Chapter 35
The others in the wooden cabin did not believe in Qi Xiu’s divination skills with absolute, unwavering devotion, but they were pretty close to being deeply convinced. As for the tiny bit that did not match up, they would rather believe it might be an accident beyond fate’s control.
Therefore, when they heard him say that, the panic that had risen in everyone’s hearts because of the howling wind beside their ears had already been half dispelled by Shen Jinfeng’s words. Now, another thirty percent of it disappeared.
Even Qin Ye asked him curiously, “Heavy rain plus a typhoon. What happy event could possibly come knocking?”
Shen Jinfeng propped his head up with one hand and guessed lazily.
After the heavy rain passed and the tide receded, the beach would probably be full of seafood. Maybe they would not even need to go look for food themselves. The waves might just wash those seafood straight to their doorstep.
That did count as a happy event.
But Qi Xiu got a little stuck.
He could not divine that much detail.
“I’m not sure. Anyway, it’s a good thing. I feel at ease following Boss.”
There were benefits to hugging the right thigh!
He Erwang glanced at him speechlessly, then turned back to Shen Jinfeng and smiled slightly, a little shyly. “I believe it too. With Boss here, I’m not scared.”
Mo Fan and Gu Shengsheng did not speak up from the side, but they silently nodded to show their support as well.
Qin Ye suddenly thought of the scene earlier, when Shen Jinfeng had pulled him behind himself to protect him.
“Ahem.” He coughed twice awkwardly, wanting to show a little presence.
He said to Shen Jinfeng, “I can protect you too.”
The expressions of the others became subtly strange. They did not catch that his key point was “protect you,” not “protect all of you.”
Although the thigh they wanted to hug was Boss, since Qin Ye had that intention, they were still moved.
So they all said, “Thank you, Brother Ye. We’ll help each other.”
Shen Jinfeng: “…”
He felt a little lucky that he was the only one present who understood what the secret admirer was saying.
Seriously!
Qin Ye was far too good at openly whispering private words to him.
Was he flirting with him?
Although he did not need to be protected.
Still, he had to give the man some face.
Shen Jinfeng kept his expression steady and nodded at Qin Ye.
“Okay. We’ll help each other.”
The bullet comments that saw this scene: “…”
For some reason, the netizens who had originally been very nervous relaxed quite a bit too.
Because at least for now, the wooden cabin was still tenaciously resisting.
A notice from the production team also appeared on the public screen: “Extreme weather has suddenly occurred on the deserted island. The production team is making emergency adjustments. We will do our best to ensure the guests’ safety and psychological well-being.”
In other words, the typhoon would not get any stronger. Its current level was already the peak.
The production team had intervened, and the extreme weather was about to slowly improve!
It was not that viewers would not allow unexpected situations to happen in a variety show, but there was no need for an accident that could cost lives, right?
Even if it was a virtual world, it looked extremely real!
Now that they knew the guests’ lives were protected, the netizens watching the livestream finally let out a breath.
“This trash production team reacts way too slowly! This typhoon is already really strong. If they don’t lower it, I feel like a storm surge is about to happen! Luckily the guests are all fine for now.”
“I’m dying of laughter. The tech guy was probably scared into rushing over to adjust things the moment he clocked in, right? Workers’ lives, workers’ souls. Try to understand a little.”
“Production team, please be more careful! Do your risk assessments in advance. Although the guests won’t really get hurt in the virtual world, the pain and fear they feel in the moment are one hundred percent real! What if they really experience a typhoon and come out with psychological trauma?”
“Oh my god, that scared me to death. Damn it, Old Dog Sun, if you want the third season to end early, just say so!”
“I heard that after Sun Fei came out of the show last season, he really developed claustrophobia because he fell into a deep pit in the show and stayed there for a whole day and night… Although that old fossil was awful and deserved it, the guests this season are all so cute! There isn’t a single one I dislike!”
“Exactly. And if something happened to any guest, not only would that guest ‘really’ experience ‘death,’ the other guests who treat him as a companion would be devastated, right? Maybe their whole spirit would collapse.”
“Thank goodness nothing happened thank goodness nothing happened thank goodness nothing happened. If something really happened, I’d send Old Dog Sun razor blades!”
“Hahahahaha, I feel like not only are the guests not traumatized, they’re actually enjoying themselves. The little couple still has time to flirt even though it’s this dangerous!”
“That’s right, I’m talking about you, Qin Ye!!! Ahhh, Little Qi, Little Purple Hair, Shengsheng, Brother Mo, wake up! You guys are actually thanking him! He’s trying to steal your Boss!”
The bullet comments were already used to CP fans by now.
After all, Big Boss Shen did not have only one CP fanbase.
The CP fans for this variety show had practically become a mixed stew.
In particular, because Qi Xiu was a newcomer in the entertainment industry and had no fanbase before this, his CP fans had developed almost smoothly and without resistance. Even his solo-fan support club had been helped into existence by CP fans.
These CP fans could always find sugar in the strangest places.
Solo fans, casual fans, and fans of the show ignored them and continued discussing on their own.
“I feel like these people are starting to trust Big Boss Shen blindly. It’s just that as long as Big Boss Shen is there, they don’t panic.”
“Isn’t there also Little Qi’s metaphysical buff? Little Qi said the typhoon is a timely wind! I’m really curious. What happy event could possibly come knocking?”
“I’m dying of laughter. Little Qi’s metaphysical buff… I feel like the person who believes in the divination most is Little Qi himself. He divined that Big Boss Shen was his benefactor, so from the first day of the show, he has been firmly hugging this thigh. I was wondering why at the time, and now I finally know. This is what it means to strike first!”
Seeing that the bullet comments had calmed down, the people in the production team’s control room finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Goat patted his chest after surviving the scare. “Director, if you want our show to die young, just say so.”
“If it really dies young, I’ll go online and make a post exposing that this was all your own doing. I definitely won’t help you fool the netizens.”
Sun Xinping: “…”
Very good. Now even his subordinates dared to talk back to him.
He smiled darkly, turned around to look at the staff present, and warned, “Don’t forget the confidentiality agreements you signed. If any rumors that shouldn’t exist appear online, I’ll come looking for you.”
The staff choked and could only nod.
One had to admit that for a variety show popular enough to dominate the entire internet by a huge margin and reach its third season, Sun Xinping still had some ability.
His primary goal was to increase the show’s ratings and watchability.
At the same time, he had to mediate among the investors, maintain relative fairness within the production team, and make sure he knew what he was doing to ensure the guests’ safety.
That typhoon just now had already reached the limit.
If the typhoon warning grew any stronger, the waves would be impossible to control.
Now that the situation had calmed down, Sun Xinping looked with some disappointment at the wooden cabin that was still intact in the wind.
He gritted his teeth. Why was it so hard to add a little difficulty this season?
So early in the morning too.
He exhaled. First, he respectfully sent Madam Yun a WeChat message: “Madam Yun, I’m very sorry. Our production team was negligent and failed to predict the weather conditions in advance, which caused a temporary Force Nine typhoon to appear on the deserted island. We started adjusting the equipment as soon as we discovered it. The typhoon is now stable and will not continue to strengthen. It is estimated to drop to an ordinary strong wind within two hours.”
“Fortunately, the wooden cabin built through the guests’ teamwork is especially sturdy! President Qin has not encountered any problems. They just had breakfast inside the wooden cabin, and the atmosphere was very warm!”
He sent Madam Yun a screenshot of the scene when Qin Ye and Shen Jinfeng had spoken just now.
Madam Yun probably had not gotten up yet and did not reply for the time being.
Sun Xinping thought for a moment, then sent a text to He Erwang’s agent to inform him as well.
Although he did not know which family’s young master He Erwang really was, just based on how arrogantly he acted in the entertainment industry, one could tell that his backing was not simple. Besides, Qi Xiu’s divination had further supported this.
As for the remaining few, forget it.
He could not find a contact person for Qi Xiu.
The managers of the others were probably eager for something to happen to them.
After sending a few messages reporting safety—or rather, proactively reporting the situation—he glanced at the delightful ratings in the background and felt that the unpleasant breakfast he had eaten that morning still had an aftertaste in his mouth.
He gritted his teeth, picked up his phone, and ordered another extremely expensive breakfast.
“All right, stop complaining. I’ll treat everyone to morning tea from Rongfu Ji.” Sun Xinping waved his hand grandly and announced, “As long as the ratings can hold, everyone’s bonus this month will be tripled!”
The staff’s anger instantly decreased by a tiny, tiny bit.
Little Li’s eyes shifted, and he muttered inwardly.
This old fossil really did know how to use both kindness and authority. No wonder he was the director.
On the livestream screen, the typhoon had not completely died down yet.
The wooden cabin had clearly withstood it, though it was still shaking quite badly.
About two hours later, when it was almost noon, the typhoon had probably dropped to Force Seven.
The atmosphere among the guests was still leisurely and comfortable.
Especially Shen Jinfeng. He simply sat there lazily and occasionally gave a few pointers.
Seeing that everyone was no longer afraid, he said, “Keep working. Once the rain stops, we’ll go explore this deserted island.”
“When the time comes, you’ll know how useful the things in your hands are.”
There were many opportunities on a deserted island. Maybe they could even make a fortune once they went out.
Qi Xiu nodded from the side. “Okay!”
“Follow Boss and we’ll eat delicious food and drink spicy soup!”
He fully displayed the quality of a qualified underling—being the hype man.
Qi Xiu had loved reading novels in the past. He liked all kinds of male-oriented leveling-up novels.
As everyone knew, in these kinds of novels, there were several common types of male leads.
The first type of male lead encountered crises wherever he went, and wherever he went, he could also encounter heavenly treasures. As the saying went, opportunities and risks coexisted.
Those crises all existed to help Long Aotian level up.
The old man had told him that this kind of person’s fate was one that could never remain idle. A hidden dragon in the abyss. Many enemies, but also many benefactors.
If you met such a person, you had to find a way to befriend him. You absolutely must not become enemies with him.
As for the second kind of protagonist, he similarly encountered crises wherever he went. But this type of protagonist had one characteristic: he consumed his friends and family a bit too much.
The better your relationship with the protagonist, the faster you died.
Then the protagonist would improve rapidly for the sake of revenge.
The old man had told him with lingering fear that this kind of person only prospered himself, absorbing other people’s luck to strengthen his own. If you met this kind of person, no matter how capable the other party was, please roll away quickly and do not get close.
As for the third kind of protagonist, he was already big-shot level himself. His fate was absurdly good. He could always turn misfortune into fortune, survive danger safely, and whoever met him would find him to be their benefactor.
Even without the old man saying it, Qi Xiu knew that when encountering this kind of benefactor, one had to cling tightly to his thigh!
Mm. Shen Jinfeng was exactly the third kind of big shot!
Just as he was thinking happily, a huge crash suddenly came from the wooden cabin. The door shook violently, and the wooden latch almost fell off again.
Qi Xiu’s whole body trembled in fright. “What’s going on?”
Gu Shengsheng instinctively shrank back even more, and his arms immediately wrapped around Shen Jinfeng’s arm.
He had just come over to ask for guidance because his handicraft was not going smoothly.
Everyone looked toward the wooden door in shock.
“Why is the wind quieter, but the movement even bigger?” He Erwang asked in confusion.
Mo Fan guessed, “Could a tree on the side have fallen and hit the door?”
His guess was not unreasonable, because that sound had been frighteningly loud, like something extremely heavy had smashed against the door. The door had even been pushed inward into a curve.
Besides, it had only sounded once just now. Now, there was no more movement.
But it also did not quite make sense. If it was a tree, how could it happen to press against the door?
Shouldn’t it have fallen down onto the roof? Or onto the eaves?
He could only chalk it up to the tree possibly not being very tall, and the angle being a little strange.
But if it was not tall, how could it have smashed over?
The wooden cabin’s site was still some distance away from the woods.
Before anyone else could respond, he first ruled out his own guess. “It doesn’t seem very realistic.”
Shen Jinfeng focused and listened for two breaths. A layer of delight appeared in his eyes.
“Qi Xiu, maybe your happy event has come knocking.”
“Come on. Let’s go take a look.” He stood up and walked toward the door first.
Qi Xiu, who had been called out by name, looked blank, but immediately stood up and followed. “Really? What happy event?”
The others exchanged glances, then stood up one after another and followed toward the door.
The livestream angle followed them as well.
As Shen Jinfeng removed the wooden latch and pushed the door outward, something heavy seemed to be blocking it, and he could not push it open at all.
He changed direction and pulled the door instead.
The moment the door opened, the first thing everyone felt was the stinging cold wind striking their faces.
And the sound of the wind after the door opened was almost the same as the sound they had heard inside when the door had been tightly shut earlier.
Then just now, when Shen Jinfeng had blocked the door alone, how strong had the wind been?
None of the people present were stupid. All of them had sharp minds.
With just a turn of thought, they understood that Shen Jinfeng had protected them once again.
“Boss.” Gu Shengsheng was somewhat sentimental, and his eyes reddened at once.
“Hey, Gu Shengsheng, go to the back. Let Qin Ye and Brother Mo come over and move this.” Shen Jinfeng heard his voice, waved his hand, and said without turning his head.
If one listened carefully, his voice was full of joy.
Move?
Move what?
Everyone looked down at the ground together. In an instant, their pupils widened one after another.
Cries of surprise rang out.
“Oh my god, what is this?” As soon as Gu Shengsheng asked, he realized he had asked a stupid question.
A huge animal lay on the ground, looking like it was almost 1.3 meters long. As Shen Jinfeng turned the animal over, its facial features were revealed clearly.
It was shockingly a wild boar!
“My goodness, did this wild boar pass out?” The enormous wild boar lay on the ground. Its eyes had not fully closed, but they were half-open and half-shut, making it look very weak.
Everyone quickly understood. The movement they had heard inside earlier had probably been caused by this wild boar crashing into the door.
So… what was going on now?
This wild boar, some wild boar from who knew where, had charged out of the forest on a rainy typhoon day, run all the way to their wooden cabin, crashed into the door, and knocked itself unconscious?
Mo Fan murmured to himself, “Wow. I’ll never doubt the success rate of sitting by a stump and waiting for rabbits again.”
Gu Shengsheng turned to look at Qi Xiu, his gaze shaken. “Qi Xiu, is this the happy event knocking on the door you mentioned?”
“Holy crap. If this happened in a TV drama, I’d think it was way too fake!”
Qi Xiu smiled brightly. “Aiya, when our luck comes, there’s no stopping it.”
“Come on, hand me the dagger.” Shen Jinfeng crouched down and held his hand out in midair.
Qin Ye was prepared and handed over the military knife he carried with him.
Shen Jinfeng took the knife. With a light turn of his wrist, he spun a beautiful knife flourish.
There was probably no boy who could refuse such a handsome move.
“So cool. I want to learn that.” He Erwang’s eyes lit up.
Hearing his voice, Shen Jinfeng paused, then directly said, “Turn around. I’ll tell you when to turn back.”
The others did not understand why, but obediently turned around.
Shen Jinfeng’s ears moved slightly, and he immediately drove the dagger in his hand into the wild boar’s throat, following the boar’s windpipe straight toward its heart.
In just a few seconds, the wild boar that had still been clinging to life completely went silent.
This incomparably plump-looking wild boar died just like that.
However, because Qi Xiu and the others had been warned and turned around in time, they did not see the scene just now. The viewers watching the livestream, however, had not looked away.
“Holy crap! How is this not a happy event knocking on the door? As someone without the luck to taste it, I think pork is so much better than seafood!”
“Such a huge fat pig, my goodness. My grandma was watching the livestream with me just now, and she said this would be enough for every household in their whole village to get a few pieces of meat.”
“What is going on with this pig? Is there really such a stupid pig that runs into someone’s wooden door and knocks itself unconscious? It’s hard not to suspect that this was arranged by the production team to give the guests an extra meal.”
“Then you’re thinking too well of the production team. It’s already rare enough if this damn production team doesn’t cause trouble. There’s no way they would help the guests.”
“I was scared to death just now. Am I the only one who thinks Shen Jinfeng’s actions were cruel? Also, why were his movements so practiced?”
“Ah yes, yes, yes. Only you! Only you think that! Congratulations, you’re special.”
“I’m dying of laughter. When I saw Big Boss Shen slaughter the pig earlier, I was wondering if some saint would jump out, and there really is one. Killing a pig is cruel? You don’t eat pork normally? Even if you don’t eat pork, do you not eat any meat at all? Or does the meat jump into your mouth alive and you swallow it? Holy crap, swallowing it alive? What’s the difference between that and burying it alive? You’re so cruel!”
“Hahahaha, upstairs, did you steal all the bamboo shoots on the mountain?”
“That was so handsome. Big Boss Shen’s move just now! I also want to be able to strike cleanly like that!”
“By the way, someone’s questioning why Big Boss Shen is so practiced? Thanks for asking. I personally killed fish at RT-Mart for thirty years. I’m even more skilled than this when killing fish. One second to seal the throat. These days, killing people is illegal, but now people even have complaints about cooking delicious food? Isn’t killing fish or slaughtering pigs the first step in cooking good food?”
But where exactly had this pig come from?
The people inside the wooden cabin were filled with doubt, but there was no way to know the truth. They could only joke that it had probably been blown over by the strong wind, hahaha.
The bullet comments were also full of question marks. Many people felt it was far too ridiculous.
Sun Xinping also felt it was very ridiculous.
He stared wide-eyed at the wild boar on the screen and asked the head of the equipment team beside him, “Goat, where did that wild boar come from?”
“Are there wild boars on this island?”
Goat said, “Isn’t that obvious? How could there not be wild boars in the woods? Wild boars are the most common animals in the wild. There must be plenty of other animals too. It’s just that the guests didn’t run into them before.”
He pulled up the virtual world’s data and finally locked onto the wild boar’s data source.
He started the playback and, at the same time, released this footage to the viewers.
And so, everyone saw that… this wild boar really had been blown over by the damn wind!!!
Because of this sudden typhoon, the wild boar’s experience could practically be turned into “The Wild Boar’s Adventure.”
On the screen, the marked location showed that the wild boar had originally been in the southeast, the complete opposite direction from where the guests were living. It was nearly ten li away from the wooden cabin.
The typhoon had blown in from that direction.
At first, the wild boar had been leisurely foraging outside, eating the stems and leaves of some unknown plant on the ground.
As a result, once the typhoon started, it began pacing irritably in place. But it clearly had not eaten its fill yet, so it continued eating.
As the wind grew stronger and stronger, wow, the plant stems and leaves that it had already taken a few bites from were directly blown up by the wind.
The wild boar watched helplessly as the food by its mouth ran away.
It froze for a moment, then decisively chased after the flying plant.
Facing the direction of the wind, it seemed to gain divine speed and kept running and running.
But clearly, it could not outrun the wind.
Still, the wild boar was not completely without gains.
Because of the typhoon, the air was full of plants, especially those that were already thinner and weaker.
The wild boar ate while running, and it was obvious that it was very happy.
But as the typhoon grew stronger and stronger, when it wanted to stop and run back, it discovered that moving had become extremely difficult.
Going against the wind was simply a resistance it had never seen in its pig life.
One could see the wild boar on the screen hesitate for a moment. Then it simply turned around again and ran wildly with the typhoon, in the direction of the delicious food. This was probably the fastest it had ever run. The more it ran, the easier it became, as if the soles of its feet were slipping.
That was why, in just a few short hours, it had run nearly ten li.
In the woods not far from the wooden cabin, the wild boar was unfortunately struck by a fallen tree.
It looked around in terror at the swaying branches and wanted to run toward an open area.
Along the way, it was hit several more times.
Then, no one knew how its eyes grew, but in its panic, it crashed headfirst into the wooden door.
It knocked itself unconscious.
No one knew whether it had already been smashed stupid or half-unconscious by wood while running.
It crashed into the wooden door, crashed open Big Boss Shen, and thus, its pig life came to an end.
“All right… at least Piggy died full.”
“I’m dying of laughter. The terminator of Piggy’s adventure—Big Boss Shen.”
“Pig, it is your honor to become food for the big bosses! I believe in you. You’ll turn into a super delicious piggy.”
Only, no one expected that this pig’s fate would not stop there!
After Qin Ye and Mo Fan worked together to drag the dead wild boar under the eaves, the wind had already weakened considerably, and moving around was no longer difficult.
This wild boar was not actually dirty. After all, it had been rained on the whole way here. Still, they wanted to slaughter it outside first and wash the pork and everything else properly.
Shen Jinfeng temporarily stopped the two of them.
Holding the military knife, he asked the people present with great interest, “Didn’t you guys want clothes before?”
“I feel like if I cut off this pigskin, it should be enough to make one set. Who wants it?”
What?
Pigskin?
People often heard about using beast hides to make clothes, but was he serious about pigskin?
For a moment, the others fell silent. No one rushed to speak up and fight for it.
“Hahahahahahaha, I’m going to laugh myself to death. No one wants clothes made of pigskin, right?”
“Holy crap. This pig is the pride of its pigpen! I’ve only heard of leopard print before. Now wild boars have actually fallen to the same treatment as leopards!”
“The peak of pig life!”
Wild boar: I also didn’t expect to still be this useful after death.
