The next day, the TV crew chartered a large bus for everyone. The driver took six hours, crossed two mountains to stop at the foot of another mountain finally. It was already 2 pm by then.
After sitting in a bus for half the day without lunch, some people on the bus couldn’t take it.
But the minute the bus parked itself, the TV crew got their cameras ready, took away the phones and wallets of the guests, and gave them only half an hour to rest.
Li Jing helped Qin Nuan to touch up her make-up. She noticed that Su Wanyu was leaning against her assistant to rest because she felt nauseous, so she asked Qin Nuan, “Sister Nuan, are you feeling alright?”
Qin Nuan replied, “I’m fine.”
She had forced herself to sleep for two hours on the bus and had also eaten some biscuits and drank water on the way, so she had stored up sufficient energy and was in pretty good shape.
Half an hour later, the director had adjusted all the cameras. He pointed the camera at the bus door and shouted, “Welcome to Yunzhong Village! Let’s invite our guests out!”
When the bus door opened, the first one to hop out was Gu Zhengxi. He raised his eyebrows handsomely at the camera, then walked over to where the TV crew had told him to stand with wide strides after he was Zhou Qingshu and Hao Bai.
Once the male guests had taken their places, it was the female guests’ turn.
Su Wanyu was the most famous and senior, so she went first. After her was Shen Chang’an, and Qin Nuan was last.
Qin Nuan bowed slightly and waved at the cameras when it was her turn.
Chuan City’s weather in May was a little on the cool side. She wore a simple pale purple tracksuit over a white tank top and tied up her long, black and shiny hair into a ponytail to reveal her pale and smooth neck. Her eyes were bright, and her teeth were white. Her face was incomparably beautiful,
while her aura was a little aloof.
The cameraman couldn’t help but give her a close-up shot.
Once all the guests were lined up, the director took a loudhailer and gave instructions. “From now on, we’ll begin the first episode of Adventures in the Wild, Sound of the Flute in Yunzhong. The first challenge everyone will face today is to find the place we’re staying for the night. We will assign you the rooms according to who finds the place first. The one who finds the place first will get the best room, while the last one to arrive will get the worst room.”
Everyone immediately started whining about how the program staff was being too cruel.
Hao Bai was the first to shout out, “Director, we’re completely unfamiliar with this village. We don’t even know which road leads to which direction, so how do you expect us to find anything?”
But the director was going to let the guests have any chance to grumble at him.
Once all the guests had been given a communication device, he started shouting emotionlessly into the loudhailer again. “I will give you a hint on where we’re staying tonight. Xiaoxiang Pavilion. Ready, go!”
“We’re starting just like that?” Gu Zhengxi warmed up his shoulders and turned to yell after Qin Nuan, “Little sister, come with me, we’ll find the place together!”
Qin Nuan looked out at the distant mountain peaks and the large patch of bamboo forest. She narrowed her eyes and had an idea. She smiled at Gu Zhengxi and said, “No need, little brother!”
With that, she started heading for the bamboo forest.
Gu Zhengxi saw that Qin Nuan was unwilling to form a team with him and scoffed in annoyance. “Little sister, I don’t even see a single rooftop or a chimney in the direction you’ve taken. I’d bet you’re going the wrong way.”
After that, Gu Zhengxi hopped over to Shen Chang’an. “Hello, big sister! Why don’t we go find the place together?”
Shen Chang’an looked at Gu Zhengxi and remembered what her manager had instructed her, “Out of all the guests, Gu Zhengxi is the only one who has debuted as an idol, and he’s at the height of his popularity, and he’s got a lot of female fans. You must make sure to keep your distance from him and don’t create any scandals.”
So she just threw Gu Zhengxi a distant glance. “It’s fine, thanks!”
Gu Zhengxi refused to give up and ran after Shen Chang’an as he tried to persuade her, “Big sister, have you heard of this phrase before? You might walk faster if you walk alone, but two people walking together will be able to walk a longer distance!”
Shen Chang’an took her manager’s instructions very seriously and didn’t even give the cameraman a chance to catch both of them in the same shot. She quickly ran from him.
Gu Zhengxi watched how Shen Chang’an looked at him like he was carrying some contagious disease and couldn’t understand why she behaved like this.
But during the time he spent attempting to form a team with someone else, Hao Bai, Zhou Qingshu, and Su Wanyu had all departed already. He was the only one left at the entrance.
After realizing that he was the last one to leave, Gu Zhengxi finally started scampering into the village.