When Shen Yan led Wen Yan along the solitary path, Wen fans furiously flooded into Shen Yan's live stream to scold her along with the haters.
The two who had just become Shen Yan's fans immediately clashed with the hater and Wen fans, creating quite the scene.
The people involved were completely oblivious.
Shen Yan moved swiftly, leaving Wen Yan struggling behind, panting heavily just from carrying his own tent.
Shen Yan carried a huge load without losing breath or breaking a sweat.
She looked as refreshed and leisurely as if she were strolling in her own backyard.
Wen Yan couldn't help but suspect again, was Shen Yan's load lighter than his?
Seeing Wen Yan panting heavily after walking a short distance on the mountain path, Shen Yan shook her head helplessly.
Such poor physical condition, he really needed to train hard!
Shen Yan had been running up and down forests since she was fifteen, becoming quite familiar with forest survival.
Besides, this deserted island had already been surveyed by the show crew, making it truly safe for her.
She had a good sense of direction and could easily find the endpoint without needing a route map.
"Let's take a break," Wen Yan said, feeling dizzy from exhaustion and wanting to vomit.
He couldn't take it anymore, leaned on a rock, and called out to Shen Yan ahead, panting heavily.
Shen Yan pointed ahead: "I see an inland river up ahead, we might be able to catch some fish."
That would be lunch right there.
Wen Yan was already out of energy.
Even if there were fish, he didn't want to move, he gave up and thought he might as well drink air for lunch.
After all, it was a wasted effort anyway.
Shen Yan ignored Wen Yan's lazy attitude and walked over, putting her things on the ground with a thud.
It was clear the load she carried was genuinely not light.
Shen Yan took out a knife, chopped some tree roots, sharpened one end, grabbed it, and tested it, then took off her shoes revealing her fair and flawless feet.
She rolled her pants up a little.
Her skin was as white and lustrous as jade against the shimmering water!
She walked barefoot into the shallow river and swiftly speared the fish swimming out from the dark river.
Her movements were swift and decisive.
Wen Yan, standing on a higher spot, watched Shen Yan from a distance, just about to sneer, when he saw Shen Yan spear twice in succession and raise up three lively fish!
Wen Yan's eyes widened!
How was this even possible?
Shen Yan threw the fish up onto the bank, then speared twice more.
She only caught one more.
Four fish in total, enough for a meal.
Shen Yan hadn't expected to be so lucky, finding fish in a place like this.
The few wild fish were almost the size of a palm.
Shen Yan got up onto the bank, grabbed the bouncing fish, and cleaned them by the riverbank, gutting them, removing scales, gills, and innards, and threading them on two cleaned wooden sticks.
All four were completely cleaned before she looked for a place to find dry wood, lit a fire, made a rack, and slowly pan-fried them on a flat pan.
The show crew had given them some salt and a bit of oil.
It wasn't so bad that they had to eat flavorless food.
Wen Yan was dumbfounded.
In less than ten minutes, Shen Yan had completed this whole series of tasks.
The smell of fish wafted over, snapping Wen Yan back to reality as he ran up.
Staring at Shen Yan in shock: "You, you're really Shen Yan!"
Shen Yan gave him a bland look, "If you want lunch, come over and help."
"Oh, oh..."
Wen Yan still looked a bit dazed.
Wen Yan squatted on the opposite side, staring at the fish exuding an enticing aroma.
"Turn them, don't let them burn," Shen Yan handed him the stick.
"Then, what about you?" Wen Yan took it instinctively.
"Gonna find wild greens," they couldn't just eat fish, after all.
Wen Yan blinked dumbly, watching Shen Yan walk to the other side, and touched the edge of the pan, pulling back quickly when it burned him.
At that moment, Shen Yan's live streaming room was eerily quiet.
[Hahaha, let's see how you blacken Shen Yan now.]
Shen Yan's number one fan was extremely smug.
Another fan waved a little flag: [Look at you Wen fans, dumbfounded now, right? Shen Yan's moves this time, amazing...]
[Frightened you clueless Wen fans, ha ha...]
Wen fans and haters wouldn't have it.
[Definitely bought the show's crew to edit scenes.]
[This is definitely Shen Yan's stand-in.]
[Fake princess put in a stand-in for the show, I'm really gonna puke!]
[Pfft, acting blind together, Wen fans and haters alike are disgusting, look at Shen Yan's professional moves, even professional fishermen and fish cleaners can't match her! No doubt she's the one I'm gonna fan for! Carry Shen Yan's big flag, let's go!]
The drone filming captured Shen Yan picking wild greens.
The audience's eyes were sharp, especially those from rural areas, immediately recognizing that Shen Yan was picking edible wild greens.
The haters didn't care if the greens were edible, they claimed Shen Yan had asked the show crew in advance or pre-designated the area for harvest.
In any case, haters found loopholes to criticize.
Bystanders came in, seeing these overly critical comments, and rolled their eyes.
Originally not a fan of anyone, the bystanders were instantly captivated upon seeing Shen Yan's face.
They didn't know what happened before, but seeing Shen Yan now, she was nothing like those pretentious stars, she was beautiful and down-to-earth, someone everyone liked.
Only haters would be blind enough to miss such a great person.
Because of Shen Yan's actions, she gained some fans, and her number one fan instantly created a fan group for Shen Yan, pulling all fans into the group.
With no other messy charts to rank, the fans spammed the chat.
Shen Yan didn't know any of this, still picking wild greens, she came back to find Wen Yan had burnt a fish, and her mouth twitched.
"I'll do it," Shen Yan pointed at the wild greens she picked, "go wash them."
"Okay," Wen Yan hated himself for not having any cooking talent, everything he did ended up burnt, even though he flipped very diligently.
Wen Yan took the wild greens and ran to the stream to wash them, but after squatting for a while, as soon as he stood up, he stepped on a slippery stone.
"Ah..."
Wen Yan, clutching the greens, tilted and was about to fall into the river.
The crew following along drew in a sharp breath.
The water a bit ahead of Wen Yan was deeper, Wen Yan who couldn't swim, facing the prospect of plunging into the water, was visibly pale.
Faster than the crew was a graceful figure, a fair hand suddenly grabbing Wen Yan's wrist, pulling him back.
Wen Yan spun half a circle, pulled backward by a force, landed on flat ground, where a hand blocked his unstable figure at the waist and steadied him.
The whole process took just a few seconds.
From rushing out to saving him single-handedly, Shen Yan acted faster than the blink of an eye.
Seeing the six-foot-tall Wen Yan rely against the slender Shen Yan, everyone's jaws dropped!
[Whoa! Hero save... No, beauty saves man!]
[So freaking cool! Ahhh! How can someone be this cool!]
[Oh my god! First time knowing Shen Yan can be this cool, those spamming accusations, aren't you afraid your hands will rot?]
[Wen fans, aren't you gonna come over and thank her? Wen Yan's too weak, can't even wash veggies without falling, was it on purpose?]
Wen fans were momentarily silenced.
Shen Yan released Wen Yan, calmly saying, "Be careful."
Wen Yan, still shaken: "Tha-thank you..."
Shen Yan returned to check on her fish, hoping they hadn't burnt again.
Off camera.
In the treatment room.
A handsome man in front of the screen watched that scene, frowning slightly, then silently closed the tablet.