Chapter 91 Chapter 91 We can only pin our hopes on Lu Xubai…
Chu Ruofu was kissed by him repeatedly, her dry lips becoming moist and tender.
Li Yichen held her in his arms, unable to get enough of kissing her. Once they left this dense forest, he would lose the chance to be alone with her intimately. Here, he was like a man possessed, kissing her relentlessly.
Inside the private tent, their breathing was ragged. Li Yichen was panting slightly, his warm breath spraying over her, carrying the alluring fragrance of violets, which seemed to entwine around her like vines.
Chu Ruofu was so overwhelmed by the kiss that she could hardly breathe. Her lips parted slightly, and her eyes were brimming with tears.
"You're so adorable," Li Yichen murmured involuntarily, gently biting her lip. "Can I join you?"
"What?" Chu Ruofu's eyes were filled with confusion.
Li Yichen chuckled softly: "Did I kiss you so hard you went mad?"
He rubbed the tip of his high nose against her burning cheek, his deep, melodious voice carrying a seductive undertone: "Let me join you, and become your lover."
Since I can't get a position openly, I have to fight for it privately and then figure out a way to eliminate others later.
Chu Ruofu came to her senses, a look of astonishment flashing in her eyes. She thought Li Yichen was talking nonsense, but it turned out he was serious.
It's one thing for Shen Wuyang to willingly debase herself and abandon her dignity, but for Li Yichen, a dignified movie star, to absurdly allow her to be his secret lover, she must be having a bizarre dream.
"Am I worse than Shen Wuyang?" Li Yichen's handsome face was grim as he looked down at her and said, "Don't I even qualify to be your mistress?"
Chu Ruofu didn't dare to utter a sound. Even if he were to join, he would only be Xiao Si. She turned her face away, adopting an attitude of avoidance.
Li Yichen pinched her chin and turned her face back, saying, "I will keep bothering you until you are willing."
Chu Nufu: "..."
There was a moment of silence.
Chu Ruofu asked, "Don't you have any shame?"
She didn't mean to question or scold him; she just couldn't understand how he could convince himself to interfere in someone else's relationship and relentlessly pursue her, abandoning all dignity.
What is shame? Li Yichen doesn't need it. He understood from a young age that if you want something, you should get it, even if it means using schemes and underhanded methods, as long as you can get it.
The law of the jungle is the rule of this world.
"I can give up anything for you," Li Yichen said tenderly. "Shame can't buy your love for me."
He lowered his head and began to kiss her again, pleading in a coquettish tone, "Fu-mei, have pity on me, give me just a little bit of your love, and I'll make you happy, really."
Chu Ruofu was at her wit's end with him, so she closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep. Exhausted from a whole day, she successfully fell asleep amidst Li Yichen's kisses.
As Li Yichen was passionately kissing Chu Ruofu, he noticed that she had closed her eyes and fallen asleep. Helpless, he stopped, helped her with her sleeping bag, put on his own sleeping bag, snuggled close to her, and fell asleep to the crackling sound of the fire.
The drone broadcast the guests' movements in real time.
After Chu Ruofu and Li Yichen stopped to rest and set up camp, they went to sleep. Xia Yuqing and Shen Wuyang found a clean place to pitch their tents and rest around the same time.
Inside the tent.
Xia Yuqing used something to create a boundary between Chu and Han, saying, "You sleep here, I'll sleep here."
Shen Wuyang pursed his lips and nodded.
The night wind outside was chilly, and not wanting to catch a cold, I could only rest in the tent. Fortunately, the production team provided two sleeping bags to separate the guests.
Xia Yuqing left right after recording this episode. She wasn't in the mood to create any romantic atmosphere or chat to get screen time. She put on her sleeping bag, lay down, and fell asleep while counting sheep.
Shen Wuyang leaned against the edge of the tent, not getting into his sleeping bag, his mind deep in thought.
The production team planned a wilderness survival route for the guests. The route was not 100% safe, so the production team prepared drones for real-time monitoring and helicopter rescue.
He was worried about Chu Ruofu's safety.
The thought of Chu Ruofu and Li Yichen surviving in the wilderness together and sleeping in the same tent tonight filled him with jealousy.
He trusted Chu Ruofu, but not Li Yichen, that cunning fox. He was very sly and often seduced women with his handsome face.
The night was unbearable, and Shen Wuyang sat alone in the corner of the tent, feeling gloomy.
On the other side.
Gu Junsheng declined Qiao Yimo's help and quickly set up the tent. When Qiao Yimo saw that he had put the sleeping mat in and then only tossed a sleeping bag in, the smile on her lips faded slightly.
Aren't you sleeping in a tent tonight?
Gu Junsheng's cool and aloof expression remained unchanged as he said, "I'll sleep outside."
Qiao Yimo felt a little annoyed when she saw how he avoided her like the plague. She softened her voice and said, "Mr. Gu, you're too much of a gentleman. It's cold outside tonight. Why don't you go into the tent to sleep? There are two sleeping bags. I'm fine."
Gu Junsheng said coldly, "No need, you go inside to sleep, I'll keep watch outside."
Qiao Yimo walked up to him reluctantly and asked, "Is it because of Chu Ruofu? Does she not allow you to get close to other female guests?"
The guests haven't confessed their feelings to each other yet and are still in the ambiguous stage. Neither the female nor the male guests can stop the other from changing their mind.
Gu Junsheng's handsome face remained expressionless as he calmly said, "She didn't say that. I want to keep my distance from the opposite sex because I don't want to make her unhappy or insecure."
Qiao Yimo stared at Gu Junsheng for a while, suppressing her displeasure.
Her agent and the production team discussed the dating show script, instructing the male guests to send her messages of affection as arranged by the production team, and she was willing to date the male guests for a win-win situation of publicity.
As a result, over the course of several episodes, not a single male guest was willing to accept the show's script, preferring to forgo popularity in order to continue liking Chu Ruofu.
She was unwilling to admit that she was inferior to Chu Ruofu and lacked charm, so her attitude was somewhat aggressive.
"You initially sent me your 'heart-fluttering' text message. Was it because I was completely focused on Li Yichen at the time, and you were unhappy and changed your mind?"
Gu Junsheng has almost never done anything he regrets. When he first came to the dating reality show, he sent his heart-fluttering text message to Qiao Yimo.
He shouldn't have gone against his conscience for personal gain. In fact, when he first saw Chu Ruofu, he wanted to talk to her and sit next to her. However, when they first met, Chu Ruofu's eyes darted around, and she seemed unwilling to communicate with him, so he didn't greet her.
Gu Junsheng succinctly told Qiao Yimo that he initially wanted to take advantage of her fame as a movie queen, so he sent her the text message that made him fall in love with her.
Qiao Yimo suppressed her excitement and persuaded, "President Gu, I think we are a good match in every way. Why don't you give it a try? Maybe I'm more suitable for you than her."
Since being exposed for cyberbullying, Qiao Yimo has stopped carefully pretending and occasionally reveals her true personality in an effort to maintain her strong, independent female lead persona.
Men were merely tools for her to climb the social ladder; her eyes were filled with ambition, and she would stop at nothing to rise to the top.
Gu Junsheng's eyes remained unmoved, his voice cold: "Ruofu taught me that feelings cannot be measured by interests. There is absolutely no possibility between us, Miss Qiao. It's getting late, you should go and rest. I will wake you up tomorrow to continue our journey."
Seeing Gu Junsheng's aloof and unyielding attitude, Qiao Yimo bit her lip hard, reluctantly went into the tent, and slammed the zipper shut.
Feelings cannot be measured by interests. It's laughable that a CEO worth hundreds of billions is dreaming of fairy tales.
Song Yi and Lu Xubai stopped occasionally to rest after setting off. While the other teams were sleeping at night, the two rested for a while before continuing their journey.
This wilderness survival challenge was a challenge for Song Yi. She had occasionally gone hiking with her friends before and was very experienced. She kept up with Lu Xubai on the way.
Using flashlights late at night, the two trekked through the dense forest for a day and a night. The next day, they reached their destination within the time limit set by the program team and won the mission.
Guests who arrive early can return to the castle to rest.
After returning to the castle to take a bath, Lu Xubai and Song Yi enjoyed the food provided by the production team while watching the live streams of other teams.
The other three teams woke up at dawn and embarked on their journey to survive. Xia Yuqing and Shen Wuyang were the fastest, while Gu Junsheng and Qiao Yimo were halfway there. Qiao Yimo developed blisters on her feet and asked to stop and rest from time to time.
Chu Ruofu and Li Yichen walked through the dense forest, occasionally appearing in the camera's view, and seemed to be in pretty good condition.
Around four or five in the afternoon, Xia Yuqing and Shen Wuyang finally arrived at their destination. At seven in the evening, Gu Junsheng and Qiao Yimo returned to the castle.
Li Yichen and Chu Ruofu have not returned yet, and the two have not appeared in the live broadcast room for a long time.
Lu Xubai immediately contacted the production team and asked the director to review all the surveillance footage to find the last place the two were seen. Drones were used to search for the source of their heat from the air.
"How could this be..." The director was completely baffled.
Lu Xubai glanced out the window and said, "It's raining. The magnetic field in the mountains and forests will interfere with the drone's search. Arrange for someone to take me to the starting point immediately, and I'll go find them."
"No!" the director immediately stopped him. "I'll have the rescue experts go by helicopter."
Lu Xubai's voice was cold and stern: "I'm not discussing this with you. Every minute that's delayed increases their danger. The fog and rain at night will reduce visibility. Have the rescue experts split into two teams: one to depart from the destination, and the other to go by helicopter for the search and rescue."
This was the first time Lu Xubai had revealed his imposing and oppressive aura, which was quite frightening, and the director had no choice but to accept his arrangement.
Lu Xubai quickly put on his professional wilderness survival gear, got into the program crew's car, and arrived at the starting point.
The guests staying in the castle knew that staying put was the best help they could give. Xia Yuqing and Song Yi sat together, keeping a close eye on the live monitor.
Gu Junsheng lowered his eyes slightly, almost crushing his phone. Stranded on a deserted island, he was powerless to do anything but pin his hopes on Lu Xubai.
Shen Wuyang prayed silently, willing to shorten his lifespan if only Heaven would allow Chu Ruofu to return safely.
Lu Xubai appeared in the live stream. He followed the path that Chu Ruofu and Li Yichen had taken yesterday, moving quickly with the speed of a black panther darting through the forest.
The guests had walked for most of the day, but he arrived at the place where Chu Ruofu and Li Yichen had started a fire and set up camp in only one-fifth of the time.
The two did not go missing here. This morning, around 11:00 AM, they left at a marked location and have not appeared in the camera's view since.
Lu Xubai slowed down, examining the subtle traces left behind as he walked.
Visibility was low at night, so he crouched down and turned over the rotten, damp leaves. He saw the footprints of animals and people, examined them carefully, and searched for them.
The bright flashlight shone through the dense forest. After walking for about a kilometer, the footsteps became disordered and disappeared.
Lu Xubai realized that this was where Chu Ruofu and Li Yichen had their accident.
"Chu Ruofu!" he kept calling her name.
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