Chapter 163: A Surprise for Ren Xing
The next morning, everyone gathered in the hotel lobby. Li Mengya sat beside Jiang Yun. The editing team mischievously added a speech bubble next to Jiang Yun: “This guy brought family to the show!” The camera occasionally cut to Li Mengya, quietly sitting beside Jiang Yun, while he stood behind the crowd, carefully observing everyone present.
After a while, music played, and Wang Fengwan, Zhu Yin, Ren Xing, and Wei He appeared one after another. After dividing into teams, everyone headed to the first challenge—the mud pit battle.
On the way to the site, they played a small game. The camera frequently focused on Li Mengya, who remained quietly seated beside Jiang Yun. Viewers on the online platform flooded the chat with messages:
“What’s going on with Jiang Yun? Is this an official announcement?”
“When will Jiang Yun officially announce his relationship with Li Mengya?”
“If he doesn’t announce soon, I’m unfollowing him!”
“Look, poor Ya Ya is even accompanying him on the show, and he still won’t give her an official status!”
During the show, Wang Fengwan was like a prodigy—grabbing opportunities and answering correctly every time. Ultimately, with nine points, Wang Fengwan ended the mini-game.
At the first challenge site, everyone realized the purpose of the mini-game: scores could extend the length of a rope.
The first challenge began, with Wang Fengwan and Jiang Yun running through the mud pit. But when the rope was pulled, Jiang Yun fell squarely into the mud, shouting, “Damn, this game’s difficulty is way too high!”
“Ha ha ha!”
“Goose! Goose! Goose!”
The audience watching laughed aloud.
“Come on, Jiang Yun, use your martial arts skills!”
“We want to see Jiang Yun cheat!”
Unfortunately, Jiang Yun didn’t cheat; like the others, he ran and rolled in the mud pit.
The unluckiest was Wang Fengwan, who looked determined to win but ended up falling the hardest. Exhausted, she lay in the mud pit, utterly disheveled.
“Ha ha ha!”
“Goose! Goose! Goose!”
“This is a black history moment for our goddess Fengwan! Who knew she had this side?”
In the end, the Yellow Team caught four ducks.
When it was the Red Team’s turn, Wang Fengwan tried to take revenge but failed miserably, falling flat on her face.
“Heh heh heh!”
“Goose! Goose! Goose!”
“Goddess Fengwan is really giving it her all!”
Ultimately, the Red Team won by catching five ducks.
After bathing, everyone changed into clean clothes and stood before the camera.
The camera gave a close-up of Li Mengya, who carried a small folding stool and sat beside the filming crew.
In the first round, everyone described their identity tags and suspected Wang Fengwan was the undercover agent. However, after verification, Wang Fengwan was innocent!
“Ha ha, how dare you falsely accuse our goddess Fengwan!”
“See? We told you she’s not the undercover!”
“You’re so mean!”
“+1”
“+10086”
In the second round, the water-flying chair, Wang Fengwan made frequent mistakes, causing Jiang Yun to be thrown out repeatedly.
“Wang Fengwan is a black hole for games!”
“Fans, you’re speechless now, right? Your goddess Fengwan is just a silly big girl!”
“Ah... I’m truly at a loss for words!”
“Nonsense, our Fengwan goddess is adorably silly!”
“Yeah, anyway, I love my goddess Fengwan’s goofy side!”
In the second round, Yang Ying was verified by everyone and was revealed to be the undercover agent.
“Wow! Yang Ying hid it so well!”
“Didn’t expect it! Yang Ying is the undercover!”
“Jiang Yun’s the pot calling the kettle black!”
“They’re both thieves!”
The third round was a relay on acupressure boards.
On screen, Jiang Yun and the others’ expressions changed upon hearing the challenge.
The scene switched to the stadium: the Red Team went first, then Yellow, and finally Red again.
As everyone stepped on the acupressure boards, their faces turned into expressions worthy of memes.
“Goose! Goose! Goose!” Li Mengya laughed, clutching her stomach.
“Why isn’t our Mengya participating?”
“Yeah, I want to see Mengya on the show!”
The Blue Team won the acupressure board relay, and Zheng Kai was eliminated.
The show’s final segment was the name-tag tearing battle.
Jiang Yun confessed alone to the camera.
“Sigh, this game is exhausting. I repent—I shouldn’t have been the undercover, I shouldn’t have lied!”
In the end, Jiang Yun eliminated Wang Fengwan and then Deng Xin.
“I repent, I shouldn’t have lied!”
“Ha ha ha!”
“Goose! Goose! Goose!”
“Jiang Yun’s expression is just too funny!”
Viewers both in front of the TV and online burst into laughter.
Eventually, Jiang Yun’s identity was exposed, and his name tag was torn off by Li You, Zhu Yin, Wang Bao, and Wang Lan.
Jiang Yun was out, and the director announced the Brother Team’s victory.
“December 23rd, 8 PM, Zhijiang TV’s ‘Racing the Skies’—see you there! Online streaming platforms will broadcast simultaneously at 8 PM!” Jiang Yun and the others shouted.
“Ha ha! Just for Jiang Yun’s enthusiastic promotion, I’ll definitely watch!”
“Ha ha! Absolutely!”
Finally, everyone sang the theme song together. The fifth episode of the first season of “Run, Friends, Run!” officially ended.
Back at Mushroom House, Jiang Yun and the others sat before the TV, which was playing behind-the-scenes footage: “Welcome to log in to Surfing Net, Hundred Flowers Net, Panda Net…”
“All right, the TV time is over! Everyone, go wash up and get some sleep!” He Ling called out.
“Yay!” Zhu Yin cheered.
This little girl was very curious about everything during the show.
“Teacher He?”
“What’s up?” He Ling turned around to see Ren Xing speaking.
“Teacher He, ‘Yearning’ has already aired nine episodes, right?”
“Eight episodes so far; we’re currently filming the ninth,” He Ling replied.
“Teacher He, I wonder if I could be a permanent guest on ‘Yearning’ next season?” Ren Xing asked.
He Ling was momentarily taken aback. “Let me ask!”
“All right!”
“Hmm!” He Ling patted Ren Xing’s shoulder and then went to her room.
After returning to her room, He Ling didn’t wash up or rest but remembered Ren Xing’s words. She called the producer of “Yearning.”
“Here’s the thing: Jiang Yun definitely won’t be a permanent guest next season. I want to ask if Ren Xing can be invited as a permanent guest.”
“Who’s Ren Xing?”
“He’s a good young man who’s acted in several TV dramas,” He Ling explained.
“He Ling, it’s up to you. After all, you handled inviting Jiang Yun. Didn’t expect Jiang Yun to become this popular!”
“All right!” He Ling hung up, thought for a moment, and decided it was late—she’d surprise Ren Xing tomorrow.
At that moment, Ren Xing returned to his room and quickly washed up. Lying on his bed, he tossed and turned, unable to sleep.
What path should he take? Unlike Jiang Yun, he lacked extraordinary talent—singing, acting in films, excelling at everything, unstoppable even by capital.
“Sigh!” Ren Xing sighed deeply and gave up thinking about these trivial matters. Half asleep, he drifted off.
Early the next morning, everyone gathered at the breakfast table. Jiang Yun and Huang Kang were making breakfast.
Ren Xing came into the kitchen. “Good morning, Senior Jiang Yun, Teacher Huang Kang!”
“Morning, Ren Xing!” Jiang Yun waved.
“Morning!” Huang Kang responded.