The director tried to persuade Su Wanyu otherwise, but Su Wanyu was insistent. She was able to accept a room of lower standards, but she couldn’t accept sharing the room.
The director was in a pickle.
Qin Nuan figured that Su Wanyu had probably walked slowly because she was still feeling unwell from feeling nauseous in the morning after the bus ride, and that was why she didn’t manage to clinch the top two spots. So she spoke up, “Auntie Su, I’ll exchange with you. I’ll take the twin room and stay with Chang’an tonight. We can even have a chat at night.”
“Xiaonuan, thank you so much!” Su Wanyu adjusted the shawl around herself and smiled gratefully at Qin Nuan.
When Zhou Qingshu saw that Su Wanyu got to stay in a single room, he came out and said to Gu Zhengxi as well, “Xiaoxi! I’m really getting on with age, and my lifestyle is really different from youngsters like you. I wake up every morning at 630am to practice my taiji, and I have to sleep by 8 pm. I’m afraid I might disturb Hao Bai. Could both of us exchange rooms?”
“Sure!” Gu Zhengxi didn’t hesitate and agreed immediately.
After saying that, he even used his shoulder to nudge Qin Nuan’s as he smiled and said, “I’m like my little sister. We’re beautiful, and our hearts are even more beautiful.”
Qin Nuan was so annoyed.
Ugh. How could he touch her?
The director looked at Qin Nuan and Gu Zhengxi with a pleased expression. The guests this season were so understanding.
But half a second later, he looked away from Gu Zhengxi. He had nearly forgotten who was the one who literally kicked up a fuss to find this place earlier.
Besides Shen Chang’an, all the guests had arrived. The director waited for a while more, but Shen Chang’an hadn’t arrived even though the sun was setting soon.
The director got a little anxious, so he got the cameraman to switch to Shen Chang’an’s camera instead.
The next thing they saw nearly made him fall off his chair.
Shen Chang’an was walking past a forest full of peach blossoms. She felt that it looked very nice, so she got the cameraman to help her take a few photos. But once the camera was set up, Shen Chang’an couldn’t stop posing.
The setting sun, the peach blossoms, and the beauty in its midst were really pleasing to look at.
But this program was called Adventures in the Wild! Not Countryside Travels! Couldn’t she at least respect the program staff?!
The director was upset and annoyed as he picked up his communication device and called Shen Chang’an. In the end, Shen Chang’an got the crew off her back with one sentence, “The last one to arrive gets a bed anyway, so there’s no hurry.”
The director clutched his chest. “Shen Chang’an is a bug too!”
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The next day, the director got all the guests to gather after breakfast and started the filming again after splitting them into three groups.
Qin Nuan and Shen Chang’an were in one group, Hao Bai and Gu Zhengxi were in another group, while Zhou Qingshu and Su Wanyu were in the last group.
The director picked up the loudhailer. “Last night, a large bear broke into the courtyard and stole all the food in the kitchen. So now, the three groups will have to…”
Before he could finish speaking, Gu Zhengxi looked up with a start and stared excitedly at the director. “Does Chuan City have bears? Where? Where are they? I’ve never seen a real bear before! I want to see it!”
The director didn’t know what to say.
The program staff wasn’t sure if there was a real bear or not, but there was a very unbearable person.
The director coughed twice, ignored everything that Gu Zhengxi said, and continued. “So now, the three groups will have to play a game. In this game, you will need to defeat this terrible bear to obtain points in the form of little red flowers, which will be used in exchange for ingredients to cook lunch and dinner for today.”
“Come at me, bears! I’m all ready for ya!!” Gu Zhengxi clenched his fists tightly.
Qin Nuan glanced at Gu Zhengxi with a pained look, then leaned over to Shen Chang’an and whispered into her ear, “Are the fans’ tastes so difficult to please these days? They actually like goons now?”
After sharing the room for the night, Qin Nuan and Shen Chang’an were now familiar with one another, so Shen Chang’an’s aloofness disappeared as well.
Shen Chang’an considered this question for a moment and replied very seriously, “Perhaps there are too many smart ones out there, so the fans prefer to stan a stupid one. After all, things that are hard to find are considered more valuable.”
The two of them then looked sympathetically towards Gu Zhengxi.