156: Chapter 156 Childish Fighting, All the Cursed Recitations Backfire

Tong Liya struggled with the oar in her hand, sometimes gnashing her teeth, sometimes looking flustered.

The way she went about it, it was as if she wasn't paddling a slow-moving rubber dinghy, but engaged in Combat against the raging waves in the middle of the vast ocean.

Lin Chen sat behind her, steady as a mountain, his arms wrapped tightly around her slender, soft waist. A doting smile hung on the corners of his mouth as he let her mess around.

In any case, everyone was wearing thick life jackets, and the Production Team's work boat was standing by not far away. Even if they really capsized, it would just be a refreshing dip in the sea to cool off.

However, while Lin Chen didn't mind, the two ladies sitting at the bow of the boat were definitely not pleased.

Liu Shishi clutched her fair, smooth forehead as her stomach churned. She wailed in pain, "Yaya! My dear sister! Please, I beg you, stop your magic! Stop spinning, you're going to make me throw up!"

Guli Nazha also wore a bitter expression on her pretty face as she ruthlessly switched on her mocking mode, "You're a road hazard who doesn't even dare to drive over forty yards in daily life; where on earth did you get the confidence to insist on learning to row?"

Liu Shishi gripped the side of the boat tightly, "I now have every reason to suspect your sinister motives! Are you trying to use this opportunity to spin me and Nazar dizzy, toss us into the sea to feed the fish, and then have our husband all to yourself?"

Guli Nazha rolled her eyes, "Even if you dumped us into the sea, it would be useless. We still have Yang Mi and Reba, those two formidable characters back home; it's not your turn to monopolize him."

The two plastic sisters, who a second ago were bickering over "who got more little red flowers in kindergarten," instantly formed a united front, aiming their artillery at the frantically spinning Tong Liya.

Tong Liya's face flushed red from the retort. She pouted her rosy lips indignantly, let out a "Hmph," and simply threw the oar aside, giving up.

She sat on the bottom of the boat with her two white legs crossed, sulking like a wronged little wife.

Lin Chen chuckled and ruffled Tong Liya's smooth long hair, coaxing her softly, "Alright, alright, we'll stop rowing. Go grab the bamboo pole and fish out some trash."

Tong Liya didn't take the bamboo pole; instead, she turned back and glared indignantly at Liu Shishi and Guli Nazha.

She pointed to the trash bag in the middle of the boat, which wasn't even covering the bottom, and launched a counterattack, "You two have the nerve to talk about me? You've been chattering away in the front for ages, and you've only caught a few lousy plastic bags? Are you here to fish or to work?"

Liu Shishi glared back without showing any weakness, "Oh my! Look at Miss Tong, who talks big without feeling the back pain. You're not working yourself, and you have the nerve to stand there and make snide remarks?"

Guli Nazha chimed in, "Exactly! If you hadn't been spinning the boat in circles like a headless fly earlier, scattering all the trash around us, we would have filled a bag long ago."

"Husband! Look at them! They're ganging up to bully me!"

Tong Liya couldn't win the argument, so she simply resorted to her trump card.

She turned around and, like a well-behaved kitten, threw herself directly into Lin Chen's arms. Wrapping her arms around his strong waist, she tilted her exquisite little face up and began to complain in a coquettish voice.

Lin Chen laughed and flicked her on her smooth, full forehead, his tone full of doting, "Alright, stop messing around, and get to work. The sooner we finish, the sooner we can clock off."

Seeing that Lin Chen didn't take sides, Liu Shishi immediately giggled triumphantly.

She stuck her pink little tongue out at Tong Liya, who was snuggled in Lin Chen's arms, and made a face, "Pfft~ See? Husband isn't helping you! You've fallen out of favor!"

Tong Liya buried her face in Lin Chen's chest, "Not listening, not listening! I'm not talking to ugly monsters!"

"Hey! Who are you calling an ugly monster! I'm going to talk, I'm going to say it! I'll make you mad!"

"Not listening, not listening! Nonsense!" Tong Liya covered her ears.

"Bouncing back! Bouncing it all back to you! Hee hee hee~"

The three beautiful women bickered on the tiny rubber dinghy, adding quite a bit of colorful charm to this somewhat dull environmental task.

Objectively speaking, the water pollution in Erhai Lake in recent years is indeed a major headache.

Especially in this offshore area where Lin Chen and the others were currently located.

The coastline was densely packed with various homestays and trendy sea-view inns of all different styles.

Each of these inns was decorated with great style, and paired with artistic names like "Listen to the Wind" or "Waiting for the Sea," they became pilgrimage sites for countless hipsters and influencers to check in.

Undeniably, "facing the sea with spring flowers blossoming," sitting on the balcony every day watching the clouds roll over Cangshan Mountain, really gave one the illusion of escaping the mundane world and living in seclusion in a paradise.

Every year, large numbers of tourists who didn't mind spending money came here to stay for a few days and squander their time.

These distinctive inns also became a beautiful landscape along the shores of Erhai Lake.

However, everything has two sides.

While these inns brought huge economic benefits, they also became the main culprits of environmental pollution.

You cannot expect every guest who comes to travel and relax to have a very high level of environmental awareness.

Many of those hipsters who shout about loving nature and protecting the Earth are the same ones who secretly litter everywhere.

These dense inns produce massive amounts of household waste and catering wastewater every day.

A lot of this was secretly discharged and dumped directly into the beautiful Erhai Lake by those unscrupulous merchants looking to save trouble.

Although it hadn't reached the exaggerated extent where trash covered the surface of the sea, floating plastic bags, beverage bottles, and fast-food boxes could be seen everywhere among the aquatic plants and reefs near the shore.

Lin Chen rowed steadily, controlling the rubber dinghy as it circled a large area in the offshore zone.

Not long after, the several large black trash bags they brought on board were filled to the brim.

And this was the result achieved while Tong Liya and the other two women were bickering along the way, working only thirty percent of the time and slacking off seventy percent.

If it had been four nimble cleaners doing the job, they probably wouldn't even be able to fit all the trash on the small boat by now.

"Oh my god! Which heartless jerk threw this dead piglet in here! It stinks to high heaven! No civic virtue at all!"

Although the weather was overcast and there was no scorching sun, doing physical labor on the water was not easy.

Liu Shishi used the bamboo pole to lift a foul-smelling large black package. She was panting with exhaustion, and a layer of fine sweat had already formed on her fair forehead, sliding down her delicate cheeks.

Guli Nazha shook her sore arms and, looking at the oil slick floating on the water, frowned and replied:

"If we keep letting these people discharge sewage and dump trash into the sea so unscrupulously, this beautiful Erhai Lake will sooner or later turn into a huge sewer! We've done a good deed today."

Tong Liya leaned over and said with some emotion to the camera lens following them:

"After working for a while, although it wasn't long, I really feel sore and tired. It might only take half a second for us to casually throw away a piece of trash, but for those sanitation workers to fish this trash out of the sea, they have to put in countless times more sweat and effort."

"So I really urge everyone, when traveling, you must protect the environment. Walking a few extra steps to throw trash in the bin isn't hard. If we destroy such a beautiful fairyland ourselves, it would be a real sin."

At this moment, Lei Jiayin and Xiaoyueyue slowly rowed another rubber dinghy over.

Xiaoyueyue, covered in sweat, shouted, "Teacher Lin! How is the battle going on your side?"

Guli Nazha patted the several bulging trash bags beside her and said proudly, "Our boat is already fully loaded! How much did you catch?"

Xiaoyueyue wiped his sweat and said with a bitter face, "We only caught a bag and a half. I'm exhausted. Can we clock off and head back?"

Looking at the time, it was already past eleven in the morning.

The dark clouds in the sky were gathering thicker and thicker, hanging low as if they would collapse at any moment, and the sea breeze was gradually picking up, carrying a clear hint of rain.

Coupled with the fact that everyone had been tossing and turning on the water all morning, these usually pampered stars were already physically exhausted.

The team leaders discussed it and decisively decided to call it a day, working together to row the rubber dinghy toward the work cruise ship anchored not far away.

Just as they stepped onto the deck of the cruise ship, rain as big as beans began to pour down.

In the blink of an eye, heavy rain poured down. The pitter-patter sound of the rain splashed the once mirror-like, calm Erhai Lake, creating a hazy scene.

"Husband! Look over there! It's foggy! Wow, this rainy scene is so beautiful, it feels like the whole Erhai Lake has turned into a fairyland!"

Liu Shishi took off her wet life jacket and knelt on one knee on the large sofa chair in the cruise cabin.

Her upper body was almost pressed against the transparent glass window. While excitedly waving at Lin Chen, she marveled at the stunning, misty rainy scenery outside the window.

Lin Chen walked over, gently wrapped his arms around her slender waist from behind, rested his chin on her neck, and accompanied her to appreciate this Erhai Lake in the misty rain, which looked like an ink painting.

The other guests had no mind to look at the scenery right now. They were nervously gathered on the deck, staring intently at the Production Team staff weighing the spoils they had salvaged all morning.

This was a major matter directly related to whether they would be eating seafood feasts or gnawing on corn buns in the coming days!

Because the salvaged trash was soaked in water and contained a lot of moisture, the weight was quite considerable.

After careful weighing, the total weight of the trash salvaged by the two teams added up to a full 48.8 kilograms!

Tong Liya wiped the rainwater off her face and asked the Executive Director nervously, "Director, give us a straight answer. With this result, what level of treatment can we get? Is it high or low?"

The Executive Director looked at the number on the electronic scale and, for once, showed a satisfied smile:

"Congratulations, everyone! Nearly 100 jin of trash—this result far exceeds our expectations! It belongs to the highest level of clearance standard!"

"This also means that in the upcoming Dali City trip, you will continue to enjoy top-tier living standards!"

"Yeah!!! That's great! It was worth the suffering!"

"Oh my, my old back! This job looks easy, but it's really killer when you do it! This high-standard treatment was earned with our sweat, we deserve it!"

"Thank goodness! As long as you don't make me sleep in that drafty, broken house, I'll do anything!"

"Oh my, both my arms are almost numb! Husband~ your wife's shoulders are so sore, you have to give me a good massage tonight~"

Hearing the result announced by the director, the members of the Divas Hit the Road Group cheered and let out a long sigh of relief.

Once their tense nerves relaxed, everyone immediately collapsed onto the sofa chairs in the cabin like deflated balls, too tired to move a single finger.