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Chapter 112 is a perfect fit for us.

"First and second place, get ready, the boat is here. Two groups, one boat, let's go first."

The production crew called out, and then the four looked towards the lake, where a small fishing boat slowly approached.

Jiang Yuan and the others boarded the boat and sat down.

"Wait, we haven't boarded the ship yet!"

Deng Chao and Yang Ying, who were the third to find the Aquarius, ran towards this direction.

The small fishing boat has already left the dock.

"No!" Deng Chao knelt on the ground, reaching his hand toward the fishing boat.

"Brother Chao, do you think there's enough room on this boat?" Wang Baoqiang asked.

"Two groups per boat."

Jiang Yuan knew Deng Chao was joking; if it really came down to it, he could still jump over.

"Oh, I see. Then it's alright."

Deng Chao stood up, patted his knees, and said to Yang Ying, "Baby, let's wait for the next one."

"Oh, right, Baby, you guys can wait for the next one. We're leaving now."

Naza waved goodbye to Yang Ying, feeling very pleased.

She and Yang Ying didn't know each other before; they had only interacted that morning.

Even she, a junior in the industry with a few years of experience, had never dealt with Yang Ying, so Yuan Bao, a newbie, certainly wouldn't know this woman.

They've only recorded one episode, and they already want to steal her wish treasure.

That guy's dream come true.

Jiang Yuan was unaware of Nazha's inner thoughts.

He felt a dampness on his head, looked up, and saw that it was raining.

However, since it had just started raining, it was only a light drizzle, just small raindrops.

"It's raining," Jiang Yuan reminded the other three.

"No way, why is it raining?" Wang Baoqiang complained.

"Is it raining?"

Tang Yixin was wearing a baseball cap and didn't feel it at first, but when she turned her hand upside down, she felt the rain.

"A bit unlucky."

Naza noticed raindrops on Jiang Yuan's hair and wiped them off for him.

"It'll just rain more even if you wipe it, don't bother."

"Then I'll shield you from the rain."

Naza stood up, trying to pull her clothes over Jiang Yuan's head.

Jiang Yuan quickly stopped her, pulling her back to sit down: "Be careful not to expose yourself."

"Hehe, no, I'm watching out."

Naza sat obediently next to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan used his hand to shield her from the rain.

They're so adorable! The female photographer following the yellow team couldn't resist the urge to ship them.

But she's very resilient and can still hold on. If it gets any sweeter, she'll really be hooked!

"Although rain is annoying."

Naza gazed ahead as raindrops pelted the lake's surface, creating ripples.

"But watching the rain can also be romantic."

Tang Yixin, sitting in the back seat, suddenly said, "Isn't it more romantic to enjoy the rain with Brother Jiang?"

Naza's fair face flushed slightly, but she remained unfazed: "Bingo, what can I say? Chi Zi and I are 'true love from a past life.'"

No, I'm a professional. My sister-in-law specifically told me to take good photos.

The photographer following the aunt tried hard to suppress his laughter.

Tang Yixin never expected Gulnazar to be so bold.

But thinking about it, it seems normal; it is indeed difficult to resist Jiang Yuan.

Even though she had been in a relationship with a boyfriend for several years, she was still utterly amazed when she first saw Jiang Yuan that morning.

This child is terrifying!

Wang Baoqiang asked curiously, "Why do you call Jiang Ge Chi Zi, Nazha? I've always wanted to ask that."

"Because it's a wishing well."

Naza explained, "That's why I sometimes call him Chizi (Pool)."

Um, isn't what you're saying sometimes basically telling people that you don't call me that in private? You have other, more common names for me.

Jiang Yuan felt that Nazha Baby didn't seem to realize that there were errors or omissions in her explanation.

However, it was Wang Baoqiang who asked Nazha, and Wang Baoqiang didn't even notice this.

"Oh, I see. It seems you two have a good relationship in private," Wang Baoqiang said with a smile.

"Yes, Brother Baoqiang, Chi Zi and I are very close."

Nazha was still very respectful to Wang Baoqiang, but also a little reserved.

Unlike what she and Yuanbao boasted about, claiming to be a junior senior and the future top female star of Tangren Media.

Wang Baoqiang is a highly respected senior figure with immense popularity among the people.

Deng Chao was the same, but because they had worked together before, he was less reserved.

The rain was getting heavier, and Jiang Yuan's hands could no longer shield Nazha from much of the rain.

"The rain is getting heavier. Are we really in first or second place?"

Jiang Yuan looked helpless. "The first and second place winners are in small fishing boats without roofs, so are the ones behind them sitting in planks?"

"They probably won't be any better off than us; they'll probably have to row their own boats," Wang Baoqiang said.

"Probably? After all, we're number one and number two."

Jiang Yuan and Wang Baoqiang exchanged a glance, forced a smile, and tried to comfort themselves.

Meanwhile, Deng Chao, Yang Ying, Li Cheng, and Xie Yilin boarded the second ship.

After driving for a short while, a light rain began to fall.

"It's raining, but luckily we have an awning." Li Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes, thankfully there's an awning." Deng Chao nodded.

Yang Ying frowned and said, "It seems like the boat Xiao Yuan and the others are on doesn't have a canopy. Won't they get wet?"

Deng Chao then remembered the boat Jiang Yuan and Wang Baoqiang had been on, and laughed loudly, "Chen'er, let me tell you, the first boat Jiang Ge and Baoqiang were on didn't have a canopy! They were going to get soaked."

"Didn't they have boats with canopies at the first and second places?"

Xie Yilin was shocked, then said with relief, "Luckily we were a little delayed and found the mysterious water too late, otherwise we would have gotten soaked in the rain too."

"Can we speed up and check on their situation?" Li Cheng asked the boatman impatiently.

"I think you just want to laugh at them," Deng said, rubbing his hands together.

"Don't you want to go see it?"

Li Cheng and Deng Chao exchanged a glance and grinned slyly.

"Boring," Yang Ying said with disdain.

"Baby, you don't understand men's happiness, we don't blame you."

Deng Chao and Li Cheng stood shoulder to shoulder, gazing longingly at the lake ahead, hoping that the first boat to set off would appear in front of them at any moment.

Jiang Yuan and Wang Baoqiang were unaware that the boats behind them were covered sightseeing boats, not small fishing boats like theirs.

I passed under a bridge.

"Huang Xiaoming!"

Suddenly, a member of the audience shouted.

The four members of the Yellow Team and the Pink Team were completely baffled.

Yang Ying wasn't on their side either!

"You shouldn't call us 'Brother Xiaoming' but 'our boat'," Wang Baoqiang said, scratching his head.

Jiang Yuan ignored all of that; he felt the rain might get even heavier later.

It can still withstand the light rain now, but it won't be able to withstand the heavy rain later. Nazha, don't let your small body catch a cold.

"Stop yelling, brother."

He waved upwards, "Do you have any extra umbrellas? Could you throw one down? There are two girls here, one umbrella should be enough."

Another person peered out from the bridge, and the one who answered Jiang Yuan was a girl: "Brother Yuan, I'm not your brother, but we have extra umbrellas for you."

After saying that, the girl on the bridge tossed an umbrella down, then leaned out with her friend and exclaimed, "And Yuan-ge, you're so handsome!"

Seeing this, several of the other men threw down their umbrellas.

"Thank you everyone." Jiang Yuan bowed.

"Thank you." Nazha bowed respectfully, and Tang Yixin followed suit.

"Thank you, uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters!" Wang Baoqiang said loudly.

"Damn, Baoqiang, you're still using an umbrella? I'm even younger than you!" one of the men shouted.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan and the other two on the boat burst into laughter.

The boat sailed under the bridge, leaving the immovable bridge far behind.

Jiang Yuan opened the umbrella, let Nazha hold it, and then held the umbrella for the photographer.

Wang Baoqiang and Tang Yixin also put on umbrellas.

He quickly sat back down, put his hands in his pockets, and started watching the rain.

Raindrops fell into the lake without hesitation, splashing water.

Now we're finally not in such a mess, and we can enjoy the rain romantically.

Naza sat beside Jiang Yuan, gazing at her profile, and hummed: "I fly towards you, the rain falls gently, like your embrace enveloping me—"

"When did you learn that? Rain Butterfly? It suits the weather quite well," Jiang Yuan said with a smile.

Naza's singing wasn't passionate; instead, it had a feel similar to her later hit "Tipsy Rain Butterfly."

"I didn't think about whether it matched the weather or not."

Naza said softly, "But it suits me and you, and us perfectly."

I'm so full! This couple is so sweet, Nazha is so good at it!

The photographer felt like he'd been bombarded with displays of affection ever since he took on the task of filming Team Yellow.

We have arrived at our destination.

Jiang Yuan and the others folded their umbrellas and disembarked; the rain had stopped.

Before long, the boats following behind arrived one after another.

"Sigh, we were too slow. We didn't get to see Brother Jiang protecting the drowned rat."

As soon as Deng Chao's boat arrived, he kept sighing.

After waiting for a long time without seeing the scene he wanted, he looked up and saw...

Jiang Yuan and Wang Baoqiang stared silently at their sightseeing boat, which had a canopy and proper seats.

"No way, I finally got first place, and now I'm on the worst boat?" Wang Baoqiang roared to the sky.

Jiang Yuan replied speechlessly, "Giving us a reward is a good thing!"

"Exactly, it's so unfair! The treatment for first and second place is terrible! Who would dare to risk their life for first place?"

Naza and Tang Yixin nodded.

Xie Yilin burst into laughter.

Lu Hao was extremely embarrassed, as he hadn't expected it to rain.

Li Cheng reminded him, "Baoqiang, your Red Team got first place in several tasks last time, right?"

"Yes, our Yellow Team didn't get first place last time; it was all taken by you two and Chaoyue," Deng protested.

Jiang Yuan glanced at Chao Ge: "Chao Ge, if you're bad, you need to practice more."

Deng was speechless for a moment, then said sadly, "Baby, our Red Team is being looked down upon!"

Yang Ying shrugged: "Last time I was on the blue team, you and Brother Chen were on the yellow team."

"No, baby, say something! We're on the same team this time," Deng Chao said pitifully.

Yang Ying turned her gaze to Nazha and said expressionlessly, "Your Yellow Team is finished."

Deng said anxiously, "And Brother Jiang, that brat needs to be taught a lesson today too."

"Hmm, Xiaoyuan's score is on Nazha's head," Yang Ying said coldly.

"It's okay, we're true love, so of course we'll share the debts. You can put all of Chi Zi's debts on my tab."

Nazha made a face, "But Baby, you should show your skills first."

Yang Ying revealed a smile devoid of any genuine joy: "Nazha, you're destined for death!"

Deng Chao's lips twitched. Oh well, this episode's theme wasn't really his thing anyway, so he might as well just coast along with Yang Ying.

At this moment, Wang Zulan and Zhang Lanxin, who were lagging behind, arrived late.

Everyone gathered together.

"There are slips of paper on the table for each group. Now, each group should take their own Mystic Water out of the box and place it on the slip of paper."

Lu Hao gave instructions.

Afterwards, everyone placed the mysterious water in their bottles, and the staff quickly wrapped each team's colorful logo around the bottle openings.

"Now we begin the formal mission. A prerequisite is that only one of your five bottles of mystery water is genuine. And what follows..."

Each mission will present three clues. The first team to complete the mission receives a high-level clue, the second a mid-level clue, and the third a low-level clue. Teams that obtain clues can then exchange them for Mysterious Water.

Lu Hao explained how to use the clues in this episode.

Wang Baoqiang asked, "What about our pink team, who got the bottle first? Didn't they have an advantage?"

"Yes, you can ride in an open boat and get wet in the rain."

Jiang Yuan, also a victim, uses dark humor.

Deng Chao and the others couldn't hold back and burst into laughter.

"Sigh, our two teams are really in a bad situation," Wang Baoqiang sighed.

Seeing this, Lu Hao quickly issued a task and sent task cards to each team.

Naza read the mission card aloud to Jiang Yuan, and the camera captured the words on the card: "Find your partner correctly in the pot in the flower field, and then carry your female partner back to the starting point."

Lu Hao said, "The mission location is the flower field across the bridge behind you."

Everyone looked towards the flower field behind them.

"Did you see the water tank in the flower field? Your female companions will be hiding in it, waiting for you to find them."

"How many water tanks are there?" Deng Chao asked, his eyes wide.

These water tanks are scattered haphazardly in various corners of the flower field; there are truly countless of them.

"Fifty water vats," Lu Hao said.

"Fifty!" everyone exclaimed.

"Yes, after you find your female companions in the water tank, come back here and play a cookie game. Each girl will get two cookies."

Everyone looked and sure enough, there were long, rectangular cookies next to the table.

The mission begins.

The girls said goodbye.

"Chen'er, remember to come find me."

Xie Yilin, a comedian specially recruited by the production team, is from Taiwan. Today, her makeup was deliberately exaggerated, and she pouted her big pink lips as she spoke to Li Cheng.

"You must find me," Tang Yixin urged Wang Baoqiang.

The characters with different art styles are Jiang Yuan and Nazha.

"Take some more cookies, we can eat when we're hungry, lie down when we need to, and remember to put the cookie box under our bottoms and cover ourselves with our coats when we sleep."

Jiang Yuan didn't take two cookies at all; instead, she took a whole box for Nazha to wear and even tied a jacket around her waist.

"Uh-huh."

Naza carefully picked up the cookies and smiled at Jiang Yuan, "But I shouldn't need to sleep. I feel that Yuan—well, Chi Zi should be able to find me soon."

Upon hearing this, Yang Ying, who was not far away, curled her lip.

Soon, several men in black took the five girls away to find a water tank where they were hiding.

Jiang Yuan and the others waited with their backs to the flower field.

Even if you're right in front of it, you can't see it clearly, since it's still quite far away.

But it's better to be safe than sorry.

"By the way, is Chaoyue still in Hangzhou?" Deng Chao asked.

"Yes, I had my agent drive her out for some fun." Jiang Yuan nodded.

"Why haven't I seen your little assistant today?" Wang Baoqiang joined the conversation.

When they rest, their assistants still bring them food and drinks, but Jiang Yuan's assistant was nowhere to be seen today.

"I gave her a day off, and she went to see a friend she hadn't seen in a long time."

Li Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Then when we rest and eat later, if Brother Jiang needs anything, you can ask my assistant for help."

Li Cheng, still under Huayi Brothers, knew even better than Deng Chao and Wang Baoqiang about Jiang Yuan's mysterious background.

Moreover, after spending time together, Li Cheng inexplicably found himself enjoying being with Jiang Yuan.

"No need, Brother Chen. I'll have Nazha's assistant buy whatever I need."

Jiang Yuan waved her hand, even though many people said that Li Cheng was opportunistic.

But to be honest, Jiang Yuan has had a smooth life since birth, surrounded by "good people".

So I don't actually have much ill will towards Li Cheng, and he doesn't provoke me.

Wang Zulan is relatively quiet in private.

Perhaps it's a common trait among comedians: they talk too much on stage, but don't like to talk much in private.

Overall, the members of the Running Man cast seem to get along quite well so far, and there are no major conflicts between them.