"You're wrong? Where did you go wrong? Huh? Weren't you going to beat me up? Come on then." Li Changzhou talked tough, but all he did was continuously stir up the water with his steel spear, splashing it on Li Qianxia's face.

Just by listening to his tone, one might have thought he would stab a hole in his sister with every word he said.

After mastering the skill, the four of them swam around for a while before deciding to head back to the water bungalow.

Li Qianxia was the first one up, climbing the ladder that stretched out into the sea with her swan float, clomping onto the first-floor terrace.

Turquoise Pool was the second to emerge, followed by Yang Qinglan.

Li Changzhou brought up the rear, with Yang Qinglan's figure ahead of him. Her white, evenly proportioned legs were as smooth as jade in the gentle light of the bungalow, seemingly glowing in a way that was mesmerizing.

Water dripped from the hem of her swimsuit.

Li Changzhou, with keen eyes, also saw water trickling down between her legs, leaving a trail.

"Turquoise Pool, is there anything to eat? I'm a little hungry."

"How about barbecue?"

"Great! We'll grill right here on this terrace, under the stars, beside the sea. It's just like camping. The ingredients have all been prepared by my brother. Bro, go get... why are you still in the water?"

Li Qianxia looked past Yang Qinglan, who was behind her, towards Li Changzhou still in the sea.

Yang Qinglan and Turquoise Pool also looked over.

"Grab some meat and vegetables, right?" Li Changzhou disappeared in an instant.

Never underestimate the firepower and vitality of the youth!

Inside the "Honey Jar World," Li Changzhou swore that one day he would seek revenge for tonight's single shot at Yang Qinglan's legs!

The anticipation for the barbecue was real...

Humming a tune, he got a bit of every kind of meat and vegetable, snapped off huge branches to use as skewers.

After showering again in the big lake, he changed into a white T-shirt and shorts, put on his slippers, and carrying a wooden platter, stepped out of the "Honey Jar World."

Appearing over the sea, the water parted around him, displaced by his "Ability." He took a step, walking on air, and made it up to the terrace.

Just at this moment, Li Qianxia, Yang Qinglan, and Turquoise Pool had also showered and changed into T-shirts or dresses and stepped out of the house.

"Where's Little Radish and Butterfly?" Li Changzhou asked while threading skewers.

They had been out of sight since a while ago. Hopefully, they hadn't sensed danger and run off on their own.

But if they did run, they would come looking for Li Changzhou, hiding in the "Honey Jar World."

"The two of them popped open a bottle of who-knows-what and got drunk," Li Qianxia said, grabbing a stick to help thread some meat.

"Why do I need her if she's just going to—"

Li Qianxia interrupted him with the stick in her hand, not letting him finish that thought.

The four of them got the fire going and threaded the rest of the ingredients together.

While grilling, Turquoise Pool popped open a bottle of red wine. Li Changzhou and Li Qianxia, not used to it, switched it out for Sprite.

Yang Qinglan was okay with anything. Turquoise Pool poured her some wine, and she started drinking it.

The smoke drifted, the meat sizzled, the charcoal in the grill glowed red and bright, and the surrounding was silent.

"If only there were no Value games," Li Qianxia said as she nibbled on slightly curled, golden-brown pork belly.

"Without Value games, you and I would be preparing for finals at Ming University," Li Changzhou said, rolling the skewers and occasionally tasting one that was ready.

"Life now is so interesting," Turquoise Pool smiled with allure, "It's precisely because of this that we got to know each other. Mmm, this meat smells so good, there's a special fragrance from the wood too."

"Not just that~" Li Qianxia said while shaking her now empty stick, "These meats are full of energy, and they're filling for us."

"Another one, chef." Turquoise Pool took a sip from her cup and ordered Li Changzhou.

"We would never have met you, Turquoise Pool, but I think Qing Lan and I would have ended up meeting sooner or later and we would have been together. Bro, where's my grilled corn? Is it not ready yet?"

"Do you two think I'm supposed to be here grilling these for you?" he grumbled.

"Is the fish ready?" Yang Qinglan asked, already hungry and tantalized by the aroma.

"It's ready!" Li Changzhou quickly served it up and then impatiently handed a skewer each to Li Qianxia and Turquoise Pool.

As he turned, Li Qianxia, reclining on a beach chair, gave his butt a kick, "Hurry up with my corn."

After kicking him, she didn't bother putting on her shoes, her long, clean legs coiling up on the chair.

Li Changzhou really wanted to throttle her, but not speaking harshly at meals, not hitting his sister was his educational policy, so he let her enjoy her moment of triumph and eat happily, for now.

"I have a question," Turquoise Pool placed her emptied skewer on the table, swirling her cup, "Logically, with the way you've configured your skills, should be really good by now, why are you still at C rank?"

"We never proactively hunt players down," Li Qianxia said, still chewing on her stick.

"Never? Then why did you kill me? I was perfectly happy being Chun Emperor in the orchard, I didn't bother you, did I?" The glass stopped swirling.

"Well..."

"Sometimes we strike first as a precaution," Yang Qinglan said slowly, savoring her grilled anchovies.

"Sometimes? Hmph."

"At that time, it was our first time entering the instance, we didn't understand anything, so naturally we were a bit cautious, a bit proactive," Li Changzhou said, handing over corn and grilled fish to the two, "But I swear, troubling you was definitely not for your skills."

"I'll believe you this one time, for the sake of the grilled fish," Turquoise Pool said, accepting the fish and continuing to swirl her cup.

Li Qianxia had already started devouring her corn.

Li Changzhou, meanwhile, sliced off a bit of the perfectly roasted lamb to eat as he grilled.

The night sky was vivid, the stars densely packed, the waves hitting the shore, creating a soothing sound.

They were the only ones around.

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