Director Liu continued his announcement:
"I'm sure you all saw it on your way here. There's a large orchard right next to us. This morning, you'll be competing individually, with no teams."
"Each man must pick three hundred jin of apples, and each woman one hundred jin. You'll get to choose your partner for this episode freely, in the order you finish."
"The person chosen can refuse. On the final day, we'll hold our last confession segment. Every pair of guests who successfully gets together will receive a gold heart."
Seeing little reaction from the guests, he emphasized solemnly:
"Pure gold. Solid. One jin in weight."
Yu Xiuyuan's eyes went round, and he shot upright:
"How much? How much did you say? One jin? Xiao Liu... no, Director Liu, I admit I was too loud with you before. You really are generous!"
(Yun Chuan's mother: Sweetheart, you're thanking the wrong person. I'm the one giving it to you! I wanted to give you ten jin, but your father said that would look too fake, so I had to settle for one.)
The other guests perked up too. That amount of money might not have been a fortune to them, but it certainly wasn't small.
Besides, this was gold!
There wasn't a person in China who didn't like gold.
Yun Chuan watched the excited Yu Xiuyuan and wondered whether he would choose to get together with him for the gold.
Director Liu lifted his chin proudly and continued:
"Next, we'll choose rooms. We only have six rooms for this shoot, so two people will need to share our twin room. You can decide among yourselves."
Silence fell as soon as he finished.
Lin Xi and Li Rou exchanged a glance and reached an understanding:
They would hold off for now and