Chapter 134
Chu Huaiqin was also a little nervous. This pile of firewood was not very big. There were either large lions and camels in the Gobi Desert, or poisonous snakes and scorpions. The former could not be covered by the firewood pile, and the latter could not make such a big noise.
Fearing that he might irritate the unknown creature within the firewood, Chu Huaiqin's watch light wasn't shone directly on it, but rather shone slightly off to the side. As the tip of the knife slowly approached, touching the firewood, Chu Huaiqin could sense the fear emanating from the animal's trembling.
"Zhinan, pay attention, I'm picking up firewood." Chu Huaiqin reminded Lin Zhinan behind him.
"Okay." Lin Zhinan held the scabbard tightly with both hands, staring at the firewood, ready to support Chu Huaiqin at any time.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Huaiqin tensed his entire body. He gently pressed the tip of his knife down into the firewood pile, then suddenly thrust it upwards...
“Hmm——”
A whimpering sound echoed through the scattered firewood, and then a cat-sized creature suddenly leaped up. Lin Zhinan instinctively screamed in fear. The small creature, which had been about to leap for the door, was startled by Lin Zhinan's cry and scurried off to the side corner of the room, whimpering. Its tiny body, tiny face, and tiny mouth whimpered sharply at Chu Huaiqin and Lin Zhinan.
Chu Huaiqin was stunned for a moment. Looking at the little animal in front of him, whose ears were bigger than its face and which was whimpering fiercely at him, his heart softened.
"Ahhh, it's a fennec fox. Phew, so fierce and aggressive, hahahaha."
"These two people scared it. It must have come in to take shelter from the rain."
"No, look at its ears."
"It's injured! Oh my god, it can't be the one that Daly from Big Mom Country injured yesterday!"
The people in the live broadcast room found it unbelievable. The place it was at yesterday was not very close to here. How could it have come here?
"Brother, its ear." Lin Zhinan was attentive and noticed the situation immediately. After she said that, Chu Huaiqin also noticed that the left ear of the fennec fox was drooping. Upon closer inspection, he found that it was seriously injured.
Chu Huaiqin handed the knife to Lin Zhinan and clapped his hands gently, which attracted another whimpering sound. Chu Huaiqin tried to calm himself down and said softly to the fennec fox, "Be good, don't be afraid. You are injured. Let me take a look."
Fennec fox: “Mmmmm!”
Chu Huaiqin took off his watch and handed it to Lin Zhinan, asking her not to point the light at the fennec fox, and then slowly moved, "Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you, let me take a look, okay?"
The fennec fox pressed its butt against the bedrock wall, pulling its front paws back as hard as it could, as if it wanted to embed itself into the bedrock wall: "Boo-hoo-hoo!"
"Be good, don't move!" Chu Huaiqin walked slowly, trying to lower the fennec fox's guard as much as possible, but the animal was hurt by humans and was scared. It huddled in the corner, trembling all over, and its screams became sharper.
Chu Huaiqin couldn't give up just because it was afraid, nor could he catch it by force. After thinking about it, he deliberately moved to the side, leaving a large gap on the right. The people in the live broadcast room were confused and questioned Chu Huaiqin's action. Some said he was stupid, while others guessed he did it on purpose.
Sure enough, as Chu Huaiqin got closer, the fennec fox jumped towards the large space Chu Huaiqin had left...
Chu Huaiqin, who was clearly standing on the left, suddenly appeared in front of it like a ghost when it ran past. The fennec fox pounced accurately and hit Chu Huaiqin in the chest.
Fennec Fox: ...
Live broadcast room: The longest road that the fennec fox has traveled is Chu Huaiqin’s routine.
“Oh my!”
The little fennec fox was pressed in Chu Huaiqin's arms and cried so miserably that anyone who heard it was sad and cried.
"Brother, it cries so pitifully." Lin Zhinan came closer and looked at the little fennec fox, his heart softened.
"There's no other way. I'll let it go once its ears are healed." Chu Huaiqin held the fennec fox in his arms, controlling its struggling movements. He gently rubbed its head with his other hand to soothe it. With the help of the light, he looked at its ears.
The area was swollen and bleeding; it was inflamed.
"Chu, there might be a knife wound on the ear of this fennec fox. Let's go outside and let the doctor take a look." Someone from the program crew spoke up.
Chu Huaiqin looked down at the fennec fox, then at the staff, "How did you know?"
"Last night..." The worker quickly told the story of the immoral things that Auntie Guo Daley did last night.
Chu Huaiqin: It is indeed a disaster!
The group left the small room and returned to the hall. Everyone had already returned and saw Chu Huaiqin holding a small animal and gathered around him. The fennec fox, which had been somewhat let down by Chu Huaiqin's touch along the way, struggled again. This time, the struggle was even more intense than when Chu Huaiqin had just held it. The screams pierced everyone's ears.
"Back off, back off, don't come over." Chu Huaiqin took a few steps back while holding the fennec fox, warning these people with his eyes not to come closer.
Xia En, who was walking towards Chu Huaiqin, paused and turned his gaze towards the fennec fox. The man and the fox met eyes...
“Bing!”
Another high note.
The A1 camera cut in as soon as Chu Huaiqin discovered the firewood pile. At this point, international viewers were on the same platform as domestic viewers, with over 50 million people online. Upon hearing the fennec fox's scream, the Chinese audience immediately understood.
"Xia Entropy, let it go, it's still a child."
"Haha, I think of the little monk who got glared at during the domestic competition."
"Please note, please note, it's an animal, it's an animal."
Foreign audience: What are these people talking about?
The doctor came up quickly, but only one person came to avoid scaring the fennec fox. As soon as his hand touched the fennec fox, there was another pig-like shriek.
The fennec fox used all its might to burrow into Chu Huaiqin's chest, as if it couldn't wait to get inside his clothes. Xia En's face turned green as he watched, but the others were envious, whispering about how adorable the animal was and how they too wanted to be burrowed.
"Be good, don't be afraid, don't be afraid." Chu Huaiqin touched its head, his voice so soft that many of Chu Huaiqin's fans in the live broadcast room blushed when they heard it.
Chinese fans said: At this moment, I am the fennec fox.
“Oh!”
The cries gradually subsided, but Chu Huaiqin's hand on its head never stopped. After a while, the doctor came up again. Although the fennec fox was still struggling, it finally accepted the doctor's close contact.
The cut on the fennec fox's ear was half a finger long, with only a thin layer of skin still attached. The wound was already festering, and white pus and blood were flowing out.
The camera cut very close, and the audience in the live broadcast room were so heartbroken that tears came out, and they cursed Daley from the auntie country as a bastard.
"The weather in the Gobi Desert is hot, which is not suitable for wound healing. Fortunately, it rained suddenly!" The doctor sighed and asked Chu Huaiqin to hold the fennec fox. He was going to clear the pus and apply medicine to the fennec fox.
Although the doctor didn't say it out loud, everyone could imagine that if the fennec fox hadn't run into this cave and hadn't been discovered by Chu Huaiqin and others, the chance of it dying would have been very high as the wound festered.
“Oh my!”
The fennec fox kept barking, from removing pus to detoxifying and applying medicine. Chu Huaiqin kept stroking it, and slowly, its voice became lower. After the doctor bandaged it, it almost didn't make a sound, only occasionally making one or two humming sounds, which I think were familiar with Chu Huaiqin.
"The wound will take a few days to heal. It's raining outside, so you can't let it go out. It's very close to you. Chu Huaiqin, you just take care of it for a few days!" The doctor packed up his things and stood up, saying these words.
Chu Huaiqin nodded. This thing is timid. If it were handed over to someone else, it might scream and run around again. "Okay, no problem, but you have to provide the food."
The doctor looked at Elena.
"No problem." Elena responded readily. The animal was injured by a contestant of the program team, so they had to take responsibility.
After treating the fennec fox's injuries, everyone began to discuss where to live.
Chu Huaiqin and his team chose to stay in front of the two cave entrances they were exploring. The small room at the back could also be used for changing clothes, which was very convenient. The Maozi team and the Shuangying team also chose to explore the side of the cave entrance. They all pitched their tents outside. No one wanted to pitch their tents in the small room. After all, it was too small, the ceiling was too low, and it was dark and depressing.
After the camp was settled, we had to go find food. Everyone wanted to store more food before the other teams arrived.
"The little monk, Su Huaichen and I will go, you and Lin Zhinan stay here!" Xia En frowned, staring at the little animals in Chu Huaiqin's house, vaguely worried about where he would sleep tonight.
"Okay, go ahead!" Chu Huaiqin felt the touch of his hands, and the corners of his mouth were almost smiling like Buddha's light.
"You like small animals?" Xia En couldn't help but ask.
"Well, the fur feels very comfortable, soft and warm." Chu Huaiqin felt a lot younger when holding this little thing.
Hearing this, Xia Entang touched his head, looked at his feet, hummed softly, and walked away with his knife and bow/crossbow in hand, glancing over the little monk's head.
The little monk touched his head, confused. He felt that Xia En's gaze was strange, but he couldn't put his finger on it.
"Brother, can I get some soap to take a bath?" The little monk had been envious of the rain for a long time.
"Go!" Chu Huaiqin waved his hand and looked at the heavy rain with a little regret. Without sunshine, how could he dry the washed clothes?
"Brother, I'll go wash all the things." Lin Zhinan said. Their things got dirty as soon as they were used, and they couldn't waste water, so they just piled them up there and had to wait until there was more water to wash them.
"Go!" Chu Huaiqin was still petting the fox, a little absent-minded. He was thinking about how to wash the clothes and dry them.
Xia Entang led the young monk and Su Huaichen toward the poplar forest. The program's "meat" was always stored in the forest, and this time was no exception. As they entered the forest, they saw soaked hens shivering under a tree, waiting for them to catch them.
There's really no challenge at all.
This time the hunt was a good one, and each of the three teams returned with two chickens in their arms. Don't be too happy.
Before Chu Huaiqin could figure out how to dry his clothes, Xia En and the others returned, their speed raising eyebrows. Next, they killed the chicken and cooked the soup—not too much noise. A group of grown men even stripped down to shower in the rain. The production team, unable to tolerate this, blurred out the important parts.
The only ones who didn't shower were Lin Zhinan and Chu Huaiqin. Lin Zhinan's inflatable basin was outside to catch the rain, and since these grown men were showering naked, Lin Zhinan couldn't go out. Chu Huaiqin didn't shower because the crying monster in his arms refused to move.
This was the first time Xia Entang gave the Yingying monster a righteous look since its appearance.
The sky grew darker, pitch black. Then the cave began to light up, and each team turned on a watch light. The chicken soup began to steam. Chu Huaiqin thought, "I have to take a shower!"
Chu Huaiqin stroked the crying monster with his hands, stood up and walked towards the tent, took out a piece of his own clothes, wrapped the fennec fox, and put it into the tent.
"Be good, just think of it as me." Chu Huaiqin touched its head and tried to take two steps back, but the little guy didn't move.
Good job.
Chu Huaiqin gave it a thumbs-up, then waved at the fennec fox, holding a piece of soap, urging it to stay put. The fennec fox whimpered but didn't move. Its tiny eyes rolled around, and its ears, larger than its face, made it look incredibly adorable.
The fennec fox didn't move, so Chu Huaiqin walked further and further away. When he approached the cave entrance, it still hadn't moved. Chu Huaiqin felt relieved and turned to run into the rain. He hadn't showered for so many days, and the rain during the day had soaked his body a little. He felt like he was covered in mud. If he didn't wash, he would collapse.
As soon as Chu Huaiqin's figure disappeared, the fennec fox jumped out of Chu Huaiqin's clothes in an instant. At Elena's call, it ran to the cave entrance. Fortunately, it knew it was raining and it was still injured, so it did not run into the rain. It just clung to the side of the bedrock wall and whimpered at Chu Huaiqin in the rain.
Live broadcast room:
"Damn, I actually feel like a son waiting for his dad to take a shower."
"Haha, who's mom?"
"Xia Entropy?"
"Ahhh, what are you guys still doing? My brother's show 'War of the Gods' has started airing."
As this sentence suddenly appeared in the live broadcast room, everyone looked at the time and saw that it was 7:58 pm, with two minutes left. They were so engrossed in watching the show that they had forgotten about it.
"Dear brother, I don't want to see you anymore. I want to see the ancient god Simo."
"Ahhh, I can't miss the premiere, but I want to watch it live too."
"Haha, dual-open, dual-open, dual-open TV and phone, dual-open computer and phone, dual-open TV and computer, it's up to you."
"Yeah, I'm stupid, I opened it twice!"
"I'm here, my ancient god Simo, wait for me."
"Ohhhh, so exciting, so exciting, one minute left."
The Chinese audience was so excited that they used the live broadcast room as a chat room. A group of people were chatting about the War of the Gods. The Chinese language flew by. The foreign audience who didn't understand Chinese were confused, while those who understood were just enjoying the science. Knowing that Chu Huaiqin's TV series was about to be released, many of Chu Huaiqin's new foreign fans covered their chests with their hands, saying they couldn't watch it!
A minute later, "War of the Gods" officially aired on satellite TV. CCTV's technical staff were stunned by the skyrocketing ratings. This show was going to be a hit this year! The protagonist, Chu Huaiqin, was once a popular second- or third-tier actor, but with this drama, his top-tier status would be solidified.
Chu Huaiqin knew that "War of the Gods" was going to premiere, but he didn't know when, and he had no idea about the high praise from the internal staff of CCTV. He now had only one thought: taking a shower feels so good.
Chu Huaiqin took a long bath, and used two alcohol waxes to stew the chicken soup in the pot. The smell of the chicken soup wafted out, making the Double Eagles and the Maozi team drool. They were both stewed chicken, so why did the taste differ?
Incomprehensible!
After taking a shower, Chu Huaiqin rubbed his clothes and put on the wet clothes, preparing to return to the cave to change into dry clothes. However, he did not expect to see a fennec fox curled up in a ball against the bedrock wall at the entrance of the cave, whimpering.
Chu Huaiqin was a little surprised, but he quickly picked it up. He didn't dare to hold it in his arms, so he could only drag it inside by its butt with one hand.
The drone started filming again after Chu Huaiqin put on his wet clothes. When it filmed him carrying the fennec fox into the cave, the live broadcast room also saw a Gobi bear carrying a chicken and staring at this side blankly in the rain not far away.
Live broadcast room:
"I should be in the dirt, not in the ground, seeing how sweet you are."
"Big Bear: I've only been away for a short time, and you already have another bear, no, another vixen."
“Oh my!”
The author has something to say: I should be under the dirt, not in the dirt, seeing how sweet you two are. Adapted from a line in Ah Du's song "He Must Love You Very Much": I should be under the car, not in the car, seeing how sweet you two are...
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