translator: Oyen
As Qiu Zongyue said, the rafting in Bali was worthy of the name. Yuan Xi’s heart was instantly raised as soon as the kayak set off—— After passing through a river with gentle water flow, the kayak suddenly slammed into a boulder, and then turned 360 degrees for a whole circle. However, Yuan Xi and Qiu Zongping lost their balance and fell on the boat, and their pants were soaked by the water poured into the boat!
Seeing them falling on all four, the coach couldn’t help laughing and then asked in Chinese, “good, fun?”
Qiu Zongping wiped the water stains on his face, smiled slightly, and nodded, “Yes.”
“It’s fun!” Yuan Xi replied excitedly.
The coach’s character was very warm and cheerful, probably because he received more Chinese tourists, he could speak a few simple Chinese. The kayak just got stuck between the two stones, and the coach propped the paddle in the river. With a hard push, the kayak turned a corner and continued to go down the river.
Yuan Xi finally struggled to get up and sit awkwardly, but his face couldn’t help showing joy.
It was really fun. The water sports in the amusement park were nothing compared to this kind of real natural river rafting.
The source of the river was at the top of the mountain, rafting all the way to the foot of the mountain, the river was fast, and there were some small waterfalls. The coach said that it was about 3 hours from the finish line, and in many thrilling sections of the river, Yuan Xi became more and more excited, clutching the oars in one hand and rowing forcefully with the safety rope in the other.
What made him even more happy was that not only was the river rafting very exciting, but both sides of the river were still the most primitive tropical rain forest scenery that had not been developed by human beings.
Those tall trees and exotic flowers were almost identical to the ancient forests seen in Hollywood movies. Together with Qiu Zongping and foreign coaches, he traveled in the depths of the tropical rainforest in a small kayak, far away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
At this moment, his head was really empty, without any worries—— because he had no time to think about it, and the kayak would hit the natural stones in the river almost every few seconds, or the roots of trees on both sides. His whole mind was on how to keep his balance and assist the coach in rowing forward.
It felt good to have no time to think and just followed the river for an exciting adventure.
Gradually, he ignored that Qiu Zongping was sitting next to him, and even laughed because Qiu Zongping fell on all fours.
Looking at the bright smile on Yuan Xi’s face, Qiu Zongping was a little stunned for a while.
How long has such a bright smile not appeared on Yuan Xi’s face?
When he first met Yuan Xi, his personality was sunny and straightforward, always saying what he thought. He also dared to raise objections face to face to Qin Mo, the vice captain who many people feared in the training camp at that time. Qiu Zongping’s impression of him had always been very frank and simple. Sometimes he would be impulsive and self-willed, but he didn’t have a bad heart.
But since god Mo retired and handed over the vice captain position to Qiu Zongping, Yuan Xi seldom smiled like this and dodged every time he saw Qiu Zongping, and the relationship between the two became stiffer.
Later, they experienced too many things until both of them regrouped and entered Peerless Jianghu. During this season’s competition, Yuan Xi’s state had been bad. In addition, he later made an unexpected mistake at the carnival, and not only he lost his smile, but also frowned all day, looking very unhappy…
At this moment, he apparently relaxed completely, falling back and forth on the boat, rocking with laughter.
Qiu Zongping missed such a happy Yuan Xi.
Qiu Zongping was good at English, but he didn’t like talking. Although Yuan Xi was not good at English, he was very excited to chat with the coach.
Both of them could communicate with each other without obstacles in English mixed with Chinese and gestures.
The coach still asked him in broken Chinese. “Students?”
Yuan Xi waved his hand. “No no, I’m working!”
“Young!” The couch smiled.
Yuan Xi, who was praised, was very happy and gave the coach a thumbs up. “Awesome!”
This conversation was not good, and it was as naive as primary school students. However, strangers from different countries, such brief communication made Yuan Xi very relaxed.
There was another huge rock just in front of him, and the coach yelled. “Boom!” This meant they were going to hit again. Sure enough, as soon as his words fell, the kayak slammed into the stone and rotated 180 degrees in place, turning Yuan Xi dizzy and laughing.
Such unrestrained laughter actually made Qiu Zongping also couldn’t help but smile.
There were several kilometers of rafting river. After rafting for an hour, the coach stopped the boat by the river. This was the supply station in the middle of the river. There was food for sale.
Yuan Xi ate a lot in the morning, not very hungry, but a little thirsty, wanting to buy a bottle of water.
During the rafting process, they would get wet with water, so when they set off, their wallet and mobile phone were put away by the coach and put in a sealed waterproof bag. Yuan Xi went to the coach to ask for it. The coach opened the waterproof bag and gave him the wallet. Yuan Xi went to buy water, thinking that the coach was working hard, so he bought two bottles.
As a result, looking back, Qiu Zongping was standing there basking in the sun. The river water soaked his T-shirt, his clothes were tightly attached to his body, a thin waistline was outlined, and his long legs were particularly eye-catching.
Yuan Xi’s heart jumped slightly. Seeing Qiu Zongping looking over, Yuan Xi immediately looked back and held out three fingers to the shop assistant, meaning to buy three bottles.
He handed a bottle of water to the coach. The coach seemed a little surprised. The young man actually bought water for himself, and he couldn’t help but smile and said ‘Thank you’ several times.
Then Yuan Xi went to Qiu Zongping and tried to keep calm. “Captain Qiu, drink some water.”
Qiu Zongping took the water and saw that his hair was wet and attached to his ear, his clothes were wet and attached to his body, and his face was still dripping with water. The whole person was like a soft drowning puppy, hanging his head and drinking water silently, which was actually a little… cute.
Perhaps, this word shouldn’t be used to describe a man, but Qiu Zongping really couldn’t move his gaze when he looked at the wet Yuan Xi.
After drinking a few mouthfuls of water, Yuan Xi seemed to break the embarrassing atmosphere by counting his fingers and began to count the money: “10,000 rupiah, about five yuan, just bought three bottles of water, spent 35,000 rupiah, a bottle of water is… about six yuan?”
Hearing this serious money calculation, Qiu Zongping couldn’t help but smile. “It’s six yuan.”
Yuan Xi scratched his head. “That’s quite expensive. If you buy water in China, it is generally two yuan.”
Qiu Zongping echoed. “En, there is no tap water purification system in Bali. Tap water can’t be drunk directly. You can only drink mineral water produced in the factory. Plus, it is also a tourist attraction, and the price will naturally be higher than that in China.”
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Yuan Xi nodded. “That’s right, the food is also more expensive. I only ordered two dishes that day, it cost hundreds of thousands, which is almost 100 yuan. It is estimated that it will be just 50 yuan in China.”
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Thinking of this, Yuan Xi immediately looked away and went to the coach to talk to him.
Seeing that he suddenly turned away while chatting, Qiu Zongping was stunned and felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
After resting at the supply station, the three people once again set off.
The rafting process was still thrilling, but Yuan Xi gradually felt cold—— after all, it was inside the virgin forest. Because of the towering trees, most of the sunshine was blocked and couldn’t shine into the river. In addition, the river was cold, and all the clothes were soaked, the water constantly pouring into the kayak, making Yuan Xi feel like sitting in the cold river.
It was really uncomfortable to soak his bottom in ice water.
However, if a big man was still afraid of the cold, he would certainly be laughed at.
He was too embarrassed to say it, so he forced himself to take a deep breath to ignore the physical discomfort and focus on the exciting rafting.
The lower half of the river was more thrilling than the upper half, because the river flowed from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, passing through a relatively steep slope and even a waterfall several meters high.
For the sake of safety, before passing the waterfall, the coach would stop the boat and ask the guests to move, bend their knees, lie flat in the boat, and hold on to the safety rope with both hands. so as not to accidentally fall out and get hurt when the kayak suddenly fell into the waterfall.
Yuan Xi and Qiu Zongping also laid side by side in the boat according to the coach’s instructions.
Seeing both of them were ready, the coach slid the boat out.
Yuan Xi’s heart was a little nervous, and the speed of the boat was getting faster and faster, and then suddenly fell into the air—— at that moment, he felt as if he had been thrown out, falling rapidly in the air. He couldn’t help yelling ‘Ah’, his left hand gripped the safety rope, and the right hand, who had nowhere to go, couldn’t help grasping Qiu Zongping’s left hand in a panic.
He had a slight fear of heights, so he never dared to ride the roller coaster in the amusement park.
This time the waterfall was actually not high, only four or five meters, but he was lying in the boat and couldn’t see the height of the waterfall. At the moment when he suddenly fell, his body reacted before his brain and grasped Qiu Zongping’s fingers to find a little sense of security.
His hand was firmly held by Yuan Xi, and Qiu Zongping was stunned.
The slightly trembling fingers seemed to be helpless, and the tension and fear were clearly passed on to Qiu Zongping’s heart through the fingers held together. He didn’t know why, at that moment, Qiu Zongping not only did not have the slightest disgust, on the contrary, he actually had a strange idea that he wanted to protect this person.
Qiu Zongping gently took Yuan Xi’s hand and whispered. “Don’t be afraid, it’s alright.”
Yuan Xi closed his eyes tightly and didn’t hear what Qiu Zongping was saying at all.
Soon, a loud ‘boom’ was heard, and the kayak landed steadily in the river.
Yuan Xi’s mind was blank, and he felt that his head was about to explode.
After a long time, he took a deep breath and opened his eyes.
Looking up, the waterfall was only four or five meters high, with pure white water splashing. Many tourists took photos beside the waterfall excitedly.
——It turned out that the height was only that high, he thought he was going to fall into a waterfall of tens of meters, and he was nervous to death.
Yuan Xi’s complexion improved a bit, and then, he found that he was holding Qiu Zongping’s hand, and because of too much force, Qiu Zongping’s hand was pinched by his fingers. Yuan Xi immediately felt electrified and let go. “I’m sorry, I didn’t pay attention …”
Qiu Zongping gave a rare gentle look, “It’s alright,” then, he withdrew his hand.
The coach laughed heartlessly, probably thinking that Yuan Xi, a big man, was still yelling at a waterfall.
Yuan Xi was blushed by the coach’s laughter, got up and sat down, posed and held the oars handed over by the coach.
After passing the waterfall, the current in the following river became much smoother, and Yuan Xi deliberately kept his distance from Qiu Zongping.
According to the coach, the whole river course was 3 hours away, with more than ten minutes left, and it should not be far from the finish line.
By the time to the finish line, he would take a bath, eat and go back to the hotel. After that, he learned a lesson. No matter what, he would never come out with the people of the Qiu family again. If there were any interesting projects, he would go to play alone. Yesterday, he asked Qiu Zongyue to sign up for him. He was really out of his mind…
As he was thinking, he suddenly heard the coach say a sentence. He didn’t understand what he was saying, but soon the kayak entered a very dimly lit river.
The trees here were very dense. Only a little sunlight could penetrate through the gaps between the leaves. The river was fast and there were many big stones in the river. The kayak was very difficult to move forward and was always stuck by the stones. The coach could only use the oars to support it and slide slowly.
At this moment, the coach suddenly yelled, and the raft was stuck by a big stone, unable to move.
Because of this sudden lag, Yuan Xi happened to be in a daze, did not grasp the safety rope, the body suddenly leaned forward, and the whole person fell into the river!
At that moment, Qiu Zongping only felt that his heart almost jumped out of his throat!
“Careful!” He reacted very quickly and took Yuan Xi’s hand. However, the kayak was drifting downstream along the river with too much force. When it stopped suddenly, Yuan Xi didn’t sit still, and he leaned forward. The strength was not something Qiu Zongping could pull back with one hand.
Yuan Xi plunged into the river and even Qiu Zongping fell down. The force of the two brought the stuck kayak downstream of the stone.
The coach hurriedly stopped the boat, jumped into the river and ran over to check the situation.
Fortunately, the river was not too deep, only reaching the waist of the person. After Yuan Xi fell, he quickly stood up with Qiu Zongping’s arm strength.
“Are you alright?” Qiu Zongping asked nervously.
“It’s, it’s alright.” Yuan Xi’s face was a little pale, his lip trembled slightly.
Qiu Zongping’s gaze moved down, and then he felt as if his heart had been grasped with both hands, almost unable to breathe.
—— Yuan Xi was injured.
The sharp branches beside the river cut his arm. There was a long wound, and the blood was flowing. At this time, the surrounding river was also dyed red by his blood.
Looking at the harsh blood, Qiu Zongping clenched his fist hard.
At that moment, he who was always calm was flustered because he didn’t know what to do. He wanted to help Yuan Xi deal with the wound, but there was nothing around him—— today he was going rafting, so he was traveling lightly, only with his mobile phone and wallet, and his changing clothes was also in Qiu Zongyue’s big backpack.
What to do?
Qiu Zongping had never experienced such a panic.
Before, no matter how big difficulties he encountered in the game or in life, he was so calm and steady that he was always able to come up with the best way to deal with it.
But now, he doesn’t know what to do.
The blood on his arm was still flowing, and Yuan Xi’s face was getting paler.
Qiu Zongping anxiously wanted to help him stop bleeding, and he couldn’t find the tools to help him after thinking for a long time. He ground his teeth and simply took off his T-shirt and tied it to Yuan Xi’s arm. However, the blood still couldn’t stop, instead quickly dyeing his clothes red.
The coach was also shocked and immediately let them on board and pushed the boat to the finish line quickly.
Qiu Zongyue and his family of four had reached the finish line and were taking a bath to have a buffet lunch when they saw Qiu Zongping coming over with Yuan Xi with a look of anxiety on his face.
……. It was the first time she had seen her younger brother lose his cool.
What happened?
Qiu Zongyue stood up and asked, “What’s wrong?”
There was a trace of hoarseness in Qiu Zongping’s low voice, and he hurriedly said, “Yuan Xi’s arm was cut by a branch, sister, take a look!”
Hearing this, Qiu Zongyue quickly untied the T-shirt that was stained red with blood.
Yuan Xi did have a wound on his arm, but it was not deep.
She was a medical student, and at first glance, she knew that the injury was not serious. The branch did not poke the artery, but cut the skin on the arm, causing capillary rupture and bleeding. The reason why the blood flow was not stopped was because the wound was soaked. The clotting speed would slow down.
“Don’t worry, it’s not serious.” She quickly pulled Yuan Xi aside and sat down, found a clean handkerchief from her bag, soaked it with water, wiped all the blood around the wound on his arm, and turned it over again. Take out a few spare band-aids and stick them on his wound.
Going out with so many band-aids, she was afraid that someone would have knocked into something and needed to get an emergency solution. She didn’t expect it to be used here.
A moment later, the bleeding finally stopped, “Thank you, sister.” Yuan Xi said politely.
Qiu Zongyue smiled. “You’re welcome. Fortunately, the wound is not deep. If it pokes the artery and can’t stop the blood, you have to finish here.”
Qiu Zongping looked even worse when he heard this.
Recalling the scene just now, he still had lingering fears. There was a sharp branch next to the boat, and if it poked the eye, face, artery or any important organ, Yuan Xi’s injury would be more than that.
The moment Yuan Xi fell, he only felt that his mind was blank, and his heart even stopped beating for an instant, as if the surrounding air had been drawn away.
He subconsciously went to pull Yuan Xi, but failed to hold it.
After seeing the blood on Yuan Xi’s arm, his pupils suddenly shrunk and his heart ached, feeling worse than if he had been injured.
What was going on?
Qiu Zongping took a deep breath and forced away the chaotic thoughts in his mind. Looking at Yuan Xi’s still pale face, he asked in a low voice, “Does it hurt?”
Yuan Xi shook his head, replied. “It’s nothing, just a bruise.”
Qiu Zongyue advised. “Although I used a band-aid to help you paste up the wound, but I still need to go to the drugstore to buy iodine to disinfect it well, re-bandage with gauze. It doesn’t matter if the arm is broken, once it is infected, it will be troublesome to deal with. You can’t take a bath for the time being these few days, don’t touch the wound with water anymore, and you have to take some anti-inflammatory medicine.”
Yuan Xi knew that she was studying medicine, so she naturally listened to her and replied seriously, “I understand.”
Qiu Zongping was relieved to see that his face gradually returned to normal.
Just now he took off his clothes and bandaged Yuan Xi’s arms. Qiu Zongping’s upper body was now naked. He was really in good shape. Some bold foreign girls even smiled at him when they passed by. That row of beautiful abs, not to mention girls couldn’t look away, even the same sex couldn’t help but be jealous.
Yuan Xi was afraid to look at his naked body, so he had to keep his head down and stare at his toes.
Qiu Zongyue smiled, patted her younger brother’s shoulder lightly, and said, “Go get dressed and don’t stand under the sun to show off your figure!”
Qiu Zongping’s expression was calm, and he took out his changed-clothes in her big backpack and went into the bathroom—— Qiu Zongyue had a big backpack, which stuffed all the clothes of the whole family. Qiu Zongping’s clothes were also packed in plastic bags and put there.
As a result, after entering the bathroom, thinking of Yuan Xi, Qiu Zongping came out again, went to Yuan Xi and asked, .”Did you bring the change of clothes?”
Yuan Xi shook his head awkwardly. “No…”
“Then you can wear mine.” While speaking, Qiu Zongping handed him clean clothes in his hand.
After rafting, his whole body was soaked, and it was really uncomfortable for the clothes to get stuck in the body. Yuan Xi scratched his hair and asked, “If I wear yours, what about you?”
Qiu Zongping replied. “I wear my cousin’s. He is going swimming this afternoon. He brought two sets.”
“Oh, thank you.” Yuan Xi didn’t hesitate anymore, took the clothes he gave, and took a shower in the bathroom. Because his left arm couldn’t touch the water, he could only raise his left arm high when taking a bath, pick up the shower with his right hand, and simply rinse his body. He felt stupid with his posture, but fortunately no one saw it.
When he changed clothes, he realised that—— there was an underpant unexpectedly.
It was natural to bring a whole set of clothes, especially underpant, which would make him feel worse when he got wet. But Yuan Xi was embarrassed to wear Qiu Zongping’s underpant. It didn’t matter if he wore a T-shirt for a while, but underpants… such intimate personal clothing, was it not good to wear his underpant?
Yuan Xi hesitated for a moment and picked up the underwear—— and still had a label?
It was actually new.
Then there was no need to struggle. Yuan Xi immediately tore off the label and put it on with peace of mind.
After Qiu Zongping came out of the bathroom, he found an empty seat and took some food to wait for Yuan Xi.
He was not hungry for the time being and wanted to wait for Yuan Xi to come and eat together.
A moment later, Yuan Xi walked slowly out of the bathroom. Qiu Zongping’s short-sleeved T-shirt was a little too big for him. In fact, the difference in height between both of them was less than a few centimeters, but Qiu Zongping was obviously more robust than him, while Yuan Xi lacked exercise and didn’t have any muscles on his body.
Seeing Yuan Xi coming over, Qiu Zongping’s heart moved slightly——
Wearing his clothes, it felt as if his breath had completely wrapped Yuan Xi.
He suddenly recalled Yuan Xi, who was in a strong mood after getting drunk that night, hugging him and saying ‘I like you’ while kissing his lips in tears.
It was also that time, he was very surprised to find that he did not hate being approached by this person.
Qiu Zongping hated physical contact with people. If other people kissed him so hard, he estimated that brushing his toothbrush dozens of times would not be able to stop his disgust.
But Yuan Xi confessed to him so innocently and passionately, holding his face almost devoutly and kissing him. At that moment, apart from shock, he had no other emotions.
No loath, and even no disgust feeling.
Yuan Xi turned to get the food. Qiu Zongping looked at his back for a long time before he calmed his mind and turned to Qiu Zongyue and said, “Sister, I won’t go to the afternoon activity.”
“Ah?” Qiu Zongyue was surprised. “Didn’t you agree to go swimming in the cliff pool this afternoon?”
Qiu Zongping replied. “I will accompany Yuan Xi back to the hotel,someone has to help him deal with his injury.” After that, he took a look at Yuan Xi’s back, and his face was full of worry.
“He hurt his left arm, and took iodine in his right hand to eliminate poison and then wrapped the gauze. He is an adult, can’t he even deal with such a small injury?” From the perspective of medical students, the injury is not serious, however, Qiu Zongping did not hear her words, and still followed Yuan Xi’s back with his eyes.
“Did you listen to me?” Qiu Zongyue was helpless.
“What?” Qiu Zongping then looked back.
“Are you really not going?” Qiu Zongyue asked.
Qiu Zongping nodded. “En, go with uncle and aunt. I will accompany him back to the hotel.”
Qiu Zongyue had no choice but to say. “Well, it’s up to you.”
Probably because of her keen intuition, she always felt that her younger brother seemed to care too much about Yuan Xi.
Yesterday morning, after we met at the restaurant for breakfast, Yuan Xi just said that he felt uncomfortable and went to the toilet. Qiu Zongping looked at his watch no less than ten times in the process. If Yuan Xi didn’t come out again, he would almost rush to the bathroom to find him.
Today Yuan Xi was injured, but Qiu Zongping’s expression was even worse than the injured person himself.
Yuan Xi himself said nothing. Qiu Zongping actually wanted to accompany him back to the hotel. My God, his arm was cut with a wound less than 5 cm and a little bit of blood, he was not a child. It was necessary to ‘send him’ and ‘accompany him’ back to the hotel.
Maybe the relationship between teammates was really good, right? When Qiu Zongyue thought of this, she laughed and sent a WeChat to Qiu Zongping, on which she wrote a string of medicine names, saying: “You remember to go to the drugstore to buy this kind of anti-inflammatory medicine for him, and report the English medicine name to the clerk. They should know. Buy medical iodine again, thoroughly eliminate the poison to the wound.”
Qiu Zongping nodded: “I know.”
After lunch, the driver came to pick them up on time, and the six got in the car together. As a result, the car stopped halfway. Qiu Zongyue and his family of four got out of the car, but Qiu Zongping did not get off.
His sister was waving goodbye to him. Yuan Xi didn’t know what was going on, so he heard Qiu Zongping say, “My sister, they are going to the cliff swimming pool.”
Cliff swimming pool, Yuan Xi also saw pictures on the Internet, which was quite beautiful. It was said that the swimming pool was built next to the cliff, and they could also see the cliff scenery while swimming in it.
“Aren’t you going?” Yuan Xi wondered.
“I’m not going,” Qiu Zongping replied, “I’ll accompany you back to the hotel.”
Yuan Xi was stunned. “No beed, I know the name of the hotel. The driver can send me back.”
“You still have injuries,” Qiu Zongping replied stubbornly.
“It’s not serious, just a little bruise…” Yuan Xi explained.
Before he had finished, Qiu Zongping interrupted. “You are hurt. I am not at ease, let me accompany you back.”
Before Yuan Xi said anything, Qiu Zongping waved goodbye to Qiu Zongyue’s family and shut the door smoothly.
Yuan Xi: “……”
What happened? Did Qiu Zongping quarrel with his uncle and aunt? Otherwise, why did he want to separate from Qiu family’s team and rush back to the hotel?
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Slowly but sure 😏
Why is Yuan Xi always getting hurt… Poor Baby. 🥺
Qiu Zongping has indeed feelings for YX. Wonder when he will realize it?
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That’s right, my baby Yuan Xi needs to be happy 😭
He will realize soon~
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At first it was still chapter 227.2 then I closed my eyes. Morning came and boom. It’s already in 287.4.→(° °)┗.
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Your reading speed is so fast.. this novel contains a lot of content in one chapter so I can only progress much slower than usual or I won’t be able to enjoy it