Although Cen Yu and Mu Fengyin's plan wasn't particularly clever, the show's previous style was that of a retirement variety show where everyone quietly enjoyed the beautiful scenery. So even though the competition to win the room to sleep in that night would be a bit intense, no one was really planning to play dirty tricks.

Especially the regular guests, they all saw that Mu Fengyin didn't intend to win first place during the paddleboarding segment.

Having filmed the variety show together for so long, everyone knows that Mu Fengyin has good stamina and can swim. He also used to enjoy outdoor sports, so there's no reason for him to be so slow during the paddleboarding segment.

The regular guests were all seasoned veterans in the entertainment industry and understood Mu Fengyin's thoughts, so they found it unbelievable that he and Cen Yu had suddenly started scheming to get to first place.

His close friend, Brother Li, jokingly scolded him, "You're playing us, aren't you?"

Mu Fengyin just smiled, looked at Cen Yu, and leaned a little closer to him, "What kind of room do you want to choose?"

Cen Yu mimicked his whispered manner, "Didn't you say it was a big villa?"

"The villa needs to accommodate four people," Mu Fengyin reminded him.

Cen Yu immediately understood Mu Fengyin's meaning.

According to the points ranking, below them is Zhuang Zemin... and Zhuang Zemin later teamed up with Ning Yiran. Judging from the principle of not abandoning teammates, Zhuang Zemin must have chosen Ning Yiran as his roommate.

In this situation, the best accommodation option for these two people is a villa.

The villa can accommodate four people, eliminating awkward situations. And the points will go to Sister Meiyun... With this arrangement, there will be at least two female guests in the villa, which is the best choice for Zhuang Zemin and Ning Yiran.

"So, where would you like to stay?" Cen Yu asked.

Aside from villas, their only options are converted houses by local residents, tents, and thatched huts.

Choosing a thatched hut would make their efforts to be number one seem unnecessary.

The choice between a house and a tent was irrelevant to Cen Yu... After all, he only found out after arriving at the filming location that the tents provided by the production team were large tents with canopies and could fit two single inflatable mattresses inside.

"Tents," Mu Fengyin said. "Shall we choose tents?"

Cen Yu shrugged, indicating that either way was fine.

So when it came time to ask them what to choose, both Mu Fengyin and Cen Yu opted for the tent.

This surprised the others. Sister Meiyun exclaimed in surprise, "You went through all this trouble just to sleep in a tent?"

"I've wanted to go camping for a while, but I haven't had the chance," Mu Fengyin said. "Besides, we can make a fire in front of the tent."

The room selections that followed were almost exactly as they had expected. Zhuang Zemin and Ning Yiran chose a four-person villa, while Meiyun chose Ruan Beiyun, a member of the girl group who was one of the guest stars. In the evening, the production team held an open-air dinner in front of Mu Fengyin and Cen Yu's tent, serving some local specialties.

This segment is basically just chatting with everyone, and then naturally leading to the promotion of the show.

After the dinner, it was time to rest in the evening. The next day's itinerary, according to the script, was to go to the mountains together to see the local plants and animals... In short, it returned to the route of a relaxing and slow-paced variety show.

...

Since there were no facilities for washing up in the tents, Cen Yu and Mu Fengyin used rooms in the resort villas to wash up.

When Cen Yu came out after taking a shower, she saw Mu Fengyin standing in the courtyard of the vacation villa, seemingly on the phone.

Cen Yu walked over and knocked on the glass a few times to indicate that he was finished washing and that Mu Fengyin could come in.

Mu Fengyin heard the noise, turned around, nodded to Cen Yu to indicate that he understood... and then hung up the phone.

There were no cameras in the yard. Cen Yu was wearing a towel over her head, slippers, a T-shirt, and trousers when she came into the yard... It was only when she got closer that Cen Yu noticed that Mu Fengyin was holding a lighter.

He held a cigarette between his fingers, but didn't light it. When he saw Cen Yu approach, he glanced at the cigarette between his fingers, then looked up at Cen Yu and asked, "Do you mind?"

Cen Yu shook his head, then reached out his hand.

Mu Fengyin was somewhat surprised, but he still handed the cigarette case from his pocket to the other person.

After lighting a cigarette, he seemed to be explaining to Cen Yu, or perhaps talking to himself, "I don't usually smoke."

“I understand, big stars need to take care of their voices.” Cen Yu stood under the tree, a breeze blowing through the courtyard.

Perhaps because it was evening and there were no cameras around, Mu Fengyin showed a rare hint of fatigue. He smiled slightly after hearing Cen Yu's reply, almost as a reflex. A moment later, the smile disappeared from his face. "I guess so."

Cen Yu was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, and the tattoos on his arms were clearly visible... He picked up Mu Fengyin's cigarette, put it in his mouth, and said, "Can I borrow a light?"

Mu Fengyin looked up at him.

At this moment, the villa behind Cen Yu was bathed in warm, bright light. The temperature in the courtyard was not low, but it was still a bit chilly, perhaps because of the wind.

Looking at the cigarette between his fingers, Mu Fengyin suddenly had a nonsensical thought: if this were a movie, he would be holding the cigarette in his mouth and leaning over to light it for Cen Yu.

They could smell each other's breath, a faint scent of tobacco, and a hint of the shampoo Cen Yu had brought with him after leaving the bathroom.

Of course, this is just a thought; reality isn't a movie.

Mu Fengyin held the lighter in his hand.

The patterns on the lighter were somewhat blurry, indicating that it had been used for a long time. He rubbed it in his palm for a moment, then instead of handing the lighter directly to Cen Yu, he held out the burning flame to Cen Yu.

Cen Yu originally only wanted to borrow a lighter from Mu Fengyin, but he didn't expect that the other party would light it for him directly.

He hesitated for only a second before removing the towel draped over his head and turning his head to approach Mu Fengyin's outstretched hand—

With a cigarette butt dangling from his lips, Cen Yu mumbled, "Thanks."

Mu Fengyin was just looking at Cen Yu's wet black hair when his gaze was suddenly drawn to a water droplet.

The water droplets flowed down Cen Yu's black hair, landing on his earlobe, then slowly sliding down to his earlobe, and finally dripping onto Cen Yu's white T-shirt. For a moment, he even wanted to wipe away the annoying water droplets for Cen Yu, but in the end, he just withdrew his outstretched hand, holding the lighter in his hand, "Your pajamas are quite unique."

"Right?" Cen Yu looked down at the T-shirt with a giant green frog printed on it. "I quite like it."

He held a cigarette in one hand, and Mu Fengyin's gaze fell on the angel tattoo on his arm.

“I haven’t seen you show it before,” Mu Fengyin said.

"It's inconvenient," Cen Yu said. "It needs to be censored."

As Cen Yu spoke, Mu Fengyin noticed the subtle presence of his tongue piercing between his lips and teeth. "Cen Yu, I've always felt that you don't seem like an artist."