Chapter 90: Can This Be Shipped Too? Surprisingly, It’s Kind of Delicious

She lowered her head at once. “I’m sorry. I’ve held everyone back again.”

“There’s no need to apologize,” Bai Lu said, rolling her eyes. “Being afraid of heights means being afraid of heights. If you insist you’re not, then get assigned a task you can’t finish—that’s when you’re really holding everyone back.”

Di Jiaer’s mouth twitched. “What about you, Lu?”

Bai Lu told the truth. “I’m scared of heights too, but the last drama I did had a lot of skiing scenes. I think I can give it a try. What about you, Jiaer-ge?”

“I actually quite like extreme sports.”

Just from looking at the name of the task, Zu Xinen had already gone pale. “How are the tasks going to be assigned? We can’t just dump everything on Jiaer alone.”

Lin Ye was eager to try. “I want to challenge myself.”

Liu Nana sat alone on a wooden wicker sofa, eating ice cream. “I know how to dive. Qiaoqiao, Xinluo, why don’t the three of us take the diving task?”

“Who wants to be with you?” Qiao Qianyi gave Liu Nana no warmth at all. She wrapped her arms around Bai Lu. “Bai Lu, you take the diving one. That one’s easy.”

Liu Nana couldn’t afford to offend the eldest young lady of the Qiao family, so she looked at Bai Lu. “Do you want to take diving too?”

Bai Lu pointed at the ice cream in her hand. “Sister Nana, where’d you get that?”

“In the fridge,” Liu Nana answered carelessly.

Bai Lu pointed to the drink menu and kindly reminded her, “Seven dollars. Pretty expensive.”

Converted to Chinese currency, that was nearly fifty yuan.

Liu Nana smiled with seductive charm. “It’s my first time here; I didn’t know the rules. Is the money pooled together, or does everyone handle their own?”

“Everyone handles their own,” Bai Lu said with a sweet smile. She took out her little money pouch, pulled out three ten-dollar bills, and placed them on the coffee table. “Brother En, this is my fuel money. Refund the difference if there’s any; I’ll cover the rest if it’s short.”

Qiao Qianyi and Lin Ye immediately followed her lead.

Di Jiaer and Shen Xinluo came right after and handed over their fuel money too.

Liu Nana paid as well, but she was deeply irritated inside.

That little bitch Bai Lu was obviously targeting her.

Zu Xinen collected everyone’s fuel money separately. “Every night, I’ll make the accounts public.”

[Little Bai Lu totally gets it, paying the fuel money in advance so she won’t be unable to cough it up later and shamelessly freeload off others.]

[I’m waiting for the day Liu Nana can’t afford food.]

[No need to wait that long. I think Liu Nana won’t have money for food tomorrow.]

[Speechless. What is the production team doing? Hiring a housekeeper to drag everyone down. Hiring a flying guest, and she’s still a burden.]

[Liu Nana choosing diving for herself is one thing, but why exclude Bai Lu? Isn’t Bai Lu a girl too? Isn’t that targeting?]

[Liu Nana already pissed me off at the airport when she said Lu hadn’t really gone to school much. Is this woman sick in the head or what?]

[Bai Lu fans, watch your mouths.]

[Hah, Bai Lu fans are always like this: licking the boots of the male guests and cursing the female ones.]

[So is Sister Nana targeting Bai Lu, or is Bai Lu targeting Sister Nana?]

[Unreal. Bai Lu led everyone in isolating Shen Xinluo last episode, and now it’s Sister Nana’s turn this episode.]

[Bai Lu just wants all the male guests revolving around her, doesn’t she?]

After all, Liu Nana was the most prominent of the Four Little Actresses. Not only did she have a huge fan base, but her fans were formidable too.

In an instant, the livestream barrage was in full uproar.

Arguing with words alone was never going to produce an answer, so they decided to eat lunch first.

They could deal with the tasks later.

Lunch was delicious, inexpensive, and generous in portion.

The boys all ate until they were full, without spending much money.

It was a restaurant Bai Lu had found through the travel app, based on recommendations from netizens.

“Little Lu, I love you so much.” Lin Ye, the big golden retriever of a man, hugged Bai Lu again and started acting spoiled. “I want to be full at every meal!”

Bai Lu said, “Using little repetitive words is disgusting.”

By afternoon, it was already getting late, so everyone decided to head to the beach and finish most of the tasks there.

Over the next three days, they would have to drive all over the island, checking in at scenic spots.

Liu Nana lowered her voice and reminded Shen Xinluo, “You have to perform well when doing tasks. I can’t help you with that. No matter how scared you are, you have to go through with it, understand?”

Shen Xinluo nodded and clenched her fists. “Thank you, Nana-jie. I understand.”

After arriving at the beach, Shen Xinluo summoned her courage and took the initiative to choose parasailing.

That meant wearing a parachute and having it tied by rope to a jet ski.

The jet ski would speed ahead, and the person behind would be pulled up into the air.

Seeing that even Shen Xinluo, a girl, had chosen parasailing, Li Huan gritted his teeth. “Then I’ll do this one too.”

Zu Xinen said, “I—”

“Don’t force yourselves. If you’re afraid of heights, doing these kinds of activities is truly deadly.” Bai Lu pointed to herself. “Jiaer-ge likes extreme sports, and Xiaoye wants to challenge himself. Add me in, and that makes three. The remaining less frightening tasks, you people who are afraid of heights can divide among yourselves.”

Li Huan was especially embarrassed. “Little Lu, but you’re afraid of heights too.”

“I’m a little better than the rest of you.” Bai Lu smiled. “We still have to do the tasks, don’t we? But I can’t force you.”

“Then you force yourself?” Qiao Qianyi looked unwilling. “When it comes to times like this, shouldn’t the boys take care of the girls a bit? That shouldn’t be a problem!”

Bai Lu’s expression was solemn. “Brother En and the others already take very good care of us girls. During the meal, Brother En, Brother Jiaer, and Brother Huan all gave us the seafood; they themselves only ate a little, and relied on rice to fill up. But they paid the bill. You may not have noticed, and that’s fine—I’m telling you now.”

“Also, when the eldest young lady like you went out, you brought sunscreen, a parasol, a sun hat, a whole pile of things. Who carried your bag? After you finished using things, you just tossed them aside. It was Brother En and the others chasing after you to clean everything up.”

Qiao Qianyi was red-faced from her words. “My dad and mom don’t lecture me like this every day…”

Bai Lu sighed. “I’m not trying to lecture you. I just want to tell you that Brother En and the others usually take very good care of us. So we should take care of them too. That’s how it works both ways. If Brother En and the others didn’t look after me normally, then I definitely wouldn’t look after them either.”

Qiao Qianyi felt wronged. “But I’m really afraid of heights!”

Bai Lu smiled. “That’s why I said I’d go.”

Liu Nana unobtrusively bumped Shen Xinluo’s shoulder with her parasol.

Shen Xinluo ground her teeth so hard it felt like they might shatter. “What Little Lu said is right, I also—”

“You also don’t need to.” Bai Lu rolled her eyes in exasperation. “I said no forcing yourselves, and that includes you. If you get scared into something bad, can this show still be filmed? Fine, it’s settled then. You people who are afraid of heights are not allowed to be brave and step forward.”

Di Jiaer smiled. “Xinluo, listen to Little Lu. Don’t force yourself. Just having that intention is already very good.”

Bai Lu turned back and stared straight into the camera. “We don’t have to pay for the tasks ourselves, do we? Just parasailing alone costs several thousand dollars per person!”

The production team said, “We’ll pay.”

Bai Lu snapped her fingers. “Let’s go. Split up and act!”

[Silly Lu, always caring about others and never knowing how to care about herself!]

[Stop scolding her. Once Silly Lu finishes parasailing, she’ll understand what true split-up action means.]

[After doing parasailing once, your head and body really do feel like they’re separating.]

[You’re all worrying about Little Lu, but I’m different—I ship Little Lu with the Qiao family’s eldest young lady.]

[???? You can ship that too?]

[Younger, cute, fierce little darling X tsundere, domineering eldest young lady.]

[???? Why does that sound kind of delicious?]