The rain near the seaside was unusually strange, it came to a stop in just twenty minutes, and the sky was cleared again not long after the fog dissipated.
“Congratulations to everyone who completed the attendance task for the third day of《Our Perfect Vacation》!”
The show’s photography has always been outstanding. Outside the courtyard of the cabin, cameras and staff stood in a row, and autopilot drones were flying in the air. This island had excellent scenery, the hot and humid air was not known to be too irritating for everyone, and such work intensity was tolerable for them.
The sun was searingly hot, and all the guests inside the courtyard had put on sun hats, sunglasses and other protective gear.
The Xia Sisters sprayed sunscreen every few minutes to prevent getting tan. They looked extremely similar, and having debuted as twin beta sisters at the age of 14 or 15, they were in fact only two years apart. Xia Yue was the type who’s mature in appearance, personality and temperament, while Xia Xing was the young and adorable type. They took the show which was largely occupied by males up a notch.
“There are still four days left!” Xiao-Bai said with a smile, “Take a guess at what everyone’s financial ranking is like?”
Bullshit.
There’s no need to guess in order to know that the first place belongs to Xia Sisters who had forcibly taken up residence in the wooden cabin.
The gap between second and third place ought not to be large. During the one-minute ingredient snatching game inside Bird’s Nest Restaurant at noon today, Lumi CP, who was formally ahead of Chezhou, did not take much advantage of it and spent a great deal of money.
Xiao-Bai said: “What I want to tell all of you is that this competition will be further expanded starting tonight! The side with an advantage will be more dominant, while the side with a disadvantage will get the chance to catch up. Because——”
He paused for a few seconds before announcing: “Everybody has become broke! Not only poor, but extremely poor! To alleviate this pressure, we are releasing the remaining 12 hotspots at once, and everyone can choose to complete them on their own. This indicates that there will be no group action for tonight only. Please note that the guest group that completes the most attendance tasks each day will receive an additional 500 limited-time shopping vouchers, thanks to our sugar daddy’s international luxury brand, Bethany, for their exclusive sponsorship of this project!”
Everyone cheered up a little and Mi Fei took the initiative to ask: “What is a limited-time shopping voucher?”
Xiao-Bai said: “Spend the entirety of 500 bucks at a designated convenience store within half an hour. Do be aware that you aren’t allowed to spend more nor less! Otherwise you will be disqualified, and the shopping voucher will be given to the next group to use!”
The prices in Sulilan are particularly high, starting with 25 RMB for a single bucket of instant noodles
But…… With 500 yuan, how many barrels of instant noodles could that cover?
The thought of it was enough to get anyone excited.
After the assembly was disbanded, the guests in each group got a list of locations for all the hotspots, and although they briefly showed courtesy, refused to tell each other their next action. To put it simply, whoever revealed their plan was an idiot, even Lu Cheng’an didn’t ask Ling Che about his plans this time around.
Xu Tangzhou and Ling Che entered the house. Their house would no longer be free after tonight. When choosing a cabin at that time, they had determined that the daily rent here was 800 yuan a day, which was the same as the large house with rent reduction and exemption for Lumi CP, and the cost of water and electricity was calculated separately.
When they went out this morning, they still had 2,860 yuan in cash, but after covering expenses for the zipline, and drinking water etc, they now only left with 2,700 yuan.
2,700 yuan—— This indicated that even if they can win 500 yuan shopping vouchers every day to ensure survival, they can only live here for three days without water and electricity, but would be homeless for the last day.
Not to mention, they are also obligated to take care of a doggy.
Xu Tangzhou was a bit anxious, sitting on the high stool with a pen, writing and scribbling away.
Ling Che came over and looked at his careful and diligent calculations. Even with the mentality that losing didn’t matter, he still couldn’t help but snatch the notebook away.
“This won’t do.” Ling Che said, “Have you ever thought that we can make money ourselves?”
Lu Cheng’an was the one who gave Ling Che inspiration in the end.
As early as when the program team searched the suitcases, Lu Cheng’an and Mi Fei had the idea of bringing several suitcases out to sell goods, but rules of the show categorized these items as prohibited and therefore the plan could not be implemented.
That feeling of being patiently instructed returned.
Xu Tangzhou asked for answers: “How?”
Ling Che swept a glance at his clueless and inquisitive eyes, and unconsciously curled his lower lip as a smile flashed across, before asking, “How much did the coconut that you bought me yesterday when you were scuba diving at the beach cost?”
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With that said, it’s no wonder they’re broke. Everyone brought a bottle of mineral water worth 10 yuan, while Ling Che drank 20 yuan worth of fresh coconut juice.
That wasn’t Ling Che’s main point: “What about the one you bought for me outside of the convenience store?”
There is a fruit shop outside the convenience store, serving tourists who are in the vicinity or passing by, and even though the coconuts are not as big and sweet as the ones by the beach, they cost 50 RMB.
It’s only a twenty minute walk from the dive beach to the convenience store, and you can earn such profits, what if you can get wholesale prices as well?
Xu Tangzhou came to a realization at once: “We can shorten the gap between our funds! Perhaps we can even earn a portion of the base funds by spending a single day’s time and completing attendance tasks for the next three days.”
The scuba diving beach was empty when they were filming. The location is typically very popular, and this plan was completely feasible.
But as tourists themselves, will such behavior be allowed by local regulations?
In regards to this, Ling Che lightly said: “In order to get the show views, a certain group of people will handle this without the need for us to worry no matter what.”
On the other end of the camera, the crowd who was sitting in front of the monitor: “……”
That’s right, they’ll get it done! They’ll do anything for the show!
They’ve been seen through, darn it.
Xu Tangzhou got a little hyped up: “Then, I’ll go to the convenience store right now and observe for an hour or two to see how the traffic is.”
“Wait a minute.”
Xu Tangzhou was just about to go out when he was called back: “What’s the matter?”
It was uncommon for Ling Che to be diligent and active in such matters, Si Tuya would definitely be in awe if she were to witness his current self. Not only did he make suggestions, but even planned to get involved in this kind of boring affair as well.
“Don’t tell anyone else. Let’s act separately. I’ll go and talk to the vendors by the beach.”
Xu Tangzhou: “I know! There’s no way that I am going to reveal this to them.”
“It’s hard to say, you can get deceived easily.” Ling Che instructed after he was done ridiculing, “Observing for one hour is enough. If I have yet to come back, you can go ahead and return first. I have something to tell you.”
“What is it?” Xu Tangzhou thought that it should be about his pheromone suppression spray. Ling Che said that the results will come in today.
He was quite curious as to what was going on.
“We will talk about it after we come back.” Ling Che said.
*
For the first time since the beginning of the show, the two of them acted separately.
Xu Tangzhou went to observe the flow of people near the convenience store and took the doggy out for a stroll while he was at it. Ling Che, on the other hand, wore sunglasses and walked all the way to the beach with his sandals on.
Mo-mo was following Ling Che.
Ling Che hasn’t had an exclusive Q&A segment on the show.
Mo-mo asks: “God Che, you’re going to hold a concert next month, will you invite friends to be VIP guests this time?”
Ling Che: “It’s not set in stone yet.”
“What about Mo Xiao?” Momo asked, “Will you invite him?”
Ling Che paused, and his amber-colored eyes swept over the camera faintly before landing on Momo.
The sunset shone down on the path with coconut trees, and light was projected through the bustling leaves along the trail. In the midst of the golden glow, Ling Che looked calm, and because he typically doesn’t talk much, he wasn’t the type that could be approached easily.
What was astonishing was that even though Xu Tangzhou obviously had a distant outward appearance, his presence would ease Ling Che’s aura every now and then.
But now that Mo-mo is alone with Ling Che, she suddenly felt that he had become a stranger and her heart pounded like a drum from being stared at by him, in fear that he would hold a grudge against her.
Fortunately, Si Tuya had given Ling Che a heads-up beforehand and Ling Che did not avoid this question.
“Nope.”
Ling Che said.
Mo Xiao was a singer whose girlfriend not only cheated on him but also got inadvertently marked by the opposite party. In the past, the entertainment industry called him the Rap Prince, but nowadays, the entire world labeled him as the Prince of the Glasslands who got “cheated on”, and he had been keeping a low-profile recently.
Ling Che and Mo Xiao once cooperated at a grand event in the mainland, so they can be considered acquaintances.
Ever since Mo Xiao got cheated on, and ever since Ling Che made a statement that was suspected to be a discrimination towards Omegas after being pursued with questions, he hasn’t responded to that incident.
“Why’s that?” Mo-mo asked, “When you were going to announce the concert last year, the official blog mentioned that he might have gotten invited.”
Ling Che: “He wasn’t available.”
“Then did you comfort him, or put yourself in his shoes……”
She didn’t know how to approach these questions. Si Tuya said that it was impossible for Ling Che to give a special explanation regarding his remarks to please his fans. He was exactly that sort of person.
Whether the fans liked him or not, it’s all up for them to decide.
Without waiting for her to think of a way to sneakily bring up the question, Ling Che took the initiative to answer: “I am deeply sorry, my previous statements have caused others’ to get the wrong idea, blame me for overestimating some people’s comprehension ability. Despite being fully aware of the physiological facts, yet still overstepping the moral bottom line proves that they are not worth it, Mo Xiao deserves better.”
This could almost be regarded as an explanation!
This segment is bound to be a hit, and Mo-mo’s hands were trembling a bit: “Then, what do you think an Alpha should do in a relationship?”
“Once permitted, I would choose to permanently mark my Omega.” Ling Che impassively said.
Mo-mo eagerly said: “So quick to decide on a permanent mark? Then what if you guys want to break up in the future? Or what if you meet someone that you fall even harder for?”
Ling Che brought this conversation to an end with a single remark.
“That won’t be possible.” He placed his hand into his trouser pockets and leisurely walked forward, “I’ve only been in a relationship once.”
It doesn’t matter how Mo-mo and the cameraman decide to handle this segment, nor was it any of his concern how they would edit it in the later stage, but Ling Che did not expect that this clip would cause a big stir.
Ling Che returned later than anticipated.
In the evening, the coconut vendors at the scuba diving beach had wrapped up their work, so he had no choice but to go find a coconut stall farther away.
Coconut merchants were extremely sharp, and they would not fail to think of the difference in price that Ling Che had in mind given that they also want to make money after all. Through bargaining, they set the price at 25 yuan for a coconut. In this way, they still gained double the profit, which was actually within Ling Che’s expectations.
They returned to the cabin, and as soon as they walked to the periphery of the Coconut Grove Trail, they saw that the surrounding was very noisy. Ambulances and police cars had arrived, and the scene was in chaos.
Mo-Mo grabbed a hold of a random colleague and asked: “What’s happening?”
The other party said: “Senior Lu conceived a rut inside the cabin……”
Amidst a crowd of people, Mi Fei stood alone in the courtyard with a blank expression.
He reached out to intercept Ling Che who had barged in.
“God-Che!” Mi Fei called him to stop, “It wasn’t Zhou Zhou!”
An Alpha would conceive a rut through meeting an fit-worthy Omega in heat, and Xu Tangzhou was the only omega in the entire filming crew.
When Ling Che entered the courtyard, he had completely chilled out, but then a surge of anger rushed to his head immediately afterwards.
The thing that he could not figure out at first all made sense now.
There was a strong scent of osmanthus in the courtyard, sweet and cloying, a symbol of Omega’s complete entry into heat. The concentration of pheromones was dense to the point that all unmarried Alpha could not resist, so the scene had been emptied. This occurrence was bad news for everyone in the program team—— If not handled properly, there’s a possibility that the recording of the show would go down the drain.
Ling Che’s footsteps came to a halt: “I am aware.”
Mi Fei was surprisingly still in the mood to chat: “Did you smell it? I heard them say that it’s the scent of sweet osmanthus. Once you smell it, you’d know it was not Zhou Zhou.”
Ling Che fell into a silence.
Lu Cheng’an was inside the cabin, and Mi Fei was a Beta who neither had glands nor could smell pheromones.
They ought to be an intimate pair.
Mi Fei did not appear to be upset and he even smiled.
That can’t be right, even if you cannot identify it by the smell, it was impossible for Xu Tangzhou to be in heat with Ling Che’s temporary mark. Ling Che was momentarily in a panic that’s all, didn’t he come to a realization?
Just as he was about to ask Ling Che what Xu Tangzhou’s pheromones scent was, he saw Ling Che striding towards the gate of the courtyard.
Xu Tangzhou came back with the doggy on the leash.
The ice sculptor was standing there with a bewildered look on his face.
Ling Che walked over and brazenly pulled him into an embrace.
He didn’t get the chance to say anything before the first responders picked up the stretcher and was about to come over.
The two of them quickly moved aside to make away.
The line of people took a while to pass by.
Amidst the awkwardness, Xu Tangzhou blushed: “What’s wrong? Did something happen?”
Ling Che: “……”
Ling Che: “Have you precisely added up the flow of people?”
Edited by: Amanagawa
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I somehow felt bad for Mi Fei… Him smiling instead of being upset makes me wonder how does it feels to have your boyfriend experience some feeling towards another person, knowing that you can’t do anything about it? It must’ve hurt him, deep inside. /sigh/
Thank you for the chapter, enjoying this so much I mtl’ed the rest So I could get A bit of the sweetness earlier
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