"Excuse me, could I borrow a knife?" Gao Le asked the staff member next to him.
The staff member had been bribed beforehand and was about to agree.
Just a moment before he could speak, Jiang Mingxi interjected, "Can I borrow the props? If so, I'd like to borrow two buckets of instant noodles."
Zhao Jiayuan then said, "Then I'll borrow a pot."
The staff member immediately looked embarrassed, and the knife he had prepared froze on the spot, unable to be handed over.
The director hurriedly said, "We can't lend them! If we can lend props, what's the point of the previous games? This is a survival game, we're doing a live stream without a script, don't mess things up!"
He glared fiercely at the staff member.
Director Chao Gao Le said, "You'll have to finish it with the tools you have."
Gao Le felt a lump in his throat, wishing he could slap Jiang Mingxi across the face.
If Jiang Mingxi hadn't been so talkative, he would have gotten the knife.
Without a knife, how is he supposed to kill the rabbit? Tear it apart with his bare hands?
Chen Chong does have an axe; are you suggesting he use it to chop the rabbit to death?
The thought of that bloody scene sent a shiver down Gao Le's spine.
"Hurry up, we're waiting to roast it over the fire," Jiang Mingxi urged.
Gao Le felt a chill run down his spine and his entire body. "I..."
He hesitated, about to say that he couldn't kill himself without a knife.
Jiang Mingxi joked, "You weren't planning to borrow the props from the beginning, were you? How can you be so sure they'd lend them to you? Generally, they wouldn't."
Gao Le swallowed back his hesitant words.
With a determined look, he laughed and said, "Of course not. I was just asking casually. What kind of knife do you need? Watch me handle it. Go start a fire; I'll be done here soon."
Jiang Mingxi glanced at the rabbit she was holding down. "Okay, hold it down a bit, I'm letting go."
Gao Le breathed a sigh of relief and immediately took over.
He was also worried that Jiang Mingxi would keep an eye on him like Chen Chong did.
How could he possibly kill the rabbit? He'd find a chance to release it.
Chen Chong had just watched Gao Le deliberately release the rabbit, and now seeing Jiang Mingxi hand it over to Gao Le, he panicked, "He..."
Zhao Jiayuan quietly slipped his hand behind Chen Chong's waist and pinched his lower back.
Chen Chong suddenly froze.
He turned his head in surprise and looked at Zhao Jiayuan.
Zhao Jiayuan secretly gave him a wink.
But Chen Chong's mind, or rather, all the nerves in his body, seemed to be focused on the spot where Zhao Jiayuan had pinched him.
Zhao Ke looked at Chen Chong, then at Zhao Jiayuan.
Hehe~
Hehe~
Hehehe~
Gao Le took the rabbit, noticing that neither Chen Chong nor Zhao Jiayuan were looking at him, and Song Lan hadn't returned yet. Zhao Ke was standing quite far away, and Jiang Mingxi was fiddling with firewood.
Despite the camera being pointed at him, he cleverly concealed his apology, exclaiming, "Oh my god!"
Gao Le let out a panicked scream.
"The rabbit got away!"
Chen Chong immediately snapped out of his state of being under strict control and instinctively reached out to grab the rabbit.
Just as Chen Chong took a step, Jiang Mingxi, who had been gathering firewood, grabbed a vine and pulled back the rabbit that Gao Le had released.
"Luckily, I tied the rabbit's legs with vines, otherwise, we wouldn't have been able to save the last rabbit." Holding the rabbit she had dragged back, Jiang Mingxi glared at Gao Le. "How can you always be so careless? You only lost the rabbit because Chen Chong was causing trouble and interfering with you. Now, there's only one rabbit left, and no one is bothering you, so how did it run away again?"
"This can't be blamed on Chen Chong, can it?"
[Holy crap, is Jiang Mingxi trying to get justice for Chen Chong?]
[A long-time fan of Chen Chong for eight years comes to express their gratitude!]
[I was thinking, Chen Chong just went to great lengths to help catch a rabbit, and neither Jiang Mingxi nor Zhao Jiayuan said thank you. I felt really uncomfortable about it, but I was so short-sighted!]
[Are you crazy? Gao Le would never intentionally let a rabbit escape; it must have been an accident.]
[ Jiang Mingxi is a typical green tea b*tch. She belittles others to elevate herself; she's so scheming! She even tied a vine to a rabbit!]
Meeting Jiang Mingxi's aggressive gaze, Gao Le's smile froze, and he almost hated Jiang Mingxi to death inside.
That bitch!
They actually tied the rabbit with vines!
Isn't this deliberately setting him up?
"No, I really didn't mean for it to get away. Luckily you tied it with vines, otherwise I wouldn't be able to explain myself. Xiaoxi, you're so kind to me. Give me the rabbit, I'll handle it."
[...]
[That line, " Xiaoxi, you're so good to me," really hit me hard!]
[This is the most greasy male celebrity of the year, bar none.]
[Oh my god, why is he like this? He wasn't like this before.]
Jiang Mingxi picked up the rabbit, bent down, grabbed a handful of grass from the ground, crushed it in a few moments, and shoved the herbal paste in front of the rabbit's nose.
In the blink of an eye.
The rabbit remained motionless in Jiang Mingxi's arms, as if it were dead.
"Now you can kill it. I've stunned it; it definitely won't run away." The rabbit didn't move. Jiang Mingxi casually tossed the rabbit on the ground, looking at Gao Le with a half-smile.
Gao Le's expression immediately changed, and he blurted out, "If you do this, won't we be affected by the drugs after eating the rabbit?"
Jiang Mingxi laughed, "With your extensive wilderness survival experience, you wouldn't be unfamiliar with this herb, would you? It can cause temporary unconsciousness, but there are absolutely no side effects."
After saying that, Jiang Mingxi raised her chin and said, "Kill them."
[Holy crap, I just Googled it, and this plant is called Sleeping Vegetable.]
[ Jiang Mingxi is really amazing, how does he know so much!]
[He pulled this grass when he was gathering firewood; I was wondering why he was doing it.]
[ Gao Le's expression doesn't look very good.]
[Some people's fans have gone too far. Gao Le is a legitimate actor, not a celebrity known for his popularity or fame. You can't just try to piggyback on his fame!]
After Jiang Mingxi finished speaking, Gao Le froze on the spot.
The rabbit stopped moving.
How... how did he kill him?
"Why aren't you moving? Aren't you very good at this? Wasn't it all Chen Chong's fault that the rabbit ran away? Now that the rabbit isn't running away and Chen Chong isn't bothering you, go ahead and kill it." Jiang Mingxi urged.
Gao Le clenched his fists tightly.
The veins on the back of his hand bulged, and after a moment of hesitation, his face flushed, he said, "I don't think we should kill. We're just here to film a show; it's not like we haven't eaten for days. The rabbit is perfectly fine, so why should we kill it?"
"Then why didn't you say so just now?" Jiang Mingxi retorted.
Gao Le took a deep breath. "Just now, I was just too fond of you and didn't think much of it. Now I've come to my senses. Although I like you, I can't be without principles. We should respect every life."
Zhao Jiayuan spat, "You just can't kill, and you're too afraid to admit it."
"Of course I will!" Gao Le said firmly, "But I will not do anything that harms life."