The usual Jian Anning was always cool and composed, seemingly decisive and measured in everything she did. Rarely did one see her eyes sparkle with the excitement and anticipation of a young girl, as if the starlight from the heavens had entered her gaze, shimmering with brilliance!
Jian Anning nodded. Of course she wanted to; anyone present who saw such a wonderful scene would be involuntarily attracted, wouldn’t they?
But such a place wasn’t accessible to everyone. Not to mention anything else, just take the small island in the center of the lake. It was now midnight, and there were absolutely no boats. Was she expected to swim over?
"If I were to take you there, what reward would you give me?" Yu Zexiao glanced at her, his teasing smile clearly indicating he was joking.
"Reward?" Jian Anning didn’t take him seriously. Houhu did have boat tour companies, but they only operated during the day.
Moreover, that small island seemed to be a historic site, and ordinarily people weren’t allowed to visit. Even during the day, you couldn’t get there by boat, let alone at night when there wasn’t a single boat available. How could it be possible to get to the island?
Since it was an empty promise, she could naturally say anything she liked: "Well then, whatever you say it is, it is!"
"Alright then," Yu Zexiao said cheerily, and he truly took her hand—but he led her back the way they had come. Jian Anning naturally didn’t take it seriously and leisurely strolled along with him, only to find that when they were beside his car, he pulled her straight in the other direction!
"Zexiao, our car is back there; we’ve walked past it!" Jian Anning was very puzzled, thinking he had taken the wrong path, and quickly spoke up.
Yu Zexiao nodded, "I know."
While saying this, he continued to walk on. Now Jian Anning was a bit confused. Did he want to stroll some more? She didn’t think too much and accompanied him for another stretch. At a bend in the waterway, he suddenly led her toward the lakeside.
"Zexiao, don’t play with water so late at night." She thought this guy was really going to swim over! But even if he was going to swim, there was no reason to walk back and then swim, right?
Could it be that he wanted to swim in the lake?
The water in Houhu was 2-3 meters at its deepest point. If something happened, what would they do?
"I do want to play with water," Yu Zexiao said with a grin, leading her to a small pier by the waterway where a few small boats were docked.
Yes, they were tour boats, and moreover, they were the kind that were specially made to look like ancient ferry boats!
Noticing that Yu Zexiao kept leading her further in, Jian Anning was astonished, "Could it be that you’re planning to steal a boat?"
This couldn’t be possible, could it?
Yu Zexiao simply laughed, "Don’t say ’steal’; I bought this myself."
"What?" Jian Anning was a bit shocked, "You bought it?"
"To be precise, I rented it," Yu Zexiao said with a smile, "It was just a few days ago. I had that kid Ling Yichuan help me rent one."
He had long thought that after the drama shooting was finished, although he still had to work on his album, there would be a few days of leisure.
Shangcheng had many historic sites. However, they were mostly palace buildings, not suitable for a leisurely stroll with Jian Anning.
After much thought, he remembered the scenery of Houhu in Shangcheng and wanted to bring Jian Anning here to see it. To tour the lake, of course, one would need to row a boat.