lowering her head to watch his movements without making a sound to disturb him.

The sealed bag was successfully retrieved. Lu Li stood up, shook the sealed bag in his hand, and raised an eyebrow at Shen Qingxue.

"Good luck."

Shen Qingxue glanced at the sealed bag, then glanced at the area around the chairs, furrowing her brow slightly.

"This has nothing to do with the clue, does it?"

Lu Li nodded, opened the sealed bag, and pulled out the card inside.

"Indeed, it should be something picked up purely by luck, and there should be more than one such scattered card."

Shen Qingxue gave a soft "Mn."

Lu Li flipped the card over, his gaze falling on the challenge task on the back.

With just a single glance, his expression froze visibly to the naked eye.