The curled-up carpet had already been used, so Lin Jianlu couldn't possibly trip over it again.
That wouldn't make sense.
Besides, Xie Wang's fall looked very convincing.
The road was blocked.
Forget it, there would be another chance.
"YoYo, I didn't hit you, did I?" Xie Wang carefully lifted his head from Lin Jianlu's neck and shoulder area, asking gently.
Lin Jianlu: "It's fine."
"What are you doing, Da Wang?" Chen Yimo came back with a bag of snacks. "YoYo, come have some snacks."This is stolen from https://chipoholictranslations.blogspot.com/p/homepage.html
"I was just about to get some juice," Xie Wang said as he steadied himself and strode off.
Accidentally tripping on the way to get juice—that would be reasonable.
Lin Jianlu sat down on the sofa, and Chen Yimo tossed him a bag of marshmallows.
"Pervert, does this variety show have a written script?" Lin Jianlu asked.
"Probably not," Chen Yimo replied. "These kinds of shows are usually unscripted and rely on on-the-spot reactions. If there were a script, wouldn't Da Wang play crazy for you?"
Chen Yimo: "Of course, my acting skills are no worse than his."
Chen Yimo: "And don't call me pervert."
Lin Jianlu: "Oh."
If there's no script, it means we'll have to adapt on the fly.
"You and Da Wang are pretty in sync," Chen Yimo said. "When he took time off, you did too."
Speaking of taking time off, the red finger marks on Lin Jianlu's waist hadn't completely faded yet.
That day, Xie Wang had grabbed his waist and pinned him against the edge of the table. Lin Jianlu had desperately wanted to drop to his knees.
Chen Yimo: "Why are you blushing?"
Lin Jianlu: "…"
Xie Wang returned from not far away, placed a glass of grapefruit juice on the glass coffee table, nudged Chen Yimo aside, and sat down next to Lin Jianlu.
"Senior, when does the recording start?" Lin Jianlu came back to his senses from the filthy thoughts and asked.
"We have to wait for all the guests to arrive," Chen Yimo replied. "If we're free, we can rehearse the lines for the later scenes."
"He doesn't have many lines later," Xie Wang said. "You knock him out, and he just stays unconscious."
"There is too!" Chen Yimo countered. "He still has a 'I love you.'"
The three of them were chatting when there was a commotion at the hotel entrance—a new guest had arrived.
The newcomer was also an alpha, and Lin Jianlu thought he looked vaguely familiar.
"Hey, is that Pei Yan?" Chen Yimo asked. "Did you invite him? Isn't he known for avoiding variety shows?"
Xie Wang: "He came as a favor to me."
Oh yes, it's Pei Yan.
Lin Jianlu had met Pei Yan once before, at a bar.
This Pei Yan was also an actor, though unlike Xie Wang, who was mostly active on the big screen, Pei Yan was a frequent star in popular TV dramas.
"Hello there, we meet again," Pei Yan said to Lin Jianlu as soon as he walked in.
Lin Jianlu's attitude was lukewarm: "Hello."
Pei Yan then turned to chat with Chen Yimo, their conversation filled with jargon that Lin Jianlu couldn't understand.
Still, Lin Jianlu kept feeling as if someone was watching him.
It must be his imagination.
The first episode of this variety show had six guests in total. After sitting briefly in the hotel lobby, a beta and an omega guest arrived, completing the group.
"Let's get in the car," the coordinator said. "We're heading to the filming location."
"Do we really not have a script?" Lin Jianlu asked Xie Wang on the way.
"Really, we don't," Xie Wang replied. "But for horror escape-room variety shows like this, there's usually a story script. I've heard they even brought in someone to write it. It should be pretty interesting."
Lin Jianlu: "Mm."
Winter hadn't yet passed, and snowflakes danced outside the car window.
Having just left the hotel, Lin Jianlu was dressed only in a thin black hoodie.
A small gap in the car window let in threads of cold air.
If the window were opened all the way, snowflakes would drift in, slipping into his light collar and chilling his collarbones to a faint red.
A hand reached around him toward the window. With a click, the window was shut.
Xie Wang lowered the latch, locking the window securely.
Lin Jianlu: "?"
"Pei Yan looks like he's cold, so I'm closing the window," Xie Wang explained.
Sitting by the window on the other side, Pei Yan, bundled in a thick down jacket, nodded at Lin Jianlu.
Lin Jianlu: "Mm."
Very reasonable.
Both alphas gave him friendly smiles.
"Not even that cold. What a wimp," Chen Yimo said from the front seat.
Lin Jianlu didn't care, but for some reason, the two alphas seemed to keep staring at him today, making it hard for him to bring his skills into play.
Yet again, he lost another chance to probe.
Xie Wang seemed to be holding back laughter.
"You're not hot, are you?" Xie Wang asked.
Lin Jianlu: "No."
The car came to a stop in front of a building. Judging by the decor, the theme seemed to be an abandoned factory—themed for their collaboration with Hidden Blade.
Escape rooms—Lin Jianlu actually liked them quite a bit.
Back when their schedules weren't so packed, he and Wei Lan used to play often. They'd cleared almost all the escape rooms near their school.
Which meant he should have many brilliant moments when playing this.
The corners of Lin Jianlu's mouth curved up ever so slightly.
The next moment, the director pointed at him: "Men, tie him up and toss him into one of the rooms."
Lin Jianlu: "……"
He was separated from the main group just like that.
Taken into a maintenance room filled with winding pipes, the staff handcuffed him to one of the pipes.
"Their rescue target is you," the staff member said.
Lin Jianlu was left in the dimly lit room.
He suddenly remembered something.
When he used to play escape rooms with Wei Lan, Wei Lan once said, "If I were designing an escape room, I'd definitely lock up the best player right at the start."
And not long ago, Wei Lan had indeed taken on a project to design scripts and puzzles for a variety show.This is stolen from https://chipoholictranslations.blogspot.com/p/homepage.html
Looking at the setup now, it was clear that many of the elements bore Wei Lan's style.
He couldn't just stay here.
This was such a good opportunity to spend time with Xie Wang—he had to go find him.
In front of the variety show director, the monitoring screen was split into two views: one showing the movements of Xie Wang, Chen Yimo, and the others, and the other focused on Lin Jianlu.
On the second screen, the "hostage" deciphered the code from the arrangement of pipes, opened the door with the cracked code, and darted out of the camera's view, wandering around.
Director: "…"
On the other side, Xie Wang and his teammates, after searching around, found the factory map and were discussing their next move to rescue the hostage.
"I think YoYo is in this maintenance room," Chen Yimo said. "This place is perfect for captivity."
Xie Wang: "Hmm..."
That's true, but I have a bad feeling.
Xie Wang: "Let's figure out how to open the door first."
The escape room design was wicked, with mechanisms that required serious strength. The several alphas tensed their arms and grunted as they lifted the heavy iron levers.
Xie Wang, who worked up a sweat, took off his jacket and was left in a black military-style vest, beads of sweat dripping down his arms as he panted lightly.
"Alright," Xie Wang said, "the lock should be open."
The heavy door was finally pushed open. Inside the room, Lin Jianlu was sitting on the floor, his hands still bound, calmly looking at their—
abs.
Xie Wang was the first to step forward.
"This director's not very smart," Chen Yimo commented. "This is too easy. It's unnecessary and totally lacks appeal for the audience."
Director: "…"
If it weren't for the hostage breaking into n rooms on his own, you wouldn't have found him right at the door!
The rescue subplot was totally wrecked.
You say there's no appeal? This scheming omega is way more interesting than you bunch of alphas doing exercises in the room.
Lin Jianlu sat in the corner with his hands "bound" behind his back, looking up at Xie Wang.
Had he been doing some kind of exercise? The alpha's hair was drenched in sweat, his vest sticking tightly to his stomach, making it hard for Lin Jianlu to look away.
The dim light cast shadows, and the omega's side face appeared cold and pitiable.
"I'll untie you." Xie Wang was about to step forward when Pei Yan stopped him.
"Da Wang, you worked so hard just now, let me do it," Pei Yan said as he stepped closer.
"No need," Lin Jianlu spoke up.
Lin Jianlu: "When you guys came in, the rope had already loosened on its own."
He remained calm and stood up on his own.
Pei Yan patted Xie Wang on the shoulder.
"I've seen it now," Pei Yan said.
At this point, everyone had the same goal. The rescue subplot had straight up failed before being tried, so now everyone was working together on finding a way out.
They entered another room, this time the factory's production line with all kinds of dolls on it.
However, there was always one empty slot on the assembly line.
"Put a doll in there," Pei Yan suggested.
They searched the entire room but couldn't find a doll. Instead, they rummaged through all sorts of doll clothes and finally pieced together a full outfit.
"I get it," Chen Yimo said. "Someone needs to dress up as the doll and sit on the assembly line."
Everyone took a step back.
"Not just anyone can do it," Xie Wang said, picking up a doll certification he had just found. "There's a weight requirement."
They calculated the weight range and turned their eyes toward Lin Jianlu.
Lin Jianlu: "?"
The omega was surrounded by several people and pushed into the changing room.
Xie Wang silently counted to three in his mind.
There was no movement from the changing room.
Lin Jianlu didn't call Xie Wang in for help because he couldn't put the outfit on properly, and he was a little disappointed.
Prediction failed.
The door to the changing room was pushed open from the inside, and the cold-faced Lin Jianlu appeared at the door in a black military-style lolita skirt with silver chains hanging from the hem.
He really couldn't agree with Wei Lan's taste.
But he was curious about how Xie Wang would react.
"F*ck me," Chen Yimo exclaimed, "YoYo, you look so good in that!"
Pei Yan: "..."
"I'm not really comfortable, pick me up," Lin Jianlu said to Xie Wang.
Pei Yan paused the assembly line, and Xie Wang carried Lin Jianlu to the empty slot and sat him down.
Lin Jianlu wandered a loop around the processing room and was brought back, but he didn't have the key in his hands.
The room door still couldn't be opened.
"Is something wrong?" Chen Yimo asked.
Xie Wang's gaze shifted to the doll's legs.
There was a black leather thigh strap there.
He couldn't tell if Lin Jianlu had deliberately lost it.
He walked over, his right hand pressing against the omega's thigh. The back of his hand brushed past the hem of the skirt as he fastened the black leather strap.
His calloused fingertips grazed the warm, smooth skin on the inner thigh, and Lin Jianlu shuddered slightly. Xie Wang's fingers pressed down, forcing him to stay still.
The black leather accentuated the pale skin on the omega's leg. Xie Wang tightened the strap just a little more, carefully adjusting it before trying to secure it fully.
Lin Jianlu's black leather boots "accidentally" bumped against his knee.
He looked up and caught a brief smile at the corner of Lin Jianlu's lips.
I've fallen into his trap again. It's hard to guard against the little tricks of horny deer.
Suddenly, all the dolls on the assembly line began to sing. Lin Jianlu was sent into a small room and got the key to open the door.
"Not bad!" Xie Wang rushed over and lifted Lin Jianlu into his arms.
Suddenly being picked up like this, Lin Jianlu felt the world spin and stumbled back a step.
Just as he was about to steady himself by holding onto the nearby wall, the alpha leaned in closer and pulled him into his embrace.
Lin Jianlu: "?"
I didn't bait him.
Why did the fish jump into the bucket on its own?
The concern on the alpha's face didn't seem fake.
He remembered what Wei Lan said about cherishing.
He wondered what it would be like if he married Xie Wang.
Would Xie Wang still buy him snacks and make him porridge?
After learning about the Lin family's exchange of interests, would Xie Wang still care for his well-being?This is stolen from https://chipoholictranslations.blogspot.com/p/homepage.html
He didn't dare to think about it.
"Let's go," Chen Yimo urged. "Hurry up and escape. I'm starving."
The team continued with the game. In the next room, Xie Wang was assigned the rock climbing task.
The alpha completely showcased his impressive arm strength in front of the camera, his clothes soaked with sweat, breathing heavily as he handed the clue to Lin Jianlu.
"Here," Xie Wang said.
He hadn't been this tired even when doing parkour for a film.
Horny deer was staring at him very intently.
It was as if the phrases "Wow," "Just like that," "Gimme more," "Take off some more" were written on his face.
Damn it! Xie Wang thought.
Who the hell designed this escape room? Why are they specifically torturing us Fierce A?
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