Everyone survives in the ocean, I pick up a goddess for vacation Chapter 039

The rain stopped and the clouds dispersed.

Lin Hao looked at the dazzling crimson on the cabin floor, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

“Is this really your first time?”

“What else?” Xu Qiuyuan glared at him reproachfully, carefully wiping the floor with a wet towel. “I’ve told you so much from the bottom of my heart, and you still don’t believe me?”

Lin Hao silently took out a large pile of supplies and stacked them on the deck.

Xu Qiuyuan didn’t refuse and directly put them into her space.

“You’re the only person I’ve ever treated with true sincerity.” She looked up, her smile bright. “I won’t be returning these things to you!”

“They were yours to begin with,” Lin Hao said helplessly. “I just took advantage of my talent…”

Unexpectedly, Xu Qiuyuan suddenly leaned in and affectionately wrapped her arms around his neck.

“How can you say that?” Her eyes sparkled. “This should be something we created together! Quick, tell me, what reward did the system give you?”

“Can’t you see my talent?” Lin Hao asked, puzzled.

“I only know that your talent is ‘Beauty’s Charm’,” Xu Qiuyuan explained. “The more women around you, the richer the reward, but I don’t know what the specific reward is.”

“…”

Beauty’s Charm?

Lin Hao was instantly stunned.

His talent… wasn’t it infinite supplies?

What’s going on? Is she testing me? Or is there something wrong with her talent?

“Hmph, if you don’t want to tell me, fine.” Lin Hao’s silence made Xu Qiuyuan a little unhappy. She had been so honest, was he still on guard?

“The system reward is one egg per second,” Lin Hao answered truthfully.

“One egg per second?!” Xu Qiuyuan’s eyes instantly lit up, and the previous unhappiness vanished. “Sixty eggs a minute! Three hundred sixty eggs an hour! At one yuan an egg, that’s over eighty thousand yuan a day! I didn’t realize I was so valuable, hehe~”

She suddenly winked mischievously: “By the way, what was the reward after you and Xia Yingluo did that?”

The reward after that?

Lin Hao felt strange. If she was faking it, her acting was too natural.

“One bottle of purified water per second.”

“A bottle of water costs eight mao!” Xu Qiuyuan raised her chin proudly. “I win, haha!”

“…”

Lin Hao was speechless, and a more troublesome problem surfaced in his mind.

How was he going to explain this to Xia Yingluo?

She had repeatedly warned him that he could be with anyone but Xu Qiuyuan!

If she found out…

Lin Hao could almost see Xia Yingluo’s volcanic eruption in his mind.

At this moment, Lu Jin’s private message suddenly popped up: “Comrade Lin Hao, can those female comrades stay on your boat again tonight?”

“Yes.”

After replying, Lin Hao looked at Xu Qiuyuan:

“Where are you staying tonight? Why don’t you just stay in bedroom one with me and Yingluo? It’s a good chance to… confess this to her.”

Xu Qiuyuan looked shocked.

“Aren’t you afraid Yingluo will get jealous? If she throws a tantrum…”

“What needs to be faced, always has to be faced. Better a short pain than a long one.”

Lin Hao was also nervous, but he could only bite the bullet.

Blame it on his talent, ask Tian Youyou for help in appeasing her, and then coax her himself. Yingluo… should understand, right?

Unexpectedly, Xu Qiuyuan shook her head decisively.

“No! I don’t want Yingluo to know, at least not now, and you’re not allowed to tell her either!”

“Why?” Lin Hao was truly surprised this time.

“She’s not as rational as I am.” Xu Qiuyuan sighed, her eyes becoming complex and deep. “Yingluo’s feelings for you are purer, and also more… fragile.”

“Alright, then where will you stay tonight?” Lin Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he could drag it out for a while, that would be even better.

“Here is fine. Although the space isn’t big, it’s much more comfortable than on a small raft.” Xu Qiuyuan surveyed the small but sturdy cabin, her tone calm.

“I… will prepare a separate bedroom for you as soon as possible.”

Lin Hao didn’t dwell on this issue for too long, opened the cabin door, and walked out.

Fortunately, it was night, the corridor was pitch black, and everyone was helping on the deck, so no one noticed this scene.

Upon reaching the deck, he saw women boarding the ship one after another with the help of the soldiers.

Some had already been arranged to stay in the second-floor cabins, while others were guided by Tian Youyou into the first-floor cabins.

Lin Hao walked straight to Zhuang Xiaofeng at the bow of the ship, “Comrade Zhuang Xiaofeng, do you really think building a water platform is the right thing to do?”

Zhuang Xiaofeng looked up at him, “We’ve discussed this internally. We’ll only know if it’s right after we try it.”

“But the system rules clearly state that more people aren’t necessarily better. I always feel that what you’re doing will attract something terrible.”

Zhuang Xiaofeng’s brows furrowed slightly. She knew Lin Hao had a point, and there were dissenting voices internally, but Lu Jin ultimately convinced everyone.

“We’re not putting all our eggs in one basket. While building the water platform, we’re also upgrading our ships. Before the novice protection period ends, we’ll disperse personnel to various ships.”

“It seems you already have a plan. I was overthinking it,” Lin Hao said with a smile.

“Do you have a better suggestion?” Zhuang Xiaofeng countered.

“No suggestions,” Lin Hao’s tone shifted, “but I’d like to offer my help. At that time, my ship… can help take in some crew members.”

Zhuang Xiaofeng’s eyes lit up: “Really? That would be great!”

They did have a plan, including requisitioning non-military vessels, but they didn’t expect Lin Hao to offer proactively.

“However, I hope you can arrange as many women as possible. My ship has more female crew members,” Lin Hao added.

“I’m afraid that won’t work,” Zhuang Xiaofeng frowned. “If something really goes wrong, concentrating women in one place might bring greater risks.”

“Are you worried I can’t protect everyone?” Lin Hao understood her concerns.

Zhuang Xiaofeng did not deny it.

“With all due respect, there should be no safer place around here than where I am.”

Zhuang Xiaofeng raised an eyebrow, understanding his subtext, “You mean you’re strong?”

Lin Hao looked at her provocatively: “Yes, want to try?”

“How to try? It’s not convenient to fight here.”

“Simple.” Lin Hao leaned casually against the ship’s railing and extended his right hand. “Let’s arm wrestle.”

Zhuang Xiaofeng didn’t hesitate, immediately extended her right hand, and gripped tightly.

But the next second, her pupils suddenly constricted!

She exerted force fiercely, her arm muscles instantly tensed, but Lin Hao’s wrist was as if welded in mid-air, not moving an inch!

How was this possible?!

A storm surged in Zhuang Xiaofeng’s heart.

Her strength was already far beyond ordinary people, and with the blessing of her talent, lifting two adult women with one hand was as easy as lifting chickens.

At this moment, she was almost using all her strength, yet the other party’s arm didn’t even tremble a little?

“You… this strength?!”

Zhuang Xiaofeng’s voice was filled with unbelievable horror, her eyes fixed on Lin Hao’s calm face.

“Do you believe me now?” Lin Hao’s lips curled into a faint smile, slowly retracting his arm, his posture relaxed and at ease.

Zhuang Xiaofeng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the stormy waves in her heart.

The impact of that unmoving wrist was far beyond imagination; she even suspected that the other party hadn’t used full strength at all.

This strength… was simply monstrous!

When she looked at Lin Hao again, her eyes were completely different, the previous doubts replaced by an extremely solemn scrutiny.

This was definitely not something ordinary people could achieve, and his earlier statement of “the safest place” was by no means an exaggeration.

“Good!” Zhuang Xiaofeng’s voice was low and powerful, carrying an unprecedented solemnity. “I will report this to Regiment Commander Lu immediately!”

Lin Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If this plan succeeded, he would have a reason to keep Zhuang Xiaofeng on his ship.