After that rescue incident that became a hot topic, Jiang Dao's popularity in "Real Wilderness" suddenly soared.
As more people gathered to watch, his videos from the previous few days were dug up again. Many people fell in love with his free and easy personality and the ease with which he strolled in the jungle. The number of fans that had dropped due to the negative news about him slowly increased again.
Perhaps because of the halo effect, most of these new fans are more tolerant when seeing Jiang Dao’s previous negative news. They are more willing to focus on Jiang Dao’s good side and become the vanguard in fighting against negative fans on Weibo.
Of course, Jiangdao doesn’t know these things yet.
He hadn't had much rest for two nights in a row. When he got up in the middle of the night to take his turn on duty, he felt a little off, which was noticed by Zheng Yaojun.
"What? You haven't slept for two nights?!" Zheng Yaojun was shocked. "Three days and two nights is nearly seventy-two hours. Why didn't you tell the production team? The medical team should have brought sleeping pills."
"I asked the team for headphones, but I have to wait for the helicopter to deliver them tomorrow morning." Jiang Dao smiled casually, "Besides, I can close my eyes and rest at night, which is also a rest. It's only three days, I can still endure it."
Zheng Yaojun disagreed: "Even if you are still young, not sleeping for three days will cause serious problems! I will go find the medical team right away."
"Brother Zheng!" Jiang Dao raised his hand to stop him. "It's really okay. Don't bother. Sleeping pills don't really work. If you take them normally, you'll still wake up in the middle of the night. If you take too much... you'll also have a sense of near-death when you're awake. I don't like that."
He had tried to fall asleep with the help of drugs in the first few days after he came here, so he had always been reluctant to take drugs.
"The unreal feeling of being on the verge of death?" Zheng Yaojun was stunned. "How much did you eat?"
"I still can't sleep even though I didn't eat enough." Jiang Dao smiled helplessly.
"Then you have to listen to the sounds all the time when you sleep?" Zheng Yaojun sat down next to Jiang Dao and looked at Jiang Dao's face carefully.
Jiang Dao was silent for a moment, then answered, "Not really... There were a few times when I slept well when it was quiet, but there was someone around me. Maybe it's like your comrade, knowing that there is someone trustworthy watching over him, he can sleep peacefully."
Hearing this, Zheng Yaojun glanced at his watch and said, "How about giving it a try?"
Jiang Dao was confused: "What?"
Zheng Yaojun said, "It doesn't take two people to guard the bonfire. Try leaning on me and see if you can fall asleep."
As he spoke, he moved closer to Jiang Dao and stood right next to Jiang Dao.
Jiang Dao did not act shy. He leaned his back against Zheng Yaojun and slowly closed his eyes.
However, more than ten seconds later, he opened his eyes again, sat up straight, turned his head and frowned to look at the camera hanging above the camp.
He almost forgot that the filming here was going on 24 hours a day, and microphones were set up around the camp to collect the sound.
Suddenly thinking of this, Jiangdao felt a little panicked.
Zheng Yaojun asked: "What's wrong?"
Jiang Dao laughed: "...I feel a little guilty."
Zheng Yaojun didn't understand: "What guilt?"
Jiang Dao shook his head and didn't answer.
He couldn't say that when he leaned on Zheng Yaojun just now, he suddenly thought of Chu Yinlong.
Although, he and Chu Yinlong only had a tacit understanding and did not make any relationship clear, and according to the concept of the world outside the book, he was free to do whatever he wanted at this time. But... Jiang Dao knew that Chu Yinlong would be angry if he saw him sleeping peacefully next to another man.
The possessiveness of males is engraved in their genes. Even in the world outside the book where partnerships are extremely chaotic, there are countless battles caused by jealousy.
Jiang Dao is also a man, so of course he understands this feeling, and he also knows that Chu Yinlong has a possessiveness towards him.
And he did not object to this cognition - at least, at this moment, he was willing to belong to Chu Yinlong alone.
"Forget it. The supplies will arrive tomorrow morning. We don't mind staying overnight."
Jiang Dao turned around and sat down, lowered his eyes and poked the ground with the branch.
Although he didn't understand why Jiang Dao backed off, Zheng Yaojun could see his resistance from his body language. After thinking for a moment, Zheng Yaojun said, "How about this, let Eleven give it a try."
Jiang Dao raised an eyebrow: "Eleven?"
Zheng Yaojun called Eleven and asked it to sit between them.
After more than ten days of getting along, Shiyi finally got used to Jiangdao's presence and was no longer overly wary of him. He would even let Jiangdao touch him when he had something to do. Of course, this tolerance is also limited. Basically, if Eleven is touched for ten seconds, he will run away.
So, this time, Zheng Yaojun gave Eleven an order: "Eleven, stand by."
Eleven lay down obediently, showing a resolute and unshakable attitude.
"Okay, try leaning on it and see if you can fall asleep." Zheng Yaojun sat on the other side of Eleven, ready to comfort his partner at any time.
Jiang Dao reached out and touched Eleven's neck hair, took off his coat and put it directly on the ground, then curled up and lay down next to the wolfhound's warm body.
Close your eyes and you can hear the gentle sound of the burning bonfire.
Gradually, sleepiness really came over him and suddenly swallowed him up.
When he was woken up, Jiang Dao found that it was time to change shifts.
Lin Chu stood in front of him with his arms folded, looking down at him and said with a smile: "You are sleeping soundly, but you let Brother Zheng watch you alone, what kind of rotation is this..."
Jiang Dao didn't argue with him. He stood up, stretched, picked up his coat and went into the tent.
Zheng Yaojun smiled and said, "It seems that large dogs can also give you a sense of security. This makes things easier. I'll let Eleven accompany you tomorrow night while I go to the four-person tent over there to rest."
Jiang Dao shook his head and smiled, "No, the supplies will be here at 7am. I applied for headphones."
Jiang Dao lay down again in the tent, closed his eyes and rested for a while, then suddenly asked, "Besides Eleven, are there any other retired military dogs in the army? Can they be adopted?"
Zheng Yaojun said, "Yes, there are some, but according to regulations, they cannot be handed over to civilians for adoption. They can only be collected by the military dog base or taken away by a dog-carrying soldier... Why don't you consider pets?"
Jiang Dao was helpless: "You saw how Eleven looked when he first saw me. He was still good. Pet dogs run away when they see me. I don't know what they are afraid of."
"That's not something I can do." Zheng Yaojun said apologetically. "Although I work at the military dog base, I can't disobey the rules. However, military dogs are not soldiers after all, so the rules and regulations are not without loopholes. The base has also had precedents of adopting elderly and injured dogs, but the adoption procedures and review standards are the only ones that know."
Hearing this, Jiang Dao sighed slowly and didn't force it anymore.
…
The next night, the little episode from that night shift was picked out and uploaded.
Upon learning that Jiang Dao hadn't slept for the past two days, his fans immediately became restless and began to give him advice. Recommending lullabies and good sleeping foods was normal, while suggestions from traditional Chinese medicine and psychology were technical. As for those who advised Jiang Dao to burn incense and worship Buddha... that could barely be considered a blessing in disguise.
Later, a fan who has a dog at home said that her dog had just given birth to babies and she could give one to Jiangdao for petting.
As soon as this news came out, the following immediately went off topic:
"Let go of Gougou! I can be the ambassador of this □□!"
"Wow, how insecure must my little island be to not be able to sleep well, so pitiful [poor] I am a 177cm tall female man who has practiced Taekwondo for seven years and can provide the safest □□ service!"
"Although the way Kojima sleeps with his dog in his arms is also very cute, I still watched the few seconds when he leaned on the soldier brother over and over again! Bingdao is too sweet [crying]"
"Reply: Bingdao is too sweet +1"
"Reply: Kojima said he felt guilty, so I automatically put myself in his shoes and knew that the soldiers had wives. I will swallow this single-pointed knife myself [crying]"
“Reply: CP fans, please respect yourself and stop showing off your presence and insulting the soldiers and their wives!”
"Suddenly I'm slacking off [heart] I think this couple is pretty sweet! [picture]"
“Reply: Aa ...
"Reply: Damn, the CP has increased strangely [shocked] So weird, let me take another look [doge]"
Chu Yinlong knew that he shouldn't have been curious and opened the comment section under the video.
What the hell is going on in these fans’ heads? Even dogs can be paired together? !
At this moment, Chu Yinlong deeply felt the terror of the fan groups of artists who came from traffic sources, and developed a strong sense of identification with his own fans - fans should be like his Xiaolongbaos, who are loyal even when they ship CPs, and never pair him up randomly, except for Jiang Dao.
After taking a sip of tea and calming himself down, Chu Yinlong closed the comment section and barrage, and watched the videos related to Jiang Dao again.
When the scene showed Jiang Dao frowning and getting up from Zheng Yaojun, saying with a wry smile that he felt a little guilty, Chu Yinlong felt an indescribable dull pain rising in his heart. All the jealousy and envy were suppressed by the heartache.
Chu Yinlong certainly knew that Jiang Dao’s guilt was not caused by Zheng Yaojun, but because of him.
But he couldn't tell Jiang Dao that his possessiveness was nothing compared to the pain of not being able to sleep for three days. He would rather Jiang Dao get a brief rest in someone else's arms than have Jiang Dao struggle alone.
When Chu Yinlong first saw that Jiang Dao could fall asleep with the company of the military dog, he felt a little disappointed. After all, he was not the only one who could cure Jiang Dao's insomnia.
But it was only for a brief moment that the feeling of relief overshadowed the loss - fortunately, even without him by his side, Jiangdao would not always be troubled by insomnia. He was very happy to be able to find a new solution to fill the time when he could not be with Jiangdao.
He knows better than anyone that relationships in the entertainment industry are more about being together than being apart.
Chu Yinlong picked up his phone, looked through the address book, and found an old senior who was a military officer.
"Teacher Teng, can you contact the Yan City Military Dog Training Base? I want to adopt a retired military dog."
After a while, the other end of the phone came back, and the old man's voice was still loud and clear: "Xiao Chu, I'm sorry, I really can't do anything here. Retired military dogs are generally not open to the public for adoption. It's not something that can be done simply by spending money or using connections. It's difficult!"
Chu Yinlong was silent for a moment, then said, "I want to try my best."
The old man thought for a moment and said, "How about this, I'll give you the contact information of a person, and you can just tell him that I introduced him. He's in the publicity department of the special warfare department, and he has worked with Lao Zhu on a program before. You and Lao Zhu are also quite familiar with each other, so you can try to see if you can get in touch with him."
After thanking the senior, Chu Yinlong checked his schedule and immediately contacted Director Zhu, hoping to discuss the matter as soon as possible.
…
February 14th, Valentine's Day.
It was also the penultimate day before the filming of “True Wildness” was about to end.
After nearly a month of outdoor hiking, everyone in the team was a little depressed, except for Zheng Yaojun, Jiang Dao and the local guide in the support team.
Even Zhu Huayun, who has excellent physical fitness, was tortured by the fact that she could not take a shower every day. She could not help but roar and complain in front of the camera. She had no image burden as a world champion and was given the title of "violent princess".
That evening, the program crew set up camp near the river beach as usual.
As soon as the tent was set up, Zhu Huayun went to the river with a folding bucket and towel and washed her hair according to her daily habit.
Seeing the lush grass and beautiful scenery on the river beach, Lin Chu and Yuan Shu also went there, preparing to use GoPro to shoot a short film for program editing. Jiang Dao habitually explored the surrounding woods to see if he could find some wild vegetables and fruits.
After walking a few steps, Jiang Dao suddenly noticed that there seemed to be traces of digging under a rotten tree trunk on the shore, and he frowned immediately. He held a long stick made of branches and probed into the pit. He actually found a few white oval-shaped... eggs under a layer of humus?
The cameraman following Jiang Dao was immediately amazed: "Oh my god, what is this?!"
Before he could answer, a chill suddenly ran up Jiang Dao's back. He quickly glanced at the surroundings, grabbed the cameraman, dragged him back, and said in a low voice: "There are crocodiles here! We must inform everyone!"
"Crocodile——!" The cameraman was stunned and ran after Jiangdao with his camera.
“Stay away from the water!!!”
Jiang Dao rushed back to the campsite, ran towards the water without stopping, and shouted to several people: "Come back! Don't go near the river——"
Zhu Huayun clutched her wet hair and turned to look at Jiang Dao in confusion.
Lin Chu glanced in the direction of Jiang Dao and sneered, "What is he doing now?"
Something tiny moved on the water surface, like a ripple caused by a breeze, which slowly created a layer of ripples on the water surface with the lush aquatic plants nearby.
Jiangdao felt that creepy feeling again.
His aura suddenly became cold and he rushed to the river in two or three steps. At the moment when the water waves suddenly exploded, he grabbed Lin Chu's arm and threw him aside. The hard wooden stick in his hand brushed Lin Chu's leg and stabbed into the water fiercely, pushing something huge back into the water.
This was followed by a loud bang.
The river suddenly stirred up a wave, and a huge creature suddenly turned around and dived back into the water and escaped.
At this time, the wooden stick in Jiangdao's hand, which was originally more than one meter long and as thick as a fist, was reduced to a small dagger-like piece. Some shapeless wood chips were scattered on the river beach and the water surface.
It was only then that the scream suddenly rang out.
Yuan Shu, who was standing nearby and taking pictures of Lin Chu, was trembling all over. He shouted and quickly retreated towards the camp. Zhu Huayun had already run away with the bucket and towel at an astonishing speed. Zheng Yaojun brought Eleven to the nearby area to meet them. Eleven then ran wildly to Jiang Dao, with his tail between his legs, and roared into the water.
Lin Chu fell to the shore and couldn't get up for a long time. He was so scared that tears came out. He cried and grabbed Jiang Dao's trouser legs. His voice was so trembling that it was almost impossible to make out the words: "Save me, save me... My legs are weak... Save me and take me back!"
Jiang Dao pulled him a few times, and seeing that he was indeed too frightened to stand up, he simply leaned over and grabbed Lin Chu's legs, and carried the man, who was almost the same size as him, back to the camp.
When he was put on the chair in the camp, Lin Chu's face turned red and white, but Jiang Dao had just saved him, so he couldn't say anything. He felt almost suffocated.
At this time, the security personnel of the program team gathered with expulsion tools, and the scene was in chaos.
"How did you provide security?" The team leader was also frightened by the sudden danger. He pulled the local guide and the person in charge of security over and scolded them, "You inspected the road ahead a day in advance, but what did you inspect? You didn't even find a crocodile nest?! Also, didn't they say there were no crocodiles in this area? Didn't they say that crocodiles are rare and are all in the protected area? What's going on?!"
The local guide also seemed innocent and made a few excuses to the translator.
The translator was helpless: "They don't know why the crocodiles appeared here. Logically, this is a hiking development area with few prey, and there are nets upstream. Crocodiles should not migrate from the reserve and build nests here. He also said that he would report it as soon as possible and let the people in the reserve move the crocodiles and the nest away."
On the sidelines, the program’s security team set up a wildlife protection net by the river in accordance with the plan.
In the field, Jiang Dao's follow-up photographer was diligently carrying the camera, feeling both scared and excited: "Brother Dao! I filmed your heroic performance of fighting off the crocodile and rescuing Brother Lin! Oh my god, you are so handsome!"
Jiangdao: ...
Lin Chu: ...
The cameraman was a little confused again: "But I was quite scared at the time, so the footage must be shaking. Hey, Brother Yuan, I saw you were filming by the river with a GoPro just now. That thing has a gimbal, so it should be able to capture clearer footage, right?"
Yuan Shu's face was still pale. Hearing this, he remembered that his GoPro was still on. He quickly lowered his head to turn it off. After a pause, he clicked on the footage he had just taken to check.
After a moment, his eyes widened, and the excitement on his face slightly dispelled the nervousness: "Oh my god, how did I shoot it so clearly! Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit - this is - amazing! If the production team doesn't use this video I shot, I'm going to make a scene! I'm telling you guys!"
Lin Chu: ...
Jiangdao: ...
Before sunset, the program crew decided to break camp and move a few hundred meters away from the crocodile's nest. They set up camp again and used the large tents prepared for emergencies. All six guests will live together tonight and no longer have to take turns on guard at night - the guard work will naturally be handed over to the security team.
Immediately afterwards, the communications team established contact with the program production and reported the situation there.
In view of the fact that there were no casualties and the situation was under control, the production team decided to carefully shoot the last day as planned and bring this reality show to a perfect end.
I have to say that young people still have big hearts.
That night everyone gathered in a tent, and Zhu Huayun took the initiative to talk about the crocodile scare in the evening with great interest, saying it was too exciting.
Having survived the disaster and having not witnessed any real casualties, Lin Chu, who faced the crocodile directly, gradually became less afraid. Instead, he talked with relish about how shocked he was at the time, even describing the details of seeing the crocodile's huge fangs vividly.
On the contrary, Jiang Dao, seeing that several people were chatting excitedly, turned his gaze away silently without saying a word.
"Hey, Jiang Dao, why don't you say anything?" Yuan Shu called Jiang Dao, "How did you find out where the crocodile was going to come out from? How come you were so accurate that you poked the crocodile back with just one stick! That's amazing!"
Jiang Dao was silent for a moment, then replied in a low voice: "...I just happened to see it."
"Oh my god, they can see this?" Yuan Shu exclaimed, "We were standing right next to it and didn't notice it at all! The crocodile's ability to hide is too strong... Hey Jiang Dao, you have a really good eye!"
Next to him, Zheng Yaojun noticed that Jiang Dao was not in a very good mood, so he raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
"Okay, don't take it too lightly." He said in a serious tone, "Today's incident was too dangerous. If Jiang Dao hadn't reacted quickly, once he was dragged into the water by the crocodile, even if we had a hundred or eighty people, we probably wouldn't have been able to save Lin Chu."
Dr. Zhao also added: "The crocodile's hunting method is called the 'death roll'. Once it bites your leg and drags you under, it will immediately roll rapidly in the water with such force that it can tear your entire leg off your body."
Hearing this, Lin Chu's face turned pale.
Zheng Yaojun added: "Even if you can't pull it off, the crocodile's bite force is very strong. The bitten part is basically certain to be comminuted fracture. Even if you don't die, your leg will definitely be crippled."
Lin Chu: ...
Yuan Shu clapped his hands at this time: "I remember now, Jiang Dao's walking stick! I remember that stick was very thick and hard, but it was completely broken into pieces after being bitten by the crocodile!"
Zhu Huayun's face was filled with lingering fear: "Wow, this is too scary!"
…
The next day, the last day of filming for "Real Wilderness", the guest team moved forward surrounded by security personnel the entire time, with scouts in front and guards behind, and the guests were not allowed to leave the team and run around.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, the group finally walked out of the canyon as planned.
When she saw the RV of the production team parked on the roadside, Zhu Huayun was the first one who couldn't hold back her tears. She ran to the RV, wiping her tears and lying on the RV, sobbing: "Ahhh, I made it out alive! I want to take a bath! I want to take a shower! I want to wash my hair with the fragrant shampoo!"
Yuan Shu followed suit: "Ahhh, I want to play games! Hurry up and connect to the internet for me!"
Lin Chu also shouted: "I want to cut my hair! I'm almost turning into a savage!"
Everyone expressed their excitement about returning to modern society. This time, even Jiang Dao couldn't help himself and shouted to the camera at the finish line with sparkling eyes: "I want to eat junk food! I want to drink milk tea!"
The production crew was amused by these people, and the cameraman cleverly focused the camera on Dr. Zhao and Zheng Yaojun who were following closely behind.
Doctor Zhao cleared his throat and said, "Well, I'll cut my hair too. It's too long."
Zheng Yaojun smiled and said, "I don't want anything. I'll just borrow your camera to say hello to my wife. Don't worry, Eleven and I are back safely."
…
At the same time, the Totoro live broadcast platform has just released the episode video of February 14th.
Three minutes after the video was released, a trending search appeared on Weibo headlines in the blink of an eye:
"#Jiangdao repel crocodiles#"
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