CHAPTER 245: CHAPTER 245 ORIGINAL SIN 54

The gentlemanly bespectacled man was quite polite, seeing Liu Ying not standing up, he lent her a hand, helping Liu Ying walk through the heap of sponges to the edge of the pit and pulling up on the rope ladder to climb up!

After thanking and parting from the gentlemanly bespectacled man, Liu Ying hesitated for a long time, thinking about the annoying wait time in line, she decided to give up the idea of playing another round; she was still thinking about her beautiful art photographs.

Continuing forward, Liu Siyu planned to go straight to Red Dust, but after taking a few steps, she was drawn in by a group of people gathering together! After the previous obstacle course game, Liu Siyu immediately felt that this scene was fun, and couldn’t help herself from squeezing into the crowd!

This time what she saw was another big pit, but this one was very exquisite, surrounded by clean marble, with water inside, and fine golden sand at the bottom. Over the big pit was a floating wooden bridge, with a large group of people standing on either side of it.

Liu Siyu was wondering what this setup was for, when she saw a man sitting on a high platform at the edge of the pit wave a small red flag in his hand, shout ’start’, and then both groups of people on the floating bridge began bouncing up and down non-stop.

As both sides bounced, the people on the floating bridge started jumping like they were on a trampoline, and as they jumped, some people accidentally fell into the water or stumbled and fell on the floating bridge before getting bounced up and down into the water.

The floating bridge was close to the water, and the water below was not deep, reaching about thigh-high, with the sand at the bottom providing a cushion, people falling in would just land on their butt, getting their clothes wet, but without the danger of choking on water.

Liu Siyu liked swimming and soaking in hot springs, but she particularly disliked the feeling of falling into water with her clothes on. She didn’t plan to play this floating bridge game, but even though she didn’t want to participate, watching others play was actually quite entertaining.

As the two sides bounced back and forth, finally one team all ended up in the water. The remaining team barely had time to celebrate their victory when someone slipped, pulled their nearby partner instinctively, and they all fell into the water together!

Then, after who knows how many people have bounced on this floating bridge, as the next group was starting to play, there was a snapping sound, breaking one of the ropes, and all the people on the floating bridge fell into the water!

The person holding the small red flag on the high platform at the pit’s edge waved their flag and, pulling out a small loudspeaker from somewhere, shouted, "The floating bridge is broken, everyone playing is out, staff, hurry over to change the bridge!"

After shouting twice, Liu Siyu saw several men carrying a new floating bridge, very swiftly pulling up the broken one and replacing it with a new one, and then the next group of people continued bouncing up and down!

After watching the floating bridge game for a while, Liu Siyu left and went straight to Red Dust. Upon arriving at Red Dust, Liu Siyu was once again amazed by it.

Since Liu Siyu was going to take art photographs, the price was quite touching, but the service was extremely attentive. Her photos would be taken over three days, with three outfits rotated each day, surrounded by four or five people attending to her, and though it was expensive, it was worth every penny!

The first photo Liu Siyu took was inside Red Dust, and after hearing the photographer talk about the beautiful sight of Red Dust with all the lanterns lit at night, Liu Siyu decided that she must take another round of photos in Red Dust in the evening.

After taking photos in Red Dust, Liu Siyu changed into a fairy-like ancient costume, with a beautifully coiled hairstyle, and set out to take pictures on the river, playing a qin on a bamboo raft, playing a flute on a solitary boat, sipping tea in a black-roofed boat, enjoying the scenery in a gallery boat, making every photo of Liu Siyu exude beauty!

Liu Siyu left home in the morning, riding horses, playing games, and taking pictures here, and completely forgetting her worries, Liu Siyu had so much fun that she even forgot to eat, until the photographer said they would pause for now, and continue photographing the sunset, evening glow, and Red Dust’s lantern-lit night view in the evening, but they needed to eat first.

It was after hearing the photographer mention eating that Liu Siyu suddenly realized she was hungry. She only had a bun and a bowl of soy milk for breakfast and wasn’t in the mood for anything else, and now it was already three in the afternoon; for the better part of the day, she completely forgot about eating.

Liu Siyu didn’t know what good food there was in this area, so she asked the man paddling the boat, "Big brother, is there a good place to eat nearby!"

The man immediately said, "If you want top-notch delicious food, Red Dust is naturally the place to go! Whether it’s barbecue or hot pot, they’re all exceptionally tasty. I’ve heard many city people drive all the way just to eat a meal of Red Dust’s barbecue or hot pot! When we helped Red Dust with work, we also had a meal every day; the taste is amazing!"

As he spoke, a reminiscent expression appeared on the man’s face, almost drooling, which piqued Liu Siyu’s interest even more.

"By the way, if you don’t want to eat inside Red Dust, you can also eat on a painted boat or a black-roofed boat. If you don’t like the emptiness of this river section, I can take you to a place with incredibly beautiful scenery!"

Right now, Liu Siyu was feeling hollow and bored, uninterested in anything, but her mood was really good and she was particularly curious, so upon hearing about a place with incredibly beautiful scenery, she was immediately tempted.

The man took Liu Siyu ashore, heading directly toward the back of Red Dust. Liu Siyu was initially puzzled by what fun places there could be behind Red Dust, but before she even followed the man around Red Dust, she was already captivated by the scenery in front of her.

There before her was an astonishingly large pond, filled with lotus flowers, the tender pink blossoms blooming eagerly, the green lotus leaves extending endlessly, the blooming lotus flowers resembling clusters of flames igniting above the green, stunningly beautiful!

Amidst the sea of blooming lotuses, beautiful painted boats and black-roofed boats were scattered uncaringly among the lotus clusters. Liu Siyu saw many painted and black-roofed boats with people inside raising cups and changing glasses, savoring meals, with the aroma wafting about, making Liu Siyu even hungrier!

In addition to the painted boats and black-roofed boats, there were also big boats rowed by four or five people weaving in and out among them, loaded with food, and each time they passed by, people would reach out from the black-roofed or painted boats to buy food.

Liu Siyu immediately chose a painted boat, bought a large amount of food from one of the big boats, and began devouring it; she was famished!

There was no denying, while the other food tasted rather bland and nothing special, the only exception was Red Dust’s barbecue, which was exceptionally delicious! After having the barbecue, Liu Siyu couldn’t help but remember the smell of hot pot she caught a whiff of earlier and decided to have hot pot for her next meal!

Liu Siyu played directly in Red Dust for three days. These three days made Liu Siyu completely fall in love with Red Dust, fall in love with the scenery of this place, and even come to appreciate the villagers’ straightforwardness and good character who do business here.

Especially fond of this place, Liu Siyu had a bold idea: she wanted to stay and work in Red Dust!