Yunmeng Lotus Pavilion.

Outside the sword-testing hall, the summer cicadas were chirping; inside the sword-testing hall, bodies were lying all over the place, a sight not to behold.

A dozen shirtless teenagers lay on the wooden floor of the sword-examination hall, turning over from time to time, like a dozen sizzling pancakes, uttering dying grumbles.

"hot……"

"died……"

Wei WuXian narrowed his eyes and thought dazedly, “It would be nice if it were as cool as the Cloud Recesses.”

The wooden board beneath him was assimilated by his body temperature, so he turned over. Coincidentally, Jiang Cheng also turned over, and the two of them brushed against each other, with their arms touching their legs. Wei Wuxian immediately said, "Jiang Cheng, take your arm away, you are like a piece of charcoal."

Jiang Cheng said: "Take your legs away."

Wei WuXian said, “Arms are lighter than legs. It’s more difficult for me to hold the legs. You should hold the arms.”

Jiang Cheng was furious: "Wei Wuxian, I warn you not to go too far. Shut up and don't talk. The more you talk, the hotter it gets!"

The Sixth Junior Brother said, "Can you please stop quarreling? I feel so hot just listening to you quarreling, and my sweat is pouring out even faster."

There was a palm strike and a kick coming from the other side: "Get out!" "You get out!" "No no no, please get out!" "You're welcome, you get out first!"

The fellow apprentices complained: "If you want to fight, go out and fight!" "Can you all just get out of here together? Please!"

Wei WuXian said, “Did you hear that? We asked you to leave. You…let go of my legs, or you’ll break my brother’s leg!”

Jiang Cheng's forehead was bulging with veins, and he said, "I clearly told you to get out... Let go of my arm first!"

At this moment, there was a rustling sound of skirts dragging on the ground from the wooden corridor outside, and the two of them separated at lightning speed. Immediately, the bamboo curtain was lifted, and Jiang Yanli poked her head in to take a peek, saying, "Oh, so you are all hiding here."

Everyone said in succession: "Senior Sister!" "Hello, Senior Sister." Some who were easily shy couldn't help but folded their hands to cover their chests and hid in the corner.

Jiang Yanli asked, "Why are you being lazy and not practicing sword skills today?"

Wei WuXian complained, “It’s so hot in the sun, I’m dying in the training grounds, and I’m going to peel off a layer of skin when I practice sword skills. Senior sister, please don’t tell anyone.”

Jiang Yanli looked at him and Jiang Cheng carefully and asked, "Did you two fight again?"

Wei WuXian said: “No!”

Jiang Yanli also came in, holding a plate of food and asked, "Who left the footprints on Ah Cheng's chest?"

When Wei Wuxian heard that evidence of the crime had been left behind, he hurried to see it, and sure enough, there was evidence. But no one cared whether the two had fought or not. Jiang Yanli was holding a large plate of sliced ​​watermelon, and a group of teenagers rushed over, dividing it up in no time, and sat on the ground facing each other to eat the watermelon. After a while, the watermelon rinds piled up into a small mountain on the plate.

Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng always competed with each other in everything they did, and eating watermelon was no exception. They fought to grab the watermelon with swords and used various tricks, making it so difficult for others to avoid them that they quickly made room for them. Wei Wuxian ate very hard at first, but suddenly he laughed as he was eating.

Jiang Cheng asked alertly: "What do you want to do now?"

Wei WuXian took another piece and said, “No! Don’t misunderstand me. I didn’t mean to do anything. I just thought of someone.”

Jiang Cheng asked: "Who?"

Wei WuXian said: “Lan Zhan.”

Jiang Cheng asked, "Why are you thinking about him? Are you missing the feeling of copying as punishment?"

Wei WuXian spat out the seeds and said, “I just miss him for fun. You don’t know, he’s really interesting. I told him that your food is too bad, I’d rather eat fried watermelon rind than your food, come to our Lotus Pier to play when you have time…”

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Cheng slapped his melon and said, "Are you crazy to ask him to come to Lotus Pier to make yourself suffer?"

Wei WuXian said, “Why are you so anxious? I almost let my melon fly off my chest! I was just talking. Of course he won’t come. When have you ever heard of him going out to play by himself?”

Jiang Cheng said righteously, "Let me make it clear first, I refuse to let him come anyway, so don't invite him randomly."

Wei WuXian said: “I didn’t realize you hated him so much?”

Jiang Cheng said, “I have no problem with Lan Wangji, but if he really comes, and my mother has something to say about other people’s children, you won’t have an easy life then.”

Wei WuXian said, “It’s okay. Don’t be afraid if it comes. If it really comes, just tell Uncle Jiang to sleep with me. I promise that I can drive him crazy within a month.”

Jiang Cheng sneered, "You still want to sleep with him for a month? I can't see you getting stabbed to death by him in seven days."

Wei WuXian said disapprovingly, “I’m afraid of him. If we really fight, he might not be my opponent.”

Everyone chided in and started to make a noise. Jiang Cheng laughed at him for being so shameless, but he knew deep down that what Wei Wuxian said was true and he wasn't just bragging. Jiang Yanli sat between the two of them and asked, "Who are you talking about? The friend you made in Gusu?"

Wei WuXian said happily, “Yes!”

Jiang Cheng said, "You are too good to be a 'friend'. Go ask Lan Wangji if he is willing to accept you."

Wei Wuxian said, “Get lost now. If he doesn’t want me, I’ll pester him to death and see if he agrees.” He turned to Jiang Yanli and said, “Senior Sister, do you know Lan Wangji?”

Jiang Yanli said, "I know. Is he the second young master Xiaolan who everyone says is handsome and capable? Is he really handsome?"

Wei WuXian said: “Very handsome!”

Jiang Yanli asked, "Compared to you?"

Wei WuXian thought for a moment and said, “Maybe he’s a little more handsome than me.”

He pointed his two fingers at a very small distance. Jiang Yanli collected the plates and smiled, "It seems that he is really handsome. It's a good thing to make new friends. You can visit each other when you have nothing to do in the future."

Hearing this, Jiang Cheng spit out laughter. Wei Wuxian waved his hands repeatedly, “Forget it. The food at their place is terrible and there are too many rules. I won’t go there.”

Jiang Yanli said, "Then you can bring him here to play. This is a good opportunity. Why don't you invite your friend to live with you in Lotus Pier for a while?"

Jiang Cheng said, "Sister, don't listen to his nonsense. He is disliked in Gusu, so there is no way Lan Wangji would be willing to come back with him."

Wei WuXian said, “What are you talking about! He agrees.”

Jiang Cheng said, "Wake up, Lan Wangji told you to get out, did you hear me? Do you remember?"

Wei WuXian said, “What do you know? Even though he told me to get lost on the surface, I know that he really wants to go to Yunmeng with me. He really wants to.”

Jiang Cheng said: "I think about one question every day, where do you get so much confidence?"

Wei WuXian said, “Don’t think about it anymore. I’ve been thinking about the same question for so many years but still have no answer. If it were me, I would have given up long ago.”

Jiang Cheng shook his head and was about to throw the melon when he heard a burst of aggressive footsteps and a cold female voice from afar: "I was wondering where all these people have gone. I knew..."

The faces of the young men changed drastically, and they rushed out of the curtain one after another, just in time to bump into Madam Yu coming from the other end of the corridor. She was dressed elegantly in purple, but she was aggressive and her eyes were filled with murderous intent, which was really frightening. Seeing this group of young men, all of them shirtless and barefoot, in an unruly and unbearable appearance, Madam Yu's face was distorted for a while, and her two thin eyebrows were raised almost to fly up.

Everyone thought, "This is bad!", and ran away in fear. Seeing this, Madam Yu finally reacted and became furious: "Jiang Cheng! Put on some clothes! You look like a naked savage, what a ghost! How can I put my face down if someone sees me?!"

Jiang Cheng's clothes were tucked in at his waist, and when he heard his mother scolding him, he hurriedly put them on. Madam Yu scolded again, "What about you! Didn't Ah Li see it? You bunch of idiots, how dare you take off your clothes like this in front of a girl? Who taught you!"

Of course, it was obvious who was the leader. So Madam Yu’s next sentence was as usual: “Wei Ying! I think you are going to die!”

Wei WuXian shouted, “I’m sorry! I didn’t know Senior Sister would be here! I’ll go find some clothes now!”

Madam Yu was even more furious: "You dare to run? Come back and kneel down!" She whipped him and left. Wei Wuxian felt a burning pain on his back and screamed "Ouch!", almost rolling over. At this moment, someone suddenly whispered in Madam Yu's ear: "Mother, do you want to eat some watermelon..."

Madam Yu was startled by Jiang Yanli who suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Just because of this delay, the group of thieves disappeared without a trace. She was so angry that she turned around and twisted Jiang Yanli's face, saying, "Eat, eat, eat, all you know is to eat!"

Jiang Yanli was pinched by her mother until tears came out a little. She said vaguely, "Mother, Xian and the others hid here to cool off. I found them myself. Don't blame them... You... Do you want to eat watermelon? I don't know who sent it, but it's very sweet. Eating watermelon in summer can cool you down and reduce internal heat. It's sweet and juicy. I'll cut it for you..."

Madam Yu became angrier the more she thought about it. Plus, it was hot and she was thirsty, so she actually wanted to eat what she said. This made her even angrier.

The other group finally managed to escape from the Lotus Pier, rushed to the dock, and jumped onto the boat. After a long time, no one chased them out, so Wei Wuxian finally felt relieved. He rowed the boat twice, and felt the pain in his back. He threw the oar to the others, sat down, and touched the burning flesh, saying, "It's unfair in broad daylight. Let's talk about reason. Obviously, we are all naked, why do you only scold me and beat me?"

Jiang Cheng said: "It must be because you look the most eye-catching without clothes."

Wei Wuxian glanced at him, then suddenly jumped into the water. The others followed suit and jumped into the water, leaving Jiang Cheng alone on the boat.

Jiang Cheng realized that something was wrong and asked, "What the hell are you doing?!"

Wei Wuxian slid to the side of the boat and slapped it hard. The boat flipped over, floating and sinking in the water with great weight, belly up. Wei Wuxian laughed loudly, jumped onto the bottom of the boat, sat cross-legged, and shouted to the side of the water where Jiang Cheng fell: "Are your eyes still burning, Jiang Cheng? Say something, hey, hey!"

After shouting twice, no one answered, only a series of bubbles gurgling up. Wei WuXian wiped his face and asked curiously, "Why hasn't it come up in so long?"

The sixth junior brother also swam over and said in surprise: "He wouldn't have drowned!"

Wei Wuxian said, "How is that possible!" Just as he was about to dive into the water to help Jiang Cheng, he suddenly heard a loud shout from behind. He cried "Ouch!" and was pushed into the water from behind. The boat flipped over again. It turned out that Jiang Cheng had pushed him into the water and dived to the bottom of the water, making a circle, and finally got behind Wei Wuxian.

The two succeeded in their sneak attacks once each, and began to circle around a boat in the water cautiously, while the others splashed in the water and scattered in the lake to watch the fun. Wei Wuxian shouted from across the boat: "What's the use of you copying a weapon? If you have the guts, put down the oars and let's fight with bare hands."

Jiang Cheng grinned and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? You grabbed it the moment I let go!" He moved the paddle like the wind, hitting Wei Wuxian so hard that he retreated again and again, and his fellow apprentices cheered. Wei Wuxian was caught in a dilemma, and in the midst of his busy schedule, he found time to defend himself, "How could I be so shameless!"

There was a chorus of boos from all around: "Big Brother, you have the nerve to say that!"

Then, everyone got into a chaotic water fight, with all sorts of weapons, such as the Great Compassion Pestle, the Hundred Poisonous Snake and Scorpion Grass, and the Deadly Water Spray Arrow. Wei Wuxian kicked Jiang Cheng and finally got on the boat, then he spat out a mouthful of lake water and raised his hand, saying, “No more fighting, no more fighting, truce!”

Everyone had their heads covered with green grass and was fighting vigorously. They hurriedly asked, "Why don't you fight anymore? Fight! Fight! Now that you are at a disadvantage, you are begging for mercy?"

Wei WuXian said, “Who said I begged for mercy? I’ll beat you later. I’m just too hungry to fight. Let me get something to eat first.”

The Sixth Junior Brother said, "Shall we go back then? We can still eat a few watermelons before dinner."

Jiang Cheng said: "If you go back now, I won't give you anything to eat except the whip."

Wei WuXian had already made up his mind, and announced, “We’re not going back. Let’s go pick lotus pods!”

Jiang Cheng mocked, "It's 'steal'."

Wei WuXian said: “It’s not like I didn’t make up the difference every time!”

The Yunmeng Jiang family would take care of the nearby families when they were in this area. They would get rid of the water monsters without charging any fees. They would be happy to plant a lake for them to eat, not to mention a few lotus pods, within a radius of dozens of miles. Every time a young man in the family went out to eat someone's melon, catch someone's chicken, or drug someone's dog, Jiang Fengmian would send someone to make up for it one by one afterwards. As for why they had to steal and eat persistently, it was not because of their hooliganism, but because the young man was playful and greedy for the fun of being laughed at, scolded, chased and beaten by others.

Everyone got on the boat and rowed for a while before arriving near a lotus lake.

It was a huge lotus lake, lush and green. The green leaves were stacked one after another, small like plates, big like umbrellas. The ones outside were lower and sparser, spread flat on the water surface; the ones inside were higher and more crowded, enough to cover the boats with people, but if you saw a group of lotus leaves rubbing shoulders and stirring, you would know that someone was hiding inside and doing something tricky.

The boat from the Lotus Pier slid into the green world, surrounded by bulging green lotus pods. One person rowed the boat, and the others began to touch them. The big lotus pods grew on slender lotus stems. The smooth green stems were covered with small thorns, but they did not prick people. Once they were bent, they broke crisply. They were all broken together with a long stem. After returning, they could find a bottle and put it in water to keep it. It was said that this would keep it fresh for a few more days. Wei Wuxian had only heard about it, and he didn't know if it was true. Anyway, he told others so confidently.

He broke off a few branches and peeled one at random. The seeds were full and he put it into his mouth. It was tender and juicy. While eating, he hummed something, "I'll treat you to lotus seeds, what will you treat me to?" Jiang Cheng heard it and asked, "Who are you treating?"

Wei WuXian said, “Haha, it’s not you anyway!” Just as he was about to pick a lotus pod and smash it on his face, he suddenly made a “hush” sound and said, “Die, the old man is here today!”

The old man was the farmer who planted lotus pods in this water. Wei Wuxian didn't know how old he was. In his eyes, Jiang Fengmian was his uncle, and anyone older than Jiang Fengmian could be called the old man. He had been in this lotus pond since Wei Wuxian could remember. He would come to steal lotus pods in the summer, and would be beaten by him if caught. Wei Wuxian often suspected that the old man was the reincarnation of a lotus spirit, because he knew exactly how many lotus pods were missing in his lake, and would beat them a few times if there were any missing. When rowing in the lotus lake, bamboo poles were more useful than oars, bang bang bang! It hurt so much when they hit the body.

The young men had also been hit a few times, and they all shouted, "Run, run!" They hurriedly took the oars and fled. They rowed out of the lotus pond in a hurry, and looked back with a guilty conscience. The old man's boat had already passed through the lotus leaves and was gliding on the open water. Wei Wuxian tilted his head, looked for a while, and suddenly said, "Strange!"

Jiang Cheng also stood up and asked, "Why is the boat going so fast?"

When everyone looked over, they saw that the old man was counting the lotus pods on the boat one by one with his back to them. The bamboo pole was placed aside and not moving, but the boat was moving steadily and quickly, even faster than Wei Wuxian and his group.

Everyone became alert. Wei WuXian urged, “Paddle over, paddle over.”

The two boats were getting closer, and everyone could see clearly that beside the old man's boat, there was a faint white shadow wandering under the water!

Wei Wuxian turned around, put his index finger on his lips, and signaled everyone to be careful not to scare the old man and the water ghost below. Jiang Cheng nodded, and rowing the boat only created silent waves, with almost no movement. When the two boats were about three feet apart, a bluish-white hand rose up from the bottom of the boat, secretly grabbed one of the lotus pods that the old man had piled on the boat, and dived into the water silently.

After a while, two lotus seed shells floated to the surface of the water.

The group of teenagers were stunned: "This is unbelievable! This water ghost also steals lotus pods!"

The old man finally found someone behind him. He grabbed a big lotus pod in one hand and a bamboo pole in the other and turned around. This action startled the water ghost, and it disappeared in a flash. Everyone hurriedly asked, "Where are you running to!"

Wei WuXian plopped into the water and dove to the bottom. After a while, he emerged dragging something with him and said, “I got it!”

He was holding a little water ghost in his hand. The skin was pale and he looked like a child of about twelve or thirteen years old. He was very frightened and almost huddled into a ball under the gaze of a group of teenagers.

At this time, the old man came over with a pole and cursed, "Here comes another trouble!"

Wei Wuxian was whipped on the back, and then he was hit by another stick. He almost let go with a cry. Jiang Cheng said angrily: "Talk nicely, why do you hit me? You take my kindness for granted!"

Wei WuXian hurriedly said, “It’s okay, it’s okay. Old…old man, please look carefully. We are not ghosts. This one is the ghost.”

The old man said, "Nonsense, I'm just old, I'm not blind. Why don't you let it go!"

Wei Wuxian was stunned, but he saw that the little water ghost he caught was bowing repeatedly, his black eyes were wet, and he looked very pitiful. In his hand, he was still holding the big lotus pod he had just stolen and was reluctant to let go. The lotus pod was broken open, and it seemed that he had not had time to eat a few before he was pulled up by Wei Wuxian.

Jiang Cheng thought that this old man was totally unreasonable, and said to Wei Wuxian, "Don't let him go. Let's catch this water ghost back."

Hearing this, the old man raised the bamboo pole again. Wei WuXian hurriedly said, “Don’t hit it, don’t hit it. I’ll put it down.”

Jiang Cheng said: "Don't let it go, what if this water ghost kills someone and takes his place!"

Wei WuXian said, “This water ghost doesn’t smell of blood. He is too young to swim out of this water. There has been no reports of other people dying in this area recently, so he probably hasn’t harmed anyone.”

Jiang Cheng said: "Even if he didn't do it before, he may not do it in the future..."

Before he finished speaking, a bamboo pole came flying over. Jiang Cheng was hit by it and became furious: "Don't you know what is good and what is bad, old man?! You know it's a ghost, but you're not afraid of being harmed by it!"

The old man was also very confident: "If one foot is already in the coffin, why should I be afraid of ghosts?"

Wei WuXian thought it couldn’t get far, so he said, “Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, I’m letting go!”

He really let go, and the water ghost jumped behind the old man's boat, as if it didn't dare to come out.

Wei Wuxian climbed onto the boat dripping wet. The old man picked up a lotus pod from the boat and threw it into the water, but the water ghost ignored it. The old man picked up a big one and threw it into the water. The lotus pod sank and floated on the water for a few times, and suddenly half of its white head emerged from the water, like a big white fish, and took the two green lotus pods to the bottom of the water. After a while, a little white floated on the water again, and the water ghost also exposed its shoulders and hands, huddled behind the boat, and buried its head in eating with a "crunch crunch" sound.

Everyone was puzzled as they saw it eating with gusto.

Seeing the old man throw another lotus pod into the water, Wei WuXian touched his chin, feeling a little uncomfortable, and said, "Old man, why did it steal your lotus pod? You let it steal it and gave it to eat. Now you want to beat us when we steal yours?"

The old man said, "It helps me push the boat, so what if I give it a few lotus pods to eat? You little devils? How many did you steal today?"

Everyone was embarrassed. Wei Wuxian took a quick glance and saw that there were more than dozens of people piled up in the boat. He thought something was wrong and hurriedly said, "Let's go!"

Several people immediately took up the oars, and the old man rushed towards them waving a bamboo pole. The boat was moving like the wind. His scalp was numb, and he felt that the bamboo pole was about to hit him. He quickly spread his limbs and rowed like crazy. The two boats circled a large lotus lake twice, and they were getting closer and closer. Wei Wuxian had already been hit by several poles, and he found that the poles were only coming towards him. He held his head and shouted, "It's not fair! Why are you hitting only me! Why are you hitting only me again!"

The fellow apprentices said, "Brother, hold on, we are all relying on you!"

Jiang Cheng also said: "Yes, you should bear it well."

Wei WuXian was furious, “Bah! I can’t stand it anymore!” He grabbed a lotus pod from the boat and threw it out, saying, “Catch that!”

It was a large lotus pod, which fell into the water, splashing water. The old man's boat really stopped, and the water ghost happily swam over and picked up the lotus pod to eat.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Lotus Pier’s boat finally got a chance to escape.

When they were going back, a fellow apprentice asked, "Big Brother, can ghosts taste good?"

Wei WuXian said, “Normally, you can’t tell. But I think this little ghost is… is… A… A-choo!”

The sun had set, and the wind had come. It was chilly, and Wei Wuxian sneezed, rubbed his face, and continued, "He probably wanted to eat lotus pods but couldn't, so he fell into the lake and drowned when he secretly came to pick them. So... ah... ah..."

Jiang Cheng said: "So eating lotus pods means fulfilling your obsession, and you will feel satisfied."

Wei WuXian said, “Well, yes.”

He touched his back which was covered with new and old wounds, and couldn't help but ask what was in his heart: "This is really an eternal injustice. Why is it that every time something happens, you always hit me?"

A fellow apprentice said, "You are the most handsome."

Another person said: "You have the highest level of cultivation."

Another person said, "You look best without clothes."

Everyone nodded, and Wei WuXian said, “Thank you all for the compliments. I get goosebumps just hearing them.”

The junior fellow said, "You're welcome, senior brother. You're always the one standing in front, you deserve more!"

Wei WuXian was surprised and said, “Oh? There is more. Tell me about it.”

Jiang Cheng couldn't bear to listen any longer and said, "Shut up! If you don't speak properly, I'll pierce the bottom of the boat and we'll die together."

At this time, they passed a stretch of water with farmland on both sides. There were several petite farm girls working in the fields. When they saw their boat passing by, they ran to the waterside and called out from afar, "Hey!"

Everyone responded with an “Ah!” and rushed to poke Wei WuXian: “Brother, they’re calling you! They’re calling you!”

Wei WuXian took a closer look and saw that it was indeed the person he had led in dealing with before. The dark clouds in his heart immediately dissipated and the sky became clear. He also stood up, waved and greeted, smiling, “What’s the matter?”

The boat floated downstream, and the peasant women followed along the shore, saying as they went, "Are you guys out to steal lotus pods again?"

"Tell me how many hits you got!"

"Or are you going to give medicine to someone else's dog?"

After hearing what Jiang Cheng said, he wanted to kick him off the boat and said bitterly, "You are such a notorious person. You are really bringing shame to our family."

Wei WuXian defended himself, “They were talking about ‘you guys’. We are all in this together, okay? If we have to be embarrassed, we should be embarrassed together.”

As the two of them were pinching the food, a peasant girl at the other end shouted, "Is it delicious?"

Wei WuXian took time out of his busy schedule to ask, “What?”

The peasant girl asked, "Is the watermelon we gave you delicious?"

Wei WuXian suddenly realized, and said, “So the watermelon was sent by you guys. It’s delicious! Why don’t you bring it in and have a seat? We’ll treat you guys to tea!”

The peasant girl smiled and said, "You were not here when I sent it to you, so I left immediately and didn't dare sit on it. As long as it tastes good, that's good enough!"

Wei WuXian said, “Thank you!” He fished out a few large lotus pods from the bottom of the boat and said, “I’ll treat you to some lotus pods. Next time, come in and watch me practice swordplay!”

Jiang Cheng sneered: "Do you look good practicing sword?"

Wei Wuxian threw the lotus pods towards the shore, throwing them far away, but they landed lightly in people's hands. He grabbed a few and stuffed them into Jiang Cheng's chest, pushing him: "What are you standing there for? Hurry up."

Jiang Cheng was pushed twice and had no choice but to answer the call, "What are you talking about?"

Wei WuXian said, “You ate the watermelon too, so you have to give them something in return. Come on, don’t be shy, throw them all up, throw them up.”

Jiang Cheng sneered, "What a joke! What's there to be embarrassed about?" Although he said that, all the fellow apprentices on the boat had already started throwing lotus seeds with great pleasure, and he hadn't started yet. Wei Wuxian said again, "Then you throw them. If you throw them this time, you can ask them if the lotus seeds taste good next time, and you can start a conversation again!"

The fellow apprentices suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. Thank you for your teaching. Brother, you are really experienced!"

"You can tell at a glance that he does this kind of thing all the time!"

"No, no, hahahaha..."

Jiang Cheng was about to throw it away, but when he heard this he suddenly came to his senses, felt extremely embarrassed, and peeled a lotus pod and started eating it himself.

The boat was moving in the water, and the girls were chasing after it on the shore, taking the green lotus pods thrown by  the boys on the boat , running and laughing along the way. Wei Wuxian put his right hand on his brow, looking at the scenery along the way, laughing and sighing. Everyone asked, "What's wrong, big brother?" "Why are you sighing when the girls are chasing you?"

Wei WuXian put the paddle on his shoulder and said, “Nothing serious. I just thought that I sincerely invited Lan Zhan to come to Yunmeng to play, but he dared to reject me.”

The fellow apprentices gave a thumbs up: "Wow, you are indeed Lan Wangji!"

Wei WuXian said in high spirits, “Shut up! One day I will drag him here, kick him off the boat, trick him into stealing lotus pods, and let the old man hit him with a bamboo pole, and make him run after me, hahahaha…”

After laughing for a while, he turned around and looked at Jiang Cheng, who was sitting at the bow eating lotus seeds with a stern face. His smile gradually disappeared and he sighed, "Alas, this child is really incorrigible."

Jiang Cheng was angry: "I just want to eat by myself, what's wrong with that?"

Wei WuXian said, “You, you, Jiang Cheng. Forget it, you are hopeless, just eat by yourself for the rest of your life!”

In short, the boat that stole lotus pods returned with a full load again.