Chapter 55
A fist swung at 90 degrees hit the little monk's cheek. He staggered a few steps and fell on the beach. His mind went blank for a moment, and he felt dizzy. He heard unintelligible shouts in his ears, and the people he saw seemed to be covered by a layer of gauze and could not be seen clearly.
The little monk blinked, watching the two tall men with blood on their mouths and fierce faces rushing past with clenched fists. He blinked and instantly felt wronged: Brother, someone is bullying me...
"ah!"
"Hide!"
"stop."
The crowd yelled, but it couldn't stop the two enraged men. Their faces were filled with murderous intent, and as their fists came crashing down mercilessly, both the livestream and the contestants in person felt: It's over! This little Chinese contestant is finished...
"Bang!"
The sound of flesh hitting flesh rang in everyone's ears. A tall black man who was rushing in the front was hit in the face by a white, slightly smaller fist. Then, as everyone was dazzled, they saw a flash before their eyes. The man from Peacock Country screamed, flew out and fell to the ground, spitting out blood.
Only then did everyone see who had made the move.
Chu Huaiqin was handsome, his slender figure visible even in his baggy camouflage uniform. Ever since his appearance at the Asian Games, everyone had come to know him as elegant and refined, with a perpetual smile on his face and a twinkle in his eyes.
Such a person, at this moment, had an angry look on his face. When another man from the Peacock Country swung his fist at him, he just slightly turned his body to avoid the first blow. His hand instantly grabbed the thick, black wrist and pulled it forward. The man fell forward unexpectedly. Chu Huaiqin took a few steps back in an instant. The man fell to the ground as if he had been hit by a scammer. His face turned pale in an instant, and then quickly returned to normal.
"ah!"
The man from the Peacock Nation roared angrily. When he tried to move forward again, a voice came from the flying drone:
"Warning, warning, please stop fighting immediately."
"Warning, warning, please stop fighting immediately."
This sentence was repeated in both Chinese and English. The two men who wanted to seek revenge were quickly grabbed by three stars in their team, one woman and two men, who were chattering to Chu Huaiqin.
Chu Huaiqin pulled the little monk up and turned slightly to the side. The light shone on his face, making one side hazy and the other bright. He smiled at the five people, but the coldness in his eyes made people feel cold. "If you don't want to die, get out."
Chu Huaiqin spoke in Chinese, which the five people could not understand, but they were shocked by his aura. They felt a chill on their backs and opened their mouths, but found that their bodies were shaking and no sound came out of their throats.
"How is it?" Chu Huaiqin retracted his gaze, reached out to touch the little monk's face, and heard him take a breath and frown.
"Brother, I'm fine. It's just two punches. I'm strong and not afraid." The little monk grinned, but accidentally pulled the wound at the corner of his mouth and gasped in pain.
Chu Huaiqin nodded and said with a smile: "Go!"
"What?"
"What are you doing here?"
"Ah, get compensation!"
The young monk puffed out his chest again, ran up to the five people, and shouted, "Compensation! Xia Entropy said he wanted something in exchange for the fire. You stole the fire, and if you don't compensate, you're a thief. You have a problem with your character. The production team actually allowed people with questionable morals and character to participate in the competition. That's too much."
The five people didn't understand, but they knew it was not a good thing, so they didn't move for a while. At this time, Chu Huaiqin spoke up and repeated the little monk's words in English. The five people looked embarrassed for a while.
One of the male stars stepped forward and said something incoherent, meaning that they didn't know the two men were going to steal the fire and thought they were borrowing it.
The young monk heard Chu Huaiqin's translation and reached out again: "Then compensation."
The three stars looked at each other, and finally had to compensate the little monk with five fish. These were all caught by them this morning. In the words of the little monk, they each ate one fish last night, and now considering that they were all contestants, they would just compensate him with five fish.
For a moment, the three celebrities felt as if they'd been slapped with shit. They hadn't even grilled five fish last night, had they? These five fish were something they'd gotten up early this morning and finally caught, and they were still alive and kicking. They didn't want to give them up, but looking at the still-flying drone and remembering what the monk had just said, they had to hand them over.
The little monk was beaming with joy as he returned with his prize. However, the fans of the Gun Gun team in the livestream were upset. So, that was it? The little monk got beaten up and only took five fish. The compensation was from yesterday morning, so what about today?
"Why don't you remove their hands? I'm so angry!"
"It's just like that? It's unbelievable."
"There's nothing we can do. We're still participating in the show. As a public figure, Chu Huaiqin definitely can't kill them. Besides, the show crew also has a rule that no one can be hurt. They punched the little monk twice, and Chu Huaiqin punched and kicked them back, so that's double the damage."
"The one who strikes first is the one who is cheap. They were the first to strike."
"No, no, no, I don't think it's that simple. I have a hunch."
"Same as above. Chu Huaiqin's attack just now seemed swift, fierce and accurate, but when he did it, were there any unnecessary movements? I'll go back and re-watch the video."
Some fans were angry, while others calmly analyzed the situation. The former felt this wasn't enough, while the latter felt that considering the Chinese people's nature, they would only seek revenge when they suffered a loss, just like the little monk. When they got something, they naturally became easygoing, a bit like Chu Huaiqin now.
While Chinese fans are struggling, they have won praise from other audiences, who give them free praise, saying things like, "He has good manners," "He fights handsomely," and "He should be merciful when he can," etc.
The angry fans got even angrier when they saw this, and they took out their anger on the Peacock Country audience who were still shouting, making the noise even louder. Those who only knew how to curse now had a chance to show off their skills.
After Chu Huaiqin left, the two men who had fought with Chu Huaiqin touched their stomachs and felt a little uncomfortable, but they couldn't tell where the discomfort was. The feeling of something was wrong made them stare at Chu Huaiqin's back as he left.
"What's wrong?" Xia En came back carrying two fish. Seeing Chu Huaiqin walking back with the injured monk, he turned his gaze to the five fish in the monk's hand, thought for a moment, and asked, "Fighting for fish?"
"No." The little monk responded crisply, and then told Xia Entang what had just happened.
Xia En's face darkened. He stuffed the fish into the little monk's body and pulled up Chu Huaiqin's hand to look at it. Sure enough, he saw that the back of his hand was red and swollen. Anger surged on his face. He turned around and was about to look for trouble, but was stopped by Chu Huaiqin.
"Stop it, just leave it at that!"
"Can……"
"Listen to me."
Xia En turned around and saw Chu Huaiqin's soothing smile. His heart moved and he couldn't help but say angrily, "Why didn't you bring a weapon? You knew that even if you wrapped your hands in a few layers of cloth, you could become king, but you insisted on fighting alone."
Xia En's words stunned Chu Huaiqin, and his gaze on him deepened.
Chu Huaiqin has a special physique. He has strong explosive power, but is extremely susceptible to injury. This goes against human common sense. Someone once said to him: Chu, you are usually more delicate than a little girl, but once you have a weapon in your hand, you are invincible.
On that stage, he really relied on a pair of boxing gloves to beat all the underground circles and became the king of the black area, but few people knew about this.
Chu Huaiqin pondered, reached out and pinched Xia En's chin to lift it up, moving the stunned face left and right to confirm that he had indeed never seen him before.
"Let's go back and grill the fish. Today's task is heavy. We need to find a water source, make something to store water, and find a dagger." Chu Huaiqin said as he walked, completely unaware of Xia En's flushed face.
Today is destined to be a rich meal. There are seven fish, five grilled, two wrapped in banana leaves and thrown into water to cook, and then each person has a coconut juice. Everyone burps after eating it, and it is so delicious. The fruits of victory are different.
The other teams were filled with jealousy when they saw Chu Huaiqin and his team enjoying cooked food again. However, remembering their recent conflict with the Peacock Nation, they stopped trying to borrow fire and instead went about quietly building a fire. As the winners of the domestic competition, they knew the process of drilling wood to make fire, but the results were not very noticeable. Their hands were rubbed red and blistered, and they couldn't even see a spark. The Goryeo and Japanese teams were almost in tears. Chu Huaiqin and his team started drilling the fire when they returned to grill the fish, and they were still drilling the fire when they finished eating and were packing up. This was why everyone wanted to ask Chu Huaiqin to borrow fire yesterday; it was too difficult to drill.
As for the Jin people, although they also had a hard time, at least they saw the sparks, but they would go out as soon as they blew on them. They almost couldn't help crying while hugging a piece of wood, because they clearly provided fire in last year's Asian Games.
However, knowing that they couldn't borrow anyone for fire, they had no choice but to work hard, and it was not until noon that the group finally lit the fire.
But that was all for later. Chu Huaiqin and the others had already finished breakfast and were ready to leave. The red and swollen back of his hand was wrapped with the crushed herbs he'd found yesterday. The little monk's face was also slightly bruised, and with his camouflage uniform, he looked like a jungle soldier.
"Brother, what is this called? How do you know this herb can be used?" the little monk asked specifically.
"This is Oxalis. It's on the herb card that Director Huang gave me." Chu Huaiqin now understood Director Huang's painstaking efforts. They were both in the tropical region, and although the vegetation was not 100% identical, there were still some that could be used. It was incredible that there was no medicine in this Asian competition.
"We'll divide the work now. Two people will stay in the camp to find food for lunch, and the other three will go into the woods. Our goal is to find a clean water source, a container that can hold water, and a dagger. If I can find the materials, I'd also like to make a tinderbox."
It's fine now that the sun is shining, but if it's cloudy or rainy, it will be troublesome as the five of them are not used to eating cooked food.
"I'll go with you." Xia En was the first to express his attitude.
When the little monk saw Xia Entang said he wanted to go, he quickly said he wanted to go too.
"Then it's just me and my sister. Okay, go ahead. I'll let you enjoy a rich lunch." Su Huaichen patted his chest, looking very confident.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Chu Huaiqin also wanted to see what the combination of these two would be like. "By the way, our watches have a conversation function, don't forget."
Xia Entropy: ...
After making the decision, Chu Huaiqin and the others took the remaining two coconuts and left. Lin Zhinan walked closer to the bushes to look for tough and thin vines.
"What are you going to do?" Su Huaichen asked curiously.
"I want to make some shrimp cages," she said. She had learned from Chu Huaiqin in the previous national competition and had not forgotten it. "I can also find banana leaves to make raincoats later."
They don't have any of these things. This is a tropical area. It rained several times when they were competing in the mountains before. Now it is near the sea and the rain is more abundant. It will be troublesome if they are not prepared.
"Well, let me go catch some fish!" Although Su Huaichen's swimming skills are not as good as Xia En's, he swims regularly for fitness and can be considered a little white dragon in the waves.
So Su Huaichen picked two long vines from the ones he found yesterday and tied them together. He took off his coat and threw it in the shed, then walked towards the beach with Xia En's harpoon, attracting a group of movie star fans to shout.
Just as everyone was expecting him to jump into the water with the same graceful posture as Xia En, Actor Su tied one end of the vine around his waist, tied the other end to a rock, stuck it behind the rock, and slowly walked towards the sea.
Everyone: ...
We expected too much of you.
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