Chapter 199: Snatched Away by the Local Warlord?

Soon, the main cast of "Divas Hit the Road" landed in Africa.

Nazha charged ahead at full throttle!

The weariness of travel seemed to have vanished completely from her — not a trace of the listlessness one would expect after such a long flight.

You have to remember, back in Brazil she was still the kind of girl who needed looking after, the resident beauty of the show, treated like absolute royalty — everyone was clearly bent on pampering her like a princess.

But now, the princess couldn't wait to see her knight!

Of course, when Bai Liang had first entered the industry, Nazha had still thought of herself as his knight~

Back then this dummy didn't know the first thing about anything — wasn't it all patiently taught to him bit by bit by Teacher Nazha?

Now the boot's on the other foot, he's the more capable one. So naturally the one doing the protecting has switched sides too~

"Can you go any faster?"

"Nazha, look—" Jing Boran, who was driving, was starting to crack; he was already going plenty fast!

The seven of them had split into two cars, and the other one had somehow been left far behind without him noticing.

"What's up?"

"We're already in Africa — why don't you just give him a call?"

"Oh, right!"

Nazha instantly "woke up as if from a dream," smacked her own head, and hurriedly pulled out the phone the production crew had given her.

But when she dialed, the line was busy.

"How can it be busy?"

"Probably someone in the other car is calling him too."

Jing Boran wasn't wrong at all — whatever he could think of, others could naturally think of too.

At that very moment, in the other car, Song Zuer was holding her phone on speaker, chatting with Bai Liang.

"Brother Xiao Bai! We're coming to find you!"

"Huh? That fast already~"

"Yep, couldn't wait to see you — that's what Sister Shuying said just now."

"Huh? Did I say that?!" Jiang Shuying exclaimed in surprise.

"Just kidding~ Sister Nazha is definitely in a rush, and so am I, a little."

So young, and already this smooth~

Bai Liang on the other end of the line said: "Want me to come pick you guys up?"

"Uh, no need, just rest up. We'll bring supplies over soon — we went shopping right after landing."

"Yes! Come pick me up!"

Different questions, completely different answers.

When Bai Liang asked Nazha if she needed a ride, she answered with perfect righteousness: yes!

Some people's relationships require a bit of politeness, but between them no such politeness was needed at all.

Nazha didn't hide it one bit — she openly expressed her need to be pampered.

Bai Liang wouldn't find her precious either; a girl who can say what she wants straight out is already plenty wonderful and adorable.

Some Misses say "no need to trouble yourself" with their mouths, then get mad and make you guess, and finally hit you with: "When I said I don't need it, that doesn't mean I really don't need it — I just wanted you to realize it on your own. Although I don't really need it that much, your attitude is very much needed."

So convoluted, so tiresome — in the end you still can't tell whether they need it or not.

Bai Liang really liked that about Nazha.

Miss him and she misses him; want a kiss and she puckers up and leans right in.

Apart from the times she tells him to slow down or be gentler — which are lies — she states her wants plainly every other time.

Sometimes there's even the added emotional value of acting cute.

Truly worthy of the beautiful, gentle, and accommodating Nazha.

Unfortunately, Bai Liang had gone ahead to check out the place everyone would be staying that night; the production crew had already fixed it up, and the environment and facilities were decent.

But if the two of them wanted to sneak in some "accommodation" of their own, there was definitely no chance.

"Meow~"

"Oh, right, and you too."

Scooping the kitten up in his hands, Bai Liang went to ask the production crew for the car keys.

"Liang-ge, you forgot — you said the gas pedal felt a bit off before, so it was sent to the repair shop in town for a checkup."

*Slap* — Bai Liang patted his own head. "Right, right. Where's your car?"

"Sent it along for a checkup too, so it wouldn't break down mid-shoot later. Some of the roads we've been driving on these past few days weren't exactly great."

Seeing the forlorn look on the production crew staff's face, Bai Liang finally remembered it was his own fault.

The "shortcuts" he'd picked — some of those road conditions really weren't great.

Earlier, at the bumpiest stretch, the kitten had been sleeping soundly in the car and had simply launched into the air.

Luckily cats always land on four feet, otherwise the little thing would've gotten quite a tumble.

So the question is — where to get a car from?

After learning that Bai Liang would drive over to meet them halfway, Nazha, sitting in the passenger seat, had gone wide-eyed and kept staring straight ahead.

As if terrified of accidentally missing each other.

Jing Boran did offer a reminder: "We're a convoy — there are still the production crew's cars behind us. There's no way he can't see us."

Nazha figured he had a point, but she still kept her eyes wide, staring straight ahead.

Just then, a rather unusual camouflaged off-road pickup appeared dead ahead.

Jing Boran blurted out in shock: "That pickup's got a machine gun mounted on it!"

The moment his words fell, the pickup that should have just brushed past them suddenly fishtailed into a drift and fell in behind their car.

Watching the rearview mirror, Jing Boran's forehead broke out in sweat.

What the hell is going on?!

Local warlords? D-driving skills that good?

By now the commotion inside the other car that had already caught up was about the same: "A machine gun! Why is this car suddenly following Jingbao and the others?"

"We're almost at camp soon, nothing should happen, right?"

"Ask the production crew?"

Jiang Shuying immediately called the production crew behind them, and their reply was: "Normal situation, don't be nervous."

You call this normal?

The most nervous one at this moment was naturally Jing Boran; the two dummies in his car hadn't even called the production crew.

But Nazha was quite calm about it. "Don't be scared, I've ridden in this kind of car before."

"When did you ride in one?"

"Last time I came to Africa to film, hey~ wait a sec—"

Nazha quickly turned her head to look behind her.

At the same time, Jing Boran also sensed something was off. Driving skills that good—driving skills?!

When they reached a long straight road and could see no oncoming traffic ahead, Bai Liang finally cranked the steering wheel, pulling up alongside Jing Boran's car, and rolled down the window at the same time. "Hello, miss me after all these days?"

"Holy crap, bro, you make an entrance this cool?!"

Jing Boran exclaimed, and at the same time finally let out a breath of relief. Looking at the machine gun behind Bai Liang's car, his eyes lit up!

"No choice, the other cars were all sent in for inspection and repairs, so I borrowed one temporarily. I have to return it to the owner later."

"Don't drive like that, it's dangerous!" Nazha couldn't help it. While smiling at Bai Liang, she kept turning her head to look ahead, afraid a car might suddenly appear.

"Want to hop in my car, Miss? Take you for a spin~"

Bai Liang reached out and put on his sunglasses. Paired with the rugged pickup and that thick, black machine gun, the vibe was instantly there.

Nazha hurriedly nodded in agreement.

So they pulled over, and Nazha switched cars.

This scene was caught by the car behind, and the smart ones had already figured out what was going on. As for the dummies, they were still exclaiming: "Nazha's been kidnapped by the local warlords!"

"The dummy's gotta be Bai Liang~"

The next second, the car veered right off the main road and went barreling toward the boundless African wilderness.

He said he'd take the Miss for a spin, so naturally he kept his word.

Driving in a place like Africa, you can obviously be a lot wilder than back home.

"Wow!"

Nazha was the type who was bad at it but loved playing. Luckily, Bai Liang had taken her out like this before, so she could scream and enjoy it at the same time.

Bai Liang didn't drive very far either; the car just traced all kinds of arcs near the main road.

The people in the other two cars listened to Nazha's extremely piercing screams and couldn't help feeling envious—it sounded so thrilling!

So—this is how "free and easy" he is in Africa all "by himself"?

Bai Liang: It's a kind of free and easy you guys can't even imagine.

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But this place really wasn't far from camp; in no time at all they arrived.

Under the eager, longing gazes of the others, the machine-gun pickup was soon driven away by someone. The fastest of them all, Jing Boran, only managed to touch it once.

"The real deal!"

"I've even blown up fish with a grenade!" Nazha said, a little proudly.

She hadn't actually bragged about this to the others before, but with Bai Liang by her side, she just couldn't help it.

Of course, what she meant by blowing up fish with a grenade was that Bai Liang did the blowing up while she stood far away watching and provided emotional value like clapping and cheering.

That counts as participating, right.

"How have you been doing over here?" Jing Boran asked curiously.

"Pretty interesting, kind of a revisit of the old days filming in Africa—like watching the Dahe hippos bare their teeth."

Just as the others were wondering what exactly Bai Liang had been up to on this trip to Africa, someone from the production crew showed up.

"Next, let me announce the tour guide for this Africa stop—"

In a flash, everyone's gaze focused on Bai Liang.

"You guys are this direct about it?"

"Brother, it's the will of the people!" Jing Boran said with an especially bright smile.

Being a tour guide is no easy job—nobody really wants to do it. In other places it wouldn't matter, but on this little patch of Africa, he voted for Bai Liang with both hands and both feet raised.

Following Brother Liang, you eat well three days and starve nine meals!

But the production crew wasn't about to let them off so easy. "The tour guide for this stop is Nazha."

Nazha didn't show much dejection or resignation; instead, she blinked. "Great! I have experience!"

"Sister Nazha, your 'experience' wouldn't happen to be Brother Dou Xiao Bai, would it?" Song Zu'er piped up with a grin.

It just sounded like she was hinting at something suggestive.

But Nazha didn't catch it, looking all tsundere: "I have connections here! I recognized it, I've been to this place before!"

Bai Liang: Nothing wrong with that, I can vouch!

"Nazha, those photos of you with the male and female bandits—weren't they taken around here?" Jiang Shuying suddenly remembered the nine-grid post that had trended on Weibo, and quickly asked.

"Some of them were, not all of them."

Don't even mention it — the moment it's brought up, she can't help but think of Dilireba when she's happy. Can't think about unhappy things.

"When we filmed *Wolf Warrior 2*, we came over here to hang out." Bai Liang took the chance to slip in a plug for Wu Jing.

After all, that movie of his still had his and Nazha's cut of the box office waiting.

Once that movie hits theaters, Nazha's net worth is bound to surge. Who knows, she might really be able to swap it for a big villa.

"Ah right, right, right — the movie, everyone remember to go watch it~" Nazha said very frankly and earnestly to the camera.

"Your plug is way too obvious! You gotta drop it in casually, like how Bai Liang did it." Jiang Shuying couldn't help but roast.

Nazha put on a cute, innocent face: "Really?"

At that moment, Wu Jing, who was back in the country running all over the place making preparations before the film's release, suddenly felt his knees go weak~

Huh? Why does he suddenly feel like kneeling down and kowtowing?!

Unlike him, Nazha genuinely wanted to find a chance to strike a "kowtowing" pose in front of Bai Liang.

Though the direction might need to be flipped.

But right now there were way too many people at camp.

She wandered around for ages and still couldn't find a quiet spot. It was already dark, and she didn't dare drag Bai Liang off somewhere outside.

Not because she was afraid of danger — she was just purely afraid of the dark.

Actually, when Bai Liang first got here, he'd already gone on one little exploration and found a spot.

Of course, it was the bathroom.

But that place had a bit of a smell to it, so after thinking it over, there really wasn't any need.

When it came time to assign rooms in the evening, there was a four-person room, a king room, and a twin room.

Honestly, Nazha really wanted to apply to stay in the king room with Bai Liang.

But that four-person room was clearly set aside for the girls — the size of the bed made that obvious.

Anyone over one-eighty would probably have their feet hanging off the end.

And you can't exactly shove the shortest guy in to share a room with three girls.

So she gave up again — none of Nazha's little schemes could come to fruition.

She could only hug the kitten, half thinking about how to be a tour guide, half enjoying the big barbecue dinner.

How to be a good tour guide wasn't that important anyway — she had Bai Liang, after all.

When there's no other way, just "call for emergency backup" — Nazha had plenty of confidence.

But petting the kitten, Nazha felt a bit puzzled: "Has it gotten fatter? It feels rounder somehow."

"Probably, it's been eating pretty well these past few days." Bai Liang scratched his head, a little guilty.

"What did you feed it? Cat food?"

"I'm in Africa — where would I even find cat food? I borrowed some from the locals."

Jiang Shuying, standing nearby, perked up. "Local Chinese? You ran into some?"

"Uh, no, not our fellow countrymen — its fellow countrymen." Bai Liang poked the kitten's belly as he spoke.

The little thing's belly was round and plump; it really had been eating too well lately.

But it almost seemed like it was getting a wild streak back.

Earlier, when left loose around camp, the little rascal kept trying to catch the birds — pretty fierce about it too.

"It has fellow countrymen here?!" Jiang Shuying laughed and said that first, but quickly sensed something was off.

She whipped her head around to look at Bai Liang: "Huh?! You don't mean—"

"Yeah, some local big cats. They're actually pretty friendly."

Friendly local big cats?

Every one of those words is recognizable and understandable, but strung together, it just leaves people a bit confused! —

Three updates today, twelve thousand characters total — a bit short, sorry about that, my condition's off and I need to adjust.

I won't beg for monthly tickets this time, I'm a bit embarrassed.

(End of chapter)