The afternoon's variety show recording came to an end.
That evening, Xiao He even went to the hot springs with them.
Although the size and specifications of the hot springs were determined by rankings, people come to travel not to compete for quality, so everyone bathed together wrapped in yukatas. The production team booked the best hot spring pool in the area for them.
The scenery here is also the most beautiful. The surrounding pine forests and the outline of the snow-capped mountains hidden in the night, combined with the white mist rising from the hot spring and the warm aroma of sulfur, make soaking in the water and appreciating the scenery a unique experience.
Xiao He originally planned to take advantage of the skiing shoot to also soak in the hot springs, but the production team directly achieved his goal. Xiao He was extremely happy. After everyone sat down, he lay down on the rock next to him and began to enjoy his rare moment of relaxation.
Oh, of course, the production team is still recording right now.
However, this segment was actually the final "Truth or Dare" segment of the episode. Teacher Qiu Hua finally demonstrated his years of experience as a host, guiding each guest to talk about all sorts of things, their secrets, and their stories.
Xiao He felt he had nothing to talk about. He wasn't very familiar with the others and didn't have any special stories to tell. But soon he heard Liang Cheng next to him say in a choked voice, "Actually, I've always been very grateful to Brother Xiao. I really feel that he has helped me a lot. He is a benefactor on my journey."
Xiao He immediately sat up straight in front of the camera.
No, how did the topic suddenly shift to me?
Xiao He turned to look at Liang Cheng and found that Liang Cheng was really excited, his eyes were even a little red: "Really, Brother Xiao, actually I was already planning to leave the group at that time. If it weren't for you, I might have left in a very undignified way."
Xiao He remained silent for a moment, then sighed and said bluntly, "I am unworthy of your apology. Everything is the result of your own hard work."
He had been rather indifferent to Liang Cheng's attitude and treatment at the time, but now that the person involved was thanking him so sincerely, Xiao He felt truly ashamed.
Liang Cheng's ability to seize the opportunity of variety shows and transform into a variety show personality is his own skill. Even the current "Travel Notes" is a resource he obtained on his own. Xiao He feels that he has not made any contribution.
"No, I will always remember this kindness."
Zhou Nanye also realized: "Oh, so Xiao Ge gave you the resources for 'Ace Deduction' back then?"
"Yes, Brother Xiao recommended me to the director."
"Wow, that's true."
Zhou Nanye nodded in agreement.
As °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° a fellow variety show personality, he knows that some resources are really hard to obtain, and some even require thresholds and entry tickets.
Because of Liang Cheng's words, everyone shared their own experiences of the hardships they encountered on their development paths.
Xiao He listened in astonishment and tried hard to find a topic to join their conversation.
Compared to these people, Xiao He was incredibly lucky, never having experienced such troubles. After much thought, Xiao He decided to remain a quiet listener, otherwise, some of his words would have a Versailles-like quality.
Just as everyone was chatting, Xin Yiran suddenly shouted from behind the artificial hill next to them: "Security, someone's taking pictures over there—"
The next moment, everyone stopped talking and stood up in shock, looking in that direction.
Although the men and women bathed separately, they were actually separated by a not-too-high artificial hill, and their hot spring pools were connected. They could basically stand up and talk to each other. There was only a wooden fence separating the paths on the shore, making it convenient for Xin Yiran and the other female guest to listen to what was happening on their side and join the conversation when appropriate.
Their team had fewer people, so naturally there were fewer staff members involved in the filming, with only two cameramen.
Unexpectedly, even in such a private place, there were still unscrupulous paparazzi and fans who sneaked in.
When Xin Yiran spotted the paparazzi in the distance, she was stunned and immediately called for the production crew to stop them.
Please, there are just too many people filming during the day, and they can't stop them, so they can only let it go and try their best to control the leaks on the internet so as not to affect the broadcast of their program.
But now these people are barging into the hot spring area to take pictures. Isn't that going too far?
Although none of the guests were actually wrapped in a bath towel, the hot spring area is already a very private place, yet they still wouldn't let it go?
Immediately, several security personnel from the production crew stood up, climbed over the fence, and chased after them.
At the location Xin Yiran pointed to, a figure could be vaguely seen flashing by, indicating that they had also fled.
However, their hot springs are adjacent to the mountains and forests behind them. In the dark woods at night, only the warm yellow lights from the hot springs flicker. As for the deeper parts of the woods, nothing can be seen.
Xin Yiran pulled her bathrobe tighter around herself with a sigh, and said in a hoarse voice, "How did they get in?"
Xiao He had already stepped out of the hot spring pool. He gazed into the distance through the dark woods for a moment, looking rather surprised: "If I remember correctly, this used to be the steep slope on the back of the snow mountain, right? Could it be that they climbed up from somewhere else at the foot of the snow mountain and then slid down this half of the steep slope where the hotel is located?"
Their current location is a little below the halfway point of the mountain. The hot spring hotel is backed by a relatively steep slope and pine forest. If people want to come in from this direction, they can only come up the gentle slope of the snow-capped mountain in front and then slide down the steep slope on the back of the mountain.
In other words, if they want to go back now, they have to climb up the steep slope again and then go around to the gentle slope on the front to go down the mountain.
Xiao He's words also made the others suddenly realize what was going on.
Qiu Hua's expression suddenly turned serious: "Xiao Xiao is right. This hotel has always had a good level of privacy, and we have staff guarding the perimeter. There is a high probability that they will not have the opportunity to get in unless they take an unconventional route."
Isn't this the style of these proxy photographers all along?
To get the footage they need, they're capable of climbing steep slopes like antelopes and shooting on cliffs. This mere climbing of snow-capped mountains... well, that's quite astonishing.
The main problem is that it's already late at night! It's probably still snowing on the mountain, and the temperature is extremely low. The photographer can't possibly brave the heavy snow to climb back up, can he?
That's way too reckless!
If something goes wrong, their production team won't get away with it either.
Hu Pei immediately stopped the recording of the program, his face serious, and turned to call the staff of the hot spring hotel.
A few minutes later, the hotel manager, having received the message, rushed over in a panic.
"Did they really leave from that way?"
The hotel manager stared in disbelief at the pine forest in the distance.
The security personnel who went to chase after the person nodded helplessly: "It was too dark over there, and we weren't familiar with the terrain, so we didn't dare to continue the chase after them for more than half."
In fact, the production team immediately notified them to call those people back and not to run forward anymore, as they wouldn't catch them. But as soon as they shouted, those people ran even faster!
There was nothing they could do; it was late at night, and there was still snow on the ground, so they dared not go any further and had to turn back.
Upon hearing this news, the hotel manager was stunned: "They can't be serious, can they? Are they really planning to turn back? It's snowing on this mountain!"
If those paparazzi really come back and leave from the hotel, the most they'll get is a warning. But now that people are recklessly heading up the mountain, all they can do is—
The hotel manager gave a wry smile: "I'll have someone check their footprints first. I just hope they're not really that stupid."
