AMTBYIGA Chapter 113

Chapter 113: Gift

The day passed quickly, and as the sun set in the west, the eight people gathered again.

Compared to the ease of the morning, everyone’s face was more or less marked with fatigue and tension.

Silver Fox didn’t know where he had gone; his body was covered in grass clippings, and he was covered in dirt, his face filled with a sense of hopelessness. Lin Sui felt he would pass out from exhaustion any second.

Bai Yunmiao was not much better, only a little cleaner than Silver Fox, but his eyes were red, as if he had been overusing them.

Meng Xiaoxiao, the food streamer who had taken the initiative to give Lin Sui a way out earlier, was relatively better, but her face was also full of fatigue, and her hands had small wounds.

Lin Sui looked around, but couldn’t find Gu Nian’s figure.

The anticipation he had felt all day rose in his heart, and Lin Sui anxiously circled in place, hesitating whether to ask the director.

After all, the grassland was so vast, and there were no landmark buildings to judge direction. Getting lost would be terrible.

Because of the high altitude, the nights here were quite cold, and with the thin summer clothes, if hypothermia occurred… Lin Sui thought it was more and more terrible, his face turned slightly pale.

Just as he couldn’t help but go to the director, a tall figure walked towards him from the direction where the sun was setting, backlit.

Lin Sui spotted him almost immediately, trotting forward, his heart clenching.

“You, what happened to you!” Lin Sui couldn’t help but raise his voice, quickly supporting the unnaturally walking Gu Nian, his eyes full of heartache. “Did your leg injury relapse? Why don’t we go back now? The hospitals here aren’t very good. You just recovered; we can’t be careless.”

Gu Nian smiled and reached out to touch the top of Lin Sui’s head. “It’s okay, I just need to rest.”

Lin Sui frowned disapprovingly, wanting to continue persuading him, but seeing the suppressed expectation in Gu Nian’s eyes, his lips opened and closed several times, and in the end, he said nothing.

He helped Gu Nian to the gathering place. Seeing Gu Nian in this state, the others also expressed their concern.

Gu Nian’s answer was always that he had accidentally fallen while preparing the gift, and even when Lin Sui secretly asked, he insisted on saying so.

Lin Sui pouted unhappily, thinking sullenly that Gu Nian had really changed.

Although he used to hide things from him, at least he never lied to him. Now, he wouldn’t even tell him the truth about such a small matter.

Lin Sui deliberately put a little distance between himself and Gu Nian, but because he was worried, he still supported Gu Nian, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t pull away. In the eyes of others, the two were always closely attached, completely a loving couple mixed with honey.

Gu Nian noticed Lin Sui’s small actions and also noticed his emotional fluctuations, but he rarely coaxed him. Instead, he stroked the pocket of his clothes, feeling the solid touch inside, and couldn’t help but curl the corner of his lips.

He turned his head slightly, looking at the youth who was sulking with a puffed-up face, and became more and more impatient.

Finally, the director arrived late, along with eight herders.

“Without further ado, let’s have the judges give their evaluations one by one!” This time, the director didn’t continue to torment the guests, readily giving up his position and turning the camera to the eight solemn-faced judges.

For a time, everyone fell silent, looking at each other, tacitly not one of them stepping forward.

Although they had a day to prepare, they were unfamiliar with the place, and all they could think of for gifts were common local foods and souvenirs, none of which looked like they would get a high rating.

In case the judges were a little more venomous, they might be criticized badly, and since this was a live broadcast, no one wanted to be criticized in front of the audience.

Lin Sui wasn’t worried about his gift being criticized, but infected by the atmosphere, he couldn’t help but feel nervous, worrying that what he made would be too rough.

After nearly a minute of awkwardness, Wang Hong, the most respected person present, took the lead to stand up.

“Since everyone is being so modest, then I won’t be polite.” Wang Hong smiled and took a gift box, but instead of using common wrapping paper, he ingeniously drew a wild horse on it with a brush, its head held high and neighing, very lifelike.

Bai Yunmiao couldn’t help but sigh, “Brother Wang, your handiwork is just as amazing no matter how many times I see it.”

“That’s right, I have a bit of ink in me, after all.”

Wang Hong touched his chin triumphantly and opened the gift box.

Echoing the packaging outside, inside was a magnificent calligraphy and painting, with a majestic warhorse drawn in the center, its mane flying, lifelike.

The special brushstrokes added a bit of majesty to the painting, and the freehand cursive script next to it wrote a poem about horses, which was particularly harmonious with the magnificent sunset.

The audience, who had been tired by the bland plot, immediately perked up, praising it.

[Teacher Wang is really low-key, this painting is too shocking]

[As expected of a graduate from a famous university, the cultural level is different]

The eight judges’ eyes lit up at the same time, discussing around the calligraphy and painting. Although they couldn’t understand because of the heavy accent, judging from their expressions, they favored this gift.

In the end, Wang Hong got a high score of 7.5.

Wang Hong was very satisfied with this result and walked back to the team happily.

Although he might not get first place, at least he wouldn’t be last and wouldn’t be punished.

With a good start, others dared to come up, and soon the second brave person appeared.

And this was Lin Sui’s acquaintance.

Silver Fox came out, also holding a gift box, but compared to Wang Hong’s ingenuity, his seemed a bit perfunctory, just the most common kind that could be exchanged with points.

Of course, this was normal, but with a gem in front, the eight judges were a little bored.

“What I prepared is also related to horses, but it’s different from Teacher Wang’s. Mine is three-dimensional.”

Silver Fox mysteriously opened the box, and a delicate little wooden horse jumped out, immediately attracting everyone’s attention.

The material used for the wooden horse was the most common type in the points exchange store, but it was better than the carver’s good skills, and the final product was lifelike and adorable.

Silver Fox proudly raised his chin.

After a brief discussion, his score also came out – 6.9 points.

Although the wooden horse did use thought, such things were not uncommon on the grassland, so the score was not high.

However, Silver Fox didn’t react to this. Anyway, he wouldn’t be the one to be punished in the end, humming a song and walking to Lin Sui’s side, a little curious, “What did you prepare? Did you also paint? Oil paintings or something?”

Most of the people present knew that Lin Sui himself was an oil painting student, and naturally felt that what he sent would be related to his major.

Seeing that Silver Fox was curious, Lin Sui became the third person to accept the evaluation.

Unlike the previous two people’s gift boxes, he took out a wooden carved box, about the size of two hands, although the texture was good, it looked simple and unadorned.

Lin Sui opened the lid, revealing the contents inside.

Immediately, everyone who saw it clearly exclaimed in unison.

Lin Sui took the box away, revealing the full picture of the contents.

A scene with the grassland as the background, the ground dotted with yurts, and a dozen people around a bonfire appeared before them.

Almost exactly the same as last night’s scene, the difference was that this miniature was more adorable.

“This…” A judge couldn’t help but show surprise, carefully pinching a little person.

The touch was a soft wool feel, and if you looked closely, you could also find that each little person’s face was painted very delicately. Although it was a chibi version, it miraculously captured the characteristics, was very similar, and you could tell who it was at a glance.

“Wow, SuiSui, your hands are too skillful.” Silver Fox came over, looking at his own felted wool little person and couldn’t put it down, “You even have my highlights, how did you get this color?”

Lin Sui explained with a smile, “These wools are the latest ones picked, and I used acrylic paint on the color. Although it can’t be washed, it’s enough.”

At this time, everyone gathered around, each claiming their own little person, with a little emotion in their eyes.

Although at the beginning, the director nominally said that the gifts were to be given to others, in fact, in order to get a high score, almost everyone was trying to figure out the preferences of the locals, completely ignoring that these gifts were actually going to be given to guests like them.

Of course, this couldn’t be blamed on them. Who let the program team not be human, with time limits and punishments looming, which couldn’t be helped.

Because of this, at this moment, a gift like Lin Sui’s, which could almost be considered customized for each person, was simply a miracle, instantly leaving everyone else far behind. Whether the judges liked it or not, they were moved.

[SuiSui is really a little sun, everyone has their own little person, so envious]

[Wuwuwu SuiSui make a fan club, I also really want a carefully made felted wool little person]

[Handicapped party can only say awesome two words after seeing it, SuiSui how can you play the piano, paint, and even handicrafts are so amazing!]

Unsurprisingly, Lin Sui got the highest score of the audience – 8.4.

Almost overwhelmingly occupying the first place, the remaining four people looked at their gifts, silently praying that they would not be the last one.

The others also took out their gifts one after another, most of which were uninspired, only Meng Xiaoxiao’s was more eye-catching.

She used the local cuisine to carry out a second transformation, combined with the characteristics of Southern cuisine, and adapted a – recipe.

Of course, it was not just a recipe, she also made the dishes on the recipe, and harvested a lot of praise, eventually winning the third place, second only to Lin Sui and Wang Hong.

She had been performing flat all along, and no one thought that she would be the dark horse at the end. Lin Sui also secretly exchanged contact information with Meng Xiaoxiao, and happily made a friend who could exchange cooking skills.

As for why it was secretly – of course, because a certain man’s aggrieved eyes made it really impossible for him to add it in front of him!

It’s just adding a friend, not developing any other relationship, does it have to be so nervous!

Lin Sui slandered in his heart, but did not refute Gu Nian, he himself actually enjoyed this feeling of being watched.

The seventh person came down, his face not very good, his evaluation was currently the lowest, and now only Gu Nian was left.

Everyone knew that Gu Nian was the sponsor of this program, no matter how they thought about it, it wouldn’t be him who was the unlucky one in the end.

After all, who would dare to offend the boss!

Under the desperate eyes of the seventh person, Gu Nian slowly stepped forward, but did not go to the judges’ area, but walked to Lin Sui’s opposite.