Today, Lu Shaoheng was quite sensible and didn't come to see Ling Shuangjiang. Xie Wang calculated that Shen Ke hadn't bothered Ling Shuangjiang for a long time either, which made him very gratified.
Seeing that his expression changed several times in just a few minutes, Ling Shuangjiang suddenly wanted to pry open his head and see what was inside.
Xie Wang was in a good mood and found everyone pleasing to the eye. Ling Shuangjiang was right next to him, and he couldn't help but recall the scene of the two of them sleeping in each other's arms last night.
His earlobes turned red unintentionally. He pretended to approach Ling Shuangjiang by chance and smelled a familiar fragrance.
A sweet feeling gradually spread through Xie Wang's heart. He felt that he liked Ling Shuangjiang not just a little bit, but more.
Facing the blinding gaze, he sighed inwardly.
Having lived for 28 years, he actually began a life of unrequited love.
Xie Wang hesitated, and the little bit of joy he had felt vanished completely. He believed that this unrequited love would most likely end badly.
After all, he wasn't gay, and Ling Shuangjiang didn't like him.
A straight man who is not gay but likes men, and a gay man who doesn't like to have affairs with women close to him, will not end up together.
However, he suspects he has masochistic tendencies.
Because he wanted to try it, to taste the bitter fruit of unrequited love, and to feel the heartache.
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They arrived at the familiar jungle entrance once again, and the guests, carrying their luggage, prepared to enter Area B.
At this moment, Ling Shuangjiang was suddenly called away quietly by the assistant director. He instantly understood the assistant director's purpose in calling him, glanced up at Xie Wang, made an excuse to go to the restroom, and left without making a sound.
Soon, everyone prepared to enter the jungle.
The director said mysteriously, "Today, in addition to surviving in the wild, you all have another task."
"What mission?" Bai Xinyu asked impatiently, seeing the director's suspenseful manner.
Director: "Tonight is your last chance to find out Fox's identity. If you haven't found Fox by tonight, then the prize money Fox can receive in the finale will be doubled."
"Double?" Chen Ying recalled the generous reward and said with a half-smile, "Then this Fox is really making a killing."
Cheng Jia lazily raised an eyebrow: "Yeah? If we have someone we suspect, should we just expose their name or..."
Since joining the show, Chen Ying has always presented herself as gentle, kind, and compliant. However, her offhand remark has caused not only the guests but also the viewers in the live chat to re-evaluate her.
[Hmm, why does Chen Ying look so jealous?]
[It wasn't just jealousy, it was also a bit sour.]
[Starting from the last episode, I felt that she wasn't as innocent as she seemed on the surface.]
[I heard that Chen Ying, although she hasn't graduated yet, has already signed with an entertainment company. Recently, she's been fighting over the endorsement deal with Wen Ai's He Chun.]
[My God, wasn't her asking Wen Ai a trap?]
The director continued, "Once we enter the jungle, we will hold a vote every four hours. You can choose someone you suspect and eliminate them. Of course, after the game, we will only tell you whether Fox is on the list of eliminated guests, not which guest Fox is. If Fox is eliminated, then everyone wins."
"Will the production team give us any hints?" Chyi Yu suddenly asked. "Without hints, it's difficult to prove that a guest is Fox."
Director: "In this adventure, there will be many NPCs and obstacles. If you observe carefully, you will find that these people only have one goal - Fox."
“But wouldn’t that put Fox in a very dangerous position?” Xie Wang, who had been silent all along, said in a low voice.
Ling Shuangjiang stood beside Xie Wang, looking up at him.
"I felt that the NPCs last time acted too aggressively and might have affected everyone's safety."
The director looked at Xie Wang and said, "This time the obstacles and NPCs will be relatively mild. We will also keep an eye on Fox's safety in secret and make sure he doesn't get hurt."
[Let's guess who looks most like Fox.]
[I think it's Chyi Yu.]
[First, we can rule out Huang Shan. She's been practically slacking off this season, rarely interacting with the male guests.]
[Shen Ke only followed Shuangjiang in the early stages, and didn't interact much with the guests later on.]
[It doesn't seem warm or affectionate either. Haven't you noticed that her relationship with Chyi Yu has gradually cooled since the advertising controversy?]
[Regarding the matter of warmth and affection, only Shuangjiang helped her; she must be heartbroken.]
[It's neither this nor that, it can't possibly be Shuangjiang or President Xie, can it?]
[They are the least likely...of all the guests, only the two of them are seriously dating.]
After all the rules were explained, everyone entered the jungle one after another.
If you want to find Fox, you definitely can't act alone. After all, all the NPCs are after Fox, and it's hard to guess where he is if you're not working together.
"You're not Fox, are you?" Bai Xinyu suddenly asked Joey. "If I choose you in the end, you can get an S+ film and television project."
Hearing Bai Xinyu's sour tone, Qiao Yi felt displeased: "I'm not."
"No, then no." Bai Xinyu ignored Qiao Yi. After all, the reason they were paired up was purely for the sake of the camera. Once the dating reality show ended, they probably wouldn't have any contact anymore.
Qi Yu quietly followed Wen Nuan, though she didn't say anything, she had some doubts in her heart.
It wasn't that he was afraid Wen Ai would get any benefits, but if it turned out that Wen Ai was Fox, wouldn't all his hard work in cultivating the relationship during this time become a joke?
The group, each with their own hidden agendas, created a heavy atmosphere.
"I'll carry it for you." No matter how Xie Wang looked at it, he felt that Ling Shuangjiang's luggage was heavy, so he went over to help him carry it.
Ling Shuangjiang's bag contained only an air mattress and a bottle of mineral water. Although it looked like a lot, it wasn't actually heavy because almost all of his supplies were in Xie Wang's bag.
"You've already worked so hard." Ling Shuangjiang wanted to tease him, her tone soft and rising: "It hurts me to see you carrying all that, brother."
The sound of "brother" made Xie Wang's blood rush to his head, and he felt an overwhelming surge of energy. He wished he could just carry Ling Shuang away.
His steps unconsciously became mechanical, and his heart was filled with mixed feelings.
Little Frost is so cute and gentle, it's a pity it's not his.
He finally tasted the bitterness of unrequited love.
[Hahaha, look! Mr. Xie is walking almost with his arms and legs moving in unison.]
[That cracked me up! He's so happy when someone calls him "brother."]
[President Xie's serious expression is really hilarious.]
Lu Shaoheng and Chen Ying followed behind the two. Lu Shaoheng noticed that since the two returned from outside today, their relationship seemed to have become much closer.
We're all adults; he knows what he should know.
He was just a little disappointed and regretful.
Ling Shuangjiang would rather wait for Xie Wang to become gay than accept his love.
"Who do you think is Fox?" Chen Ying suddenly asked.
"I don't know, what do you think?" Lu Shaoheng looked Chen Ying up and down, occasionally following the guest in front of him.
Chen Ying suddenly said, "I think it's Ling Shuangjiang."
Lu Shaoheng's eyelids twitched: "Why do you think that?"
Chen Ying said calmly, "Intuition."
Lu Shaoheng didn't believe Ling Shuangjiang was Fox, and teased softly, "I guess your intuition isn't very accurate."
The dense jungle was teeming with mosquitoes, and Wen Nuan and Huang Shan were bitten so badly they were almost crying, constantly swatting at them.
Ling Shuangjiang is also prone to attracting mosquitoes, but surprisingly today, there wasn't a single flying insect around him.
"It's strange, the mosquitoes didn't bite me."
Xie Wang glanced at the watch on Ling Shuangjiang's wrist: "This is professional survival equipment. It emits electromagnetic signals that interfere with mosquitoes, so they won't bother you."
Ling Shuangjiang hadn't expected the watch to have this function, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Do you often participate in these kinds of wilderness survival games?"
Xie Wang: "What I participated in was not a game, but a real outdoor adventure. I liked extreme sports and these kinds of adventure sports in college, but I did them less often later."
Ling Shuangjiang: "Then you—"
Before those words were even finished, a loud explosion erupted from the lawn ahead.
The next second, the entire lawn caved in, and the grass under Ling Shuangjiang's feet, which was at the very front, also collapsed.
Just as he was anxiously preparing to dodge, Xie Wang swiftly grabbed him by the waist and carried him back to safety.
"My God." Wen Ai's voice trembled. "Was this an accident or deliberate? This is terrifying."
Xie Wang: "It must have been done by someone."
Wen Ai turned her head: "How did you figure that out?"
Xie Wang: "Look ahead."
In the sunken lawn, many NPCs dressed as zombies crawled out with ferocious expressions. Xie Wang quickly reminded everyone, and they ran in the opposite direction.
Ling Shuangjiang's luggage was light, so she ran quite fast and could even keep up with Xie Wang without being left behind.
Lu Shaoheng and the others ran at the front. After he found a temporarily safe place, he led everyone to run in that direction.
Ten minutes later, by an open stream, everyone was panting heavily and too exhausted to speak.
[Those zombies were really scary.]
[The props department must work on horror shows, right? Those people are so realistic.]
So, who are these people targeting?
[I didn't realize that. Everyone was there, and then suddenly something unexpected happened.]
Ling Shuangjiang knew very well that these accidents were all aimed at him. If he went alone, his identity would be exposed even faster. After all, netizens watching on camera had an omniscient perspective, and a careful comparison would easily reveal that only he had suffered so many misfortunes.
Ling Shuangjiang is exhausted from having to consider others while also concealing her identity.
"What are you thinking about?" Xie Wang handed him a bottle of mineral water and moved a rock that had been scorched by the sun for a long time to place next to Ling Shuangjiang. "Sit on this. Other rocks are too cold and you'll easily get sick."
Ling Shuangjiang didn't consider herself that delicate, but seeing how Xie Wang took such good care of her, she nodded: "Thank you, I'm so glad I had you."
"It's nothing." Xie Wang said with a strange smile, casually picking up a cool stone and sitting down next to Ling Shuangjiang.
They thought they were finally out of danger. But as Ling Shuangjiang went to the stream to wash her hands, the stream stirred again, creating ripples.
Ling Shuangjiang's brow furrowed with worry; she hadn't expected the second unexpected event to come so soon.
This time everyone became smarter.