83: Chapter 83 This mysterious gift... are you sure you don't want it?

Before long, everyone returned to the beach.

The sea breeze still blew, the setting sun had already sunk in the west, and only a last streak of orange-red afterglow remained on the horizon.

Compared to Lu Li and Shen Qingxue, the others had arrived long ago.

Xu Hao and Lin Yu were sitting on the beach, their clothes still unchanged, with a lot of sand stained on their suits and long dresses, making them look rather disheveled.

Hearing the footsteps, everyone's gazes turned over in unison.

Then, the beach fell silent for a fleeting moment.

Lu Li was wearing a black suit, his tie loosened a bit, and the collar of his shirt slightly open.

Meanwhile, Shen Qingxue walked beside him, her white long dress gently fluttering in the sea breeze, her hair brushing against her cheeks.

The two of them walked over side by side, one in black and one in white, intertwined in such a setting, the narrative sense was simply maxed out.

Xu Hao was the first to react and let out a whistle.

"Yo, are you two walking the red carpet?"

Lu Li glanced at him.

"You're not bad either."

Xu Hao looked down at his wrinkled suit and the sand stained on his trouser legs, his mouth twitched, and he stopped talking.

On the other side, seeing that the relationship between the two of them seemed to have grown much closer, Zhou Yichen's face instantly darkened.

Following that clue, he had searched that area for more than half an hour, but ended up finding nothing.

The result was self-evident; he had been played with again.

Zhou Yichen only felt an indescribable grievance; he had trusted Shen Qingxue so much, yet in the end, he lost completely!

His heart felt as though it had shattered all over the ground.

Soon, Zhou Yichen took a deep breath, suppressed the surging emotions, and forced a stiff smile at the corners of his mouth.

"How are your harvests?"

Lu Li glanced at him and replied with a grin,

"Pretty good, pretty good, thanks to Brother Zhou's blessing."

Zhou Yichen's smile froze for half a second, and he didn't reply further.

[Hahahaha, Zhou Yichen's expression, I'm going to make it into a meme.]

[Lu Li is too much, he really loves to bring up sore subjects.]

[I'm dying of laughter, Zhou Yichen got scammed so miserably, his face has turned as dark as charcoal.]

Director Zhou stepped forward in time to interrupt everyone's conversation.

"Alright, alright, since everyone has arrived, let's start announcing the final results of this segment!"

Everyone quieted down.

Director Zhou lowered his head to open the folder and read, "Fourth place, Lin Mo and Chen Wenwen's CP combination, only completed three challenges."

Lin Mo and Chen Wenwen's expressions remained calm; they had long guessed this result.

Director Zhou continued reading.

"Third place, Zhou Yichen and Su Qing's CP combination, completed five challenges."

Zhou Yichen's mouth twitched, and he didn't speak.

Su Qing managed to pull off a surprised expression, but when she looked at Zhou Yichen, it was full of helplessness.

If it weren't for Zhou Yichen's willful insistence, they could have found at least two more challenge cards during that half-hour.

Director Zhou didn't pause: "Second place, Xu Hao and Lin Yu's CP combination, completed six challenges."

As soon as Xu Hao heard this result, he finally revealed a heartfelt smile.

Family members, who gets it? Being at the bottom every day, we've finally made a comeback!

"First place, Shen Qingxue and Lu Li's CP combination, completed seven challenges."

As soon as his voice fell, Xu Hao was the first to applaud, Lin Yu followed suit, and Lin Mo and Chen Wenwen also clapped a few times politely.

Zhou Yichen reacted last and clapped twice along with them, his action extremely perfunctory.

Lu Li and Shen Qingxue looked completely indifferent.

Especially Lu Li, with his hands in his pockets, even letting out a yawn, completely unconcerned.

Even though the director said there was a mysterious grand prize, in Lu Li's view, given the Program Team's inhumane nature, what good things could this mysterious grand prize possibly have?

Just like those three clues, it's like dismissing beggars.

Director Zhou waited for the applause to subside and continued speaking.

"Now I am going to announce this mysterious grand gift package! Please get ready, two guests, and come on stage to receive your prize."

On the beach, everyone's gaze fell on Lu Li and Shen Qingxue.

Lu Li stood in place with a grinning face.

"Director Zhou, how about I don't take this prize, and you just convert it into cash and wire it to my card?"

Director Zhou's expression instantly stiffened for a moment.

"That won't do, this is the rule of the Program Team."

"Rules are dead, but people are alive."

Lu Li spread his hands, his tone as casual as could be.

"Besides, what good things could this mysterious gift package have? I estimate it's just two boxes of instant noodles plus a box of mineral water."

The more Lu Li talked, the more spirited he became, completely failing to notice that Director Zhou's face had already darkened.

"So Director Zhou, take my advice, you should keep this prize. When the Program Team holds a team-building event later, you can take it out as a lucky prize, how great is that."

The others on the beach could no longer hold back their laughter.

Lu Li was simply taking the Program Team's stingy nature out and rubbing it on the ground.

However, truth be told, regarding the rewards, they completely agreed with Lu Li's statement.

After all, the rewards weren't much, but there were tons of annoying troubles.

Netizens in the live broadcast room had laughed themselves crazy.

[Hahahahahaha, what the hell, two boxes of instant noodles plus a box of mineral water.]

[Lu Li, you really understand the Program Team's stinginess.]

[I'm dying of laughter, the director's face has turned green.]

[The key is that he said it so sincerely, not looking like he was putting someone down at all.]

[Is this the power of natural blackness? I love it, I love it.]

[Lu Li: I'm not targeting anyone in particular, I mean everyone present here is trash.]

At this moment, Director Zhou also felt that he was losing face a bit, and then chanted three times silently in his heart, "I am the director, I cannot lower myself to Lu Li's level."

Afterwards, he took out a velvet box from his pocket, held it up in front of him, and slowly spoke.

"Since Lu Li is not interested in this mysterious gift package, I will announce it directly."

He paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping across everyone present, and finally landed on Lu Li.

"The mysterious grand prize is..."

Director Zhou deliberately dragged out his tone, a meaningful smile suddenly appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"A pair of gold rings worth 100,000 yuan!"

He opened the velvet box, and two glistening gold rings lay side by side on the black flannel, looking incomparably dazzling at this moment.

After seeing clearly what was inside the box, everyone couldn't help but freeze for a moment.

"What?!"

A sharp screeching sound rang out, so loud that it startled the people around them.

Lu Li's eyes instantly widened roundly.

"Director Zhou, what did you say? Gold rings, worth 100,000?"

Yo, wasn't he acting all tough just now? Why isn't he continuing now? I still like that unyielding look he had just a moment ago.

Director Zhou looked at Lu Li's expression, thoughts churning in his mind, and the arc at the corner of his mouth could finally no longer be suppressed.

"Correct, a pair of gold rings, worth 100,000 yuan."

"Moreover, these are not just ordinary gold couple rings; they were specially custom-made by the Program Team finding a jewelry designer. Each ring is engraved with special characters, possessing high collection value."

"More importantly, these two rings entirely belong to the winning guests, and the Program Team will not make any interference."

After finishing, Director Zhou handed the velvet box a bit toward Lu Li's direction.

"So, Lu Li, are you sure you don't want it?"