Chapter 52 p2: Outdoors. Craving her entry.
Waking up early in the morning, Lu Qingzhuo, who was all dressed and ready to enter the primeval forest to pick mushrooms, was very excited.
A misty rain was falling from the sky. The program team had neatly arranged the prepared rain boots and raincoats.
At this moment, Cheng Yang and Xu Xun came out of the same room together.
Lu Qingzhuo stood to the side, watching the two of them, and couldn’t help but say, “You’re really here for a honeymoon. You’re not even acting, are you?”
Cheng Yang said with a smile, “Anyway, it will be cut in post-production. Just pretend you didn’t see anything.”
Lu Qingzhuo: “If I were in post-production, I would beat the two of you to death with a stick, bury one in the South Pole, and one in the North Pole.”
“…”
Cheng Yang couldn’t help but say, “You’re too cruel.”
Everyone got their own raincoat and rain boots, and also colorful plastic buckets.
Cheng Yang had never worn a raincoat before. She copied Xu Xun’s actions, put the raincoat on from her head, and then put on the waterproof rain boots.
The raincoat she was wearing was a faint, transparent pink, and it wrapped Cheng Yang up tightly.
Cheng Yang put on her hat, held the small bucket in her hand, and casually picked up a stick from the ground.
Xu Xun smiled and helped her with the brim of her hat. “So amazing. You even know how to wear a raincoat.”
For Cheng Yang, this was indeed a bit of a hard compliment.
She couldn’t help but mumble, “Is that any way to praise someone? When I pick a super big mushroom today, it won’t be too late for you to praise me then.”
The other four saw the two of them’s intimate appearance and couldn’t help but cover their mouths and laugh.
Lin Zhizi gossiped in a small voice, “I thought what I saw before was all just made up by marketing accounts. I didn’t expect it to be true.”
Qin Shi also said with a smile, “I already noticed the signs when the two of them were being interviewed before.”
Ye Qiongan stood alone in a corner, looked at the two of them’s interaction, and smiled.
The program team had found a guide who was familiar with the local geography to lead them into the primeval forest.
The primeval forest was rarely visited by people, and the biological resources were rich. Besides the mushrooms all over the forest, there were also many rare plants.
This time, their group was just here to pick mushrooms and would not touch the plants and animals here.
Cheng Yang was already quite experienced in picking mushrooms.
The last time she had gone home with Xu Xun, although she had picked a lot of poisonous mushrooms, she had remembered what those inedible poisonous mushrooms looked like.
It was still the same group as yesterday, three people in a team.
Lu Qingzhuo looked at the two of them who were leaning against each other and being all lovey-dovey and couldn’t help but roll her eyes.
Cheng Yang said with a smile, “Sister Qingzhuo, let’s go. Teacher Xu Xun is very experienced in picking mushrooms. She’s a local.”
Lu Qingzhuo let out a cold hum. “Still Teacher Xu Xun? What are you pretending for? You’ve already kissed so much, yet you’re still pretending not to know each other. You’re sick.”
She followed behind the two of them, complaining all the way.
The PD was also wearing a raincoat and following them to film. They were wearing non-slip shoes, but it was still a bit difficult to walk in the primeval forest, which was covered in moss and overgrown with weeds.
For Xu Xun, walking through the primeval forest was a piece of cake.
She took Cheng Yang’s hand and, without any effort, went through the woods and came to a forest full of mushrooms.
Lu Qingzhuo was panting behind her.
Cheng Yang extended her hand to her. “Sister Qingzhuo, you can hold my hand. Be careful not to slip.”
“…”
Lu Qingzhuo quickly took a step back. She met Xu Xun’s smiling eyes and quickly shook her head.
“No need. It’s just walking. Don’t underestimate me.”
She said this, but Lu Qingzhuo thought in her heart, “Still want to hold hands? Are my eyes for show? Don’t you see the fake smile on your wife’s face? If I touch you, I’ll probably be buried in the ground as fertilizer for the mushrooms.”
Cheng Yang cried out in alarm and looked at the milky yellow mushrooms on the ground with surprise.
“Wow, so many. But the color is too beautiful. Could they be poisonous mushrooms?”
Xu Xun explained with a smile, “This is called milk mushroom. It’s crispy and sweet to eat. It can be stir-fried or stewed in soup, and it tastes very good.”
After saying this, she casually picked one up and gently scratched it with her fingernail.
From the place where she had touched it with her fingernail, a milky white liquid slowly seeped out.
“Don’t worry. This is not poisonous. You can eat it.”
Cheng Yang quickly squatted down to pick, her mouth wide with a smile.
“Wow, so many.”
She had not experienced these things when she was a child, so she was particularly longing for a free life when she grew up.
Cheng Yang thought that after she retired, she would definitely go to a place where no one would disturb her and live a paradise-like life with Xu Xun.
The three of them spent a few minutes and picked up this pile of milk mushrooms.
Their group of three didn’t need a guide at all. Xu Xun alone could handle the direction and the mushroom nests.
Soon, they came to another mushroom nest, which was full of chubby porcini mushrooms.
Cheng Yang’s eyes widened. “Wow, what fat and beautiful mushrooms. Can we eat these?”
Xu Xun nodded. “Of course. Hurry up and pick them. It’s a good thing we came in time. They would have been old if we had been a little later.”
Cheng Yang squatted on the ground and started to pick again.
The feeling of pulling the mushrooms out of the soil was very satisfying.
Cheng Yang also copied the relaxing video she had seen before and patted the head of the chubby little mushroom with her hand.
“Be good. Don’t sleep. Come home with me and take a hot shower.”
Xu Xun couldn’t help but laugh. “You and Teacher Lu stay here. I’ll go ahead and scout the way to see if there are any other mushroom nests.”
Cheng Yang shook her head and directly held Xu Xun’s waist.
“We’re here to play, not to compete. There’s no need to be in such a hurry.”
Cheng Yang looked at the surrounding primeval forest and couldn’t help but say, “This is a deep mountain and old forest. I get scared when I can’t see you. You’re not allowed to go alone.”
Lu Qingzhuo randomly found a tree stump to sit on. Looking at the two of them being so lovey-dovey and inseparable, she took out her phone and secretly took a photo.
She sent the photo to Fu Yumian, typed with an aggrieved expression, and complained about how she had been fed so much dog food.
Lu Qingzhuo was picking mushrooms all alone. She wanted to bring Nuan Nuan over too.
At that time, she would hold Fu Yumian and have Nuan Nuan squat on the ground to pick mushrooms. Wherever she pointed, Nuan Nuan would obediently move over to pick.
When would she be able to live such a life?
Lu Qingzhuo’s teeth were on edge. She looked at Cheng Yang with a resentful expression and silently gave her the middle finger.
Cheng Yang seemed to have noticed Lu Qingzhuo and turned her head to smile at her.
She slowly let go of her embrace of Xu Xun, walked towards Lu Qingzhuo, and sat on the tree stump with her.
“Sister Qingzhuo, why do you look so unhappy?”
“…”
Lu Qingzhuo was silent. Was this something a human could say?
She gently pinched her philtrum, her smile not reaching her eyes.
“I think I’m sick.”
Cheng Yang asked, “You’re sick? Is it serious? Do you want to see a doctor?”
Lu Qingzhuo was expressionless. “I have a red-eye disease. I really can’t stand the two of you showing off your affection in front of me. Are you satisfied now? You’re a cold and heartless person. I will never forgive you! Never!”
After saying this, she picked up her bucket in a huff and left.
Xu Xun was a little puzzled. “Why did Teacher Lu leave? Did you two have a conflict?”
Cheng Yang said with a smile, “She’s jealous that I have a wife with me.”
Xu Xun’s lips curled into a smile. “Don’t be ridiculous.”
Soon, she lowered her voice. “Just say it to me. Don’t let Teacher Lu hear it, otherwise she’ll be sad again.”
Just as she had finished speaking, Lu Qingzhuo came back.
She had wanted to pick mushrooms by herself, but the terrain here was too unfamiliar, and she was a little scared, so she still decided to stick together and pick with Cheng Yang and the others.
But the moment she came over, she heard the two of them’s conversation.
“…”
Lu Qingzhuo put down her small bucket, crossed her arms in front of her chest, and looked at the two of them with a blank expression.
“Hey, can you please respect me a little?”
Cheng Yang smiled at her. “I told you, Sister Qingzhuo will be back.”
“…”
Further ahead was another patch of low bushes.
Xu Xun was holding a stick she had picked up from somewhere.
“You have to be careful here. There might be poisonous insects and snakes, but the mushrooms grow in the grass, so you have to part the grass with a stick first.”
Goosebumps appeared on Cheng Yang’s body. She hid behind Xu Xun and whispered in her ear, “Are there really snakes?”
Xu Xun smiled and nodded. “Yeah, there are. There are also centipedes, scorpions, and spiders. If you get bitten by them, it will be so sour and refreshing.”
Lu Qingzhuo looked at Xu Xun’s smiling profile and could tell at a glance that this person was clearly making things up.
“…”
At first, she was a little scared, but now all that was left was the anger of being deceived.
Lu Qingzhuo let out a cold hum and turned to leave.
Xu Xun pressed her lips together and held back her laughter. “Why are you trembling? Are you scared?”
Cheng Yang was stubborn. “Of course not. I’m just afraid that you’re scared. How could I be scared?”
“Then hold me a little tighter.”
Cheng Yang obediently did as she was told.
“I’m not holding you tight because I’m scared. I’m protecting you.”
Xu Xun nodded and said very cooperatively, “Mmm, mmm. A little tighter.”
Lu Qingzhuo sat on a tree stump, watching the two of them from a distance, and had a feeling that her intelligence had been insulted.
Her eyes had also been deeply hurt.
She wanted a wife, and she wanted to kiss.
She was like a resentful woman with an aggrieved expression, watching the two of them flirting, and she was so angry she was gritting her teeth.
Cheng Yang didn’t notice that there was a resentful Alpha sitting behind her.
She held Xu Xun from behind, watching the other skillfully part the weeds on the mushrooms with a wooden stick, revealing one after another round and cute little mushrooms.
Cheng Yang looked nervous. “Wifey, are there any snakes? I can’t see clearly.”
Xu Xun’s lips curled into a smile, and she casually made up a lie. “I just saw one. It darted out in a flash.”
When Cheng Yang heard this, she jumped three feet high.
“What? Are there really snakes?”
Her face was full of terror as she watched Xu Xun bend down and pick up the mushrooms one by one.
“Wifey, we can’t stay here. Let’s go quickly! Be careful of being bitten by a snake.”
The Alpha behind her held her tightly.
Xu Xun had no fear of snakes. Her desire for Cheng Yang to touch her outdoors was getting stronger and stronger.
If they did it in the wild, or in the woods, it should feel very good.
