Chapter 23

“Sha Yi: I woke up, and I? Became the turtle in the wishing pool?”

“I’ve even thought of the novel title: *Reborn in Running Man, I, Sha Yi, Am the Wishing Pool Turtle*.”

“........”

“Hahaha.”

Director Yao looked at the livestream data, which had reached 20 million popularity points, and laughed uncontrollably.

What a riot!

Lin Yu was simply the savior of *Running Man*.

Over the eleven seasons of *Running Man*, they had invited at least a hundred celebrity guests, and every artist of note in the domestic entertainment industry had made an appearance. But no one could play as hard or create as much content as Lin Yu.

It seemed he needed to consider signing a long-term contract and find a time to have a good talk with Lin Yu.

“Here it comes! Steak, Wellington steak!”

Zhou Shen and Yang Yang watched Bai Lu spin the wheel, their hearts soaring along with it. It was just like watching horse racing or a lottery; they clenched their fists, staring at the screen with extreme tension.

“No way! It really is.”

“It’s really the side dish for the steak, a carrot.”

“Hahahaha.”

Li Chen and Sha Yi laughed together, feeling secretly pleased.

“Fine!”

“A carrot is a carrot.”

“Carrot, spinach, cauliflower.”

Yang Yang instantly thought of food for the word chain game and said excitedly.

“That’s not as good as carrot, jackfruit, kiwi! We have to eat them anyway.”

Zhou Shen waved his hand and hurriedly gave his answer.

Jackfruit, kiwi!

Hearing these fruits, Sha Yi and Li Chen’s eyes lit up repeatedly.

“Then how do we continue from orange juice?”

Li Chen scratched his head, falling into deep thought.

“Sesame, twisted dough stick, peanut?”

“Who said my memory is bad? I remembered what Director Yao just said.”

Sha Yi looked at Lin Yu boastfully, holding his head high.

Orange juice, sesame, twisted dough stick!

That wasn’t bad; at least it was edible, drinkable, and filling.

“Here it comes! Here it comes!”

Seeing Song Song Yuqi start to spin the wheel, everyone’s eyes converged on it.

“Don’t worry, people won’t be unlucky forever. Everyone gets to eat dumplings eventually.”

Fan Fan Chengcheng bit his lip and said with great certainty.

“.......”

However, when the pointer on the wheel stopped, the whole room fell silent.

Yang Yang: “What is fish mint?”

Damn!

Damn!

Damn it all!

“Song Song Yuqi, I’m going to fight you!”

Fan Fan Chengcheng immediately flew into a rage, gesturing wildly.

“Sister Song Yuqi! I suggest you find someone to take a look at you when you have time! You’re somewhat tainted by bad karma.”

Lin Yu was also left between laughter and tears, sighing with a frown.

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“It’s not that exaggerated, is it!”

Zhou Shen saw Fan Fan Chengcheng’s exaggerated expression and laughed softly.

“Nonsense, you’re from Yunnan-Guizhou, of course you like eating fish mint.”

Fan Fan Chengcheng looked indignant and rolled his eyes.

“Indeed.”

“Although I’m from Nanhu, I grew up in Yunnan-Guizhou. People over there love eating fish mint. This thing is also called heartleaf; those who like it can’t put it down, and those who don’t find it as bitter as gall.”

Zhou Shen explained with a smile.

Soon,

the production team brought up the food drawn by the female guests one by one.

“Orange juice.”

Seeing the iced orange juice!

Sha Yi and Li Chen drank it down in big gulps, even licking the edge of the cup, still wanting more.

So refreshing!

Fan Fan Chengcheng watched, drooling, pacing back and forth as if he were looking at a ginseng fruit.

“Next is the carrot for the Zhou Shen and Yang Yang team.”

These carrots had just been picked by local farmers that morning, and the mud had only just been washed off.

“Delicious.”

“Wow! This is probably the best carrot I’ve ever eaten in my life.”

Zhou Shen and Yang Yang praised it endlessly, eating with a crunch that made it look quite appetizing.

“Fish mint is here!”

The production staff brought up a small transparent box containing things that looked like tangled tree roots and scallion whites.

“Looks not bad!”

Li Chen and Yang Yang had never eaten this before, so they leaned in and picked up a piece to examine it.

“Crunch.”

Li Chen didn’t believe it at first. He sniffed it and smelled a fishy odor, but there was also a faint, fresh fragrance. Without thinking, he threw it into his mouth and chewed.

“Ah!”

“Damn.”

“So fishy and bitter! This isn’t food, it’s medicine, right? One word to describe it: disgusting.”

Li Chen turned away and spat it into a tissue.

“Not really.”

Zhou Shen leaned forward, grabbed three or four pieces, and threw them into his mouth without a moment’s hesitation.

“It’s delicious.”

“Although it’s a bit bitter, it’s very crisp and refreshing to eat!”

“You northerners definitely aren’t used to it; this thing does have a strange taste.”

“......”

Zhou Shen chewed while enjoying the bitter, sweet, and crisp taste of the fish mint, leaving everyone stunned.

“Then I’ll try it too.”

“Give me a piece.”

Sha Yi and Yang Yang each picked up a small piece to try, but soon gave up because they couldn’t handle the fishy bitterness.

Fan Fan Chengcheng waved his hands repeatedly; he had tried it on another show before, and this thing was definitely not in his food manual.

“Hey!”

“Where’s Lin Yu?”

Li Chen looked around and found that Lin Yu was gone. **CHAPTER 52**

“In the secret room.”

Director Yao pointed to the small room next door.

“Huh?”

Everyone was startled, then went over to see what Lin Yu was doing.

“No way! Still studying how to pick the lock?”

“Hey! Where’s the door lock?”

“Lin Yu, you didn’t eat the fish mint earlier, did you eat the door lock instead?”

Sha Yi joked with a wrinkled face and a grin.

“Yeah! This second secret room doesn’t even have a door lock. What is the production team doing?”

Li Chen patted and checked around suspiciously, looking very confused.

“Then even if we had the key, it would be useless in this round.”

Fan Fan Chengcheng spread his hands and looked at Director Yao, hoping for an explanation.

“This should be a magnetic lock.”

Lin Yu stood up from his crouched position.

“Everyone look here, there’s a card slot.”

“If I’m not mistaken, the key this time should be similar to a hotel room card.”

Upon hearing Lin Yu’s words,

everyone was shocked.

First, they were shocked that the production team was so cunning, having already anticipated that someone might try to force the lock, and had upgraded the lock type for this round.

Second, they were shocked by Lin Yu’s knowledge, as he was familiar with even such obscure things.

“Lin Yu, this door can’t be opened, right?”

Li Chen asked tentatively, feeling uneasy.

“Yeah! There isn’t even a keyhole. How can this be opened? Lin Yu, just honestly eat your fish mint.”

Sha Yi laughed while handing him a piece from the box.

“Crunch.”

Lin Yu took it, threw it into his mouth, and swallowed it in two or three bites.

However, his eyes never left the position of the lock card; this magnetic lock was indeed difficult to open with the current tools.

“Fish mint, fish mint.”

“Is there any food that starts with the word ‘root’?”

“Ask for help.”

Fan Fan Chengcheng suddenly thought of the word chain task.

He thought for a long time but couldn’t figure out how to continue from ‘fish mint’ (yuxingcao), and he had never heard of any food starting with the word ‘root’ (gen)!

When asked this,

it really stumped everyone present.

“Root! Tendon and brain?”

“Damn! That’s ‘tendon and brain’ (jintoubanao).”

“Root! It’s really hard to find.”

“There isn’t any, okay?”

“Alright! Fan Fan Chengcheng, you guys think slowly, we’re leaving first.”

After thinking for a long time, the others were willing but unable, so they turned to do their own tasks.

Sha Yi stayed behind, and Li Chen went to the snack street to buy sesame.

Over there, Zhou Shen stayed behind and let Yang Yang go buy jackfruit.

“Brother Yu, where are you going?”

Fan Fan Chengcheng was also startled. Everyone hadn’t figured out how to continue from ‘root’.

Could it be that Lin Yu already had the answer?

“Hehe.”

Lin Yu smiled faintly and didn’t explain much.

He turned and went straight to the pharmacy not far away.

???

Damn it!

Seeing this scene, the three brothers left behind were dumbfounded.

“Brother! Other teams are considering whether the food is delicious, but you, you just ran to the pharmacy?”

Fan Fan Chengcheng’s eyes went blank, and he slumped onto the lawn, speechless.

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