I was slacking off on a dating reality show when the female guests treated me like a treasure chest.

Chen Nian thought the so-called refreshing fruit drinks would lead him to a fruit shop, but he was still disappointed by the amenities of such a top-notch resort.

When he and Su Xiao found the location, carrying a bamboo basket, it was on a small hill behind the villa, which looked like a secret orchard.

"Is that a watermelon?" Chen Nian came to his senses, looked at the big green watermelon in the field, swallowed hard, and then looked at the other kinds of fruits: cherry tomatoes, oranges, watermelons, and raspberries, etc.

The land, about three or four acres in size, had seven or eight kinds of fruit.

"Goodness, I've lived this long and I've never tasted a freshly picked watermelon before," Chen Nian exclaimed.

Su Xiao, who has an urban household registration, only remembers picking strawberries.

Looking at all that fruit, her eyes sparkled; it was all a completely new experience for her.

"Are we going to pick them here?" Su Xiao asked.

"It should be. Let me see how much we need." Chen Nian opened the task card to confirm and said, "It's enough for ten people, so we'll have to pick a lot more to take back."

"I'll pick the watermelon; this thing is too heavy," Chen Nian said, getting to work without hesitation.

There was a small wooden shed with a water pipe nearby, which allowed them to wash the fruit on the spot.

Chen Nian quickly squatted down in front of the watermelon field, stroking the large, green, and round watermelons. "This life is amazing. I could live in a place like this for the rest of my life," he muttered, seemingly forgetting that the photographer was taking pictures nearby.

Soon, the two got to work, picking some of each kind of fruit.

Su Xiao was as excited as a child, carefully comparing the flowers as she picked them, choosing the ones she thought were the prettiest.

Despite the blazing sun overhead, Su Xiao remained unperturbed.

Off-camera, the production crew secretly remarked that these celebrities were much more down-to-earth, unlike other variety shows where they would overreact to the slightest thing.

However, when everyone turned their attention to another shot, they were all stunned.

Chen Nian was seen sitting in the shed washing a large watermelon. Then, in front of the camera, he suddenly swung his fist and punched the watermelon.

"..."

One punch, two punches...

Chen Nian shook his aching fist, secretly marveling at how much he used to be able to smash it open with a single punch. He had to admit that his physical condition was indeed not very good now.

Fortunately, the watermelon still cracked open after two punches.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Nian broke the watermelon open with his bare hands, then broke off a piece and started eating it.

The moment the cool, sweet taste soothed his throat, Chen Nian squinted his eyes, enjoying it with a contented expression. Although he didn't know what other people's tasks were like, his task was simply awesome!

Sitting in a place like this, eating a watermelon that was just picked a few minutes ago—that's what summer is all about.

In the blink of an eye, he had eaten a third of the watermelon, which weighed over ten kilograms, leaving a few pieces of watermelon rind on the ground beside him.

"Oh right!" Chen Nian suddenly remembered that Su Xiao was still there, so he turned around, intending to call out to her, but Su Xiao was already behind him at some point.

Su Xiao looked at Chen Nian with curiosity and asked, "Is it sweet?"

"..." Chen Nian suddenly felt guilty, so he quickly finished the watermelon in his mouth, washed his hands, broke off a piece and handed it to Su Xiao, "It's very sweet, you can try it."

"Hmm!" Su Xiao's eyes lit up. She took the watermelon, then took a bite in a refined manner, looking somewhat shy in front of the camera.

"You have to eat watermelon in big bites to really enjoy it," Chen Nian said, then his gaze fell on Su Xiao's bamboo basket. "You've already picked so many?"

In the short time that had passed, Su Xiao's bamboo basket was filled with fruit, including oranges, lemons, bananas, and raspberries.

"There are wampee trees too!" Chen Nian was surprised to see a bunch of wampee trees. He hadn't even noticed that wampee trees were planted on this plot of land.

Su Xiao nodded as she ate watermelon.

Chen Nian has always found the yellow-skinned fruit to be very mysterious. It seems to only exist in certain places in the south, and many other places don't recognize it.

Moreover, in some southern cities, it is rarely found in fruit shops.

This stuff is hard to preserve; it loses moisture very quickly and will wilt in just one or two days.

Seeing this, Chen Nian took the yellow peel that Su Xiao had picked, rinsed it with water, and then picked one and put it in his mouth to chew.

He likes to eat wampee by putting it directly into his mouth and then spitting out the chewed skin; the slight bitterness is part of the enjoyment.

Su Xiao blinked. Just as she finished eating the watermelon in her hand, Chen Nian handed her the yellow-skinned one.

"Eat up, we'll pick more after we finish. It's a rare trip, let's eat our fill first, we might not have another chance to come here next time," Chen Nian said.

"Oh, okay." Su Xiao nodded seriously.

Soon, she was led astray by Chen Nian and completely forgot what she was doing.

The two sat in the shed and devoured a watermelon, over a pound of wampee, then bananas, raspberries, oranges...

If lemons weren't sour, the production team suspects Chen Nian would have even eaten them raw.

"Phew~"

"I'm full, completely full." Chen Nian breathed a sigh of relief, rubbing his stomach. This meal had given him a full dose of energy from fruits of all kinds (A, B, C, D, E, F, G).

"Mmm, I'm full." Su Xiao had never enjoyed a moment like this before, and she smiled broadly.

"Okay, let's get to work then. Pick some things, then we'll go back," Chen Nian said, standing up to stretch his limbs, and then leading Su Xiao to get busy.

Once both of their bamboo baskets were full of fruit, Chen Nian rinsed the fruit in both baskets with clean water and then swept up the fruit peels that had been scattered on the ground.

"Dig a hole and bury it," Chen Nian muttered, finding a soft patch of ground, picking up a handy stone, and starting to dig a hole.

Su Xiao stood aside, looking completely bewildered, but quickly realized what was happening. She picked up a stone, squatted down, and helped dig.

"You don't need to. The two of you will just get in the way," Chen Nian said, gesturing for her to stand aside.

"Oh," Su Xiao said softly upon hearing this, then squatted down to watch.

"Aren't you going to sunbathe?" Chen Nian asked in surprise when he saw her squatting down to sunbathe.

"I don't want to be in the sun." Su Xiao shook her head.

"..." Upon hearing this, Chen Nian simply stopped wondering why she didn't feel sunburned, since he himself felt very sunburned.

He quickly dug a pit, stuffed the melon rinds and other fruit peels into it, and then covered it with soil.

After finishing all this, Chen Nian washed his hands, then picked up the heaviest fruit basket and said, "Let's go back."

"Okay, sure." Su Xiao carried the fruit basket, took a few steps forward, and followed behind him.

"By the way, is there any significance to burying it in a pit?" Su Xiao couldn't help but ask curiously on the way.

"There's no explanation, because there were no trash cans, so they were buried in the ground," Chen Nian said.

"..." Upon hearing this, Su Xiao glanced silently at the trash can not far away, hesitating whether to tell him that the trash can had always been there.