Imposter Young Master
Chapter 49 Yang Fei’s Secret_1

Chapter 49: Chapter 49 Yang Fei’s Secret_1

After another wait, it was time for the couple team of Yang Fei and Huang Tianlin. Yang Fei and Huang Tianlin were number 49, with the previous 48 couples all completely eliminated. Each team had a time limit of five minutes to complete the challenge, but none of them had made it to the finish line within this timeframe.

Under the gaze of the audience, Yang Fei and Huang Tianlin started the challenge.

Challenge One: the Log Bridge.

In this challenge, Yang Fei passed through easily. Her physical fitness was outstanding, with a strong sense of balance. Navigating such a log bridge was a piece of cake for her.

However, Lin Qingyu, who was a spectator, was not too pleased.

"Hmph! That wealthy girl must have pulled some strings. Otherwise, how come no ’ghosts’ popped out during her entire log bridge challenge?!"

Challenge Two was a rope hurdle challenge.

Both ends of an elastic rope were tied to Yang Fei and Huang Tianlin’s waists respectively, with around half a meter distance between them. According to the rules, they had to start running together and then hurdle together. Failure to hurdle successfully would mean falling into water.

The lighting inside the ’haunted house’ was dim, but the path leading to the hurdles was brightly lit. On the one hand, this setting ensured undisturbed hurdling by the contestants, and on the other hand, it increased the difficulty of the haunted house challenge because apart from this path, the rest was dark and spooky.

Imagine this: Just as you are cheerfully walking along a brightly lit path, a ’headless body’ that can move suddenly rolls out next to you...

This challenge tested both the courage of the couple team and their coordination. Even if neither of them were afraid of ghosts, without good harmony, it would be hard to hurdle together.

At this moment, Yang Fei and Huang Tianlin started moving. They were in sync, displaying impressive coordination.

The spectators also cheered loudly for them.

Halfway through the run, two bloody ’skull heads’ suddenly flew towards Yang Fei and Huang Tianlin from the dark areas around them.

Females in the audience screamed consecutively.

But Yang Fei and Huang Tianlin in the arena remained calm. They kept their eyes steadfast, ignored the skull heads, continued running forward in sync, and then lifted their legs to hurdle together, landing smoothly together.

Perfect rhythm, perfect partnership.

The audience erupted in applause.

"Wow, that couple is truly a perfect match."

"Yes, having such a deep understanding is truly admirable."

"And furthermore, he’s handsome and she’s beautiful. They are truly a match made in heaven."

...

Yang Gang was not pleased and sneered, "What kind of soul connection? It’s just standard hurdling action. If I were up there, I could be in sync with Yang Fei too."

Then, Challenge Three was rock climbing, named ’Moving Forward Together, Overcoming Difficulties Together’.

Yang Fei and Huang Tianlin passed it quickly.

Challenge Four was standing on a single wooden stake. Two wooden stakes were placed separately in the pool, about thirty centimeters apart. The stakes were only about five centimeters in diameter, which was barely enough for half a foot. [Note: Just to clarify, Challenge One was a log bridge, not a wooden stake. The log bridge is a line, while the wooden stake is a point. There’s a huge difference between the two.]

The setting of this challenge was extremely clever. For a couple, there were two wooden stakes not too far from each other. There were two options for them:

First, each person could stand on a wooden stake. However, the stake was quite small, only big enough for half a foot. This meant both members had to stand on one foot for a minute. Also, according to the rules, if they chose to stand on individual stakes, they couldn’t hold hands to keep balance. Moreover, they had to endure the ’ghosts’ or ’water monsters’ disturbances. If they lost balance and fell into the water, they would be disqualified.

Second, the man could hold the girlfriend and stand with both feet on the two stakes. This would help maintain balance easier.

Generally, challengers would choose the second method. After all, standing on a wooden stake with a diameter of only five centimeters for a minute with a single foot was very, very difficult.

Before Yang Fei and Huang Tianlin had made their decision, the audience was already shouting in unison, "Hold her, hold her."

Yang Gang looked displeased. Hold your sister!

In his heart, he cursed Huang Tianlin horribly.

Damn, this Huang is really cunning. He’s openly taking advantage of Yang Fei!

In the arena.

Huang Tianlin remained silent; this was something he felt too embarrassed to voice out. He was waiting for Yang Fei to make a decision.

However, Huang Tianlin was pretty sure about Yang Fei’s choice.

Anyone who’s not a fool would choose the second method.

After all, Yang Fei was so eager to get that Barbie doll. To be on the safe side, she would definitely ask him to hold her.

Yang Fei appeared to be struggling, she hesitated for a moment before finally saying, "Tianlin, why don’t we each stand on our own log?"

"Huh?" Huang Tianlin seemed a bit surprised, "The risk of falling into the water is high if we stand on such small logs with one leg."

Yang Fei ran her hand through her hair and gave him an awkward smile, "Yang Gang is outside watching. It would feel awkward if he saw you holding me."

Huang Tianlin was stunned for a moment, a complex expression ran over his face as he looked at Yang Fei. "Feifei, do you still make decisions in your love life based on your brother’s approval? That doesn’t sound like you."

"Love? Between us?" Yang Fei’s expression became somewhat blank, "I’ll admit, I do have feelings for you, but..."

Huang Tianlin was the first one to step onto the log, and he smiled lightly, "I understand. I like you, Yang Fei, and whatever choice you make, I won’t regret falling for you. I didn’t mean to push you, so don’t stress yourself out. Let’s just continue being ourselves."

Off the stage.

Yang Gang stroked his chin, his eyes flickering.

Although Yang Gang couldn’t hear what Huang Tianlin and Yang Fei were saying, he could tell from Yang Fei’s expression that something was subtly off.

Seven years as a bounty hunter had honed Yang Gang’s perceptive skills, so he caught Yang Fei’s unnatural expression, although it was subtle.

Yang Gang stared at the big screen, his expression placid.

"It seems my younger sister is full of secrets."

...

Inside the haunted house.

Yang Fei was standing on a log with one foot, perfectly balanced.

In fact, after witnessing Yang Fei’s performance in the previous three rounds, the audience wasn’t worried that she would fall off the log. Yang Fei had demonstrated excellent flexibility and balance in those rounds. Standing on a single log was surely tricky, but the audience believed Yang Fei could handle it.

In fact, for the first thirty seconds, Yang Fei was as steady as predicted with no signs of faltering. But after that, her steady frame started to shake.

The spectators started to stir.

"What’s wrong with that beauty? Is she out of energy?"

"It seems so. Looks like she won’t be able to hold on for much longer."

"It’s such a pity; she was so close to passing the round."

"She should have let her boyfriend hold her, that’d be safer."

"Yeah, I wonder what they were thinking."

...

Yang Gang looked at the big screen, a glint shining in his eyes.

He turned to glance at Lin Qingyu, only to see that she was clutching her hands tightly, looking very nervous.

Yang Gang was surprised, he walked over to Lin Qingyu and grinned, "Miss Lin, aren’t you and Yang Fei sworn enemies? Why do I see you getting nervous for her?"

Lin Qingyu quickly turned her head, "I’m not nervous! I... I’m praying for her to fall into the water sooner."

Yang Gang twitched the corners of his mouth; whether they were princesses or ordinary goddesses, the one thing they had in common was their pride and aloofness.

Inside the haunted house.

Yang Fei was indeed in a bit of a predicament now.