Chapter 114: Latiao, Latiao, Latiao
Chapter 114: Chapter 114: Latiao, Latiao, Latiao
The Gu family’s staff saw Gu Zhen and were a bit confused. ’Wasn’t this young lady supposed to be on the variety show too?’
’Where is she going?’
’Is she not filming anymore?’
Gu Zhen walked farther and farther away. Finally, the director couldn’t take it anymore and just declared she had lost. He then had the crew stop her, which was the only thing that kept her from walking right out of the manor and into the wider world.
With one less competitor, the only ones left in the garden to be tormented were Gu Xulin, Song Zhe, and Zhong Siqi.
Zhong Siqi was the third-to-last to concede. He had run out of compliments and still hadn’t managed to come up with one hundred.
Song Zhe couldn’t take it anymore either. He was on the verge of tears. ’Who the hell is controlling me?!’
The voice in his earpiece continued to recite a string of impossible-to-remember numbers, occasionally throwing in some English and other random languages.
"Solve the math olympiad problem I just read to you."
Song Zhe: ?!!!
’A problem? What problem? Wasn’t that just a bunch of gibberish?’
From the earpiece: "Hurry up. Get one wrong, and it’s five hundred push-ups."
’A monster! A total monster! Why can’t they just let me go back to tormenting other people?!’
’Why do they have to make me solve problems?!’
"I give up! I give up!" He couldn’t take it anymore. He hadn’t even memorized the problem, so how was he supposed to solve it?
One by one, people were escorted out of the garden by the crew until only Gu Xulin remained.
Gu Jiao: "Catch someone by following the sound of their voice, then give them a kiss. Do that, and you win."
Gu Xulin: ?!!
’Who the hell is it?! Just don’t let me find out who! Or I’ll find their summer homework and rip it to shreds!!’
The on-site crew members were equally incredulous.
’The only people left out here are Gu Xulin and us, the crew!’
Who was this aimed at? They wouldn’t say!
Director Guo had been enjoying the drama from a front-row seat, but when he heard the task Gu Jiao had assigned, he immediately tried to sneak away.
But Gu Xulin happened to hear him and began feeling his way in that direction.
The crew: ’! Don’t you come over here!’
Director Guo ran. Gu Xulin gave chase.
The other crew members, operating under the principle of "better the boss than us," secretly ran toward Director Guo, deliberately making noise to lure Gu Xulin in his direction.
Whenever Director Guo tried to run, they would conveniently lose their balance and stumble, blocking his path.
Director Guo was losing his mind! He tried to hide, but they chased him down!
In the end, Gu Xulin still hadn’t caught him when Director Guo finally snapped. "Stop, stop, stop! You’re the only one left! You win!"
Gu Xulin whipped off his blindfold, and the first thing he saw was a bald head, startling him so much that he staggered back several steps.
[Crew: It’s all about that ’sacrifice the boss for infinite power’ energy! I give this ’betraying the master to survive’ maneuver a perfect score!]
[Director Guo: Who am I? Where am I? Why do I have to endure this workplace bullying? There’s no escape!]
[HAHAHAHAHAHA, this is kind of like that scene where Zhu Bajie looks for a wife.]
[Director Guo’s final ’You win!’ sounded like a concession, but it was really a cry for help! The poor guy was genuinely terrified of being chased, hahaha!]
[Is no one going to give props to that new kid? I couldn’t even understand a single one of the problems he was rattling off.]
After the game, everyone gathered in the garden. Gu Zhao and the other young guests also came out.
Gu Xulin looked completely haggard, as if he’d suffered a major blow.
The moment Song Zhe saw Gu Zhao and the others, he couldn’t help but start venting. "Which one of you is the monster?! Making me do math problems!"
"You might as well have just let me go back to tormenting other people!"
Jiang Yuchen pressed his lips together and said nothing.
The adult guests all started murmuring among themselves.
Gu Zhen couldn’t resist chiming in. "You had it good! I don’t know which little troublemaker it was, but they had me walk right out of the game!"
"I had it okay. They just had me give compliments, but I ran out of words."
"I was fine, too. Didn’t have to do much, just met someone who appreciated my physique."
Gu Xulin remained silent, his gaze sweeping over the crowd as he tried to guess which other unlucky soul had suffered a similar fate.
And accepted his "confession."
Jiang Yifeng’s face was dark, and he also said nothing.
Director Guo strolled over, beaming.
"Looks like everyone had a great time! And our new guests have already bonded with all of you over a shared experience!"
The new guests: ’An experience we could have done without.’
"Well then, let’s formally introduce our new guests!"
"Wilderness survival expert Jiang Yifeng! With a staggering fifteen million fans on TikTok! He’s a seasoned survivalist who has braved grasslands, deserted islands, deserts, and snowy mountains. This time, he’ll be leading our expedition!"
Jiang Yifeng nodded, his tone flat. "I’ll do my best."
Do his best at what, he didn’t say.
Gu Xulin shot him a look. ’This guy’s so pretentious,’ he thought. ’Even more pretentious than my sister.’
The director then turned to the stern-faced little boy beside him.
"This is his younger brother, Jiang Yuchen! At just seven years old, he competed in the national finals of the Hua Cup math competition! With a problem-solving mindset far beyond his years, he handily clinched the gold medal in the junior division and has been hailed as a child prodigy!"
Jiang Yuchen said with a stony expression, "I’m not a genius. I’m just a normal kid."
Director Guo was left speechless, forcing a strained smile.
’I’ll endure it!’ he thought. ’Geniuses are all eccentric!’
Zhong Siqi looked at Jiang Yuchen, then back at his own little brother who was still secretly eating snacks, and sighed.
’Oh well,’ he thought, ’I should be grateful. At least this time, my brother didn’t tell me to go die and become a ghost to make money to support Big King.’
Song Zhe, on the other hand, glared resentfully at Jiang Yuchen. ’I knew it!’ he thought. ’It was definitely him rattling off all that gibberish!’
After giving everyone a moment to react, Director Guo started the next introduction. "And here we have non-celebrity Gu Zhen and her younger sister, Gu Jiao."
Gu Zhen smiled and greeted everyone, but inwardly she felt completely exasperated. She had no idea what had gotten into her sister to make her convince their parents to let Gu Zhen bring her on this show.
Director Guo couldn’t hide the smile on his face as he made the introduction. ’This is the big sucker who paid to be on the show!’
’Bah, I mean, our sponsor!’
Gu Jiao folded her arms, tilted her face with its baby fat upward, and announced proudly, "I’m Gu Jiao. I don’t like people who play innocent and talk behind your back, and I don’t like people telling me what to do. I hope no one here is a drama queen."
After saying this, she shot a glance at Gu Zhao, and then another at Ye Zuiyi.
’She’d done her homework before coming. Ye Zuiyi was a total drama queen.’
’If I say this, maybe my idol will notice me!!’
Gu Zhao didn’t notice.
She was too busy watching Zhong Mingrui sneak a snack. She crept closer and just stared at him without a word.
Zhong Mingrui reluctantly shared his snack. "Big King, I’m only giving this to you!"
Gu Zhao secretly popped it into her mouth, not forgetting to make him a grand promise in return.
"When we get to the destination, I’ll treat you to the local delicacies."
Zhong Mingrui was happy again. ’Big King said she’d treat just me!’
’This proves I’m the most important person to her!!’
The director then had the young guests choose three extra items to take with them, picking in the order of their victory in the game.
The show had already thoughtfully provided essential items, like warm clothing and safety ropes.
They couldn’t actually let the guests go get themselves killed, after all.
This time they could choose their own items. Gu Zhao chose: a novel, a portable stove, and a camera.
Zhong Mingrui chose: a whole roast duck, fuel, and a pack of chocolate.
Song Yi: all-purpose seasoning, a knife, and a pot.
Ye Zuiyi: a compass, a thermos, and a pack of energy bars.
Gu Jiao: a pack of spicy snack strips, a pack of spicy snack strips, and another pack of spicy snack strips.
Jiang Yuchen: math olympiad problems, a pack of beef jerky, and a thermos.
When the young partners came out after making their choices, no one was more devastated than Gu Zhen.
’Thanks for asking. We’re going to the Arctic. I’m already dead.’
"Ahem, if everyone would please follow me!" Director Guo said with a grin, then led the way.
Everyone followed him. To the rooftop.
Several helicopters were waiting on it.
Director Guo was bursting with pride. ’You tell me,’ he thought, ’what other show gives you this kind of treatment!’
’This isn’t just one helicopter! It’s a whole fleet!’
Everyone changed into their gear, shouldered their backpacks, and embarked on the new adventure.
Only Gu Zhen, right before boarding the helicopter, refused to let go of her phone. "Mom!" she cried into it. "Remember to burn joss paper for me! Gu Jiao is leading me to my death!!"