"I really do have a big mouth. Not only did I come last in the first activity, but I also came last in the second one," Zhan Zheng grumbled after hearing the host’s remarks. He shrugged, entirely nonchalant about it all.
Yao Yingying, standing next to him, nodded along to the show’s arrangements. Then, with a shy smile on her face, she said, "I actually thought it was beef on the stick, but when I tasted it after it was grilled, it turned out to be lamb. Both my husband and I don’t eat lamb, which is why there were those three skewers left. Such a pity."
As she spoke, she looked coquettishly at Zhan Zheng. He was taken aback for a moment, laughed nervously, scratched his head and echoed Yao Yingying’s sentiment.
Yu Ting glanced at the two of them and said nothing, standing silently at her own spot. She couldn’t help but feel exhausted with the late hour.
After speaking for a while, the couple stood amongst the crowd and started their performance, singing a romantic duet under their loving gazes.
When their song came to an end, so did the day’s activities.
The host said a few words and the crowd dispersed, everyone going home.
Yao Yingying and Zhan Zheng, who had just finished singing, were no different. They held hands as they got in their car and drove back to the guesthouse.
By the time they arrived home, it was already late. Zhan Zheng quickly covered the camera with a black cloth. Then he flopped down in a chair next to it, discontentedly gazing at Yao Yingying. "Are you stupid? You mistook lamb for beef, and you even had the guts to say it out loud? How dense can you get?"
Even if she was foolish, he had to go along with it and play the fool too.
"What’s with your attitude? You think I wanted this? If we hadn’t provided an explanation, what if those gossipy media outlets dubbed us as wasteful?" Yao Yingying, who had lost her earlier delicate look, said angrily. "What did you take so much lamb for? It didn’t even taste good."
"You call that a lot? It’s because of your picky eating. You can’t stand it and don’t want to eat."
"You’re blaming me? You couldn’t finish it either."
Yao Yingying fought back vigorously. If not for the sake of popularity, she wouldn’t want to pair up with this self-centred man. They were biting off more than they could chew. It was only the first day and they were already last for both activities. Both were feeling down, and they lowered their voices lest they were overheard, their faces full of resentment.
The two of them had only married as part of an agreement to maintain their large fan base. The deal was to get married for two years then divorce.
They desperately wanted to hit it big.
Yet, they had come last two times in a row on the first episode of a reality show with such excellent resources and cast.
"I’m annoyed. Let’s have a bath and go to sleep, and see if there are any activities the next day."
"Mmm."
...
Meanwhile,
Yu Ting and Lu Nanchen also went straight to bed as soon as they returned to the guesthouse. Yu Ting had already started feeling sleepy on the car ride. It was 10 PM when they got to the guesthouse, and she fell asleep shortly after lying down on the bed.
Lu Nanchen cleaned up a bit before laying down beside her.
The next day, Yu Ting slept undisturbed until around nine in the morning. She stretched lazily, feeling utterly relaxed.
With a flick of her wrist, she reached for her phone on the bedside table.
Pressing the power button, she realised her phone had been on silent mode due to the filming. She now found more than a dozen missed calls from Song Zhan.
It seemed like something urgent had cropped up.
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