Chapter 23



Whenever Jing Ye gets the chance to show off, he will go all out and show off with all his might, especially when showing off his sister.

Once he started talking, he couldn't stop.

"Brother Haotian, you don't know how amazing my Ah Fu is. Catching seafood from the seabed is as easy as picking up rocks. In no time, she'll have a whole basket. Look how much we have piled up here. I said we couldn't eat it all and asked her not to catch so much. Ah Fu said there were so many things on the seabed that a simple pick up would weigh dozens of kilograms. She also told us to eat what we can eat and throw away what we can't."

"But Brother Haotian, you know me well. Am I the kind of person who would waste food so carelessly? In order not to let my sister's hard work go to waste, I have to suffer a little in my stomach and eat more of the ventilation set meal."

No one spoke to Jing Ye, but he became more and more excited as he talked alone.

Ming Fu was overwhelmed after hearing this, so he quickly pulled him and told him to stop talking. If he continued to provoke Pei Haotian and pushed him into the sea and something went wrong, he would definitely not be able to shirk responsibility.

"That's enough, brother. Shut up!"

Jing Ye was in the middle of a passionate outburst when his mood was interrupted. He tutted his lips unhappily, "What's wrong? What did I say wrong? Did you work so hard to catch this seafood? Isn't it too much for all of us to eat?"

Ming Fu couldn't explain it to him clearly, so he just glared at him and said, "Just shut up."

Jing Ye was not frightened. Instead, he found her ferocious and aggressive look amusing and amused him.

"The little girl may not be very old, but she has a certain dignity."

But he still didn't contradict his sister. Mingfu asked him to shut up and he really did shut his annoying mouth obediently.

Pei Haotian didn't say anything, but he was actually thinking silently in his mind.

He never imagined that Jing Ye and his team's seafood were salvaged from more than ten or twenty meters underwater.

Jing Ye's words were harsh, but they did make some sense. He couldn't dive and his swimming was only at the amateur level. He could only stay underwater for one or two minutes at most. With his ability, it would be extremely difficult for him to dive to a depth of more than ten or twenty meters and successfully salvage seafood.

Pei Haotian does like to compete with Jing Ye in all aspects and is determined to see who is better than Jing Ye, but he is not reckless.

What's more, it seems that the one who is working hard right now is not Jing Ye, but Jing Ye's sister.

Pei Haotian didn't even know that Jing Ye, an adult man, had the nerve to live off his sister and even brag about it.

Jing Ye's showing off not only failed to irritate Pei Haotian, but instead allowed Pei Haotian to find a way to fight back against him.

"You've been talking so much about your sister. Did your sister catch all those dozens of kilograms of seafood? You didn't catch any?"

Jing Ye had no psychological burden and accepted it as a matter of course, feeling very proud.

"Yeah, you don't have such a capable sister, do you?"

Hearing the answer, Pei Haotian looked as if he had expected it, and sneered, "No way, Jing Ye, you're already twenty-four or twenty-five, and you still want to eat your sister's soft rice. Can you handle it?"

Jing Ye said, "It smells so good, you might want to eat it too, but it's a pity you can't."

At this time, Bai Yinyin happened to come back. When she saw Pei Haotian, she paused, then lowered her head and walked past Pei Haotian without saying a word.

Pei Haotian thought about the food he had just rejected, and he retorted with great confidence: "Do you think everyone is like you, proud of being a gigolo? Do you still have any shame? Are you ashamed of eating a woman's food?"

"Aren't you ashamed of this?" Jing Ye stuck the fish he was grilling into the ground, clapped his hands and stood up.

He waved to Pei Haotian with great joy.

"Come on, don't just look at the seafood, take a look at our house. This house was also built by our Ah Fu. Isn't it beautiful? Luxurious, comfortable and ventilated, and soft inside. It's different from the beggar's nest you built last night."

Beggar's den?

Pei Haotian's mouth twitched.

Jing Ye pointed to the tree next to him, under which was a pile of clay bowls and pots neatly lined up waiting to be dried.

"Come and look at our pots and bowls. They're made by my Ah Fu. They look better than the ones sold outside, right? Let them dry and then burn overnight. The next day, they'll be clay pots and bowls. Speaking of fire, can you start a fire by drilling wood? My sister can do it. She's very skilled and can light a fire in less than three minutes. And do you see that thing drying on the banana leaves over there? That's the salt my sister helped us dry. It's not bitter at all."

Pei Haotian was speechless for a moment. It seemed that this was no longer a question of living off her. Jing Ye's sister could be considered the pillar of their family.

Just as Jing Ye finished speaking, there was a sudden movement in the woods behind him.

He looked back and saw that their trap had caught a raccoon dog.

Jing Ye shouted excitedly: "Sister, A Fu! The trap you set caught a crispy noodle!"

Ming Fu also heard the sound. She stood up and took a look. The little thing she caught was a mixture of light brown, gray and white. Its forehead and snout were white, and it had a pair of dark circles under its eyes. It was furry and looked like a fox.

They must have been attracted by their food.

Ming Fu: "That's not instant noodles, it's raccoon dogs."

"They all look pretty much the same." Jing Ye chuckled. He was in an excited state now. It didn't matter whether it was instant noodles or raccoon dogs, as long as they were open.

Mingfu took the little thing down. It was a fat raccoon dog, weighing more than ten pounds, a rare large individual among raccoon dogs.

Jing Ye picked it up and weighed it; it was very heavy.

"This little beast has a good meal. Look at all the fat and meat. It can produce at least two kilograms of oil when it's put into the pot."

"Brother, wild animals cannot be eaten. We are going to exchange it for food with the production team."

"Of course I know that." Jing Ye lowered his head to tease the little raccoon dog, found a stick to poke its soft belly, and responded casually.

The little raccoon dog didn't know whether it was uncomfortable being hung upside down, or because it heard Jing Ye was going to use it to make oil, but it kept struggling in Jing Ye's hands, and even arched its back to bite his hands.

Jing Ye patted the little raccoon's head and bared his teeth at it fiercely: "How dare you bark at me? You're just a little kitten imitating a tiger's roar, trying to scare your tiger grandfather. If you bark any more, I'll boil you into oil!"

The little raccoon bared its teeth even more fiercely.

Ming Fu felt helpless towards her brother, who was so childish that she couldn't bear to look at him.

"Don't tease it, or it might bite you."

Shao Yi also said worriedly: "It has a lot of viruses. If you get bitten, you still need to get a rabies vaccine."

"Don't worry, my reaction speed is seven times faster than that."

Although he said this, Jing Ye still knew his limits in his heart. He tied up the little raccoon dog and stopped teasing it.

But the little raccoon is no longer there to tease, he still has Pei Haotian to tease.

He put his hands on his hips and said with a playful smile: "Brother Haotian, it must be this beast that ruined your food last night. Now that it has fallen into our hands, it can be regarded as revenge for you. We are friends, so there is no need to say thank you, don't be polite with us."

"Oh, are we lucky with good food today? We had dozens of kilograms of seafood we couldn't finish, and now here's a big, fat raccoon dog. Look at you, why were you so reserved with us this morning? You didn't let my sister and I join your big family. Now I feel embarrassed to share my food with you, or I'll look like a person without principles."

Pei Haotian's scalp was throbbing: "..."

Jing Ye showed vividly what it means to kill someone and destroy their heart, what it means to rub salt into the wound, and what it means to bring up things that are not related to the topic.

Is there anyone who can silence his mouth and stop him from speaking again?

Pei Haotian felt a tightness in his chest and couldn't breathe. He firmly believed that if he stayed with Jing Ye for a while longer, he would vomit blood on the spot.

In Jing Ye's eyes, Pei Haotian was fleeing in panic.

Jing Ye won a great victory and hummed contentedly at the sound of Pei Haotian leaving.

And you still say he's a gigolo? How can you call him a gigolo when he's eating his own sister's money?

When Pei Haotian's figure disappeared, he put his hands on his hips, looked like a big boss, and called the drone over.

He pointed at the little raccoon dog on the ground and said, "Director, do you see that? Thirty pounds of meat! Hurry up and deliver it! I'll kill you if you don't deliver it by nightfall. Not a pound less than the thirty pounds of meat is enough. If you're even a pound short, I'll kill you."

The little raccoon dog had calmed down now. He was chewing the potato that Mingfu gave him, not noticing that anyone was paying attention to him.

Jing Ye's shamelessness shocked the audience.

[Thirty kilograms, why didn't he say three hundred kilograms? Since he's already blackmailed, he should open up.]

Director: I planned everything, but I never expected to hire a bandit.

[Hahaha, you still don't understand our linkwe's team boss. He's a scavenger hunt. Thirty kilograms is a conservative estimate. The production team better agree to his request quickly, otherwise he might raise the price later.]

[I am a raccoon dog, I am trembling now, the production team please come and save me quickly]

Assistant Director Xiao Zhao looked at the lively online discussion and asked uncertainly, "What should Director Guo do?"

Director Guo looked at Jing Ye, feeling both angry and amused. He compromised and said, "Give it to him, bandit leader! How dare you cheat him out of weight?"

He can make a big fuss for you.

In order to be able to work steadily tonight, I can only buy some peace and quiet with thirty kilograms of meat.

"Director Guo, aren't you afraid that he will get too aggressive?" asked assistant director Xiao Zhao.

"Of course." Director Guo said.

Jing Ye is a person who always takes advantage of others.

Assistant Director Xiao Zhao was confused: "Then why do you indulge him?"

Today Jing Ye can ask for thirty kilograms of meat, and someday he may really ask for three hundred kilograms.

Director Guo: "He doesn't have the opportunity to push his luck any further. He should be more restrained when Xu Weixing comes."

"Ah? Is that so?"

"You think Jing Ye only dislikes Pei Haotian? You're wrong. He's most dissatisfied with his teammate. His professional ability is no worse than his, and his interpersonal skills are more mature than his. He cares about face. As a captain, he has the pride of a captain. If he spends his whole life thinking about how to cheat and deceive, won't Xu Weixing outshine him?"

Assistant Director Xiao Zhao nodded as he listened, full of admiration for Director Guo.

He has great insight and completely grasps the guests' psychology.

Ming Fu heard Jing Ye threatening the program team. To be honest, she didn't quite believe that the program team would be threatened by him.

She knew from the beginning that the director of the program was not an easy person to deal with.

An hour later, the drone arrived with 30 kilograms of meat.

It contains three common types of meat: beef, pork and chicken, both fresh meat and cooked meat, and is vacuum packed.

After Jing Ye counted the "ransom", as a kidnapper with professional ethics, he went to release the hostages without saying a word, and also brought a pound of raw chicken for Xiao Raccoon.

The little raccoon dog looked at him and made attacking movements cautiously.

In Jing Ye's eyes, its ferocious appearance was not scary at all, and was even a little cute.

He threw the raw chicken in front of the little raccoon dog. When the little raccoon dog saw the food, it ignored the vicious person and immediately grabbed the food with its two little paws to protect it.

Its actions successfully amused Jing Ye.

While untying the little raccoon, he muttered, "Okay, this is for you. No one will take it away from you. I caught you for an hour, and now I'll give you a pound of meat. From now on, we're even. Be smart next time and don't get caught again."

As soon as the little raccoon dog was free, it ran into the forest with the chicken in its mouth.

"This little beast has short legs, but it runs pretty fast."

Jing Ye collected the rope that tied the little raccoon dog and turned to call Ming Fu: "Sister, Ah Fu, come quickly, we can set a new trap."

Pei Haotian suffered a verbal loss from Jing Ye, but he also gained something from it.

At least he gained some knowledge from Jing Ye. After seeing the life there, he realized that one can really make fire by drilling wood together, that one can make bowls and pots with mud, that one can dry salt by oneself, and that the knots he learned before can really be used to set traps and successfully catch prey.

There are so many things like that, he learned so much.

He couldn't wait to return to his residence and saw Shan Yanli cuddling.

Shan Yanli did nothing all day. She just sat on the beach for most of the day. She even made a hole in the sand. I thought she was going to incubate eggs.

She was so lazy that she didn't even bother to pick up the fallen palm leaves from the shelter's roof.

Seeing this scene, Pei Haotian inexplicably remembered Jing Ye’s words again.

Beggar's den.

Compared with Jing Ye and his friends’ quaint little house, his is just a beggar’s den. Even beggars might not want to live there.

Pei Haotian's face lengthened, and he called Shan Yanli up in a stern tone.

Shan Yanli still didn't move: "I haven't eaten yet, how can I have the energy to get up."

As she spoke, she glanced at Pei Haotian cautiously and muttered softly, "I had food, but you took it all away."

After spending two days together, Pei Haotian's patience with her had run out, and he didn't want to care about gentlemanly manners anymore.

"It's up to you whether you get up or not. I won't care about you anyway. If you don't get up and find food yourself, you'll be hungry forever."

As he spoke, Pei Haotian began to pack up his few belongings and rolled up the straw mat.

"If you want to sit here, you can sit here forever. I won't accompany you anymore. I'm going to find another place to build a new house."

Shan Yanli started to panic now and quickly stood up to grab Pei Haotian's straw mat.

Her only reliance on the island is Pei Haotian, and she is counting on Pei Haotian to bring her food. If Pei Haotian doesn't care about her, what will she do alone? She will definitely not be able to survive.

"We are in the same group, how can you abandon me? No, you can't leave, you can't just leave me!"

Shan Yanli, who was forced into a corner, was not as weak as she said and could not get up. She suddenly burst out with strength and almost pushed Pei Haotian to the ground, and snatched away his straw mat.

"Let me take care of you?" Pei Haotian sneered and questioned her, "Doing care of you means I have to do everything. I have to build the house, find the food, and solve the conflicts. You sit at home like a little lady, not doing the small things, not taking care of the big things, and waiting for me to serve you?"

Shan Yanli retorted in a low voice, feeling guilty: "I didn't do anything."

"So tell me what you did today?"

Dan Yanli was speechless now, but Pei Haotian had no intention of letting the matter go. He continued to look at her coldly, insisting that she tell him everything.

After a moment of silence, Shan Yanli muttered, "But I don't know how to do it either."

"No? Even if you don't know, you have to teach me! There are wild fruits and vegetables on the island, fresh seafood on the beach, and food is everywhere. If you can't find anything, then don't come back. I won't care about you even if you come back."

Shan Yanli saw that it was no use trying to please Pei Haotian, as he was determined not to care about her and didn't even have the basic manners to do anything. She knew the situation and stood up slowly.

After driving Shan Yanli away, Pei Haotian sat cross-legged on the beach and began to learn how to make fire by rubbing two sticks together using the method Jing Ye told him.

However, he did not think of using wood wool at first. He rubbed the wooden stick for more than half an hour, and his palms were rubbed red. He only smelled the burnt smell of the stick and saw the blackened head of the stick, but there was no sign of flames.

When he first smelled the burning smell, Pei Haotian thought he had succeeded.

Repeated failures made him increasingly upset and frustrated.

He knew that there must be something wrong with his process, which led to his failure every time, but he was too embarrassed to ask Jing Ye. Of course, Jing Ye was likely not to tell him.

Pei Haotian threw the stick away in anger and didn't want to do anything else.

His fans were speechless watching behind the camera.

[Emm, what can I say? I used to be a fan of Tian Ge, but Tian Ge’s performance these past two days has shattered my filter.]

I'm a fan of Brother Tongtian, and I'm feeling the same way. What has he been up to since last night? He wanted to have a snack after dinner, which ended up attracting little animals. He formed some crappy alliance this morning, but ended up accomplishing nothing. Day after day, it feels like he has no plan or goals.

[I didn’t feel anything when I saw their shed before, but after Jing Ye said that, the shed he built really looked like a beggar’s den.]

[Hahahaha, I laughed when Jing Ye mentioned the beggars' den. It was really vivid.]

[I also feel like he's useless. It's like he hasn't accomplished anything, which has destroyed his image as a male god in my heart...]

[The ones in the front, please stop pretending to be fans, acting like your Jing Ye is so useful, but he still relies on his sister, and he is the one who should break the filter]

[Really, it's not shameful to rely on your sister. What's shameful is that you have no ability but are still self-righteous. You don't appreciate the food that others kindly send you, and only know how to bully others back home.]

[Who are you bullying? You're bullying Sister Shan, right? I think you should have bullied her a long time ago. You're right. I've disliked Sister Shan for a long time. She's more of a hindrance than a help.]

[Oh yeah, what's up with that girl called Bai Yinyin? Why did she suddenly send food to our Brother Tian? I think she's a scheming green tea girl, trying to take advantage of our Brother Tian's traffic.]

[This is hilarious. What traffic can your Tian Ge use? Isn't Jing Ye and his sister's traffic higher than his? They're getting along just fine, so why would you have to go to such lengths to try to take advantage of your useless Tian Ge's traffic?]

[Who knows what she's thinking? Maybe this is where her scheming lies. She won't let go of anyone's traffic, whether it's Jingye siblings or Brother Tian.]

Pei Haotian's fans argued fiercely and were good at diverting topics. From Shan Yanli to Bai Yinyin, they basically dug up everyone. It was generally recognized that Shan Yanli was greedy and lazy.

But they never discussed Bai Yinyin's behavior from beginning to end. Some people said she was kind, while others said she was scheming.

Finally, after Pei Haotian tried to make fire by rubbing two sticks together for more than two hours, he finally discovered that he needed to add wood wool and successfully ignited the fire.

He felt relieved and heaved a sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his head and buried the four bird eggs he had found today in the sand next to the fire.

Pei Haotian was guarding his four bird eggs pitifully, waiting for them to be roasted.

The brother and sister have prepared their seafood dinner for tonight.

Jiang Meng arrived on time, but she was the only one there.

Ming Fu was a little surprised: "Sister Jiang Meng, are you alone?"

She looked back and saw that Jiang Meng was the only one there.

"Isn't it just right to be alone?" Jing Ye raised his eyebrows happily. He didn't bother to care whether Tong Wenping came or not. He was too lazy to even ask. It would be better if he didn't come.

Jiang Meng gave a bitter smile: "He said he had a bit of heatstroke and was not feeling well, so he didn't come. He asked me to bring him some food first."

Now the brother and sister understood that he was just greedy and caring about his reputation.

Jing Ye had insulted him in the morning, and he was somewhat angry with Jing Ye.

Now the brother and sister have delicious food and have invited the couple. As long as he is not stupid, he will not refuse.

But he couldn't come directly, because if he came, he would definitely have to listen to Jing Ye's nonsense.

So he pushed Jiang Meng, who was taking the blame, out and asked Jiang Meng to help him take the food back. Jing Ye could scold her if he wanted, but he didn't hear it anyway, so it was as if he had never scolded her.

As soon as Jing Ye heard this, he started talking again.

"Oh, and you let him take it back first? He's putting on airs with sunglasses, like a chicken shit mosquito."

Jiang Meng smiled palely: "There's nothing I can do, he's just that kind of person."

Jing Ye wanted to open his mouth to say something, but Ming Fu pushed him and he immediately shut his mouth.

Saying these things in front of Jiang Meng would only embarrass her, and that bastard couldn't hear it.

"Since he's so arrogant and wants to send it to him, let's just pack it up and send it to him."

Jing Ye personally selected the food for Tong Wenping, including the burnt shrimps he had roasted, the abalone he had forgotten to remove the internal organs from, and the fish bones he had removed the meat from.

He was reluctant to give the chicken bones to Tong Wenping because his sister said that chicken bones could be used to make soup and were good things.

He carefully selected a large pile of scraps, which were all kitchen waste that Mingfu was originally going to throw away, and planned to deliver them to Tong Wenping personally.

"Sister Jiang Meng, please sit down and eat first. I have long legs and can run fast. I can take it to him in two or three steps."

"This isn't good..." Jiang Meng wanted to stop Jing Ye. She didn't want to cause trouble for Jing Ye with her family affairs, and she felt bad for bothering him to make a special trip.

But Jing Ye's movements were too fast, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye, leaving Jiang Meng no chance to stop him.

Ming Fu knew her brother's character. He was just bored with his mouth and had to go to Tong Wenping's house to make things worse to make him feel better.

"Sister Jiang Meng, please sit down first. My brother just feels uncomfortable with his mouth. If he doesn't find a place to vent, he won't be able to sleep well at night."

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