It should be this way.
Whether it was Luo Chengan or Xi Yu, they were nothing more than stepping stones for him.
“Xiao Yu, no matter what you say, I don’t mind. I’m doing this for everyone’s sake. The Lost Forest is full of dangers. This isn’t something to joke about.”
Xi Yu looked at Luo Shujing. Only after a long while did he softly say, “Did I do something wrong somewhere, that’s why you never trust me?”
Xi Yu had an extremely beautiful appearance—snow-white skin, red lips, and eyes that seemed to hold affection.
It was the kind of beauty that was almost aggressive, making it impossible for people to look away once they saw him.
But now, with his lips pressed together and his raven-like lashes trembling, a trace of sadness appeared on his face, giving his gorgeous features a hint of fragility.
It was almost a beauty that could unsettle the heart.
Yu Qian suddenly covered her mouth, preventing herself from screaming.
Oh my god! A妖精!
The first day she met Xi Yu, she had endured and endured just to stop herself from reaching out and touching him.
After all, this was a variety show, and Xi Yu was a man. She couldn’t make it too obvious.
But Xi Yu was really, really good-looking!!!
She couldn’t take it. She seriously couldn’t take it!
Yu Qian had already become completely dazed, forgetting that the drone was still there as she stared straight at Xi Yu.
An unpromising trickle of drool ran from the corner of her mouth.
Lu Zhixing’s eyes became slightly colder, and his fingertips moved almost imperceptibly.
Yu Qian was completely absorbed in watching when a gust of wind suddenly blew over, carrying a fallen leaf that covered her eyes.
Luo Shujing’s pupils contracted.
This face of Xi Yu’s…
It was this very face, wasn’t it? The one that had made Lu Zhixing keep drawing closer to him.
An inexplicable irritation began to rise in Luo Shujing’s heart.
He was too dazzling. He had to be destroyed as soon as possible.
He took a deep breath, his eyes reddening slightly. “I didn’t say I don’t believe you. We’re a team. I can’t just watch everyone waste their time.”
Those tricks Xi Yu used to deceive people could be used to fool people beneath a flyover, but that was it.
But of all things, he absolutely shouldn’t have come here to show off.
Luo Shujing simply didn’t believe Xi Yu could really calculate the answer. If he truly had such an ability, why hadn’t he calculated where the supplies were yesterday?
He had merely gambled on a one-in-three chance.
But Xi Yu had bet wrong.
Before coming onto the variety show, Luo Shujing had already spent a huge amount of money buying information.
Although it was only a small amount of information and seemed mostly useless, it included the fact that at the three-way fork, the supplies were on the right-hand path.
The production team behind 《Unparalleled Secret Realm》 had very powerful backing, and this variety show was particularly strange. Its core personnel were completely impossible to bribe.
He had gone through enormous effort before finally getting in touch with a peripheral employee.
Originally, he had thought the money was wasted, but now Luo Shujing felt it couldn’t have been more worthwhile.
Xi Yu was destined to be humiliated.
He had even pinched his fingers and calculated the wrong location.
It was simply hilarious.
Once he found the supplies on the right, he wanted to see how Xi Yu would get out of this.
Seeing Xi Yu rendered speechless, the frustration in Luo Shujing’s chest dissipated. He once again put on an understanding expression.
“If you want to go left, then go left. If you find them, contact us with the communicator, okay?”
Luo Chengan was extremely anxious. “Brother, say something!”
He didn’t want to make a wasted trip. Whatever his brother said had to be right.
Xi Yu’s expression was indifferent as he walked toward Luo Shujing step by step.
Luo Chengan’s heart skipped a beat.
He had only wanted Xi Yu to say something. He hadn’t meant for Xi Yu to hit him!!!
“Brother, brother, there’s no need for that…”
Luo Shujing, however, was looking forward to it.
He pretended to be frightened and stepped backward, apparently about to retreat into Lu Zhixing.
Lu Zhixing shifted his body and moved away.
“Xiao Yu, I know you’re angry with me. If you want to hit me, can we wait until after the show?”
Luo Shujing’s voice was almost pleading.
Xi Yu forced him back against a tree.
Then he took a talisman from his backpack and stuffed it into his hand.
“Except for the left, there are things on the other two paths. They should be snakes and wolves. With this, wild beasts won’t dare approach. I know you don’t believe me, but take it with you. It doesn’t take up any space, does it?”
Xi Yu’s voice was low, carrying a hint of helpless compromise.
Lu Zhixing smiled.
The curve of his lips was faint, but his narrow eyes were bright and gentle.
It reminded him of the past.
……………………….
Luo Shujing did have some tricks.
But those little tricks were truly not worth mentioning in Lu Zhixing’s eyes.
Because they were all things his master had already played with.
Back in the God Realm, whenever the peaches watered by Fairy Jinghua ripened, his master, who usually disliked going out, would always take him along to find the Heavenly Clan’s Crown Prince and wander around.
Then, while they were at it, they would pick a few peaches.
Whenever Fairy Jinghua discovered them, the Heavenly Clan’s Crown Prince would push his master forward.
His master would then smile bitterly and take the blame upon himself.
Afterward, the Crown Prince would be reported to the Heavenly Emperor by Fairy Jinghua and punished with three bolts of heavenly lightning.
Once they returned to Lanxing Hall, he and his master would split those peaches between them and eat them.
Luo Shujing was indeed very good at acting, but his master was no fool like the Heavenly Clan’s Crown Prince.
Arguing right now would only make things awkward.
Retreating in order to advance was the only way to strike a fatal blow.
【It might really be on the left, because Xi Yu’s reasoning makes sense.】
【Xi Yu has been bullying our Shushu all this time, hasn’t he? He really hit Shushu before, right! Shushu instinctively dodged just now.】
【Xi Yu is trying to turn the tables and frame Shushu for being biased against him!】
【Are Jing fans getting a little too reactive? Xi Yu didn’t say anything. He only said Luo Shujing didn’t believe him, and he wasn’t wrong. Nobody else had even said anything, yet he was so certain it wasn’t on the left?】
【Am I the only one who thinks Luo Shujing is really strange? There are so many people here. Xi Yu isn’t crazy enough to attack him. The guests don’t know about the other cameras, but they can see that the drone has been filming the whole time. Luo Shujing was way too frightened just now. He dodged as if he’d already been hit. It’s… hard to say.】
【The person above is the one who’s hard to understand. Xi Yu got exposed by Shushu and completely lost it, so now he’s making things up. And there are snakes~ There are wolves~ Can you stop being ridiculous? If there were things like that, the production team would have to be insane to dare make this variety show.】
【Xi Yu really is crazy. I was starting to waver just now because he didn’t seem like someone who would bully others. But now he’s handing out those talismans everywhere… As a materialist, I don’t understand this.】
The netizens didn’t understand.
But there were people who did.
Jiang Lin watched in trepidation as his grandfather repeatedly struck his cane against the floor with loud thumps. He hurriedly said, “Please don’t get so worked up. Take care of yourself!”
The old master Jiang looked at the thick stack of talismans in the backpack Xi Yu had opened, his face filled with heartache.
“I didn’t ask for enough! I didn’t ask for enough! That little brat tricked me again. Every time, he stingily only draws one for me.”
“Send people to wait at the exit right now. The moment the livestream ends, bring him straight to the house for me!”
At the same time, across the ocean, a middle-aged man lay on a hospital bed.
Looking at Xi Yu’s face projected from his daughter’s phone, immense joy suddenly appeared in his cloudy eyes.
“Dad, what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell again?” the young girl asked anxiously, almost crying.
The man forced himself upright.
“Return to A City. Go back immediately. We found him. We finally found him…”
“Achoo!”
“Achoo!”
“Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!”
In the Lost Forest, Xi Yu sneezed several times in a row. He rubbed his nose and muttered, “Who misses me this much?”
Shen Linchuan teased him, “Maybe… Luo Chengan?”
“Probably. He’s timid. He’s definitely clutching that talisman and refusing to let go now.”
Shen Linchuan laughed and said nothing more.
He wasn’t a materialist either, but he also didn’t want to say too much about matters beyond human understanding.
Xi Yu had no intention of saying anything to him either and simply continued walking.
After distributing the talismans to everyone just now, he and Shen Linchuan had entered the left-hand path first.
The drone could only follow one pair, so it would definitely be on Lu Zhixing’s side.
At least Luo Chengan wouldn’t be too embarrassed later.
As for Lu Zhixing’s side…
It was daytime now, and the talisman he had given Lu Zhixing could block demonic aura for two hours.
Xi Yu was glad that he had nothing better to do and had drawn so many strange talismans. Now they could all finally come in handy.
Neither Xi Yu nor Shen Linchuan was talkative, and the two walked quickly.
On the other side, Luo Chengan wasn’t having nearly as easy a time.
“I’m so tired! Why do I feel like the backpack is getting heavier and heavier?”
Thinking there was no drone here anyway, Luo Chengan abandoned his idol image.
He had one backpack on his back and another in front of him, and he was walking slower and slower.
Yu Qian felt embarrassed and wanted to carry hers herself, but Luo Chengan waved his hand.
“I can barely carry mine. You definitely can’t carry yours.”
But something really wasn’t right.
The backpack really had become very heavy.
“Qianqian-jie, let’s stop for a moment. I’ll take some things out of the backpack.”
Luo Chengan thought that he had simply been walking for too long and had lost his stamina too quickly. He wanted to take some things out of the backpack and leave them there for now, planning to come back and retrieve them later.
Hearing this, Yu Qian took the talisman from him. With her other hand, she reached for her own backpack.
She was also preparing to take some things out so she could carry it herself.
Actually, she had tried several times to carry it herself. It wasn’t that she couldn’t carry it; it would just be more tiring.
But Luo Chengan had never let her.
Yu Qian didn’t know whether Luo Chengan was putting on an act or what, but she was the one benefiting from it, so either way, she was grateful to him.
Now that Luo Chengan had expended so much energy and could no longer carry everything, she naturally wanted to reduce his burden as well.
Yu Qian reached down with one hand to lift the backpack, preparing to find a clean spot to take some things out.
The moment her hand touched it, she realized something was wrong.
She couldn’t lift it…
She had a pretty good idea of her own strength.
Moreover, she knew what was inside this backpack. Although it was heavy, it absolutely wasn’t supposed to be so heavy that she couldn’t lift it.
Yu Qian tried again, her face flushing red from the effort, while the talisman in her palm was squeezed into wrinkles.
Luo Chengan opened his backpack and called out loudly to her as she struggled to lift hers.
“Don’t bother. Don’t leave a girl’s things outside. They’ll all get covered in dust. I’ll take my things out—ah!!!!”
Yu Qian was exerting all her strength to lift the backpack when she suddenly heard a shrill scream.
She hurriedly turned her head.