My cousin asked me to go to Wuha, and Hanikezi stuck to me.

Hanikezi cried out in alarm, completely losing her balance and crashing straight into Chen Yi.

All I could hear was the howling of the wind and waves.

There was no panic in Chen Yi's eyes.

He gripped the oar tightly with his right hand, pressing it forcefully against the churning lake surface to forcefully stop the kayak from capsizing.

At the same time, his left arm suddenly shot out.

He caught the girl's slender waist with perfect precision.

Hanikezi was so frightened that she closed her eyes tightly and instinctively grabbed Chen Yi's life jacket collar with both hands.

The two collided heavily.

The kayak rocked violently three times on the crest of a wave, splashing up a lot of water, before finally stabilizing itself just barely on the surface of the water.

A deathly silence fell over the cabin.

The distance is too close.

Hanikezi's nose almost brushed against Chen Yi's cheek.

She could even clearly smell the faint scent of mint soap from Chen Yi's collar, mixed with the aroma of Erhai Lake water vapor.

Chen Yi's left hand was still tightly wrapped around her waist, and the warmth of his palm was transmitted to her without reservation through the thin sun protection clothing.

"Thump, thump..."

Hanikezi couldn't tell if it was the sound of the wind and waves or the pounding of her own heart.

She remained frozen in Chen Yi's arms, not daring to move.

Chen Yi turned his head slightly, his warm breath brushing against her earlobe.

"Have you hugged enough?" Chen Yi's voice was very low, with a hint of a smile.

Hanikezi suddenly opened her eyes.

When she met Chen Yi's deep and aggressive black eyes, her face flushed red to the roots of her ears.

"Who...who wanted to hug you!" Hanikezi released her grip as if she had been electrocuted, and hurriedly backed away.

The movement was too large, and the kayak rocked twice more.

"Don't move." Chen Yi quickly grabbed her shoulder and gently pressed her back into her seat. "Want to go down and feed the fish?"

Hanikezi bit her lower lip hard, clutching the hem of her clothes with both hands, not daring to look up at him.

In the director's tent on the shore.

Old Wang stared at the monitor, so excited he almost spat saliva onto the screen.

"Did you get the shot?! Camera number three! Did you get that telephoto close-up?!" Old Wang roared into the walkie-talkie.

"We got the director on camera! He even got his eyelashes clearly!" The cameraman's voice was equally excited.

After a brief pause, the live stream chat exploded with unprecedented volume.

"Aaaaaah! That waist-grabbing move! Is this something I can see for free?!"

"Chen Yi's reaction speed is absolutely amazing! He can hold the boat down with one hand and hug his wife with the other—his boyfriend power is off the charts!"

"Face to face for a full five seconds! I counted! Definitely five seconds!"

"Honey's face was so red you could fry an egg in it! If they hadn't talked, I'd eat my keyboard raw!"

"Where's Chen Chichi? Didn't you say your cousin was afraid of water? He was as steady as a rock when he was holding a girl!"

On another kayak, a dozen meters away from them.

Deng Chao and Lu Han were paddling their famous oars with great effort.

Lu Han wiped the lake water off her face, looked at the red boat in front of her, and couldn't help but smack her lips.

"Brother Chao, we're here to film a competitive variety show, right?" Lu Han asked, posing a probing question.

"That's how it was originally," Deng Chao sighed, his oars practically smoking from swinging them around. "But now it seems we're more like security guards filming a large-scale dating show on location."

Lu Han nodded in deep agreement.

"Chen Yi is too cunning," Lu Han complained. "He openly takes advantage of the situation to grope people, and yet he does it so smoothly, making it seem like he's doing a heroic deed."

On the red kayak.

Chen Yi has picked up the oars again.

"Hold on tight." Chen Yi looked at the gradually calming water ahead, his tone returning to its usual casualness. "If you don't get the mission card, the roast lamb leg for lunch will go to Brother Chao."

Upon hearing about roasted lamb leg, Hanikezi's foodie nature finally overcame her shyness.

She took two deep breaths, forcibly suppressing her wildly beating heart, and picked up her single oar.

"One, two, row!" Hanikezi shouted the work song.

The two worked in perfect harmony, and the red kayak shot towards the island in the middle of the lake like an arrow.

Half an hour later, the kayak returned to shore.

Chen Yi was the first to jump off the boat, stepping onto the shallow beach full of pebbles.

He turned around, and with remarkable ease, reached out and grabbed the bow of the kayak, pulling it half a meter toward the shore to ensure it was completely aground.

Hanikezi unfastened her life jacket and jumped ashore, splashing through the water.

Old Wang sat behind the monitor, watching the two walk side by side, stroking the stubble on his chin, and grinning like a cunning old fox who had just stolen some fish.

"Amazing, these two have such an aura that you can't even insert a needle into them," Old Wang muttered to himself.

He turned to look at the editor next to him.

"Don't cut that shot of her embracing someone in the middle of the lake!" Old Wang ordered. "Mark it in red and bold, make it key footage for this episode! Add a pink filter and slow motion in post-production!"

The editor gave an OK sign and his fingers flew across the keyboard.

Just then, an extremely arrogant and incongruous voice exploded from the side.

"Old Wang! Stop cutting like that!"

Chen Chichi darted out from the side like a ball of flesh, blocking the monitor.

He was still wearing a wet life jacket, clutching a handful of foxtail grass he'd plucked from who-knows-where, his face radiating an aura of righteous indignation.

Old Wang was startled by him.

"What are you doing? You're blocking my view of the replay!" Old Wang waved his hand dismissively.

"My cousin has had claustrophobia and scuba fear since he was a child!" Chen Chichi shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice so loud it startled the seagulls on the shore. "He was just instinctively grabbing someone to take him down with him because he was afraid of falling into the water!"

All the staff members turned to look at Chen Chichi.

Old Wang's lips twitched twice.

"You call using one hand to hold the oar and one hand to put your arm around someone's waist 'dragging someone down with you'?" Old Wang pointed at Chen Yi's extremely composed profile on the screen. "Is there even a hint of fear on his face?!"

"That's called facial paralysis! He was scared out of his wits!" Chen Chichi insisted without batting an eye. "Didn't you see how tightly he was strangling that girl? That's a stress response under extreme panic!"

Deng Chaogang walked over and almost fell headfirst into Erhai Lake when he heard these words.

"Chen Chichi, you've abandoned all shame to cover for your cousin, haven't you?" Deng Chao cursed.

"I'm stating the facts!" Chen Chichi said, stubbornly blocking the camera. "You can't edit this randomly! If this airs, what will become of my cousin's innocence?!"

Lu Han was laughing so hard she couldn't stand up straight.

Hanikezi stood a few meters away, listening to Chen Chichi's outrageous excuse, and the blush that had just faded returned to her cheeks.

She secretly glanced at Chen Yi beside her.

Chen Yi, with one hand in his pocket, watched Chen Chichi's chaotic antics and a helpless smile appeared on his lips.

"Your cousin... he's really working hard," Hanikezi muttered to herself.

"That's all he's good for," Chen Yi replied casually.

Old Wang looked at the stubborn Chen Chichi, sneered, picked up his thermos and took a sip of goji berry water.

"Fine, if you insist on calling it a stress reaction, then we'll see tonight." Old Wang stared at Chen Yi, a sly glint in his eyes.

Chen Chichi was stunned for a moment, and a sense of foreboding suddenly rose in his heart.

"What are we doing tonight? We're not recording anymore! My cousin wants to sleep!" Chen Chichi shouted.

"We have indoor interactive games planned for tonight." Old Wang raised the megaphone, his voice echoing throughout the camp. "Everyone, get ready, tonight's highlight: the heart rate monitor!"