I'm in Wuha, and the whole internet is shipping me and Song Yuqi as a couple.

Jiang Che made it sound so easy.

But Song Yuqi saw water running down his back, his undershirt clinging to the muscles on both sides of his spine, each one taut and tight.

[Close-up of the back!!! Director, you know what I mean!!!]

[What's the difference between these clothes being soaked and not wearing anything at all!]

The fifth ball flew over.

This time, Deng Chao was smarter. Instead of going in a straight line, he tossed a ball in an arc, bypassing Jiang Che's right side and heading straight for Song Yuqi's shoulder.

Jiang Che didn't turn around, but simply moved half a step to the right, completely blocking her with his back.

The ball struck his right rib with a dull thud.

Song Yuqi took a step back, but he grabbed her waist with one hand.

"I told you not to move."

"You've been hit by six bullets!"

"I didn't hit you."

"I didn't hit you—I declare this the best love confession of the year."

Sisters, when he said "I didn't hit you," his tone was so gentle, I couldn't take it anymore.

[Deng Chao: Am I here to compete or to be a third wheel?]

Chen He stood opposite him, holding a water balloon, his expression conflicted.

He originally intended to throw it at Song Yuqi's left foot, but seeing Jiang Che's stance, he knew that no matter where he threw it, it would hit Jiang Che.

"Old Jiang! Can't you give me some face? I'm here to throw a ball, not to give you a massage!"

Jiang Che didn't even turn his head: "Then throw it more accurately."

Chen He was so angry that he slapped the ball on Deng Chao's head.

"What a terrible idea! We agreed to attack from both sides, but you just made me throw everything at you!"

Deng Chao: "I'm gathering my strength!"

"You've been waiting for this for eight hundred years!"

The whistle blows.

The first round is over.

The referee announced: Jiang Che and Song Yuqi, zero points.

"Zero?" Deng Chao exclaimed incredulously, scrutinizing the scoreboard twice. "Not a single ball hit her?"

"nonsense."

Lu Han, munching on sunflower seeds in the spectator area, said, "The combined wingspan of the two of you isn't even as wide as Jiang Che's alone. How are you going to get around there?"

【Zero hits, zero hits, zero hits!!!】

[It's not just protection, it's an impenetrable fortress!!]

[Song Yuqi, do you know how many bullets your man has taken?! My heart aches for you!]

[Deng Chao and Chen He: We're not weak, our opponents are just too outrageous.]

Deng Chao squatted on the ground, a visible look of frustration on his face.

Song Yuqi peeked out from behind Jiang Che and saw that his entire back was soaked, and his sweatshirt was stuck to his skin, making it several shades darker.

She pursed her lips.

Your clothes are all wet.

"Um."

"Aren't you going to change into something else?"

Jiang Che turned around, water dripping from his undershirt, his collarbone almost see-through.

He glanced down at himself, then raised his hand and lifted the hem of his undershirt, twisting it in the process.

Water dripped onto the sand with a splashing sound.

Song Yuqi's gaze lingered on his abdomen for a mere 0.3 seconds before quickly turning away.

[Aa ...

[Director, freeze this frame!! Slow down this scene!! I'll pay for VIP access!!]

[Song Yuqi, your eyes are wandering!! I saw it!! The whole country saw it!!]

[Abs! Abs! Abs! Abs! Abs! Abs!]

【I'm married! I'm married! I'm married!】

Sisters, I've taken a screenshot. Wait for me, I'll print it out and frame it on the wall.

"Yuqi".

"What?" She didn't turn around.

"The water balloon is on the other side, why are you looking at me?"

"I wasn't looking at you! I was looking at... the sea."

"The sea is on your right."

[Hahahaha, she said she was looking at the sea!! The sea is on her right, Teacher Song!!]

[Song Yuqi caught red-handed peeking at abs]

Mouth: I'm looking at the sea. Eyes: I'm looking at you.

Jiang Che's mouth is so annoying; he just called her out on her when she was already embarrassed.

Song Yuqi bit the flesh inside her lip, determined to strangle this man when she got home today.

second round.

Dilraba and Lu Han will face off against Deng Chao and Chen He.

Dilraba is the flower, Lu Han is the wall.

Lu Han stood in front of Dilraba, arms outstretched, with a look of resignation.

"Sis, just stand behind me and don't move."

Dilraba pushed up her sunglasses: "Don't worry, I won't move."

[Go Lu Han! Although I don't really think you'll succeed!]

[Same game, different partners, how come their fates are so different?]

Deng Chao picked up the water balloon, this time with great enthusiasm.

The first one was thrown directly at Dilraba's head.

Lu Han blocked to the left.

It's off-center.

The ball grazed the edge of his arm and hit Dilraba's right shoulder.

Water splashed all over Dilraba's face.

Lu Han was stunned: "No, I blocked it!"

Dilraba wiped the water from her face, her expression indifferent: "Little brother, maybe you could manage if your arms grew another ten centimeters."

The second ball was thrown by Chen He. It was thrown at a very low angle, aiming for Dilraba's knee.

Lu Han crouched down to block, and the ball flew over his head and hit Dilraba's calf.

Dilraba: "..."

Lu Han clutched her head: "I misjudged!"

In the spectator area, Song Yuqi held a bottle of mineral water in her hand and watched Dilraba get hit for the third time, and couldn't help but smile.

It was taken back very quickly.

But Jiang Che saw it.

"gloat?"

"I don't."

Song Yuqi said expressionlessly, "I'm worried for Brother Lu Han."

"Yeah, so anxious I laughed out loud."

That was... a bitter smile.

[Song Yuqi, could you please tuck that corner of your mouth in a little? Hahaha.]

[A wry smile? Are you sure? Your lips are practically curled to the sky!!]

[A woman's satisfied smile when she's feeling jealous.jpg]

Five minutes later, Dilraba had been hit four times.

Lu Han knelt on the beach and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Dilraba: "Sister, it's my fault for being useless."

Dilraba took off her soaked sun protection clothes and draped them over her arm. As she passed Jiang Che and Song Yuqi, she paused for a moment.

She glanced at Jiang Che's soaked back, then at Song Yuqi's clean clothes.

He left without saying anything.

[This contrasting shot is amazing... one is soaking wet protecting her, the other gets hit four times with no one to shield her.]

[Dilraba's eyes made me cry.]

In the same game, some people are treated like princesses, while others don't even get an umbrella!

Song Yuqi's schadenfreude suddenly vanished.

She couldn't explain why, but Dilraba's look made her realize that her earlier smugness was rather meaningless.

"What are you daydreaming about?" Jiang Che's voice pulled her back to reality.

"without."

"The third round is about to begin."

"What? There's a third round?"

Wu Zheng shouted from a distance.

"Yes! The third round is a crossover match! The Red Team versus the Blue Team! That means Jiang Che and Song Yuqi will face off against Dilraba and Lu Han!"

Song Yuqi looked across at the other side.

Dilraba was wiping her face with a towel handed to her by a staff member when she heard about the group assignments. She threw the towel away and turned around.

The two women, separated by three meters of sand, met each other's gazes.

"This round."

Dilraba walked behind the throwing line, scooped a water balloon from the basket, and bounced it twice in her palm.

She didn't look at Lu Han; her eyes were fixed on the person opposite her.

"I'll throw it away myself."

Lu Han tactfully took a step back, spread her hands, and sat on a beach chair as a spectator.

[Dilraba: Lu Han, please sit down. I'll handle this myself.]

[Lu Han immediately understood: This wasn't a competition; it was a personal grudge.]

Fasten your seatbelts, everyone, the storm is coming.

Deng Chao leaned close to Chen He's ear and said, "It's over, they're after people."

Chen He nodded: "She definitely aimed for Yuqi's face."

Song Yuqi stood in the circle, her heart skipping a beat.

Jiang Che stood just a step away from her. He didn't turn around to look at her, but only said one sentence.

"Don't be afraid."

I could chant the words "Don't be afraid" for a year straight.

The whistle blew.

Dilraba threw the first ball twice as fast as Deng Chao.

They went straight for Song Yuqi's face.

Jiang Che glanced at the direction of the incoming ball and raised his hand.

The referee's whistle blew sharply: "Foul! You can't use your hands on the wall!"

Jiang Che withdrew his hand and shook the water off his fingers.

"I'm used to it."

Wu Zheng, standing nearby, stamped his feet anxiously: "Master Ci! The rules say you can't catch it with your hands! This shot counts!"

On the scoreboard, the red team has been awarded one point.

Song Yuqi tugged at Jiang Che's sleeve: "It's okay, it's only one point."

Jiang Che didn't reply, but she sensed that he had taken a half-step forward.

The second ball came, and this time the angle was even more difficult.

Dilraba tossed the ball very high, it followed an arc, and then it hit her from above.

Jiang Che didn't foul this time. He took a step forward and used his entire upper body to envelop Song Yuqi in his shadow.

The ball hit his shoulder, and water splashed on half of his face.

Song Yuqi was forced to press herself tightly against his chest by his action, her nose almost touching his soaked clothes.

She could smell the scent of seawater and sweat on him.

It doesn't smell bad.

It's even a bit...

"Song Yuqi, don't get distracted."

"I wasn't distracted!" She turned her face to the side. "You were just too close!"

[Distracted, confirmed! Hahaha, the whole nation could see you were smelling him!]

[Song Yuqi: I wasn't distracted! Her nose: I was working diligently!]

[Jiang Che, couldn't you just not call her out? Give her some face! It's hilarious!]