Xie Li turned to look at Shen Yan.
“Shen Yan, did you already guess that we’d be doing tasks on an empty stomach, which is why you just ate so many cookies? You’re so smart, unlike me, who’s always so stupid.”
It sounded like praise for Shen Yan.
But in reality, it was mocking him for being sly and wasting food.
There were quite a few broken cookie pieces on the floor.
With a question like this, no matter how Shen Yan answered, he would be criticized.
Xie Li stared at him with burning eyes.
Shen Yan carried his suitcase toward the second floor. Hearing that, he looked back and gave Xie Li a determined look. “I have two secrets for getting smarter. First, never drink even a sip of tea. Second, if a dog bites me, I’ll spit all over the dog.”
After saying that, he jumped up high, ran to the second floor, and disappeared from everyone’s sight.
Xie Li: …
Lu Xingchuan: …
The room Shen Yan was assigned was by the second-floor stairway.
It had its own bathroom, but the room was small, with only a single bed, a double-door wardrobe, and a desk without a stool.
Lying on the single bed, Shen Yan began to think about the plot.
He remembered that in this book, the guest who appeared on the dating variety show at that time was someone named Pei Ning.
Pei Ning was the same age as the original owner, twenty-three, and he was Pei Heng’s younger brother.
The original owner was hopelessly obsessed with Lu Xingchuan, and Pei Ning was hopelessly in love with Xie Li.
In the original plot, the whole dating variety show was basically a huge dog-food spectacle.
Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li kept pulling each other back and forth, trampling on the original owner and Pei Ning, the two bootlickers, and in the final episode, Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li successfully ended up together.
As for the original owner, he suffered massive cyberbullying, and after the show ended, he slit his wrists and killed himself.
As for Pei Ning, if Shen Yan remembered correctly, after the original owner died, he still could not let go of Xie Li. In the end, at Xie Li’s instigation, he stole some of the Pei family’s business secrets.
By the end of the novel, the Pei family was bankrupt and ruined.
And the business owned by Lu Xingchuan’s family rose overnight to become the strongest company in Licheng.
Knock, knock, knock~
While Shen Yan was thinking about the plot, someone knocked on his door.
Shen Yan decided to pretend he had not heard it.
He immediately started snoring and fell asleep.
Outside the door.
Xie Li knocked a few times and let out a pitiful sigh. “Shen Yan really is still mad at me. What should I do? I really want to explain everything to him. Brother Xingchuan and I really have absolutely no relationship. I only see him as a brother.”
Pouting, Xie Li leaned pitifully against Shen Yan’s door.
On the verge of tears.
After Lu Xingchuan finished putting away his luggage, he went to look for Xie Li. When he found out that Xie Li was on the second floor, he immediately came up.
As soon as he came up, he saw Xie Li standing in front of a room crying, so he hurried over. “What’s wrong?”
Xie Li wore a sorrowful expression as he looked at Lu Xingchuan. “What do I do, Brother Xingchuan? Shen Yan has such a deep misunderstanding about me. He refuses to forgive me. What should I do? I’m really anxious right now. I don’t want him to misunderstand me.”
Lu Xingchuan frowned. “I’ll explain it to him. You go rest first. We still have to do tasks later.”
Xie Li bit his lip and nodded.
He went downstairs in low spirits.
As soon as Xie Li left, Lu Xingchuan raised his hand and banged on the door. “Shen Yan, open up!”
Shen Yan remained motionless, like a pine tree rooted in place.
Snore…
Snore…
“Open the door. I know you’re in there. What, you dare to do something shameful but don’t dare to open the door? Open up!”
Shen Yan had liked Lu Xingchuan for three years, and over those three years, he had obeyed everything Lu Xingchuan said.
But now…
First vomiting, then talking back.
He even dared to shove Lu Xingchuan’s head into a toilet bowl!
A huge fire was burning in Lu Xingchuan’s chest, and his face looked as ugly as if he were attending a funeral.
Creak…
Shen Yan’s door did not get knocked open. Instead, the door next to it opened, and Pei Heng came out.
Pei Heng had changed into casual sportswear. Leaning against the doorframe, he yawned. “Can you show a little respect for the other guests? There are only fifteen minutes of rest time, and I really want to sleep for a bit.”
Lu Xingchuan’s expression stiffened. “Sorry, I just wanted to find Shen Yan.”
Pei Heng shook the phone in his hand. “Can’t you call him? Making such a huge racket by pounding on the door is truly disgusting.”
『It really is disgusting. If someone made that much noise while I was resting, I could seriously kill someone!』
『My filter for Lu Xingchuan is cracking a little. What do I do?』
『Isn’t it all because of Shen Yan? If Shen Yan had opened the door, would Lu Xingchuan have made such a huge racket? Bitch!』
『He gets criticized even for not opening the door? I’m actually starting to genuinely sympathize with Shen Yan.』
Lu Xingchuan’s expression stiffened slightly.
He did make a call, but Shen Yan seemed to have blocked him. He had also been deleted on WeChat, so there was no way to contact him at all.
Meeting Pei Heng’s displeased gaze, Lu Xingchuan could only say, “Could I borrow one minute of President Pei’s time? There’s a misunderstanding I want to clarify.”
As he spoke, Lu Xingchuan walked toward Pei Heng.
Just as Lu Xingchuan was about to reach him, Pei Heng shook his head. “Say it later. I’m really sleepy right now.”
After saying that, he turned around and went back into his room.
Bang!
With overwhelming force.
He slammed the door shut.
It nearly shattered Lu Xingchuan’s nose.
『Pei Heng is really annoying. No manners or upbringing at all. Bastard!』
『When other people are sleeping, Lu Xingchuan banging on the door is manners? As expected, every dog has its own kind of fleas!』
『I wish Lu Xingchuan’s fans a person banging on their door every day when they sleep. Nyah nyah nyah.』
Since he failed to explain things to Pei Heng and also did not see Shen Yan, Lu Xingchuan was in a foul mood as he went downstairs with a dark expression.
Then he saw Xie Li busying himself in the kitchen.
A hint of brightness flashed in Lu Xingchuan’s gloomy eyes. He walked over. “Why aren’t you resting?”
Xie Li smiled obediently. “I saw eggs, tomatoes, and dried noodles in the fridge, and I figured everyone hasn’t eaten yet, so I wanted to cook something for everyone.”
『Boo hoo hoo, Li Bao really is the best treasure in the world!』
『But the director just said the next round of the game is to search for ingredients. If the ingredients are already in the fridge, wouldn’t that be too easy?』
『The production team definitely wouldn’t really let the guests film while hungry.』
Lu Xingchuan rolled up his sleeves. “Let me do it. Go rest for a while.”
Xie Li shook his head with a smile. “I’m not tired, Brother Xingchuan. I remember you like the tomato and egg noodles I make the most. I’ll cook you a big bowl later.”
Xie Li winked at Lu Xingchuan.
His face was full of innocent cuteness.
『Li Bao is so cute, boo hoo hoo! Cutest in the world!』
『Oh my god, this is sweet enough to kill me!』
『But Xie Li said he and Lu Xingchuan have no relationship. Doge.』
『They’re just good friends, caring about each other, that’s all.』
『Emotional cheating is still a kind of cheating, right? As everyone knows, what Shen Yan posted on Weibo yesterday was all true. As everyone knows, Shen Yan said yesterday that he is single again.』
“What are you doing!”
Just as Lu Xingchuan and Xie Li were making the tomato and egg noodles together.
The director roared in exasperation and rushed over from the side.
“Didn’t I stick such huge words on the fridge saying that guests are not allowed to use the ingredients in the fridge casually? Can you not see those words, or what?”
As the director roared, the camera cut to the refrigerator.
Those huge words were plastered all over the double-door refrigerator door.