Chapter 15 Chapter 15 Koi
Jiang Yuxia was made nervous by this place, his brain waves were extremely active, and countless ghost stories he had seen or heard came to his mind one after another. In an instant, all the objects in the bathroom began to become scary.
He could only think that Zhou Boye was outside, Zhou Boye was outside, and there was still someone there.
Just then, he heard the wooden door creak, which was the sound of the door opening.
Open the door? Is Zhou Boye gone?
The thought that Zhou Boye might have left made him instantly scared. He just grabbed a piece of clothing and put it on, then ran out as if escaping.
Under the big tree, Zhou Boye was holding a cigarette, the tiny sparks of light were very obvious in the darkness. Jiang Yuxia was about to call him when he saw him lowering his eyes slightly. He couldn't sense what emotion that was, but for some reason he didn't want to disturb him.
It was at this time that Zhou Boye saw him.
Something flashed in his eyes as he looked at him, and Jiang Yuxia tightened his grip on the door, as if he was looking at someone through him.
Is it Youyou?
Jiang Yuxia subconsciously pursed his lips. He always knew that he was a substitute, and Zhou Boye was just temporarily placing his feelings that had nowhere to go on him.
And all I want is money.
Jiang Yuxia took a deep breath before speaking: "Didn't you say you wouldn't leave?"
"I'm not leaving."
When he heard Zhou Boye say this, his voice seemed a little hoarse, probably because of smoking.
Jiang Yuxia looked at him doubtfully, "Really?"
Zhou Boye: "Really."
"Oh well."
Jiang Yuxia returned to the bathroom, listening to the faint sounds outside. This time, his thoughts were no longer filled with ghosts and monsters. Instead, his mind flashed back and forth to those slightly downcast eyes and the faint glow of a cigarette.
He turned the shower on as high as possible, and the water splashed on his face, suppressing many inappropriate thoughts.
Just when he finished washing, he happened to see a hideous scar on his shoulder through the mirror.
Jiang Yuxia leaned sideways, and the scar was completely exposed in front of him. The scar on the snow-white and delicate skin looked like a centipede.
He was a little confused, as this time the injury didn't seem to have injured his shoulder...
This scar looks like an old injury, probably not a recent one, but it's strange that for some reason he doesn't have any memory related to it. Could it be from his childhood?
But when he tried to think about it carefully again, his brain suddenly felt like it was pricked by a needle. The severe pain made his lips turn white, and something flashed by, but he didn't catch it.
He racked his brains for a long time but couldn't come up with anything, so he gave up.
When he came out of the bathroom, he was wearing loose pajamas. He wiped his hair twice with a towel and left it alone.
Zhou Boye: "Come here."
Jiang Yuxia didn't refuse, he walked up to him. Zhou Boye pulled him to sit down, and he curled up in his arms, the water on his hair hurting his innocent heart, soaking Zhou Boye's clothes.
He took the hair dryer to help him blow his hair. The hair dryer was a little noisy, but the temperature of the wind was just right. Jiang Yuxia squinted comfortably.
Suddenly he turned his head towards Zhou Boye's hand and rubbed it like a cat. Zhou Boye was slightly stunned and stroked his face with his fingers.
Jiang Yuxia sniffed again, moved a little further away from his hand, and uttered a word with a hint of disgust: "Stinky."
He had just smoked a cigarette and his fingers were stained with the smell of tobacco.
Zhou Boye smiled. The last time they met in a bar, he didn't know who was in the smoking area, and now he had the nerve to look down on him.
On the other hand, the director team received the news early and turned off all the equipment in the room. They didn't dare to shoot at all at that time.
At night, after the two fell asleep, Zhou Boye wanted to be a gentleman and had already fallen asleep on the sofa, but unexpectedly, someone suddenly squeezed into his arms in the middle of the night.
Jiang Yuxia blinked his eyes, buried her face in his arms and closed her eyes.
Zhou Boye guessed that he must be scared. From time to time, the calls of unknown small animals could be heard from the woods outside, and they were particularly clear in such a quiet place.
He thought for a moment, picked her up, and put her back on the bed. Jiang Yuxia thought he was going to leave, so she quickly opened her eyes and asked, "Don't you want to sleep with me?"
He pursed his lips, "I don't want to sleep alone."
Zhou Boye's eyes changed slightly. Who can withstand this?
He said, "I'm not leaving. I'll go get the quilt."
After getting on the bed, the two lay side by side. Jiang Yuxia still felt it was not enough, so he turned sideways and snuggled into Zhou Boye's arms, put his arms around his waist, and buried his face in his arms. He didn't close his eyes and fell asleep until his whole body was surrounded by the faint woody fragrance.
The incense was like some kind of sleeping pill.
Zhou Boye put his arm around his waist and pulled him closer to him. The temperature difference between day and night in the mountains was significant, so he wrapped the quilt tighter.
Looking at the defenseless person in front of him, Zhou Boye's eyes dimmed slightly. He put his hand on the back of his head and gently pressed his head towards him. He slowly lowered his head and kissed the back of his neck with his lips, slowly deepening the kiss.
When Jiang Yuxia got up the next day, Zhou Boye was gone. If it weren't for the wrinkles left by his body, he would have thought that last night was just a dream.
He stretched and looked at the time. It was only seven o'clock in the morning. What time did Zhou Boye leave?
After washing up, I went to the living room. There was a breakfast on the dining table with a note next to it.
"I have a meeting. I'll go back first. Remember to have breakfast. - Zhou Boye"
Jiang Yuxia opened his breakfast, which was filled with crab roe dumplings, just his favorite. They were still warm to the touch. He bit into one, and the juices burst in his mouth. The delicious taste made him squint. He picked up the note and read it carefully again, muttering softly, "You're so busy, but you still come here."
He had just finished breakfast when Yu Chi came running over, followed by various cameras.
Jiang Yuxia: "..."
He seemed to have known that Zhou Boye had left. After entering the house, he looked around and said, "This place is actually not bad. Although small, it has everything. It's just a little out of the way."
Jiang Yuxia said sincerely, "How about we switch?"
Yu Chi: "...then forget it."
Yu Chi was the one who made the most money yesterday, and he bought the presidential suite for two thousand yuan.
Song Mo was second. Jiang Yuxia didn't know what kind of stall he set up. After paying back the director team, he still had a thousand yuan left, which allowed him to buy an ordinary suite.
Qian Jingjing came in third and got a double room for 300 yuan.
Zhang Zizi worked as a waiter, earning two hundred yuan a day as a temporary worker, and he bought the house with that money.
Originally, Jiang Yuxia was a negative asset. Logically, she only needed to spend one yuan to move into a private house.
But the production team was too tricky. They first asked the guests to write down the price they could offer on paper, and the guests didn't know how much money each of them had in their pockets.
Several people were testing each other. Jiang Yuxia was also a bad guy. When others asked him, he would not tell them how much money he had earned. He just sorted out his bag of money intentionally or unintentionally, and then accidentally dropped it on the ground.
The pink ticket was displayed in front of everyone.
He borrowed 12,000 yuan for goods, and after deducting the losses, he still had more than 10,000 yuan in his bag, along with 100 red notes. The guests didn't know it was the payment for the goods, and when they saw the thick stack of money in his bag, they were stunned.
Yu Chi even asked him, "Jiang Yuxia, did you go robbing? How did you get so much money?"
Jiang Yuxia then said in a rather unconvincing tone, "I didn't make any money."
This is true, but no one believes it.
After he showed off like this, the others stopped asking. No one knew what they had done that day, so they were probably like Jiang Yuxia, with that bag of money. But no one wanted to live alone in that small house in the forest.
When it came time to auction the house, everyone unanimously bet all their earnings that day.
Until the final settlement, when it was found that Jiang and Xia owed 1,600 yuan, they were stunned again, and they were so angry that their teeth were itching.
Jiang Yuxia spread his hands: "I already said that I didn't make any money."
He successfully wiped out everyone's assets.
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Thinking of yesterday, Yu Chi still had a toothache, "You kid, you are a real ghost."
Jiang Yuxia kept his achievements and fame to himself, "Thank you for the compliment."
As he spoke, he tilted his head. Yu Chi happened to look over and his eyes changed instantly when he saw his neck. There was a red mark on the back of his neck, like a bug bite, but the temperature here was relatively low, and it was even colder at night in the mountains, so there was no trace of a bug.
Yu Chi was no novice, and he was almost certain that it was a kiss mark.
Fuck, Zhou Boye, that beast! He actually did this in a room full of cameras!
Yu Chi opened his mouth, about to say something, but swallowed it back when he saw the camera. He couldn't say anything in front of the camera. Fortunately, Jiang Yuxia felt a little cold and went back to her room to put on a sweatshirt. The hood on the back of the sweatshirt covered the mark well.
Directors: "Please gather at the forest cabin, everyone."
Jiang Yuxia and Yu Chi exchanged a glance. They had originally thought they could rest today, but they hadn't expected to have to film. But then again, if they rested, the production crew's material would be very limited.
Because Jiang Yuxia and Yuchi were in the cabin, as soon as they reached the door, the program team notified them several times before the five of them finally met in front of the cabin.
The familiar host came out with the familiar task card, and everyone's eyes changed slightly.
Seeing everyone's defensive looks, the host smiled and said, "Hey, everyone, please stop looking at me like that. It makes me feel very stressed."
Qian Jingjing: "If you feel pressured, don't talk nonsense."
Maybe she was a little tired from setting up the stall yesterday. Qian Jingjing yawned several times while standing there for a while, and looked really sleepy.
Host: "Let me make it clear in advance that none of the tasks were set by me. If you want revenge, remember to go to the director team."
Qian Jingjing: "Director, your host is starting to blame others. Do you have anything to say?"
The camera turned back and gave the shot to the director. The director was a young boy. He suddenly felt a little embarrassed when facing the camera and started to avoid the camera.
So the camera turned back, and the host began to seriously introduce the rules: "Actually, today's task is one of the fixed projects of our program, which is to find food. You have to find your own food for the whole day, including breakfast."
Jiang Yuxia, who had just finished eating, secretly licked his lower lips.
Host: "The program team has hidden food in various places. As long as you find it, it's yours. Viewers who have watched previous programs should be familiar with the rules."
"But this year is a little different. As I said before, this year everyone will be on their own, so the five of you will be five teams. You will enjoy the food you find yourself, and you are not allowed to share."
It would be boring if we had to share. The crew just wanted to see some people eat their fill while others had nothing to eat.
Jiang Yuxia knew about this game. He had seen it in previous episodes, but in previous seasons, everyone worked together to find ingredients, and then took them home to cook.
Yu Chi suddenly raised his hand and asked a question that was crucial to him: "Is what you found an ingredient or food?"
Because he can't cook.
Jiang Yuxia raised his eyebrows. This was not that important to him. He knew how to make soup. Although he had never tasted his own soup, Zhou Boye seemed to like it very much.
Zhou Boye, who was in a meeting at the company, suddenly felt a chill and it took him a while to recover.
The host looked through the task card and found that this matter was not written on it, so he had to seek help from the director team.
Director: "Food, prepared food, and if you're lucky you can find some fruit after the meal."
Yu Chi: "That's good."
Host: "It seems the Movie King can't cook."
After the rules were read out, the host added, "Of course, we won't let you search for clues for nothing. I have a few clue cards here, but you have to pay for them. You can also buy them on credit."
When this was mentioned, everyone looked at Jiang Yuxia, because because of him, everyone's assets were wiped out.
Jiang Yuxia blinked and said, "Don't look at me. I'm not buying it. I have negative assets and can't afford it."
Yu Chi gritted his teeth: "See if I asked you to buy it? Just play dumb."
The host also knew about yesterday's incident and couldn't help laughing, "So no one bought it?"
"It's not that I don't want to buy, it's that I'm short of money and can't afford to buy anything."
Host: "Can't this be bought on credit? Don't say I didn't warn you in advance, the hidden items aren't just food, there are also vouchers, which can be used to auction the house or to offset the interest paid to the director's team."
He fiddled with the clues in his hand and said, "I heard the amount is quite high. The highest is one thousand, and the lowest is two hundred."
Everyone became excited when they heard this. Jiang Yuxia asked, "How much is one clue?"
"Two hundred per ticket."
Yu Chi: "You're selling it like that. Everyone knows that the clue cards for "Deep in the Forest" are the same as if they didn't exist."
Last season, there was a clue called "The House of Gold is in the Book". The guests visited gold shops, bookstores and even schools frantically, but found nothing.
Later, the program team gave the following explanation: The author of this sentence was Song Zhenzong, and the character "Song" has eight strokes, so it was on the Eighth Street. Song Zhenzong's name was Zhao Heng, and the character "Zhao" has nine strokes, so it was downstairs of Building No. 9 on the Eighth Street.
After the program team announced the answer, everyone called it abnormal.
However, this program has the highest ratings because the audience participation is relatively high. They can try to solve the puzzle before the answer is announced, so the program team has retained this project.
Jiang Yuxia doesn't buy it. The clue cards provided by the program team will almost always lead them astray. It's better to look for it blindly by yourself and maybe try your luck.
Several people had similar ideas to Jiang Yuxia, so the host mentioned it several times but no one wanted to buy it. They were about to put the clue cards away, but Song Mo suddenly raised his hand and said, "Brother, I want to buy it."
Host: "Wow, I finally got my first customer. How many tickets do you want to buy?"
Song Mo glanced at the cards in his hand and said, "I'll buy them all."
The host was stunned, and not only the host, but everyone looked at him.
"I have ten clues. If you buy all of them, the assets will be negative two thousand. Are you... sure?"
Song Mo's eyes flashed, "I'm sure."
Jiang Yuxia was a little surprised. If he bought all of them, he would have no time to solve the puzzles, not to mention that the clue cards of this program team were so difficult.
Yu Chi and Qian Jingjing glanced at Song Mo, chuckled softly and said nothing.
Host: "Okay, I'll give you ten clue cards and a credit of 2,000."
Song Mo took the clue card and said, "Okay, thank you brother."
He is not very old and debuted relatively late, so most people call him brother when they meet him.
Director: "Okay, let's all get in the car and head to our next destination."
Considering that there are too many mountains around here and it might be unsafe for the guests to search, the shooting location was moved to the city.
Once they arrived at the place, the five men split into five groups.
Except Song Mo.
Song Mo found a table and placed the cards on the table one by one.
"When I left, the willows were swaying. Now I come back, it's raining and snowing."
Song Mo: "...Is it where the willow trees grow?"
He picked up another one and said, "The deer is calling, eating wild wormwood."
"Deer? A zoo?" He ruffled his hair. "Ah, I was careless. It really lives up to its reputation. This is too difficult."
He said to the camera: "Never mind, let's go to the zoo first."
He collected all ten cards and ran to the zoo.
With his back to the camera, Song Mo frowned slightly. The most important thing for variety shows is to have some jokes and excitement in order to get shots. When he came to this show, he didn't know that Yu Chi would be there. Yu Chi's status and popularity were there, and he definitely couldn't compete with him for the shots. If he couldn't compete with him, he had to compete with others.
Yesterday, Jiang Yuxia, who was ranked last, definitely received more attention than him. In the past two days, he has been following the program crew's procedures and his performance was very ordinary. Maybe there was no topic except for the first day when he wore the same clothes.
Since there wasn't a lot of buzz around him, he had to create one. He bought ten cards in one go, figuring he'd be able to crack one, but all he saw were pages from the Book of Songs. He couldn't even read them, let alone solve them. His phone was confiscated by the production crew, leaving him unable to seek help outside the venue.
But it doesn't matter. Even if he can't find a single card, there will be a topic about him buying ten cards but not being able to crack any of them. As long as there is a topic, it's fine.
Until evening.
Jiang Yuxia was the second one to come back, Yu Chi arrived before him.
"Xia Xia, you're back?" Yu Chi smiled brightly. It seemed like he had made quite a profit. Sure enough, he pulled out two cards from his pocket the next moment. "Look what these are? Hey, I found two."
In fact, two photos are already a lot. Since the program started, the most photos found are only three.
Jiang Yuxia: "Congratulations."
Yu Chi glanced at his empty hands and said, "You didn't find any."
"But that's normal. Finding this is quite a bit of luck."
Before Jiang Yuxia could say anything, Qian Jingjing and the other three came back. He moved his lips but swallowed his words.
Qian Jingjing saw the two cards in Yu Chi's hand and immediately exclaimed, "Your luck is too good! Too much!!!"
Zhang Zizi glanced at Yu Chi, then at Song Mo, thinking that he should be able to find something with his ten clue cards, so he asked, "Song Mo, how many did you find?"
Song Mo's body stiffened when he heard this. His face was sunburned red and the clue card in his hand was wrinkled.
He definitely ran the most places today, running madly following the scenery on the clue cards along the way, but as you can see, he found nothing.
He paused, then forced a smile and said, "I didn't find it. Brother Yu is really amazing."
Zhang Zizi was startled, feeling like he had walked into a trap, and quickly said, "I didn't find it either. The production team hid it really well."
For some unknown reason, she suddenly pointed the gun at Jiang Yuxia and asked, "Hasn't Xia Xia been found either?"
Song Mo also glanced at him when he heard this, and was slightly relieved when he saw that he had no card in his hand.
Jiang Yuxia was a little confused. Zhang Zizi seemed to be targeting him. Was it to please Song Mo? But why would he go against him if he wanted to please Song Mo?
Just because they wore the same clothes that day?
Jiang Yuxia thought it was quite funny.
The smile on Yu Chi's lips faded slightly, and before he could support him, he heard Jiang Yuxia laugh and say, "Who said I didn't find it?"
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