Perfection

Later, Wen Jianing and Jian Jun came out of the woods with some dry branches, and Matthew set up a fire by himself and set it on fire.

　　They boiled a little hot water in the small pot they brought, and ate the biscuits they brought with them for dinner.

　　Matthew sat next to the fire, telling them what can and cannot be eaten if there is no food.

　　Wen Jianing asked jokingly, “Do you really eat insects?”

　　Matthew said, “Of course, it is high-protein food, which can provide you with the calories you need. But not all insects can be eaten.”

　　He demonstrated that he made a trap not far from the camp where they slept to see if he could catch any small animals at night.

　　”Will there be beasts?” Zhao Qin felt cold, holding her shoulders close to the fire and asked.

　　Matthew said, “It’s hard to tell, but there are too many people here, so it’s relatively safe.”

　　Of course, the program group didn’t want to see any beasts appear. They didn’t want to risk such a big cost for the ratings. They brought some tools and snake repellent powder with them and arranged them around the camp.

　　Matthew has been very generous to convey to them the essentials of survival in the wild, some of the more professional terms of plants and animals, Wen Jianing actually didn’t quite understand it, but Lu Jinlang listened very seriously, and from time to time he spoke a few words to him in English.

　　Seeing that the time was almost up, Matthew stood up and said it was time to rest.

　　Three tents are present, the single one was of course reserved for Zhao Qin, and it was built in the middle of the two two-person tents. There are four men left, two of whom live in one room.

　　For Wen Jianing, it is not a big problem who lives with him, because in this environment, it is impossible to sleep with their clothes and pants off.

　　But Matthew glanced at the three of them, and casually said to Jian Jun who was closer to him, “Why don’t you sleep with me?”

　　Jian Jun raised his head to look at him, and nodded without comment.

　　Wen Jianing and Lu Jinlang looked at each other.

　　Living in a tent with Lu Jinlang is perfect for Wen Jianing. But there are also cameras in the tent, which makes him feel a little embarrassed, because they can’t be too tacit and casual, and they can’t look too strange in front of the camera.

　　Two people living together have to pretend to be ordinary friends. Wen Jianing feels that this unscripted play is more difficult than any movie.

　　Wen Jianing asked Lu Jinlang, “Director Lu, are you going to rest?”

　　Lu Jinlang smiled slightly, got up and patted the grass off his body, and walked towards the tent.

　　They went into the tent to rest, and the cameraman who was shooting should also stop working and go back to rest.

　　Wen Jianing followed to the tent and saw Lu Jinlang packing two sleeping bags inside. He stood there for a while, then turned around and left.

　　Lu Jinlang asked, “Where are you going?”

　　Wen Jianing whispered, “To pee.”

　　Lu Jinlang couldn’t accompany him, so he could only say simply, “Be careful.”

　　Wen Jianing came back after a while.

　　Although the tent is a two-person tent, the sleeping bags are all single. He and Lu Jinlang slept side by side, getting into their sleeping bags, and maintaining a short distance between them.

　　”Is it cold?” Lu Jinlang asked.

　　Wen Jianing said, “It’s okay.” After a while, he said, “Perhaps it’ll be better if I sleep.”

　　He was very tired, but he couldn’t sleep for a while under this environment.

　　Wen Jianing whispered, “Director Lu, are you asleep?”

　　Lu Jinlang was silent for a moment, and replied, “No.”

　　Wen Jianing turned over. There are many topics to talk about if he and Lu Jinlang were to chat. Unfortunately, he can’t say a word in this environment. After thinking about it, he can only ask, “The movie is about to be released. Are you nervous?”

　　Regardless of whether this episode can be broadcast at the end, they must hurry up and promote the movie.

　　Lu Jinlang knew his thoughts, smiled, and said, “I’m not nervous, I have confidence in you.”

　　Wen Jianing said, “We have confidence in you, too.”

　　The two people talked softly. The content of the chat was about the previous filming, and they had a good sense of propriety. After talking about it, Wen Jianing became sleepy and his voice became quieter, so Lu Jinlang fell silent and didn’t say anything.

　　In this harsh environment, Wen Jianing still slept until dawn.

　　When he woke up in the morning, he was still half-asleep. He found that his head was resting on Lu Jinlang’s shoulder, and he was surrounded by a calm and familiar atmosphere. He almost reflexively raised his hand to touch Lu Jinlang’s face. However, when he touched it, he suddenly reacted that there was a camera shooting overhead. He immediately continued to reach out and changed to a stretching posture.

　　Lu Jinlang woke up, stretched his back, then sat up and asked, “Are you sleeping well?”

　　Wen Jianing was in a cold sweat, and he was completely awake, but he still pretended to be lazy and didn’t want to get up, and said, “Morning, Director Lu.”

　　They pack their things and continue to set off.

　　Today’s task is to climb to the highest point of the mountain, then look for the current, and then follow the direction of the current down the mountain. Tonight they will continue to sleep in the street, and tomorrow, if they can descend smoothly, they will spend the night near the village below the mountain.

　　The trap Matthew set up last night turned out to be rewarding. He caught a passing vole. Early in the morning, Matthew skinned the voles and roasted them on the fire. When Wen Jianing and the others woke up, he asked them if they wanted to eat them.

　　The small vole doesn’t have much meat, and Matthew uses a knife to divide it into a small piece.

　　Wen Jianing hesitated while holding it, but turned his head to see that Lu Jinlang and Jian Jun both swallowed it in one bite. He thought not to mind it, and he put it in his mouth.

　　Only Zhao Qin refused to eat.

　　Matthew teased her and delivered the vole meat to her mouth. She screamed and ran around the fire, hiding behind Lu Jinlang, covering her mouth with one hand and shook her head quickly.

　　After eating “breakfast”, they pack their things and continue to climb the mountain.

　　Yesterday was actually better since he just felt a little tired. But today, Wen Jianing started to feel the muscle aches caused by excessive exercise yesterday. He had a feeling that there was a long way to go, and at least they would spend the whole day in the mountains.

　　But they are not on the road all the time. Because this is a variety show, Matthew will explain a lot of knowledge about living in the wilderness all the way, and even waste some time deliberately looking for some creatures to show them.

　　Even so, Zhao Qin quickly couldn’t hold on. In addition to fatigue and muscle soreness throughout her body, she stopped to rest after walking for less than an hour, and then insisted on going forward only when she felt she could continue.

　　Before noon, Matthew led them to find a valley. The river meandered and circled down the mountain.

　　Matthew stood on a high place and looked down, pointed his finger in the river and said excitedly, “Look, there are fish!”

　　They plan to go down the river valley to catch fish. There is a big smooth rock wall next to the river valley, and there is nowhere to go if they want to go down.

　　Matthew decided to demonstrate weaving a rope with vines. Wen Jianing and Lu Jinlang helped him collect vines. He demonstrated how to tie knots and asked them to try to tie a few knots.

　　Then Matthew was the first to climb the vines, and the remaining people looked at each other. They couldn’t let Zhao Qin climb down last, so they felt that after Lu Jinlang and Jian Jun went down, Zhao Qin followed, and Wen Jianing was last.

　　It was not difficult for Lu Jinlang and Jian Jun to go down, but it was not easy for Zhao Qin. She grabbed the vines and stomped on the smooth rock wall with her feet. In the end her hands were out of strength and she almost slid down. Lu Jinlang and Jian Jun reached out and caught her below.

　　When it was Wen Jianing’s turn, he climbed down a long way. When he was about two meters away from the landing, a vine knot at hand was a little loose.

　　He was startled, one of his hands quickly clasped a small protruding stone on the side of the rock wall, and at the same time, the vine broke and fell on the stone beach by the river.

　　Seeing his movements, Lu Jinlang’s heart could not help but rise and fall.

　　Matthew put his hands around his mouth, shouting loudly to let him not be afraid, and slowly climb down.

　　But Wen Jianing found that there was nowhere to go.

　　In the end, he almost slid down. Lu Jinlang and Jian Jun supported him on both sides so that he did not fall on the ground.

　　Wen Jianing raised his hand, his fingers were almost worn out, he turned his head and glanced at Lu Jinlang.

　　Lu Jinlang also saw it. When he lowered his head and was about to open the bag and search for band-aids, Jian Jun said in surprise, “Your hand! I’ll get you a band-aid!”

　　And after he finished saying this, Lu Jinlang had already found out the band-aid.

　　Zhao Qin also came around. She probably thought that she was the only girl in the group, with delicate hands. She reached out and grabbed the band-aid in Lu Jinlang’s hand and said, “I’ll do it.”

　　Wen Jianing glanced at Lu Jinlang and stretched his fingers over.

　　Zhao Qin carefully put band-aids on each of his fingers.

　　Several people here are a little nervous because of Wen Jianing’s hand injury, and even the director personally climbed down with a climbing rope and came to ask him whether the injury was serious and whether it would affect the subsequent recording. But Matthew didn’t think it was a big deal. He had experienced countless harsh environments, and these minor injuries were common to him.

　　He had tied the knife to a wooden stick, then waved to beckon them to come and spearfish.

　　Zhao Qin was happy as long as she heard that she didn’t have to continue on the road, she was the one who stood first and walked over.

　　Jian Jun hesitated for a moment, and ran in the direction of Matthew to see him spearfishing.

　　Only Lu Jinlang asked him, “Does it hurt a lot?”

　　Wen Jianing shook his head and reached out to Lu Jinlang to let him pull himself up, walked towards the river with him, and said, “It’s okay, I will also catch a fish for you to eat.”

　　To catch a fish, they must enter the water.

　　All of them took off their hiking boots and stepped into the water barefoot.

　　Zhao Qin screamed, because the river on the mountain was too cold, even Wen Jianing couldn’t help but shiver, and then concentrated on using the small knife and fork fish he brought.

　　Matthew kept saying, “Be careful of your feet.”

　　Actually, he doesn’t need them to remind everyone because everyone is also very careful. More than ten minutes have passed and no one has gained anything.

　　Suddenly, Zhao Qin stepped on a small stone and couldn’t stand firmly, and suddenly fell to the side. Wen Jianing was the closest to her and stretched out her hand to give her a hand. Unfortunately, Zhao Qin had lost her balance. Not only did she fall down, she also pulled Wen Jianing into the water.

　　The water reached the knees deep, and the two of them sat in, almost completely drenched.

　　When Matthew saw them, he laughed twice and said, “I’m going to make a fire. You guys think of a way to dry your clothes quickly.”

　　In order to simplify his load, Wen Jianing only brought a change of clothes inside, but didn’t bring extra clothes and pants. At this time, he became a little nervous.

　　Lu Jinlang immediately said to Jian Jun, “Help them find towels. First find clothes they can use to change and go look for rocks over there they could go behind to change.”

　　Then he went to the director of the program group to discuss, saying that it was impossible for them to be photographed in their underwear, hoping to find clothes and pants to wear first.

　　The director agreed and helped them find a set of clothes.

　　Jian Jun looked through the towel and found a big rock by the river, asking them to hide behind to change their clothes.

　　The cameraman consciously stepped back and took pictures in front of the stone, only to be able to take pictures of their heads and necks that were exposed when they changed their clothes.

　　Zhao Qin is a lady, it’s natural to guard her. Lu Jinlang said to her, “Don’t worry, I’m standing in front, no one will pass by.” After that, he turned his back to Zhao Qin.

　　All the people from the program group also gathered here, and no one could see the scene behind the stone. In fact, Wen Jianing should be fortunate that there is a woman who can make it seem reasonable for him to hide behind and change clothes. If they are all men, there is no need to worry so much.

　　Jian Jun took a towel to Wen Jianing and asked him to wipe it first.

　　This was supposed to be just a small episode. Although the changing of clothes was filmed, the director did not intend to broadcast it.

　　But they did not expect that half the way Zhao Qin changed her clothes, and suddenly screamed while wearing only her underwear. She ran out from behind the big rock and hugged Lu Jinlang’s back and shouted, “There is a snake!”

　　Lu Jinlang reacted very quickly. He held Zhao Qin in one hand and retreated back, and at the same time took off his coat and put it on her to cover it.

　　Matthew rushed over and grabbed the non-thick, non-venomous little snake.

　　All this happened so fast that the camera couldn’t stop shooting, so the camera was shot in.

　　Then the atmosphere became a bit awkward.

　　When Wen Jianing changed his clothes, Lu Jinlang simply asked to stop filming, but there was no more dangerous situation.

　　Then the wet clothes were put on a twig and dried by the fire, and Matthew finally caught the fish and roasted them for them.

　　While waiting for the clothes to dry, everyone was a little silent, perhaps because they have not recovered yet from the awkward atmosphere just now.

　　Wen Jianing took a branch in his hand and poked it in the fire from time to time. It has no purpose. Lu Jinlang sat opposite him, holding a branch in his hand. When he fiddled with the fire, he met the branch in Wen Jianing’s hand.

　　The two raised their heads and glanced at each other, then lowered their gazes without saying anything.

　　Wen Jianing felt that he could no longer participate with Lu Jinlang in this 24-hour program. The feeling that there was something to say that could not be said was really uncomfortable.