Chapter 219
Xiao Jingxi’s heart rate had already shot past 100 from all that furious running. Being flung by Xie Mi with the strength of a raging bull sent it crashing straight into cardiac arrest.
When Director Niu saw the flat line appear on the guest’s heart monitor, he panicked.
“Xiao Jingxi, out!”
At this point it wasn’t even about whether the heart rate exceeded 120 anymore—it was about whether the guest’s life could be kept intact.
In the water, Xiao Jingxi was lifted onto a stretcher by staff and carried away.
[How many times has Movie Emperor Xiao been stretchered out of this show now?]
[Achievement unlocked: most hospital visits within a single program.]
[But seriously, why did he have to chase Xie Mi? He had twenty whole minutes to go after someone else.]
[Maybe because he tries too hard.]
On the show, Xie Mi calmly crouched down to tighten her shoelaces, then stood up again, rotating her wrists and ankles.
In her eyes, a fierce blaze of competitiveness was beginning to burn.
Her turn had come.
And so—the hunt began.
After forty minutes soaking in the water, Yu Jinzhe had already lost the will to live.
Since his swimming ability wasn’t great, he couldn’t risk leaving the float ring to swim to shore through the wave pool. Meanwhile, the production team, more eager for drama than safety, ignored his pleas for help.
At this rate, he was destined to be stuck there until the game ended.
But suddenly, a savior-like voice rang out from behind.
“Jinzhe little brother!”
Yu Jinzhe froze, turned his head, and saw Xie Mi swimming toward him with a float ring. “I came to save you!”
A faint gleam lit his eyes. Outwardly he put on a joyful expression, but inwardly a mischievous thought arose.
When Xie Mi got close, he’d tie her down here with him.
More than escaping, he was looking forward to seeing her panicked face.
“Sister.”
Yu Jinzhe blinked innocently, stretching out his hand toward her. “I knew you’d come for me.”
“Of course. How could I ever abandon you—ah!”
Halfway there, Xie Mi suddenly seemed to be yanked down by some underwater force and slipped straight out of her float ring.
Yu Jinzhe was stunned, not sure what just happened.
Then he saw a hand slap onto the float ring, emerging from below. “So strange. Just now something seemed to pull me, but it’s fine now.”
It was Xie Mi’s voice.
But Yu Jinzhe’s eyes widened in horror.
His pupils contracted sharply, his complexion drained to paper-white. Though outwardly still, he had already passed out.
Because the figure rising from the float ring—had no head.
Above the empty collar of the shirt, Xie Mi’s voice came out.
Ding ding ding ding ding ding!!!
Yu Jinzhe’s heart monitor erupted in a deafening alarm.
“Yu Jinzhe, out!”
“Hey!”
At the broadcast announcement, Xie Mi popped her head out from her collar, dragged Yu Jinzhe ashore, and immediately launched into hunting her next target.
Two eliminations in ten minutes—the terror of Xie Mi had now spread into every surviving guest’s heart.
None of them even dared to look for vouchers anymore. Everyone just stayed hidden like obedient schoolkids.
But Xie Mi wasn’t done.
She rode an electric scooter through the park, shouting toward the sky: “Miss Lai! Qiu Chengye says he’s going to punish you this season!”
A reply quickly came from inside a children’s castle.
“Him?!”
Xie Mi braked sharply, turning toward the voice, lips curling into a devil’s smile.
Lai Bingxuan, just poking her head out, instantly realized the trap and yanked it back inside.
Two seconds later, she slid down the castle’s slide and bolted in panic.
Behind her came a villainous laugh.
“Miss Lai, here I come!”
Lai Bingxuan ran screaming, “Aaaahhh!! Xie Mi, you are scarier than a real ghost!!!”
Two minutes later—
“Lai Bingxuan, out!”
[La—i—Sis—!]
[Who gets it? I nearly died laughing when she responded inside the kiddie castle.]
[Old Xie’s tiny trick, Old Lai took the bait in one second.]
[And who taught you to call her ‘Sister Lai’ like that? Hahahahaha]
Even so, Lai Bingxuan didn’t walk away empty-handed. As Xie Mi’s long-term “God of Wealth,” she was comforted with a voucher envelope.
Miss Lai, fuming, opened it with a huff.
[Living Expense Voucher: 1 yuan.]
“…”
Lai Bingxuan fell silent, then screamed.
“Xie Mi!!!”
“Wrong, wrong, my mistake…”
Already riding off, Xie Mi turned back, smiling sweetly, and handed her a new voucher for 1,000 yuan.
“…” Miss Lai’s lips quirked up again, instantly appeased.
After consoling her personal cash cow, Xie Mi’s round as ghost ended. She closed with an excellent record of three eliminations.
The next ghost chosen was Xu Shuangrong.
Xie Mi went back into hiding, messaging Shen Moqing to complete their final hugging position mission.
He replied with full understanding.
[Shen Moqing]: Tired of playing?
Xie Mi’s fingers paused guiltily, but she quickly replied in righteous tones.
[Xie Mi]: How could it be “playing”? I’ve been seriously catching people the whole time!
[Shen Moqing]: I saw you ride the log flume three times.
[Xie Mi]: You must’ve seen wrong.
[Shen Moqing]: [image]
[Shen Moqing]: [image]
[Shen Moqing]: [image]
Suddenly Shen Moqing sent several photos—every one of her on the log flume ride.
In one she was pounding her chest like a gorilla, in another flailing in the water like a monkey, in another lying on the ground under two towels wriggling like a maggot.
The watch’s camera quality wasn’t great, but the social-death level was still sky-high.
Xie Mi rubbed her chin thoughtfully for two seconds, then took a selfie of herself rolling her eyes and sent it back.
[Xie Mi]: [image]
[Shen Moqing]: I love it. Saved to favorites.
[Xie Mi]: ?
[Xie Mi]: Where the hell are you?
[Shen Moqing]: Just came out of the water maze. Standing on the bridge at the exit. Look up and back.
Though confused, Xie Mi did as told—ran up to the bridge, looked back and up.
And there it was—on a three-story-high observation tower sat Shen Moqing, sunglasses on, reclining in a chair, sunbathing lazily.
Sensing her gaze, his lips curved into a wild, captivating smile, and he waved.
“Yo.”
Xie Mi: “…”
Can someone please control this attention hog?
[Just picturing Old Shen watching Old Xie go crazy this whole time cracks me up.]
[I was in Brother Shen’s livestream the whole time, I swear—he never stopped watching her. When her slipper flew off while she was running, he laughed himself silly.]
[Old Shen really can’t hide his feelings at all.]
