Chapter 167
Chapter 167
At that moment, Gu Yue finally understood what the paddles were for.
After all, there were six people sitting on the inflatable raft!
Yet despite each of them having a paddle, the raft spent over ten seconds spinning in place.
Gu Yue was so frantic that she could no longer form words. “Buh-buh, buh-buh!”
Unsurprisingly, the crocodile rammed straight into the raft and overturned it, dumping all six of them neatly into the water.
Chef Li watched the scene unfold with a smile.
Now that felt good!
When he’d gone down earlier, he’d paddled until his arms ached. It wasn’t until he reached shore that he discovered the thing was nothing more than a mechanical replica!
Once all the employees had returned to the ground, only Zhang Bei and Li Yang remained at an altitude of 160 meters.
“Are you going down by yourself, or do you still need my help?”
Li Yang stared miserably at the inflatable raft. “Boss, aren’t you coming down with me?”
“Be good and have fun!”
Zhang Bei shoved Li Yang onto the raft and thoughtfully fastened his safety belt for him.
Then he sent the raft flying with a single kick.
It wasn’t until Li Yang’s screams rang out that Zhang Bei belatedly realized something.
Had that kid forgotten to take a paddle?
Whatever. It was basically just a decoration anyway!
Zhang Bei walked over to the escalator and lifted a cover panel, revealing two buttons in plain sight.
He pressed the green button. The escalator immediately stopped, then soon began moving in the opposite direction.
Naturally, one morning wasn’t enough to experience the entire water park.
Still, judging from the employees’ reactions, the design was clearly a resounding success!
By the time the park was due to open, Qingqing, who had gotten wind of the news, had already been waiting outside since early that morning.
The moment the gates opened, she grabbed her newly purchased swimsuit and dashed straight toward the water park.
It was a water park!
There would be handsome guys in swim trunks!
And abs!
Zhang Bei stretched out a hand as he watched Qingqing sprint past him.
Had that girl lost her mind?
Why was she in such a hurry?
Was she racing toward her next life?
Qingqing changed at lightning speed. In less than two minutes, she was standing inside the water park.
She swept her gaze around, automatically skipping over the nearby waterslide.
Her attention soon locked onto an attraction that had just started up.
“What do you do on this one?”
“Oh, Sister Qingqing. It lets you experience surfing. Do you want to try it?”
“There aren’t any ghosts, are there?”
“No, no!”
Qingqing considered it for a moment before nodding.
“How do I use it?”
“Just stand on the surfboard. Boss said it doesn’t require any skill.”
Naturally, the surfboard designed by Boss Zhang wasn’t the type commonly found at ordinary water parks.
It incorporated a piece of Black Tech from the System.
It worked much like a roly-poly toy. No matter how violently it was tossed around, the board would never tip over.
After all, visitors wouldn’t have the patience to learn how to surf from scratch.
The park had only just opened, so there weren’t many visitors yet.
The employee promptly activated the attraction.
Gentle waves lapped against the surfboard, and Qingqing’s body rose and fell with them.
This was fun!
The waves gradually grew stronger, carrying Qingqing higher and higher with every swell.
This was amazing!
Completely immersed in her excitement, Qingqing failed to notice that the waves were getting bigger and bigger. They had already reached a height of more than ten meters!
Another massive wave surged toward her and slapped a faceful of water into her.
She casually wiped it away, but the moment she looked down, her entire body went weak.
Zhang the Thief!
Sure, there really weren’t any ghosts here, but no one had said she would be surfing in the sky!
Wave after wave rolled in. With her 20/20 vision, Qingqing spotted something gray in the pool below her.
What was that?
Holy crap! What was Zhang the Thief up to now?
As Qingqing stared at the gray shape in the pool, another enormous wave swept toward her.
She was launched thirty meters into the air.
Thirty meters didn’t look all that high in the Amusement Park.
But that depended entirely on the circumstances!
On a thirty-meter Drop Tower, you were at least sitting in a chair.
Even three hundred meters up in a Hot Air Balloon, you still had a safety line.
But right now, there was nothing beneath her except a surfboard!
Not even ten minutes in, Qingqing was already starting to miss the chair that kept trying to abandon her.
She missed the safety line around her waist too.
But now, no matter how weak her legs felt, Qingqing had to force herself to stand straight.
She couldn’t let her knees buckle!
If she fell from this height, never mind what hitting the water would do to her; that gray thing looked like seriously bad news!
Qingqing was so terrified that she started crying.
“Let me down! I don’t want to play anymore!”
Her cries seemed to receive an answer, and the waves gradually subsided.
Qingqing slowly descended from thirty meters in the air.
The moment she reached a height of five meters, the wave beneath her surfboard abruptly vanished.
Before Qingqing could react, she plunged straight into the water.
It wasn’t very deep. She forced herself upright on her rubbery legs.
Before her very eyes, the gray shape was rapidly swimming toward her.
What the hell was that thing?
A crocodile?
The owner’s pet?
Holy crap, it was a crocodile!
Qingqing’s legs were shaking, but she still made the smartest choice possible.
Run!
Clutching the surfboard, she sprinted all the way to shore. Only then did the gray shape in the water slowly retreat.
Qingqing collapsed onto the sand, her eyes completely lifeless.
I’m such an idiot. There must be something seriously wrong with me.
How badly did I have to hate myself to come here first thing in the morning?
“Yo, why are you lying there?”
Qingqing turned toward the voice.
Zhang Bei was reclining on a lounge chair with a cup of hot tea in his hand.
At that moment, murderous intent surged through her.
But reason quickly made her abandon the idea.
She couldn’t afford to provoke him, and she couldn’t beat him!
Sorrow immediately filled her heart.
“You can go diving over there. Want to give it a try?”
“Diving?”
“Yeah. It simulates an underwater ocean environment. Even the pressure and everything else are about the same.”
Qingqing glanced at the pool in front of her and immediately shuddered. “There aren’t any crocodiles in there, right?”
Zhang Bei took a sip of tea. “Have you ever seen a crocodile living in the ocean?”
Watching Qingqing walk away, Zhang Bei couldn’t help wondering if the girl had gone stupid.
Meanwhile, over by the slides, Li Yang wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth and looked around.
Where was he?
A water park!
What were the visitors wearing?
Swimsuits!
As he gazed around, Li Yang only regretted not having two extra pairs of eyes.
Most of his fellow men clearly shared the same idea, so it was no surprise that so many had brought their girlfriends along.
Ding Ye led Qi Qi into the water park by the hand.
“What do you want to try?”
Qi Qi gave him a pointed stare. You choose.
Ding Ye swept his gaze around. “Isn’t that Qingqing lying over there?”
Qi Qi looked in that direction and saw Qingqing sprawled on the sand, looking utterly dead inside.
“Qingqing!”
“Qi Qi?”
The besties reunited, their eyes brimming with tears.
Ding Ye, the official boyfriend, was abandoned on the spot. He could only watch as the two girls headed straight for the jet skis.
Looking at his girlfriend, Ding Ye let out a long sigh.
Then he silently followed after them.