The person who told you lied

The production team made sure to broadcast every word Qi Yu said.

And precisely because of that.

The barrage of comments had long since grown with his every move, until it nearly covered the entire screen:

[Guys, I think I've figured it out. Qi Yu plans to take this male rivalry all the way, huh?]

[Qi Yu: Anyone who fights me for my ge is a bad guy! Watch me out-manipulate every last one of you in seconds!]

[I've got to say, the way this big, tough alpha plays weak... I actually find it pretty cute?]

[Me too! I think Qi Yu is absolutely adorable!]

[Clearly, Bai Luochuan thinks so too.]

[I'm more curious about what the hell Yan Cheng is doing. His increasingly baffling moves are leaving me more and more confused.]

[Something definitely happened between Yan Cheng and Bai Luochuan! I'm starting to question whether that paparazzi report was true!]

Bai Luochuan soon followed Qi Yu across the suspension bridge.

A table had been set up beside the big wishing tree.

There were wooden plaques and pens on it.

Visitors could write down their wishes, then use the red strings provided beside them to hang the plaques filled with wishes on the tree.

Just as Bai Luochuan had said.

He didn't believe in gods.

So he stood to one side, waiting for Qi Yu to write.

But Qi Yu made no further move either. He merely looked at Bai Luochuan and asked with a smile, "Ge, isn't there anything you want to pray for?"

Bai Luochuan simply shook his head.

As though he had expected it, Qi Yu's expression barely changed, and that gentle, soft smile remained on his face.

Then he, too, wrote nothing.

He merely took a blank wooden plaque, threaded a red string through it, and tied it straight onto a branch.

Watching him do this.

Bai Luochuan was a little curious. "You're not writing anything either?"

"There's no need." Qi Yu shook his head. "Rather than praying to gods and Buddhas, I'd prefer to keep everything in my own hands."

"I can feel a little more at ease if I decide my own fate."

As he spoke, he finished tying up the plaque and reached out to Bai Luochuan again.

He meant to lead him back.

Unfortunately, this time, Bai Luochuan wasn't so easily fooled.

Narrowing his eyes, Bai Luochuan seized on the key point. "Didn't you tell me before we came over that you really believed in gods?"

That was the main reason they had made this trip.

Qi Yu's smile looked a little brighter than before.

It also held the air of a victor who had won a contest.

He said, "Oh, that was just to get you to come over and enjoy some time alone with me, ge. It also lets other people see that you dote on me more, that I'm the special one. That makes me particularly happy too. Doesn't it do the same for you, ge?"

Bai Luochuan: ...

Whether it did was hard to say.

Right now, he had only figured out one thing.

Regardless of whether Qi Yu had lied to him.

Regardless of whether he really was that little cutie from the game.

All in all.

When it came to that foxlike personality, the two were exactly alike.

And faced with the fox's traps, he always jumped in without hesitation, time after time.

Forget it.

He was used to jumping in by now anyway.

He didn't even feel like getting angry with him.

Putting his hand back into the other's, he returned to the suspension bridge with him.

They had thought this activity really was just as the production team had described: a simple side quest that would be done once they hung up their plaques.

But once again, they had underestimated the production team's ability to stir up trouble.

When the two reached the middle of the bridge, the wooden bridge suddenly began to shake violently.

Several crew members were putting their backs into shaking it.

The host was still explaining to the audience over there.

Before carrying out this activity, the production team had thoroughly inspected and reinforced the bridge. They could therefore guarantee that even if they shook it like this, there would absolutely be no danger of the bridge collapsing or breaking.

Besides, the bridge wasn't high to begin with.

Even if an accident really did happen and someone fell into the river below, the production team had made sure to prepare changes of clothes and the like.

In short, it was very safe.

They were simply creating a little difficulty for them.

Making them feel more fear and tension would make it easier for the "suspension bridge effect" Qi Yu had mentioned to occur.

The instant Qi Yu felt the shaking, he instinctively wanted to protect the person beside him.

But Bai Luochuan moved faster than he did.

He didn't need any time to react at all.

It was as though all of it were memories etched into his soul and instincts.

He tightened his grip on Qi Yu's hand and ran toward the other end of the bridge as fast as he could.

Every step landed on a steady part of the planks.

In just a few seconds, the two had already run across the suspension bridge.

The fear and tension the production team had expected never appeared.

Even the calm expression on Bai Luochuan's face hadn't changed in the slightest.

Lifting his chin toward the host, Bai Luochuan said, "We're done making wishes. Shall we go to the next location?"

Since no one else was taking part in this activity.

The host froze for a moment and could only nod.

[Guys, can someone explain this to me? Ever since this variety show started, I've felt something was off. Is Bai Luochuan this physically fit? He looks like he could be a stunt performer!]

[His fitness doesn't seem that great, but his judgment and ability to act on it are so strong! Honestly, what I'm looking forward to now isn't a dating show, but Bai-ge's wilderness survival!]

[How can someone change this much? Is it really a case of "with no man in your heart, your swordsmanship becomes godlike"?]

[Did getting knocked on the head knock some sense into him?]

The guesses in the comments were all over the place.

Bai Luochuan, now back on the road, looked utterly unperturbed.

Qi Yu held his hand, completely content.

Yan Cheng was puzzled. "Bai Luochuan, didn't you hate exercise more than anything?"

Bai Luochuan was baffled. "Where did you hear that?"

Yan Cheng opened his mouth.

Before he could answer, Bai Luochuan continued, "Whoever said that lied to you. Read less celebrity gossip from now on. It's all fake."

He thought Yan Cheng's source was a gossip magazine.

Yan Cheng, however, clenched his fists.

Enunciating every word, he said fiercely, "The person who told me that was you!"