Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Meng Chuyuan didnât care. She didnât care about these things. It didnât matter who she lived with.
The director pushed his sunglasses down, revealing a pair of eyes. He looked at Meng Chuyuan, his eyes filled with gratitude.
After a while, the director turned around and said to Qi Yan, âWhat about you?
What do you think? Are you alright with letting Meng Chuyuan live with you?â
[Wuwuwu, why is it always my Sister Meng who takes the initiative to solve the problems?]
[Itâs fine to let Sister Meng and Qi Yan live together, but can you not break up the team of slackers? If the two of them are separated, this variety show wonât be interesting.]
[Director, why are you looking at me like that? Are you going to kneel down to
Sister Meng? Hahaha]
[Indeed, my group of slackers canât be disbanded.]
[Give Young Master a break from Sister Mengâs life lessons.]
[Although thatâs true, having two handsome men under one roof is very easy on the eye, itâs fine for them to mix up the groupings once in a while. Theyâll be back to normal next week.]
It was impossible for the production team to let Qi Yan form a team alone. If they agreed, it would be very difficult for the subsequent activities to continue. She might break down halfway through the recording without a partner.
Moreover, Qi Yan was an ordinary person, not a celebrity. If Qi Zhen was not present, it would basically mean losing traffic. The production team would not be able to get any exciting and useful content from her.
Qi Yan actually wanted to form her own team. Secondly, she did not want to live in the same house as Ting Jiu. Originally, she wanted the director to satisfy both of her conditions, but she did not expect Meng Chuyuan to suddenly jump out and stop her plan.
Ting Jiu was dissatisfied when he heard that he was despised. However, when he thought about how Qi Yan was a girl, he could not say anything overboard, lest the audience think that he was disrespectful to women.
Seeing that she was silent, the director went straight to the point. âThink about it. Either let Meng Chuyuan move in with you, or you can continue to stay in the same room as Tin Jiu.â
The production teamâs funds were limited. There were only a few houses that could be rented for filming. They could not find another house for the time being.
Ting Jiu slowly moved to Meng Chuyuanâs side. His voice was slightly emotional. âSister Chuyuan, go live with her. Itâs not convenient for me to live with her.â
[Sheâs so troublesome. Isnât it the same no matter who she stays with? Sheâs recording a variety show. Whatâs there to worry about? Our Little Jiu Jiu doesnât have such bad intentions.]
[Is she really blind? Her EQ is so low, save me.]
[She has already rejected My Little Jiu Jiu. Donât tell me she still dares to refuse to stay with Sister Meng?]
[With her personality in the past, itâs indeed possible for her to refuse.]
[Sheâs really putting on airs. Itâs still necessary for us to question every day if sheâs really Qi Zhenâs younger brotherâs biological sister?]
[Look at Little Jiu Jiuâs pitiful appearance, my heart aches. Boohoo, come into Sisterâs arms.]
When Ting Jiu made his statement, he had already made up his mind not to live with Qi Yan.
Initially, Ting Jiu did not care about these things, but after Qi Yan mentioned it, her words seemed to imply that he was not a good person.
He was young and impetuous. Why should he be bullied like this?
Everyone saw Ting Jiu consciously pull his luggage to stand beside Lu Jinsen.
Qi Yan had spoken too harshly just now, so she naturally could not take her words back. She could only bite the bullet and stay with Meng Chuyuan.
After the director settled Qi Yanâs accommodation problem, he began to explain the process of todayâs program. âAlright, letâs follow the usual rules and choose a house first.â
This time, as usual, the production team prepared three houses for the guests. The houses in the village carried a sense of antiquity, and one could not tell what they were truly like from the outside.
Therefore, the production team let everyone see the photos of the three houses from the beginning. Then, they asked each group of guests to send a representative forward to draw lots. As for which group would be the first to choose, they would have to discuss this order themselves.
They had already recorded two episodes of the variety show. As such, they had a rough idea on what kind of houses they were going to live in and were already very flippant with their choices.
Lu Jinsen and Ting Jiu consciously followed the âlady-firstâ rule. The Liao sisters, who had been receiving care and consideration from others since the start of the variety show, performed well this episode.
Liao Jiake could tell that Lu Jinsen and the rest were being thoughtful. She suddenly made a request. âWhy donât we choose together? If we choose the same one, weâll settle it with black and white.â
Ting Jiu said, âI think thatâll work.â
At the moment, it was only fair for everyone to choose at the same time.
Liao Jiake said, âThen letâs choose together later.â
There were three photos of the houses on the table. Ting Jiu and Liao Jiake stood at the side as the representatives for the selection, waiting for Meng Chuyuan and Qi Yan to choose a representative.
Meng Chuyuan saw that Qi Yan was indifferent and suggested to her, âWhy donât you choose?â
Qi Yan lowered her head and played with her phone without answering.
[What is this sister doing? Sister Meng is so close to her. Itâs impossible for her to have not heard that, right?]
[From the looks of it, sheâs selectively deaf. Who is she putting on an act for?
Sister Meng didnât offend her.]
[I donât know what sheâs thinking. Why is she pretending to be a young lady here?]
[What a joke. Donât tell me that Sister Meng has to endure this mistreatment for the entire episode? This Qi Yan doesnât seem to understand what sheâs saying. Iâm already worried about Sister Mengâs next few days on this island.] [Speaking of which, this is the first time Iâve seen Sister Meng being defeated.
Itâs so novel. Hahahaha, Iâm waiting for Sister Meng to fight back.]
[Why donât we switch back the groupings now? I havenât seen Sister Meng argue with Young Master for a day. Iâm all blue and thin.]
Seeing that she was silent, Meng Chuyuan did not continue to communicate with her. She turned to Tingjiu and Liao Jiake and said, âThe two of you can choose. The remaining house will be ours.â
She thought that Meng Chuyuan was very smart and could solve this matter of residence. In the end, she directly abandoned the selection process and chose to take the remaining house.
In the previous episode, Meng Chuyuanâs group had worked so hard to row the boat to the island in order to snatch a house. Yet in this episode, she had no intention of fighting for the houses at all. This extreme contrast made Qi Yan quite unhappy.
Could it be that she didnât want to choose a good house just because she was living with her?
Ting Jiu was more familiar with Meng Chuyuan and after hearing what she said, Ting Jiu said bluntly, âThen Iâll choose first.â
He chose a relatively old-fashioned house with a bright red wooden door that was slightly peeling. There was a rectangular flower bed on both sides of the door that looked quite beautiful.
After Ting Jiu finished choosing, Liao Jiake chose one out of the two remaining houses and picked a small courtyard.
After the other two groups finished choosing, Meng Chuyuan walked forward casually and took the remaining photo.
The last house was relatively simple. The earthen-yellow wooden door looked like a pit. It was the kind that was locked with a latch from inside. The white walls were a little black, and there was moss in some places in the corners. As a whole, it looked more dated.
Meng Chuyuan put the photo in her pocket and came back to see that Qi Yan was still sitting on her suitcase and playing with her phone.
At this moment, the director suddenly said with a small loudspeaker,
âEveryone, please hand over your phones.â
Everyone was already used to handing in their phones. Other than those who wanted to reply to messages and tell their families that they were safe, they took out their phones in almost a second and handed them in by the next..