Chapter 21
Aside from Gu Shengsheng, the rest of the team members were still physically fine. There were no problems, and Shen Jinfeng let out a breath of relief.
He lifted his eyes and looked at the sky. It was probably around six-thirty in the evening.
Summer days were long, and there was plenty of sunlight on the deserted island, so the sky was still bright.
“You guys sit outside for a while. I’m going into the woods,” he said to Qin Ye and the others.
Qi Xiu looked up in confusion. “Boss, it’s going to rain heavily later. Can’t you wait until after the rainstorm?”
Although Qin Ye did not fully believe there would be a rainstorm tonight—after all, there were still no signs of it—he still stared fixedly at Shen Jinfeng. “Is there something urgent? Can I go with you and help?”
He Erwang and Mo Fan did not speak, but the concern on their faces was exactly the same.
Warmth stirred faintly in Shen Jinfeng’s heart, but he still did not tell them he was going to pick medicinal herbs.
After all, judging from Gu Shengsheng’s pulse, relying only on those few cold pills would be a little difficult.
More importantly, he had no idea what was going on with this kid. At such a young age, he actually had emotional stagnation pent up in his chest.
Over the past two days on the island, perhaps because they had spent too little time together, Shen Jinfeng had not noticed it.
When he had felt it through the pulse just now, even he had been startled.
By coincidence, when he had passed through the woods yesterday, he had seen several medicinal herbs. They were quite effective for soothing the liver, relieving emotional stagnation, moving stagnant qi, reducing swelling, dispersing lumps, and easing blockage.
He could not exactly become a thoughtful older brother, but using medicine to intervene slightly and help unblock the stagnation of liver qi was something he could do.
“I’ll come back as quickly as possible. Don’t worry about me,” he only said.
He refused the others’ requests to go with him.
Qin Ye instinctively took a step after him, then paused and stopped where he was.
“Be careful. Come back soon.”
The others also shouted together, “Be careful! Come back soon!”
[This scene really looks like a bunch of kids seeing Dad/Mom off to work, waiting for Dad/Mom to earn money and come home to cook dinner.]
[More like wives seeing their husband off on a long journey.]
[What the hell do you mean wives? A whole group of wives, hahaha. If He Erwang comes out and sees this comment, I’m telling you, he’ll argue with you for three hundred rounds!]
[But it’s already so late. Why does Shen Jinfeng have to go into the woods today? Can’t he go tomorrow? What if it really rains heavily later?]
[That depends on whether the production team chooses to be human or not. Doge.]
Very soon, the netizens watching the livestream understood why Shen Jinfeng had gone into the woods.
After entering the forest, he did not hesitate at all. He headed in one direction with almost clear purpose, weaving between the tall trees that all seemed to have grown into the same shape.
As if he also felt that time was tight, his walking speed was extremely fast—so fast that it exceeded ordinary people’s imagination.
On the screen, almost only a blur could be seen.
Since livestreams could not be sped up, the netizens in front of their screens almost all rubbed their eyes in astonishment.
[Is he… is he walking? Why do I feel like his feet aren’t touching the ground at all? Like he’s floating over the ground?]
[Good grief. This is the first time I’ve had such a vivid, jaw-dropping understanding of the words “ghostly movement.”]
[Can you guys recognize—no, I mean, can you even see what direction he’s walking in? Why does it look like he’s returned to his hometown and doesn’t even need to recognize the road, just cua cua going straight ahead?]
[And they still say he isn’t an inheritor of ancient martial arts? Sob sob. When will Shen Jinfeng come out of the show? I want to take him as my master!]
[Honestly, is this really a pace a human can walk at?]
[Honestly, did the production team really not speed up the footage?]
[Good question. How many times would the production team have to speed it up to get this effect?]
Just as the bullet comments were discussing heatedly, a familiar notice appeared on the livestream’s public bullet screen:
[Professional movement. Do not imitate!!!]
Different from last time, three exclamation marks had been added at the end this time.
Sun Xinping’s eyes widened. “Goat, what the hell are you doing?”
The head of the equipment team turned his head blankly. “Huh?”
“Director, weren’t you the one who said that next time, as long as Shen Jinfeng does something normal people can’t do, we should put up a notice like this?”
Sun Xinping stared at him gloomily. “The problem is, is this really a speed a normal person—oh, no, a person—can walk at?”
The equipment team leader hesitated. “The world is vast and full of wonders. There should… probably… be people who can?”
Sun Xinping was choked speechless by his reply. For who knew how many times now, he expressed his heartfelt suspicion directly. “There’s nothing wrong with our equipment, right? We really didn’t speed it up?”
Only then did the equipment team leader realize what he was really getting at, and he could not be bothered to answer verbally.
He directly replied on the public bullet screen:
[The livestream equipment is functioning normally. The production team has not sped up the footage!]
Fortunately, the bullet comments did not keep arguing over this issue.
Because at Shen Jinfeng’s unimaginably fast pace, where no one could guess how many meters he could cover in a minute, only a little over ten minutes passed before he stopped.
[This looks kind of familiar. Didn’t he come here yesterday?]
[I can’t tell. In my eyes, they all look the same. And there aren’t any coconuts here. I only recognize that coconut grove from yesterday.]
On the screen, Shen Jinfeng’s figure suddenly stopped. He crouched down, moved his hand, and picked a bundle of “weeds” before placing it into the leaf basket.
His movements were so fast that no one even clearly saw what the grass looked like.
Fortunately, Shen Jinfeng seemed to have reached his destination and no longer moved forward quickly.
Instead, among the numerous wild grasses that looked more or less the same to ordinary people, no one knew whether he was picking with purpose or at random as he plucked several plants.
[He came out this late just to pick these grasses?]
[Damn, I know the one he just picked. It’s Chinese violet. It has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying, and it works very well for treating colds, fevers, sore throats, and things like that!]
[The one by his hand seems to be bupleurum. This one is more famous too, also used for colds. The one he just grabbed is plantain herb, a medicine that promotes urination and drains dampness…]
[Damn, isn’t this a living medical practice class? I’m calling my students to come watch the livestream right now!]
[I have a terrifying thought…]
[Upstairs, I also have an amazing thought… Did Shen Jinfeng come out this late just to pick medicinal herbs? The things he picked aren’t weeds, they’re all medicinal herbs? And from the sound of it, they’re pretty suitable for Gu Shengsheng’s symptoms.]
[And if it really rains heavily tonight, these medicines will be very useful.]
[Does it have to be this outrageous? So, before Shen Jinfeng debuted, did he study medicine?]
[Don’t say something like Shen Jinfeng learned it on the spot from the big-shot persona in his head. If the production team were powerful enough to do that, we could apply for each of us to have knowledge implanted too. That would directly be progress across eras.]
[So Shen Jinfeng is a real big shot?]
As more and more medical students appeared in the bullet comments, it gradually became obvious that medical experts were showing up too. Some of them even began teaching live in the comments!
The netizens watching from the sidelines exclaimed that they had never learned so much medical knowledge in their lives.
But this knowledge was forgotten as soon as they heard it. It simply would not go into their brains!
Did these lousy leaves not all look pretty much the same?
Shen Jinfeng picked the medicinal herbs very quickly, but no matter how fast he was, he still could not be faster than the unpredictable changes in the weather.
After the sun completely set, the sky gradually darkened, and not a trace of the sunset glow could be seen anymore.
In just a few short minutes, huge dark clouds gathered one after another in the sky.
The entire canopy of the sky also turned dark and heavy. Flocks of birds scattered as if startled.
In midair, an extremely bright bolt of lightning split open the sky.
Shen Jinfeng’s hand paused while picking herbs.
He narrowed his eyes and looked up at the sky, silently counting the time in his heart.
Sun Xinping, who had also been immersed in taking in medical knowledge, was startled awake by the lightning. “It’s going to rain heavily?”
The equipment team leader silently nodded. “The rainstorm was set for seven-thirty tonight. It’s already seven-thirteen now.”
“Seventeen minutes left,” Sun Xinping muttered to himself.
If Shen Jinfeng got up and left now according to the speed he had used when first entering the dense forest, he should just about have enough time to return to the wooden hut.
Sun Xinping let out a small breath of relief.
Who would have thought that on the screen, the cold-looking young man merely lifted his head slightly for a glance, then lowered it again and continued picking medicinal herbs with full concentration.
[Looks like it really is going to rain heavily. This dog production team really won’t let go of this kind of traffic. Could Qi Xiu be a plant they hired?]
[Judging by this momentum, the rain probably won’t be light.]
[Why is Shen Jinfeng still picking? Is his heart really that big? Hurry back!!!]
[Walking in the woods during a rainstorm is way too dangerous. Don’t tell me that in order to pick herbs for Gu Shengsheng, he’ll end up trapping himself in the rain instead.]
[Getting sick on a deserted island is so troublesome. The main thing is, if Big Shot Shen himself gets sick, is there a second person in the team who knows these herbs?]
[The production team had better be human. If Shen Jinfeng is still in the woods when the rainstorm hits, I’m absolutely mailing razor blades to the production team!!! Don’t give me that “it was set in advance” nonsense. Dig the staff out of bed and make them work overtime to change the program!]
Little did they know, Sun Xinping was also confused and anxious.
“What is Shen Jinfeng doing? Can’t he tell it’s about to rain heavily? If he doesn’t get up now, he won’t make it back in time!”
The equipment team leader asked weakly from the side, “Director, don’t worry. I’m working overtime right now. Should I change the storm time and delay it a little?”
Sun Xinping’s face darkened slightly, but he did not dare go against public opinion at this point.
He had worked in variety shows for so many years, so he still had some sharp instincts.
Shen Jinfeng was clearly the core pillar of the third season of What Kind of Person Are You? From the current situation, without him, they would lose more than half of the show’s highlights.
Naturally, he also did not want anything to go wrong with Shen Jinfeng’s health because of getting drenched in the rain.
“Wait a little longer.” He made a wait gesture to the equipment team leader.
Watching time pass bit by bit, Sun Xinping’s brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
He was even so anxious that a cold sweat broke out on his forehead in a room where the air conditioner had been set to twenty degrees Celsius.
The equipment team leader could not wait any longer. “Director, there are only five minutes left. I still need to adjust the equipment. If we don’t change it now, it’ll be too late!”
Sun Xinping closed his eyes for two seconds. When he opened them again, he finally made up his mind. “Push the storm time back a little. Change it to eight o’clock tonight.”
Delay it by half an hour. Shen Jinfeng should get up and go back by then, right!!!
Unexpectedly, just as his words fell and the equipment team leader raised his hand—
The young man on the screen finally moved.
Shen Jinfeng straightened up and pulled a long leaf rope from the bottom of the leaf basket.
This leaf rope was clearly much longer than the one used to put He Erwang down before.
It was almost twenty meters long.
He lightly—but also impossibly casually—threw the leaf rope outward.
That rope seemed to have grown eyes, hands, and feet. In an instant, it was thrown onto a tall tree more than ten meters away.
Shen Jinfeng tapped the ground with the tip of his foot, borrowed force from the tree trunk beside him, and his entire body rose into the air.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared on another tree more than ten meters away.
Sun Xinping’s mouth dropped open into an O shape in shock, and for a long while, he could not say a word.
The equipment team leader’s hand froze in midair, forgetting to move.
As for the netizens watching the livestream:
[?!!]
[! Mom, I saw a flying man!!!]
