This star is a bit wild

Chapter 108 Winner's Reward (7k)

"boom!"

"cheers!"

……

Summer night, open-air seafood barbecue stall.

After Chu Hang and his six companions came out of Window of the World, they found a local seafood barbecue stall with a good reputation.

Now, they all have a lot of money, and as long as they don't order raw seafood like king crabs and lobsters, they can achieve seafood freedom.

It is really pleasant to enjoy the evening breeze and drink cold beer.

"Chu Hang, your performance at the Cherry Summer Music Festival tonight has gone viral again. You're practically a human traffic pool now. I'm so envious of you."

Tong Fei was eating crayfish with a disposable glove on her left hand, and browsing the Internet with her mobile phone in her right hand.

"What are netizens saying?"

Chu Hang skillfully opened the oysters with a shell opener and casually asked Tong Fei.

"Netizens say..."

Tong Fei deliberately used a connoisseur's tone and repeated to Chu Hang, "Chu Hang, the strongest boss is coming with great force. It seems that the burden of defending the national gate will eventually fall on you!"

"Can you help me see who has more votes now, me or Sister Na?"

Chu Hang smiled and didn't care about what the netizens said at all, because as early as last Friday, he and Zhao Qiongying had reached an agreement and decided that he would be responsible for facing Belin Albert in this week's ranking competition.

As long as Donna, Su Hong and Ma Xiangwen do not interfere or compete, relying on Chu Hang's performance in the first two rounds of the ranking competition, and with a little help from Zhao Qiongying, he should be able to secure the spot to face the opponent this Friday.

In fact, Chu Hang could have chosen not "The Wind Rises" as the last song tonight, but instead continued with the style of the first two songs and continued singing rock or rap.

The reason why Chu Hang chose the song "The Wind Rises" was that he wanted to take the opportunity to show his live high-pitched singing ability, so as to gain some support votes from passers-by, because the Grammy queen Belin Albert who is about to hit the charts, her high-pitched singing ability is obvious to all.

Facing Chu Hang's question, Tong Fei opened the official account of "Singer Global Season" and took a look. Then she looked a little surprised: "Huh? How did your votes increase so much? I remember when I saw it this morning, your votes were almost the same as Sister Na's!"

“Is it much different now?”

Chu Hang raised his eyes and glanced at Tong Fei.

"look by youself."

Tong Fei pointed her phone screen directly at Chu Hang: "You now have nearly 40,000 more votes than Sister Na!"

"so much?"

Chu Hang was also a little confused, and his first reaction was that Zhao Qiongying must have taken action, otherwise it would not be possible to increase the votes so quickly according to the natural rate.

"Sister Ying, isn't your action a bit too obvious?"

Chu Hang was somewhat puzzled. From his understanding of Zhao Qiongying, it seemed that Zhao Qiongying had always been very steady in doing things. However, although he was puzzled, he did not take the matter to heart.

After all, becoming a challenging singer is not a good thing. Other online singers are trying to avoid it. Who would have thought that Chu Hang would sell tickets himself and face the challenge?

"Chu Hang, Belin Albert is the new Grammy winner."

Hu Jing, happily eating raw marinated shrimp, interrupted at the right moment: "I just heard you guys talk about your experiences over the past two days. I don't think you have time to prepare for Friday's game."

"Um……"

"I actually wanted to tell you just now."

"Although the survival challenge isn't over yet, starting tomorrow, I'll be in seclusion to fully prepare for Friday's competition. So, for the next two days, wherever you guys plan to go as a group, you can just go directly. Don't worry about me, and don't call me."

Chu Hang said this and turned to look at little Jiang Shu, who was secretly sipping wine while he wasn't paying attention. "Jiang Jiang, do you want to go out with Sister Jingjing and the others tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?"

"I'll stay with you at the hotel."

Jiang Shu shook his head slightly and answered without thinking.

Chu Hang looked into Jiang Shu's clear eyes that seemed to shimmer with light. He knew Jiang Shu wasn't used to playing alone with others, so he nodded gently: "Then you decide for yourself. It doesn't matter what you do."

"Uh-huh!"

Jiang Shu nodded obediently.

……

Everyone sat at the seafood barbecue stall chatting and laughing. After eating for about an hour, they paid the bill and left.

Now everyone has a lot of money in their hands, so their accommodation standards have also improved a lot.

The hotel was upgraded from a three-star comfort hotel to a four-star luxury hotel. Tong Fei and Jiang Shu no longer had to share a standard room like they did the previous two days. They all returned to resting in single rooms.

After finding a suitable hotel on the pornographic software, everyone chose to walk to the hotel because it was less than 1 kilometer away from their seafood barbecue stall.

They thought this journey was just a way to digest the food after dinner, but they didn't expect that halfway through the journey, the three girls were attracted by a claw machine shop with an internet celebrity style.

“I want to play!”

“I want to play!”

“I want to play!”

Faced with the boys' questions, the three girls immediately showed a strong desire and said they wanted to play here, even Jiang Shu was no exception.

"Then play!"

“100 yuan per person!”

"Let's go after we're done playing!"

Seeing that the girls were so unanimous in their wishes, Chu Hang did not spoil the fun. He exchanged glances with Jin Yuzhe and Guo Junchen, then nodded in agreement.

Pushing open the door, Chu Hang and others walked into the claw machine store.

Looking around, it seems a little deserted.

Chu Hang, Jiang Shu and others were all wearing baseball caps and masks. They walked directly into the claw machine shop after entering it, and the exchange of game coins was left to Guo Junchen and Hu Jing.

Soon, everyone had a box of game coins in their hands.

"Jiang Jiang, which one do you want to catch?"

Chu Hang turned to look at Jiang Shu and asked with a smile.

"this!"

Jiang Shu looked a little excited. It was likely that she had checked in here for the first time in her life.

Chu Hang looked in the direction of Jiang Shu's finger and saw the claw machine that Jiang Shu was pointing at. It was full of Cinnamon Dog dolls. Combined with the soft light of the claw machine, these dolls looked very cute.

"Then let's play with this!"

Chu Hang naturally had no interest in things like catching dolls, but girls were all interested in this kind of thing, so Chu Hang was "forced" to develop a superb skill in catching dolls in his previous life.

The two came to the claw machine. Chu Hang did not take the initiative, but let Jiang Shu try it a few times first. The results were without exception, the mechanical claws "almost" failed every time.

“It’s so difficult…”

Jiang Shu pouted her little face and looked at the cute fluffy dolls inside through the transparent glass, with a look of longing in her eyes.

"Take your time~"

Chu Hang continued to feed coins to Jiang Shu, letting Jiang Shu continue to try to grab them.

At the same time, he was secretly observing the situation of the mechanical claw.

Catching dolls does require some skill, but it depends more on the rules of the machine. A more conscientious store may tighten the machine once out of 10 times, but if you encounter a black-hearted store, it may not tighten the machine once out of 1 times.

"Still can't catch it..."

After Jiang Shu tried to catch it 8 times in a row, she still failed. She turned her head and looked at Chu Hang pitifully, with a look of help in her eyes.

"Let me do it."

Chu Hang felt that the time was right, so he took control of the mechanical claw from Jiang Shu and began to operate it.

The first time, I missed.

The second time, I missed.

The third time, I missed.

It was not until the fourth time that Chu Hang clearly felt that the feeling conveyed by this mechanical claw was somewhat different from the previous times through the shaking before grabbing. So he cheered up, and after confirming the aim, he decisively lowered the claw to grab.

Compared with the previous times when it was weak and powerless, this time the mechanical claw easily grabbed the target cinnamon dog doll.

"Wow!"

"Caught!"

"Caught!"

"Chu Hang, you are so awesome!"

Just now, when Jiang Shu saw Chu Hang successfully control the mechanical claw to pick up the cinnamon dog doll, her exquisite face was full of nervousness.

It wasn't until the mechanical claw successfully threw the cinnamon dog doll into the window that Jiang Shu finally couldn't help but cheer softly, his eyes full of joy.

"Hey, this is for you."

After Chu Hang took out the cinnamon dog doll, he looked at Jiang Shu's eyes that were sparkling with admiration, and felt that his emotional value was instantly maximized.

"Chu Hang, thank you!"

Jiang Shu held the cinnamon dog doll in her arms, and her happiness came completely from the heart.

"What other dolls do you want to catch?"

Chu Hang asked with a smile, "Let's catch it together."

Jiang Shu nodded, and then she and Chu Hang walked around the store. She told Chu Hang all the claw machines she wanted to play, and Chu Hang memorized all the claw machines that Jiang Shu pointed out.

Finally, Chu Hang observed silently. Whenever he saw other customers failing in front of the target claw machine, he would immediately take Jiang Shu forward to grab it.

Half an hour later, the two successfully caught five dolls.

"Did you catch all five?"

Not long after, Chu Hang and Jiang Shu ran into Hu Jing and Guo Junchen who were wandering around. When Hu Jing saw Jiang Shu's arms full of dolls, her eyes widened: "We haven't caught a single doll yet!"

Hu Jing couldn't help but feel a little angry when she heard this: "What kind of crap are those mechanical claws in these claw machines? They're all so loose, I can't even grab anything!"

"normal."

Chu Hang continued to work on his plan of grabbing dolls, and casually responded, "Many things are like this. When more people use them, they become loose."

After failing to grab the coins again, Chu Hang turned to look at Hu Jing: "Do you have any coins left? I don't have enough here to play with them again. Can you give me your coins to play with?"

"Oh……"

"Here you go."

"We can't catch him anyway."

Hu Jing spread out her hands and generously lent her coins to Chu Hang to play with.

"grateful!"

Chu Hang clasped his fists towards Hu Jing, and then he launched a final charge towards the claw machine in front of him. The result was as expected, and Chu Hang successfully caught the doll.

"Tonight's record, six dolls!"

Chu Hang looked at the doll that Jiang Shu could hardly fit in her arms, and he felt quite accomplished: "Not bad, it feels hot in my hands!"

"Chu Hang, can we give Sister Jingjing a doll?"

Jiang Shu blinked and said softly, "Sister Jingjing just lent you her coins to play with. We have so many here."

"These dolls are all yours. You have the final say on how you want to distribute them."

Chu Hang stretched himself and responded to Jiang Shu while searching for Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe.

"Jiang Jiang, I declare you the cutest baby in the world!"

When Hu Jing heard that Jiang Shu was going to give her a doll, she immediately rushed towards Jiang Shu with a smile on her face and gave him a big hug.

Jiang Shu felt a little shy after being praised by Hu Jing, and then she let Hu Jing choose one of the five dolls except the Cinnamon Dog doll.

"Jiang Jiang, why can't the Cinnamon Dog doll be used?"

After Hu Jing finished her selection, she asked curiously.

"because……"

"That cinnamon dog doll was the first doll Chu Hang and I caught."

Jiang Shu's face flushed slightly and she responded in a low voice.

"wakaka!"

"So that's it~"

"Fresh melon tastes sweet when you bite it~"

Hu Jing understood instantly and winked at Jiang Shu teasingly. Jiang Shu's face turned even redder, but he didn't respond.

Chu Hang and Guo Junchen naturally couldn't eavesdrop on the two girls' whispers, so they searched for Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe in the claw machine shop and soon found them.

I saw that Tong Fei was holding more dolls in her arms than Jiang Shu.

"You caught them all?"

Chu Hang was a little surprised when he saw this.

"How about it?"

"Isn't it amazing?"

"I'm really good at pinching!"

Tong Fei raised her head slightly and said with a little pride.

It can be seen that Tong Fei is indeed a loyal fan of the two-dimensional world and is worthy of the title of otaku goddess. The dolls she grabs are all cartoon characters in anime.

When Chu Hang heard Tong Fei's last boast, the corners of his lips couldn't help but twitch slightly. He inexplicably wanted to laugh, but was too embarrassed to do so.

"What's that expression on your face?"

Tong Fei noticed that Chu Hang looked different, and her eyes were a little suspicious.

"without……"

Chu Hang coughed twice and said, "If there's a chance in the future, let me see how good you are at pinching."

"Hehe, there will be a chance~"

Tong Fei was completely unaware of the ambiguity in her words. She finished her words with a humming voice, then ignored Chu Hang and went to meet Jiang Shu and Hu Jing.

After everyone got together, they left the claw machine shop and continued towards the hotel.

Along the way, everyone discussed the gaming experience they had just had.

After arriving at the hotel, they received their room cards from the program staff and returned to their respective rooms, which had already been checked by the program crew, to rest.

……

For the next two days, Chu Hang didn't leave the house at all, completely locking himself in his hotel room. Even his meals were delivered directly to him by the hotel staff.

On Thursday evening, the survival challenge of "Falling in Love 4" officially ended, and Chu Hang and ten other guests were all taken back to Sanya Baisha Island by the program crew.

Five days later, Chu Hang met Su Jinrou and Shen Qingyuan again.

Compared with Hu Jing and others, Su Jinrou and Shen Qingyuan were obviously a little thinner, with a hint of fatigue between their brows.

"Sister Jinrou, how have you and Brother Xiong been spending these days?"

The relationship between Chu Hang and Su Jinrou was much more familiar than others imagined, so after seeing Su Jinrou, Chu Hang walked up to her and asked in a familiar tone.

"It's a part-time job."

Su Jinrou tucked the messy hair around her ears and said, "I found a temporary job as a ticket checker at a movie theater, and Dong Xiong found a job as a puppeteer in a shopping mall. We can barely survive on the daily wages."

"You guys are pretty lucky, you can even find a job that pays you daily."

Chu Hang responded with a smile: "Tong Fei and Jin Yuzhe, they couldn't find such an opportunity at the beginning."

"I heard about your deeds just now when I came back."

"You've rented a fried rice stall and performed at the Cherry Summer Music Festival. You've really had a blast these past five days."

At this point, Su Jinrou's expression revealed a hint of curiosity: "I think the final winners of this survival challenge will definitely be you and Jiang Shu. I wonder what kind of gifts the production team will prepare for you."

"We should know soon."

Chu Hang was also a little curious. He guessed that since this survival challenge was based on pairs, the so-called gifts from the program team were probably for pairs as well.

"I just came back from a boat trip. Shen Qingyuan and I were on the same boat."

Suddenly, Su Jinrou's lips curled up with a hint of amusement. She stared at Chu Hang with great interest: "Do you want to know how Shen Qingyuan spent the past five days?"

"Oh?"

"How did you spend it?"

Su Jinrou thought Chu Hang would pretend not to care, but Chu Hang did not try to avoid suspicion at all and asked openly.

"I work part-time at a milk tea shop. I wear a mask every day and I don't dare take it off. It has marks on my face."

Su Jinrou shook her head and responded softly.

From childhood to adulthood, she has been a rich girl. If it were not for this survival challenge, she really had no idea how difficult it would be for people at the bottom of society to make a living. Just trying to survive every day would almost exhaust all her energy.

After these five days, although Su Jinrou was a little tired, she also gained a lot of insights into life in the process.

Some time ago, a passage went viral on the Internet.

This passage says:

If you think you are born ordinary, then go to a nightclub and see for yourself, what does appearance mean in front of money?
If you think dignity should not be violated, then go to the construction site and see what dignity means in the face of life.
If you think money is as heavy as Mount Tai, then go to the hospital and see what money means compared to life.
If you feel that life is dull and bleak, then go to the funeral home and see for yourself, what is life in the face of life?
In the past, Su Jinrou really didn’t understand. She always felt that making money and dignity could coexist. She would rather not do a job without dignity.

It wasn't until now that she realized that some jobs require you to give up your dignity, and in this world, many people have to fight for even such jobs.

In the face of life, dignity is really worthless.

"For Shen Qingyuan, these five days were just a life experience, but for the regular employees of the milk tea shop, this was their daily routine."

"If you can't endure the hardships of studying when you're young, you're destined to endure the hardships of life when you grow up. No one's sweat is shed in vain. Ordinary people can either give their all to create a future, or accept their fate and live a mediocre life. This is the fate of ordinary people."

Chu Hang said this, he looked ahead a little distance, and did not continue the topic: "Let's go, Deputy Director Zhang is coming over, he should be announcing the results of the survival challenge, let's go over there."

"Ah."

Su Jinrou nodded, then followed Chu Hang towards Zhang Kailun. When the other guests saw Zhang Kailun coming, they also took the initiative to surround him.

"Everyone..."

"Congratulations on successfully completing the five-day survival challenge. I believe that during these five days, you have gained a deeper understanding of the meaning of life and the people around you."

After Zhang Kailun saw all the guests gathered, he didn't waste any time and got straight to the point. "Now, let me announce the guest group with the most remaining survival funds in this survival challenge, and I will award them with their special rewards."

Upon hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to Chu Hang and Jiang Shu.

After just chatting, everyone has basically understood what each other's experiences were in the past five days, so the winner of this survival challenge is no suspense at all for everyone.

"Congratulations to Chu Hang and Jiang Shu. The final survival fund is 10379 yuan!"

"Ranked first among the five groups of guests!"

Zhang Kailun also knew that there was no suspense, so he announced the result directly.

Upon hearing this, everyone applauded symbolically.

"Chu Hang, Jiang Shu, now you can choose to receive your rewards."

Zhang Kailun handed the reward cards he had prepared in advance to Chu Hang and Jiang Shu.

"Look at it!"

"What's the reward?"

Hu Jing is a typical example of someone who is anxious while the emperor is not. She can be described as eagerly waiting. Her curiosity is even more anxious than Chu Hang and Jiang Shu, the two parties involved.

Chu Hang took the reward card from Zhang Kailun's hand, and then opened it without hiding it. He read it out directly:
"Hometown Experience Card: The guest pair that receives this card can choose the hometown of any guest from each other as the next date location. They will go on a four-day trip next week, and all expenses for food, accommodation, and entertainment will be covered by the production team."

The content on the reward card is concise and to the point.

Jiang Shu, who was standing next to Chu Hang, looked very curious at first, but when she heard that the reward was a travel date to each other's hometown, her eyes lit up instantly.

"Chu Hang, I want to go to Inner Mongolia!"

"I want to ride a big horse, I want to eat blue..."

Chu Hang, who was about to hand the reward card back to Zhang Kailun, heard the fierce words that almost came out of Jiang Shu's mouth. He hurriedly reached out and covered Jiang Shu's mouth.

"Cough cough!"

"Eat, eat, eat!"

"No need to say it!"

Chu Hang watched that episode later.

The part about the Northeastern specialty skewers was cut out by the program crew.

The main thing is that they have to be cut. The names of those special skewers are indeed a bit banned, so what happened that night was only known to Chu Hang and Jiang Shu.

Chu Hang originally thought that Jiang Shu had almost forgotten about the incident, but he never expected that Jiang Shu actually remembered it so clearly.

"What to eat?"

Hu Jing looked at Chu Hang's big reaction and looked at them suspiciously: "Oh, you two have a little secret, right?"

"Hold on!"

"I'll take you there to eat!"

"But you can't tell!"

Chu Hang ignored Hu Jing and whispered in Jiang Shu's ear.

Jiang Shu's mouth was covered by Chu Hang, and she could only blink her lively eyes at Chu Hang to show that she understood.

Then, Chu Hang released Jiang Shu's mouth.

"What are you going to eat in Inner Mongolia?"

"Jiang Jiang, you know I'm the most gossipy!"

"If you don't tell me, I won't be able to sleep tonight!"

When Hu Jing saw that Chu Hang had actually seduced Jiang Shu, an innocent and beautiful girl, into reaching a deal, she became extremely anxious and started to act coquettishly towards Jiang Shu.

"Sister Jingjing, but I've already promised Chu Hang."

Jiang Shu responded jokingly, "A man cannot stand without trust. I really can't tell you."

When Hu Jing heard Jiang Shu say this, she could only turn her gaze to Chu Hang and try to find some clues from Chu Hang.

"Chu Hang, I lent you my coins that night. Can you tell me?"

Hu Jing played the gratitude card.

"NONONO!"

Chu Hang waved his index finger at Hu Jing. "Although you lent me your coins that night, we also gave you the doll, so we don't owe each other anything. This can't be an excuse."

"Stingy, stingy, stingy!"

Seeing that Chu Hang was completely unmoved, Hu Jing had no choice but to bar her teeth in anger at Chu Hang.

"Jiang Jiang, are you sure you want to go to Inner Mongolia with me?"

Chu Hang sent Hu Jing away and turned his attention back to Jiang Shu.

"That's for sure."

"My hometown is Yanjing."

"Isn't your usual workplace also in Yanjing?"

Jiang Shu looked a little silly and cute: "If that's the case, then what's the fun in going to Yanjing?"

"Didn't you say your grandma's home is in Handong?"

Chu Hang said uncertainly, "This could be considered your hometown, right?"

"But……"

"Didn't we just come back from Pengcheng?"

Jiang Shu became even more confused after being asked by Chu Hang. Her dazed look was so adorable that Chu Hang wanted to ruffle her hair.

"Ok."

"Then let's go to Inner Mongolia."

"It just so happens that I have something to do and want to go back to Inner Mongolia."

Chu Hang felt that going back home was a good option. He had to go back sooner or later anyway, so instead of delaying it any further, he might as well face the problem head on.

"Director Zhang, then our travel date will be set in my hometown of Inner Mongolia."

After Chu Hang and Jiang Shu reached an agreement, they directly conveyed the decision to Zhang Kailun.

"OK, no problem."

Zhang Kailun nodded, and then left the scene with Chu Hang's decision. After Zhang Kailun left, Chu Hang and the others returned to their rooms to rest...

(End of this chapter)