Chapter 4 This program is still too comprehensive

The punishment for being the last one in line was like a mad dog chasing after them, sending Shang Que and Ji Jingchuan's boat careening across the water. The oars splashed in the water, and the two of them forcibly turned the inflatable boat into a motorboat.

The others turned around and saw them coming towards them aggressively. They were so scared that they swung their arms and paddled hard.

As the speed increased, the direction became uncontrollable. The boat, which was originally heading straight for the destination, began to run crookedly on the lake.

The distance between them was getting smaller and smaller, and they were about to collide. Lu Zhixu and Shang Que shouted at the same time:

"Ning Sheng, be careful."

"Ji Jingchuan, stop!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the two inflatable boats collided with each other with a bang and flipped to both sides.

Plop, plop—

The four people fell headfirst into the lake like dumplings, creating a huge splash.

The other group was far away and escaped the disaster, but when Jiang Yize saw Shang Que fall into the water, he stood up suddenly and jumped into the lake to save him.

“What are you doing!”

The boat capsized due to his action, and amid Lin Jinyi's screams, the two of them fell headfirst.

【It’s time to make dumplings.】

"Brother Xiao Jiang, I know your intentions are good, but please don't start yet."

This has really become a swimming competition.

[By the way, can they all swim? Will there be any accidents? ]

Shang, Lu, Ning, and Jiang will definitely be able to swim. I've seen them swim before, especially Shang Que, who's incredibly fast. Lin Jinyi is called the dry land swan because she can't float in water. I don't know about Ji Jingchuan.

Didn't he just say he won a prize in a swimming competition in elementary school?

Listen to him bragging, he didn't even dare to go in the pool at the celebrity sports meeting, which was only slightly bigger than a bathtub.

[What's wrong with not being able to swim? Even though I'm so talented, God has to give me some advice.]

[…Take off the fan label. You Trump supporters can be identified by the way you speak. There’s no need for such pretentious things.]

The scene suddenly became a mess. Shang Que reacted quickly and emerged from the water. She wiped her face and was about to swim to the shore when she suddenly heard someone calling her name.

Turning around, I saw Ji Jingchuan wearing a life jacket, floating up and down like an orange fish tag, blowing bubbles from his mouth and shouting: "Help, gurgle gurgle... Shang Que, gurgle gurgle... Shang Que, save me, gurgle gurgle..."

Shang Que frowned, turned around and swam over, grabbed his collar and pulled it up, gritting his teeth and saying, "Useless thing, how come you haven't learned to swim in all these years?"

His head finally emerged from the lake, and Ji Jingchuan coughed non-stop from the water. His hair drooped wetly, softening his usual sharp, thorny look. His eyes were red, and his delicate face looked deeply broken.

[Oh my god, I suddenly got Ji Jingchuan's face. Is this face really that amazing?]

[Why else do you think he has so many fans despite his temper? ]

Ji Jingchuan has a pretty bad personality, but he has a really good-looking face, so his mean-spirited expression has a unique flavor.

【It’s over, I’m going to be a black fan. 】

I also use QQ, WeChat, and Sina Weibo.

Shang Que and Ji Jingchuan were swimming towards the lifeboat when they suddenly felt a huge resistance from behind, dragging her down and nearly sinking. Turning back, she saw Ji Jingchuan struggling to paddle. Shang Que's temples were throbbing with veins. "I was wondering where the water ghosts in this artificial lake came from! If you cause trouble again, I'll push you into the water and drown you."

Ji Jingchuan stopped moving and defended himself unreasonably: "I obviously wanted to relieve you of some pressure, but you don't know how to appreciate my kindness!"

"Shut up, and if you keep talking, you can just swim back."

Ji Jingchuan immediately stopped choking, hugged her arms tightly with both hands, and shouted with his last bit of strength: "Shang Que, swim to the finish line, I don't want to eat buns!"

"I know, shut up!"

The others emerged from the water one after another, and upon hearing this, they also rushed to the finish line. Suddenly, there was a splash everywhere, and the rowing race completely turned into a swimming race.

Fortunately, the place where they fell into the water was not far from the end point. Before they were completely exhausted, Shang Que pulled Ji Jingchuan to the shore. After the staff pulled them up, Ji Jingchuan found a blind spot for the camera to protect his image, then he supported himself with his hands on his knees, bent over and coughed out the water he had just choked on.

Soon, the other two groups also came ashore. Ji Jingchuan immediately raised his hand to wipe the corner of his mouth, his face once again wearing that flamboyant expression, and deliberately urged loudly, "Director, can you announce the results of the competition?"

[You won without any effort, why are you so proud?]

Ji Jingchuan's wise words: The process is not important, winning is winning.

[Ji Jingchuan: Easily and quickly pass the artificial lake, your results can be checked.]

Although the format of the competition has completely changed, the winner was determined through more intense competition.

Shang Que, despite having a burden with him, unexpectedly swam to the finish line first.

The second place went to Lu Zhixu and Ning Sheng. Lin Jinyi, who couldn't swim at all, choked on water after being pulled by Jiang Yize and gave up the competition. In the end, she took the program team's lifeboat back to the shore.

When the rankings were announced, Ji Jingchuan raised his eyebrows handsomely and said in a voice loud enough for the whole audience to hear: "Shang Que, we are first!"

He turned his head triumphantly, but saw Shang Que still squatting on the shore, seemingly exhausted and unable to stand up. The accompanying medical staff came over to check her condition.

"I'm fine." Shang Que took the dry towel and covered his face with it to wipe the water. After taking it off, a black box suddenly appeared in his sight.

She was stunned for a moment, then looked up and met Ji Jingchuan's face. His short, wet hair hung down in front of his forehead, making his eyes look dark and bright. He patted the suitcase generously and gestured for Shang Que to sit on it. "Get in. This young master will mercifully push you back."

Shang Que had just had a calf cramp, so she couldn't stand up due to the pain. The culprit was right in front of her. She didn't bother to be polite with him at all. She sat up and commanded, "Push steadily. If you fall, you won't have dinner."

"How could they possibly fall with me here?" Ji Jingchuan leaned his knees against the suitcase, gripped the handle and pushed it back, yelling, "Hold on tight, ready to take off," before pushing Shang Que down the street, cheering excitedly, "Let's go back for a big dinner!"

[If not my buddy, who are you? Get off Ji Jingchuan! How could he and Shang Que get along so well?]

Shang Que had just saved his life, after all. Ji Jingchuan was just a bit mean, but he wasn't heartless.

[This variety show can't really turn these two enemies into friends, right? Then I'll just crown the director a great philanthropist in the entertainment industry.]

This place is not far from the villa. Everyone walked here when they came, and they walked back as well. Seeing Shang Que and Ji Jingchuan disappear quickly from sight, the director quickly called for the others to catch up.

Ning Sheng's suitcase was parked on the side of the road. Just as she was about to pick it up, someone grabbed the handle first. Their hands touched, and Ning Sheng was startled for a moment before quickly withdrawing them and looking sideways at the person beside her.

Lu Zhixu said naturally: "Let's go, let's go back together."

The two smiled at each other, and the barrage of comments screamed wildly.

[Ah ...

"Can't you two just have one relationship for us? Please, have one relationship. I'll do anything for you."

[Turning hostility into friendship, turning friends into wives, this show is really comprehensive.]

【Enjoy the happy life by listening to the sheng music! 】

Because of Lu Zhixu and Ning Sheng's smile, netizens started to ship them as a couple. Lin Jinyi was sulking. She pouted irritably and vented to Jiang Yize beside her, "It's all your fault. Otherwise, we would have been number one long ago."

——Jiang Yize took the blame, and everyone had something to do.

Back at the villa, the live broadcast was paused for a while until everyone finished taking a shower and dinner was ready.

The program team thoughtfully arranged different dining locations for the three groups, so that Lin Jinyi and Jiang Yize didn't have to gnaw on steamed buns and watch others enjoy their big meals.

Shang Que and Ji Jingchuan found the banquet hall according to the cards given to them by the staff. As soon as they opened the door, a table full of tempting seafood appeared in the live broadcast camera.

[Why the hell did I have to see this while eating instant noodles! ]

[Shang Que + Ji Jingchuan = first, Shang Que + me = first, so I = Ji Jingchuan, so to be fair, can't Shang Que and I eat this seafood feast together?]

[Gout from eating too much seafood. Ji Jingchuan, you're too young to handle it. Let me bear this pain for you.]

[You can’t hide your craving for a meal. Even if you cover your mouth, saliva will still flow out of the corners of your eyes [cry][cry]]

Golden, crispy baked king crab, arm-sized prawns, tender and plump abalone and shellfish, and a variety of exquisitely presented sashimi. Even the usually nosy Ji Jingchuan was uncomfortably critical. The comments, besides those wishing to replace him, were filled with lamentations about the disparity between the three sets of food.

I thought Lu Zhixu and his team’s foie gras and steak were already pretty good, but I didn’t expect the first place winner to be even more luxurious!!!

[Compared to this, Lin Jinyi and Jiang Yizhe are really miserable, they can only eat dry steamed buns. ]

[Don't even mention Lin Jinyi being picky about food and not wanting to eat. I couldn't eat that steamed bun either. The production team didn't even prepare a bowl of soy milk for us.]

[Just came back from the livestream over there. I can only say that with Xiao Jiang brother around, these two won't be in trouble.]

Even if he carved flowers out of the steamed bun, it wouldn't turn into seafood.

At this moment, there were two knocks on the door of the banquet hall. Shang Que turned around and saw Jiang Yizhe peeking in with envy and surprise: "Sister Shang Que, your group eats so well!"

In his hand, he was holding a steamed bun that he had only taken two bites of. It looked particularly desolate compared to the seafood on the table. Seeing his eager expression, Shang Que invited him, "Would you like to come in and eat with us?"

Ji Jingchuan frowned, a little dissatisfied: "Why? He didn't get first place."

"There's so much food that we can't finish it all. Can you change your habit of guarding your food?" Shang Que turned around and glared at him, then said to the door, "Ignore him."

Ji Jingchuan curled his lips and stopped talking.

Jiang Yize quickly played the good guy card: "Sister Shang Que, you two are really our saviors!"

"you?"

"Yes, and Lin Jinyi." Jiang Yize turned sideways, revealing the person hiding behind him with an awkward look on his face.

Shang Que exclaimed, "Oh, so you're my fan."

Lin Jinyi immediately got angry when she heard her tone: "Who are you——"

"If you are my fan, of course we can eat together." Shang Que's eyes curved into crescents and he looked at her with a smile.

"I--" Lin Jinyi held her breath in her throat, as if she saw the devil grinning again.

Jiang Yize didn't notice anything was wrong between the two of them, but instead said to her happily: "I told you that Sister Shang Que would agree to us eating for free!"

Lin Jinyi glared at him secretly, then turned to meet Shang Que's gaze, took a deep breath, and spoke quickly, "Yes, I'm your fan."

"I know, I know. You already said it when we first met. No need to repeat it." Shang Que was about to make the other person angry, so he decided to stop while he was ahead. "Come over and eat. We have two extra sets of tableware."

[Why does it feel like there's something strange between Shang Que and Lin Jinyi?]

[The eldest lady has this kind of awkward personality. Getting her to admit that she likes someone is harder than killing her.]

[I feel like it would be tiring to get along with him. I still prefer the personality of Little Chicken Hair, who wears his thoughts clearly on his face.]

For example, now, upon learning that there was a big meal to be had, Jiang Yizhe raised his steamed bun and cheered: "Thank you, Sister Shang Que, long live Sister!"

I don’t know which word irritated Ji Jingchuan, but his face suddenly turned cold and he said in a bad temper: “Eat it, I’ll give it all to you, and I’ll give you my share too.”

Jiang Yize didn't notice his sarcasm and waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, that's enough, let's eat together."

"Ji Jingchuan." Shang Que frowned, signaling him not to make trouble.

"What do you want me to do?" Ji Jingchuan looked at her and said word by word: "I, don't, eat."

Shang Que felt that his temper was inexplicable and could no longer bear it, so he said, "Eat if you want, eat. If you don't, get out."

Ji Jingchuan pursed his lips tightly, his face trembling slightly. After a long silence, he suddenly said, "Get out if you want."

He stood up, kicked the chair, and left the banquet room without looking back.

[I was worried that if Ji Jingchuan and Shang Que became friends, they wouldn't have anywhere else to learn how to curse. Now it seems I was completely overthinking it.]

Ji Jingchuan is so selfish. It would be a waste if he couldn't finish all the food. Why wouldn't he share with others?

[But this meal was originally a reward for first place. Shang Que asked Jiang Yizhe and Lin Jinyi to eat together. What's the point of the competition then?]

"You're taking this entertainment competition so seriously? If it weren't for Shang Que, Ji Jingchuan would be eating a steamed bun right now. No, he'd probably be in the hospital. This meal was completely won by Shang Que alone. She can give it to whoever she wants, okay?"

[However, Ji Jingchuan had clearly tacitly agreed to Jiang Yizhe and Lin Jinyi coming in to eat together, so I don't know why he suddenly got angry.]

Isn't that just his moody personality? When he's happy, he'll push Shang Que back in his suitcase, but when he's unhappy, he'll just kick a chair and lose his temper. If it weren't a live broadcast, I'd think he'd hit Shang Que in the next second.

[…Spreading rumors again. When has Ji Jingchuan ever hit anyone?]

[I don't think so either. Besides, Shang Que just left when he told him to. He was quite obedient.]

#Ji Jingchuan suddenly lost his temper on the variety show#

#Shang Que told him to get out, and Ji Jingchuan was quite obedient#

These two topics quickly became hot searches. The comments were slightly different, but the overall trend was to criticize Ji Jingchuan for his bad temper and bad personality.

In the room, the protagonist being criticized by netizens has been standing in front of the mirror with his mobile phone in the same posture, reading the posts scolding him with an expressionless face for more than 20 minutes.

The system couldn't help but comfort him: [Host, don't take it too seriously.]

"Who cares? I don't care about Shang Que!" Ji Jingchuan suddenly reacted strongly, throwing away his phone and pacing around the room angrily, angrily recounting past events as he walked: "She's a liar! She said she would call me when she went abroad, but she never did. She assured me that I was her only brother, but now she says Broomhead is the best brother in the world."

"How can Broomhead compare to me? He's not as talented as me, he's not as handsome as me, and he's not as cool as me in terms of personality." Ji Jingchuan stopped in front of the mirror, and it was obvious that he was very proud of his face. He said with great dissatisfaction, "Shang Que actually told me to get out for him?"

"Just get out of here! I'm the best at it. If I get out of here too far, Shang Que won't be able to beg me to come back any more."

【……】

The system wanted to say that it hadn't mentioned Shang Que, that it simply wanted Ji Jingchuan to ignore the netizens' comments. But after seeing him speak so indignantly, it didn't dare to explain any further.

Ji Jingchuan then shifted his focus and began to scold Jiang Yize: "Sister, sister, are you your sister? Why are you yelling nonsense? Long live sister, you slave, one year one year one year one."

"She only knows how to bundle merchants and buy trending searches. She's the only one who would believe a scheming man like you."

Ji Jingchuan was talking about the trending search #Jiang Yize: With a sister around, you don’t have to eat steamed buns#. He just accidentally glanced at the entry, and his hand slipped and clicked on it by mistake, then he accidentally opened the popular Weibo, and then inadvertently saw that everyone in the comment section was envious of their sister-brother relationship.

That's why he didn't care about Shang Que. He just took a careless, casual, and cursory look at him, and finally gritted his teeth in anger.

"Friendship Boat" set a record for live variety shows on its first day of broadcast, with almost half of the hot searches related to it. In addition to Ji Jingchuan taking the top spot, what else is there:

#The Friendship Boat really capsized#

#Shang Que can also take me to first place#

#xuxurusheng candlelight dinner#

#Lin Jinyi said she is a fan of Shang Que, and she also refused to accept it#

#Shang Que is so cute, a bright actress x a tsundere and a bitch, I'm hooked! #

At this moment, Lin Jinyi, who had just returned to her room, saw these two trending searches and was so angry that her face twisted. Clicking on the entry, she found that someone was actually writing fan fiction about her and Shang Que.

How ridiculous! How absurd! How ridiculous! How incomprehensible!

How could she possibly like a scheming, evil woman like Shang Que? And she even said she accidentally liked Lu Zhixu and Ning Sheng's fanfiction, saying she just liked it. How could she accidentally like it on such a big screen?

Lin Jinyi was thinking angrily, and was about to quit the topic out of mind, but when she looked at the screen, she saw that the fan fiction Weibo post about [Bright Actress x Tsundere Drama Queen] had been liked by her without her knowing when.

Lin Jinyi:!!!

She really slipped!