After encountering Qi Xingzhou on the show this time, Jiang Ning realized that he seemed to particularly like following her around, just like a little tail. She had no doubt that if they were not on a desolate island but out in the open, she could take his silly, dazed self and drag him off to be sold.
However, having Qi Xingzhou tag along was fine at camp. Once she headed into the forest, Jiang Ning’s speed and efficiency were much higher on her own.
With a pivot of her feet, Jiang Ning led Qi Xingzhou to sit in front of the fire, and under his puzzled gaze, she separated some firewood and said to him, "I’m giving you a task—to watch over this Langyan. When the wood in the fire is about to burn out, add two more pieces. Once all this wood has burned, I’ll be back with something tasty."
Jiang Ning’s deliberately softened voice was especially gentle and pleasant to the ear, but to anyone with clear insight, it was obvious she was coaxingly sweet-talking him.
[Hahaha, when Jiang Ning says this, she’s like a big playboy coaxing a demure maiden]
[I feel like Jiang Ning is especially patient every time she talks to the mysterious guest]
Even the live comments began to tease, and unexpectedly, Qi Xingzhou really seemed to enjoy this approach.
His fair and refined face blushed slightly due to Jiang Ning’s proximity, and his dark, long eyelashes drooped low, half covering his clear and bright black eyes.
Qi Xingzhou, who was made to sit on a stone by Jiang Ning, nodded. But as Jiang Ning prepared to leave, he suddenly reached out and grabbed the hem of her clothes, "Are you going into the forest to catch snakes?"
"Catch snakes?" Jiang Ning’s eyes flickered with confusion, wondering why Qi Xingzhou would ask such a question. She shook her head, "It’s not for snakes, I’m going into the forest to see if there are any rabbits or other livestock that we can eat."
"Oh." Qi Xingzhou nodded, then let go of the hem of Jiang Ning’s clothes.
Jiang Ning left with peace of mind.
These past few days, Jiang Ning had frequented the forest and had become quite familiar with it.
Since she was traveling alone, Jiang Ning had no concerns and moved swiftly. When she saw swinging tree vines, she would throw herself at them, her agile and nimble form quickly weaving through the forest, almost too fast for the viewers in front of their screens to keep up, as well as for the two rabbits on land chasing after her almost unable to keep pace.
[What was that white flash that just passed behind Jiang Ning?]
[It, it looked like a rabbit?]
After a few instances, the audience in front of the screens noticed something was off.
As Jiang Ning quickly advanced deeper into the forest, unbeknownst to her, two rabbits followed her, panting as they chased her all the way.
Just as they neared Jiang Ning, the two rabbits suddenly collided with a nearby tree and then tumbled to the ground, legs up in the air.
The audience was thrilled, exclaiming that this was a real-life case of "waiting by the tree stump for the rabbits"—they could just pick them up and have meat to eat. However, Jiang Ning ahead seemed unaware of the two rabbits that had take themselves out behind her; she continued without stopping.
Seeing this, the viewers sighed in frustration, wishing they could reach through the screen and grab those two silly rabbits themselves.
But to everyone’s surprise, after Jiang Ning left, the two rabbits lying upside down sprang back to life. In a swift roll, they continued chasing after Jiang Ning until they surpassed her and then both collided with another tree stump in front of her, and once again ended up motionless, upside down on the ground.
In fact, she had noticed the two rabbits chasing her earlier but didn’t catch them because they seemed lively and smart and even knew how to chase after her.
But now it seemed not so much lively and smart as suicidal. Were these two dumb bunnies not worried about being eaten? Eating them wouldn’t affect one’s IQ, right?
Jiang Ning stepped forward, poked the two rabbits who had ’committed suicide’ in front of her, and eventually tied them up as trophies to her waist.
[What the hell? Could the production team be any more ridiculous? Are there really rabbits ?]
[Is this a bug or what?!]
[Has the production team gotten carried away?]
[If you’re going to help Jiang Ning out this obviously, why not just clean the rabbits, cook them into a dish, and serve it straight to her?!]
The audience mocked, and the technical staff closely watching the live stream were puzzled by this development, quickly reporting the situation to the tech team, who conducted repeated tests and found no faults with the data; everything in the show was happening based on reasonable principles.