CH 63

Around noon, the bus arrived at Hualing Village.

The snow had already stopped, and the fresh snow was covering the heavy snow, like spilling fluffy marshmallows all over the place.

The jacket they wore at the time of departure could not withstand the bitter cold of the Northeast countryside.

The whole group changed into thick down jackets provided by the program team and lined up to wait for the director to announce the proceedings of the day.

Unexpectedly, the program team did not follow the routine of the last mental arithmetic quiz, but directly announced that they can go to lunch. In the face of everyone’s curiosity about the rules of choosing a house, the director said mysteriously that he would reveal them later.

No matter how you look at it, it is full of conspiracy.

But in the face of a double crisis of hunger and cold, the six guests chose to temporarily put aside the competition and came to the village’s farmhouse restaurant.

Lunch happened to be the fish stew in an iron pot described by Lu Jingyi.

The fish soup stewed by firewood is delicious and thick. The fish meat covered with soup and tofu are tucked into the mouth together, although the taste is not delicate, but in the icy environment, the special thickness was highlighted.

The most stunning thing is the view of the frozen lake and the snow-capped mountain ranges beyond the restaurant.

Lu Jingyi couldn’t help herself from having an occupational problem: “This place has a good view, it must be particularly beautiful to shoot here.”

Dai Yao agreed: “Why don’t you choose this location for one of your next movies?”

“I would like to, but this village is rather remote,” Lu Jingyi shook her head, “the shooting budget is very high, I’m afraid the investors will not agree.”

Song Yunran, who was seriously eating, picked up a key word in his ear.

He looked up and asked, “Has the investment for Director Lu’s new film been negotiated?”

Lu Jingyi said, “We haven’t started pulling in investment yet. If Mr. Song is interested, I’ll have my assistant talk to Xinghe?”

“Sure.”

Song Yunran agreed, and only after a few minutes did he vaguely notice that something was wrong.

As a well-known female director in the industry, there is no doubt about her level of filmmaking.

But in Song Yunran’s impression, it seems that in her previous life, she did not mention any movie that was taken in the northeastern mountain village.

This is a project that was aborted in the previous life?

In that case, no one can predict the final revenue of this movie.

Song Yunran slowed down the movement of eating. After thinking for a while, he felt that the problem should not be too big at the moment.

It’s just a preliminary approach in the name of the company. As a senior director, Lu Jingyi is definitely more familiar than he is with the matter of not being able to close an investment deal.

After having lunch, the director appeared again.

The guests diverted their attention from the food, intending to hear what topics the program team would use to determine their starting order this time. The winner of the last question and answer, Song Yunran, was even fist-pumping, determined to guard his title of strong man.

However, the director took out a bamboo tube: “This time we will decide by drawing lots, leave everything to luck!”

As soon as the words left his mouth, a wailing sound rang out immediately.

Shao Qian: “From the first day of my debut, I’ve never won a game decided by luck.”

Wan Yuzhe: “No, you’ve won against me once.”

Dai Yao: “…… There won’t be people who don’t know that I have a record of ten consecutive 10R’s when I stood for the game I endorsed?”

Lu Jingyi: “Ugh, can’t you do it in a different way?”

Compared to the other two groups of guests who were devastated, Song Yunran had a pleasant smile on his face.

The program team must not have expected that his partner was the main character in the book, who was born with an aura of brilliance, so it was not difficult for them to win the draw!

The director put the bamboo tube on the table: “Which group will come first?”

Song Yunran raised his hand high: “We’ll do it!”

He raised his chin towards the side, “Let Qin Ke draw, he is particularly lucky.”

“……”

Shao Qian and Wan Yuzhe looked at him speechlessly, their eyes filled with the accusation of “you really are a liar”.

Song Yunran: “……”

Oh no, his damn desire to win made him slip up!

It’s fine to just watch the snow in the car, but now it’s an official recording, how can he break the deal and be the first to praise Qin Ke?

Qin Ke looked at him, “Then I’ll go?”

“No, I’ll do it.” Song Yunran backtracked on the spot.

Yes, after the first episode aired, the reason why dizzy fans became more and more unscrupulous was because Qin Ke was taking care of him in every way?

Thinking about the upcoming second phase, that evil utility room failure to test the guts segment ……

Song Yunran walked in front of the director with a confident pace that no relatives could recognize.

He lowered his head, looked at the three small wooden strips in the bamboo tube with no difference to be seen, and took a deep breath.

Success or failure lies here.

Today he is going to let the dizzy fans know that he can walk independently even without the help of Qin Ke.

Song Yunran’s hand is sharp, with wild intuition he selected one of the small wooden strips, and pulled it out!

The number marked with an oil-based pen came into his view.

And then he froze in place.

How could it be like this, he actually came up and drew the third group.

Song Yunran silently looked at the sinful right hand, thinking that he should have realized.

The right hand that made him join the dizzy group and locked him in the locker room never failed to get on his nerves.

It’s just infuriating.

Half an hour later, Shao Qian stood up, “Then we’re also leaving.”

“Thanks a lot, Mr. Song.” Wan Yuzhe’s tone was sincere, “Taking the initiative to save us from the crisis of the non-competent.”

The two of them had suffered too much damage along the way, and now they could hardly find an opportunity to finally finish avenging themselves, and left the restaurant at a brisk pace.

Song Yunran was so angry that he wanted to hit someone, but he drew the third set of lots himself. Thinking about it, it seemed like the person who should be hit the most was himself.

He took that damned little wooden stick in his hand and poked the table sullenly, thinking that if he had known better, he should have let Qin Ke draw the sticks.

Qin Ke turned the hourglass provided by the directing team upside down and started the timer, comfortingly saying, “It’s okay, it’s only ten minutes.”

Song Yunran grunted a few times before asking, “Are you blaming me in your heart?”

“Why blame you, the program team will not rely on the lottery to decide tonight’s accommodation. We will win back later on, it is fine.”

Qin Ke turned his face sideways, “Besides, even if I was allowed to draw just now, I wouldn’t necessarily be able to draw the first two sets.”

Song Yunran has a little bit of weakness, he has not yet told Qin Ke the truth about the original work. This person simply does not know that he has the protagonist halo on his head.

After a few seconds of silence, he changed the subject and said, “I don’t know what the worst house will be like this time. In case we don’t win in the end, will the program team let us live on the opposite side of the mountain, where the house is as cold as an ice cellar, without any fire-making equipment, and we can only drill wood for fire in the end.”

Speaking of this, a trace of panic emerged on Song Yunran’s face.

The scene he imagined is too horrible, and it already floats in his mind that he is squatting on the ground with Qin Ke and the two of them, panting and rubbing in the snow with firewood in the freezing weather.

Qin Ke: “…… should not be so much.”

“How come not so much!” Song Yunran said uneasily, ” Have you forgotten about that utility room last time, what they can’t do.”

The innocent staff lying on the gun: “?”

The whole five-minute test of courage is just a challenge. Don’t say that we are not human.

Qin Ke held back his laughter and reminded him, “This is the Northeast. If you can’t keep warm indoors, people will freeze to death.”

Song Yunran thought about it: “Oh, yeah!”

The staff is speechless, but also “Right Oh”.

What’s the matter, did you just remember that we are just a mediocre travel variety show, not wilderness survival or a legal program?

It’s not easy to wait for ten minutes, but it’s finally their turn to go.

Song Yunran stood up impatiently: “Say, where are we going.”

The director was determined to sell the story: “There’s a car outside, you’ll know when you get on it.”

Song Yunran was determined to win back in this session, and as soon as he heard that there was a car outside, he immediately pulled Qin Ke out of the restaurant.

The driver is a local villager, with a simple face, but his mouth is terribly rigid.

No matter how Song Yunran questioned, he refused to reveal the slightest content.

But soon, Song Yunran did not need to be hinted.

He looked at the vehicle along the mountain road all the way up, between the lush trees, there are two spacious snow trails vaguely visible, and his heart already came up with an answer.

The destination is a ski resort.

Just getting out of the car, Song Yunran was frozen for a moment.

He pointed to four familiar figures in the distance: “Are those the other two groups? Why are they here too?”

Qin Ke guessed, “This time is it a skiing competition?”

The group leader who had been waiting for a long time answered their doubts in due time.

As Qin Ke guessed, this time the program team set the rules for choosing the house as a skiing competition to determine the winner.

The fastest team to complete the skiing challenge can directly get three keys, but each group can only assign one person to participate at first, if the guest found after practicing that they can not complete the challenge, then you can replace with the second guest on board.

If two guests from the same group are ultimately unable to succeed, then they are directly considered as forfeits.

“You are twenty minutes down on the first group,” the director reminded, “so you better make a decision as soon as you can.”

Time was pretty tight.

Song Yunran didn’t hesitate and said directly, “I’ll do it then.”

Qin Ke pulled him uneasily: “Let me try first.”

Skiing is not like other ordinary sports, it’s exciting and also a little dangerous.

With Song Yunran’s impetuous and impatient nature, it is very likely that he will go on the field before he is fully prepared, and Qin Ke does not want to see any accidents happen to him.

Song Yunran can see the worry in Qin Ke’s eyes. At the same time, his heart is happy, but his face is full of pride: “Don’t worry, I have learned to ski when I was young.”

Qin Ke was stunned, he never knew Song Yunran had this skill: “Are you sure you can?”

“Don’t doubt people just because I failed in the lottery, listen to me, let me go on.”

Song Yunran misunderstood his meaning and ordered, “Find yourself a place to sit, after appreciating my performance later, we can go to choose a house.”

The director pressed on and reminded, “You said the same thing before you went into the utility room last time.”

Song Yunran was dumbfounded for a moment, it seems he did say something similar and then was hit hard by reality.

Really thinking back he can still feel the embarrassment from that time.

“Last time it was you guys who scared people indiscriminately, how can you count that.”

His eyelashes fluttered, and he looked up at Qin Ke, seriously emphasizing, “This time I really can!”

Qin Ke lowered his eyes and watched Xiao Song looking aggrieved like a little kid who was doubted by the adults, and after a moment he laughed silently and said in a low voice, “Good, then I’ll ask you for the key today.”

Song Yunran was encouraged, clenched his fist and promised, “Don’t worry, leave it to me!”

After saying that, he turned around and went into the office of the ski resort to choose his equipment.

Behind him, the director inevitably and curiously asked, “Mr. Qin, aren’t you afraid of failing this challenge again?”

Although it is a travel variety show, if they fail again and again for the same reason, the netizens will definitely complain and may even laugh at Song Yunran for not knowing his own strength. This is why she has just taken this into consideration and politely reminded Song Yunran to think twice.

Qin Ke slowly exhaled a breath and spoke calmly: “Last time was just an accident, I believe that this time, he can definitely win.”

T/N:

Firstly I am extremely sorry for not giving any prior notice about not posting the chapters.

I had my cousin’s wedding going on until the end of January and then maybe because of a lot of traveling I got some viral infection. I had a really high fever and a bad cough. I am just recovering so the updates will still be slow. Again, I’m sorry for disappearing just like that.

My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.