Using the tree branch as leverage, Zheng Tianming gripped his military knife tightly in his right hand. The moment he landed, he flashed and forcefully pulled Shen Yunxi out, throwing her aside. The giant snake, not to be outdone, quickly coiled itself around him.
He slowly took two steps back, his eyes fixed on the front. The trees rustled in the wind; it was getting windy, and it would rain soon.
Suddenly, the giant snake opened its mouth and lunged at Zheng Tianming. He dodged again, and with lightning speed, he stabbed the snake's head with his military knife.
The snake writhed, and Zheng Tianming knew it was trying to escape. He quickly grabbed a tree branch, slammed his body down, and plunged his military knife into the snake's head...
Zheng Tianming wiped the sweat from his forehead; his clothes were soaked with cold sweat and clung tightly to his body. He went over to check on Shen Yunxi's condition.
He placed his bloodied fingers on her carotid artery, then picked her up. She was still breathing; whether she would live or die was up to fate.
Xu Mengyu lay in bed, afraid to sleep, but her head grew heavier and heavier. She seemed to hear a series of footsteps. She turned her head and looked, and sure enough, she was hallucinating.
She saw her father.
Xu Sichen stood in front of the wooden house. The moment he saw Xu Mengyu, his blood seemed to run cold. He quickly walked over and picked her up from the bed.
"Xiaoyu".
Whether from anger or heartache, Xu Sichen's eyes immediately reddened, and he staggered, almost losing the strength to hold his daughter.
"Dad..." Xu Mengyu whispered to Xu Sichen, her voice hoarse, sounding completely unlike her usual self: "I've finally... waited for... you."
Just then, Zheng Tianming rushed back from outside, covered in blood and holding a person who looked like a blood gourd in his arms: "Uncle Xu!" His tone was filled with surprise.
There's hope for Mengyu!
Xu Sichen glanced at it, then looked away and walked outside.
Zheng Tianming handed Shen Yunxi, who was in his arms, to the bodyguard beside him, and then quickly followed after him: "Uncle Xu, I'm sorry, I didn't protect Mengyu well."
Upon hearing Zheng Tianming's voice, Xu Mengyu buried her face in Xu Sichen's chest. They were leaving, which meant they would never cross paths again, and that was for the best...
“Uncle Xu, I’m here…” Zheng Tianming said, taking two quick steps to stand in front of Xu Sichen.
Xu Sichen's eyes were cold and indifferent: "Why weren't you here just now?" After saying that, he quickly walked forward: "Don't block my way."
Zheng Tianming chose not to explain, and he chose a path that could not be clearly explained.
Xu Sichen frowned. Zheng Tianming had grown up under his watchful eye. He only felt at ease letting Xu Mengyu participate in the wilderness survival competition after seeing his name on the list. Before leaving, he had instructed him to take good care of Mengyu.
He agreed.
As darkness fell and the road became difficult to navigate, Xu Mengyu opened her eyes and whispered, "Dad, let's find someone else..."
Zheng Tianming reached out his hand again; this might be the last time he would hug the young lady.
"I don't trust anyone, and I can carry you no matter how far away you are." After saying that, Xu Sichen stepped on a fallen dead branch, making a crisp sound.
After boarding the ship, Xu Sichen's forehead was covered in a thin layer of sweat. When he saw the wound on Xu Mengyu's foot, his heart skipped a beat.
Zheng Tianming knelt on the deck, his large hand gently holding Xu Mengyu's ankle as he cleaned the pus and blood from her foot...
Xu Mengyu's teeth were chattering from the pain, but she didn't utter a sound.
On the shore, Li Mirui leaned against the car with her arms crossed, her index finger tapping lightly on her arm.
Chen Han knelt on the ground, dripping wet: "Sister-in-law, please save me. I really didn't mean it. I really didn't know that little bitch Shen Yunxi would dare to lay a hand on Mengyu."
“I want to save you too, but you want to kill my husband…” Li Mirui said, raising her hand: “Throw him in, but don’t let him die.”
Chen Han struggled: "Sister-in-law, I have a secret to tell you. Please, please, let me go, let me go."
"When you were young, you introduced a few actresses to Lao Xu, wasn't that it?" Li Mirui said, glancing at him. "What are you waiting for?"
"Thump--"
Chen Han was thrown into the sea again. Two bodyguards held ropes, and once he sank to the bottom, they were responsible for pulling him up and then throwing him back down.
Twenty minutes later, Li Mirui heard a car horn...
She hurried over. Xu Mengyu had been experiencing menstrual cramps after giving birth to Xiaolu. She had consulted both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine doctors and had been taking treatment.
Xu Sichen carried Xu Mengyu off the boat, with Zheng Tianming following behind. He tried to hug her but was refused again.
Li Milui stepped forward and froze for a moment.
Xu Mengyu felt a flush on her face, and she struggled to open her eyes: "Mom..."
"What happened?" Li Miru turned to Zheng Tianming, who was standing to the side, and said excitedly, "Speak, tell me! What happened!" How could her dream talk have turned into this!
"Auntie, I'm sorry, I didn't take good care of Mengyu." Zheng Tianming lowered his head.
Li Mirui grabbed Zheng Tianming by the collar: "I'm asking you a question, answer me!"
Zheng Tianming bent down, his voice hoarse: "I'm sorry."
"Wife, take Mengyu to the hospital first." Xu Sichen said, then turned his head and glanced at her. He frowned. How come she's still not dead?
After getting on the bus, Li Mirui held Xu Mengyu's hand. Her hands were covered in scars, her face was pale, her feet were wrapped in gauze, and she smelled of blood.
Zheng Tianming shamelessly got into the passenger seat.
He Kai was helped into the car by bodyguards. He had just glanced at Shen Yunxi, who was bitten beyond recognition and covered in blood. He wanted to go and be with her, but he didn't have the strength.
She was in a bad mood and wanted to go for a walk by the sea, but it was all his fault for being incompetent and unable to save her.
But no matter what happens to her, as long as she's alive and willing to be with him, he will definitely marry her...
Upon arriving at the hospital, Xu Mengyu was wheeled in for examination, while Shen Yunxi was taken to the emergency room.
Zheng Tianming recounted the events to Xu Sichen: "That director surnamed Chen was a complete liar, and then there was that actress surnamed Shen. If it weren't for her, it wouldn't have been difficult for us to hold out until the rescue arrived."
Whether it's a pack of wolves or a giant snake, if it weren't for Shen Yunxi, they could easily have held out for ten or fifteen days.
If Shen Yunxi hadn't deliberately caused trouble for Xu Mengyu from the beginning, hadn't taken advantage of her weakness to kill her, and hadn't harbored malicious intentions to burn the ship, none of this danger would have occurred.
Zheng Tianming had experience in capturing people across tropical rainforests. If it weren't for that, he would have been eliminated long ago. Another veteran was selected with him, but for some reason, He Kai ended up being chosen instead.
Just then, Xu Sichen's phone rang. He answered the video call, and on the other end was another man in a suit, only this one was rather thin.
Xu Sichen leaned back in his chair and greeted him, "Old Zheng, how's the investigation going?"
Zheng Tianming's father, Zheng Lin, held a stack of investigation materials in his hand: "To make a long story short, Chen Han heard from someone that there was an abandoned island in Buli Bay. He spent five million to hire people to clean up the island and arranged for a film crew to enter. Producer Li Mao took the money and embezzled more than three million."
Xu Sichen listened attentively.
Zheng Lin flipped through the documents in his hand: "Producer Li Mao lost tens of millions in venture capital last year and also borrowed money at high interest rates. He urgently needs this money, so he told Chen Han that everything is ready and that he can rest assured."
Zheng Tianming leaned closer to the video, glanced at it, and asked, "No, according to what you're saying, when I encountered the wolf pack, that guy surnamed Chen should have realized what was happening."
Zheng Lin glanced at Zheng Tianming in the video, his expression somewhat disdainful: "After the live stream started, he earned hundreds of millions in just a few days. Li Mao advised him to stop, but that was precisely when live streaming was making money..."
Xu Sichen pursed his lips.
Zheng Lin closed the file: "In less than thirty days of live streaming, the number of online viewers reached tens of millions every day, and the amount of money earned from tips was close to 4 billion. Mengyu and the others signed a contract. If an accident occurs during the recording of the program, the legal process will at most result in a few million in compensation, or even less. After all, Chen Han can push the responsibility onto Li Mao."
For a movie that grossed 5 billion, Chen Han would earn at most 80 or 90 million. 4 billion is a crazy number, not even counting the money he received privately.
Just as Xu Sichen was about to hang up the video call, Zheng Lin shouted, "Tianming, you stay there and take good care of Mengyu, Bai Chang..." Before he could finish speaking, the video call was disconnected.
Zheng Tianming lowered his head. What did he say? As long as he left the deserted island, he would only be bullied.
"Go back." Li Mirui wiped her red eyes. "Mengyu is a female celebrity. It's not appropriate for you to get too close to her."
Xu Sichen gently patted Li Mirui: "Don't cry. Mengyu will be upset if she sees you like this when she comes out."
"Don't talk to me. Don't you know why you agreed to Chen Han's request?" Li Mirui retorted to Xu Sichen. Did she really think she didn't know?
Zheng Tianming silently stepped aside: "..."
After Xu Mengyu was wheeled out, she went directly into the intensive care unit for further observation. Li Mirui and Zheng Tianming were really worried, so they went with her.
He Kai was alright; he recovered quickly from the poisoning and was transferred to a regular ward after the examination. Shen Yunxi, on the other hand, was in critical condition. Even if she survived, it would be questionable whether she could even get up, let alone become a star.
After Chen Han was brought in, he completely broke down. He knelt on the ground and looked at Xu Sichen: "Just kill me." It would be better to give him a quick death.
Xu Sichen crossed his legs: "You're really bold."
"I was hoping for the best, after all, Zheng Tianming could even drive away a pack of wolves. I never expected that idiot Shen Yunxi would actually try to kill Mengyu..." She was shivering from the cold and hadn't recovered yet.
Originally, he didn't plan to bring Shen Yunxi; Xu Mengyu alone, along with Zheng Tianming and a veteran, would have been enough. But later, the producer said that it wouldn't create good program effects...
Shen Yunxi came to me on her own initiative. She said she wanted to prove herself and was willing to forgo the pay, but the broadcast results had to be favorable to her.
The live stream ended after Shen Yunxi entered the cabin, and now the entire internet is waiting for a response. He not only has to refund the advertising fees, but also pay a hefty penalty for breach of contract.
"I'll return all the money earned from the live stream. As for the online criticism, I'm sure you have a way to handle it. Also, I want all the videos of that guy surnamed Chen." Xu Sichen finished speaking and gently patted Chen Han's shoulder: "We'll meet again someday."
His wife doesn't want him to get his hands dirty, so she'll take it slow. If she can't beat him to a pulp, then he's no good...
Xu Mengyu stayed in the intensive care unit for more than ten days before being released. When Zheng Tianming was tired, he would sleep on the bench for a while, and when he was hungry, he would eat some fast food to fill his stomach.
Inside the ward, two girls held Xu Mengyu, crying with tears streaming down their faces.
"Alright, alright, I'm fine now, don't cry, sweetie." Xu Mengyu patted Bai Miaomiao on the left and then patted Zheng Wanwan on the right.
Bai Miaomiao is one of Xu Mengyu's best friends. She has a weak heart and lungs, and she gets breathless after crying for a while: "You, you still lied to me, telling me to sleep, to sleep with handsome men, what's so good about sleeping with chocolate beans, sob sob..."
Zheng Tianming put down his newspaper and looked up: "..."
"You even went to participate in some wilderness survival competition just to sleep with him. What's so great about sleeping with all that muscle and dark skin?" Zheng Wanwan finished speaking and threw herself onto Xu Mengyu, crying like a baby.
Zheng Tianming stood up and walked to the bedside, reaching out to pinch Zheng Wanwan's nape: "How come I remember that I'm your biological brother?"
Xu Mengyu lowered her head. When she participated in the wilderness survival competition, Chen Han told her that there was a very handsome man who matched her aesthetic.
Of course! How could her ex-boyfriend not fit her aesthetic standards...?
Before she left, she joked in the group chat, "Sisters, I'm going to disappear for a month to sleep with handsome men." But now the two of them misunderstood and thought she was going to sleep with Zheng Tianming.
Spare her.
"Wanwan, Zheng Tianming slapped me." Xu Mengyu turned her head after saying that, tears welling up in her eyes. Her lips, which had just regained their color, were pursed together and moved slightly downwards, making her look like she wanted to cry but dared not.
Zheng Tianming raised an eyebrow: "Don't listen to her nonsense."
When did he slap her?
"Look, that's how fierce he is to me. I don't even dare to breathe..." Xu Mengyu said, large tears falling down her face. She quickly wiped them away and looked at Zheng Tianming fearfully: "I'm not crying, you can't hit me."
"Oh my god..." Zheng Wanwan, who never swears and has a gentle and quiet personality, couldn't help but swear at this moment.
Zheng Tianming pointed at Xu Mengyu's nose, regretting that he should have bullied her more severely on the island: "Stop messing around..."
Zheng Wanwan pinched Zheng Tianming's ear hard: "What, you dare to hit me? You're such a big guy, how dare you bully Mengyu?"
Zheng Tianming was bent over with his head tilted to the side.
Bai Miaomiao hugged Xu Mengyu and gently rubbed her cheek: "It's okay, don't be sad anymore. Later, tie him up, and you can whip him with a little leather whip..."
As the group was joking around, Xu Mengyu's phone, which was placed beside the bed, rang. The contact was "xL." She quickly answered the phone: "Hello, baby..."
Xu Lu sat in front of the French windows. The call connected, and he was overjoyed: "My dear fairy, Lu Lu misses you."
His mother's job was very special, and he couldn't reveal their relationship. He had been unable to get through to her by phone before, but he finally did today. He sat in his chair, swinging his legs, and was overjoyed.
Xu Mengyu glanced at the three people in the ward and whispered, "I miss you so much too, but I'm a bit busy right now. How about we text each other?"
Xu Lu hummed twice: "Goodbye, Fairy."
Bai Miaomiao and Zheng Wanwan were both stunned. What was going on?
Zheng Tianming straightened up and saw Xu Mengyu smiling happily, which he found irritating...
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