Chapter 10: Chapter 010: His Trending Topic is Gone Chapter 10: Chapter 010: His Trending Topic is Gone Everyone had reached the finish line.
Liu Qiang saw Shen Yan and Wen Yan sitting leisurely under the shade of trees, and a nameless rage surged up.
It was evident that Shen Yan and Wen Yan had been behind everyone else, so how could they have possibly arrived at the finish line first.
There must be some inside story!
Definitely, there was something fishy.
Zhou Jingming shared the same thoughts as Liu Qiang.
However, he was better at concealing his dissatisfaction, not letting it show on his face, though his expression wasn’t much better, and he occasionally glanced in Shen Yan’s direction.
Qin Dingyue complained a few times about the program team not being fair and playing tricks.
Xu Zishen just frowned and remained silent, but his gaze drifted towards Shen Yan a few times, seemingly suspicious.
Mu Jincheng was utterly exhausted and disheveled, and all his efforts had earned him nothing but a plain vegetable dish.
Seeing Shen Yan sitting leisurely under the tree, still looking beautifully clean faced without a speck of dirt, even her hands exposed to the sunlight were glowing with a milky white sheen.
She seemed like she was on vacation, not participating in a survival show.
Seeing this scene only added to the frustration.
Mu Jincheng suspected that Shen Yan had some unmentionable secret with the financial backers after leaving the show, otherwise how could such a significant change have happened suddenly?
Even the production team seemed to favor her.
Mu Jincheng really despised such actresses who used their advantages to garner resources.
Disgusting!
Taking his eyes off with disgust, he looked over at Chu Jinghe, who was standing next to him laughing elegantly, and Mu Jincheng’s gaze couldn’t help but soften.
Jinghe was different from other actresses, he had watched her grow up.
Chu Jinghe saw Mu Jincheng’s attention being captured by Shen Yan earlier, her eyes dimmed, and she bit her lip repeatedly, suppressing the sourness rising in her heart.
Everyone was participating in the same program.
Chu Jinghe realized that Shen Yan’s no-makeup look was impeccable, untarnished by sweat, unlike her own waterproof makeup which seemed to melt away the moment she sweated, revealing her disheveled appearance as soon as she reached the finish line.
It wasn’t supposed to be like this.
Shen Yan should have been making a fool of herself like she did in the last episode.
Not overshadowing her with a fresh face.
Indeed, Chu Jinghe’s beauty was among the top three in the circle of female celebrities.
But compared to Shen Yan now, there was a noticeable gap.
This visible gap was particularly aggrieving for Chu Jinghe, causing her to breathe unevenly.
No matter what was in her heart, in front of the live cameras, Chu Jinghe still had to maintain her kind and gentle image, smiling until her face almost stiffened.
“You’ve worked hard, have some water,” Chu Jinghe seized the opportunity, grabbed a bottle of water handed by a staff member, twisted the cap, and passed it to Mu Jincheng.
This act excited the fans to burst forth in a barrage of comments.
Mu Jincheng, seeing Chu Jinghe’s smile, felt his heart throb a few times.
Qin Dingyue muttered, “We’ve reached the endpoint early, so are we just going to starve until tomorrow?”
That was rather inhumane.
A day without food wouldn’t kill anyone.
What about tomorrow’s task?
Could they manage to get up and continue participating after starving for a day?
The frustrating part was, they had labored in vain today.
Zhou Jingming and Liu Qiang’s faces looked very unpleasant.
Xu Zishen, from being composed at the beginning, to now realizing they might have to endure hunger for a day and night, couldn’t keep his composure anymore.
He had done his research before participating in this program, knowing that the production team wouldn’t give overly difficult survival tasks or mess with them, these popular celebrities, for no reason.
What was happening now?
Liu Qiang looked at Xu Zishen, hoping Xu Zishen would say something.
Among those present, Xu Zishen held the highest status. When he spoke, people from the director’s team definitely listened.
Due to Xu Zishen’s semi-public identity as a wealthy heir, Liu Qiang had tried to pair up with Xu Zishen intentionally or unintentionally in the first episode, even having her company create rumors about her and Xu Zishen.
Xu Zishen’s company quickly handled the public relations, and Liu Qiang failed to cling to success twice.
Starting from the last episode, Liu Qiang started to hate Qin Dingyue, who had taken her spot.
The atmosphere had now become eerily tense, and the nearby cameraman even felt like picking up his camera and running away.
The two groups who hadn’t received the dinner menu were now thinking about ditching the task.
For Shen Yan, this survival show wasn’t really about survival at all, but for these pampered celebrities, even walking on mountain trails was challenging.
Not to mention being hungry, carrying a bunch of stuff, and still having to find food was harder than simply slitting their throats.
The atmosphere here was oppressive, and Director Li was over there, head down, discussing how to get through the next while.
He also couldn’t really let the other two groups starve.
Perhaps because the resentment was quite heavy, everyone’s gazes subconsciously turned toward Shen Yan.
Shen Yan, feeling everyone’s unfriendly stares, didn’t even frown, just leaned against a tree trunk, leisurely waiting for the production team to announce the next steps.
Whether they would distribute dinner early or had other arrangements.
Just as Shen Yan was about to close his eyes to rest, a figure came and stood beside him.
“Shen Yan.”
Shen Yan looked up to see the female lead with a hypocritical smile on her face.
The female lead was certainly beautiful, but her heart wasn’t that great.
What kind of values and mood did the author have to come up with such a female lead?
She doubted the author must have had a brain thrombosis to depict such a female lead.
Minor flaws and shortcomings are normal for everyone.
Yet, the female lead’s issues went beyond minor flaws – hit-and-run accidents, keeping several sugar daddies while pretending to be pure in public, and playing the male lead for a fool.
And the male lead.
He was no good either.
Their ability to have a “happily ever after” was also inexplicable.
Similar moral standards, a perfect match!
Shen Yan didn’t get up, just looked up at her, waiting for what she would say next.
Chu Jinghe turned around with a worried look at the two groups who hadn’t gotten anything, then turned back to Shen Yan and said, “I know the prizes were rightfully won by you, and I shouldn’t really say anything, but Liu Qiang and her group haven’t eaten all day. I see that you and Wen Yan don’t have big appetites, so when you get the dinner, could you share some with them?”
As soon as Chu Jinghe’s words fell, Zhou Jingming and a few others looked her way.
That look had a bit of a coercive intention.
Like saying, you’d be unkind if you didn’t share.
While Director Li still didn’t know what to do, Chu Jinghe had already started speaking.
He then closely observed the expressions of the others.
His eyes lit up like lightbulbs!
Was this going to lead to some kind of confrontation?
After Chu Jinghe spoke, everyone quietly waited for Shen Yan’s response.
Based on their understanding of Shen Yan, he was expected to stand up and argue, which would then stir up a series of events.
They had already written the headlines for the “hot search” for Chu Jinghe.
Black hot searches were not an option anymore, so they seized the opportunity to send Chu Jinghe’s story up to the “hot search.”
While everyone was anticipating something to happen, Shen Yan simply nodded indifferently, “Sure.”
“If you… what?” Chu Jinghe was about to say something more when she realized what Shen Yan had said and suddenly felt foolish.
The others also showed surprised expressions.
The production team was also stunned.
This wasn’t what they had expected.
Director Li: His hot search just vanished!