Man, you win

Xu Su was not actually completely unhurt. He had scraped his skin too, but the layer he had scraped off was so thin it was barely visible.

As for how he had managed that, he thought it over and figured his experience had probably helped.

He had taken a few farmwork errands before, so he knew a little about using farm tools and controlling his strength.

So although the original owner's body was delicate, he had not injured himself nearly as badly as Huo Yuchen.

As for Huo Yuchen, he figured coming on this variety show was probably the greatest hardship the guy had endured in his entire life, so getting hurt like this was perfectly normal.

The first-aid kit soon arrived.

The cameraman glanced at the busy Master Xu, then at Huo Yuchen, who was still half-kneeling, and spoke quietly. "Mr. Huo, let me help..."

He went silent after "help" and did not finish.

Because Huo Yuchen had shot him an icy look.

The very next second, Huo Yuchen glanced at Xu Su without changing his expression, then looked back at him.

"..."

The message was clear.

Only Xu Su could apply the medicine.

Taking the hint, he pressed his lips together, then turned to Xu Su. "Mr. Xu, the first-aid kit is here."

"If it's here, put the medicine on the Crown Prince. Why are you telling me?" Xu Su replied flatly, without so much as glancing their way.

At that, the cameraman looked helplessly at Huo Yuchen again, only to find his expression dark and his gaze sharp, as though saying, "If you can't get him over here to apply the medicine, I'll have your mother visiting your grave."

Startled, his brain, desperate to survive, immediately squeezed out an idea. "We don't know how to apply medicine! Please help us, Mr. Xu!"

He shouted it incredibly loudly.

"..."

Half-startled out of his skin, Xu Su looked at him speechlessly. "Keep your voice down. Is that something to be proud of?"

"..."

The cameraman was weeping inside. Not knowing how to apply medicine certainly isn't something to be proud of, but it's nothing to be ashamed of either! Boo-hoo-hoo~~~

[[Facepalm] The lady of the house: keep your voice down. Is that something to be proud of?]

[Hahahahaha, the poor cameraman's practically falling apart, but I seriously couldn't hold it in.]

[Say no more. I'm off to tap my digital wooden fish and earn back some good karma.]

The viewers were amused by the scene, but at the same time, they spotted something fishy in the cameraman's miserable behavior:

[[Smile] Crown Prince, did you think we wouldn't know what you meant just because the camera wasn't pointing at you?]

[The cameraman's whole string of weird reactions says it all. [Facepalm][Facepalm][Facepalm]]

[Hubby, you've lost your mind! How could you fall for a bottom-tier nobody like Xu Su? o(╥﹏╥)o]

[I'll say it again. I do not approve of this marriage!!!]

[I don't care anymore. I've waited all day and nobody's come forward to deny it, so I'm shipping them first.]

[Hey!!! Can you people please be rational!!!]

Some viewers shipped them, some cursed them, some supported them, and some opposed them. The heated debate rose in wave after wave, creating an uproar.

But however fiercely they argued, none of it could affect the harmonious atmosphere on-site-

Xu Su was already applying medicine to Huo Yuchen.

He held Huo Yuchen's hand in one hand and a medicated cotton swab in the other, gently disinfecting his wounds.

Huo Yuchen kept his eyes slightly lowered, his gaze resting on his own palm while the corner of his eye lingered on Xu Su's collarbone...

"You're a pampered Crown Prince. Why couldn't you just stay home and enjoy yourself? Why insist on coming on a show like this to suffer and work yourself to the bone?"

"..."

Xu Su's disdainful words pulled a certain distracted someone back to reality once more.

Huo Yuchen lowered his lashes slightly and said softly, "Guess."

"..."

What an utterly unremarkable, boring, childish answer.

But that was all right.

Xu "Genius" Su could handle it with ease.

"I've guessed," he replied.

Huo Yuchen: ?

"What did you guess?"

Xu Su looked at him with a smile. "Guess."

Huo Yuchen: "..."

[...Man, you win.]

[I thought he'd say, "Guess whether I'll guess." I never imagined he could throw it right back at him like that.]

[Forget how savage Xu Su's mouth is for now. Let's congratulate the Crown Prince on successfully "seeking affection"! Come on! Let's give him a hand!]

[Warmest congratulations to the Crown Prince on receiving some "tender loving care"!!! [Applause]]

[Warmest congratulations to the Crown Prince on receiving some "tender loving care"!!! [Applause]]

[Warmest congratulations to the Crown Prince on receiving some "tender loving care"!!! [Applause]]

After securing the gauze, Xu Su unceremoniously tossed Huo Yuchen's paw aside. "All done. Go work, and stop stealing my apples."

Huo Yuchen still refused to work. "My hands still hurt."

He seemed intent on enjoying the fruits of someone else's labor to the very end.

Xu Su laughed in exasperation. "Still hurts, huh? Fine. Come here. I'll give you a needle. Acupuncture passed down through my family. Guaranteed to cure you on the spot. You'll never feel pain again."

"?"

Huo Yuchen froze briefly. He wanted to ask where they would find acupuncture needles here, and also what "you'll never feel pain again" meant.

Then he saw Xu Su pull a pair of shears longer than his face from behind his back-yes! The very same enormous shears he had been using to snip off apples!

In that instant.

Huo Yuchen: !

Cameraman: !!

Viewers: !!!

Inside the second-floor control room of the production team's luxurious villa, Director Yu had just finished passing three days' worth of backed-up stool and emerged from the bathroom on trembling legs, only to see the assistant director desperately patting his own chest to catch his breath.

He looked like he had narrowly escaped death, as though he had just slipped out of the Grim Reaper's clutches.

Director Yu asked curiously, "What happened? Did Xu Su get into another argument with Li Weizhou and the others?"

The assistant director said, "A little scarier than that."

Director Yu: "???"

The assistant director said, "Xu Su took an enormous pair of shears and thrust them at the Crown Prince's chest."

Director Yu: "!!!"

The next second.

"Director Yu!! Director Yu, wake up!!"

"Quick!! Get the village doctor over here!!"

In the orchard.

Huo "I'm Behaving Now" Yu "Please Spare Me" Chen was diligently picking apples.

His movements were so smooth and fluid that he looked as though he had at least ten years of fruit-picking experience.

Beside him, Xu "I Cure All Kinds of Nonsense" Su watched the scene and smiled with an old father's gratification.