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Jungle Hunt
It was time for the jungle hunt and it was almost five in the afternoon.
The few of them took their "trophies" and returned to the camp in the small boat they came in.
In the end, we had no idea how many each person had found, and we could only wait for the staff to count them when we returned to the camp.
Everyone had some dust on their face, not to mention their bodies. In the jungle, they had no time to care about their image. They had a real experience of jungle life.
Even Zhu Yan, who is the most mysophobic, is like this. Han Xiaoyan is even worse off. On the way back, he tripped and fell on his butt. Even after returning to the shore, he kept covering his tailbone, which made people feel both pitiful and funny.
When they got to the shore, several people sat down on the ground. They had exhausted too much energy and just wanted to rest.
On the other side, there were staff members checking and counting the items brought back by each group.
Han Xiaoyan felt like he was the most pitiful man in the world. He was so tired that he wanted to sit down, but his butt hurt when he sat down.
After counting, the staff informed them, "The group that found the most correct answers is Zhao Luoyi, Su Yilan, and Han Xiaoyan. They will receive the right to food. The group that completed the most hidden tasks is Chu Yuan and Zhu Yan. They will receive the right to reside."
Fang Zhou lay down carelessly, feeling sad. "It's over. This day has been wasted."
Zhao Luoyi obviously didn't expect his team to be first. He and Su Yilan were extremely excited. Han Xiaoyan suddenly felt his buttocks no longer hurt, and he felt full of energy. He said to Fang Zhou with a smile, "Sometimes, good character and good luck are the keys to success."
Fang Zhou raised one hand and said to Chu Yuan, "Report, Chu Yuan, someone here says you have bad character."
Han Xiaoyan hurriedly explained, "I don't have a big brother. You are the best person. I'm talking about Fang Zhou."
If Chu Yuan hadn't brought the compass and been willing to take them along, and if she hadn't been the one climbing the trees, they wouldn't have been able to get so much.
To find the right thing, you need to be careful once you have a direction. Chu Yuan didn't have much patience and gave up after searching for a while, which allowed Han Xiaoyan to succeed and get first place.
But Chu Yuan didn’t care much about the ranking. She just wanted to have fun.
Chu Yuan snorted twice, pretending to be angry, "Don't forget, you didn't catch your little rabbit for me."
Chu Yuan was fiddling with a little rabbit in his hand, which Fang Zhou had caught with great effort. However, when Han Xiaoyan, this idiot, was catching the rabbit, he was not catching the rabbit at all, but was caught by the rabbit. Chu Yuan couldn't bear to watch it.
Han Xiaoyan argued speciously, "It must be that the little rabbit arranged by the director is too fierce and agile."
Where did the rabbits come from on the wild island? The director team thought it was boring for them to just look for dead things, so they put two rabbits there. The other rabbit that was not caught has been retrieved by the director team.
Fang Zhou also said puzzledly, "When I caught this little rabbit, it was not so well-behaved and ran around everywhere. Now why is this little rabbit like Han Xiaoyan?"
As well-behaved as a grandson.
Han Xiaoyan reacted and glared at him, "What do you mean?"
Chu Yuan grabbed the little rabbit's ears and lifted it up, then stroked its soft fur and said like a little devil, "Maybe it's afraid that I'll stew it into a spicy rabbit head."
As she spoke, the little rabbit turned in her hands, as if it understood what she said.
"Be good and I won't eat you." Chu Yuan smiled, took it back into his arms and stroked its fur a few times.
It's fun to scare small animals.
Han Xiaoyan looked at it and felt that the person whose ears were pulled just now seemed to be himself, and his ears felt a little painful.
After the director team finished making arrangements, a few people went to wash up first. After all, they had just come out of the sea and went into the jungle, and there were all kinds of smells mixed on their bodies, so they were not in a good condition to go to the table to eat.
Half an hour later, they came out and smelled the fragrance of food.
Han Xiaoyan rubbed his hands together, expressing his anticipation. "Finally, I'm number one. Let me see what the number one can eat."
Fang Zhou retorted, "When you were with Chu Yuan, you also won the first place several times."
Han Xiaoyan, "Jealousy, this is pure jealousy."
When we arrived at the place, the first, second and third dining seats had already been set. The first seat still looked very rich, the second seat had a combination of meat and vegetables, and the third seat had only healthy dishes that were very filling.
After these few days, everyone knows that a wilderness survival variety show is still wilderness survival. Whoever can do more will eat more.
Everyone’s destiny is different.
Han Xiaoyan sighed, "I'm so lucky."
At this moment, he completely forgot about falling into the river.
When Chu Yuan was around, he was directly admitted, and when Chu Yuan was not around, he was given a break by Chu Yuan. He is indeed the happiest man in the world.
【Hahahahahahahahaha, Han Xiaoyan looks like a smug villain.】
【Han Xiaoyan: Picking up a leak is still a leak.】
[I don't know why every time I see the last-place dish I always feel it's awful, even though it's pretty good.]
[Maybe it's a comparison, hahahaha. How can leafy greens be compared to meat? Anyway, I'm a carnivore.]
Zhu Yan, who was discussing the happiest man in the world with him, had no appetite as he sat at the table.
It’s not that I’m picky or the food is not tasty, I just feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach, maybe because I went out to sea today.
He took a sip of water to calm the churning in his stomach.
Chu Yuan, who was standing by, could easily sense that something was wrong with him and asked, "What's wrong? Don't you want to eat these?"
Zhu Yan shook his head. "Nothing's wrong. I just have no appetite."
Chu Yuan looked at the dishes. Although they couldn’t compare to the delicious fish and meat at Han Xiaoyan’s place, they were still pretty good.
Zhu Yan doesn’t seem to be picky about food. Could it be that his stomach is upset? His hands are covering his stomach.
After a while, she said to Zhu Yan, "Wait a moment, don't force yourself to eat."
Then, she walked over to the director's office and asked, "I remember we caught a lot of fish today. Do you have any more?"
The director team didn't know what she was going to do, so they said, "There are still a few left. The remaining ones will be given to local farmers this afternoon."
Because they caught so much fish, they couldn't eat much at all, and they really underestimated Chu Yuan and Zhu Yan's fishing ability.
"Give me some then." Chu Yuan said, "By the way, there is a porridge pot, let me use it too."
How could the director team say no to such a rich man? They have seen Chu Yuan's abilities. With such a big treasure, he can have anything he wants.
Chu Yuan took the tools and started working in front of where they were eating.
Her hands were quick and steady with the knife, and she easily removed the scales, gutted the fish, brushed them with oil, stuffed a few scallions and herbs into the belly, and strung them together with branches, for a total of three fish.
Zhao Luoyi and the others didn't know what Chu Yuan was doing, and found it quite curious. They all put down their chopsticks and looked at Chu Yuan.
After skewering the fish, Chu Yuan used the same method he used the first time to pick up a pile of wood and sit on it. He set up a few wooden racks and put the fish on them to grill.
Han Xiaoyan stared, "This, this is not the fire-making technique that Chu Yuan used before."
Su Yilan, "Is she going to make grilled fish?"
No one expected that Chu Yuan had done so many things in just over ten minutes. He seemed to be busy but was actually very organized and quickly grilled a fish.
[Oh my god, I saw this correctly. Someone just showed me how to make fire by rubbing two sticks together.]
Is this a skill that modern people can master? I'm really curious about how Chu Yuan lived.
【Aaaaaaaaaaaaah, this is so cool, how come Chu Yuan can do everything?】
[Is she going to make grilled fish? ]
In addition to making grilled fish, she also took away the small pot used by the director team to cook porridge and took away a handful of rice.
Still placing the pot on the fire, Chu Yuan added a bottle of mineral water to boil it, and then prepared a fish, cut it into fillets and added it to the porridge.
After finishing, she just stood in front of the pot and watched, turning the fish over from time to time.
After a while, the aroma came out from the grill and the pot, and the aroma of sashimi porridge and grilled fish filled the nose.
Han Xiaoyan was eating happily, but suddenly he felt that nothing tasted good anymore.
No, how can someone make fish so delicious using the simplest tools?
After watching it being almost done, Chu Yuan took a bowl to fill with porridge, and replaced the fish with another one to continue grilling. He ran towards Zhu Yan and handed it to him like a treasure, "Try it, it's delicious."
Originally Zhu Yan didn't understand what she was doing, but now he understood everything.
The fluctuation in his eyes was concealed, and he asked, "Is it for me?"
"Yeah, didn't you say you had a poor appetite? This sashimi porridge is very appetizing, and this grilled fish is really delicious." Chu Yuan's voice was soft and sticky, and he even had a coquettish feeling when he said a lot of things, "Hurry up and take it."
Zhu Yan raised his hand to take what she had just made. It was impossible for him not to be moved.
It seems like it has been a long time since someone made something specifically for him.
"I need to turn my fish over again, you should eat it quickly." As she said that, she ran to the front to check on the other fish that was not ready yet.
Zhu Yan looked at her back and felt that although her body was small, she always had great energy and could always bring him many surprises. He even felt that he was lucky to be with her.
[Super, I'm so envious. When Zhu Yan doesn't want to eat, someone will cook for him.]
[If I don't eat, my mom will just tell me to eat or not.]
[Is this love? Find me a partner.]
After a while, she ran back and looked at him with her chin on her hand, as if she was staring at him while eating.
Zhu Yan chuckled helplessly and took a sip of porridge under her gaze. It tasted as expected.
"It's delicious, thank you." He smiled, because the hot bowl of porridge was a comfort to his empty stomach.
"You're welcome." Chu Yuan looked at him with his dark eyes, which were full of smiles.
She said that this was what she ate most often and he would definitely like it.
Such a big character material can't be left without food and fall ill, she doesn't want to play with a dry body.
Zhu Yan had no idea of Chu Yuan's little thoughts and was already thinking about how to repay her.
Well, it seems that offering yourself to me is not impossible.
Smelling the aroma that kept wafting over, Han Xiaoyan no longer had the mood to eat. He quickly moved closer to the two people and said, "Brother, can you give me a piece? Just a small piece will do. It smells so good."
Fang Zhou put down his chopsticks and felt that he couldn't live like this anymore. The green leafy vegetables that looked good at first suddenly became inedible.
What to do, he wants to eat too.
Chu Yuan rejected Han Xiaoyan mercilessly, "No, you already have so much food, don't fight with us."
Han Xiaoyan returned to his seat feeling aggrieved. What should he do if he really wanted to eat?
Zhu Yan's eyes were filled with bright smiles. He asked softly, "Just for me to eat?"
"Yes, yes, it's only for you." Chu Yuan blinked his big eyes with great sincerity.
"You've been so good to me, how can I repay you?" he said meaningfully.
Hearing this, Chu Yuan's eyes lit up again. He leaned closer to him and whispered in his ear in a secret, "Then at night..."
After she finished speaking, she chuckled, and Zhu Yan's eyes were full of helplessness and indulgence.