It took about two hours to register and wait for boarding in the VIP lounge.
Everybody had not eaten since filming started this morning, and the first thing they did after boarding the flight was to order a decent meal and engage in idle chit-chat during the process of waiting.
Xu Tangzhou’s popularity was the lowest among them, and because of Ling Che’s attitude, the show did not treat him with any warmth aside from Mo-Mo, who would enthusiastically speak to him from time to time but he would often be left alone.
Right at this moment, a magical scene occurred.
Mi Fei hopped out with a “wah” after suddenly appearing next to Xu Tangzhou: “Zhouzhou!”
Xu Tangzhou: “!!!”
He genuinely received a shock: “Xiao Mi-ge?”
Their cameraman appeared at the same time as Mi Fei and it’s obvious that they’ve been waiting for the occurrence of such a scene.
“Haha, you didn’t expect it right.” Mi Fei said smugly, “I spotted you from afar in the lounge just now and Ge took me to hide along with him. Hmph, with those tight lips of his, God-Che refused to say anything, so we naturally have to wait for an opportunity to give you guys a fright as revenge.”
Lu Cheng’an grabbed Mi Fei’s waist from behind and said in a calm manner: “People tend to be more steadfast at an older age.”
The filming assistants were all traitors, and similar remarks were spread quickly among the guests for the sake of the show’s effectiveness.
With that, Lu Cheng’an gave way slightly and turned to look at Ling Che: “It’s such a pity that God-Che has forgotten that I have Mi Fei. To sum up, I can still be considered young at my age, bah.”
Xu Tangzhou and Ling Che’s seats were only located across the corridor from each other.
Ling Che’s expression was neutral: “That was a fault on my part, Senior Lu’s daring spirit to take risks is worth admirating.”
Lu Cheng’an laughed: “No, no, no. I am merely interested in checking out what exactly was that entertaining activity exclusive for two people.”
Xu Tangzhou: “…… It’s Rock Paper Scissors.”
This immoral conversation isn’t reaching a conclusion right, how about allowing him to chime in with a few more remarks!
It’s unknown whether Mi Fei got the point or not but he nevertheless provided a suggestion with earnestness: “That’s not exciting at all. There are eleven hours remaining, the four of us can play poker.”
With the addition of the LuMi CP, Xu Tangzhou’s situation had gotten much better. Mi Fei was a chatterbox and could chat with Xu Tangzhou all the time and they actually played poker through the transparent electronic screen located at the back of their seats after supper.
Ling Che didn’t have any intentions of playing to begin with, but Lu Cheng’an was his senior after all so it’s no good for him to overly disrespect the other party.
However, Ling Che didn’t want to play in vain and said, “Only
those youngsters gamble with paper slips.”
Lu Cheng’an: “Then do you want to gamble with money?”
Ling Che: “The youngest are the only ones who get to decide, I am up for anything. We have the same amount of funds at the moment, what’s the matter, Senior Lu? Are you willing to take a risk?”
As a result, even Xu Tangzhou became a little excited.
Paper slips amount to nothing, it’d be much more risky to gamble with their funds based on their current situation.
“Why wouldn’t I dare?” Lu Cheng’an played the role of a casino delinquent from a TV series that granted him the title of the film emperor and had undergone several days of serious training so this was simply a provocation in his opinion.
However, an hour later.
Lu Cheng’an walked over: “I quit.”
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Ling Che asked Xu Tangzhou in front of them: “Zai-zai, how much did we win?”
Xu Tangzhou did a bit of counting: “Three hundred and forty bucks.”
They were on the same boat but he appeared to be rather unsatisfied because the majority of the money was won over by Ling Che: “That’s not much. Let’s keep it as a tip for the locals.”
Lu Cheng’an was angered into suffocating: “Goodbye.”
As soon as he left, Mi Fei leaned towards Xu Tangzhou’s body laughing and heartlessly sided with his opponent: “Hey Zhou Zhou, have you often played with Ling Che in the past? You have so much experience! It’s such a pleasure seeing my Ge getting humiliated.”
Xu Tangzhou shrewdly responded: “A few times, I have a friend who is studying for their PhD and they are particularly good at this.”
As a creature with high IQ, Qin Yin can even distinctly count the number of cards in somebody else’s hands.
A friend who’s studying for their PhD.
Ling Che’s complexion changed slightly, but he did not attempt to ask further.
Mi Fei walked off before seizing the camera lens, and asked whether they recorded all of this just now and whether he could have a copy later.
The pair had a really good relationship.
Xu Tangzhou remembered seeing the antis hyped up under the official blog of the show, saying stuff such as real feeling does not exist in an AB relationship, but Xu Tangzhou felt that neither Mi Fei nor Lu Cheng’an were bothered by their genders at all.
Ling Che asked Xu Tangzhou to put away the money.
Just now, Xu Tangzhou attached paper slips onto his face as well so he went to the bathroom and washed himself up. By the time he returned, Ling Che was already leaning on a cozy couch while reading a book, and wearing a pair of headphones.
Everyone in the show could see that the relationship between the couple CheZhou…… didn’t seem to be as good as the official blog had stated.
As long as they were off-camera, Ling Che hardly spoke to Xu Tangzhou, and Xu Tangzhou appeared to be rather unapproachable once he regained his composure. There was an alienation between the two of them that can be detected by anyone.
It’s common for such a situation to occur in the entertainment industry. Fortunately, everyone is a discerning individual and nobody showed anything on the surface as they tacitly agreed to play their respective roles.
Without an assistant, the crew was responsible for the daily life of the two artists. Mo-mo worked part-time, and had to arrange their smooth comfortable arrival in Suriram in addition to cueing the process when necessary.
Mo-mo ordered several desserts from the menu, and sent one to Xu Tangzhou when she had time on her hands.
“He doesn’t eat this stuff.”
Xu Tangzhou glanced over and Ling Che was talking to the young airline attendant.
“This dessert had blueberry sauce in it. And this passenger happens to be allergic to berries.” Ling Che gestured to the airline attendant and looked in the direction of Xu Tangzhou.
Xu Tangzhou subconsciously nodded to the airline attendant and said that he indeed had such allergies.
Did Ling Che even have this memorized?
“My apologies.” The airline attendant politely suggested, “I’ll serve you another pudding. Would that be okay with you?”
“Sure.” Xu Tangzhou said, “Thanks for the trouble.”
Mo-mo noticed the commotion in this direction and came over to say, “I’m sorry about that… I didn’t realize there were blueberries in it.”
It’s true that Xu Tangzhou’s artist profile does specifically state that he doesn’t eat berries such as grapes and blueberries. She overlooked the jam after being engrossed by her work.
However, Ling Che did not intend to stop after giving a reminder, and directly told her, “There’s no need to be embarrassed. Don’t take the initiative to order something next time.”
Despite being a big-shot, Ling Che rarely reprimanded anyone in this manner.
That momentum had nothing to do with his S-level pheromones, but it was enough to make anyone’s legs go soft.
Mo-mo replied with a blush: “Noted, God-Che.”
Everybody had a question mark inside their hearts.
Who would believe that they don’t have a good relationship? Maybe this is possibly how they get along with each other?
Mo-mo apologized to Xu Tangzhou once more and Xu Tangzhou rushed to say, “It doesn’t matter. Worst case scenario, my face will be swollen if I were to eat it and heal the next day.”
Mo-mo was stuck between laughing and crying: “Why wouldn’t it matter? If your face is swollen, how are you going to face the cameras? Besides, this is highly risky. Zhou Zhou, don’t mention it, I’ll ask God-Che next time you eat.”
Xu Tangzhou: “???” Shouldn’t you be asking me?
Xu Tangzhou and Ling Che’s seats were in a corridor away from each other. Ling Che had long since resumed reading and seemed to give them the cold shoulder with the words “Don’t bother Laozi” written on his face.
If he were to leave all his trivialities for Ling Che to handle, it would nearly be equivalent to him not treasuring his own life.
The flight was long and boring, and since Xu Tangzhou did not bring a book with him, there was nowhere to idle away his time, so he took a nap for three or four hours.
By the time he woke up, in addition to the slight roar of the plane’s engine beside his ear, the cabin was very quiet and the sky outside the window had already turned dim.
The plane passed through a moonlit sea of gray clouds which were layered on top of each other with a few stars scattered across the night sky.
Ling Che was asleep.
Under the faint lighting of the cabin, he leaned against the tilted back of the seat with a slight frown. His nose bridge was tall, and his lips were slim and neutral.
Xu Tangzhou thought that Ling Che was a very picky eater because he lost appetite only after lazily poking around for a while and a lot of food was still left on the plate.
Therefore how exactly did such a picky eater become so tall?
As if sensing Xu Tangzhou’s gaze, Ling Che suddenly opened his eyelids.
“What are you staring at?” He said.
Xu Tangzhou was caught red handed for peeking: “……”
He knew that it was not a good sign whenever Ling Che asked him in such a manner. However, he still wanted to properly film the show with Ling Che so he took the initiative to speak because they should at least not act overly unfamiliar with each other: “Are you hungry or not?”
Ling Che’s eyebrows tightened even further: “Are you hungry again?”
He personally witnessed Xu Tangzhou eat a lot earlier.
Xu Tangzhou made a “shush” gesture and turned on the small light over his seat. Under the lighting, the paleness belonging to Xu Tangzhou was blinding to the eye and his lashes were like the wings of a raven when they were cast downwards.
He found the jacket that he had taken off earlier and handed over a few pieces of chocolate after rummaging around for a while before saying in a heavy tone: “I hid them inside the pocket of my clothes, this is my secret food deposit, I am giving you a small portion and you are allowed to store them away.”
Huang Qian said this was not considered cheating, because the program team will not search the body anyways.
Despite being fully aware, the program team merely decided to turn a blind eye to this because of the fact that the others on the show may possibly have a trick up their sleeves as well, and nobody would want the artists to starve.
Xu Tangzhou’s cheeks turned slightly crimson due to excitement.
He felt that this scenario was no different from when he tried to make friends with his deskmate during school days.
“You can eat it right now.” Meals were allowed to be ordered on the plane yet Xu Tangzhou’s hands were still dangling in mid-air: “I have other stuff, there’s no need to worry after you are done eating it.”
However, Ling Che did not receive it and merely asked: “Who taught you to do this?”
Who taught you how to lie, cheat, and play cards?
An especially well-behaved individual? He should have known that Xu Tangzhou had completely changed from the moment he said that he’d never been in a relationship before.
And was all of this taught to Xu Tangzhou by the person who left a temporary mark on him in the past? Or was it the one who taught Xu Tangzhou how to play cards?
He became more remorseful at the thought of it.
Ling Che did not accept these pieces of chocolate.
He turned his back to Xu Tangzhou, and no longer spoke or looked at Xu Tangzhou’s expression.
Xu Tangzhou softly said: “They were taught to me by Huang-ge ah.”
As soon as he finished speaking, he came face to face with Mi Fei who was sitting in the seat in front of him.
Mi Fei silently stared at his chocolate then pointed to his own mouth with slight resentment.
Xu Tangzhou: “……”
Mi Fei ought to be an accomplice in his evil endeavors if he were to split a small portion with him, therefore he should not be exposed for violating the rules right?
Without saying a word, the two split the chocolate and exchanged a gentle high-five as if they had agreed on some sort of secret pact just now.
“Gimme it.” Ling Che turned around at some unknown point in time.
Xu Tangzhou: “……”
Mi Fei: “……”
Ling Che’s expression was extremely unsightly: “Where’s my piece of chocolate?”
Xu Tangzhou stopped chewing and a single side of his cheek puffed out as he innocently spoke: “I still have compressed biscuits, you want some?”
*
Xu Tangzhou had a feeling that Ling Che was still holding a grudge against him up until he disembarked from the plane because of that chocolate incident.
He did not eat compressed biscuits due to the fact that he was a picky eater and his expression had been extremely unsightly all the way.
However, Xu Tangzhou thought that compressed biscuits were very delicious as well and there’s nothing wrong with them.
As he strode out of the airport, it was still evening here because of the time difference and the sky had been stained with the glow of the sunset.
The program team was so stingy that they did not arrange a car to pick them up and left them to solve the problem by themselves.
“Considering that both groups of guests arrived in Suriram at the same time, the program team has been generous enough to prepare quality lodging for both groups.” Mo-mo said to them with a smile, “However—— the privilege of being the first ones to select a room will be granted to whoever arrives at the recording area first instead! All of you can choose to either haul a cab or a bus and walking there on foot is fine as well. A friendly reminder that the recording area is thirty kilometers away from the airport.”
The four of them expressionlessly lifted their suitcases.
A surge of ocean breeze swept past.
Edited by: Amanagawa & Huixuan
thank you for the chapter! i wonder what ling ches reactio owuld be when he finally finds out…
I understand why this program is so popular
I watch a lot of shows about hitchhiking and competitions in them are one of the most interesting parts
Thank you very much for the translation 🤍🤍🤍
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Pfft! Thanks for the update 🤣❤️
Thanks for the chapter ❤️❤️