After Jiang Dao's waist strain eased a little, the director team did not delay any further and quickly arranged to re-record the guests' entrance segment.
There was no trick this time. Chu Yinlong walked in from the hall door normally and greeted several guests.
After filming the guests' greetings, the voiceover began to read out the challenge process for this episode:
"Today, we invited Mr. Zhang, a famous chef from Zhushi City, to cook his specialty dishes for us. Mr. Zhang prepared sweet and sour fish, Huaishan roast chicken and languo dishes for our lunch, but not everyone has the opportunity to taste these dishes."
"Next, we arranged three challenges. The guests were divided into two teams according to the color of their clothes. Each time they won a challenge, they could choose one of the three dishes as a reward. The team that failed the challenge could only get a bag of pickled mustard tuber or a salted duck egg per person."
Hearing this, Jiang Dao couldn't help but frown and glanced at Chu Yinlong who was standing next to him.
They were all wearing red clothes, so they were destined to cooperate with each other to win the game.
Well, he can bend and stretch in order to eat delicious food.
Yi Bailu, who was on the same team with Jiang Dao, came over and stood between Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong. He smiled at the two of them, then turned his head and looked intently at the director team.
The voiceover continues to explain the rules of the game:
"Nagisa is a famous hometown of martial arts. The 'master of martial arts' Nagisa Huai Temple that appears in many martial arts works was created based on the monk system of Huaishan Temple in Nagisa. Therefore, the challenges we arranged today are all related to martial arts. The three challenges for lunch are 'stance training', 'swordsmanship' and 'footwork'."
Hearing this, Yi Bailu clapped his hands and said excitedly, "Wow! If we have Brother Long on our team, won't that mean we're sure to win? Isn't he a martial monk from Huaishan Temple?"
"That's impossible." Lu Jun shook his head and said, "The production team won't let us practice martial arts. I think it's some kind of magic modification. Besides, our Xiao Tang is also very good...right, Xiao Tang?"
Tang Yao smiled and said, "As long as it's not a real martial arts training, I think we have a better chance of winning. After all, we have filmed three seasons together, so our chemistry is definitely better than theirs."
When everyone arrived at the prepared challenge area outdoors, Lu Jun and Tang Yao became more confident.
Because the challenge venue does not look like a fighting arena at all. Instead, it is a pool filled with soft foam blocks with two cylindrical stakes about one meter high and one meter in diameter.
"You call this 'pile training'?" Chu Yinlong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and pointed at the two columns, "It really is a pile?"
The voiceover quickly announced the rules: "As you can see, the first challenge is 'Standing on a Pillar'. The three people in a team need to stand on the cylindrical pillars in the venue at the same time. The team that lasts the longest wins. The pillars will shrink every ten seconds. If one of the three people in the team falls, it will be considered a failure."
"It can shrink?" Yi Bailu was surprised. "How can it shrink?"
"Can we take a look first?" Tang Yao also asked, "At least let us know how small it is? Otherwise, with Brother Lu here, we will all be squeezed out."
Lu Jun: "Tsk, what are you talking about!"
As they were talking, Tang Yao and Chu Yinlong had already climbed up the piles on both sides and began to observe carefully.
The prop master also cooperated to control the piles to shrink - I saw the outer layer of the two piles, a circular volume about the width of a palm slowly descended and shrunk into the foam block, and the piles instantly became thinner. After four rounds, the pile was only 30 centimeters in diameter, just enough for one person to stand on it.
"Are you sure you want three people to stand here at the same time?!" Tang Yao looked at the director team in disbelief, "Can we use Brother Lu to exchange the island with them?"
"Switch!" Lu Jun pretended to be angry, "Brother Long definitely doesn't dislike me as much as you do!"
"If you don't change, I despise you." Yi Bailu added with a smile.
Of course, no one can be replaced, and the guests are just making fun of each other for fun.
After a few words of banter, both sides took advantage of the time when the props were reset to discuss how to hold on to the pole for a longer time.
"I think we still have a chance of winning." Lu Jun tried to find his own advantage, dragging Tang Yao and muttering, "Look, we have been working together for the third season, and Weiwei is not a pretentious person. The two men over there don't know each other well, and Bai Lu is a female artist, so it's not convenient. I think we have the advantage!"
Tang Yao glanced at him and said: "If you can lose half the weight, we will have an advantage."
Returning to Jiang Dao and Yi Bailu, Chu Yinlong asked, "How much do you two weigh?"
Yi Bailu did not hide it: "92 kilograms."
Jiang Dao subconsciously said, "Seventy-five kilograms."
"You?" Chu Yinlong was shocked. "How much are you?!"
He looked Jiang Dao up and down, a little confused: "Isn't it possible?"
When Chu Yinlong asked this, Jiang Dao realized that he had changed his body.
With his current small body, not only is he not as tall as he used to be, he also has no sense of strength at all. Even if he was not skin and bones, it would be impossible for him to weigh 75 kilograms.
Although he himself didn't know how heavy this body was, he immediately changed his words: "Sixty-five."
Chu Yinlong didn't ask further, and turned to Yi Bailu and said, "You are not suitable to squeeze in with us. Let's go up later. When the place is big and convenient, you can sit on my shoulders."
Yi Bailu blinked when he heard that: "Sitting on your shoulders? Is that okay? I'm pretty heavy."
Chu Yinlong said, "It's less than 100 kilograms, so it's no problem to carry it for a while... or, you don't want to?"
How could Yi Bailu dare to act hypocritical in front of Chu Yinlong? She quickly waved her hands and said, "It's okay! I've been through a lot while recording this show. This is nothing!"
After solving Yi Bailu's plan of standing still, Chu Yinlong looked at Jiang Dao again: "You over here..."
Jiang Dao pulled the corner of his mouth: "I will try to stick close to you when the time comes, let's give it a try."
Chu Yinlong nodded and said, "Let's try it now to prevent ourselves from getting flustered when we go on stage."
However, the director team did not give them the opportunity to experiment in advance.
The two stakes were quickly reset, and the voiceover sounded without warning: "Dear guests, please get ready. You have ten seconds to climb onto the stakes. After ten seconds, the challenge timer will officially begin!"
Over there, Lu Jun let out a loud cry, turned around and rushed into the foam pool.
On this side, Jiang Dao did not hesitate and followed Chu Yinlong and Yi Bailu to run towards the stakes that belonged to them.
The piles are not high and it is easy to climb up, but the technical difficulty begins after you climb up.
Soon, the challenge timer officially began.
Jiang Dao stood at the edge of the outer circle of pillars, giving space to Chu Yinlong and Yi Bailu.
Chu Yinlong half-knelt on the ground, waiting for Yi Bailu to ride steadily on his shoulders, then he exerted force with his legs and stood up very easily.
"Wow! Look at them!" Zhou Wei shouted from the other side.
"Good idea, you come too!" Tang Yao said, half-kneeling on the ground like Chu Yinlong did, letting Zhou Wei ride on his neck.
Yi Bailu sat on a high place and shouted angrily: "You stole our ideas!"
Tang Yao stood up shakily, grinned at Yi Bailu, and said nothing.
At this time, ten seconds later, the first layer of circles outside the pile slowly fell down.
Jiang Dao took a step closer to Chu Yinlong, standing face to face with him. He put one foot between Chu Yinlong's feet and landed in the smallest area in the center.
"Sister Bailu, you can put your legs on my shoulders." Jiang Dao suggested, "This way, Teacher Chu and I can be closer."
As he spoke, he slightly bent his body to make it easier for Yi Bailu to change his posture.
Sure enough, when Yi Bailu put her legs on the shoulders of the two men, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong's bodies were tightly pressed together, without any gap at all. To the extent that they had to turn their faces slightly in the opposite direction so that Chu Yinlong would not kiss Jiang Dao's nose.
However, since Yi Bailu's legs were still on their shoulders, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong couldn't turn their heads completely, otherwise they would kiss Yi Bailu's thighs again. Therefore, Chu Yinlong's lips could only stay close to Jiang Dao's cheek.
The distance was so close that Jiang Dao could feel the air gently blowing on his face with every breath Chu Yinlong took.
His nose was filled with the floral scent emanating from Yi Bailu and the faint herbal scent from Chu Yinlong. It was not pungent, and there was no sweat or other strange smells, which made Jiang Dao relax a lot.
In fact, he gradually discovered that the feeling of being so close to each other was not as disgusting as he had imagined before... but was actually somewhat... addictive.
When our bodies touch each other, even with clothes between us, we can still feel each other's body temperature.
It was not until then that Jiang Dao realized that he had not been so close to someone for a long, long time.
When was the last time?
It seemed like the last time he acted coquettishly towards his mother was when he was seven or eight years old... or nine years old.
Before Jiang Dao could sink into his memories, the pile under his feet suddenly trembled slightly, and the second circle on the outside shrank.
Jiang Dao pressed close to Chu Yinlong, and both of them stood as steady as a rock.
There were a few screams coming from the other side, accompanied by Yi Bailu's ruthless laughter.
But Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong were unable to turn their heads to look. Judging from the fact that the timer had not yet ended, Tang Yao's alarm should have been a false alarm and no one fell down.
Another ten seconds passed and the pile shrank again.
Jiang Dao swayed slightly, and subconsciously raised his hand to hug Chu Yinlong's waist to steady his body.
The two of them were now pressed even closer, and both felt the pressure of the tight hug in their chests and abdomens.
Chu Yinlong quickly turned his head and pursed his lips.
At this moment, a series of screams were heard from the opposite side, followed by the sound of heavy objects falling into the foam blocks one after another.
Yi Bailu laughed loudly from a high place: "Brother Yao, don't hit him. Brother Lu has tried his best, really!"
Deciding that the other side had failed in the challenge and that they had automatically won, Jiang Dao immediately let go and jumped back off the platform.
He turned his face away, at an angle where Chu Yinlong couldn't see him, took a deep breath slowly, closed his eyes, and tried to dispel the feeling of the hug just now.
He now finally understood why in the world outside the book, even though dangers were lurking everywhere and everyone was struggling to survive, there were still people willing to pay a few cans of meat for a moment of pleasure.
It turns out that the feeling of being close to others is unexpectedly... addictive.
"The Red Team wins this round of challenge!"
The voice-over of the director team interrupted Jiang Dao's thoughts.
"Now, members of the Red Team can choose one of the three dishes for lunch. Members of the White Team can choose between pickled mustard tuber and salted duck egg."
Hearing this, Jiang Dao suddenly came back to his senses.
Yes, he tried so hard to win just now, he was just going for the food!
How could just a hug make him forget about eating?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com