His possessiveness

Jiang Yumiao woke to the cries of seabirds.

Looking at the unfamiliar, exquisite, expensive furniture around him, Jiang Yumiao took a few seconds to realize he was in his room on the yacht.

He had been exhausted in both body and mind last night and had gone to bed early.

Jiang Yumiao checked the time. It was just past seven, which counted as early compared with yesterday.

Amelia styled him again today, and this time he specifically asked her to teach him how to wear his hair half-up.

As she demonstrated, Amelia used a hairpin to put his hair into a half-up bun. It was somewhat similar to yesterday's hairstyle, but she also gave it a slight curl with a curling iron. The gentle waves softened Jiang Yumiao's cool, aloof looks considerably.

This time, however, Amelia didn't put Jiang Yumiao in a light-colored top. Instead, she had him change into a long black jacket with butterfly-shaped frog closures, paired with silky white trousers that draped beautifully.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Jiang Yumiao suddenly had a lovestruck thought. Ning Chunchi liked wearing black too, so did wearing black bring him a little closer to Ning Chunchi?

The moment the thought surfaced, Jiang Yumiao made himself laugh. He silently chided himself for being utterly hopeless.

The ocean-view restaurant on the second floor had prepared a breakfast buffet for everyone. Jiang Yumiao's styling had taken a little time, so many of the others were already there when he arrived.

As its name suggested, the ocean-view restaurant offered a magnificent view of the sea. After breakfast, Director Yang simply gathered the guests there to announce the day's itinerary.

"Listen up, everyone," Director Yang said. "Today is our last full day of filming on the island for the first stop of Love Mailbox. Tomorrow, you'll all head back and rest for a few days before we begin the next stop."

Each stop was nominally a week long, but once the guests' travel time was subtracted, they only had five or six days together for actual filming.

Director Yang's words left Jiang Yumiao feeling a little wistful. Time had passed so quickly. But then again, although it felt fast, so much had happened over the past few days, and every incident had left him at a loss.

Director Yang continued, "There aren't any particular restrictions on your daytime itinerary today. You're free to explore the island. There are plenty of hidden gems and activities here for visitors to enjoy. However, you must get to the Water Kingdom carnival before seven tonight for the light show."

Jiang Yumiao had thought he wouldn't get a chance to see the light show. He hadn't expected the production team to arrange a visit when their stay was almost over.

"By free, do you mean we can go with anyone we want?" Yu He asked.

Director Yang nodded. "You can go in a group of whatever size you like, or go alone. Either is fine."

"Yay!" Yu He turned straight to Jiang Yumiao and invited him. "Yuyu, let's go together."

In Yu He's mind, the king-bed room vote had forged a comrades-in-arms bond between him and Jiang Yumiao. He even affectionately called him by the nickname his fans online used.

Jiang Yumiao didn't have many friends. Faced with such affection from Yu He, he felt rather overwhelmed by the attention and nodded before he quite knew it.

Yu He's lips curved upward, and he didn't forget to glance over at Ning Chunchi. Sorry, President Ning. I'm borrowing your wife for the day. With a chance to explore freely like this, of course he had to go with a good "girlfriend."

Yu He had almost given up on finding a partner. He couldn't help it. Before bed last night, he had taken stock and suddenly realized Qin Yuan was the only Alpha left for him to pursue. But he and that icy-faced Qin Yuan were inherently incompatible, and he had no desire to relive their awkward encounter at the Water Kingdom.

Today, Ning Chunchi didn't have any dark thoughts over Yu He's invitation to Jiang Yumiao.

Or rather, he didn't see Yu He as a threat at all. He had to loosen his grip occasionally and let his little prey catch his breath. Besides, he had things to attend to during the day and no time to wander around.

Unexpectedly, An Zhiwan took the initiative to invite Lin Xu rather than going with Mu Yunzhi. Standing nearby, Mu Yunzhi merely watched An Zhiwan invite Lin Xu with an indifferent expression and made no move.

Caught between them, Lin Xu felt deeply uneasy, but he couldn't bring himself to turn An Zhiwan down and agreed to go with him.

Leng Haiyue was a warmhearted older-brother type. He couldn't quite bear to see Mu Yunzhi left alone because of this, so he invited him, then roped in Qin Yuan, who had been watching from the sidelines.

Then he looked at Ning Chunchi, a little hesitant.

After all, everyone knew exactly where things stood between Ning Chunchi and Jiang Yumiao, but Jiang Yumiao was going out with Yu He today.

Seeing what Leng Haiyue was thinking, Ning Chunchi gave him a gentle, cultured smile. "I still have some work to take care of. Go ahead without me."

Most of the guests worked in entertainment or related professions. They knew a business elite like President Ning had a different workload from theirs, and they all expressed their understanding.

Everyone got their things together and headed out.

Yu He had already picked out where he wanted to go. He took Jiang Yumiao to see the Thai-Style Cultural Parade and attend the Water-Splashing Music Festival. Their hair and clothes were soaked through, and they had an absolute blast.

It was already five when the music festival ended. Yu He had also planned a floating afternoon tea in a swimming pool, but there was no time left. They had to hurry back to the house to shower and change into clean clothes.

The outfit Amelia had so carefully put together for Jiang Yumiao was soaked again. He sighed. There were so many water activities on the island that keeping his clothes dry was difficult.

He didn't have time to trouble Amelia with choosing another outfit, so he changed into a loose white shirt the original owner of his body had brought, then used the technique he had learned that morning to put his hair half-up. It actually looked quite decent, though a closer look would reveal a few tufts sticking out of the little bun at the back.

Seeing his white shirt, Yu He briefly lost himself in thought, remembering Jiang Yumiao's outfit on the first day. Then he laughed. "You wore such ugly glasses back then. If Director Yang hadn't stirred things up and made you take them off, were you really planning to keep wearing them?"

Jiang Yumiao smiled helplessly too. "Probably until the end of this stop. It's fine. I don't make a living off my looks anyway."

Yu He clicked his tongue twice. "But you actually could."

After spending the whole day having fun together, the two had become thoroughly comfortable with each other. They were less polite than before and much more at ease. By the time the production team's car brought them to the meeting point at the Water Kingdom, it was exactly seven. They had arrived right on the dot, making them the last group there.

Lin Xu waved hello, while Leng Haiyue watched them with smiling eyes. "Looks like you two had a great time today. You only just made it."

Jiang Yumiao's eyes shone as he nodded eagerly. "We did! Yu He took me to the Water-Splashing Music Festival today. It was so much fun!"

Yu He raised his eyebrows smugly. Suddenly, an icy chill swept over him, exactly like the feeling he'd had when he came first in the king-bed room vote.

He immediately stole a glance at President Ning out of the corner of his eye.

Sure enough! Ning Chunchi was watching him with the same dark expression he'd worn that day.

Fuck, who told me before I came on this dating show that Ning Chunchi was famously gentle and refined, a perfect gentleman? He's clearly a scowling demon king with one hell of a possessive streak.