Chapter 49: An Accident
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The interactive segment with Slowpoke’s appearance was quite simple. It only required following Xia Xin’s directions to shake hands and pat heads with the two guests. The segment concluded with a video of Slowpoke climbing and playing on the rockery.
However, due to it being the first episode and the enthusiastic response from the audience, the director added an impromptu segment. A lucky audience member would be selected to join the guests in a game. Jing MO would also participate in this segment.
The game was straightforward: the four participants would be divided into two teams, and they needed to search for bananas hidden within obstacles around the rockery. The team that found a banana and fed it to Slowpoke would win the game.
Jing MO had already prepared his appearance when he arrived, so he didn’t need any makeup. When the assistant director called them, they could go on stage directly.
Xia Xin wore her mask and cap. The assistant director glanced at her outfit and stopped her from putting on the mask. He said, “Wearing a mask and cap on screen doesn’t look very appealing. Just don’t wear the mask, and we’ll give you fewer close-up shots later.”
Obeying, Xia Xin removed her mask and interacted with Slowpoke and the guests before proceeding to the designated area on the rockery to play.
The next segment involved selecting an audience member. Today, Xu Zhi was
tasked with selecting the lucky audience member. He scanned the audience area and naturally spotted Zhao Nan, who had helped him move his luggage. So, he chose Zhao Nan to come on stage.
Zhao Nan was still unaware of the reason and was pleasantly surprised, thinking that today was her lucky day.
For the game, Xu Zhi and Zhao Nan were on one team, while Wan Wan and Jing MO were on the other. The production team had hidden five boxes around the rockery, with only one containing a banana.
The outcome of the game would determine which box each team chose based on their performance. The teams would then take the keys to open the boxes and check for bananas.
This part was scripted, and the box containing the banana would naturally be the last one discovered, while the outcome of the game was randomized.
The first game involved a male guest carrying a female guest while navigating a pressure-sensitive path. The first to reach the finish line would win.
Xu Zhi lowered his body so that Zhao Nan could climb onto his back. Zhao Nan hesitated, looking at Xu Zhi’s broad back.
Recently, due to her bad mood, Zhao Nan turned her frustrations into an appetite and gained 2.5 kilograms. She was worried that if she were to lay on her idol’s back, he would surely find her heavy.
Seeing Zhao Nan’s hesitation, Xu Zhi turned around and smiled innocently at her. He said, “Don’t worry. I exercise regularly and have a lot of strength. Besides, you’re not overweight at all. Come on up!”
Zhao Nan heard only the reassurance that she wasn’t overweight and completely ignored her thoughts. She climbed onto Xu Zhi’s back happily and even developed a crush on him. She loved the appearance of this young man.
Xu Zhi carried Zhao Nan on his back across the pressure-sensitive path, moving lightly as if it were nothing, and easily won the game. The production team handed them five keys to choose from. They selected the box near Xia Xin and Slowpoke.
Following the assistant director’s instructions, the two of them entered the rockery, took out the key, and prepared to open the box.
Since Xia Xin was very close to them, she was afraid of being caught by the camera and criticized by netizens, so she kept her back turned on them.
As Xu Zhi and Zhao Nan began to open the box, Xia Xin suddenly had a bad feeling. It was as if she heard a strange sound, like something breaking. Acting on her intuition, she looked up and saw a large stone on top of the rockery losing its support and swaying dangerously.
“Watch out!” Xia Xin exclaimed, not hesitating for a moment. She rushed over to pull Xu Zhi and Zhao Nan away.
Just after Xia Xin had moved them, the stone fell, smashing into several pieces where they had just been standing. Flying fragments narrowly missed Slowpoke. If Xia Xin hadn’t moved, the fragments might have hit her directly in the back.
When Xia Xin pulled Xu Zhi and Zhao Nan away, she slipped on the debris on the ground and her arms were scraped.
After getting hurt, Xia Xin’s initial reaction wasn’t to check her own injuries but to stand up and look at Slowpoke, whom she had ignored a moment ago.
Xia Xin searched around for its figure and finally saw the trembling Slowpoke hiding in a crack between rocks. She quickly embraced Slowpoke, comforting it in her arms, and said, “It’s okay, don’t be afraid.”
Slowpoke clung to Xia Xin’s arm tightly and didn’t let go. It was clear that the latter part of the show couldn’t be recorded. At this point, other zoo staff rushed over to deal with the accident..