Chapter 874 - 873: Ladies, Please Spare Me

Guan Yu was startled by Shu Ran’s scream beside her, picked at her ear, and looked at Cheng Zhirang with a complicated expression.

"Brother Cheng, you’ve completely changed."

Cheng Zhirang laughed: "Who’s to blame for splashing her first?"

"...I’ve had enough of you disgusting couples’ dog food, comrades! Stand up! Let’s deal with them first!"

An Zhou climbed out of the water again and said, "I also think we need to deal with the artificial obstacles first!"

Li Yang: "Then splash away!"

No more obstacles, no fear of falling into the water, everyone who stood up grabbed their water basin, scooped water, and started splashing across.

Cheng Zhirang was once again forced to join the water splashing battle.

The numbers were uneven on both sides, and the opposing force was fierce. Mu Qiu couldn’t keep up even though she kept scooping water, keeping her eyes closed almost the entire time and relying on feel to keep splashing.

Then they heard Zhu Qi wailing beside them.

"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey! Mu Qiu, you splashed my face! A whole basin of water!"

"...Sorry, sorry! I meant to splash them! Ptooey! Who splashed so hard?! Are they throwing bombs?!"

Li Yang: "Hahahahaha, it was me!"

Shu Ran: "Guan Yu, why are you splashing me?!!!"

Guan Yu: "Sorry, it was unintentional! The basin just suddenly turned your way! Hey, hey, hey, no hitting allowed; it’s against the rules!"

"Don’t rock! Don’t rock! Whoa! Li Yang, how did you fall back down, hahahahahahaha!"

The game below turned into a personal water fight mixed battle, chaotic as ever.

Shi Yuhuai watched from above, looking speechless.

So he said, relying on others for meals is less reliable than hoping pigs can climb trees.

And seeing Li Yang like that, he might not even get to eat tonight, what a headache.

He simply stopped watching and sat down on the broken mat, drinking in the northwest wind.

The water-splashing battle continued below.

They had reached the scene where Guan Yu splashed Shu Ran into the water. It was easy to predict; Shu Ran gritted her teeth and splashed back furiously at Guan Yu, and when she couldn’t win, she just directly pulled people into the water.

No need to pass checkpoints; they couldn’t even manage the in-fighting.

Gasping for breath, Mu Qiu stopped to rest for a while, covered her head with the water basin, holding on tightly with both hands.

If it were just on top of her head, she’d definitely be splashed off by several people on the other side with a basin of water.

"You three are so annoying. Listen, comrades, stop the infighting! Let’s first band together to take them... oh my!!!"

Before Guan Yu could finish, Shu Ran lunged at her, crashing them both into the water, creating a huge splash.

Mu Qiu laughed so hard under the water basin that she almost split her sides.

Cheng Zhirang reached behind her to lightly pat and laughed along too.

After a playful commotion, the checkpoint continued as usual.

The people at the back learned their lesson, sitting on the blocks, leaning over to watch Guan Yu carrying water and focusing entirely on the checkpoints.

The two blocks were put up again, soft and loose, unable to support weight. So when she jumped up this time, she fell right over into the water.

But! The director never said that falling meant failure! Anyway, she fell forward, passed the line!

So she fell without stopping, stubbornly raising the water basin, barely affected, supporting herself with her elbows on the blocks, wobbling to stand up and continue forward.

Mu Qiu: "It’s like she’s got the determination despite the odds, so touching."

Guan Yu: "...I heard that, Mu Qiu, what are you saying!"

She spoke but didn’t turn back, kept charging forward, unstably standing with the water basin sloshing water the whole way.

They soon reached the second checkpoint, identical to the first, two blocks upright in front, and Guan Yu, familiar with the posture, crashed into the water again.

Li Yang, watching from behind, was shocked: "It’s a suicide-style checkpoint!"

Mu Qiu was also shocked, but it didn’t stop them from racing forward to obstruct her.

As Guan Yu charged suicidally through the checkpoints, they obstructed suicidally, falling and crashing all the way, rushing to the third checkpoint, scooping water to splash her.

The splashed water went into Guan Yu’s basin instead, ironically adding to her supply. Guan Yu laughed maniacally, jumping blindfolded over the blocks.

An expert move with fearless guts, even daring to jump blindfolded.

Mu Qiu stopped the water attack, watching her, a perfect dive-jump with the basin on her head, falling directly into the water, stuck between two block lines, struggling to get back up.

She watched with awe: "Wow, such a strong diver."

Cheng Zhirang found amusement in her pretending to be innocent while sarcastically commenting on others.

Guan Yu’s determination in the checkpoints was inspiring, so Mu Qiu decided not to obstruct her, just sat on the blocks watching her awkwardly tumble to the finish line, looked at the water basin, and scooped and handed a fresh basin of water to the staff at the finish line.

"Guan Yu cleared the checkpoint."

Exhausted, Guan Yu cheered, caught her breath, and crawled toward Mu Qiu and the others.

Mu Qiu shrunk toward Cheng Zhirang’s feet: "Sister Guan Yu, what are you doing? A gentleman takes his revenge even after ten years; save it for next time!"

"Not revenge," Guan Yu slumped on the block next to her, "it’s over and done with, let’s let bygones be bygones, now we’re allies."

"...You want to splash Sister Shu Ran, I get it."

Guan Yu righteously: "I didn’t say that, I’m aiming for the group behind."

"Tsk tsk tsk, I underestimated you."

Shu Ran, who had suicide-rushed through to the second checkpoint too, asked cautiously: "What are you plotting?! Are you up to no good?"

Mu Qiu: "Sister Guan Yu said she wanted to... mm-mm-mm!"

Guan Yu pounced and pinned her on the block, but they were unstable as they weren’t in the center, until Cheng Zhirang propped them steady with his foot.

Cheng Zhirang: "They said if you pass the checkpoint you could join them to splash the guys behind."

Mu Qiu widened her eyes at him.

They weren’t wrong, Cheng Zhirang really had completely changed.

Cheng Zhirang’s words were 90% convincing, so Shu Ran already believed him, wobbling on the block, shouting back: "I will not collude with you guys... ah!"

Guan Yu immediately pointed at her, laughing: "Hahahahahahahaha you’re so skinny you’re about to slip through the mesh below! Better be careful!"

Holding her breath Shu Ran didn’t respond, ran soaking wet to the finish line, sat at the edge to catch her breath.

Guan Yu leaned forward: "Are you sure you don’t want to join our water fight? Splash Li Yang, let Brother Huai lose."

Who to splash doesn’t matter; what’s important is Brother Huai losing. Now that the bet’s lost, it’s likely linked to dinner; if Shi Yuhuai had one less dish, she’d even be happier.

If she’s happy, then there’s nothing to say about Shu Ran; the two exchanged glances and immediately formed an alliance.

"This is a great idea."

So, when Li Yang reached the second checkpoint, he suddenly found himself surrounded by three women in the front, sinisterly grinning at him with water.

Looking up from prone, the three of them, 5’3", had transformed into towering figures at 9’2", and Li Yang smiled awkwardly.

"Ladies, please spare me."