"I'll get revenge for you later."
Jiang Yanchen gently wiped the sweat from her face.
She looked quite angry, pursing her lips without saying a word.
Jiang Yanchen brought the water to her lips, and she took a few sips directly from the cup in his hand.
Jiang Yanchen didn't know how to coax her. Looking at her puffed-up, angry face, he rubbed her arms for a bit, then fanned her.
[Look at Jiang Yanchen's guilty conscience. If you didn't know better, you'd think he was the one who made Ji Zhaoxi angry.]
[No seriously, Jiang Yanchen really doesn't know how to comfort people at all.]
[What has Ji Zhaoxi trained Jiang Yanchen into?]
[This guy is just staring helplessly at this girl.]
Ji Zhaoxi was extremely angry.
But she wasn't angry that someone was competing with her; she was angry at Shen Huaiqiu's frivolous attitude.
He was so weak, where did he get the nerve to say he would go easy on her?
A piece of watermelon was suddenly offered to her mouth. Ji Zhaoxi glanced at it and took a few angry bites.
Jiang Yanchen silently wiped her mouth.
Whenever he thought about Shen Huaiqiu's greasy, possessed-like behavior just now, Jiang Yanchen's expression turned incredibly grim.
Since he liked blocking people so much, he should get a taste of being blocked later.
Shen Huaiqiu hadn't expected his joke to actually annoy Ji Zhaoxi. He walked over holding a bottle of water.
Seeing that appetite-ruining figure walking towards them, her body reacted before her brain. She grabbed Jiang Yanchen's clothes and buried her face straight into his chest.
Refusing to communicate.
Jiang Yanchen looked down at her, then glared at Shen Huaiqiu with growing impatience. "Break time doesn't mean you can wander over to other people's teams."
Shen Huaiqiu's face changed. "Zhaoxi, I was just..."
"Are you done?" Jiang Yanchen's expression was absolutely furious now.
Xie Siheng walked over with a smile and pulled Shen Huaiqiu away.
He had no idea which of Shen Huaiqiu's wires had crossed in the inner field earlier, suddenly teasing Ji Zhaoxi like some playboy.
Everyone else was taking the competition seriously, making Shen Huaiqiu stand out like a sore thumb.
He was usually a pretty normal guy.
And saying he didn't want to bully girls—none of the girls on this show were weak when it came to competing.
Looking at the despondent Shen Huaiqiu, Xie Siheng sighed and patted him on the shoulder.
The last round was a team match, meaning everyone was on the field together.
As soon as the whistle blew, Jiang Yanchen directly blocked Shen Huaiqiu. Whatever Shen Huaiqiu tried to grab, Jiang Yanchen snatched it away.
Shen Huaiqiu was also holding back his temper. He forced a smile and said, "This is the last round, Yanchen. Let's not do this."
Jiang Yanchen couldn't be bothered to acknowledge him, and Shen Huaiqiu's expression grew cold.
Shen Huaiqiu didn't hesitate. He took a large step across and slammed his shoulder inward. Jiang Yanchen forcefully cut off his path, and their shoulders collided with a dull thud.
Shen Huaiqiu stumbled back a few steps from the impact, his anger instantly igniting.
On the other side, Ji Zhaoxi had already snatched the sweet bean sauce and quickly placed it into the basket she shared with Jiang Yanchen.
Ye Mubai managed to grab the large grass carp, but her hand slipped, and the fish fell to the ground. Just as she was about to pick it up, Xie Siheng started fighting her for it.
"Mr. Xie, you don't have to fight me for it every single time!" Ye Mubai was squeezed so hard she could barely speak.
Xie Siheng, sweating profusely, gritted his teeth and said, "Mubai, look at my age. Can't you just let me have this fish?"
Ye Mubai pushed hard against the person leaning on her, the veins on her neck bulging. "Mr. Xie, you can't just yield in a competition!"
The others were also wrestling together in a heap.
Under the watchful eyes of Xie Siheng and Ye Mubai, Ji Zhaoxi happily ran over and picked up the fish from the ground.
"My fish!"
"That's my fish!"
Ji Zhaoxi quickly ran out. Just as she opened the fence, a cat suddenly jumped onto a wooden stump and lunged straight at Ji Zhaoxi with a meow.
Ji Zhaoxi was startled. She let go, and the fish slipped straight onto the ground.
The next second, the cat snatched the fish in its mouth and bolted, its tail held high, meowing with excitement.
"Meow!"
A gift from the heavens!
Before long, both the cat and the fish vanished from sight.
Ji Zhaoxi: ...
Ji Zhaoxi had no choice but to run back. She grabbed a few potatoes and even snatched some sugar from Lin Yichen.
On the other side, Shen Huaiqiu and Jiang Yanchen were still in a standoff. Throughout this entire round, Shen Huaiqiu had gotten absolutely nothing.
His face was incredibly ugly. Jiang Yanchen mocked, "Don't you love messing with people?"
Why get so angry when it's your turn?
The director awkwardly walked over with a megaphone. "The match is over! Competition first, friendship second... No, no, friendship first!"
Seeing that the two ignored him, he quickly ran over to Ji Zhaoxi. "Ji Zhaoxi, hurry up and call your teammate back."
Ji Zhaoxi put down the ingredients in her hands and happily called out to Jiang Yanchen, "Jiang Yanchen, come back! I just grabbed a ton of ingredients!"
Hearing her voice, Jiang Yanchen threw the green onions he had just snatched from Shen Huaiqiu onto the table.
The originally crisp green onions had been crushed limp from their tug-of-war, looking nothing like green onions as they lay on the table.
Jiang Yanchen didn't even give him a glance and simply walked away.
Shen Huaiqiu still had a smile on his face, but his eyes were icy cold.
In terms of seniority, he was definitely Jiang Yanchen's senior in the industry. He had fought his way up from the bottom.
And Jiang Yanchen? Relying entirely on his family background, he looked down on everyone. Even a simple joke was blown out of proportion by him.
Shen Huaiqiu's fists clenched tightly, his eyes turning red. He looked at Ji Zhaoxi not far away. Ji Zhaoxi met his gaze but immediately looked away.
Bang—
Before anyone could react, Shen Huaiqiu suddenly charged from behind, raising his fist and landing a solid punch on Jiang Yanchen's left cheek.
A sharp pain instantly flared across Jiang Yanchen's face, and the metallic taste of blood welled up in his mouth. The taut string in his mind snapped instantly, and anger rushed straight to his head.
Screams erupted from the sidelines, and the cameramen rushed forward to stop them.
Without even wiping the blood from his face, Jiang Yanchen violently grabbed Shen Huaiqiu's right arm and executed a clean shoulder throw, slamming Shen Huaiqiu viciously to the ground.
Shen Huaiqiu's mind went blank from the throw. Before he could even scramble up, Jiang Yanchen ruthlessly grabbed him by the collar and hoisted him up.
"Do you have a death wish?"
Jiang Yanchen's voice was as cold as shattered ice, the veins on his forehead bulging.
In all his life, no one had ever dared to hit him.
"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang, don't do this!"
"Stop fighting, calm down!"
"Quick, pull them apart!"
Screams and pleas to stop echoed one after another. The director kept yelling into his megaphone, the cameramen scrambled to separate the two, and even the village dogs paced around anxiously.
