Lu Zhixing could not have his reputation ruined. The fans’ love for Lu Zhixing was like incense offerings, making his divine power more stable. If he were abandoned by his believers, that resentment would strengthen the demonic aura and destroy Lu Zhixing.
Xi Yu was wholeheartedly thinking about Lu Zhixing and was afraid a scandal would break out, but he had no idea that the netizens’ imagination had already driven all the way to the edge of the city.
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【WHY! DID! HE! REJECT! HIM!】
【Xing fans, come out and do some damage control.】
【Too lazy to. Whatever. They’re pretty well-matched.】
【Mystical Arts expert vs. top movie star—I’m eating this up!】
【Can they just kiss already? I’m in a hurry.】
【I only want to ask one thing: Yubao, why did you reject him?! He just wanted to sleep together! He wasn’t asking for the stars in the sky! Why didn’t you agree?!】
【Brother Lu trains us like we’re special forces every day. Seeing him get rejected somehow makes me a little happy…】
【He put up barriers all around them. Xi Yu really makes people feel so safe.】
【These two give me the feeling that as long as Yubao nods, they’ll become a couple.】
【Why do I feel like my bro is a simp? Ever since he started calling out support for Yubao, there’s been this overwhelming simp vibe coming from him.】
【What simp?! They’re obviously mutually in love. Didn’t my bro even say Yubao had seen his body? Heh, the tricks of a little couple.】
【I’m not a Xing fan, so let me give an objective opinion: Lu Zhixing looks like an unacknowledged mistress.】
【What mistress?! My bro has to be the legitimate wife! Do you even hear yourself? With my bro’s family background, looks, and career, which one of those says “mistress”? He’s obviously the legitimate wife!】
The Xing fans and some casual fans got into a fierce argument, stubbornly insisting that their own idol had to be the legitimate wife, with some even saying things like there was no way he could ever find a better friend and so on.
Lu Zhixing lowered his eyes. He stood in the cold wind for a while before silently returning to the tent.
Xi Yu wasn’t afraid of the cold, and his sleep quality was excellent. He yawned and quickly fell asleep.
These past two days had been even harder than when he had lived under the overpass. If things continued like this, it seemed they would only get more difficult.
Xi Yu’s guess was correct. Over the next two days, as they went deeper into the Lost Forest, their supplies became increasingly scarce.
By the fifth day, they didn’t even have a single cooking pot anymore. Even the tents had been reduced to three.
They had been cut in half directly, while the size of the tents remained unchanged.
When Lu Zhixing saw the tents, he finally revealed a satisfied smile.
Yu Qian would definitely have a tent to herself. The remaining two tents had to be shared among five people.
Luo Chengan had been hungry all day. At noon, the supply point had only provided a few pieces of compressed biscuits. When he saw that the evening supply point contained only a few tents, he felt as though the sky had collapsed.
“Is the production team trying to starve us to death?”
Luo Chengan threw down his bag and sighed at the assembled tents.
Yu Qian had already lost several pounds in just a few days. She sat weakly on the ground, no longer caring about her appearance.
“Forget it. I’ll just treat it as losing weight.”
Luo Shujing had been unusually quiet these past two days. His presence was even lower than Shen Linchuan’s. Without saying a word, he set up the tent, a sinister smile slowly appearing on his face.
The opportunity he had been waiting for had arrived.
Luo Shujing spoke softly.
“If there aren’t enough tents, I can stay with Xiaoyu and Chengan. It’ll be more convenient if our family stays together.”
Luo Chengan’s pupils contracted. It was as though he had just heard a ghost story. He hurriedly wanted to refuse, but Xi Yu was quick enough to cover his mouth with one hand and smiled.
“Sure. Just the three of us together.”
Lu Zhixing’s brows furrowed slightly. He calmly looked at Xi Yu, resentment spreading through his chest.
It was very faint, but it wound itself around his nerves thread by thread, making him irritated.
He regretted it a little.
Ever since the morning of the first day, when Xi Yu had fled after waking up, he had never again been able to sleep together with Xi Yu.
Was it because he had offended his Master…
At that time, he really had wanted to be intimate with his Master, but the reaction of his body had not been something he could control.
He couldn’t control it.
Lu Zhixing thought that he shouldn’t have.
He clearly knew about his own filthy thoughts, so he should have kept his distance.
So annoying. It wouldn’t listen to him.
He might as well chop it off.
It was precisely because it wouldn’t listen to him that his Master no longer dared to sleep with him.
He could clearly control his words and actions, keeping everything within a range that wouldn’t make his Master uncomfortable, but there was one lump of flesh that refused to obey him.
It had already been several days since he had slept with his Master. The uneasiness, anxiety, and desire to lock the person away and keep him all to himself were becoming increasingly difficult to control.
Inside, Lu Zhixing’s heart was raging like a stormy sea, but on the surface, he remained completely expressionless and accepted the arrangement.
【Brother Lu when he saw there were fewer tents: Hehe. When he heard Luo Shujing was going to sleep with Xi Yu: Not hehe.】
【Beauty Yu and Luo Chengan really look like a pair of siblings who have completely given up on life.】
【I think we were being too conspiratorial before. The three Luo brothers actually seem to have a pretty good relationship. Luo Shujing probably just didn’t understand Yubao before. Now that he does, the way they interact is pretty harmonious too.】
【Yubao only came home not long ago, so it’s normal that Luo Shujing doesn’t know him well. He’s a celebrity and probably rarely goes home. Of course he hasn’t had as much contact with him as Luo Chengan. I think Luo Chengan hasn’t joined a production for more than three months and has just been staying at home.】
【Can some production crew please take a look at our An’an? He has acting skills and good looks, brains and good looks.】
【Confirmed: the person above is a Luo Chengan anti-fan.】
【Can’t you let our little couple sleep together?! My Brother Lu is such a pitiful man.】
Ever since that day when Yu Qian had called Xi Yu “Yubao,” Xi Yu had successfully shed his “ugly son” label and transformed into the great expert Yubao.
Amid the barrage of comments about Yubao, Brother Lu, and Luo Chengan, Shen Linchuan’s presence was extremely low.
Shen Linchuan didn’t really care about the sleeping arrangements. In fact, these past few days, he hadn’t had much of an opinion about anything.
To him, any arrangement was fine. He wouldn’t get hung up on such matters. The competition would only begin on the final day.
There was only one prize, serving as the jackpot for the variety show.
When explaining the rules, the production team had said that the bracelet was on the other side of the Lost Forest—in other words, at its deepest point.
Whoever found it first would get it.
As for the bracelet, he was determined to obtain it. No one was allowed to compete with him for it.
Shen Linchuan felt that no one else would probably fight him for it either. Most of the people on this variety show were celebrities who had come for the exposure. They probably wouldn’t care too much about the bracelet.
The only person he was worried about now was Xi Yu.
The Lost Forest was filled with danger. He had made preparations, but he had never expected Xi Yu to turn the dense forest into Easy Mode all by himself.
Xi Yu was not an ordinary person. Shen Linchuan was certain of that.
He just wasn’t sure exactly how powerful Xi Yu was, or whether Xi Yu would discover his…
And whether he would know about the power contained within that bracelet.
Before joining the show, Shen Linchuan had thought the same thing as the netizens. He had assumed Xi Yu wanted to enter the entertainment industry.
But after these past few days, that idea had been completely overturned.
After spending several days together, he could tell that Xi Yu didn’t like being in front of the camera.
If it wasn’t for entering the entertainment industry, then what was he here for?
The bracelet…
Could Xi Yu, like him, have come here specifically for the bracelet?
Shen Linchuan opened his backpack and rubbed the little cat plushie inside. A dark, unreadable look flashed through his eyes.
Everyone had their own thoughts.
The only two people who didn’t were Yu Qian and Luo Chengan.
Luo Chengan stayed glued to Xi Yu, unable to understand why he had agreed to Luo Shujing’s request.
Luo Shujing had always wanted to harm the two of them, but he definitely wouldn’t dare harm Lu Zhixing.
They should have been assigned to sleep together instead!
However, since Xi Yu had made the decision, Luo Chengan didn’t argue again.
Forget it. As long as Xi Yu was there, Luo Shujing probably wouldn’t dare do anything to him!
Xi Yu looked at Luo Chengan’s completely unsuspecting expression, pity appearing in his eyes.
Silly child. Luo Shujing is going to kill you tonight!
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Xi Yu could already sense that the resentment on Luo Shujing’s body had reached the maximum amount that a human body could endure.
After pretending for so long, Luo Shujing was finally going to make his move.
Xi Yu had been waiting for this for a long time.
Before joining the variety show, he had already guessed that Luo Shujing would make his move inside the Lost Forest.
What place could be more suitable for manufacturing an “accident” than the Lost Forest?
Countless people had died in the Lost Forest over the past few years, yet many people still continued to flock there whenever it was open.
If someone had an accident in the Lost Forest, no one would suspect anything.
What was more, during the wolf pack and giant python incidents a few days ago, the drone had been following Lu Zhixing’s group. It had probably recorded everything as well.
This made the dangers of the Lost Forest even more apparent.
If Luo Chengan died here, the blame could be perfectly pushed onto the production team.
And furthermore… Luo Shujing probably wanted to kill more than just Luo Chengan.
Luo Shujing had witnessed the power of the talismans. There was no way he hadn’t guessed that Xi Yu was the one who had broken the Life-Exchange Lock.
Once he guessed it, he became frightened.
He wanted to kill Xi Yu as well to silence him.
Xi Yu had done it deliberately.
He had deliberately allowed Luo Shujing to figure it out.
He wanted him to become frightened and restless. He wanted his resentment to spread until Luo Shujing would never have the chance to rise again.
Once this cancer was removed and Luo Chengan’s family was safe, he could go search for the other magical artifact.
Luo Chengan knew nothing about any of this.
He was simply so hungry that he was seeing stars. Weakly, he said to Xi Yu,
“Big Brother, I’m hungry.”
Luo Chengan could eat a lot. Those few pieces of compressed biscuits, divided among several people, were nowhere near enough.
Fortunately, the production team had prepared plenty of water. Presumably, they were worried that the contestants would get sick from searching for drinking water in the dense forest.
Xi Yu actually didn’t want to move anymore. Walking around all day was genuinely exhausting.
But Luo Chengan was too clingy, and his constant nagging was irritating. Xi Yu was just about to refuse when he raised his head and met Lu Zhixing’s cold eyes.
After several days, Lu Zhixing had become somewhat thinner. His features remained handsome, but his complexion was a little pale.
The refusal stuck in Xi Yu’s throat.
After remaining silent for a while, he helplessly said,
“There are fish and shrimp in the stream we passed on our way here. Shall we go catch some?”
It wasn’t too late yet. Because Xi Yu could pinpoint their location precisely, they had avoided many unnecessary detours.
Luo Chengan remembered the place Xi Yu had mentioned. It only took them a little over ten minutes to walk there, and he had even washed his face there.
“There are crabs too! I saw them when I was washing my face!”
Luo Chengan suddenly became energetic.
“Then let’s go! I’m super hungry.”