You Have to Revive Me—I'm Your Real Little Brother

After the meeting, they ate a simple first lunch on the island and prepared to get some proper rest and conserve their energy.

"I'm definitely sharing a cabin with Sister Liu Yue." Xueli looped her arm through Liu Yue's, smiling brightly.

The production team had thoughtfully set up five small wooden cabins, with two people to a room.

But now that they had split into camps, there would definitely be one blue and one red player sharing each room.

Xia Yu noticed Xia Wanqing's gaze constantly flicking his way and curved his lips. "Brother, why don't you sleep with Qingqing?"

No one knew whether he had deliberately phrased it so ambiguously, but everyone's expressions turned subtle.

[Xia Yu is speaking for me! Listen to him! Let the Clear Couple sleep together!]

[Spread the word! Chu Lan and Qingqing slept together!]

[You really know how to clip audio! That's right, they slept together—and went at it hard! Brother Lan fucked Qingqing until he cried!]

[Can CP fans stop being so disgusting? Go get off in your garbage heap. Stop losing your minds in the comments!]

"I'll room with Brother Zhang." Without a second thought, Chu Lan pulled Zhang Wen along. "I still need to go over the next part of the plan with him."

Xia Wanqing lowered his head somewhat dejectedly. "Brother Zi Qi, I'll share a cabin with you."

"Sure."

Chen Hongyi and Yang Tian naturally teamed up, leaving cousins Qi Ning and Xia Yu to share a room.

Qi Ning was very satisfied with this arrangement. He would rather die of exhaustion or sleep deprivation than share a room with anyone from AC Boy Group.

He crawled into the wooden cabin and lay down on the fairly clean, comfortable little bed. Then he kicked the camera above his head down with one foot. "You even installed cameras in the room. Can't you respect people's privacy?"

"..." The production crew behind the scenes was utterly speechless. The tiny wooden cabin leaked wind from all sides—what privacy was there to speak of?

"Brother."

Xia Yu lay on the other narrow bed with his eyes closed, watching television with 001 in his consciousness. He gave a perfunctory response.

"You were doing just fine in the United States. Why did you come back?"

"To inherit the family fortune."

"You came to this godforsaken deserted island to inherit the family fortune?"

"It seemed pretty interesting, so I came to have some fun."

Qi Ning curled his lip and silently complained, Then don't drag me along.

Yesterday at noon, he had suddenly received a call from Old Master Qi, telling him to accompany his cousin and have some fun. Then he had been bundled straight from the film set to Sea City. Before he could even exchange more than a few words with his cousin, he was stuffed onto a helicopter. It was only when they were about to land on the deserted island that he received the contract for the variety show his manager had signed for him. He had boarded the island in a complete daze, and the only thing he knew for sure was that Old Master Qi had warned him to take good care of his cousin.

Who understood his misery? He had been sold off without even realizing it, and now he had to act as his cousin's bodyguard. To make things worse, the conditions on this variety show were awful, and there were those AC people too. Other than the game setting being somewhat interesting, there was nothing good about it!

Unable to suppress his curiosity any longer, he quietly asked, "Brother, why did you bring me with you? To help you deal with that whoever-it-is?"

"I didn't ask for you. Old Master Qi stuffed you in here."

After Xia Yu settled his two cats in Harbor City, Old Master Qi casually asked about it. When he learned that Xia Yu intended to have some fun on a variety show, he looked into it out of concern. He found out that their first stop would be filming on a deserted island, and fearing Xia Yu might run into danger, he shoved Qi Ning into the cast. He said the kid was tough-skinned and always causing trouble, with no one daring to provoke him, so it would be good for him to come along and look after Xia Yu. Xia Yu had felt it would not make much difference, so he agreed.

Qi Ning pouted. "Old Master Qi is just afraid you'll get so much as a scratch. I'm delicate and precious too. He might as well have sent a few bodyguards."

"He had that idea, but I didn't agree."

"Hmph. With how protective he is of you, believe it or not, there are hundreds of eyes watching you through the livestream cameras. If a tree branch so much as brushes you, a rescue team will descend from the sky."

Xia Yu opened his eyes and gave him a faint glance. "Have fun. Stop talking nonsense."

"I'll definitely have fun. But let's agree on this—if I accidentally kick the bucket and those clique-forming dogs refuse to revive me, you have to revive me. I'm your real little brother."

"We'll see."

"No 'we'll see'! Promise me first. I even told them not to attack you, and I let Xia Wanqing kill you three times. I care about you this much, yet you're unwilling to revive me? Am I even your little brother?"

"Got it."

Qi Ning rolled over and sat up, fuming. "Got what? You have to revive me!"

"My eyesight isn't good. I might not even find a Revival Card. Without one, how am I supposed to revive you?"

"That's true. We still need to find a Revival Card." He propped his chin on his hand, troubled. "Then if I find a Revival Card, I'll give it to you. If I die, you revive me."

"Fine."

That made him happy. He lay back down. "Brother, hurry up and rest. Get your energy back so we can have fun tomorrow."

After the guests separated, the stream split into several different livestream rooms, allowing viewers to choose the guests they wanted to watch. The cousins' livestream had unexpectedly climbed to second place in viewer count. First place belonged to Chu Lan and Zhang Wen's room, where everyone was eavesdropping on their strategy discussion. Even though Qi Ning had dismantled the camera and the screen was completely black, more than three million viewers were still listening to the audio.

[The cousins' conversation was pretty interesting. So Xia Yu was the one who wanted to join the show first, and someone from the Qi Household sent Qi Ning to look after him.]

[Wait, isn't Qi Ning the eldest grandson of the Qi Household? Yet the cousin is more spoiled than he is?]

[So Xia Yu is the real privileged nepo baby. Hehehe, I've gone from passerby to hater.]

[Why do I feel like Qi Ning is a dumb dog?]

[You look like a crazed, neutered, bloodline-ending dumb dog!]

[Sorry, Seven Fairies sisters! I'm sliding to my knees! What I meant was that Qi Ning is pretty cute around Xia Yu, like an adorably dumb little puppy. He wholeheartedly protects Xia Yu and won't let anyone kill him, yet without noticing, Xia Yu has already tricked the Revival Card away from him. And he's still happy about it.]

[Hahaha, don't use real names when you insult people. Be careful or the Seven Fairies will tear you apart.]

[Sorry, my keyboard slipped. Our Qi Ning is just a sweet, goofy little wolf pup who wholeheartedly protects his brother and has no guard up around him. I hope his brother won't break the puppy's heart—please make sure to revive him!!!]

Seven Fairies was Qi Ning's fandom name, and they had astonishing combat power. Because their idol constantly stirred up trouble in the industry and looked down on everyone, his fans dared to fight anyone. Back when Qi Ning left AC Boy Group, he cursed out every member of the group one by one, igniting the anger of several fandoms. The Seven Fairies fought five fandoms alone without falling behind, becoming famous in a single battle and turning into an existence everyone in the entertainment fandom despised yet no one dared to provoke.

Later, during the Clear and Bright Campaign, the Seven Fairies were specifically named and criticized, so they reined themselves in considerably. On top of that, their idol truly had a talent for attracting hate, and they acknowledged that he was indeed a privileged nepo baby. There was little point in endlessly fighting, so an unspoken rule emerged: do not insult or personally attack their idol using his real name. They treated minor mockery like a scratch.

Once someone directly cursed Qi Ning by name, though, they would tear that person to pieces on the spot. If the person doing the insulting belonged to a fandom, then that person's idol would suffer as well.

It was commonly acknowledged in entertainment fandom circles that Qi Ning's fans were both laid-back and insane. Qi Ning could be mocked, but no one could curse him by name. Even people who disliked Qi Ning did not dare use his name while cursing him, because if they were careless, Harbor City's Qi Household's elite legal team would send them a lawyer's letter, and every lawsuit was a sure win. Gradually, people could only post harmless, vague sarcastic comments.

That made fandom netizens hate Qi Ning's privileged status even more, but he did not care. The young master pursued his entertainment-industry dreams however he pleased. Besides, he only particularly targeted AC Boy Group, especially Xia Wanqing, whom he could not stand. Xia Wanqing had a huge fanbase and a good image, so by comparison, Qi Ning seemed even more like a villain and was blackened far more viciously.