CSGM - Chapter 66
Chapter 66: A Divine Combination
Ren Zhi wanted to as well.
But Ren Zhi could only reiterate, "You're on my hair. I can't turn."
Chu Xi immediately lifted her head, craning her neck. "Quick."
"Okay."
Chu Xi's head dropped, her forehead pressing back against the mat. The tip of her nose seemed to brush against something soft and plump.
She raised her nose and nuzzled it, realizing it was Ren Zhi's earlobe.
Without a second thought, she aimed her mouth a little higher, probably around the auricle, and blew.
Two puffs of air right into her ear.
Ren Zhi turned her head, shooting her a strange look.
"Are you crazy?"
"Does it tickle?" Chu Xi asked.
Ren Zhi's question became a statement.
"You're a lunatic."
If she didn't know that Chu Xi was straight as an arrow, Ren Zhi would have interpreted this behavior as a come-on.
But with Chu Xi doing it…
Ren Zhi could tell it was just her being impolitely crazy!
"Hurry up and get up, we're about to lose!"
It was Chu Xi's turn to sigh helplessly.
"My hands can't touch the ground, I can't get up. Give me a push."
She hadn't expected that while she was ticklish, Ren Zhi wasn't.
That was very unfair.
Ren Zhi looked at her and suddenly smiled.
"So there are times when you can't get up on your own."
How rare.
Chu Xi twisted her head, lifting it to face her. "Why don't you be the little piggy and see if you can get up?"
A face suddenly appeared before her eyes, and Ren Zhi's pupils contracted.
If one ignored the gag blindfold over her eyes, the contours of Chu Xi's face, from the bridge of her nose to her jawline, were sharp, exquisite, and handsome. It had both a cool and beautiful aesthetic, and her skin was smooth and clear, without a single flaw.
The problem was, it was impossible to ignore the blindfold that took up half her face.
A pair of shattered egg eyes, with crooked, teary outlines.
The moment Ren Zhi saw it, she wanted to laugh.
Her laughter echoed in Chu Xi's ears. She frowned, thinking Ren Zhi was laughing at how bad she was.
"Look at the other little piggies, they can't even tell north from south. Aren't I better than them?"
"You're sweating," Ren Zhi said, noticing a bead of sweat on her neck.
"It's hot. If you wore this outfit in this temperature, you'd know how stuffy it is," Chu Xi said.
Ren Zhi pushed her up as she spoke.
"Amazing. If the sky fell, your mouth could hold it up."
"It really is hot! You get on!" Chu Xi was standing steady again, but she felt she had lost something just now.
Probably her pride.
"Now, tell me the angle difference between where I'm standing and straight ahead, and which balloon to get."
After all, although Chu Xi remembered the position of every balloon, she didn't know which ones were still left on the field.
Ren Zhi pointed out the target for her, and the two resumed the game.
Just then, Ren Zhi suddenly noticed that one of Chu Xi's ears was bright red, almost like a steamed crab.
"Why is your ear so red?"
Chu Xi sneered, "I'm allergic to you."
Ren Zhi: "Heh."
As Chu Xi ran, she asked, "What's our score?"
Ren Zhi glanced at the eight buckets and said uncertainly, "I don't know. I think we're about to lose. Go to the police car balloon."
Chu Xi frowned. "You're this bad?"
She couldn't stand it!
How could a perfectly good person love to talk so much?
Ren Zhi simply reached forward and pinched Chu Xi's mouth shut, pressing her lips together like a duck's bill, sealing them tight.
"Shut up. Is it all my fault?"
From her throat, Chu Xi managed, "Mmm-hmm."
A teacher passing by was extremely curious. The blindfold Chu Xi wore was already funny enough, but now, with her mouth pinched into a duck bill, it was even funnier. When he saw it, he let out a "pfft" and then burst into laughter, pointing at Chu Xi. "Teacher Ren, what are you doing?"
Ren Zhi said sharply, "She's being a smartass. Don't mind us."
The other teachers were puzzled and craned their necks to see. After they saw Chu Xi, they too let out successive peals of laughter.
Someone even shouted to the audience outside, "Hahahaha! Quick, take a picture of Chu Xi! This look has to be commemorated!"
It was both cute and hilarious, completely different from the usually cool and aloof Chu Xi!
A trainee shouted in agreement, "Got it!"
"Took several!"
Chu Xi: "…"
She coughed a few times from her throat to remind Ren Zhi to know when to stop.
Ren Zhi said softly, "Don't worry, your mouth is very cute when it's not talking."
"…"
Forget it. Winning was what mattered most.
After that, Chu Xi fell silent, following Ren Zhi's commands for the entire time. The two gradually began to work together seamlessly.
And Ren Zhi was no pushover. When she got serious, other teachers would throw 'bombs' near them. She patted Chu Xi's back and said, "Hold on tight."
The next moment, she tightened her legs, hung onto Chu Xi's body, and bent straight backward at the waist!
A chorus of amazed "Woah!"s erupted from the crowd!
Compared to the other teachers who had their piggy trainees stop in place and squat down to pick things up, Ren Zhi's posture was simply divine. Without making Chu Xi stop, she picked up the 'bombs' on the ground with incredible speed and precision. Using both hands, she threw all the 'bombs' others had tossed at them right back in just a few moves.
Too formidable.
Seeing this, the other teachers decided not to compete with her. They were all old bones, not as flexible as Ren Zhi.
They avoided her sharp edge and slipped away.
As Ren Zhi straightened back up, she heard Chu Xi say, "Impressive."
"We can win. Don't fool around, and don't talk," Ren Zhi agreed.
Fine, Chu Xi would just keep her mouth shut.
Fifteen minutes later, the game was over.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, after the director and his assistant tallied the scores, Chu Xi and Ren Zhi's team won first place by a large margin!
It was a well-deserved and expected outcome, met with a round of congratulatory applause.
It was deserved, reasonable, correct, and agreed upon by the entire audience.
Who could possibly compete with those two? One had the map memorized in her head, and the other could hang off someone's back and do a backbend. It would be strange if this divine combination wasn't the champion!
It was as if… the Director had clearly set up a shooting game, but the two of them brought out a cannon!
Fine, fine, you're noble, you're amazing, you take first place. No one disagrees.
Afterward, the Director organized a few more games to ensure every trainee had a chance to play at least once.
But Chu Xi and Ren Zhi were ordered to sit out, simply because the two of them were a threat to the game's balance.
When the final scores were tallied, Chu Xi was still in first place among the trainees.
The Director announced, "This afternoon, everyone can wander around the nearby mountains and play in the water. The crew has rented a total of 120 bicycles. Those who want to ride can take one. But keep your phones with you. The mountain roads here are quite complex, so you must maintain communication at all times. There is only one off-road vehicle, which is the prize for 'Piggy Run.' The right to use it this afternoon goes to Chu Xi."
As the Director spoke, a crew member had already driven the off-road vehicle over. It was a classic army green, with camouflage paint, and it was a convertible!
Everyone watched with envy as Chu Xi accepted the car keys.
The Director smiled. "If you want a ride in this car, you can ask Chu Xi if she'll take you."
Half the trainees immediately surrounded Chu Xi, while the other half were concerned about what was for lunch.
They were playing outside today!
Did that mean they could have a farmhouse-style meal? Stir-fried pheasant, local pork, or something like that?
One trainee even had a wild idea. "Director, why don't we go catch fish in the river to eat!"
However, the next second, the standard nutritional lunches that the staff brought out from a car instantly shattered their fantasies.
It was still the same menu from the training camp, only it had gone from dine-in to takeout.
Everyone made do with the game mats from earlier, using them as picnic blankets, and listlessly picked at the nutritional meals in their boxes.
Chu Xi looked at the eggplant, lettuce, and boiled chicken breast in her box, then glanced over at Ren Zhi's lunchbox.
She scooted her butt over a little.
She asked in a concerned tone, "Ren Zhi, are you not cutting fat anymore?"
Ren Zhi turned to look at her. "Not recently."
Chu Xi nodded. "As expected, you're eating much better now."
Ren Zhi: "What, what are you trying to say?"
Chu Xi asked with a wide grin, "Can you give me half of your shredded pork?"
Ren Zhi revealed a gentle smile and asked in return, "What do you think?"
Chu Xi shamelessly extended her chopsticks.
But they were slapped away with a "smack."
"Don't even think about it," Ren Zhi said, her expression turning merciless.
"Okay, okay, fine, fine." Chu Xi shrugged and sat back up straight.
She just wanted to tease Ren Zhi. She was much more interesting than the team-building entertainment.
Little Curly Hair sent Chu Xi the photos she had taken during the game. There were more than a dozen shots of Chu Xi's moments in the game.
Then she ran over to Chu Xi and asked devoutly, "Chu Xi, can you give me a ride in your car this afternoon?"
"No problem," Chu Xi agreed readily.
Chu Xi sat cross-legged on the mat, looking through the photos while eating.
The lunch, which had been as tasteless as wax, gradually started to taste delicious.
—Although she was blindfolded, she had a map in her head and a strong sense of direction. In the photos, her demeanor was clearly much calmer than the other trainees.
—Look at the others, they could barely walk, while she could still run.
—She was carrying Ren Zhi on her back, but she didn't look strained at all. Her stamina was really good.
Chu Xi seriously admired herself for a moment.
Unexpectedly, the next second she flipped to a comical photo and suddenly saw herself with her mouth pinched shut.
Chu Xi froze.
In the photo, she looked like a pouting duck, silly and foolish, with other teachers laughing at her in the background.
"…" A thousand points were brutally deducted from her image score.
"Chu Xi, which one are you looking at?" Little Curly Hair suddenly poked her head over to ask.
Chu Xi quickly swiped her finger, scrolling past the photo.
But in the next one, her mouth was still being pinched.
Little Curly Hair pointed and laughed. "You're super cute in this one!"
Chu Xi turned away. "Oh."
Really? She couldn't see it.
There was another photo of Ren Zhi hanging on her back, letting go with her hands and bending backward to pick up a 'bomb'.
—That waist was so flexible, like a rainbow drawn on a canvas.
In the photo, the surrounding teachers were all looking on with expressions of shock and admiration.
A faint curve touched Ren Zhi's lips. She looked bright and confident, completely self-assured.
Chu Xi long-pressed the photo and saved it.
When it was time for the free-roam in the mountains that afternoon, Little Curly Hair was the first to happily take the front passenger seat of the off-road vehicle.
Three other female trainees also climbed into the back seat, one after another.
The car was instantly full, with only the driver's seat left. Chu Xi paused, turning to look at the three people in the back with stars of anticipation in their eyes.
"…"
Did they not think there was anything wrong with this?
Chu Xi turned back and asked Ren Zhi, "Do you want a ride?"
Ren Zhi nodded. "Sure."
Chu Xi looked at the three in the back of the off-road vehicle. "The last one who got in…"
"Give me the keys," Ren Zhi said at the same time, holding out her hand.
Chu Xi's words trailed off. "?"
Ren Zhi said, "I'll drive."
"That works…"
In any case, they had won it together. If Ren Zhi wanted to drive, she could drive.
Chu Xi handed over the keys. Ren Zhi got into the car swiftly and nimbly, ignited the engine, and the vehicle hummed to life.
In the final second before she set the wheels in motion, Ren Zhi looked back and gave her a sly smile.
"Bye-bye~"
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