Chapter 23: 22. Silly fish, they are keen on courting death Chapter 23: 22. Silly fish, they are keen on courting death Don’t panic, they are resting.
The statent wasn’t long, but because everyone was too tense, they didn’t notice anything wrong with what Tang Shu had said.
Instead, her calm tone reassured them, and they breathed a sigh of relief.
At this ti, the Program Team beca aware of the severity of the situation, and Director Lin, who had been notified, had already arrived at the scene.
After figuring out what had happened, his face grew increasingly solemn.
“The expert said that the chances of encountering this type of snake were very small, and the Program Team did not spot them during the location scouting. I didn’t expect we would actually run into them,” he said.
Yin Dong was quite understanding. “Murdock’s Bamboo Leaf Green snakes are naturally small in size and their green bodies are very good at hiding, so it’s quite normal that you didn’t find them.”
Bamboo Leaf Green snakes aren’t cabbages after all; they are rare and don’t appear in groups.
Director Lin nodded and directly called the nearby hospital to arrange for insect repellent and serum to be brought in, just in case.
After dealing with all the follow-up matters, he stepped out, and on his way out, he cast a deep look at Tang Shu.
With the incident resolved, the shooting continued.
However, everyone had lost their will to rest. This ti, without the team leader asking, Zeng Xiumin was the first to suggest it.
“Shall we leave this place? I always feel a bit creeped out—”
Creeped out might be an overstatent, but the fear from the Bamboo Leaf Green snakes had not yet faded, leaving so psychological shadows.
“Let’s move on. According to the map, there’s a small river ahead. If we calculate the walking ti, it should take us about an hour or two to get there.”
Everyone agreed and followed, with Zeng Xiumin walking faster than before, her face still showing signs of being rattled.
Tang Shu’s gaze fell on a lush green tree not far away, a flicker of movent in her eyes, then a hint of regret as she withdrew her gaze.
Bamboo Leaf Green snakes—
For people from the Tang Sect, those were as close as best buddies could get!
It was a pity… now was not the ti.
Turning her attention away, she picked up her pace to catch up with the others.
Behind her, Director Lin surveyed his surroundings and picked out two photographers to question.
“Did you get any wide shots earlier?”
These photographers were regular collaborators, and they understood what he ant by his question.
“Director Lin, I had two caras set up for wide shots. The footage from earlier has been captured. That Tang Shu… seems to have so moves,” one photographer replied.
He had been watching the screen all along and had seen Tang Shu’s swift and fierce move, which nearly scared him to death.
If the sharp stick in her hand wasn’t aid at a snake but at a person instead…
Stop right there! Why on earth was he entertaining such an absurd thought?
He must be crazy!
“After we wrap up filming for today, send the footage to check out,” said Director Lin.
“Alright,” the photographer agreed.
The two reached an agreent.
***
Due to the shocking incident that had just occurred, Zeng Xiumin was unusually agreeable on the way and didn’t create any trouble.
It was only then that everyone, in hindsight, rembered the move Tang Shu had just made… pretty fierce!
And rather cool.
Now, the way everyone looked at Tang Shu changed; it wasn’t as indifferent as before.
This young girl, she might just be from a martial arts stunt background, mightn’t she?
Within the team, Geng Qiuqiu, who still found it pleasant to talk to Tang Shu (one-sidedly), confidently started a conversation.
“Tang Shu, can I call you Shushu… ah? No, that’s not right, Xiao Shu… this nickna seems a bit off too?”
It all sounded like she was calling her ‘Uncle’. It wouldn’t do for her to inadvertently demote herself a generation.
Not a good start.
Her initial attempt to sneakily inquire about Tang Shu stumbled at the first hurdle.
Shen Xianglin couldn’t help but laugh, earning himself a fierce glare.
“What’s so funny? Co up with a better nickna if you can!” challenged Geng Qiuqiu.
Once again, Tang Shu was defeated by modern thinking.
Her na sounded so pleasant; how did it beco a forbidden existence here?
“Just call Tang Shu.”
“No, no, using both the first and last na feels too distant? Let’s just call you Tangtang, that’s a nice na!”
“…” Tang Shu twitched the corners of her mouth, silently sighing at the new na she’d acquired.
“Tangtang, did you start off as an actor? What TV dramas have you been in? I’ll binge-watch them when I get back——”
Geng Qiuqiu’s hearty nature once again played its part, as she nearly dug up Tang Shu’s entire personal history along the way.
The group walked for another two hours before they finally arrived near the river marked on the map.
“It seems we haven’t deviated from the path; this is the river.”
Yin Dong stopped by the creek, took off his backpack, “We’re all tired, let’s prepare to solve the lunch issue nearby.”
“Great, old rules; I’ll scatter so powder around to fend off poisonous insects.”
Shen Xianglin took several bottles of dicine out of his backpack and opened them one by one, clearly an expert in this task.
Lin Yi followed suit, placing his backpack down, “I’ll go pick up so dry branches to boil water and replenish everyone’s fluids.”
“Then I’ll look around to see if there are any fish or sothing of the sort.”
The three veteran team mbers had a very clear division of labor, each taking care of everything with a word.
Seeing this, Tang Shu caught up with Geng Qiuqiu’s pace, “Sister Geng, I’ll go with you.”
“Sure, I’d love the company! I certainly don’t want to get bitten by a Bamboo Leaf Green Snake.”
Zeng Xiumin sat down with a plop and didn’t want to get up again; the long trek of over four hours had left her with two or three blisters on each foot.
“I won’t go, I… really can’t walk another step.”
Shen Xianglin paused, resignedly took out a set of tools for her from his backpack, “Here, you need to take care of those blisters on your feet sooner rather than later, or you won’t make it through the next two days.”
Zeng Xiumin looked at her disheveled feet, then at the tools in her hand, and suddenly felt utterly overwheld.
“I… I can’t do this, Brother Shen, could you help out?”
Her face was pitiful, with two tears circling in her eyes yet not falling, looking at the person opposite her with a pleading face.
Shen Xianglin’s movents stiffened, and his expression began to show impatience.
“I still have other things to do, Miss Zeng, you don’t want to be targeted by poisonous insects and Bamboo Leaf Green Snakes again, do you?”
“…”
Zeng Xiumin bit her teeth in secret resentnt, inwardly blaming the other for his lack of chivalry, whispered a yes, and hurriedly tended to her foot injury.
The other two observed this scene, imdiately cursing the director in their minds.
Look at whom you’ve gotten for this, make sure to choose soone more reliable next ti!
***
Half an hour later, Tang Shu and Geng Qiuqiu returned.
However, the latter seed to have suffered so kind of blow, looking very peculiar.
Best Actor Lin had already boiled water in his personal stove, and as he looked up, he saw both of them holding a wooden fork, each with four or five fish skewered on them like candied haws.
He: “…”
Wasn’t this catch a bit too much?
During previous shows, even with good luck, they’d only be able to catch a couple to whet their appetite.
But what was happening now?
At this mont, it wasn’t just him questioning life; the others also wore expressions of astonishnt.
“Did you guys raid a school of fish’s nest this ti?”
“So many, it seems like Tangtang caught them with the fish spears she made out of branches?”
Rembering that dead Bamboo Leaf Green Snake, the teammates seed to have figured out the truth.
However…
“It wasn’t.”
Geng Qiuqiu’s tone sounded sowhat despondent.
“She just… picked a handful of wild vegetables from the ground, threw it into the creek, and these silly fish swam over. They were tripping over themselves to get there, and I couldn’t believe how eager they were to rush to their deaths!”
To this mont, she was still questioning life.
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