Chapter 48: Excluding Everyone Based on Prejudice
Looking at the pile of food in front of them, the guests were stunned and the director was angry.
"Jiang Ning, who told you to bring snacks? Put them all away!"
This episode of the variety show was originally designed to let the guests experience the hardships of camping. The guests' awkwardness in making fire and cooking was also one of the highlights that the program team had preset.
If all the guests go to eat instant food, what's the point of this segment that makes the guests look dirty?
Jiang Ning, who felt like she was being targeted by the director today, retorted with her hands on her hips.
"The production team didn't say we couldn't bring food, and they didn't search our suitcases when we got here. Why can't we eat these things?"
"Yes, director, you are deliberately increasing the difficulty of the variety show for us, or you want to eat these things, so please confiscate them?" Jiang Qing looked at the director with suspicion.
The director, who had just eaten a bucket of instant noodles, looked at the pile of food that was said to be full of variety and swallowed his saliva.
Okay, I'm a little greedy.
But after swallowing his saliva and meeting the contemptuous looks of several guests, the director coughed and said something against his will.
"Nonsense, we are not that kind of people. Besides, Qin Ying is already preparing to cook. You can go and help. We will have something to eat soon. Eating this food is so unhealthy."
"There's ready-made food but I don't eat it, and I'm busy for most of the day. Director, do you think I'm stupid? As for the health issue, if it's healthy, I wouldn't want to eat it." Jiang Ning's twisted logic seemed to make some sense.
In order to maintain his rough figure, Sun Yanfeng hasn't touched these things for a long time, and he was drooling at this moment.
"I think what Teacher Jiang said makes sense!"
The director wanted to struggle a little longer, at least to collect some food so that the guests wouldn’t have such a rich meal.
"No, there are too many to eat. If you want to keep some to try, that's fine, but you can only choose three. The rest will be confiscated."
Seeing that the director was still eyeing her food, Jiang Ning felt a little depressed.
[Is the director here for his uncle? Why are you so emotionally unstable today? Let me see.]
Oh, so Aiwen had been hoarding socks for ten days or half a month. He smelled them yesterday and forgot to put them away. His wife found out and was so disgusted that she threw him and his socks out of the room. The director huddled on the sofa all night and couldn't sleep well, so that's why he was so angry.
He loves to smell stinky socks and was kicked out of the bedroom by his wife.
The guests were like eating melons, speechless and looking at the director with disgust.
Jiang Qing: "Well, Director, eating snacks once won't have a big impact on your body, but if you smell those stinky socks that have been sitting there for a long time, you might get a fungal infection and end up in the hospital."
After his past was exposed, the director no longer had the excitement of following Jiang Ning in gossiping about other artists. His palms were sweating, and he pretended not to hear Jiang Ning's inner voice and acted as if nothing had happened.
"I don't have that hobby, so I won't get infected with any fungus."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt uncomfortable in his throat and couldn't help coughing a few times.
Following the cough, Jiang Ning looked over again.
[It's a tough talk, but the director has been keeping the hobby of smelling stinky socks for several years, and he does have a lung infection.]
"Director, don't be shy about seeking medical treatment. You should get treatment as soon as possible." Jiang Ning kindly reminded.
The director heard that he had a fungal infection in his lungs, and after thinking about it, he realized that he had been coughing a lot recently, so he was really a little scared.
Now the director couldn't collect the food any more, so he just said with an expression that said, "I'll spare you this time."
"I'll handle this myself. Since it's late and everyone is hungry, I won't confiscate the food this time. But you can't bring it next time."
After saying that, Jiang Ning and the others cheered and went to choose their favorite snacks. The director asked the assistant director to watch the monitor, and returned to the staff tent alone. He took out his cell phone and made an appointment with an expert.
On the other side, Qin Ying noticed the movements of Jiang Ning and the others. She looked at them sitting there, eating happily and chatting animatedly. Then she looked at the fire that she had tried to light several times but failed. She felt tired and wanted to throw away the dry branches in her hand.
"If we really can't start the fire, why don't we go and get some of their food?" Feeling the hunger coming from his stomach, Jin Zhe gradually became impatient as the cool breeze blew.
He was really deceived by Qin Ying's virtuous appearance, thinking that she was a woman who was very good at doing these things, and wanted to use Qin Ying to show his charm.
Unexpectedly, after a long time of struggling, Qin Ying only managed to cut some vegetables and couldn't even light a fire, leaving him starving here.
Qin Ying, who had wanted to give up, didn't want to go on like this after hearing what Jin Zhe said, lest she be laughed at by others. She said with a forced smile.
"I don't think they have much food, and Brother Sun has a big appetite. Maybe the food they have isn't enough for them. I'd better try again. Once the meal is ready, it will be enough for everyone to eat."
Jin Zhe's eyes flashed with impatience. They were basically doing activities together at this time in the afternoon. If he just left Qin Ying to go eat, he might be targeted by black fans.
After thinking about it, I could only suppress the irritation in my heart and continue to sit there, but it was impossible for me to help.
Didn’t Qin Ying say that men don’t do this kind of thing?
Maybe it was because she was holding her breath and was more serious, but it didn't take long for her to really get angry. This gave Qin Ying a huge boost of confidence, and she even rejected the snacks brought by Jiang Ning and Tang Li with a look of disgust.
When the two of them left, he pretended to be polite and spoke.
"We're all girls, so you should all be able to cook, right? Why don't you come and help me cook and have some healthy and nutritious meals?"
"Can I help?!" Jiang Ning, who had been kicked out of the kitchen by all the guests, lit up her eyes when she heard the invitation to cook.
The look in his eyes when he looked at Qin Ying was as eager as if he was looking at a Bole who had identified a good horse.
Tang Li thought of the strange-tasting soup Jiang Ning had made. Without waiting for Qin Ying to speak, she quickly grabbed Jiang Ning, who was about to make a move, and stretched out her hand to stop him.
"She can't cook, so we'd better not cause you any trouble."
Tang Li did have some cooking skills, but seeing Qin Ying's eyes that seemed to be a blessing for them to cook, she wanted to keep Jiang Ning to teach Qin Ying a lesson, so she would never stay to help.
Qin Ying didn't know what Tang Li was thinking. She thought that neither of them could cook. When she heard this, a look of disgust appeared on her face. She spoke in a tone that sounded like she was teaching them.
"I can't even cook. Which man would like me?"
"Jiang Ning, don't blame me for being nosy. You're still young, so you should take more cooking classes. It would be best if you could cook a few dishes from various cuisines so your future boyfriend has something to choose from and doesn't get bored."
"Don't be like Teacher Tang, who can't cook. I'm afraid she can't do other things a wife should do either. She was divorced by her husband and had to come back to work and work hard to make money."
Jiang Ning was silent for a second, tilted his head to look at Qin Ying, and asked seriously.
"Teacher Qin, you actually lied about your age. Are you from the Qing Dynasty?"
Qin Ying's face turned ugly when she was called a feudal old-fashioned.
Qin Ying was actually quite young, not even thirty, but her words of education had a feudal and decadent flavor that made people feel uncomfortable. Especially since she didn't know much about Tang Li and her ex-husband, she attributed their divorce to her inability to cook, which made the good-tempered Tang Li frown.
"According to what Teacher Qin said, since you're such a good cook, you should have seven or eight boyfriends, right?"
It is not something that a female celebrity can just say casually that she has a boyfriend. After being confronted twice in a row, Qin Ying's face was as dark as water.
Tang Li ignored her and took Jiang Ning away. Qin Ying was worried that if she caught up with them and said something too much, it would make netizens think too much, so she could only stand there and pretend to be sad because she was misunderstood.
"I was just worried that they wouldn't be liked by others. I didn't expect to be misunderstood. If I had so many boyfriends, they would have been exposed long ago. How come there is no gossip yet?"
After she finished talking to herself, she glanced in Jin Zhe's direction. Jin Zhe cooperated and said a few words that Qin Ying wanted to hear. Qin Ying then felt in a good mood and continued to cook with full confidence.
However, the scene of showing off her cooking skills that Qin Ying had imagined did not appear. She had never cooked over this kind of fire. Even though her cooking skills were pretty good, she was in a hurry and failed to control the heat well, resulting in the dish having a noticeable burnt smell and a bitter taste. For these artists who were used to eating good food, the taste was really hard to swallow.
Finally, Qin Ying and Jin Zhe ate a little with difficulty, then pretended to be full and stopped eating.
After dinner, everyone sat together, talking about some awkward topics and some interesting things that happened on the set. Then it was time for the live broadcast to end, and everyone yawned and prepared to rest.
Jiang Qing went to seek refuge with Jiang Ning and the others and slept in their tent.
Song Yao was about to return to the tent when Qin Ying called him.
"Song Yao, can I change tents with you? There's no bathroom in the single tent. I'm so tired from cooking today, I want to take a bath."
As she said this, her face was tired and she looked very exhausted. Song Yao touched his head, a little puzzled.
"Why did you switch with me? If you want to take a shower, it might be more convenient to go to Jiang Ning and the others' place."
Song Yao's suggestion was sincere. After all, the person living with him was Jin Zhe, also a male guest. If Qin Ying went in and was photographed, it would not be good for her. It would not be as convenient as going to the room with Jiang Ning and the other female guests to take a shower.
Qin Ying felt uncomfortable for a moment when she met Song Yao's eyes without any other meaning, but then she showed an embarrassment.
"Of course I know it's more convenient for the female guests, but they don't seem to like me, so I decided not to go over there and get in their way."
This dilemma was mixed with the grievance of being excluded by the group, which made Song Yao look even more confused.
What do you mean by disliking her? Wasn't it Qin Ying herself who excluded the other female guests based on her inherent prejudices against girls and boys, without even saying anything to them?
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