Showbiz Scandal: The Official Announcement of My Ex and Myself-Chapter 301: Let’s Charter a Boat for 10 Bucks

Chapter 301: Chapter 301: Let’s Charter a Boat for 10 Bucks

Xie Qingci acted as if he hadn’t noticed how shocking his words were, and after tying the vines, he even smiled at her.

"Let’s go."

He walked forward steadily, and Yu Xia also lowered her head and slowly climbed upward. For a while, neither of them spoke.

The barrage, however, was particularly lively.

[A belt works too, I don’t mind / wipes nosebleed.jpg]

[Oh my God, why did the vines suddenly become so tantalizing]

[For a moment, I felt like Xie Qingci was going to pounce on her; when he doesn’t smile, he’s really kind of intimidating]

[I can feel the pain from outside the screen, and Yu Xia, you say it doesn’t hurt!]

[Our Qingci brother is worried, his mood isn’t good]

[Before clicking in: Come on, who seriously ships Yu Xia and a trending idol, are you crazy? After clicking in: Hurry up! I want you two kissing within three minutes!]

[Some people’s chemistry is entirely natural. Yesterday I shipped the virtuous housewife brother × assertive sister, today I can effortlessly ship the white-cut dark brother × gentle sister]

[He called Yu Xia!]

Under the camera.

After climbing over the steep slope, they circled around. It was time to descend the mountain.

The vines kept them tied together, and while walking, they didn’t stay too close. If Yu Xia slowed down, she felt tugged forward, and if she sped up, the vines sagged. It was uncomfortable no matter what. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

The more she thought, the more she regretted suggesting this idea.

Just then, Xie Qingci, who was walking ahead, suddenly turned back to call her.

"Sis, what are the clues? You haven’t told me yet."

"Huh? Oh, let me show you the card, avoid the camera."

This time, the clue wasn’t a photo but a straightforward address.

[Yellow Mud Mountain Da Gunzi Temple]

A very artistic name, but Yu Xia suspected it was created by the show’s team.

"Look it up on the map." He took out his phone, checked the surroundings of their current location, and zoomed in for a closer look.

On the light gray map background, apart from the slightly obvious river, there were white lines and black names, mostly mountains, and a bunch of names clustered together, making it impossible to tell which path to take up which mountain.

Yu Xia leaned over to watch him operate, glancing at the several odd names nearby.

"Dog Barking Gully, Nielinzi, Monk Slope, Back Gully, Yuanyuan Village, Heavenly Temple... What kind of names are these?"

And, what’s with Heavenly Temple? Is it crossing mythological systems?

Xie Qingci calmly lowered his eyes to look at her, zooming in on the map next to Monk Slope as much as possible.

"Yellow Mud Mountain is here, but I can’t see the temple name."

Other places have several temple names, but none of them are the "Da Gunzi Temple" they’re looking for.

"The river circles around there. That mountain is inside the loop. The good news is we don’t need to cross the river, but the bad news is it’s far from us."

He put away his phone, tugged on the vines, and asked her, "I have an idea. Do you want to hear it?"

Yu Xia raised her chin: "Speak."

He pointed to the river visible from the mountain, saying, "It’s too far. We’ll walk for ages and still have to avoid pursuers. Why not return to the dock, take a boat downstream along the river, and climb up when we reach the place. How does that sound?"

He didn’t stop talking as they walked, and when they reached steeper areas, he also turned his hand upright to support her.

Yu Xia thought carefully: "On the way back, it’s easy to run into pursuers."

She didn’t outright reject him, which basically meant she agreed.

Xie Qingci dispelled her concerns one by one: "They won’t expect us to return the same way, so they won’t cover up along the way. They’ll be out in the open, and we’ll be in the shadows. It’s easy to avoid them. Plus, once we get on the boat, it’ll be difficult for them to catch us."

"Will the master poling the boat agree to let us charter it?" Though the idea was a bit odd, she still took out what money she had and counted it again, "And we’re really broke; how much does chartering a boat cruise cost?"

It sounded a bit pitiful. Others charter luxury party boats for tens of thousands, while they were reluctant to charter a small boat with just dozens.

"It probably won’t cost much." Xie Qingci wasn’t sure how much it would cost either, but he knew the strongest reason for choosing this method.

"Taking the boat saves energy. If you try climbing for a day, you might not manage."

This was a choice between spending money to save energy and spending energy to save money. Yu Xia didn’t think long before choosing the boat.

Knowing her physical limits and acting accordingly was wiser. After walking all day yesterday, her legs were already painfully aching, and walking for another day would be deadly.

After deciding, they circled to the back of the mountain halfway up, climbing quietly and avoiding any pursuers.

This method was a bit thrilling. Midway, they spotted a pursuer in a black T-shirt and had to sit behind trees on the mountainside for ten minutes to avoid detection.

They carefully climbed the entire way, using a path no one had taken before to return to the campsite from yesterday.

After observing from the rapeseed field for a long time to ensure no pursuers were on either side of the river, Xie Qingci raised a rapeseed stalk, silently calling the old master poling the boat across the river.

Fortunately, the old master had decent eyesight, saw them, and slowly poled the boat over.

They didn’t expect two people to be on the boat.

It was Ling Luo and Luo Sheng, looking demoralized and disheveled.

When the two teams met, Ling Luo and Luo Sheng’s eyes lit up, while Yu Xia and Xie Qingci both took two steps back in unison, watching them cautiously.

Yu Xia: "Why are you here? Was it you who got caught? Have you transformed into pursuers?"

Ling Luo shook her head desperately: "No, no! We haven’t been caught yet. We’re crossing the river to get to the second task point!"

"You didn’t encounter any pursuers on your way here?" Xie Qingci asked.

Luo Sheng wiped his face: "We did. Yuan Cheng’s team was with us, and we ran into two pursuers trying to catch them. We ran fast, hid in the woods, and escaped capture."

It sounded thrilling, but Yu Xia didn’t believe them. She poked Ling Luo with the broken rapeseed stalk, saying, "Swear that everything you said is true. If you lie, you lose ten thousand fans."

Ling Luo: "Why don’t you believe us... okay, okay, I swear. If we transform into pursuers, we’ll lose ten thousand fans, alright?"

After also getting Luo Sheng to swear, Yu Xia begrudgingly believed them, pulling Xie Qingci aside to clear a path.

"Alright then, you two can leave. The second task point is behind this mountain."

Ling Luo sluggishly got off the boat, a bit awkwardly asking, "Where are you guys going? Why did you come back?"

"No comment." She threw down those four words and, under Xie Qingci’s protection, got on the boat.

Seeing they still weren’t leaving, she urged, "Hurry up, are you waiting to be caught by the pursuers?"

"I... we..."

Before Ling Luo could finish speaking, several black-clad pursuers suddenly rushed down the mountain.

In a flash, Yu Xia nervously shouted for the old master to pole the boat quickly, and Ling Luo and Luo Sheng, scared out of their wits, jumped back onto the boat like headless flies.

"...What are you doing?"

"Waaaaah, we’re scared of getting caught!"