Xu Wang took a few steps toward the voices and looked directly at the two staff members guarding Xia Yu.
The two men in black blinked in disbelief at Xu Wang, who stood less than ten meters away.
"Xu Wang? What are you doing here?" Xia Yu's delighted voice broke the silence.
"I escaped," Xu Wang said honestly.
"Exactly! Who says you can't escape just because you've been kidnapped?" Xia Yu's eyes shone at Xu Wang's words, his hands bound to the chair.
The two men in black stared speechlessly at the two hostages chatting in front of them.
Are you two a little too relaxed? Is our presence really that easy to ignore?
They exchanged a glance, then charged straight after Xu Wang.
Xu Wang had been watching them out of the corner of his eye. The moment he noticed their feet move, he turned and ran.
"Hey, wait for me!" Watching the three of them run off, Xia Yu kicked his legs anxiously.
Xia Yu looked at the cameraman beside him.
The cameraman stood firmly in place, making it clear through his actions that he would offer absolutely no help.
One look told Xia Yu he couldn't count on him. It seemed he could only rely on himself. Xia Yu rocked his entire body forward sharply and planted both feet firmly on the ground, bending at the waist with the chair on his back like a little turtle.
Although his upper body made things a little difficult, that didn't hamper Xia Yu's pace. His steps were short, but his feet moved so quickly that his speed was not to be underestimated.
Xia Yu's cameraman stared blankly at the scene before him. In the end, he could only dutifully follow behind Xia Yu, the "little turtle." After all, guarding him wasn't his job.
[Wait, what? You can do that?]
[Hahahahaha, Xia Yu is way too cute.]
[Chaos. It's all chaos!]
[Reporting to the director: another hostage has broken out!]
[The director probably never dreamed things would turn out like this.]
[Xu Wang alone can take on the entire production crew, haha.]
Xu Wang moved nimbly through the orchard. A few swerves left and right, and he easily shook off the two men in black.
Xu Wang climbed onto a tree branch and waited a long time, only jumping down after confirming there was no one below.
Clap, clap, clap...
Xu Wang clapped the dirt off his hands.
By now, Xu Wang's cameraman could only lean against a tree, gasping for breath.
No more. I really can't take any more...
Xu Wang gave him time to rest.
Just as Xu Wang was wondering where Pei Yanchuan might be, the branches of the fruit tree to his right stirred.
Xu Wang stood up, his expression serious.
Despair washed over the cameraman. For the first time, he was this afraid of seeing his colleagues.
Don't come over here!!!
"Where am I now?" Xia Yu's head emerged from behind the branches.
The cameraman let out a huge sigh of relief when he saw Xia Yu.
"Xu Wang, I finally found you!" Xia Yu's face lit up with delight at the sight of Xu Wang.
The corner of Xu Wang's mouth twitched as he looked at Xia Yu with a chair on his back. Well... how could this not count as escaping?
Xu Wang helped untie the ropes around Xia Yu's hands.
Once the ropes around his wrists were undone, Xia Yu felt light all over.
He excitedly grabbed Xu Wang's hand.
"Brother Xu, what's our next move? Do we storm their hideout? Or hold our position and catch them off guard?" Xia Yu looked at Xu Wang excitedly.
Hearing that form of address suddenly gave Xu Wang a feeling he hadn't experienced in a long time. Brother Xu and Boss Xu were both names reserved for him in the village.
Xu Wang glanced at Xia Yu. Aside from having a slightly overactive imagination, this kid had potential.
The look they exchanged seemed particularly odd to the livestream audience.
[Get those memes going!]
[(Meme: Does this look right to you?)]
[I don't know why, but somehow I get the feeling they wish they'd met sooner.]
[You're not imagining it. I also feel like Xu's Wife thinks very highly of our little cutie Xia Yu.]
[President Pei, Hou Yunqi, get over here!!!]
[Wait, what? How did Xia Yu escape? What did I miss?]
[Xia Yu's specialty is stumbling into success. He was following the three of them at first, but then he lost them. So he turned left, then right, and somehow miraculously met up with Xu's Wife.]
[The men in black are probably going to lose it when they get back and discover they've lost everything without gaining a thing.]
After realizing they had lost their target, the men in black guarding Xia Yu returned to their original post, only to find an empty patch of ground waiting for them.
There was nothing on the ground but green weeds.
Unable to believe it, the two of them circled the patch of ground several times.
Finally accepting reality, they could only call the director and report what had happened.
The director fell silent on the other end of the line...
Meanwhile, Pei Yanchuan quickly completed three challenges and obtained three clues, soon pinpointing his destination.
Water, a pavilion, and geese-the three clues clearly pointed to the only river on the outskirts of the village.
Pei Yanchuan had possessed an excellent memory since childhood. He clearly remembered passing a small pavilion on their way to release the geese yesterday. The pavilion stood in the middle of the river.
On the way, Pei Yanchuan passed a courtyard guarded by men in black. Without the slightest hesitation, he went straight past it.
Inside the courtyard, Zhong Ran caught a fleeting glimpse of Pei Yanchuan through a gap in a damaged wall.
A trace of dejection crossed Zhong Ran's eyes.
Pei Yanchuan reached the pavilion as fast as he could. From far away, he could already see a group of production staff beside the river.
As Pei Yanchuan drew closer to the pavilion, a sudden sense of foreboding arose within him.
Sure enough, when Pei Yanchuan reached the junction, he saw an empty pavilion.
Pei Yanchuan stopped in his tracks. Several thoughts flashed through his mind, and he turned and left without hesitation.
On his way back, Pei Yanchuan happened to run into Hou Yunqi, who was about to head to the orchard.
Thinking of the orchard's terrain, Pei Yanchuan kept revising his guesses.
In the end, Pei Yanchuan decided to go with Hou Yunqi.
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