Lu Shaoheng took the lead and said, "Let's go!"
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately picked up their luggage and left.
Xie Wang keenly observed everything.
He felt that these things were all strange, as if they were somehow connected to Ling Shuangjiang. Even so, he had already taken Ling Shuangjiang's hand.
"When Frost falls, let's run."
After everyone left, a staff member stood up in the stream, wearing a turtle shell costume, looking completely bewildered: That's it? They're leaving already? He hadn't even had a chance to perform yet.
Viewers watching the live stream burst into laughter upon seeing this.
For the entire morning, wherever they went, unexpected events occurred, with NPCs constantly blocking their way.
Some of the NPCs and obstacles are quite funny, and the monsters played by the staff are very comical, but some of the "accidents" are quite dangerous. Once, Wen Nuan almost fell into a mud pit.
Before we knew it, it was lunchtime. Without even a moment's rest, everyone kept moving to new locations.
Ling Shuangjiang had not expected the unexpected events to be so frequent.
If he keeps following everyone, they probably won't even have time to have a proper lunch.
So he planned to find a place to hide alone while everyone was not paying attention, so that everyone could eat in peace.
He couldn't help but sigh that it was indeed very difficult to play the role of Fox with such ease.
Life in the wild is not easy.
The usually glamorous celebrity was now sitting on a simple stone, wolfing down his dry rations.
Wen Nuan, in particular, didn't care about her image and took big bites of bread.
"The supplies provided by the production team are too meager, just bread and sausages, how are we supposed to eat this?" Bai Xinyu, throwing a tantrum, began to complain.
Huang Shan comforted him, "Wilderness survival is definitely not the same as being at home."
Bai Xinyu snorted coldly and stopped talking.
Cheng Jia, holding the bread, looked utterly dejected: "I want to eat fruit, otherwise my stomach is upset."
Despite the whispers of others, Chen Ying remained silent. Instead, she sat alone on a rock, silently watching Ling Shuangjiang's departing figure, and began to piece together a timeline in her mind.
Upon hearing Cheng Jia mention fruit, Xie Wang remembered that before coming here, he had inadvertently discovered a few wild fruit trees on a small hillside not far away. So he decided to pick some based on his memory and let Ling Shuangjiang eat some sweet fruit to replenish her strength.
It took more than ten minutes to walk there. Sure enough, the wild mulberry and wild grapevines were growing very well. Xie Wang walked to a sunny spot, picked some, put them in his bag, and prepared to go back.
But when he turned around, he found Chen Ying standing behind him.
"Is there something you need?" Xie Wang asked indifferently.
Chen Ying put her hands behind her back and smiled at him in a friendly manner: "I suspect that Shuangjiang is Fox."
Xie Wang didn't speak, he just looked at her quietly.
Chen Ying's tone carried a hint of confidence: "The incidents this morning can be basically confirmed to be related to Frost's Descent. Although everyone has been walking together in groups, I think the incident by the stream is inextricably linked to Frost's Descent."
Xie Wang gently patted the dirt off the fruit, seemingly unconcerned about what Chen Ying had said, his only thought being to give it to Ling Shuangjiang to eat.
Seeing this, Chen Ying frowned slightly: "So, you're not angry?"
Xie Wang raised his eyes: "Anger?"
Chen Ying smiled slightly: "Shuangjiang was clearly distancing herself from you a few days ago, so why has she suddenly become close to you again in the last few days? Don't you feel that Shuangjiang is playing hot and cold towards you, trying to get you to stay?
These words made Xie Wang ponder, his gaze gradually becoming serious.
Seeing that her words had an effect on Xie Wang, Chen Ying continued her tirade: "It's all his doing. He's gay, but there weren't any gay people on the show beforehand. To complete the Fox task, he deliberately approached you, became your friend, and then made you willingly choose him. That way, he could reap the benefits and use the show's grand prize to secure a good future in the entertainment industry. After all... without Wen's help, he'd just be a nobody right now, wouldn't he?"
Xie Wang asked in a low voice, "Have you said everything you wanted to say?"
Chen Ying breathed a sigh of relief: "I just wanted to remind you after I saw through Ling Shuangjiang's methods. I didn't mean any harm."
Xie Wang suddenly chuckled contemptuously, then looked down at Chen Ying: "You didn't have any bad intentions? When you asked Wen Ai that question at the dinner table, were you unintentional? With your meticulous mind, I don't think you're the type to speak without thinking."
Chen Ying's expression was rather unpleasant: "That matter was Wen Ai's fault."
"Is that so?" Xie Wang's voice grew colder and colder. "So you're telling me all this now, is it purely for my own good? Don't you have any other motives?"
Chen Ying shook her head: "No."
Xie Wang said seriously, "According to your logic, Shuangjiang deliberately approached me just for the grand prize from the program?"
Chen Ying: "Yes."
Xie Wang's brows furrowed: "If Shuangjiang is really that kind of person, he should be trying to seduce me. Isn't my worth more tempting than the awards from the show?"
Chen Ying stammered for a moment: "...He's...seducing you."
"No." Xie Wang's expression was grave. "I've been the one seducing him lately."
Chen Ying suddenly couldn't understand what Xie Wang was saying, and all the words she had prepared in advance were disrupted.
At that moment, Xie Wang had already strode past her, preparing to leave.
Chen Ying called out to him, "Are you going to find him?"
Xie Wang's voice was cold: "Since he is Fox, he must be in danger now. I need to go save my little fox."
Author's Note:
Requesting a nutrient solution: "":":":":
Chapter 35 Do you want to hug me?
When Xie Wang arrived at the shore, Ling Shuangjiang was no longer there. He looked around and asked Qi Yu, "Did you see Shuangjiang?"
Chyi Yu: "I didn't notice."
Xie Wang guessed that Ling Shuangjiang might be in trouble, but he wasn't too worried. He simply took the wild fruits he had picked to the river to wash them.
Cheng Jia, with her sharp eyes, leaned over and asked, "Brother Xie, is there any fruit in the program's supplies?"
Xie Wang: "No, I just picked it from a wild tree nearby."
Cheng Jia pouted and asked, "Is the tree tall?"
Xie Wang: "Not bad." He then glanced at Cheng Jia: "But you might not be able to get it."
Cheng Jia said in a wronged tone, "I want to eat fruit too."
Xie Wang frowned: "Think about it."
As he stood up, Xie Wang ignored Cheng Jia's pitiful gaze.
He wasn't a mean person, but if Cheng Jia hadn't hurt Ling Shuangjiang back then, he wouldn't be so heartless today.
When Xie Wang returned to the meeting point, he found that Ling Shuangjiang still hadn't come back.
Having learned from his previous disappearance, he was anxious this time and packed his bag to go look for him.
Seeing that he was about to leave, Lu Shaoyan asked, "We'd better act together."
Xie Wang: "I'll go find Shuangjiang first. We'll come back when conditions permit."
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Beyond the tall bushes, there was a secluded grove of trees. Ling Shuangjiang sat in the shade, resting with her eyes closed.
This place is not far from where everyone rests, so if there is any noise over there, we can hear it immediately here, making it convenient for him to go back in time.
Currently, he does not intend to act alone.
Unfortunately, lunch was with Xie Wang, and he forgot to bring it.
I'm a little hungry now.
Just then, he heard the crunching sound of footsteps on branches. He turned around abruptly, saw the familiar figure, and asked in a cheerful tone, "How did you know I was here?"
Xie Wang sat down with his bag on his back and raised his wristwatch: "When I had my assistant deliver the clothes yesterday, he also sent over a watch that can track the location of the watch on your wrist."
Ling Shuangjiang suppressed her smile and teased, "Are you tracking me?"
Thinking that Ling Shuangjiang had misunderstood, Xie Wang quickly explained, "I didn't mean to locate you. I was worried that you might be in danger and I wouldn't be able to find you, just like the day before yesterday, I was anxious and helpless."
Looking at the anxious and serious expression on the 1.9-meter-tall man's face, Ling Shuangjiang felt a little guilty. "I was just kidding, I'm sorry." His tone gradually softened. "I'll give the watch back to you after the recording is over."
Xie Wang: "No need, here you go." He opened the bag, took out fruit and bread, looked around at his surroundings, and asked curiously, "Why are you here alone?"
Ling Shuang replied, "It's too noisy over there. I was a bit sleepy, so I came over to rest."
“That’s not right,” Xie Wang admonished him. “The wilderness is dangerous. You can’t act alone, and you certainly can’t sleep here alone. Eat something first, and you can wash your hands with the water in the bottle.”
Upon seeing the fruit, Ling Shuangjiang asked in surprise, "Where did these grapes come from?"
“These are called wild grapes,” Xie Wang explained earnestly. “I picked them from a wild tree nearby; they’re not poisonous.”
Ling Shuangjiang was a little tired, so she gently rested her head on her knees and tilted her head to look at him: "You're so amazing, you know everything."
Xie Wang immediately cleared his throat and straightened his back: "It's alright, I don't know that much."
Ling Shuangjiang took the grapes and carefully peeled them.
Xie Wang looked at him and noticed that his fingers were slender and fair, each joint was beautiful and rounded, and his nails were neatly trimmed.
Suddenly, his pupils dilated slightly, because Ling Shuangjiang was holding a peeled grape to his lips.
"Let you try it first." Ling Shuangjiang's voice was very soft. "They say that the first grape in a bunch is the sweetest."
A moment of tension flashed through Xie Wang's eyes. He lowered his gaze slightly, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke: "Poison testing complete."
Hearing his answer, Ling Shuangjiang almost laughed in anger. He found it strange that there could be such an unromantic person in the world.
With a sigh in his heart, he peeled a grape and tasted it; the grape was very sweet.
The image of Xie Wang diligently picking grapes flashed through his mind, and his mood improved considerably.
"Are you curious about Fox's identity?" Ling Shuangjiang asked him. "Everyone is quite curious."
Xie Wang's voice was low: "Not curious."
Ling Shuangjiang smiled in surprise: "Why aren't you curious?"
Although Xie Wang had already guessed that Ling Shuangjiang was Fox, he hadn't really been curious about Fox's identity before.