Chapter 10: Chapter 010: His Trending Topic is Gone
Everyone had reached the finish line.
Liu Qiang saw Shen Yan and Wen Yan leisurely sitting in the shade of a tree, cooling themselves off, and a surge of nameless anger welled up inside him.
Shen Yan and Wen Yan had clearly been behind everyone else, so how could they possibly be the first to arrive at the finish line?
There must be some kind of insider deal!
Definitely some kind of insider deal.
Zhou Jingming shared Liu Qiang's suspicions.
Only, he was better at concealing them and did not let his dissatisfaction show on his face; however, his expression wasn't any better to look at, and he occasionally glanced in the direction of Shen Yan.
Qin Dingyue grumbled about the production team being unfair and scheming.
Xu Zishen just frowned in silence but cast several seemingly casual glances towards Shen Yan.
Clearly, he also doubted whether Shen Yan and Wen Yan had managed to get through the task smoothly without some trickery.
Mu Jincheng was exhausted to the point of collapse, his appearance completely ruined, only to end up with a simple vegetable dish.
Seeing Shen Yan, still so pristine and sitting leisurely under the shade, without a speck of dirt on her face, and with her hand that was touched by sunlight glowing with a pearly radiance.
She looked like one on vacation, not like one participating in a survival show.
Seeing this scene, he felt even more frustrated.
Mu Jincheng suspected that Shen Yan had some unspeakable secret with the show's backstage investors; otherwise, how could such a drastic change have occurred as soon as she arrived?
Even the production team seemed to be giving her preferential treatment.
Mu Jincheng despised female stars who used their advantages to gain resources the most.
Dirty!
Shifting his disdainful gaze, when he looked at Chu Jinghe standing beside him with a graceful smile, Mu Jincheng's eyes involuntarily softened.
Jinghe was different; he had watched her grow every step of the way, unlike other female stars.
Chu Jinghe had just seen Mu Jincheng's gaze drawn towards Shen Yan, and her eyes dimmed; she bit her thin lips repeatedly, suppressing the sourness rising in her heart.
They were all participating in the show together.
Chu Jinghe discovered that not a bit of Shen Yan's no-makeup makeup had faded; her waterproof makeup felt like it was melting off with the sweat, and when she reached the finish line, she looked utterly disheveled.
It shouldn't be like this.
Shen Yan was supposed to be the one making a fool of herself like in the last episode.
Not like now, having suppressed her with a fresh-faced makeup look.
Actually, in terms of looks, Chu Jinghe was also in the top three among female stars in the entertainment industry.
But compared to the current Shen Yan, there was a clear gap.
This gap was visible to the naked eye, and it was so exasperating that Chu Jinghe could hardly breathe evenly.
No matter what she felt inside, in front of the live camera, Chu Jinghe still had to maintain her image of a gentle and kind persona, smiling until her face almost stiffened.
"You've worked hard, have some water," Chu Jinghe seized the opportunity, took the water handed over by a staff member, unscrewed the cap, and handed it to Mu Jincheng.
This act once again excited the fans, who started commenting fervently.
Mu Jincheng's heart raced a few beats when he met Chu Jinghe's smile.
Qin Dingyue muttered, "We arrived early at the finish line, but does this mean we'll starve until tomorrow?"
That would be too inhumane.
Not eating for a day wasn't going to kill them.
But what about tomorrow's task?
Could they, starved for a whole day, still muster the energy to continue participating?
The depressing thing was, they had all been busy for nothing today.
Zhou Jingming and Liu Qiang's expressions looked very unpleasant.
Xu Zishen, who had started out composed, started to lose his poise when he realized that they might have to endure hunger for a day and a night.
He had researched before coming onto the show and knew that the production team wouldn't assign extremely difficult survival tasks, nor would they prank these popular stars without good reason.
So, what was going on now?
Liu Qiang looked towards Xu Zishen, hoping Xu Zishen would have something to say.
Among those present, Xu Zishen had the highest status, and when he spoke, the people from the director's team would certainly listen.
Because of Xu Zishen's semi-public identity as the son of a wealthy family, Liu Qiang had intentionally or unintentionally wanted to partner with Xu Zishen during the first episode, even having her company create rumors of an affair with him.
Xu Zishen's company quickly managed the PR, and both times Liu Qiang failed to latch onto his fame.
Liu Qiang had started to despise Qin Dingyue from the previous episode, who had taken her place.
At that moment, the atmosphere had become eerily tense, and the big brothers nearby just wanted to grab the cameras and bolt.
The two teams that hadn't gotten the dinner menu were now ready to throw in the towel and call it quits.
For Shen Yan, this survival show was hardly a matter of true survival, but for these pampered celebrities, even walking on a mountain road was a challenge.
Not to mention being hungry, carrying a bunch of stuff, and having to find food, it would have been simpler to just slit their throats.
While the atmosphere was oppressive, Director Li was busy discussing how to get through this period of time.
At the same time, he couldn't let the other two teams starve.
Maybe it was the resentment that was a bit heavy, but their gazes unconsciously drifted toward Shen Yan.
Shen Yan felt everyone's unfriendly stares but didn't even furrow his brow, leaning against the trunk of a tree, leisurely waiting for the production team to announce the next course of action.
Whether they would give them dinner in advance or had other plans.
Just as Shen Yan was about to close his eyes and rest, a figure approached him.
"Shen Yan."
Shen Yan looked up and saw the lead actress with a hypocritically sweet smile.
The lead actress was beautiful, but she had a terrible character.
What kind of world view, what kind of mood did the author have when writing such a lead actress?
She wondered if the author had suffered a stroke to create such a character.
Everyone has a few quirks, having flaws is normal.
But the lead actress's issues were far from just a few quirks, hit-and-runs, having several sugar daddies behind the scenes while pretending to be innocent in public, playing the male lead for a fool.
And then there was the male lead.
He wasn't any better either.
That the two of them could have a happy ending was baseless.
Their moral values matched perfectly, an absolute pair!
Shen Yan didn't stand up, just looked up at her, waiting for what she was going to say next.
Chu Jinghe turned around worriedly to the people from the two teams who had gotten nothing, then turned back to Shen Yan and said, "I know that the prize was genuinely won by you, and I shouldn't say anything, but Liu Qiang and the others haven't eaten all day. I see you and Wen Yan don't have a big appetite, so when you get the dinner, could you share some with them?"
As soon as Chu Jinghe finished speaking, Zhou Jingming and the others looked over.
That look had a hint of coercion.
As if to say, if you don't give, then you're unkind.
While Director Li was yet unsure how to proceed, Chu Jinghe had already spoken up.
The expressions of the others were scrutinized.
Director Li's eyes lit up like light bulbs!
Was this going to cause some kind of a clash?
After Chu Jinghe said her piece, everyone quietly awaited Shen Yan's response.
Based on their understanding of Shen Yan, he would definitely stand up to object, and then a whole series of incidents would unfold.
They had prepared sensational materials for Chu Jinghe to hit the trending searches.
They couldn't afford to be blacklisted in the trending searches anymore, so they hinged their hopes on sending Chu Jinghe up the trending list.
As everyone was expecting something to happen, Shen Yan simply nodded indifferently, "Sure."
"If you...what?" Chu Jinghe was about to say something else when she realized what Shen Yan had said, and she was a bit dumbfounded.
The others also showed surprised expressions.
The production team was also stunned.
This was not what they had expected.
Director Li: There goes his trending search!