“What are you all staring at me for?”
Pei Huaiyue looked at the others with an innocent expression, and then, under Xia Mu’s horrified gaze, he took another bite.
“It’s delicious.”
Pei Huaiyue was eating with great satisfaction, and soon he had finished one dumpling. He continued to eat other things, intending to save the remaining dumpling for his hubby.
At this moment, Gu Minghe had already come out with the red bean porridge he had boiled.
The way everyone looked at Pei Huaiyue became increasingly sympathetic.
Before Gu Minghe could even speak, Xia Mu jumped in first: “Film Emperor Gu, I’m sorry. It was me who didn’t make things clear to Pei Huaiyue, which led to him eating your breakfast without your permission. Please don’t be angry with him; I’ll go make you another portion.”
He took all the blame upon himself, molding himself into a particularly sensible and thoughtful image.
Pei Huaiyue was stunned. He turned his head to look at Gu Minghe, feeling aggrieved: “It wasn’t for me to eat? Then forget it, I won’t eat it anymore.”
Saying this, he put the half-bitten sausage back, pushed the tray toward Gu Minghe, and said, “I only ate a little; there’s still plenty left, you go ahead and eat.”
Everyone: ?
Xia Mu: “Pei Huaiyue, this isn’t good, right? How can you give someone else the leftovers you’ve eaten? They’re all covered in your saliva.”
Gu Yanchen, who had witnessed everything, smiled meaningfully: “Perhaps some people just love to eat it.”
Su Jin also lowered his gaze, smiling without saying a word.
The others were left somewhat confused by his words, and Shen Zhimian said blankly: “Ah, are there really people who like eating other people’s saliva? Isn’t that unhygienic?”
Pei Huaiyue, however, nodded earnestly: “There are! For example, when kissing, don’t people eat each other’s? Xiaomian, have you never kissed anyone on the lips?”
“Ah?” Shen Zhimian was a lifelong single; of course, he had never kissed anyone. Being asked about this so abruptly made his face turn red in a flash.
Xia Mu was also shocked by Pei Huaiyue’s thick-skinned nature. From discussing breakfast to discussing kissing, without even mentioning eating someone else’s breakfast, was he truly not afraid of offending Gu Minghe?
But this was fine too. Only on the second day, letting Pei Huaiyue leave a bad impression in Gu Minghe’s heart meant his own chances of winning would be greater.
Xia Mu said nothing more, but instead looked at Gu Minghe with schadenfreude, wanting to see what his reaction would be.
Gu Minghe, however, remained calm. He placed the red bean porridge on the dining table, then sat down beside Pei Huaiyue, naturally taking the leftover tray, and—in front of everyone, ate the slice of sausage that had been bitten by Pei Huaiyue without changing his expression.
Everyone: …
What was going on?
“G-Gu Minghe, this, Pei Huaiyue already ate this.” Xia Mu thought he hadn’t noticed and reminded him again.
Gu Minghe’s tone was as usual: “So?”
So? So you aren’t a germaphobe? Why aren’t you disgusted by Pei Huaiyue at this moment?
Xia Mu was so shocked he didn’t know what to say.
Gu Yanchen kindly explained for Gu Minghe: “Minghe doesn’t like wasting food, that’s why he helped Xiaoxue eat it, right, little brother?”
Gu Minghe didn’t bother to pay any attention to him at all. He placed the cooled porridge in front of Pei Huaiyue, “It was just boiled this morning, taste and see how it is.”
“Okay, thank you Hub.”
The words “thank you hubby” almost slipped out. Pei Huaiyue bit his lip and corrected himself: “Thank you, Teacher.”
Gu Minghe raised an eyebrow, and in a good mood, he replied with an “Mm.”
Thus, one was drinking the freshly boiled red bean porridge, and the other was eating the breakfast leftovers from Pei Huaiyue. The two ate quietly without exchanging any unnecessary words, which instead made them appear particularly harmonious, as if they often sat together like this to eat.
There was no quarrel as imagined, nor was there any disgust or rage from Gu Minghe. A conflict that everyone thought would erupt was extinguished just like that.
Everyone even silently formed an impression in their hearts that Gu Minghe had a very good temper, being cold on the outside but warm on the inside.
The netizens in the livestream room were also left stunned.
Can a fan of Gu Minghe tell me, is this the same person who, in a certain slow-paced variety show, endured and didn’t eat a single bite just because someone accidentally used their own chopsticks to pick up food? And now he is eating Pei Huaiyue’s leftovers without changing his expression—is this person really Gu Minghe?
There was another time when someone took the wrong water bottle and drank his water, and he disgustedly threw the whole bottle of water away, stating that other people’s saliva was disgusting and that he absolutely couldn’t tolerate drinking from the same bottle as others, which made that guest very awkward. So what is he doing now?
I suspect Gu Minghe has been possessed…
What’s so hard to understand about this? Pei Huaiyue looks fragrant, so his saliva must taste sweet too. Could it be that Gu Minghe has taken a liking to Pei Huaiyue and has wanted to eat his saliva for a long time?
Right, right, right. This was awarded to Gu Minghe by Pei Huaiyue; did Gu Minghe say thank you??
What do you mean? Gu Minghe just doesn’t like wasting food; he ate it because he ate it, why make such a fuss!
The comments scrolled by in waves.
Inside the cabin, after everyone finished breakfast, they were assigned their task for the day by the director.
“Today is the weekend, and everyone has nothing else to do. Given that the weather is nice, why don’t we go out and do some mudflat foraging? We can make a seafood feast tonight.”
Upon hearing about mudflat foraging, everyone was quite interested.
“However, what you need to be aware of is that this mudflat foraging also has rewards and punishments. By 5:00 PM this afternoon, the person who collects the most seafood can have the person who collects the least provide them with an exclusive half-hour massage service!”
Jiang Leran couldn’t help but ask: “Can’t the person who collects the most designate who massages them? Does it have to be the one with the least?”
“No.” The director smiled quite mischievously: “This reward is randomly paired. The thrill of it is in the randomness; who knows, maybe new CPs will spark new chemistry?”
“Alright.”
This program team really has such a twisted sense of humor!
The beach.
The group, holding small shovels and carrying small buckets, arrived at the beach and began foraging.
Pei Huaiyue squatted there like a little cat, shoveling and shoveling with his tool. After only a little while, he felt his hands ache. Rolling his eyes to look around, seeing that no one was paying attention to him, he simply tossed his shovel aside and sat on the beach, enjoying the sea breeze.
In any case, there was still a long time until 5:00 PM; it didn’t matter if he slacked off for a bit.
The others clearly had the same idea.
The program team let them come to forage, surely not letting them really pick the whole time, but wanting to see more CP interactions. Thus, Su Jin naturally huddled together with Gu Yanchen; the two of them picked seafood with ease while talking and laughing.
Shen Zhimian blushed and came to find Jiang Leran, asking if the two of them could cooperate and split the take 30/70.
“You take 30, I take 70.”
Jiang Leran looked at his thin frame and smiled: “I’ll handle the work; we’ll split it equally later.”
Hearing this, Shen Zhimian’s face turned even redder.
Xia Mu also walked to Gu Minghe’s side: “Film Emperor Gu, shall we cooperate? It will be faster if two people pick together.”
As soon as the words fell, Gu Minghe pulled a cold face and placed his bucket in front of Xia Mu.
“You’re sure?”
In just this short while, Gu Minghe’s bucket was already full of seafood.
Xia Mu looked at his own empty bucket and gave a dry laugh: “Then… then I won’t disturb you.”
Other thoughts quickly popped into his mind.
At Gu Minghe’s current speed, he was undoubtedly going to be the first place for foraging tonight.
And the last place had to massage the first place. So, as long as he ensured he was in last place, wouldn’t he be able to get close to Gu Minghe?
Xia Mu thought he was truly so smart!
So, he was no longer in a hurry to forage.
Pei Huaiyue lay lazily, basking in the sun, his eyes drifting involuntarily toward Gu Minghe’s direction.
Gu Minghe was foraging very seriously.
So seriously that he hadn’t even looked at him once.
Pei Huaiyue pouted. How could hubby be like this? Is seafood better to look at than me?
Just as he was thinking this, a small crab crawled past him. Pei Huaiyue reached out, grabbed it, and tossed it into his small bucket.
Humph, if it crawls to my door automatically, why shouldn’t I take it?
Just as he was feeling content, the sound of Gu Yanchen and Su Jin talking and laughing came from behind him.
Pei Huaiyue remembered his mission and got up hesitantly, prepared to go over and give Su Jin some trouble. In any case, Gu Minghe was busy digging for seafood and didn’t have time to pay attention to him.
Pei Huaiyue was just about to follow, when someone blocked his path.
“Xiaoxue, how come you’ve only picked one crab? I have plenty here; do you want me to share some with you?” Zhou Jingyuan popped up from nowhere, trying to get chummy with Pei Huaiyue again.
Pei Huaiyue rolled his eyes; he didn’t want to pay him any mind at all.
“Go away.”
He bypassed Zhou Jingyuan, but had only taken two steps before he was pestered again.
Gu Yanchen and Su Jin were already far away.
Pei Huaiyue rubbed his eyebrows, “Are you incapable of understanding what people say?”
Zhou Jingyuan’s gaze lingered on Pei Huaiyue. Even after being scolded, he wasn’t angry, only feeling that the beauty looked even better when angry: “Xiaoxue, are you still angry about that day? I apologize to you; it was my fault that day, please don’t be angry anymore.”
“If you keep being angry at me, I might start liking someone else.”
Pei Huaiyue: …
“I beg you, go ahead and like someone else.”
He pushed Zhou Jingyuan away ungraciously. However, Zhou Jingyuan was stronger than him; after just one push, the other took the opportunity to try and grab his hand.
Pei Huaiyue felt goosebumps all over his body, and he shouted: “I told you, don’t touch me!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Jingyuan was suddenly kicked flying.
Pei Huaiyue snapped back to reality, somewhat stunned.
What’s going on? He hadn’t touched him; could his “Lion’s Roar” be so powerful? Powerful enough to blow someone away?
Just as he was wildly guessing, a tall figure blocked his view. Gu Minghe was still holding the bucket, his lips pressed tightly, his gaze chilling as he stared at the miserably collapsed Zhou Jingyuan, his tone extremely cold: “Didn’t you hear the person tell you to get lost?”
Zhou Jingyuan climbed up from the ground. Clutching his kicked, painful lower abdomen, he looked at Gu Minghe with a pale face: “Y-You dare hit me? Help, the film emperor hit someone!!”
The movement here soon attracted the attention of others.
Everyone’s eyes turned toward them.
Hearing what Zhou Jingyuan said, Pei Huaiyue felt his head swell.
Gu Minghe was a celebrity and couldn’t be associated with the label of hitting someone; it was bad for his image.
Therefore, Pei Huaiyue spoke up: “Since when did he hit anyone? It was clearly you who couldn’t stand steadily and fell out.”
Zhou Jingyuan was exasperated: “Whether he kicked me or not, the cameras have all captured it!”
The livestream room was equally baffled.
The scene of Gu Minghe kicking the person had indeed not been captured.
Gu Minghe’s speed was too fast; the cameraman, who had been filming his foraging, hadn’t reacted at all before the person had already zipped away.
And Pei Huaiyue’s camera angle had only captured the image of Zhou Jingyuan suddenly flying away under Pei Huaiyue’s screaming attack.
I testify that Gu Minghe didn’t kick anyone! It was Pei Huaiyue’s “Lion’s Roar” that blasted Zhou Jingyuan away!
Nothing was captured, so by what right does Zhou Jingyuan claim Gu Minghe kicked him?
It was clearly Zhou Jingyuan who couldn’t stand steadily himself!
Heh, Zhou Jingyuan harassed Pei Huaiyue first; even if it wasGu Minghe who kicked him, so what? Well kicked! Better if he had kicked a few more times.
Hahaha, seeing Zhou Jingyuan get the short end of the stick is satisfying; so vindicating.
The staff showed Zhou Jingyuan the livestream comments. Originally thinking the netizens would stand on his side and condemn Gu Minghe for hitting someone, because the camera hadn’t captured it and due to Zhou Jingyuan’s usual performance, many netizens were dissatisfied with him, leading to no one speaking up for him at all.
Zhou Jingyuan was utterly stifled.
Gu Minghe secretly rolled up his sleeve, revealing the clearly defined, powerful muscles on his arm.
Zhou Jingyuan only glanced at it once and immediately turned cowardly.
Forget it, forget it. If I can’t afford to offend him, I’ll hide!
Zhou Jingyuan could only walk away silently.
Gu Minghe turned back and looked at Pei Huaiyue: “You alright?”
“I’m fine.” Pei Huaiyue’s sharp eyes caught the bruise on Gu Minghe’s arm, “How come your hand is bruised? You’re injured?”
Gu Minghe pulled his sleeve back down, “A minor injury, nothing serious.”
“How can you call it a minor injury?!” Pei Huaiyue’s tone turned anxious. He was terrified of Gu Minghe getting injured or having an accident while staying with him, feeling uneasy every single day, yet Gu Minghe had still gotten injured in a place he couldn’t see. His heart was instantly tugged.
With reddening eye rims, he wrinkled his nose, his voice filled with tears: “Why are you so bad at taking care of yourself? Do you want to watch me… want to watch your fans worry about you?”
Gu Minghe hadn’t expected that Pei Huaiyue could be so worried that he was on the verge of tears over such a small injury.
His heart seemed to be hammered by something, feeling both sour and bloated, numbing with pain.
He wanted to reach out and pull Pei Huaiyue into his arms, to tell him he was fine and ask him to stop crying, yet Pei Huaiyue retreated backward, his eyes once again showing that look of resistance he disliked.
Gu Minghe silently retracted his hand, glanced at the bucket with only one little crab next to Pei Huaiyue, and said nothing more, carrying his bucket to the side to continue digging for seafood.
Pei Huaiyue composed his fluctuating emotions and watched Gu Minghe quietly, his eyes revealing his worry.
Approaching 5:00 PM.
The director walked over, prepared to see everyone’s results.
Pei Huaiyue had been slacking off and had only picked up five.
Xia Mu, in order to ensure he was the last but not be labeled as lazy, symbolically threw two into his bucket, giving the rest generously to others.
At this moment, Gu Minghe walked over carrying a full bucket.
Xia Mu felt happy in his heart.
Great, Gu Minghe picked so many; he must be first place!
And I must be last place.
Thinking this, Gu Minghe walked to Pei Huaiyue’s side.
In front of everyone, Gu Minghe poured all the seafood from his bucket into Pei Huaiyue’s bucket.
Everyone: ??
Livestream comments: ???
Pei Huaiyue: what’s the situation?
The time was exactly 5:00 sharp.
Director: “Alright, let me see how much you have all picked.”