Shen Xingcan began waving his paddle around in dissatisfaction, and thanks to his efforts, the rubber boat promptly began spinning in place.
Xie Linchuan said, "Give me the paddle."
"Why?"
"Do you know how to paddle?"
Shen Xingcan said, "No."
"Then give it to me."
"Oh."
Shen Xingcan handed his paddle to Xie Linchuan.
The movement inevitably brought their bodies into contact.
Xie Linchuan paused almost imperceptibly.
With someone to slave away for him, Shen Xingcan happily took it easy. He even had the leisure to taunt the other two teams. "Sorry, but first place is ours. Hahahaha!"
Jiang Yifeng snapped, "What are you so smug about? Aren't you still relying entirely on Linchuan?"
Shen Xingcan's face brimmed with exuberance. "So what? Go ahead and be jealous."
That smug look on Shen Xingcan's face made Jiang Yifeng howl in anger. "Linchuan, throw him into the sea!!!"
Shen Xingcan scoffed. "How vicious. But I suggest you give it a rest. I'm much more important to Linchuan than you are."
Jiang Yifeng said, "I just don't get it. How does he put up with an asshole like you?"
Shen Xingcan smoothed the loose strands of hair the sea breeze had blown up. "Maybe that's what they call beauty being in the eye of the beholder. He sees me through a hundred layers of filters."
Xie Linchuan: "..."
Jiang Yifeng yelled in fury, "Here we go again! You've only just made up, and you're already showing off your love? You damn lovey-dovey bastards!"
[How does Xie Linchuan know how to do everything? He's so amazing. (*^▽^*)]
[Wait, is Shen Xingcan just going to sit there and watch?]
[Xie Linchuan is happy to let Shen Xingcan sit there and watch. Who the hell are you?]
[The vibe between these two is so strange. Have they really never dated?]
[No idea whether they've dated, but their relationship definitely isn't simple. At the very least, they aren't just "former colleagues."]
[Shen Xingcan really will say anything.]
[They've made up now, right?]
[Actually, I think it's more accurate to say they never fell out in the first place. They were just sulking at each other before.]
[This is how us straight guys get when we sell fanservice. We never know when to stop.]
Shen Xingcan corrected Jiang Yifeng. "We haven't made up."
Jiang Yifeng grew even angrier. "Like hell I believe you! I'm never becoming part of your play again! Aaaaaaah!"
Beauty was already in the eye of the beholder, and they still hadn't made up? And here he'd been worried they would fight!
Shen Xingcan felt deeply wronged. "We really haven't made up!"
Although things were much better than their old pattern of meeting each other head-on at every turn, they were clearly still a long way from making up.
Jiang Yifeng stopped paying attention to Shen Xingcan and began paddling hard. But some people only became unluckier the harder they tried, and Jiang Yifeng clearly belonged to that category.
The harder he tried, the farther his and Bai Lin's rubber boat drifted from shore.
In the end, after Ye Ran and Lin Cen had already reached shore, the production team helped the two of them ashore. Without the production team stepping in, those two could easily have paddled their rubber boat all the way to the opposite shore.
Song Tiantian said, "To help the team members adjust to life on Chongshan Island, the production team has set up a points exchange store. The store will open every day at precisely noon and remain open for thirty minutes. During opening hours, team members can exchange the points they've earned through hard work for goods. Please note that all food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation on the island require points, so please spend your points carefully."
Jiang Yifeng keenly caught the issue in Song Tiantian's words. "All food, clothing, accommodation, and transportation require points, so the production team won't provide lodging?"
Song Tiantian nodded. "That's right. The production team won't provide lodging. Guests can exchange points for their preferred type of accommodation."
Shen Xingcan looked thoughtful. "Then what if we plan to sleep under the open sky?"
Song Tiantian naturally picked up where he left off. "Then you can save the points you would have spent on accommodation."
Shen Xingcan looked eagerly at Xie Linchuan.
One look at Shen Xingcan's expression told Xie Linchuan what he was thinking. "I don't want to get soaked to the skin."
Shen Xingcan said, "Oh."
Song Tiantian said, "Today is the team members' first day on the island. To help everyone settle in on Chongshan Island, the store will open early today."
After following Song Tiantian for several hundred meters, they saw a freestanding sign that read "Strawberry Store." Behind it were all kinds of items arranged by category.
Jiang Yifeng stared at the price tag on the toothpaste as though he had been struck by lightning. "Toothpaste only costs one point? Then what was the point of using up one of my item slots to bring toothpaste?"
Shen Xingcan kindly consoled him. "It means you didn't want to bring more stuff."
Jiang Yifeng: "..."
Damn it, aaaaaah!
Ye Ran said, "Wood, pots, rice, cooking oil, water... It really looks like Tiantian said. We'll have to rely on ourselves for life on the island."