After the rescue incident, Jiang Dao’s popularity in “True Wilderness” soared.
Many passersby joined and dug up his videos from the previous days. Many people liked his free and easy character, and his ease of walking in the jungle. The number of fans who fell because of the black material slowly grew again.
Perhaps because of the halo effect, most of these new fans had a more tolerant attitude when they were exposed to Jiang Dao’s previous black material, and focused on his excellent side, even joining the microblog to fight against his black fans.
Of course, Jiang Dao didn’t know any of these things.
After two consecutives of no rest, his state was a little wrong when they woke up for the night shift. Zheng Yaojun easily saw it.
“What? You haven’t slept for two nights?!” Zheng Yaojun was shocked. “Three days and two nights is nearly seventy-two hours. Why didn’t you tell the show team? The medical team should have brought sleeping pills.”
“I told the team I need headphones, but they told me to wait for the helicopter supply tomorrow morning.” Jiang Dao smiled casually. “I can still close my eyes and rest at night. It’s only three days, I can endure it.”
Zheng Yaojun disagreed. “Even if you’re young and can go three days without sleep, there’ll be serious problems! I’ll go to the medical team.”
“Brother Zheng!” Jiang Dao raised his hand to stop him. “It’s really okay, don’t worry. Sleeping pills don’t really work. Even if I take them, I still wake up in the middle of the night. Eating too much… I’ll have an unreal feeling of dying when I’m awake, I don’t like it.”
He tried using drugs to fall asleep when he first entered this world, but didn’t like it and resisted the effects of medication.
“An unreal feeling of dying?” Zheng Yaojun was stunned. “How much did you eat?”
“I can’t sleep if I eat less.” Jiang Dao smiled bitterly.
“Then you have to listen to sounds to sleep all the time?” Zheng Yaojun sat down beside Jiang Dao and carefully studied his face.
Jiang Dao was silent for a while, and replied, “Actually not really… There were a few times when I slept well when it was quiet, but there was someone near me. Like your comrade-in-arms, I know that that person is trustworthy and can sleep peacefully.”
Hearing this, Zheng Yaojun glanced at his watch and said, “Why don’t you try it?”
Jiang Dao wondered, “What?”
Zheng Yaojun said, “We don’t need two people to guard the bonfire. You can rely on me, try lying down and see if you can fall asleep.”
After speaking, he moved closer to Jiang Dao, sitting next to him.
Jiang Dao was not embarrassed, leaned his back on Zheng Yaojun and slowly closed his eyes.
However, after more than ten seconds, he opened his eyes again, sat up straight, turned his head and frowned at the camera hanging above the camp.
He almost forgot that there was near-24h filming, and microphones were set up around the camp to pick up any sounds.
Suddenly thinking of this, Jiang Dao felt a little panic in his heart.
Zheng Yaojun asked: “What’s wrong?”
Jiang Dao laughed: “…a little guilt.”
Zheng Yaojun didn’t understand: “What guilt?”
Jiang Dao shook his head and didn’t answer.
He could never say that when he was leaning on Zheng Yaojun just now, he suddenly thought of Chu Yinlong.
Although, he and Chu Yinlong just had tacit understanding without a clear relationship. Based on his understanding of his world outside the book, whatever he does is his own freedom. But… Jiang Dao knew that if Chu Yinlong saw him sleeping peacefully next to another man, he would definitely be angry.
A male’s possessiveness is engraved in his genes, and even in the world outside the book, where the relationship between partners is extremely chaotic, countless battles broke out due to jealousy.
As a man himself, Jiang Dao understood this feeling, and also knew that Chu Yinlong was possessive towards him.
And he had no urge to refute this thought – at least, at this moment, he is willing to belong to Chu Yinlong alone.
“Forget it, the supplies will arrive tomorrow morning. One more night is okay.”
Jiang Dao turned and sat down, poking the ground with a branch with his eyes down.
Although he didn’t understand why Jiang Dao flinched, Zheng Yaojun could see his resistance from his body language. After thinking for a moment, Zheng Yaojun said: “Otherwise, let Eleven try.”
Jiang Dao raised his eyebrows: “Eleven?”
Zheng Yaojun called Eleven over and had him sit between them.
After these ten or so days of getting along, Eleven finally got used to Jiang Dao’s existence. He was no longer overly vigilant, and could obediently let Jiang Dao touch him for a while. Of course, there is a limit to this kind of tolerance. Basically, after ten seconds of obedience, Eleven will run away.
So, this time, Zheng Yaojun gave Eleven an order: “Eleven, stand by.”
Eleven obediently got down and put on a resolute posture.
“Okay, try leaning on him and see if you can fall asleep.” Zheng Yaojun was on the other side of Eleven, ready to appease his partner at any time.
Jiang Dao reached out and touched Eleven’s neck, took off his coat and put it directly on the ground, next to the warm body of the wolfdog, curled up and lay down.
He closed his eyes and heard the faint sound of a bonfire burning in his ears.
Gradually, sleepiness bubbled up, and swallowed him.
When he woke up, Jiang Dao realized that it was time to change the night shift.
Lin Chu stood in front of him with his arms crossed, condescendingly, and said with a smile, “You slept soundly, letting Brother Zheng stand guard alone. What kind of guard is this…”
Jiang Dao didn’t argue with him. Getting up easily, he stretched out, grabbed his jacket, and got into the tent.
Seeing him enter, Zheng Yaojun said with a smile: “It seems that large dogs can also bring you a sense of security. This is easy to handle, I’ll have Eleven accompany you tomorrow night, and sleep in the four-person tent over there instead.”
Jiang Dao shook his head and smiled: “No, supplies will come at seven in the morning. I already applied for earphones.”
Lying down again in the tent, Jiang Dao closed his eyes for a while, and suddenly asked, “Apart from Eleven, are there any other retired military dogs in the army? Can they be adopted?”
Zheng Yaojun said: “Yes, but they’re not adopted out due to regulations. They can only be recovered by the military dog base, or taken away by soldiers… Why don’t you consider a pet dog?”
Jiang Dao was helpless: “You saw how Eleven was when he first saw me. That’s already good. Those pet dogs run away when they see me. Who knows what they’re afraid of.”
“Sorry, I can’t help.” Zheng Yaojun was a little apologetic, “Although I work at the military dog base, I have to abide by the rules. However, after all, military dogs are not soldiers, and the rules and regulations are not rigid. There have been precedents for the adoption of elderly and injured dogs at the base, but how to get approval and what the rules are, only the people above know.”
Hearing this, Jiang Dao sighed slowly and did not force it any more.
…
The next day, the episode of the night shift was picked out and uploaded.
After learning that Jiang Dao hadn’t slept in the past two days, his fans couldn’t sit still and started to give out advice. It is normal to recommend lullabies and sleep aids, while others recommended traditional Chinese medicine or other psychological methods. As for those who persuaded Jiang Dao to burn incense and worship Buddha… the topic went crooked.
Later, a fan who raised her own dog said that her dog had just given birth to a litter, and could give one of the puppies to Jiang Dao.
As soon as this news came out, the fans immediately clamored:
“Don’t lure him with your dog! I can do this!”
“Wow, my Xiao Dao is so insecure that he can’t even sleep well, it’s so distressing. [sad] I am a 177 strong woman who has been practicing taekwondo for seven years. I can provide the safest sleep service!”
“Although Xiao Dao sleeping with a dog is cute, I think those few seconds of him leaning against Brother Soldier are better! Soldier x Dao is too sweet [crying]”
“Reply: Soldier x Dao is too sweet +1”
“Reply: Xiao Dao said he felt guilty, so I automatically substituted it with him knowing the Brother Soldier is married. This single-arrow knife I sharpened and swallowed myself [crying]”
“Reply: CP fans have more self-respect, don’t insult soldiers and their wives everywhere!”
“Suddenly fishing [smirk] I think this It’s also very fragrant for CP! [Picture]”
“Reply: ah ah ah ah, too cool! This personification of Eleven is too handsome! Eleven x Xiao Dao, I can do it!”
“Reply: F*ck, the strange CP +1 [shocked] so weird, take a look [doge]”
Chu Yinlong knew that he shouldn’t have indulged in his curiosity, and opened the comment area under the video.
These fans are crazy – even dogs can CP?!
Chu Yinlong finally felt the deep horror of livestreaming fans at this moment, and developed a strong sense of identity with his own fans – fans, like his own fans, should pay attention to loyalty, and apart from Jiang Dao, refrain from giving him random matches.
After drinking a sip of tea and calming down, Chu Yinlong closed the comment area and barrage, and focused on watching Jiang Dao’s videos again.
When the scene changed to Jiang Dao frowning after laying against Zheng Yaojun and saying he felt a little guilty with a wry smile, Chu Yinlong felt an indescribable dull pain in his heart. What jealousy, what envy, were all suppressed by the distress he felt.
Of course, Chu Yinlong knew that Jiang Dao’s guilt was not caused by Zheng Yaojun, but because of him.
But he couldn’t tell Jiang Dao that his possessiveness was nothing compared to the pain of being unable to sleep for three days. He would rather Jiang Dao get a short rest in someone else’s arms, than not sleep at all.
When he first saw that Jiang Dao could fall asleep in the company of a military dog, Chu Yinlong felt a little lost. After all, he’s not the only one who could cure Jiang Dao’s insomnia.
But it was only a short moment, and relief overcame the loss — fortunately, even without him by his side, Jiang Dao will not be troubled by insomnia. He felt very happy to find a solution to fill the time he can’t accompany Jiang Dao.
In the entertainment industry, there are few lasting relationships and more separations, and he knows it better than anyone.
Chu Yinlong picked up his mobile phone, flipped through the address book, and found a senior who used to be an officer.
“Mr. Teng, can you contact Yan City’s Military Dog Training Base? I want to adopt a retired military dog.”
After a while, he received a message from the other side: “Xiao Chu, I’m sorry, I really can’t do anything. Retired military dogs are generally not open to the public for adoption. It’s not something that can be done with money or a relationship!”
Chu Yinlong fell silent, and said, “I want to try as much as possible.”
The old man thought for a moment: “Well, I’ll give you a person’s contact information, you can tell him that I introduced him. He is in charge of PR for special warfare, and has cooperated with Lao Zhu before. You’re also familiar with Old Zhu, so you can try and make a connection.”
After thanking him for the advice, Chu Yinlong checked his schedule, and immediately contacted Director Zhu, wanting to discuss this matter as soon as possible.
…
Natural breakpoint in this long chapter. Yay
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