At this moment, Zhou Tian emerged from the nearby woods, followed by a group of staff members.
With his usual smile on his face, he clapped his hands and said, "Everyone's performance was fantastic! I didn't expect the second episode to be so entertaining!"
Sun Wuji grinned, pointed at Yan Ning, and said:
"Absolutely, thanks to my sister Ning! If it weren't for her quick thinking, we would have been in trouble to get first place."
Yan Ning stood to the side, and upon hearing this, merely raised an eyebrow slightly without replying.
On the other side.
The atmosphere in Feng Jun's team wasn't as lively.
The four of them stood together, their faces ashen.
Captain Feng Jun, in particular, stared at the ground with a gloomy look in his eyes.
Zhou Tian turned to them, his tone tinged with regret:
"I'm sorry, Feng Junjun, according to the rules, you need to eliminate one of your teammates."
"You have a few minutes to decide on your own."
After a brief silence, Feng Jun raised his head, his voice cold and hard, carrying a hint of accusation:
"I've made up my mind, I'll eliminate Xia Wantang!"
He looked sharply at Xia Wantang, "If it weren't for her picking that poisonous mushroom and misleading everyone..."
"We won't waste so much time on the wrong path! And we won't be in such a passive position later!"
"What?!"
Xia Wantang's eyes widened instantly, a surge of grievance and anger welling up within her, her voice rising in pitch:
"Feng Jun, what do you mean? Nobody recognized you at the time, and you didn't object! Now that we've lost, you're blaming me for everything?"
"Do you think you're a great leader? When you encounter a fork in the road, you hesitate and slow down the pace, why don't you say so?"
Sun Wuji crossed his arms, clicked his tongue, and gestured with his lips:
"Tsk tsk, infighting, huh? This is much more interesting than the competition."
Xie Huaiye had no interest in listening to their argument; his gaze inadvertently swept over Yan Ning's back.
At that moment, he suddenly noticed the area below Yan Ning's lower back.
The dark-colored tracksuit had a barely noticeable tear.
There seemed to be faint traces of blood seeping out from the edges.
"Yan Ning".
Xie Huaiye deliberately lowered his voice and said softly, "You're injured."
"Oh, really?"
Yan Ning was slightly taken aback, and reached back to touch it.
As soon as her fingertips touched her lower back, a sharp pain shot through her, and she couldn't help but gasp.
Only then did she belatedly realize what had happened.
It was probably scratched by rough wood while the raft was being built.
I didn't feel anything when I was highly focused, but now I'm relaxed.
The pain then became particularly noticeable.
"fine."
She frowned slightly, lowered her hand, and said in as calm a tone as possible, "It's just a minor scratch. We'll talk about it after the recording ends."
"It's best not to delay."
Xie Huaiye said seriously, "Wounds are prone to infection if exposed to the wild environment for a long time."
"I saw the first-aid kit over there. Let's go over there, and I'll help you take care of it."
He pointed to a large rock not far away.
Yan Ning wanted to refuse again.
It seems like making a mountain out of a molehill to treat such a minor injury.
But the stinging sensation in her lower back became even more pronounced with her movements.
Seeing Xie Huaiye's earnest gaze, she finally nodded:
"...Alright then, thank you for your help."
Xie Huaiye walked quickly toward the program crew, whispered a few words, and soon returned with a portable medicine box.
The two walked together to a place far away, out of the camera's view.
Yan Ning sat sideways on the rock with her back to Xie Huaiye.
She pulled the fabric at the back of her waist a little, revealing the rather long scratch.
The wound wasn't deep.
However, the skin and flesh have been torn open, and the edges are somewhat red and swollen, so treatment is definitely necessary.
Xie Huaiye squatted down behind her, opened the medicine box, and deftly took out iodine swabs and gauze.
He tore open the individual packaging of the cotton swab, held it with tweezers, and skillfully dipped it in the antiseptic solution.
"hiss……"
The cold medicine touched the wound.
Yan Ning couldn't help but shrink back and gasp.
It really hurts a bit...
"Just bear with it, it'll be over soon."
Xie Huaiye's voice came from behind, deep and gentle.
His movements became noticeably gentler.
He first carefully wiped along the edge of the wound with a cotton swab, without touching the center of the injury all at once.
Yan Ning endured the pain, feeling the slight pressure from Xie Huaiye's fingertips through the tweezers.
Suddenly curious, she broke the silence:
"Xie Huaiye, how come you're so skilled at treating wounds?"
Xie Huaiye paused slightly in his movements, his voice softening slightly:
"Hmm... I was naughty when I was little."
"Skin?"
Yan Ning was a little surprised; the answer was completely different from what she had expected.
"Yes, especially mischievous."
Xie Huaiye's voice seemed to carry a hint of amusement. "When I was six or seven years old, my family didn't have much money. At that time, I lived with my grandma in the countryside, and there were mountains behind us."
"After school, I would run around like a wild monkey all over the mountains and fields."
"Climbing trees to pick fruit, going down into the river to catch fish, exploring caves... falling and getting scrapes are commonplace."
He told the story as he spoke.
While using a new cotton swab, gently disinfect again:
"The time I remember most clearly was when I was about seven or eight years old. I climbed a really tall old walnut tree to show off."
"Just when I was about to reach the biggest bird's nest at the top of the tree, the branch under my feet suddenly broke."
His hand movements remained steady, but his tone was relaxed:
"Then, I fell from a height of almost two stories. Fortunately, there was a thick pile of fallen leaves below, so I didn't break any bones."
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