The treasure hunt on the cruise ship has just begun and is in full swing.
Wu Yi and Tianze Yixia walked along the way. On both sides of the corridor, they could see groups of students scratching their heads trying to find the QR code.
Often, ten or even nine of them would gather in a group, feeling back and forth on something like an exposed water pipe in a ship's cabin, hoping to find an undiscovered QR code in such a completely counterintuitive place, preferably one that would win the first prize.
Of course, this is obviously impossible.
After all, there is only one real first prize.
After passing through the long corridor inside the cabin and walking out of the room, the dazzling and still scorching summer sun suddenly shone down from the top of their heads, and the slightly moist smell mixed with the noisy and salty sea breeze blew across their cheeks. The two came to the lively rest area at the bow.
There are large parasols on the deck, and right below them are booths with coffee tables and sofas. Not far away, near the cabin, there is a semi-open coffee and cold drink stand.
Here, you only need to order a drink, and you can sit on the sofa, sipping the refreshing cold drink while admiring this 10,000-ton cruise ship breaking through the huge waves and sailing on the Pacific Ocean under the cloudless blue sky.
An ultimate summer vacation experience.
Therefore, starting from early yesterday morning, the bow deck has become the favorite leisure place for many students, especially for those students who have friends to hang out with. There are almost always people there from sunrise in the morning to sunset in the evening.
But today is an exception. At a glance, there are not many people. They are all in the cabin forming teams to search for treasure.
"Will it be here~?"
Tianze Yixia muttered and looked left and right, hoping to see a QR code sticker isolated from the world on the surface of a coffee table or on the side armrest of a sofa.
Wu Yi didn't care anymore because he had already found it and successfully won the biggest prize in the treasure hunt.
With his eyes squinted and his hands in his pockets, he followed the girl and walked around, looking relaxed and Buddhist, as if he was a retired old man walking his dog and playing with birds in the park.
However, just as he was enjoying the sunny day, blue sea and sky, someone called him from behind.
"Is it... classmate Wu Yi?"
yeah?
Feeling that the voice was somewhat familiar, but not particularly familiar, a question mark slowly emerged in Wu Yi's head.
Turning his head, he saw a tall girl with long brown wavy hair waving at him from behind. She always had a gentle expression on her pretty face with soft features, and her slightly mature and sophisticated outfit gave people the feeling of a wealthy lady.
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Wu Yi also recognized her when she saw her face. It was Chiaki Matsushita, a student in the same class as herself, and also a good friend of Karuizawa Megumi.
Following behind him was a boy who also had long hair and looked a little older.
Probably in the third grade...
Wu Yi was also a little uncertain. He didn't have the habit of memorizing the names of everyone in the school on the first day of school.
"Oh, what a coincidence, Matsushita."
"Yeah~"
Although it looked like they were on a date, Chiaki Matsushita had no sense of being on a date at all. She smiled and waved as she walked up.
She moved her eyes away from Wu Yi and looked at Tianze Yixia who was looking for the QR code everywhere, and an inexplicable smile appeared on her face.
"Oh my god, I'm actually treasure hunting here with my schoolmate. How romantic."
"Don't talk nonsense. I was simply dragged here to help her look for it. There's no strange or complicated relationship." Wu Yi explained immediately.
"Really? But I didn't say there was any complicated relationship." Matsushita Chiaki blinked, "Is Wu Yi trying to cover up his mistake?"
"That doesn't count..."
While the two were still chatting, Tianze Yixia searched for the QR code for a while but not only did he not find it, he also looked up and found that Wu Yi was chatting with other girls nearby. His eyebrows immediately stood up.
She ran over and stood between the two of them, turning herself into a barrier to separate them. She turned to face Wu Yi, put her hands on her hips and puffed up her cheeks as if in anger.
"Senpai~ Didn't you agree to team up with me to hunt for treasure? Why are you chatting with other girls here?"
Without waiting for Wu Yi to answer, she turned to Matsushita Chiaki behind her with the same attitude, making angry humming sounds continuously. She looked like a kitten protecting its food with bared fangs and claws, and she was just short of grabbing the other's arm to assert her sovereignty.
Suddenly, all alerts were lifted.
Amasawa Ichika let out a soft "hmm", he stopped crossing his waist and puffing up his face, and tilted his head to look curiously behind Matsushita Chiaki.
"……What's wrong?"
Now even Matsushita Chiaki herself realized that something was wrong and turned around to look behind her.
The long-haired third-year boy who had been following them all the way and couldn't be shaken off was now standing far away in the direction they had just come from, with a changing expression on his face.
"What's wrong? Senior Tadara?" asked Chiaki Matsushita.
How good is that?
But it doesn’t look like it has white hair and red eyes, does it?
Wu Yi thought.
"Um……"
As if the question hit the nail on the head, the third-grade boy named Duoduoliang turned his face away awkwardly, and after hesitating for a long time, he finally managed out something.
"Sorry, Panasonic, I have something urgent to do. I'll see you next time."
"Oh well."
Unexpectedly, the other party would suddenly ask to leave. Matsushita Chiaki was also stunned. Although she was puzzled, she still smiled and waved.
At this time, Tianze Yixia on the side added a sentence intentionally or unintentionally.
"This senior, Tadara, seems to be from Class 3A, right?"
"Ah, yes."
Chiaki Matsushita gave an affirmative answer.
No wonder...
When Wu Yi heard the key words "Class A, Grade 3", he understood.
It should be said that let alone Class A in the third grade, now most people in the entire third grade basically see him as if they have seen the plague god.
After all, the master whom they had served diligently for two and a half years was crushed to pieces.
"So, are Senior Matsushita and Senior Tadara dating?" Ichika Amasawa asked.
"Well, should we call it a date, or is it better if the other party just forces himself on me?"
When mentioning this issue, Chiaki Matsushita also held her forehead with her hand.
Although she had said it very tactfully, her hesitant attitude still made the other two people present understand everything at once.
"Well, mainly because I find it hard to accept a boy with long hair, so I politely declined."
Long hair?
Wu Yi's heart moved, and the red hairband tied behind his head that Asahina gave him also shook slightly.
Come to think of it, he hasn't had his hair cut for quite some time. He should get it trimmed after he returns to school...
"but--"
Chiaki Matsushita paused for a moment with a slightly drawn-out tone, and when Wu Yi lowered her head and looked back at him, she pursed her lips and chuckled.
"It's nothing. If I say this, it will make Karuizawa-san unhappy. Just pretend I never said it."
"Um?!"
When it comes to being perceptive, Ichika Amasawa is the one who had just gossiped about a third-year senior's tragic love-death rejection story, but now he was looking at Matsushita Chiaki with hostility and vigilance again.
"Whatever you do, senior is mine!"
"Hi hi~"
Naturally, Matsushita Chiaki did not appreciate the warning from the cute junior school girl at all, and just smiled gently.
"Well, how about we all work together to find QR code stickers?"
Volume 436: Chapter Hui, Family in Danger, Return Quickly
Since treasure hunting is an open activity, it covers a wide area including all public parts of the cruise ship. It cannot be strictly limited to the start and end time in a classroom like an ordinary written exam.
So the rules only limit the start time, but do not mention the end time.
If anyone wants, this treasure hunt can be played from the first day of the event to the last day on the cruise.
But again, each person who signs up can only receive the reward once.
Even if someone searches all the QR codes thoroughly, they can only choose one to scan in the end.
What's more, there are other participants who are also looking for it. It is very likely that while you are still trying hard to find the next QR code, others are scanning the previous QR code you found, and in the end you have worked in vain.
In comparison, it is better to just find one that you think is a little difficult and scan it directly. It is said that those who are close to the water get the moon first. Even if it is just a small prize of 50,000 or 100,000, it is better than drawing water with a bamboo basket and getting nothing.
So, in the next hour, Ichika Amasawa and Chiaki Matsushita found their respective QR codes one after another, and all sat together in the rest area on the bow deck.
Even under the same sofa.
The only difference is that the one that Amasawa Ichika found was stuck to the floor under the sofa, while the one that Matsushita Chiaki found was at the bottom of the sofa less than five centimeters away from the floor.
This is another extremely counter-intuitive position.
For most people, after finally finding a QR code on the floor, they would basically not think about whether there is another one nearby. However, the school just put another QR code in a place that is completely invisible to the person who found the QR code on the floor.
It can be said to be misleading, but it is also a hint at the same time.
Naturally, such a huge difference in difficulty will lead to an equally huge difference in benefits.
In the end, Ichika Amasawa, who found the QR code solely by relying on his meticulous observation skills, received a total of 50,000 personal points, while Chiaki Matsushita directly received a full 300,000 points.
Although it is not as much as Wu Yi's one million, considering that only twenty people out of more than two hundred participants can get any profit, even if they can only get fifty thousand, it is considered quite good.
No matter how you look at it, it's not a loss, and I even made a small profit.
And just like that, time came to noon.
"Well, it's almost time for lunch."
Still on the deck at the bow, with the scorching midday sun shining directly on their heads, Chiaki Matsushita took out her cell phone, checked the time, and spoke softly.
At the same time, in the corridor outside the cruise ship cabin, many students can be seen moving towards the area where the restaurants are located on the lower floor. They gather in groups to form a human stream and move down little by little through the stairs connecting the upper and lower floors, like some fluid.
Although finding the QR code is important, we still need to eat lunch.
Besides, to some extent, restaurants are also public areas. You might just sit down and lift up the tablecloth to find a QR code containing 500,000 personal points under the table.
It's just like the plot in the old movie called "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory".
"For lunch..."
Before Wu Yi could finish his words, Matsushita Chiaki interrupted him again.
"Ah, sorry, sorry. I may not be able to have lunch with you guys, Wu Yi."
"Oh~ Does that mean Senior Matsushita has an appointment with someone else again?" Ichika Amasawa narrowed his eyes and came closer.
"Well, I guess so."
Chiaki Matsushita responded with a smile.
"I should say that I had made an appointment with a few close friends in the class to hang out today. Wu Yi also knows them. To be honest, if I hadn't been pestered by that senior, Duo Duoliang, I should have gone to the movies with them this morning. But now they should have finished the movie and left the theater. I'll make a phone call to ask... Speaking of which, Wu Yi, do you want me to call Karuizawa over for you?"
After saying this, she blinked playfully, as if she wanted to see something from Wu Yi's face.
At the same time, Tianze Yixia also turned his head and looked over, his eyes more serious than ever before.
"Yes, of course."
However, Wu Yi just nodded and answered very lightly without any hesitation.
The Shura atmosphere that had just begun to brew was instantly shattered and fell apart.
"Whoosh-"
Not expecting such an answer, Chiaki Matsushita curled her lips with some regret, took out her mobile phone from her bag and dialed the number.
"Moshimoshi? Karuizawa-san, are you guys coming out of the cinema? Well, I've finished here and am now on the bow deck. Oh, yes, by the way, your dear boyfriend is here too. We just met by chance. He's accompanied by a very cute junior high school girl."
"What!?"
Matsushita Chiaki's cell phone was not on speakerphone, but the sudden burst of volume from the other end of the line was heard even by Wu Yi who was nearly two meters away.
The girl quickly moved the headphones away from her ears.
"Wait a minute! I'll be there soon!"
