Chapter Seventy-Five X-MAN (2)

  Next is the link where PD specifies X-MAN over the phone. Originally, except for X-MAN himself, no one else knew who this time's X-MAN was, but with Zhang Chengyuan's attendance, it was no longer a secret. His ears were sharp and he clearly heard PD specifying Shin Jung-hwan as X-MAN from afar.

  After hearing this, Zhang Chengyuan casually told Li Zhen, who knew his skills and immediately believed him. However, he warned him not to say it again, so as not to reduce the fun for the guests during the recording of the show.

  Then, the guests were divided into two teams, with Jiang Hudong and Jin Jidong as the team leaders of each team, starting the "United Horse Riding" game segment. However, before that, in order to decide who would be the horse first and who would ride the horse first, they had to play a game of "Butt Bumping".

  This butt-bumping game is a warm-up game for the unity ride. At this time, many guests have just met and are not familiar with each other. If they want to let the male guests ride on their backs like horses, it's a bit embarrassing and reluctant. So the butt-bumping game was born. After bumping butts, the guests' mindset naturally opens up a lot. After all, even female guests don't mind that awkward part colliding with male guests, so why should male guests be shy?

  Of course, this is just Zhang Chengyuan's personal guess about the program planner. In fact, he has some disapproval in his heart, and it's because there are many unpleasant scenes in Korean variety shows that make him uninterested in participating in them. However, at this time, he can only grit his teeth and go on.

  At first, Jang Sung-won stood at the outermost edge of the team because he was the tallest, so as not to block the view of others. At the same time, he also wanted to avoid being seen by Captain Kim Jae-dong and appear later. The two seniors in the music industry, Kim Chang-hoon and Kim Jong-kook, who were standing next to him, seemed to be curious about him, occasionally turning their heads to look at him and talk to him.

  Just as they were getting into it, Kim Jei-dong couldn't help but intervene, laughing: "You three big men are out here having fun, but you're letting a girl take the lead? Seung-won, it's your turn next."

  Jang Sung-won didn't want to go on stage so early, but he couldn't disobey MC's intention, so he went on stage immediately. He wasn't polite either, and consecutively knocked down Lee Seung-gi, Lee Joo-heon, and Shin Jung-hwan of Team Kang, each time with a swift and decisive move. Kim Ji-dong was delighted, laughing out loud: "Tiger Dong, you used to bully us on the gold team because of your size, but this time we have a master too, why don't you come down and compete with Sung-won?"

  Jiang Hudu touched his head, just about to open his mouth to counterattack, but Liu Zai Shi said first: "As far as I know, Cheng Yuan has been a sports genius since high school, and has won many national youth awards. During his military service, he also won the championship in the free combat competition in the army, and was known as the number one martial arts master in the whole army. Is that right?" It's unknown whether Liu Zai Shi had received someone's entrustment or not, but today he kept praising Zhang Chengyuan from time to time.

  The guests heard his words and immediately burst into exclamations of surprise.

  Chang Sung-won humbly said, "This rumor is a bit exaggerated. I did win the championship in combat skills once or twice, but that was when the 707 special forces didn't send anyone to participate. I think there are definitely many people who are better than me." He didn't want to be thought of as arrogant, so he spoke some humble words. In fact, in his heart, he didn't take the 707 special forces, one of South Korea's most elite troops, seriously at all.

  "Ah!" Except for Li Zhen, everyone present felt that this was the real situation, and it was hard to imagine that an artist's skills would be more ruthless than those of the elite troops who had endured hellish training every day.

  Liu Zaishi said: "That's also quite unbearable. Tiger Dongge, are you going up there to duel with him?"

  Jiang Hudu hastily shook his head and said, "I'm the trump card, I'll only appear at the final moment. However, to deal with him, I have a secret weapon. Please welcome our national treasure, Zhang Chengyuan's sister, Li Zhen."

  Kang Taedong and Liu Zaishi have known about Zhang Chengyuan's close relationship with Fin.K.L for a long time. As early as 2000, they saw Zhang Chengyuan having dinner with Fin.K.L at a barbecue restaurant, looking like one big happy family. Through today's close observation, Kang Taedong found that Zhang Chengyuan seems to respect or fear Lee Jin very much. When Lee Jin chased and beat him earlier, he barely dared to dodge. Suddenly, he had an idea and wanted to let Lee Jin deal with Zhang Chengyuan. Moreover, he has great confidence in whether Lee Jin can handle Zhang Chengyuan.

  Then, when Li Zhen was invited out of the field by Jiang Hudu, he had just stood in position, and Jiang Hudu said proudly to Jin Jidong: "Jidong, I dare say that our team will win this game for sure, do you believe it or not."

  Jin Zidong had already seen a bit of the situation, but in order to increase the effect of the show, he deliberately said: "Of course not, how can Li Zhen's delicate body compare to our side's great strength? Even if Cheng Yuan just stood there motionless and let her bump into him, it's unlikely that he would fall down."

  "Alright, let's make a bet," said Jiang Hudu. "If I lose, I'll...". After some verbal sparring, the two of them agreed on the terms of the bet: if Jiang Hudu lost, he would carry Jin Jiedong on his back and walk around the arena; if Jin Jiedong lost, he would sit on Jiang Hudu's back and ride around the arena. On the surface, it seemed like Jiang Hudu was at a disadvantage, but everyone thought that if Jin Jiedong lost, he would be in for a world of hurt with Jiang Hudu's massive body hanging from his small frame.

  Zhang Chengyuan and Li Zhen's match has officially begun. Due to Zhang Chengyuan's ten-share reception colliding with Li Zhen's hip, he stood there slightly bent at the knees, allowing Li Zhen to collide with him several times without falling down. Moreover, he forcefully restrained his body's rebounding force, avoiding counter-attacking Li Zhen and ending this game that he had been eager for.

  However, Jiang Hudu was anxious. He saw Li Zhen's repeated efforts were in vain, and rushed to Li Zhen's face, shouting: "Li Zhen, you must use the beauty trick to confuse him immediately, and make sure he loses to you."

  "Can't you play fairly and squarely?"

  Jiang Hudu glanced at Jin Jiedong with a slanted gaze and said disdainfully: "Foul King, are you worthy of talking about being upright and honest?"

  Jin Jidong, being thin and weak, often broke the rules and acted shamelessly during games to add fun to the program. At this time, Jiang Hudu would sarcastically remark, leaving Jin speechless. The crowd also looked at him with amusement.

  Li Zhen was forced by Jiang Hudu, but didn't want to use "seduction" on Zhang Chengyuan, fearing that later he would be ridiculed by Zhang Chengyuan and several sisters. He had no choice but to turn around and heavily pat Zhang Chengyuan's shoulder, commanding: "Chengyuan, you must lose to me next time, did you hear?"

  Zhang Chengyuan pretended to be in great pain and said pitifully: "True sister, it hurts a lot, please be gentle."

  Li Zhen said irritably, "Don't pretend to be pitiful, I won't fall for it. I'll say it again, you must lose to me later!" Zhang Chengyuan often pretended to be pitiful in front of the four sisters, and they had already developed a certain level of immunity.

  Zhang Chengyuan nodded helplessly and said, "I know, sis." His expression became even more pitiful.

  Witnessing this scene, those who didn't know the relationship between the two thought they were a real brother and sister pair. And as the violent older sister, Li Zhenping must have bullied her younger brother Zhang Chengyuan quite a bit.

  The match continued, and this time Zhang Chengyuan clearly held back, his body didn't even bend, standing straight and still leaning outward, as if he would fall down with just a touch. Li Zhen didn't think much, and directly charged over, her buttocks colliding with Zhang Chengyuan's, who was waiting for the impact to automatically fall down. But unexpectedly, his body leaned too far forward, and when Li Zhen collided with him, she ended up hitting empty air, losing her balance and falling backward. She let out a startled cry, waving her arms wildly, subconsciously trying to pull herself back, so she used force in her waist and abdomen, leaning forward desperately, struggling for two or three times before finally regaining her balance. However, alas, unfortunately, this time she used too much force again, leaning forward too far, her body bending into an "A" shape as she fell forward.

  Just as she was about to hit the soft cushion, everyone's mouth opened in shock. Zhang Chengyuan quickly turned his head upon hearing Li Zhen's cry of surprise. Seeing her precarious situation, he reacted instinctively and swiftly spun around, stretching out his left hand to grab the back of her clothes, slowing down her fall. His right hand reached under her body first, tightly embracing her, and using his own body as a cushion, he broke her fall, thus preventing Li Zhen from getting hurt.

  In fact, even if Zhang Chengyuan didn't go to save Li Zhen, Li Zhen wouldn't have gotten hurt because the ground was covered with thick soft cushions. However, if she fell down in this posture and landed on her face first, it's likely that Li Zhen would never forget this humiliating moment, just like what happened to Cheng Xiao a few years ago during a variety show when he got hit by a hula hoop.

  Zhang Chengyuan saved Li Zhen in a flash, and everyone's head was still imagining Li Zhen falling down in a very funny posture, but found that Li Zhen had already fallen into Zhang Chengyuan's arms. At this point, they didn't have the mood to continue recording the show, and they all gathered around the camera to watch the replay, until at 4 times slow motion, they finally saw clearly Zhang Chengyuan's movements and what happened.

  After watching, they couldn't help but praise Zhang Chengyuan's quick reaction, agility and his sincere maintenance of Li Zhenzhen.

  Taking this opportunity, everyone took a break. Kang Taehyun, Yoo Jaesuk and Kim Jidong walked over to politely ask about Lee Jin's condition, then one by one patted Zhang Chengyuan on the shoulder and said to Lee Jin: "You Fin.K.L have such a sentimental and righteous brother like Zhang Chengyuan, you're not at all disadvantaged. Why don't you make him our brother from now on?"

  Lee Jin said with a smile: "The three oppas can look up to him, it's his honor. Sungwon, you should get along well with the three brothers from now on, do you know that?"

  Zhang Chengyuan immediately replied, "Got it, sister. I'll listen to you. Tiger Dong Ge, Shi Ge, and Ji Dong Ge, please take care of me from now on." Although this incident unexpectedly earned him the recognition of three influential seniors in the entertainment industry, becoming good friends with them was not an easy task. The bond between people is like a delicate orchid that requires careful nurturing to grow.

  ;