Perhaps the atmosphere was simply too unnerving. After Lai Bingxuan asked that question, Qiu Chengye lost his nerve and charged into the rain, running until he vanished from sight.
Before long, however, his furious shouts echoed across the entire island.
"Fuck!!!"
"The boats are gone!!!"
Now the others could no longer sit still either. Some shielded themselves with leaves, others with chairs, and they all rushed into the rain to join Qiu Chengye.
Sure enough, the sea was empty. Both fishing boats that had been moored there were gone, and the Production Team was nowhere to be seen.
"Is this... part of the filming too?" Xu Shuangrong asked softly.
Qiu Chengye roared at her, "Does it look like it? Where are the cameras? Even the cameras are gone!"
Xu Shuangrong flinched at his shouting, her eyes reddening.
Xiao Jingxi shielded her behind him. "Maybe something unexpected happened. The Production Team probably didn't anticipate the sudden rain. They might have gone back to repair the cameras."
"Even if they went to repair the cameras, shouldn't they have told us? They just dumped us here?"
"They were probably in too much of a hurry."
While they argued, Xie Mi looked around, checking for miniature cameras hidden nearby.
Shen Yeqing held a hand above her forehead to shield her from the rain. "What do you think?"
"Based on my photography experience, there aren't any hidden cameras around here, so this really is an accident."
Xie Mi looked at them gravely. "Everyone, we might really have been left behind on this island."
At those words, everyone went pale.
Perhaps it was because Xie Mi was usually so irreverent. Now that she had suddenly turned serious, they found her inexplicably convincing.
"Then what do we do? When will they come get us? It must be