Chapter 46: Danger 1
Fang Xie gave Xiao Xia a scolding right in the face.
“Do you know how much a cross-border call costs? Do you know how many jobs I have over here? Do you know that when I saw your phone call, I had a cardiac arrest, thinking that something had happened to Su Jin? Do you know that I patiently listened to your chatter for five minutes, but after hearing such absurd speculations, I was so angry that my blood pressure rose?!!!”
The more he scolded, the more dejected Xiao Xia became. She crouched in the grass and curled herself into a tiny ball. Against her own shadow in the moonlight, she looked aggrieved and helpless, plucking the weeds around her feet.
Fang Xie still had had enough venting his anger, so he simply confiscated Xiao Xia’s VIP account for watching web series and asked her to reflect on herself honestly.
Xiao Xia lost her spirits and apologized to the phone, her voice sounding as if she was going to wither away in the next second.
Hearing her mumbling apology, Fang Xie’s heart suddenly softened.
After Su Jin’s debut, Xiao Xia became her assistant. Xiao Xia wasn’t highly educated, but was quick and efficient at work. Whatever was taught to her, she would learn very fast. To top it all, she didn’t have too many crooked thoughts. It must be known that many assistants who had been working for a long time tended to grow bolder, ruder, uppity, and even go so far as to climb over the heads of their artists and abuse their authority; such as accepting private gifts. Fattening their own pockets was a common occurrence.
But Xiao Xia was absolutely sincere and assiduous, like a small bee around a flower bud. She would circle Su Jin, buzzing 24 hours a day. After spending all time together, she found tremendous changes in Su Jin and reported to her agent without delay. It could be said that she was sincerely troubled.
Her intentions were praiseworthy, but…the hole in her brain was too big.
Keeping the “Substituted Leopard Cat for a Crown Prince,” thing from her wasn’t a long-term solution. After giving it a thought, Fang Xie resolved to disclose to her a little bit of the secret.
So, Fang Xie said: “…Su Jin has indeed changed a lot. But this is not a movie. How can there be a ‘transmigrating’ or ‘rebirth’? You might as well think about actual cases that can happen in real life.”
He slowly and kindly enticed: “She still looked the same, but her character is entirely different. Then this means that Su Jin might be a double ——”
Xiao Xia raised her arms and shouted, “—— Dual personality!!!!”
Fang Xie: “…”
Fang Xie: “……”
Fang Xie: “………”
Fang Xie was infuriated and snapped, “Comrade Wu Danxia, I think you are not suitable to be a celebrity assistant, so you should change your career and become a scriptwriter’s assistant.”
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Su Jin was in the dark about Xiao Xia and Fang Xie’s private exchange.
She just noticed that in the second half of the show recording, the number of “followers” behind her suddenly increased.
Xiao Xia never let her out of her sight, but what evil possessed Qin Qiu and Chen Gangyu?
The first episode of “Wilderness Winner” was recorded for six days, and five artists lived together in the dense forests of Indonesia. In addition to adventures in the wilderness, there were also group games. But every time before a game began, Qin Qiu and Chen Gangyu competed to be in a group with Su Jin. No matter how the screenwriter and the director persuaded them, they were like extra large Play-Dohs and insisted on sticking to Su Jin.
Chen Gangyu drawled, “Of course girls should act together ~ Su Jin is really reliable, and I feel at ease with her ~”
Qin Qiu blinked and flaunted his cleverness: “Sister Su is like my own sister. Moreover, she saved me at the edge of the cliff before. I have not repaid her yet!”
The age gape of the two oil bottles were more than ten years, but they behaved like children. The two stared each other down, refusing to leave Su Jin’s side.
Hence, Su Jin could only took two large oil bottles every day, running to and fro in the dense forest.
The tasks set by the program group were very tricky, and the two people volunteered to help her share the work.
Without raising any objection, Su Jishi took them to a boulder and sat down. She grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from somewhere and divided them into a handful.
“You two not adding trouble is the biggest help to me.” Su Jishi did not care about the presence of the camera in the slightest and uttered the words extraordinarily nonchalant. It could be imagined that after this episode was aired, there was no doubt that Su Jishi’s arrogant statement would become a huge “black material” for her.
But who gave her the capital to act wild?
Su Jishi had long been accustomed to the harsh geological environment in the field. Be it climbing trees, dripping water, or rolling in the mud, these trivial things weren’t worth mentioning in her eyes. When the other group of artists were still hesitating how to start, she had already obtained stuff for three people.
She was akin to a diamond queen, bringing her people to level up. Qin Qiu and Chen Gangyu completely won without lifting a finger all the way and won the group championship in the end in a daze.
Later, they gradually adapted to the life of a good-for-nothing. Every morning after the camera was turned on, Su Jishi would ran around to accomplish the tasks. Chen Gangyu was responsible for making fire and cooking, while Qin Qiu took the tasks of chopping wood and sweeping the floor. Whenever Su Jishi returned from her victory, hot tea and hot rice would be served to her pronto, with a handsome man and a beautiful woman telling jokes beside her.
Another group of artists remarked sourly, “Teacher Su, I think you should not go back. Stay here and be the Queen of the jungle. Look, Mrs. Bandit and Mr. Good-for-nothing Adviser are all set to serve you.”
Su Jishi smiled brightly and joked with her team members, “Which one of you is Mrs. Bandit and which is the Mr. Good-for-nothing adviser?”
Chen Gangyu and Qin Qiu glanced at each other, and sparks of flames ignited in their eyes.
Who was Mrs. Bandit and who was Mr. Good-For-Nothing Adviser?—— Of course, he/she (she/he) is!
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Soon, the recording of the show came to the last session.
The last task was particularly challenging. This time, all the artists would set off from the camp after sunrise. Their goal was to climb a small volcano about 3000 meters high before sunset.
Of course, this 3,000 meters was only the vertical drop from the top to the foot of the mountain. Taking into account the topography of the journey, they would have to climb for at least a dozen hours non-stop. “Volcano Summit” was a very popular local travel recreation. Many tourists usually chose to take extreme challenges here. After climbing to the top of the volcano, they would set up camp and enjoy the magnificent scenery of the sunrise atop the volcano, and then go down the mountain on a return journey the next day.
At dawn, the group tied up their luggage and headed for the summit with heavy “turtle shells” on their backs.
In addition to the two instructors, they specifically hired a local indigenous guide to orient them about the volcano.
Indonesia had the most volcanoes in the world. It was situated at the junction of three primary tectonic plates and had frequent crustal movements. The subduction of one plate and the lifting of another plate caused the formation of an upward bulge at the junction, forming mountains and islands. Indonesia was not only a country of a thousand islands, but was also a country of volcanoes, with around 400 volcanoes in its territory, and dozens of them on the Island of Sulawesi alone.
Most importantly, the volcano they were climbing today was an active one!
Peek-Aboo 
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