After Jin Xiaoyu finished speaking to Shen Wanwan, she called out to Zhang Yiran down below :
“Zhang Yiran, hurry up! Losing to Brother Ye isn’t a big deal, but come on, you’re supposed to be an athlete! Don’t blame me for mocking you if you lose—”
Zhang Yiran : “???”
He turned to Shao Yuye and asked, “What kind of spell did Shen Wanwan cast on little Jin Xiaoyu? We haven’t even started yet, and she’s already putting me in a coffin?”
Shao Yuye sneered, “Feeling challenged?”
Zhang Yiran’s fighting spirit was ignited. “Let’s do it. Let our skills speak for themselves!”
With male pride and 200 Speed Tokens on the line, the two of them rubbed their hands and headed for the competition arena.
Up on the platform, Jin Xiaoyu couldn’t help asking Shen Wanwan:
“You’re not even cheering for him, aren’t you worried people might have something to say?”
Shen Wanwan picked a cherry from the tower of desserts and replied leisurely :
“One cheer from me is going to change whether he wins or loses?”
Jin Xiaoyu : “……”
Fair point.
She couldn’t help but ask again, “Aren’t you worried that when the footage gets edited, it’ll look really bad?”
Your teammates are out there fighting hard, and the two of you are just relaxing and enjoying yourselves.
Aren’t people going to criticize you for that…?
Shen Wanwan clicked her tongue, clearly annoyed by the nagging.
“Why don’t you go stand guard?”
Jin Xiaoyu : “……” To be honest, I really don’t want to.
Standing around doing nothing looks so dumb!
And she has to put on an anxious expression, acting all exaggerated—otherwise she just looks cold.
She said eagerly, “I think staying here is better… thanks, Wanwan.”
Shen Wanwan gave a dismissive smile and gestured for her to enjoy the desserts together.
As Jin Xiaoyu savored the sweet and rich macarons with squinted eyes, she screamed silently in her heart:
—Eeeek! Shen Wanwan is the best!
And to think, she had actually badmouthed Shen Wanwan in her heart earlier.
—I’m horrible!!!
Meanwhile, the battle between Shao Yuye and Zhang Yiran was heating up.
To save time, the two decided to run the course at the same time.
But that brought a risk. The last section involved rolling drums. If they were too close together, the person behind could easily fail the task if the drums shifted unexpectedly.
“You guys could take turns. One runs while we time it, then the other. We’ll just compare times afterward.”
The production team offered a reasonable alternative.
But Zhang Yiran clearly didn’t find that exciting enough.
This is competitive sports—gotta feel the wind together.
“How about we still go together?”
He looked at Shao Yuye with confidence. “If anyone falls behind at that part, there’s not much chance of a comeback anyway.”
Shao Yuye was also the daring type, and immediately agreed with a loud “Let’s go!”
The livestream comment section was filled with anxious viewers:
[What the heck? Why am I so nervous watching this?]
[Aaaaah! It feels like I accidentally tuned into a sports competition channel!]
[Final bets, people! Type 1 if you bet on Brother Ye, 2 if you bet on Zhang Yiran!!]
The screen filled with 1111s and 2222s as the two men finished warming up and stood at the starting line.
*Fweeeet—*
With the director’s whistle, they shot off like arrows from a bow.
The first obstacle was a simple balance beam, just a straight dash across. At the end of the beam, though, were four massive rotating hammers. If you got hit, you’d likely get thrown off.
Shao Yuye sprinted like a blur, reaching the second obstacle neck and neck with Zhang Yiran.
While Zhang Yiran cautiously dodged the giant hammers, Shao Yuye raised a leg and leapt straight over the hammer’s arc, gaining the lead in one daring move.
Zhang Yiran landed just behind him, screaming internally.
—Holy crap, is this guy not worried about his lower body at all?!
One misstep and Shao Yuye would be kissing his future kids goodbye.
—This bro is absolutely nuts!!!
At that moment, Shao Yuye had already reached the third stage—the parallel bars. Without slowing down, he used his momentum to vault right into the center of the bars.
His arms were lean and muscular, and when his shirt lifted, his defined abs were on full display. Fans watching the stream went wild.
But Zhang Yiran wasn’t going down easy. Though he had a slightly slower start, he stayed focused and chased hard. On the bars, he looked like a long-armed monkey, catching up to Shao Yuye in just a few swift moves.
Now they reached the most dangerous part—the rolling drums that the director had worried about from the start.
Shao Yuye, uncharacteristically, paused.
Zhang Yiran thought: Oh ho! My chance!
He immediately dashed forward, but just as he reached the far end, he stumbled.
Trying to steady himself, he didn’t notice a fist-shaped mechanism coming down hard, pushing him off balance.
Zhang Yiran: “……”
As he flew through the air, he managed an awkward yet polite smile.
Then his limbs lost strength, and he fell completely onto the foam mat below.
The production team had laid out thick foam mats underneath. The mats were hollow in design and had excellent rebound to prevent the guests from getting injured if they fell.
Such a dramatic reversal in just over ten seconds stunned the audience in the live chat, but soon the screen was flooded with:
[HAHAHAHA]
The reason? Nothing else, Zhang Yiran’s expression before he fell was just too hilarious!!!
“Damn it, I slipped! I didn’t even notice there was another trap up there!”
Zhang Yiran raised his head from the foam and beat his chest in frustration.
But…
They had agreed to compare their full course times.
Which meant, as long as Shao Yuye fell down quickly, they would still have a chance to rematch!
Zhang Yiran quickly mocked, “Hey, don’t you dare fall now. If we rematch and I win, it’d make me look bad!”
Shao Yuye hadn’t expected Zhang Yiran to fall so soon, and was quite surprised.
But upon hearing those words, he coldly smirked and stepped onto the rolling barrel.
With his arms crossed over his chest, he walked leisurely and unhurriedly across the barrel.
“Like this?”
The live chat exploded with 666666!
[Ahhh Brother Ye is awesome! Kill me, Brother Ye!]
[Hahaha why don’t you hurry up and move forward?! What are you showing off for, I’m so nervous!!!]
[Seriously, Cocky Brother Ye strikes again hahaha!]
Zhang Yiran, eager for Shao Yuye to get cocky and fall, kept provoking him:
“If you’ve got guts, walk on that for a whole minute!
“Can’t even last a minute and you call yourself a real man!”
[Hahaha seriously, Zhang Yiran your scheme is so obvious I can hear it all the way from Shanghai!]
[Damn it, Brother Ye, don’t fall for it!!]
But Shao Yuye didn’t fall for it. He slowly moved onto another barrel.
The kind of rolling barrel most people can’t even stand on—he walked on it like it was solid ground.
Zhang Yiran : “…”
Damn it!
Shao Yuye actually pulled it off!
With his rival eliminated, Shao Yuye didn’t find the later challenges all that exciting.
When he finally won the round and received the key to free his partner, he even muttered discontentedly : “That’s it?”
Zhang Yiran : “…”
—Damn you!
As Shao Yuye walked up the platform with the key, Shen Wanwan had just about finished eating.
He handed the key to the staff, tossed his head coolly, and said:
“Let’s go!”
Shen Wanwan lazily replied and recited the post-rescue line with zero sincerity:
“Good thing you were here. I would’ve suffered all alone otherwise.”
Live chat : [……]
Too much!
What kind of suffering was that?
Suffering from eating snacks and enjoying the view??
Shen Wanwan placed a hand on Shao Yuye’s wrist and stepped down.
Shao Yuye steadily supported her, making sure every step she took was stable.
Jin Xiaoyu watched their departing figures and nearly died of envy.
Shen Wanwan was literally just eating, drinking, and having fun in this obstacle course show.
Seriously enviable!!
As Shen Wanwan stepped off the platform, she happened to pass by Zhang Yiran, who was mentally crushed.
Losing 200 tokens had made the usually optimistic guy a little agitated. And just as she passed by, Shen Wanwan gave him a satisfied nod :
“Thanks for the treat.”
She had thoroughly enjoyed this afternoon snack.
And the view too, of course.
Zhang Yiran : “…”
Damn it.
All the glory and the money went to Shen Wanwan and Shao Yuye.
All the sorrow and poverty? Him and Jin Xiaoyu.
Muttering under his breath, “Shen Wanwan is poison,” he sulkily ran back to the starting point.
The live chat was full of laughter:
[I’m done. Shen Wanwan is a master of mockery!]
[Zhang Yiran: If I ever bet with Shen Wanwan again, I’m a dog!]
[Hahahahaha I’m dying, I’m dying! Please tie these two teams together forever!]
Shao Yuye couldn’t help asking her, “How did you know I’d win?”
He seemed a little worked up.
There was a kind of joy welling up inside him, hard to put into words.
Shen Wanwan sensed the intensity of his gaze and was silent for two seconds.
001 helpfully reminded her : {Your brother wants you to praise him~ Go on, compliment him~}
Facing Shao Yuye’s hopeful eyes, she calmly replied, “I didn’t know.”
001 popped a big 💢 symbol over its head.
—{Host, you really are a steel straight girl!}
But Shao Yuye still looked super excited.
{!!!}
She didn’t know and still dared to bet on him? Did that mean she had that much faith in him?!
He took two deep breaths to calm down. His smile stretched high across his face, and even his footsteps became lighter.
001 was totally confused : {What’s going on? Why does your brother seem so pleased?}
Shen Wanwan chuckled softly. “You wouldn’t understand.”
She might not trust Shao Yuye’s ability completely—
But she fully trusted Shao Yuye’s passive skill.
His competitiveness isn’t just for show.