Chapter 38
All communication tools for the contestants were handed over upon departure, leaving the bloody storm arising from the program entirely to be handled by external agents. When these two terms appeared on Weibo's trending searches, Su Huaichen's agent contacted Guan Gong to handle the situation. After repeated comparisons by their technical staff, they discovered that from the moment Tong Tiao pulled Su Huaichen, it was intentional to force him to lean towards Park Pen. The trending search term #Su Huaichen pushes Park Pen to block the bullet# was completely absurd. Slowing down the footage reveals that the bullet was clearly aimed at Tong Tiao.
"What a trick! You really think we Huaichen have no one!"
Su Huaichen's agent Lin Hai was so angry that he gritted his teeth and immediately picked up the phone to call Director Huang, asking to talk to the "assassin".
"No need to talk about it. I asked him, and he did hit Tong Tao at that time." Director Huang didn't expect that such a person would sneak into his show.
"What does Director Huang think?" Lin Hai was able to bring Su Huaichen to where he is today, and his methods were not low. He would not swallow this humiliation.
“The show isn’t over yet.”
"Director Huang, are you not going to care?"
"It's not up to me to decide whether to intervene or not."
Coach Huang hung up in anger. Before Lin Hai called, someone else had called before him. The other person didn't ask if he would intervene like Lin Hai did. Instead, they simply said, "I'll give you face and not cause trouble right now, but Tong Tao won't make it through."
Director Huang: …
Well, the previous Shao Tai spent over a week in the hospital after withdrawing from the competition before being released. Just after leaving, he was in a car accident, broke his leg, and was back in bed again. His endorsements were snatched away one after another, and even his father's business was in trouble. If the Xia family's young ancestor is so difficult to deal with, would the Xia family's big devil be any more kind?
Chu Huaiqin and Su Huaichen are really more troublesome than the other.
"Ah!"
"Wear something thicker and sweat out the fever."
"Don't catch a cold."
Chu Huaiqin and Su Huaichen sneezed at the same time and spoke at the same time. They looked at each other and laughed.
"I'm going to sleep first. Good luck tomorrow." Su Huaichen moved closer to Chu Huaiqin and hugged him.
Chu Huaiqin was stunned and hugged Su Huaichen back, "Good luck."
Now everyone gathered in a cave. The cave was not big and the tent could not be pitched, so they just lit a fire. Everyone changed their clothes and found a place to sit down. After cooking something simple to eat, everyone wrapped themselves in clothes and went to sleep. Lin Zhinan tossed and turned nervously.
Chu Huaiqin whispered, "Since you can't sleep, let me tell you about the technique of climbing cliffs!"
Lin Zhinan nodded repeatedly, "Okay!"
Chu Huaiqin's deliberately lowered voice was heard in the dark cave. After a while, Xia Entang came over and said, "I don't know how to climb either."
The next day, the rain was still pouring. After a quick bite, everyone headed down to the cliff. Even though they'd been prepared, the sight of the towering cliff still made them nervous. Besides Lin Zhinan, the person they were most worried about was Su Huaichen. While his fever had subsided, it wasn't completely gone. Just looking at his gait revealed his bones were still weak.
"Huaichen, you're in such a bad state right now," Tong Tiao looked at him worriedly, as if hesitating whether to speak or not. However, when he saw Su Huaichen smiling at him without saying anything, he cursed inwardly and had to speak out: "You're in such a bad state right now, it's very dangerous to climb the cliff."
"We are teammates, aren't we? I know you will help me." Su Huaichen's face was pale, but his eyes were bright. When he looked at people steadily like this, he looked particularly sincere.
"Of course I will help you, but aren't you afraid? You are in too bad a condition, it's very dangerous to go up there." Tong Tiao almost said, why don't you withdraw from the competition.
Su Huaichen smiled and said, "It's dangerous, but I believe in you."
Chu Huaiqin heard the conversation between the two, but he didn't agree. "Senior, you..."
"Huaiqin, don't worry! Tongtiao is very strong, he believes he can take me up." Su Huaichen interrupted Chu Huaiqin, "Tongtiao, I'm sorry to bother you when we go up."
"Of course." Tong Tiao gritted his teeth secretly. He chose Su Huaichen because he thought that as a movie emperor-level star, he and Lin Zhinan should have been the internal candidates who passed the competition. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Lan Tianhua, Liang Zhehan and other martial arts stars to be eliminated, and he, Lin Zhinan and Chu Huaiqin would have come this far.
His original plan was to use Su Huaichen to help him pass the game, but he didn't expect that the assassin yesterday would actually shoot him, and didn't let him go just because he was on the same team with Su Huaichen. In this case, he would be a burden if he brought Su Huaichen with him, but in this situation he couldn't help but abandon Su Huaichen.
The two approached the cliff rope, and soon a staff member came up to guide them to put on the safety harness. Bingxiang also started to move, and only Chu Huaiqin and a few others were left without safety harnesses.
"Now Chu Huaiqin and the others only have two choices: one is to climb up directly by pulling the rope, and the other is to withdraw from the competition."
"Everyone, don't forget, there's also a set of seat belts."
"No, everyone is overlooking one thing. Although there are only five sets of safety belts, Director Huang never said they can't be reused!"
This sentence suddenly popped up in the live broadcast room, and everyone was stunned. Yes, it can be reused! But they are now in competition time. After going up, the safety belt will be thrown away. As long as Chu Huaiqin and others can't find another set of safety belts, the one who goes up will win.
"Director Huang, tsk!"
"It's game time now, so it's understandable that they didn't give Chu Huaiqin and the others the safety belts."
"There's another set. Even if the others don't give up their seatbelts, once that set is found, these four can take turns using it."
"here we go."
Someone in the live broadcast room said something, and everyone's attention shifted. Sure enough, they saw that Su Huaichen and the others had already put on their safety belts. The drone was circling around them, filming and transmitting everyone's expressions to the live broadcast room.
nervous.
Everyone only felt these two words.
The five ropes were spaced one meter apart. For safety, the climbers had to keep two meters apart, holding onto the ropes and stepping onto the rock face, climbing up step by step. The cliff was very slippery for the next day and night, and several people slipped on their first step, so they had to try again.
"Let's go and find the safety belts," Chu Huaiqin said, breaking the tense atmosphere. He noticed that Lin Zhinan's hands were shaking. "Xia Entropy, you stay here."
Xia En was reluctant. He knew what Chu Huaiqin meant and was afraid that something might happen to Su Huaichen. However, he said, "Little monk is fine."
"I believe you can handle it." Chu Huaiqin praised without hesitation.
"Well, okay then!" Xia En agreed reluctantly with a cold face, but the slightly raised corners of his mouth could not escape the eyes of everyone in the live broadcast room, feeling awkward.
Lin Zhinan also asked Chu Huaiqin to stay. He and the little monk walked into the dense forest with firm steps and without any hesitation. After walking for a while, they found a set of safety belts in a ditch, wrapped in a bag.
"Brother, you are so awesome. You found it in one go. But why would the director hide the safety belt here?" The little monk was very angry. The bag was stuck in the branches and was in danger of falling into the ditch at any time. Was this intentional?
"It wasn't here, it's over there." Chu Huaiqin pointed to the grass nearby. Sure enough, the grass there was flattened. The monk compared it to the seatbelt bag and found it was exactly the same size and shape. He asked in confusion, "If it was here before, who put it in the ditch? That's too much. Don't they want us to find it? If the bag hadn't gotten caught on a branch and fallen into the ditch, it would have been washed away immediately."
The little monk's face turned red with anger.
"It's a competition," Chu Huaiqin patted the little monk's shoulder and said with a smile, "Let's go back!"
"Brother, don't you want to know who is so bad?"
"Isn't it live all the time? The audience will tell us."
When Chu Huaiqin's words reached the live broadcast room, everyone was stunned at first, and then began to look through yesterday's live broadcast records. They found that Su Huaichen and Tong Tao had both been to this place, and both of them faded out of the camera for a few minutes. So who was it?
The live broadcast room did not find the answer for the time being. The two returned to the bottom of the cliff in the moderate rain. Bingxiang and Fengshan were almost at the top, Lin Yongfu was in the middle of the cliff, and Su Huaichen and Tong Tao were still wandering below.
"What happened?" Chu Huaiqin walked closer to Xia En and asked. Before Xia En could reply, he saw Su Huaichen, who was holding the rope, slipped. He and the rope swayed suddenly and crashed into Tong Tao. Tong Tao screamed in fright, his hands slipped, and he slid down quickly. There were several screams at the scene. The staff quickly pulled the safety belt to stabilize him, but he had already fallen several meters. In an instant, Tong Tao's face turned pale and showed fear.
The safety instructor of the production team, who was pulling the rope, yelled angrily, "Su Huaichen, you need to stay steady. Keep your distance, no more than two meters, and don't get too close to Tong Tao. If the two of you collide, something bad will happen."
"Brother, this has happened many times. Brother Huaichen has a fever and hasn't recovered yet. He can't keep his balance. Will he fall?" Lin Zhinan approached Chu Huaiqin and whispered.
"No, you have to trust him," Chu Huaiqin said calmly. He frowned and looked at Su Huaichen, but accidentally caught a glimpse of the coldness in his mouth. Then he looked at Tong Tao, who seemed to have not yet recovered from Su Huaichen's collision. Fear was on her face, and she looked at Su Huaichen with hatred and fear.
"Senior, stay steady and go up slowly." Chu Huaiqin raised his head and shouted at Su Huaichen. This guy was scared to death when crossing the iron chain bridge before, but now he is having fun. It seems that Tong Tiao has made him angry.
Su Huaichen heard Chu Huaiqin's voice, turned around, gave him an OK sign, and climbed up again. Tong Tao, however, seemed to have not recovered and was shaking while holding the rope.
"Let's get on too!" Chu Huaiqin raised the seat belt in his hand and looked at Lin Zhinan.
"Brother." Lin Zhinan exclaimed, quickly took two steps back, fear in his eyes.
Chu Huaiqin said calmly: "Don't worry, I'm watching you."
"Only one set." Xia En said with a rough breath, looking at Chu Huaiqin angrily. This guy wouldn't want to go up like this!
Chu Huaiqin was stared at, and was a little confused at first, but he quickly realized what this person was thinking, "Do you think I would go up there without any safety equipment? Look."
Following his gaze, they saw a safety harness sliding down from the clifftop. It was Bingxiang's rope. He had arrived. Then came two more, belonging to Lin Yongfu and Fengshan.
"Wow, these three, haha, so nice."
"No way, although the action is quite touching, this is a competition!"
"There's nothing I can do. After all, there are only five sets."
"Am I the only one who feels that Chu Huaiqin won't answer?"
"You're kidding! He wouldn't be without safety equipment. Look, he went to pick it up."
The livestream audience watched as Chu Huaiqin handed the safety harness to Xia Entang, walked to the edge of the cliff, and picked up the rope. Surprisingly, he didn't keep it, but instead handed it to the staff. He climbed up, grasping the rocks with one hand. The audience was shocked, wondering if this guy was just going to climb up like that. But Chu Huaiqin didn't. Instead, he reached a certain height, pulled the rope up, and tied it around his waist.
Everyone: ...
"Zhi Nan, come here," Chu Huaiqin waved to her and said to the staff, "Take the safety belt from Xia En's hand and put it on her."
Lin Zhinan's eyes instantly turned red and he shook his head, "Brother, put on your seatbelt and go up first. I'll wait for you downstairs."
"Don't be silly, didn't I say I would take you up there?"
"But……"
"Don't worry, you know I'm very sensitive to sunlight. I often climb in the rain, so I'm used to it."
"It's very dangerous."
"I did the security."
Chu Huaiqin patted the thick rope around his waist.
Before Lin Zhinan could say anything more, Xia En had already pulled her closer to the staff and angrily said to her, "Stop talking nonsense."
Lin Zhinan shrank his neck and said nothing more.
Xia Entang walked to another rope, tied it around his waist like Chu Huaiqin did, put on the non-slip gloves given by the staff, tried to climb a few steps, and found it unexpectedly difficult to climb.
"No, what about me?" The little monk saw that everyone else had gone up and he was the only one left. He ran to Su Huaichen's rope and yelled, "Emperor Su, hurry up and give me the rope!"
Su Huaichen stopped messing around with the frightened Tong Tiao and only climbed a third of the way up. He couldn't say he was particularly afraid of heights; he was an actor after all, and he'd been on wires a lot while filming period dramas, jumping off cliffs and into the sea quite a bit. But to say he wasn't afraid at all would be a lie; otherwise, he wouldn't have been so terrified walking across the chain bridge earlier. Scaring Tong Tiao had made him dizzy, but the desire for 'revenge' had overcome his fear, and now that he was starting to climb properly, he felt a bit apprehensive.
When Su Huaichen heard the little monk's voice, he instinctively turned around and wanted to tell him not to rush him, but he was frightened by the steep angle and his scalp went numb. He quickly turned back and decided to ignore the little monk and continue climbing.
The little monk became anxious and ran to Tong Tao to urge him, but he didn't expect that the man didn't climb up, but slid down the rope, fell to the ground, sat down with his butt, drooped his eyes, and didn't move.
"If you don't go up, I will." The little monk said, and wanted to reach out to grab the rope, but Tong Tao suddenly turned his head and stared at the little monk with a fierce look.
The little monk took a step back in fear and said angrily, "If you don't want to give it to me, then don't give it to me. Why are you so fierce?"
"Little monk, after we get up, slide the safety belt down and you can get on." Chu Huaiqin called to the little monk. Lin Zhinan fastened the safety belt and they started to climb up.
When the little monk heard this, he got anxious and ran back, "You guys aren't waiting for me anymore?"
"We don't have enough ropes. It's still raining moderately now. It will be troublesome if it turns into heavy rain." Chu Huaiqin pulled the rope and felt that it was almost done. He said to Lin Zhinan: "Do you remember the precautions I told you last night?"
The safety belt and protective tools are a set, which includes a helmet, special non-slip shoes, knee pads, etc. Those who do not have tools can only take a set of non-slip gloves.
"Remember."
"Very good, let's get started then."
As he spoke, Chu Huaiqin took the first step first, then turned around and looked at Lin Zhinan who was still standing there.
Lin Zhinan looked up at the cliff, then looked at the person in front who was waiting for him with a rope. He took a deep breath, grabbed the rope with his hands, and stepped onto the stone wall. According to what Chu Huaiqin had taught him before, he first pressed it with hidden strength as if to test it. After making sure that the stone would not loosen, he stepped tightly, used the force, and went up the stairs.
Director Huang: …
"Lay the airbags."
Chu Huaiqin was bolder than he had imagined.
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