The first task that afternoon was to catch crayfish in the aquaculture area at Uncle Liu's home.
The staff came forward and handed each team a small bucket and a hand net.
The moment they had their tools, Xie Lin grabbed Lu Ye and charged toward the rice paddies without another word.
"Go, go, go! Garlic, spicy, thirteen-spice crayfish, here I come!"
Dragged along by him, Lu Ye laughed as he ran.
"Do you know which plot belongs to Uncle Liu?"
"Yes, yes! There's only one plot raising crayfish in the whole aquaculture area. All the others raise river crabs. Hurry up!"
Lu Ye stared at his tightly gripped wrist, sorely tempted to slow down so Xie Lin would hold on a little longer.
Then he considered Xie Lin's competitive streak and foodie nature-
Forget it. Staying alive came first!
By the time the remaining six reacted, Xie Lin and Lu Ye were long gone.
Fu Yunxi snorted.
"Relax. They won't find the rice paddy. Running fast won't do them any good-"
Before he finished, Yue Lan and Yu Zhiwei had vanished too.
Jin Tiancheng and Wu Xinyou followed.
Watching the people ahead move farther and farther away, He Jianing stamped his feet anxiously.
"Come on, Yunxi. They'll catch all the crayfish!"
With a dark expression, Fu Yunxi quickened his pace to catch up.
When they arrived, they found Xie Lin holding his net and laughing up at the sky. Then his smile vanished-
Left, left, right, right, up, up, down, down, A, B, A, B, hop, hop...
Before long, he had caught almost half a bucket.
"..."
They turned to look the other way-
Yue Lan worked steadily, prying one out of a crack between rocks and digging another out from beneath the fine sand. Before long, she had