I've Said Enough

Five minutes later.

Four of the six guests sat around the dining table and started eating hot pot.

As if nothing had happened, they ate with great gusto.

But no one invited Xie Li or Lu Xingchuan.

Lu Xingchuan sat on the sofa with a dark expression, hungry and furious.

That bastard Shen Yan had actually refused to invite him over for dinner.

Fine if Shen Yan did not invite him, but how could even Bai Jing and Song Qianshan be so thoughtless? They had not even asked him once.

He was an award-winning actor!

"Xingchuan, it's all my fault. I dragged you down. If I were as capable as Shen Yan and had found lots of ingredients, you wouldn't be going hungry now." Xie Li sat beside Lu Xingchuan, looking pitiful as he fussed over him. "Are you okay? Shen Yan really went too far. Couldn't he just talk things out? Why did he have to get physical? He really scared me just now."

Seeing Xie Li look so pitiful only made Lu Xingchuan angrier.

It was all Shen Yan's fault!

Look how badly he had frightened Xie Li.

"It's fine. I'm not hungry. Don't worry about me. Go eat something with them." Softening his voice, Lu Xingchuan spoke to Xie Li.

Xie Li shook his head. "I'll stay with you, Xingchuan. I'm not hungry either."

Lu Xingchuan frowned.

That would not do. Xie Li had a bad stomach; even being a little hungry would make him uncomfortable.

But the four people over there had not merely failed to invite them—they had not even glanced this way.

Who knew what they were talking about.

That bastard Shen Yan was laughing like a crowing rooster.

Lu Xingchuan was irritated beyond measure.

He abruptly rose to his feet.

"I'll ask the director. The production team can't seriously expect us to go without food."

Xie Li remained planted firmly on the sofa, only putting on a troubled expression. "Huh? Wouldn't that be inappropriate? Xingchuan, forget it."

The more he said that—

The more Lu Xingchuan felt Xie Li had been terribly wronged.

He strode off to find the director.

"What are Xie Li and I supposed to eat for lunch?" Lu Xingchuan had been in a foul mood all day. The moment he saw the director, he got straight to the point.

He was in a bad mood, but the director was in an even worse one.

He had made a perfectly good dating show.

Why were all the trending topics such toxic nonsense?

#LipReadingLevelTen#

#ShenYanSuffocatesLuXingchuanOnSet#

#ARealActionMovie#

This was supposed to be sweet romance!

Facing Lu Xingchuan, the director found it hard not to be sarcastic.

Why did you have to provoke Shen Yan when you were doing perfectly fine?!

"Didn't the game rules make it very clear? The guests' lunch is whatever ingredients they find. I saw that neither you nor Xie Li seemed particularly invested in looking for ingredients, so I assumed you two weren't hungry."

Lu Xingchuan nearly died of anger.

Was he made of iron? After being put through all that, how could he not be hungry?

"The game rules are just for the audience. Going through the motions is enough. Are Xie Li and I really supposed to starve?"

The director smiled innocently and nodded at him. "Yes. If you didn't find any ingredients and don't want to share a table with the other guests, then you really can only go hungry. After all, ours is a proper live show with no script. Authenticity is our whole thing."

Lu Xingchuan had never imagined it.

The production team was actually not going to give him any food!

Not only would they not give him food—

A minute later.

The director's reminder rang through the villa.

"Guests, while resting and eating, please don't forget that you still have hidden tasks to complete. Only guests who complete their hidden tasks may successfully enter the afternoon game session.

"Otherwise, you will have to accept the production team's punishment."

Thinking of his own hidden task, Lu Xingchuan only wanted to die on the spot.

His gloomy gaze turned toward Shen Yan.

Shen Yan finished the last slice of cooked fish, then let out a satisfied burp. "Hot pot is so delicious!"

Bai Jing smiled at Shen Yan. "What's your hidden task?"

Shen Yan bared his teeth at Bai Jing in a thoroughly idiotic grin, then said, "I'm not stupid. Why would I tell you?"

Bai Jing rolled her eyes. "Hmph. Tell me or don't."

Recalling the plot of the original novel, Shen Yan immediately let out a thoroughly wicked laugh. "Hehehehe. Could your task be to ask every guest about their hidden task?"

Bai Jing instantly jumped up in guilty indignation. "No! Stop talking nonsense."

Shen Yan grinned smugly. "If you say, 'Brother Shen Yan, you're the best,' I'll tell you what my hidden task is."

Bai Jing sprang to her feet, slapped the table, and declared triumphantly, "I already know! Your hidden task is to make everyone say: 'Brother Shen Yan, you're the best.'"

Shen Yan slyly said to Bai Jing, "See? You've already said it. My task is one-sixth complete. But unfortunately, that isn't my task, so your progress bar is still at zero."

Bai Jing angrily got up to hit Shen Yan.

Shen Yan smugly hopped out of the way.

Pei Heng cleared the table after lunch. "She chased, he fled."

Song Qianshan shot Pei Heng a glance and cleaned up with him. "He made trouble, and you smiled."

The staff nearby: ...

Enough!

I've said enough!

Stop making memes!

The villa was large enough, and the first floor was particularly spacious. Bai Jing and Shen Yan chased each other around for a while before sitting down by the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Just as they sat down, Xie Li came over with a bottle of water.

"Shen Yan, Sister Bai Jing." Xie Li still looked obedient and well-behaved. He walked over gently, greeted them politely, sat on a small stool beside them, and naturally joined the conversation. "I saw the weather forecast said there'll be a huge rainstorm tonight. The production team isn't going to make us do tasks in the rain, right?"

Bai Jing immediately wailed, "I think that's very possible. By normal logic, variety shows practically never treat people like human beings."

Xie Li smiled and twisted open the water bottle in his hand.

Hey!

It would not open.

He twisted again.

Hey!

Still would not open.

Looking a little embarrassed, he said to Shen Yan, "Shen Yan, could you help me open this water? I think my blood sugar is a little low, so I can't twist it open."

[My heart really aches for Li Bao. He hasn't eaten anything since this morning.]

[Shen Yan and the others are really awful. They have so many ingredients, yet they won't share even a little with Li Bao.]

[Lu Xingchuan was the one who provoked Shen Yan. Why is he taking it out on Li Bao?]

[Are you people sick? You didn't read the production team's rules at all, did you? The rules clearly say you eat whatever ingredients you find. If you don't find any, you don't get to eat.]

Faced with Xie Li's plea for help.

Shen Yan sprang up and refused three times in a row. "Nope, won't open it, won't help. I suspect your hidden task is to get someone else to open your water bottle."

Xie Li's expression stiffened slightly, and he gave a bitter smile. "No, I really can't open it."

Shen Yan stood there, looking down at him. "Still, it's not impossible for me to help you. You have to tell Bai Jing your hidden task, and then I'll help you."

Bai Jing froze.

There was such a good deal?

She immediately grinned like a fool and decisively leaned her ear toward Xie Li.

[Hahahaha!]

[Bai Jing is so adorable.]

Xie Li: ...

Of course Xie Li wanted to get on Bai Jing's good side.

Bai Jing's father was one of the biggest names in the real estate industry.

After a brief pause, he immediately whispered his task into Bai Jing's ear.

Bai Jing listened with complete satisfaction. Once he finished, she turned to Shen Yan and said, "Thank you! I've completed one-sixth too. I owe you one!"

Xie Li: ...

I told you my task, so why are you thanking him?!