152: Chapter 152 Tong Liya, the lioness, guards her food; the little brat should just wash up and go to sleep.

"Welcome, everyone, to the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture!"

Once everyone had finished laughing and joking, the Executive Director walked out holding a large megaphone and began to run through the agenda.

"Dali City has long been known as the Pearl of Southwest China. It is not only picturesque with a pleasant climate, but it is also the cradle of Diannan culture..."

"The 'Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon' that everyone often talks about refers to the Xiaguan wind, the Shangguan flowers, the snow on Cangshan Mountain, and the moon over Erhai Lake. Today, we will have the honor of experiencing one of these four wonders: the moon over Erhai Lake..."

The Executive Director held his cue cards and passionately praised Dali City to the skies.

These flowery words were enough to make one's ears callous.

In truth, everyone knew exactly what was going on. Locations for reality shows aren't chosen at random.

The Production Team must have reached some kind of deep cooperation agreement with the local Dali City Bureau of Culture and Tourism.

Having taken their sponsorship and accepted their conveniences, they naturally had to give them a heavy dose of hard advertising during the show.

This is an unspoken rule in the entertainment industry, and it's understandable.

For the Divas Hit the Road Group, they were getting paid to do a job, and it didn't matter where they went to have fun.

As long as the show's results were good and the audience was entertained, and they got to travel on the company's dime, this gig was absolutely sweet.

After the long verbal advertisements concluded, the Divas Hit the Road Group's trip to Dali City officially kicked off.

The Production Team had gone all out today, preparing two stylish convertible jeeps.

Lin Chen took his three wives and unceremoniously claimed the first car to lead the way.

Song Zuer and the other three seniors got into the car behind them.

The two jeeps drove out of the villa area, turned onto a wide, flat concrete road, and then officially entered the famous West Coastal Road.

"Wow! It's so beautiful! It feels like being inside a painting!"

"Look over there, everyone! Is that a huge field of sunflowers?"

The jeeps had their tops down, speeding along against the refreshing sea breeze.

The long, silky, jet-black hair of the three Lin family women danced wildly in the wind.

They stood up excitedly, hands gripping the front windshield, arms outstretched to the wind, greedily breathing in the air mixed with the scent of flowers.

The scenery along the West Coastal Road was truly unparalleled.

On one side of the road was Erhai Lake, sparkling and blue like a giant sapphire.

On the other side were endless, emerald-green fields.

Traditional Bai ethnic fishing villages with white walls and grey tiles were scattered artistically along the coastline.

The deep blue water, the verdant fields, and the quaint villages formed a beautiful picture of a paradise on earth.

Just the experience of driving along this coastal road was enough to make the trip worthwhile.

Of course, the Production Team couldn't just let them blow in the wind in the cars forever.

After driving for about forty minutes, the convoy slowly stopped at the first stop of the day: the Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple in Dali City.

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The Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple are a signature attraction of Dali City.

Although they didn't make the list of the "Wind, Flowers, Snow, and Moon," their fame throughout the country is well-known.

Years ago, there was a brand of cigarettes that was popular all over the country, and these three pagodas were printed on the packaging box.

These three pagodas were built in the Tang Dynasty; counting the days, they are already over 1,200 years old, making them bona fide national-level cultural relics.

However, the three pagodas everyone sees now are definitely not the original imports from the Tang Dynasty.

Having endured a thousand years of wind, rain, and earthquakes, these pagodas have long been renovated countless times.

Objectively speaking, these three pagodas, with Cangshan Mountain at their back and facing Erhai Lake, set against the blue sky and white clouds, are indeed magnificent and have great visual impact.

Tong Liya, Guli Nazha, and Liu Shishi, these three little women, were captivated by the beautiful scenery the moment they got out of the car.

They grabbed Lin Chen's arms and struck poses frantically for photos in the square in front of the Three Pagodas.

Lin Chen stood on the side, acting as a heartless photo-taking machine, but he felt a bit uninterested.

In his view, in today's modern society where skyscrapers are springing up like bamboo shoots after rain, the Three Pagodas aren't really that impressive in terms of architectural height and scale.

For historical sites like this, what is truly fascinating is the sense of historical vicissitudes that it carries over more than a thousand years.

Standing in front of it, you should be able to feel the passage of time and the wisdom of the ancients.

Unfortunately, after modern technology's drastic "repairing the old to look like new," the pagodas look bright and shiny on the surface, but in reality, they lack that sense of depth from the depths of their soul.

Of course, Lin Chen also understood that there was no other way.

If cultural relics aren't renovated, they would have long since turned into a pile of rotten bricks.

After a fleeting tour of the Three Pagodas, amidst the screams of surrounding tourists and the sound of shutters, the Divas Hit the Road Group quickly retreated to the cars and headed to the next attraction: the Dali Ancient City.

At this stop, not only did Lin Chen feel it was boring, but the other members also clearly had some aesthetic fatigue.

Ancient cities in China are basically all produced from the same assembly line mold.

When you first walk in, seeing those bluestone roads and flying eaves, you still feel a bit like you've traveled through time.

But after walking half a street, you realize that this is exactly the same as ancient towns all over the country.

The things sold in the shops on both sides of the street are all much the same.

This shop sells so-called local silverware, that shop sells ethnic-style shawls wholesale from Yiwu.

The funniest thing is that those shops that look antique not only have modern polished ceramic tiles inside, but they even have central air conditioning installed.

The so-called "Ancient City" is nothing more than a modern commercial street draped in an antique cloak, with no essential difference from the prop streets in Hengdian World Studios.

What was most headache-inducing was that it was the peak summer tourist season, and the Dali Ancient City was simply packed with people.

Even with a large number of security personnel and local special police forming a human wall to clear the way around the Divas Hit the Road Group, it was still difficult to move an inch.

Everywhere you looked, there were swarms of people and mobile phone lenses shoved into their faces.

Never mind appreciating the ancient city, just being able to ensure you didn't get your feet stepped on by crazy fans was fortunate enough.

After "crawling" through the ancient city for over an hour, the Divas Hit the Road Group hastily ended the tour and scrambled back into the nanny van like refugees to have lunch.

Then they rushed non-stop to today's finale: the Erhai Lake cruise.

When the eight of them boarded a luxurious three-story cruise ship and rode the waves on the clear blue surface of Erhai Lake, the irritability and depression accumulated in the ancient city that morning instantly vanished.

People often say, "Erhai Lake is the soul of Dali City; although it is not a sea, it has a romance that is gentler than the sea," and this is absolutely true.

The members of the Divas Hit the Road Group walked onto the spacious deck one after another, lining up and resting their hands on the white railing.

The sunlight on their bodies felt warm, and the lake breeze, carrying a hint of coolness, brushed past their hair.

The clear lake water glimmered with fine golden light under the sun, like countless diamonds dancing.

This kind of beauty that relaxes the mind is not enough to just look at with your eyes; you must close your eyes and feel that tranquility with your heart.

This is a safe haven where one can completely relax and forget the hustle and bustle of the city.

They say that beautiful scenery is the easiest way to stimulate romantic hormones.

In front of such unbeatable sea views, the romantic cells in the bones of those three women of the Lin family were completely activated.

The three of them took turns occupying Lin Chen's embrace like a revolving lantern.

One moment they were pouting, the next they were making heart shapes with their hands, and then they would press their faces tightly against Lin Chen's cheeks, taking crazy selfies with their phones.

Just taking pictures wasn't satisfying enough. When the mood hit its peak, these three little tormenting enchantresses didn't care at all how many cameras were pointed at them; they hugged Lin Chen's neck and kissed him fiercely, leaving a pile of messy lipstick marks on his face.

If it weren't for the fact that they were currently being broadcast live to the whole internet, given their personalities, they probably would have just pinned Lin Chen to the deck chair and had their way with him on the spot.

In such divine scenery, not playing some shameless adult games would be a complete waste!

Song Zuer had been like a little tail all day, following the three Lin family women closely.

Just now, when everyone was standing on the deck looking at the scenery, she also deliberately found a tricky angle, squeezing in next to Tong Liya, just enough to get close to Lin Chen.

At this moment, watching Lin Chen being kissed in turns by the three women, the scene was so sweet that it made one insanely jealous.

Song Zuer's restless little heart began to stir again.

Anyway, everyone was wearing white gauze dresses today, and at first glance, they looked like a girl group. If she mixed in and pulled some small stunts, others might not necessarily be able to tell who was who.

Even if she was discovered, she could just say she was too excited by the scenery and got carried away.

With these perfect excuses, Song Zuer's courage instantly grew.

The way she looked at Lin Chen's handsome profile also became increasingly burning.

The moment for this baby's counterattack is now!

Song Zuer took a deep breath, and taking advantage of the gap while Tong Liya turned to fix her hair, she lowered her head and tried to squeeze hard into Lin Chen's arms from the side.

However... the ideal was plump, but reality was skinny.

She had just poked half her body out when she was nudged back unnoticeably by the shoulder of Guli Nazha, who had just exited Lin Chen's embrace.

Song Zuer's little plan declared bankruptcy before it even started.

Tong Liya also noticed the anomaly behind her at this moment and reacted immediately.

She turned around, took a step forward unassumingly, and like a lioness guarding her food, blocked Lin Chen tightly behind her and pulled him to the other side of the deck.

Guli Nazha didn't even say a word of warning; she just glanced at Song Zuer condescendingly, the corners of her mouth curling into a cold, mocking, and warning sneer, before turning away elegantly.

That look seemed to say: "Little brat, do you really take us for dead people?"

"We sisters are already struggling to share our husband, and you think we'd let a little girl like you, who hasn't even grown her feathers yet, take advantage of the loophole? Go wash up and go to sleep!"