Fang Nuonuo hurriedly made something up. "I... I just got lucky and found all of it. The rack was already there too."
The admiration in Lin Xi's eyes gradually faded.
So all she had actually done was put the cage on the rack.
[Wow, Goddess Nuonuo is so honest. She doesn't take any undeserved credit.]
[I just love women like her who don't fight or compete, as unassuming as chrysanthemums~]
[Earlier, when she said she'd set the trap, you praised her for having both beauty and brains. Now that she's admitted she didn't make it, you're praising her for being as unassuming as a chrysanthemum. Fine, fine, fine... she really is the show's darling daughter.]
In any case, their trap was ready.
All that remained was to wait for a wild boar to walk into their net.
Elsewhere in the forest.
Tranquilizer gun in hand, Su Mian searched everywhere for wild boars.
She couldn't find any.
Should I make some noise and call one out?
Su Mian went, "Pspsps."
Duan Xuanyu suddenly hurried over. "Su Mian, were you looking for me?"
Su Mian: "..."
She hadn't called over a wild boar.
She had called over Duan Xuanyu.
In an instant, [Pspsps] flooded the bullet comments!
[I want a little tyrant puppy too!]
[Pspsps, come to Auntie. Auntie's got canned food, hahaha.]
Suddenly, a rustling came from the thicket not far away!
Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu both looked over.
They exchanged a glance, identical excitement on their faces.
Back when they had broken out of the Southern Borderlands, the two of them had joined forces to kill a rhinoceros.
Now, one little wild boar wasn't even worth mentioning.
"Awooo!"
A wild boar's furious roar suddenly rang out from the bushes, and a massive boar covered in coarse black-and-brown hair shot out!
It wasn't very big, weighing an estimated seventy or eighty jin.
Duan Xuanyu picked up a stick from the ground and, without even dodging, brought it down on the wild boar's head!
Thunk~
The wild boar was stunned by the blow.
But it was only stunned for a moment. It quickly came to its senses and charged at Duan Xuanyu in a fury!
Now!
Su Mian darted behind the wild boar in a single stride, picked up a stick, and jabbed it in the rear!
"Awoo~ Awoo~ Awoo~" The wild boar's cries drifted through the woods.
They had just subdued the little boar when a big one suddenly burst out of the bushes, charging straight at Su Mian!
Duan Xuanyu slipped one arm around Su Mian's waist and spun, carrying her aside.
Only once she was safe did he release her, then pin the wild boar's head to the ground with one hand and hammer it with his fist!
[Holy shit! He really is from ancient times, isn't he?! He's pinning a wild boar that big down so it can't move? How could he do that without internal energy?]
[Su Mian is really agile too, like she actually knows kung fu! If she weren't so full of memes, I'd suspect she was from ancient times too!]
[That one-armed waist grab made me melt! Aaaah, please give me a six-foot-three college guy with abs who makes me feel safe and can punch wild boars!]
[Does nobody feel bad for the wild boar?]
Backstage.
Lu Zhou watched Duan Xuanyu protect Su Mian.
He watched the screen full of comments shipping them.
He watched the rapport between Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu.
He was so angry his heart ached and his throat tasted bitter.
Suddenly, he shouted, "Turn it off! Cut Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu's livestream!"
The employee beside him jumped and asked timidly, "Boss, Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu's livestream has the most viewers right now, over a million. Cutting it would mean a huge loss..."
"Do you think I can't afford to lose that little bit of money? Either cut it, or pack your things and get out!"
"..." The employee didn't dare argue and quietly cut the livestream through the backend controls.
Before long, viewers had stormed the show's official account:
[Why did the stream cut out? Give us an explanation!]
[I just love watching those two go at it with real punches! Please, please get the livestream back up!]
[This is the Emperor and Empress CP's first team-up. I want some sweet moments! Don't cut it off! Hurry up and fix it!]
Reading these messages, Lu Zhou nearly ground his back teeth to pieces.
In the jungle.
The cameraman had no idea their livestream had been cut and kept filming.
Duan Xuanyu and Su Mian had already subdued the wild boars.
They worked together to tie up both boars, then called the staff over to take them away for weighing.
The smaller one weighed seventy-five jin, and Su Mian let it go.
The larger one weighed 187 jin, and Su Mian was torn.
One glance at her, and Duan Xuanyu knew what she was torn about.
He simply untied the big boar and released it, then lowered his head to look at Su Mian. "Come on. Let's go earn three thousand yuan."
Su Mian's eyes instantly curved, and she gave a happy "Mm!"
That was exactly what she had been thinking!
They would catch one over two hundred jin and earn three thousand!
As mealtime approached, the pig butcher and chef the production team had hired were ready.
They were just waiting for the guests to bring back wild boars.
Gu Yichen and Cheng Qin were the first pair to return.
They had seen a wild boar, but neither had dared approach it.
They had simply given up and embraced slacking off. It just meant they wouldn't win any living funds.
Fang Nuonuo and Lin Xi also returned empty-handed.
Looking guilty, Fang Nuonuo said to Lin Xi, "Our trap did catch one, but unfortunately, it was too strong. It broke right through the cage and escaped. I'm sorry. It's all my fault."
Lin Xi comforted her. "It's fine. We were just unlucky."
Fang Nuonuo said, "As long as you don't blame me."
She looked around and, seeing that Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu hadn't returned yet, took out her phone to check online.
Only then did she learn that Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu's livestream had been cut off long ago.
The viewers still didn't know how the two were doing and were all asking in the main livestream.
Fang Nuonuo's lips curved slightly.
She hoped someone would come over soon and say, "A woman's body and a seriously injured man have been found in the woods..."
"What are you smiling about? What's got you so happy?" Lin Xi suddenly leaned over and asked.
Fang Nuonuo hurriedly put her phone away. "Nothing. I saw a really funny comment... excuse me, I need to use the restroom."
She couldn't wait to find out whether Su Mian had been gored to death by a wild boar after being gone for so long.
She got up and searched around.
She found nothing.
When she returned, she actually saw Su Mian and Duan Xuanyu back safe and sound!
They had even brought back an enormous wild boar!
The boar had just been weighed.
The host said excitedly, "My goodness, 220 jin! Su Mian, just how much strength is hidden beneath that sweet, bubbly exterior?! You actually brought back a wild boar more than twice your weight without a scratch! My goodness, I'm so excited. You absolutely deserve the prize money... Duan Xuanyu, you're a pretty good man too."
Everyone else there was also deeply impressed.
Even Lin Xi said in shock, "She's amazing! Looks like she went pretty easy on me before..."
Fang Nuonuo trembled with rage.
Why couldn't I measure up to Su Mian even when I cheated?!
Still staring at Su Mian, Lin Xi said to Fang Nuonuo, "I really want to go ask her how she caught such a big wild boar."
An idea suddenly flashed through Fang Nuonuo's mind.
Right.
Duan Xuanyu and Su Mian's livestream was cut off today.
Nobody knows how they caught the wild boar.
Nobody knows whether they actually caught this wild boar themselves.
Fang Nuonuo suddenly spoke. "Lin Xi, I have a secret, but I don't know whether I should tell you."
Lin Xi said, "Go ahead."