Chapter 36: As if nothing happened, doesn’t he like me?
Everyone was confused. Why was Wang Ren so friendly to Wei Wei? Weren't the injuries on his body caused by Wei Wei? Why wasn't Wang Ren angry at all?
Wang Ren's eyes lingered on Wei Wei, but there was no offensiveness in his eyes. It looked like pure concern.
Wei Wei did not respond to him, but Wang Ren did not pursue him either.
It looks okay, Wang Ren thought.
We waited for nearly two hours before the next group of people arrived.
But everyone was so tired that they were out of breath. I guess we have to delay for a while longer to let them rest enough before we can leave.
"Or... you should just quit." Wang Daodao helped Chen Nan sit down and advised gently, "There's still a week until the next program team drops supplies. Your injury can't wait that long."
"Impossible." Chen Nan was very stubborn. "I won't quit just like that. I can still hold on."
Wang Daodao also reminded him indirectly along the way that his leg injury would most likely cause other adverse reactions and the consequences would be very serious, but Chen Nan insisted.
But he insisted on his own insistence and insisted on relying on him.
The two of them secretly suppressed the subtle displeasure in their hearts, and turned their bodies to the side, obviously alienating each other.
More than ten minutes later, Wang Ren and his companions set off first, and Zhao Guanjun also hurriedly gathered everyone to follow.
To cross this mountain stream, you have to jump over it by relying on the vines of the century-old trees next to it. However, some people have weak psychological endurance and are afraid of heights. Let alone pulling the vines to jump over, just getting close to it requires a long time of mental preparation.
Zhang Longtong hugged Wei Wei's arm with a pale face, and his legs went weak before he even got close.
"Brother Wei, I can't do this." Zhang Longtong felt dizzy just thinking about it. "No, I feel so dizzy..."
At this moment, Zhang Longtong looked even more fragile than Niu Xixi. He held Wei Wei tightly but could not stand steadily. The big monkey supported him on the side and he was almost dragged away on his knees.
"Zhang Longtong, if you can show some courage, just close your eyes, grab the vines and you'll be gone."
Zhang Longtong's face was covered in sweat. The big monkey spoke easily. He was not afraid of heights, so of course he could not understand this kind of fear.
The big monkey couldn't drag him anymore and simply let go. Zhang Longtong lay on the ground, crying out in grievance, "Brother Wei..."
"Okay, I'll take you there."
Zhang Longtong hugged Wei Wei's legs and knelt up, leaning against Wei Wei's legs pitifully, "Thank you, Brother Wei."
"Zhang Longtong, you just act pitiful to coax Brother Wei to help you. You really want to be Brother Wei's leg pendant." Ruan Mengmeng stepped forward and joked.
Zhang Longtong's eyes were red, but he felt at ease leaning against Wei Wei's thighs: "Don't laugh at me, I really can't overcome the problem of climbing heights. Without Brother Wei, I would rather die here."
Ruan Mengmeng made a face of disgust: "Hey, look at you being so useless."
[It's shameful, but please, Master Wei, keep us alive.]
[Wei Wei is truly the stabilizing force. Zhang Langtong is visibly shaking like a sieve. He feels much more at ease hugging Wei Wei’s thigh.]
Wei Wei's body is really strong, he never seems to get tired.
Wei Wei is such a kind person. I don't think I would have that much patience for people who are not even related to me.
The people in the front pulled the hanging vines to test their strength. It seemed to be firm, but it was hanging too high in the air and they were not sure if it could support the weight of an adult.
The old ghost pushed Li Xiaohuan and said in a fierce and aggressive voice, "You, go over first."
Li Xiaohuan was obviously a little confused. The old ghost actually asked him to be the first to lead the way. How could he dare to try it? What if the vine he was holding on to was not firm and he fell down?
"Hurry up, don't dawdle." The old ghost pushed him impatiently.
Li Xiaohuan was not as arrogant to Laogui and the others as he was to Zhou Youlan and the others, and he did not dare to vent his anger.
He grabbed the vine, gritted his teeth and struggled to jump over. The estimated distance was about two meters, but he was light and nimble, so he jumped over in one leap and barely stood firm by holding onto a branch.
As he jumped over, the old ghost looked carefully above and found that the vine was very strong.
"Brother, you go first."
Wang Ren waved his hand to let Ah Hu pass first. He looked back at Wei Wei, ignoring the others. His sharp gaze pierced through the crowd and landed on Wei Wei, the last one standing. "You go first, and I'll cover your rear?"
Everyone could tell that Wang Ren was asking about Wei Wei. Wang Ren never showed up, but he was hard to ignore. He didn't care about anyone, but he paid special attention to Wei Wei.
But it was obvious that Wei Wei didn't want to pay attention to him.
Kang Xiang stepped forward and grabbed another vine, tried his strength and jumped over. Seeing that he could pass, Zhou Youlan let a few girls go first, and Kang Xiang would catch them there while he saw them off.
For some who didn't make it in one try, Zhou Youguan helped push them forward.
Wei Wei pulled Zhang Longtong up and helped him forward. Niu Xixi was originally following Wei Wei, but was pushed to the front.
"What are you pushing for?" The old ghost saw Niu Xixi hiding from something and said, "You look so panicked. You are anxious, right? If you are anxious, come first."
"I didn't push, I..." Niu Xixi stepped on a stone and fell at Lao Gui's feet. He cried out in pain, as pampered as always.
The old ghost kicked him in disgust and urged, "Hurry up, don't you like to squeeze? Come on, you go first."
Lao Gui pulled Niu Xixi up and forced him to hold onto the vines. He had a playful smirk on his face: "You're in a hurry, so I'll let you go first. We are both people who know how to yield."
Before Niu Xixi could speak, and without caring whether he pulled firmly or not, Lao Gui pushed him out.
Niu Xixi didn't hold on firmly, and when she was pushed out, she fell down and almost fell to the bottom of the mountain.
His scream of fear was shrill and sharp, followed by a cry for help.
Everyone was startled and rushed over to steady Niu Xixi, who was hanging and shaking below.
Zhou Youlan was furious: "What are you doing!"
The old ghost spread his hands with an innocent look on his face: "What did I do? I was just being polite to him. He was anxious so I let him go. He was the one who couldn't hold on firmly."
Everyone knows that he is a scoundrel, but bullying people like this again and again is really too much.
Everyone pulled Niu Xixi up. Niu Xixi was shaking with fear. Hu Lu tried to comfort him, but she was so angry that she pointed at Lao Gui and cursed, "Are you crazy? We're suing you for murder! You lunatic, shameless, and psychopath!"
Zhou Youguan suddenly grabbed the old ghost by the collar and pushed him to the edge of the cliff. "How many times have I warned you?"
Wang Ren saw that the old ghost was suppressed and wanted to attack, but Wei Wei slapped him on the back. Wang Ren leaned forward and grabbed the vines and jumped to the other side.
As soon as he stood firm, Wang Ren felt as if his internal organs were hit by something heavy, but the collision was only a brief moment. After the shock, he slowly split from the inside out. The subsequent pain made him unable to stand steadily. A fishy and sweet taste surged in his throat and he knelt down on one knee.
He slowly turned around and saw Wei Wei with one hand behind his back, his eyes as calm as water, as if nothing had happened.
It's strange, it was clearly Wei Wei who hit him.
A Hu noticed that something was wrong with Wang Ren. He helped Wang Ren up and vaguely saw blood on the inside of Wang Ren's lips.
Wang Ren tried his best to suppress the blood in his throat: "Old ghost, come here."
The old ghost, who was pinned down and unable to move, bared his teeth at Zhou Youlan's hands. If the staff of the program team had not intervened, a fight would probably have broken out today.
The old ghost walked over, shook off the dirt on his body, and spat viciously. The people watching couldn't help but want to beat him up.
Wei Wei tied Zhang Longtong with vines and threw him over like a ball. Ke Feiyang and the big monkey then helped him pass safely.
In the end, only Zhou Youguan and Wei Wei were left. After the others left, they walked forward to find a place to rest. On the opposite side, there were the big monkey Ke Feiyang and a few others to support them.
Zhou Youxuan pulled over a vine, tried it out first, then turned to Wei Wei and said, "You go first, I'll cover the rear."
Wei Wei gently turned sideways, motioning him to go first.
"Alright, you go ahead and meet me over there." Zhou Youguan took his hand and placed it on the vine. "Before, there was no one leading the team, so I always asked you to stay behind. Now that I'm here, I don't need you anymore."
Seeing that Zhou Youguan was very persistent, Wei Wei didn't give in anymore. He grabbed the vine, tiptoed, and lightly jumped over, landing steadily.
Although there were some agile guests among the guests, none of them were as relaxed as him. It seemed as if he just stood on tiptoe and flew over.
Perhaps it is a bit of an exaggeration to say that he is flying, but Wei Wei's movements give people a sense of ease and naturalness.
When Wei Wei was about to loosen the vine, he tugged at it and felt it was a little loose. "Change it."
Zhou Youguan was obedient and changed the vine.
However, his luck was not very good. When he was jumping over by pulling the vine, who would have thought that the vine had been shaken and pulled back and forth by too many people before, and there was a break on the top. When he was halfway over, the vine above him suddenly broke, and he suddenly lost weight and fell down.
Wei Wei was quick-witted and quick-handed. He grabbed Zhou Youxuan as he was falling. He had also grabbed a vine with his left hand, but the vine could not bear the weight of two people, and instead caused both of them to fall to the bottom of the mountain.
The water at the bottom of the mountain stream was not deep, only reaching their thighs. Fortunately, there were no fallen rocks under the water so they didn't sprain their ankles. When they fell, Wei Wei also stepped on the rock wall to gain some leverage, so the two of them did not fall directly into the water.
It was just that the two of them were very close to each other when they fell and collided, and Wei Wei felt a warm feeling touching his eyebrows.
His feeling was correct, Zhou Youguan had just bumped into him.
Zhou Youguan didn't mean to do it. He didn't expect that he would bump into Wei Wei when he fell. His chin hit Wei Wei's nose bridge, and his lips touched Wei Wei's eyebrows.
That little mole was where his lips had touched.
Zhou Youguan's Adam's apple rolled and he stepped back a little, but it was just a small space and he couldn't move back much further.
"I-I didn't mean to, sorry."
I don’t know if it’s because he’s been moving around all the time or because he got too hot from the excessive exercise, but Zhou Youlan’s face turned red.
Wei Wei also noticed it and thought he was frightened by the sudden accident.
The people above were shouting anxiously. Wei Wei looked up. It was easy for him to go up, but it would be more difficult to wander around.
It would be easy for him to take Zhou Youxuan up there. With his lightness skills, it would not be a problem for him to carry one or two people. But if he did that, others would probably be more suspicious of his identity.
"Are you hurt?" Wei Wei asked.
Zhou Youlan was still thinking about how to explain this accident so that Wei Wei would not misunderstand him, but it seemed that Wei Wei was as calm as ever?
He thought Wei Wei would at least feel surprised or ashamed, but nothing happened to Wei Wei.
Is this the reaction and expression you should have after being kissed by someone you like? How can you not be so calm even when you are slightly shocked?
Zhou Youlan thought, doesn’t he like me?
Wei Wei stood to the side of the wall and said, "Step on my shoulders and hold on to the vines to climb up."
"No." Zhou Youguan immediately refused, "You go up first."
I stepped on Wei Wei’s shoulder last time, so I can’t do it again this time.
When the people above saw that they couldn't pull the vines, they asked Kang Xiang for a rope.
Wei Wei didn't know what was wrong with Zhou Youlan today. He kept avoiding his gaze and making excuses.
Wei Wei was too lazy to deal with it. It was really tiring to talk nonsense.
He stepped on the stone wall and jumped up, grabbed the vine, and reached out to Zhou Youxuan below, so that he could pull Zhou Youxuan up.
But as he reached out his hand, a rope was thrown down from above.
Zhou Youxuan pulled the rope and swayed gently: "I'll pull the rope up, you don't have to worry about it——"
Before he finished speaking, Wei Wei turned around swiftly, grabbed the vine and quickly jumped up.
Zhou Youlan: “…”
If you say don't worry about it, then don't worry about it.
Sometimes he couldn't figure out what Wei Wei was thinking. He seemed to care about him very much, and sometimes he was particularly relieved to leave him alone.
Wei Wei turned around, worried that the big monkeys didn't have enough strength to pull Zhou Youguan up, so he reached out and grabbed the rope, motioning him to climb up.
After crossing this ravine, they had to go up the mountain again because they had to cross this mountain again to return to their original route.
And here is the edge of the jungle.
As we walked up, we could clearly feel that the temperature remained stable, and it was almost the same at night. We kept walking and it was difficult for us to wear clothes.
But Zhou Youshen didn't ask them to take off their clothes, because when the temperature remains stable, mosquitoes will be active for longer periods of time and will not go dormant unless the weather changes.
Wang Ren and his group always walked ahead of Zhou Youlan and his group, but this time they fell behind the group.
The big monkey felt strange and worried that they were up to some bad idea again.
"Hey, is Wang Ren injured? Why does he look so pale?"
Zhou Youxuan looked back and saw that Wang Ren did not look well, but he did not see any signs of injury.
Zhang Longtong pulled him over and said, "Don't worry about them. They've forgotten what they did to us just now. They'd better withdraw, otherwise there will be hidden dangers."
Wang Ren's condition was indeed not good. After being slapped by Wei Wei, he felt a continuous pain in his chest and lungs, which slowly began to tear and turned into colic.
The other two had no idea what was happening to him or why he was suddenly injured until he said that Wei Wei had slapped him.
"I slapped you?" The old ghost was a little skeptical. "Just a slap? And you became like this?"
But Wang Ren couldn't think of any other reason. However, it was not very scientific. Even if Wei Wei had the ability to break a tree trunk with one palm, it would not be possible for a single palm strike to cause such pain in his chest and lungs.
Ah Hu gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go find him!"
"Come back." Wang Ren frowned, "You are no match for him."
Seeing beads of sweat on Wang Ren's forehead, the old ghost suddenly had a new understanding and a new fear of Wei Wei. "Brother, this Wei Wei, could it be that he is the heir of some ancient martial arts? Could he really have some kind of internal strength? This is too exaggerated."
Ah Hu recalled the last time he and Wei Wei were chasing prey, and saw Wei Wei easily flying up a tree.
"It's amazing." A Hu said, "Could this be ancient martial arts?"
But it is incredible that such a family still exists today and can pass down ancient martial arts to this era.
I originally thought that Wei Wei was just bluffing. Maybe he had some abilities, but he was just using this identity as a gimmick. I didn't expect it to be true.
"What should we do then?"
Lao Gui couldn't help but feel a little anxious. They had wasted a lot of time on this trip and hadn't even had the chance to do what they were supposed to do before they were defeated by Wei Wei.
Wang Ren shook his head: "It's okay, he should have kept his hands away."
Otherwise he might not even have the chance to stand up.
Because at that time, pain and blood appeared almost at the same time.
"But there's no emergency treatment. What if the condition gets worse if things go on like this?"
"No." Wang Ren took a deep breath. "Find some herbs to eat. It's not that serious."
"However," Wang Ren added, "we will go on our own."
Wei Wei really pleased him, but they still had something to do.
Hearing Wang Ren say this, the two naturally supported it, but they didn't have the map. The map was with Wei Wei. Unless Wei Wei took the initiative to share it with them or Wei Wei quit the show and the map fell into the hands of the next person, they would have a chance to grab it.
Moreover, Wang Ren had recruited Wei Wei, but Wei Wei did not want to associate with them.
The old ghost seemed to be thinking: "Then we have to get the map from Wei Wei first."
Li Xiaohuan followed beside them, with two backpacks hanging on his body, one for himself and one for Wang Ren. Lao Gui and the others treated him like a younger brother. He had a gloomy face all the way, but did not dare to refute.
He was the one who took the initiative to join their team, thinking that Wang Ren and the others looked in good physical condition and had experience, and that they would be able to move forward faster without a burden.
But who would have thought that these people would bully others like this.
He was too embarrassed to go back and team up with Zhou Youlan and the others, after all...
But he suffered again following these three people, and he was really in a dilemma.
Wei Wei turned around and glanced at Wang Ren casually. He had indeed done that palm strike on purpose. In fact, he didn't need to mobilize his internal energy to strike Wang Ren with that palm strike. At that time, he just thought that people like Wang Ren were a hidden danger, and he couldn't use too much force against them, so weakening them would also give him some peace.
After crossing mountains and hills, no matter how tired we were, we didn't dare to stop, because the mosquitoes began to increase gradually. It was like we were surrounded by mosquitoes. Even if we covered our heads with clothes and scarves, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed, we still couldn't prevent ourselves from being bitten.
Everyone thought that the weather was the same as last time and it would rain again, but Zhou Youlan was not sure.
He looked at the map and saw that this place was close to the edge of the rainforest, so it was normal to have a lot of rain and mosquitoes, but this also proved that the danger would increase.
It was just getting dark when they reached the top of the mountain, but there was no suitable place to camp or rest nearby, so they could only walk down the mountain and cross it.
It is inevitable that walking in the dark will slow down the pace. Zhao Guanjun originally suggested making a fire and using torches, but who would have thought that a flashlight suddenly lit up from behind.
That beam of light was the one they relied on most during this period of time. The aperture was extremely familiar. It was the flashlight that Ruan Mengmeng lost.
Ruan Mengmeng looked carefully and said, "Hey, isn't that my flashlight?"
"What are you doing? I told you not to use it now!" Li Xiaohuan and Lao Gui were fighting over it, looking ahead nervously, "Give it back to me!"
Lao Gui refused to give it to her and instead pushed Li Xiaohuan aside.
"It's dark now, what else can we use but a flashlight? Do you have night vision glasses?" The old ghost patted his chest. "Thanks to you for bringing out this good thing, we were able to avoid those bats when we were passing through the cave. This merit should be attributed to you."
Li Xiaohuan didn't forbid them from using it, but just told them not to use it when other people were around.
Seeing his grim expression, the old ghost comforted him, "Don't worry. Food and equipment belong to whoever gets them. It doesn't matter how they got them. If you want to be a good person, don't do this kind of thing. If you do this kind of thing, throw away your sense of shame."
The old ghost didn't quite understand and said jokingly, "Besides, it's just a stolen flashlight. Why are you treating it like you've done something really evil?"
Li Xiaohuan suppressed his shame. He was a normal person and had a sense of shame. Taking without asking was stealing. He understood this principle and he did steal Ruan Mengmeng's flashlight.
It would be fine if he hadn't been discovered, but Lao Gui insisted on exposing this matter in front of everyone, which was like tearing off his face and making people laugh at him.
If others found out that he was the one who took the flashlight, he would be looked at in a very bad light.
"Okay, now that it's in my hands, it's mine. No one can take it back."
Naturally, this also includes Li Xiaohuan.
"Huh." The big monkey tutted his words repeatedly. "So he was the one who stole the flashlight. I was wondering why he was with Wang Ren and the others. I just don't know if he was ordered by Wang Ren and the others, or if he did it voluntarily."
"I never thought he would steal something."
[6. This show opened my eyes. The guests stole equipment.]
[Yesterday I thought it was Meng Meng's carelessness, but it turns out it was stolen]
[No, you guys are filming a show, you know, you really don't hide anything you say or do, right?]
The guests on this show all speak very frankly and are truly not afraid of being cyberbullied.
[Hahaha, but they seem like they don’t care about the audience’s opinions at all]
I think their psychology may have changed as their desire to survive became stronger in that environment.
The prize money is so high, if I can survive to the end, I don’t care what others think.
[Come on, if you want to survive, you don't have to steal other people's equipment, right?]
[But without this equipment, their exploration would be difficult. Some equipment is necessary, so it's normal for them to fight over it. Didn't the program team say at the beginning that this is an adventure not only to nature but also to humanity?]
Love watching it! I want to see Li Xiaohuan's social death. Where are Da Ma Hou and Zhang Longtong? They're the only ones who don't give people face when they talk. Come on, they'll have a fight! Love watching it!
The big monkey really wanted to question Li Xiaohuan, but Zhao Guanjun suggested that everyone cooperate.
Cooperation will always benefit both parties more than dispute. Since the situation is already like this, why should we embarrass Li Xiaohuan?
"But Wang Ren and his people won't communicate with us so kindly."
They had a conflict just now, and now they are discussing cooperation, and the equipment originally belonged to them.
Zhao Guanjun turned around to look for Wei Wei, "Um, Wei Wei, how about you go?"
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