TopAppnovel Chapter 38 Memorable Scene: Lin Zhou carries the Empress on his back and runs 5 kilometers
Chapter 38 Memorable Scene: Lin Zhou carries the Empress on his back and runs 5 kilometers
"rise!"
With a deep roar, Lin Zhou's calf muscles tensed to the extreme, and the veins bulged out like coiled dragons.
The mud beneath their feet was blasted apart by the tremendous force of their stomping, sending up a mud wave two meters high.
Amidst the horrified gazes of the entire audience, Lin Zhou, carrying a grown man on his back, defied the laws of physics and soared into the air like a cannonball!
The wind howled.
Su Qingge kept her eyes tightly closed, and all she could hear was the man's heavy breathing and the sound of the wind.
She felt like she was flying.
There was no sense of falling as I had expected, nor the suffocating feeling of sinking into the mud.
Only a pair of large, iron-like hands held her knees firmly, conveying a reassuringly warm sensation.
"Bang!"
A muffled thud.
Lin Zhou landed steadily.
The immense inertia caused him to stumble forward two steps, but only two. The next second, his feet seemed to take root, digging deep into the soil and remaining motionless.
We made it!
He crossed the two-meter-wide pit trap in one step!
Holy crap!!
In the live broadcast room, millions of viewers simultaneously uttered this national treasure.
The screen was instantly filled with comments:
"Is this some kind of superhuman agility? Newton must be turning in his grave!"
"Jumping two meters while carrying a 100-pound person? Is that even possible for a human?"
"Lin Zhou's core strength... I admit I'm jealous. Goddess Su is going to be very lucky in the future."
"Something's off about you up front! But I knew it instantly!"
"This isn't just a gigolo, he's a human tank!"
Only then did Su Qingge dare to secretly open one eye.
What comes into view is the man's profile, soaked with sweat.
In the sunlight, a bead of sweat slid down his sharply defined jawline, past his bobbing Adam's apple, and finally disappeared into his collar.
For a moment, Su Qingge's heart skipped a beat.
She had never observed this man so closely before.
She used to think he was lazy, a scoundrel, and utterly useless. But now, on this muddy field, he's like a towering mountain, shielding her from all the embarrassment and hardship.
"Are you dumbfounded? Hold on tighter, I'm going to speed up!"
Lin Zhou turned his head, raised an eyebrow at Su Qingge who was still in a daze, and his smile was particularly dazzling in the sunlight. "This is the final sprint, don't get left behind!"
"Who...who's stupid! Run!"
Su Qingge's cheeks flushed. To hide her panic, she buried her face in Lin Zhou's neck, but her hands tightened involuntarily.
"Alright! Hold on tight!"
Lin Zhou laughed loudly and exerted his strength again.
**[System Notification: Body Enhancement Potion at full power! Stamina locked!]**
At this moment, he was no longer the busy cook in the kitchen, but a wild beast running wild.
A quagmire?
What is that?
In the face of absolute power, all obstacles are paper tigers!
He strode forward, running wildly through the mud. Each step he took was powerful, each stride swift and decisive.
Wang Lei was still struggling in the pit behind them, like a trapped black bear; Chen Kai was already too exhausted to straighten up and was begging for mercy while clinging to his wife's back; as for Lu Ming...
That guy is still shining his shoes near the starting line.
Lin Zhou rode ahead of everyone else.
"Five kilometers! This kid ran with the spirit of a five-kilometer run!"
On the shore, Yan Min, holding binoculars, was so excited he was practically spitting as he shouted, "Cinematographer! Keep up! Hurry up! Don't lose the camera! This is a legendary scene! An absolute legendary scene!"
The photographer, carrying his equipment, ran breathlessly along the shore, cursing under his breath:
Director, if you're so good, you do it! This guy runs faster than a dog, I can't even catch him from the shore!
The wind whistled in my ears.
Su Qingge lay on Lin Zhou's back, feeling the rhythmic running of the man beneath her.
It wasn't bumpy at all; on the contrary, it had a strange smoothness.
She looked at the scenery rushing past her, at the usually high-and-mighty celebrities struggling in the mud, and then at her own clean clothes.
An unprecedented sense of superiority and...happiness arose spontaneously.
Is this what it feels like to be favored?
"arrive!"
With a low shout from Lin Zhou, he sprinted across the finish line and yanked the red flag stuck in the mud.
"First place! The Lin Zhou family!"
Yan Min's excited voice echoed throughout the venue through the loudspeaker.
"call……"
Lin Zhou let out a long breath and stopped, but did not rush to put Su Qingge down.
He was breathing heavily, his chest heaving, and sweat dripped down his face into the muddy water.
"How is it, Queen Su?"
He turned his head, a signature wicked smile playing on his lips, his tone full of smug anticipation for praise:
"I told you I was an aircraft carrier stuck in a quagmire, wasn't I? How stable am I?"
Seeing him covered in sweat, Su Qingge couldn't bring herself to say the words she wanted to retort.
She reached out and, almost unconsciously, used her sleeve to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
The movements were so natural, as if they had been done a thousand times.
"Hmm...it's alright."
She turned her head away, her voice barely audible, but her ears were bright red. "Well... you didn't embarrass me."
"Just not embarrassing?"
Lin Zhou was dissatisfied and deliberately bounced the person on his back. "Then I'll just throw you in the mud since my hand slipped."
"Ah! You dare!"
Su Qingge screamed in fright, her arms tightening around his neck. "Lin Zhou, if you dare throw this, I'll... I'll bite you to death!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Lin Zhou's hearty laughter echoed across the open fields.
At this point, the other families gradually climbed to the finish line.
Wang Lei was exhausted, lying in the mud panting like a dead dog; Chen Kai even knelt down, being scolded by his wife who grabbed his ear; the worst off was Lu Ming, who, although he didn't finish the race, posed for photos for a long time because he didn't want to get his clothes dirty, and ended up getting splattered with mud, his face as black as the bottom of a pot.
There is no harm without comparison.
Seeing Lin Zhou, who was still carrying his wife on his back and looking radiant, everyone's eyes changed.
Is he really a gigolo?
That stamina, that explosive power, that fierce protectiveness towards his wife…
If this is the standard for gigolos, then I'd like to find one too!
Yan Min walked over with a smile, holding in her hand the voucher for a luxurious seafood feast that symbolized victory.
"Congratulations Lin Zhou! A crushing victory with absolutely no suspense!"
"According to the rules, tonight your family of three will enjoy a top-notch seafood feast provided by the production team! And..."
Yan Min paused, her gaze sweeping over the four families before she gave a meaningful smile:
"Given the Lin Zhou family's outstanding performance in this competition, they will have priority in choosing to play tonight's highlight game—the 'Heartbeat Challenge'!"
"A heart-pounding challenge?"
Su Qingge jumped off Lin Zhou's back, straightened her clothes, and asked with some confusion, "What's that?"
"Hehe, this is a good thing."
Yan Min shook the high-tech-looking bracelet in her hand, her eyes gleaming with gossip:
"The rules are simple: both partners wear heart rate monitoring bracelets and ask each other questions or interact. Whoever's heart rate exceeds 120 first loses."
The loser has to grant the winner one request. No conditions!
An unconditional requirement?
Lin Zhou's eyes lit up.
Isn't this tailor-made for him?
He turned to look at Su Qingge, his eyes instantly turning somewhat malicious as he sized her up and down, as if he were plotting something.
Su Qingge felt uneasy under his gaze, instinctively hugging her arms and taking a half-step back warily.
"What...what kind of look is that? I'm warning you, don't think about those kinds of things!"
"A complete mess?"
Lin Zhou took a step closer, lowered his voice, and spoke in an extremely ambiguous tone:
"Honey, what are you thinking? I was just thinking about... how to make your heart race tonight."