Wen Shiting and Cheng Yu had listened to Xu Chao and hadn't been stung by the hornets.
Lou Jun and Shen Xinbai had listened to Zhou Nan and ended up covered in welts.
Zhou Nan felt as though he'd been slapped until his face was swollen.
Fortunately, Shen Xinbai stepped forward and gazed at him gently. "Zhou Nan, thank you. Without you, we definitely would have been hurt much worse."
Zhou Nan felt considerably soothed and was just about to speak.
Xu Chao's voice drifted over. "Exactly. He even threw his wife aside for you. How could a simple thank-you be enough? At the very least, you should offer yourself to him."
Zhou Nan's expression changed, and he instinctively looked at Lin Yang.
Lin Yang turned his face away, biting his lips until they went slightly pale.
Shen Xinbai, however, was secretly pleased. It was perfectly natural for Zhou Nan to abandon that idiot Lin Yang for him. But as for offering himself, Zhou Nan wasn't worthy.
Just then, Lou Jun suddenly snorted. "At least Zhou Nan sacrificed himself to save others. What about you? You hid in the tent like a coward, without the slightest spirit of mutual assistance."
"Even bears know to hide in water when they steal honey. You lot..." Xu Chao rolled his eyes elegantly. "You're so stupid I don't even want to comment. And you still expect me to sacrifice myself to save you? Dream on."
Zhou Nan: "..." Another arrow to the knee.
Seeing Lou Jun get shut down too, Shen Xinbai immediately cried for help. "These stings hurt so much! Hurry and contact the production team."
Of course, the production team wouldn't leave the guests to fend for themselves.
As soon as Shen Xinbai provoked the swarm of hornets, the production team had arranged for several emergency medical personnel to head over.
So they arrived shortly afterward and quickly treated the three guests' stings.
The director paced around them a few times, growing angrier the more he looked.
"How many times have I told you not to provoke the hornets or steal their nest? Yet you insisted! Were you all lining up to get yourselves killed?"
Shen Xinbai felt a little wronged. "Everyone had been walking for so long and was tired and thirsty. That's why I suggested we soothe our throats with honey. I was only looking out for everyone."
The director softened somewhat. "You still have to put safety first. Luckily, you ran into Xu Chao and the others this time, so nothing serious happened. Otherwise, it would've been disastrous."
[I wasn't watching the other livestream. So it was Shen Xinbai's fault again! As if giving everyone diarrhea with poisonous fruit wasn't enough, he got everyone chased by hornets too. Unbelievable!]
[Xinbai meant well. He's just too kind and cares too much about everyone.]
[Ha. He had Teacher Wen lure the hornets away and Cheng Yu steal the nest. Moving his lips must have exhausted him.]
[Whoa, so all he did was talk while everyone else did the work? And he still made himself sound so pitiful? That's pretty white lotus of him.]
After the doctor treated their stings, the production team took pity on them and thoughtfully provided dinner.
But the other four had already eaten!
Xu Chao's eyes shifted, and he walked over to the director, slinging an arm over his shoulders like they were best buddies.
The director stiffened and instinctively looked at Fu Sichen.
The man's eyes were dark, and his lips slowly curved into a sinister, chilling smile.
The director's calves trembled. He swiftly shook off the arm on his shoulders. "Just talk, just talk. Men should keep their hands to themselves."
Xu Chao was baffled but didn't dwell on it. Business came first.
He jutted his lips toward Lou Jun and the others, signaling for the director to look at them enjoying their food.
"Look how much they're enjoying it. That crisp, crunchy texture, that mouthwatering aroma. We're all the same, yet we don't get to enjoy such delicacies."
They were just a few baked flatbreads. The ultimate delicacy?
The director's mouth twitched violently. "All right, all right. Just tell me what you want."
Xu Chao huffed twice. "I just think it's unfair. The production team gives them special perks but not us. Everyone's equal in this modern age. Hmph."
The director shook his head with a chuckle. "Fine, fine. What do you want? We'll do our best to accommodate whatever we can."
Stars immediately sparkled in Xu Chao's eyes as he loudly chanted his slogan. "Phones! I want to use my phone! I want to go online! I want to surf the web! I want to keep up with the times!"
[Hahaha, that slogan! He made playing on his phone sound like a mission!]
[He's another me. I can go a day without eating, but a day without my phone would seriously kill me!]
It wasn't an unreasonable request, so the director readily handed them four phones.
Apart from Fu Sichen, the other three eagerly switched on their phones, then let out the same wild shrieks.
"My eyes! My eyes! My eyes!"
"If I've committed a crime, punish me with the law, not by polluting my eyes with pictures like these!"
"Oh my god, Lou, Best Actor publicly spewed shit! No, had the runs! No, no, took a dump!"
Lou Jun paused mid-bite of his flatbread and whipped his head around, staring at them with an utterly icy gaze. "What are you laughing at?"
Zhou Nan hastily turned off his phone and looked at Lou Jun awkwardly. "N-nothing..."
Lou Jun wouldn't let it go. "Tell the truth!"
Seeing this, Xu Chao generously waved a hand. "It's a bit disgusting to explain. Here, take the phone and look for yourself."
Zhou Nan hurriedly blocked him. "Don't, don't. The director gave us these phones specifically as compensation. If we let them look too, wouldn't that defeat the purpose?"
"When our companions ask, we must answer!" Xu Chao smiled meaningfully. "Isn't that your motto?"
Zhou Nan: "..." Damn himself for ever saying that!
Lou Jun had no idea what was going on. He glared at Zhou Nan and took the phone, while the others crowded around too.
After livestreaming wilderness survival all day, they all wanted to know what the viewers thought of them.
But they never expected that the moment they opened the phone, what greeted them would be something so big and white...
Cheng Yu couldn't hold back and sprayed out the water in his mouth. "What is this?"
Wen Shiting good-naturedly wiped the spit off his face with a tissue, though his movements were erratic and his shoulders shook violently. "Ahem. Not sure."
Shen Xinbai stared at a black mole in the image, somewhat shocked. Lou Jun had one on his butt too!
As for Lou Jun, he might not have been familiar with his own butt, but he certainly recognized his name!
"A precious memento of Lou Jun taking a dump in the wild."
His face instantly darkened, and he roared, "What the hell is this?!"
Once again demonstrating friendship and mutual assistance among companions, Xu Chao suppressed his disgust and generously explained, "Well, you got diarrhea after eating Snake Fruit this morning. You took your pants off before the unmanned camera could turn away, so it all went out live."
His explanation was perfectly clear.
It would have been hard not to understand!
Lou Jun's head buzzed, with only one sentence echoing inside it: taking a dump live for the whole internet, taking a dump live for the whole internet, taking a dump live for the whole internet.
Suddenly, with a thud, Lou Jun fell flat on the ground, still clutching the phone tightly.
[Oh my god, Lou, Best Actor has gone into shock from anger! Help him!]
[I actually feel a little sorry for Lou, Best Actor. The whole internet laughed at his livestreamed dump, and his career prospects plummeted overnight.]
[It's all Xu Chao's fault. He knew the fruit was poisonous but watched everyone eat it. Now he's even leading the mockery of Lou, Best Actor. His malice is unforgivable. He deserves to die!]
[Anyone who'd finished elementary school wouldn't say something this brainless.]
[Shen Xinbai found the wild fruit, and Xu Chao said it was poisonous. But Lou, Best Actor was so love-brained that he insisted Shen Xinbai was right, took the lead in eating Snake Fruit, and even forced the others to eat it. Then he got diarrhea and became an internet laughingstock. Whose fault is that?]
The live comments erupted into arguments, and chaos broke out at the scene too. The director hurriedly called for the doctor to administer first aid.
The other guests were worried too, but they were more worried about themselves!
Had their diarrhea videos been livestreamed across the internet too?
Shen Xinbai forcibly snatched the phone. After checking, he was fortunate to find that no video of his diarrhea had circulated. Unfortunately, the netizens had renamed him Shen White Lotus!
Cheng Yu also secretly searched his own name. There weren't any strange search terms, but what the hell was Underwater Kissing?!
Before long, the doctor forcibly brought Lou Jun around again. Lou Jun opened his eyes to the sight of his own butt...
A breath caught in his throat, turning his face bright red. He glared fixedly at Xu Chao. "Xu Chao!"
Xu Chao blinked. "What's up, buddy?"
Lou Jun panted heavily, his voice hoarse and frantic. "You! You! You!"
Xu Chao turned and threw himself into the man's arms, his voice affectedly sweet and high-pitched. "Hubby, he's so mean."
Fu Sichen looked at Lou Jun with a hint of sympathy. After a moment's thought, he comforted the little wife in his arms. "Try to understand. He's in a bad mood."
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