On the other side of the island, Lu Zhe and Jiang Yao sat in the shelter.
"Yao Yao, we have to sleep now to ensure we have enough energy to face the challenges tomorrow," said Lu Zhe.
Jiang Yao stroked her hair and said, "Is it finally time for just the two of us to sleep together?"
"Yao Yao, that sounds a bit strange," said Lu Zhe.
"Yeah, I think so too, but..." Jiang Yao blinked her big watery eyes at him and said seriously, "I'm quite sensitive to the cold and need a relatively warm embrace. Of course if you're unwilling, I absolutely won't force you. Even if I catch a cold or get sick, I won't blame you."
Lu Zhe sighed, "Every time in the past when you got me to buy you water and snacks, it was like this."
Jiang Yao immediately leaned on him, "Since you've agreed, you can hug me now. Of course, just hugging for now, because it still hurts a bit down there from when you took my first time... We can talk about doing anything more after I've recovered, okay?"
"I didn't agree to anything! And I wasn't thinking about doing anything like that in the first place!" Lu Zhe felt a little helpless. Sometimes, his conversations with Jiang Yao seemed to be on completely different wavelengths.
However, with the cold night air closing in, the best course of action was still for the two of them to huddle together and share body warmth.
"Yao Yao, we should be huddling together, but with the way you're acting right now, me and Xiao Xiao can't handle it," said Lu Zhe.
"In that case..." She took Lu Zhe's hand and placed it on her chest, "This is the biggest thing I can accept right now."
Lu Zhe knew that if he kept talking to Jiang Yao, who knows what else might happen.
"Uh... Okay, my little princess, let's get to sleep!"
"I know I seem a little impatient, but I understand how you feel right now," said Jiang Yao.
"Please be quiet!"
"Got it!"
Early next morning, Lu Zhe woke up from a pleasant dream, "Yao Yao..."
"I didn't expect that you brought insect-repelling herbs. If you'd taken them out earlier, I wouldn't have gotten three mosquito bites," said Jiang Yao.
"Herbs? There were mosquito repelling herbs in our pack?" A thought suddenly occurred to Lu Zhe. "What did you use them for?"
"I rubbed them on my face and body!"
"I see..." Lu Zhe sighed. Fortunately she hadn't eaten them like Tang Xiaoguo had.
"What should we do next?"
Lu Zhe looked across at the opposite shore. He took off his watch and handed it to Jiang Yao, "We need to split up tasks. Every five minutes, throw some pieces of wood and foam into the water to use as floats to calculate the time, location and trajectory as they get sucked into the whirlpool. I'm going to chop bamboo to make a bamboo raft."
"Got it!"
First Lu Zhe checked all the fresh water collection devices he had set up yesterday and obtained a small bottle of fresh water.
Then, holding a saw, he searched the woods for suitable bamboo.
Lu Zhe discovered that although there was bamboo here, the quantity was too small. There were only two or three full-grown bamboo, not enough to make a bamboo raft.
Moreover, there was an issue with the wire saw.
The rust had been worn away, greatly reducing its sharpness and durability. As expected, the reliability of improvised non-professional tools was too low. If he tried to cut wood with it now, it would probably break in no time.
He had to think of another method!
What else could increase buoyancy?
Bottles, foam!
Might as well use them all since he didn't need them for water.
But there was no way to make a raft shape.
After thinking for a while, Lu Zhe came up with a perfect idea!
He tied all the bamboo and wood pieces together with rope to form a 2 meter long, 0.6 meter diameter cylindrical bundle.
Jiang Yao frowned, "This raft is...very thick."
"Let's test the buoyancy of this crude bamboo raft by riding it," said Lu Zhe.
"But I'm not good at riding," replied Jiang Yao.
"Everything has a first time," said Lu Zhe.
Then, Lu Zhe pushed the cylindrical bamboo bundle raft into the shallow water, carried Jiang Yao onto it, and sat down behind her himself.
The bamboo raft held them up, though their knees were still submerged in the water.
"It looks...not bad."
"Mm..."
Then unexpectedly, the raft started spinning and both of them tipped over to the right at the same time!
With a splash, they both fell into the water.
Lu Zhe wiped the water off his face, "The buoyancy is decent, but the biggest problem with this thing is it rolls all over the place in the water."
Jiang Yao poured water out of her ears, "I think it's mischievous."
"Just needs some modifications," said Lu Zhe.
Lu Zhe then bound two pieces of wood horizontally to form wing-like flaps on two sides, and tied lots of foam onto the wings to increase stability.
He tested it again. This time there was no overturning.
He bound all the remaining bottles under the wooden bundle to increase buoyancy.
He tested again. Now only his ankles were submerged in the water. Lifting his feet slightly allowed them to clear the seawater completely.
And so, an airplane-shaped bamboo raft was completed.
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
he colors of other people’s emotions. Light red meant anxiety. Gray meant exhaustion. Orange meant excitement. Yellow... meant repression. At the same time, he could gain unlimited control over one of those colors. Pale cyan: relaxation. Using this ability, he started offering “two-yuan hugs,” spending an afternoon exchanging emotional-color experiences with others. Then came his final female customer of the day— a girl whose emotional color was pure black... —— A week later, Xu Chuan had become skilled at using pale cyan—Relaxation—treating it like a bottle of menthol balm whenever he needed it. That was when he discovered he had unlocked another unlimited emotional color: Purple, the color of fear. So these emotional colors refresh every week? Fine, I take it back—I’ll never call you useless again... —— Much later, after Xu Chuan had accumulated countless emotional abilities, one night, he suddenly found himself inside someone else’s dream. There, he could use the emotional colors he possessed to paint. And in her dream, he painted her a shower of pink shooting stars, spreading across the depths of the night sky...
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
