"Sharing a meal? No way." Yan Qiao refused outright.

Yan Yaoyao's face froze. "Please, if you don't agree, I'll have to eat instant noodles."

Yan Qiao looked at her strangely, her expression genuinely puzzled.

"Are we close? You didn't ask any of the other guests, but you asked me. Is it because we're close, or because you think I'm not as famous as you and that I'm easy to bully?"

She asked the question with utmost seriousness, genuinely trying to get an answer from Yan Yaoyao.

[hhh Yan Qiao: A serious expression.jpg.]

[Joke of the Year: Yan Qiao isn't as famous as Yan Yaoyao.]

Wake up, check your followers! You're almost at five million!

Yan Yaoyao bit her lip, unsure how to answer the question.

"Just based on how you've been making things difficult for me these past few days, I could never agree to team up with you. I'm not that magnanimous," Yan Qiao said bluntly.

Once all the ingredients were ready, Yan Qiao quickly began cooking.

Her cooking skills aren't exactly top-notch; they're just passable.

But on this deserted island, the lack of food and clothing made her cooking skills seem incredibly delicious.

"If only we had cooking oil," Xiluo said with a mournful expression.

He hadn't tasted cooking oil in a long time.

Even if you eat meat, the feeling is different from cooking vegetables with oil.

Yan Qiao chuckled, "What conditions? You still dare to covet this?"

Do they even realize they're here to survive in the wilderness?

The abalone and mushroom soup was ready quickly.

It's called soup, but the broth is quite thick. She puts in instant noodle cakes, cooks them until they're soft and have absorbed the broth, then it's ready to serve.

Lobster is simple; just steam it until cooked, scoop out the meat, and put it on top.

The tender, springy shrimp meat is satisfying with every bite.

Ruan Cha took a big gulp and exclaimed, "Wow, this instant noodles are so delicious!"

The viewers in the live stream went wild.

[Is instant noodles the most delicious thing? *sobs*]

These guys are utterly inhuman; they're all burying their heads in their food, not even lifting their heads once.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Zang Mingqi and Xi Luo conscientiously cleaned up the pots and pans.

Yan Qiao had worked so hard to catch lobsters and abalone, so of course she couldn't be asked to do it herself.

While they were washing the pots, Yan Qiao started picking and choosing again, taking out a bunch of medicinal herbs.

These are all things she dug up during this period, all sorts of things.

Ruan Cha couldn't understand what she was trying to do, so she asked, "Qiaoqiao, what are you going to do with these?"

Yan Qiao said, "Make shampoo."

"What are you doing?" Ruan Cha thought she had misheard.

"Shampoo? Didn't you say you didn't have any shampoo last time? I'd like to try some."

Ruan Cha was surprised: "You can even make shampoo?"

"I can only make a simplified version. I only have theory and no practical experience in many things, so I don't know if it will work. I just want to give it a try."

She would have bought things like soapberry and soapberry if she hadn't been on a deserted island, and it wouldn't have taken her so many days to collect them all.

"We just dug up two pieces of Polygonum multiflorum yesterday, let's try it today and see if we can succeed."

Ruan Cha pouted, "Even if we succeed, it's useless. Washing your hair with seawater is worse than not washing it at all."

It feels better to wash my hair with fresh water.

Yan Qiao said, "Who knows, we might actually be able to find fresh water."

Ruan Cha's eyes lit up. "What did you discover?"

"Not yet, it's just a guess."

She wanted to look for the wild boar that Jin Wenxian had found; perhaps she could actually find fresh water there.

The process is very simple; just put these medicinal herbs together and boil them until thick.

When it got dark and the liquid cooled down, it had a faint medicinal smell and felt just like shampoo.

Ruan poured out a little tea, rubbed it a few times, and white foam appeared. Her face was full of surprise.

"It really worked! This is amazing!"

Yan Qiao smiled and said, "Because of the soapberry tree."

This shampoo contains some Chinese medicinal herbs, so it can be considered a purely natural shampoo.

I'm numb now. Is there anything Yan Qiao can't do?

Ruan Cha laughed heartily, "Qiaoqiao, they're all asking if there's anything you can't do."

Yan Qiao thought about it seriously for a moment, "There really is."

What is it?

Yan Qiao looked at the camera and said seriously, "Acting."

She only acted in two web series, and she was heavily criticized.

Her ability to laugh at herself so readily shows that she has let go of the past.

Ruan Cha patted her hand, "It's okay, I'll recommend a teacher to you later so he can give you some intensive tutoring. You'll definitely improve."

Yan Qiao smiled and shook her head, not replying.

The first thing she'll do after the show ends is terminate her contract and retire from the entertainment industry.

Acting is really not her forte.

"We'll see, thank you Chacha."

...

The program was only suspended for one day and resumed the next day.

Jin Wenxian had a great influence, and every accusation his wife made was solid evidence. Upon returning to China, he was taken away by the police station without any delay.

Fortunately, the director acted decisively, terminating the contract and kicking Jin Wen out of the program, replacing him with another person.

The speed was fast enough to minimize the impact.

On the eighth day, Zhang Song announced that the show would continue and that new guests would be joining.

Yan Yaoyao asked, "Who is it?"

Zhang Song kept everyone in suspense: "Someone you'd never guess is coming soon, so stay tuned."

Yan Qiao didn't care much; instead, she ran into the woods to look for wild boars.

She moved very quietly, following the route Yan Yaoyao had indicated.

Luckily, I encountered several wild boar piglets on my first try.

But after observing them for a while, I didn't see them drink water.

She had no choice but to return to the camp, thinking that a wild boar of that size would be quite tender when roasted.

As soon as she came out, she saw a ship slowly docking.

Ruan Cha: "A new guest has arrived."

Yan Qiao raised an eyebrow, sat down, and watched with everyone, showing neither expectation nor excessive indifference.

Her eyebrows furrowed as she saw a figure appear in her line of sight.

The ship sank.

Xi Luo's first reaction was to look at her, but she didn't expect that the person who came over was Shen Zhou.

Given the relationship between Shen Zhou and Yan Qiao, it's impossible that he came for Yan Qiao's sake.

[A sunken ship! It's a sunken ship!]

[Ahhh, he must have come for Yao Yao!]

[So touching! Young Master Shen, we're entrusting Yao Yao to you!]

[Watching the Show (ipg.)] Isn't anyone curious about Yan Qiao's reaction?

This is such a melodramatic farce, especially the last time Yan Qiao publicly said that she knew Chen Zhou and was very familiar with him, but when she went up to chat him up, she was rejected. Just thinking about it makes me feel embarrassed.

Ruan Cha looked at Yan Qiao with a complicated expression.

Yan Qiao remained calm as she ate the grilled abalone slices.

She didn't like Chen Zhou, nor did she care who he came for.

"Why are you all looking at me?"

Xi Luo scoffed, "Let's see if you're unhappy."

He was the only one present who knew about Yan Qiao and Shen Zhou's engagement, and he wanted to see how his fiancée, Yan Qiao, would react.

Yan Qiao lifted her eyelids and looked over. "Why should I be unhappy? You're one of the Four Young Masters of Yancheng, aren't you? It's not like you're anything special."