Chapter 45: Chapter 45

Once the teams were decided, the ten attractions were fairly divided, and the three teams were ready to roll.

When Eileen was heading out with her luggage, she spotted Egbert following her with an indifferent look.

The more Eileen looked at him, the more annoyed she got. As they left the airport, Bblythe suddenly dashed over.

Eileen gave Bblythe the cold shoulder, but Bblythe sauntered over and gently bumped Eileen’s shoulder.

Bblythe smiled and asked, “How about our teams join forces?”

Eileen glanced at Bblythe. Although she was originally on a team with Egbert, if she could team up with Bblythe and Josiah, they would still be together and could avoid the hassle of dealing with Hubery and Aurora. She was a tad relieved.

Bblythe turned to Egbert, “Mr. Reed, you don’t mind, do you?”

Egbert didn’t respond, and just gave her a cold stare.

Josiah chimed in, “Well, if no one opposes, let’s stick together. Eileen, shall we find a place to stay first?”

Egbert gave Josiah an icy glance, then took a mask out of his pocket and put it on his face, without saying another word.

After the guests had all gone their own ways, the production team started their meeting, “The live room has been divided into three different live rooms. But since Eileen’s team and Bblythe’s team are working together, their live content overlaps. But Director, weren’t we planning to hype up the romance between Aurora and Egbert?”

The director frowned, “We'll deal with that next episode.”

The staff were somewhat surprised, “Next episode?”

The director said, “Anyway, Aurora is a new regular guest, she will be here next episode. Didn’t you see? Egbert is upset. We didn’t tell him in advance that Aurora was coming, and he must have figured out our intention. Under such circumstances, we shouldn’t push him too hard, otherwise, we might offend him.”

The staff asked, “What about Aurora? We promised to put her in the same group with Egbert as much as possible. Her PR team even has a hot topic prepared.”

“'As much as possible' is not 'definitely',” the director said casually, “If we upset Aurora, that’s acceptable. But we can’t afford to upset Egbert. Have someone tell Aurora that we'll make arrangements for her in the next episode. She’s smart. She must have noticed that Egbert dislikes her. After the show, she should have her management team negotiate with Egbert’s team separately.”

Regardless of the internal discussions of the production team, the team divisions were finalized. After the live room was divided into three, the popularity data of the three live rooms could be compared immediately.

Egbert’s live room had the highest popularity, Aurora’s was second, and Bblythe’s was third.

Since Eileen knew they were going to Tokyo, she had prepared in advance. As soon as they left the airport, she led everyone straight to the hotel.

The rooms were shared, Eileen and Bblythe in one, Egbert and Josiah in the other. This way, they saved half of the accommodation costs.

After settling in, Eileen suggested they visit an attraction in the afternoon.

After the ten attractions were divided, each team was responsible for three, but Josiah, being generous, volunteered to take on an extra attraction. So now, the four of them were responsible for seven attractions.

After a quick lunch, Eileen led the team to the nearest attraction - Nihon Nature Reserve.

However, when they arrived and were about to take photos, they were told by the staff, “This attraction doesn’t count.”

Josiah asked in confusion, “Why?”

The staff replied, “Hubery’s team has already checked in here this morning.”

Josiah frowned, “Weren’t their three attractions the Osaka Museum, a temple, and an observation deck? Why would they come to the Nihon Nature Reserve?”

Bblythe said coldly, “There are ten attractions in total, and each team has designated places to visit. Why would anyone try to steal from others?”

Josiah’s face darkened, he made a call but no one picked up. “Hubery isn’t answering, I’ll try Ms. Aurora.” However, when he called Aurora, no one answered either.

Josiah’s face turned even grimmer: “Even if they wanted to change attractions, they should have communicated with us. What do we do now?”

Eileen frowned, put down her camera, and suggested coldly, “Blossom Bridge Park is not far from here. Let’s go there.”

The staff then said, “They’ve checked in at Blossom Bridge Park as well.”

“They can’t just...”

“Wait a minute.” Eileen interrupted, “How could they have checked in at two attractions so quickly?”

Bblythe suddenly realized, “Did they just check in and leave?”

The staff gave a bitter smile and nodded.

Josiah fumed, “What on earth are they trying to do?”

The essence of this program was travel, check-ins were not just for the sake of it, but to show the viewers the content of the attractions. If they just passed by, took photos and left, they could rent a car and visit all of Tokyo in a few hours, why would they need to stay here for several days?

Could this even be considered traveling? This was more like a walk in the park.

Eileen was somewhat agitated, and she asked the staff, “What's going on? We can’t reach them, and they merely checked in at the first two attractions without actually visiting, what’s this supposed to mean?”

The staff explained, “Actually, you six are on the same team, dividing into three small teams is just your internal arrangement. So if you don’t complete the travel task of checking in at ten attractions within three days, your task will be deemed a failure. Now Aurora and Hubery only checked in, but they didn’t actually visit, so these two attractions are essentially semi-invalid. But if they make up for the visits later, or if you do it for them, these two attractions will be considered complete.”

Josiah frowned, "We've got to pick up their slack? We still have no clue what's going on over there. If we're swapping sightseeing spots, we need to communicate, but we can't reach them right now."

Meanwhile, the comments started flooding in.

— [Aurora and Hubery's phones were stolen right after they left the airport.]

— [Hey, it's not like they want to be out of touch with you guys. They're practically living like hobos right now.]

—[They didn't purposely go to Nihon Nature Reserve and Blossom Bridge Park. They encountered an unexpected situation, and the production team didn't provide any assistance. They had to complete a task first then figure out where to crash.]

Josiah was usually a very gentle person, but now he had suddenly become very irritable.

Eileen, on the other hand, regained her cool, fell silent for a while, then said, "Let's just go inside."

Bblythe rubbed his forehead, "We have no choice but to cover for them, what else can we do."

Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen The four of them bought tickets, three with grim faces, one expressionless, and then went in for the tour.

That night, they still couldn't get in touch with Hubery and Aurora. Bblythe suddenly suggested they split up tomorrow. Eileen didn't respond.

Egbert just came out of the bathroom and saw Eileen and Bblythe in the boys' room. He walked past Eileen in his robe.

Eileen's view was blocked for a second, and she caught a whiff of faint shower gel. She looked up to see Egbert sitting on the bed across from her, drying his hair.

"We must split up," Bblythe said seriously. "The attractions are quite far apart. We wasted an entire afternoon today. Now we don't know what else will occur with those two, and it's just a waste of time to stick together."

Eileen understood the logic. She stared at her notebook, drew two lines, and said, "You guys go to these spots. They are relatively close to each other."

Bblythe glanced at it, "Okay. My Japanese is pretty good, I studied abroad in Japan before so I'm familiar with Tokyo. I can lead Josiah on our own."

Eileen nodded, stood up and said, "Alright then."

"Okay." Bblythe also got up and told Josiah and Egbert, "You guys should get some rest early, we're heading back too."

After the two left, Egbert put down his towel and suddenly asked, "What were they here for?"

Josiah was taken aback, "Huh?"

Egbert said lightly, "They made the decision. Do we have a say in it?"

Josiah suddenly laughed, "Mr. Reed, I didn't know you had a sense of humor. But it's the same in my house. My wife calls the shots and I just follow through."

Egbert glanced at Josiah, "You feel honored about that?"

Josiah shrugged, "What can I do? I love her and I have to marry her. Mr. Reed, do you have someone you like?"

Egbert paused for a moment, a beautiful woman flashed in his mind. He lowered his head and said, "No."

Chapter 44