New guest

"Welcome, everyone, to episode two of Let's Travel Together!"

Dressed in hanfu, Wang Xiao waved a rainbow-colored fan back and forth in front of the camera.

"Here we are in an ancient town. Let's welcome our guests!"

The camera operator carried the camera around in front of the guests.

All eight wore hanfu, and standing together, they complemented the ancient town's scenery, making a beautiful sight.

...Apart from the strange camerawork.

The production crew seemed drunk, but the fans were used to it.

"All right, longtime fans of this variety show know that starting with the second trip, we welcome a new guest each time. This time is no exception.

"But there are conditions for revealing our guest this time."

Wang Xiao pointed at a small bridge in the distance with a fairly heavy flow of people:

"You'll have to compete. This episode's guest is on that bridge. Whoever finds him first gets to choose the type of accommodation!"

All nine would be staying together this time, but everyone preferred different accommodations.

Whoever arrived first could choose the type of accommodation.

[Can't wait!]

[Waaah, all eight look so good in historical outfits QWQ. Taking screenshots like crazy.]

[I just had a look. There are modern villas and ancient buildings... I want to see them stay in an ancient building!]

[Yes, yes!]

This trip took them farther away, so Chu Xinghui and the others had flown here the day before.

Man Feiluan had been so excited last night that he had even played games with the AI in the group chat all night.

Everyone wore their own clothes.

Qiao Tong and Pei Hanmo both wore relatively understated outfits in black, but a closer look revealed plenty of subtle patterns, giving them an imposing air.

Hua Zhiyuan's outfit suited the ancient town's scenery best. It was pale green, not as flashy as what she had worn on the show before, but it looked even prettier.

Her company had probably had it custom-made.

Unsurprisingly, Man Feiluan and Yuan Zhanpeng wore matching couple outfits, one carrying a sword and the other a fan.

Chu Xinghui hadn't found any clothes he particularly liked, so he hadn't bought any and had taken the historical outfit his company prepared instead.

There was no questioning the quality of what the company provided.

But no matter how he looked at it, something seemed off. It looked neither like men's clothing nor women's clothing.

Most importantly, ever since he had changed into it, Pei Hanmo's eyes hadn't left him!

He had even come to stand beside Chu Xinghui when the livestream began.

Clearly, some fans had noticed.

[Seriously, Pei Hanmo, is your profile that gorgeous? You're only showing the audience the side of your face?]

[Maybe it's not because his profile looks good, but because...]

[Stop talking nonsense. Can you people shipping random pairs get lost? Maybe Pei Hanmo just slept wrong and has a stiff neck!]

The eight of them stood at the starting line Wang Xiao had prepared. At the director's command, all eight shot off to find the guest.

Wang Xiao was so tight-lipped that not one of them had managed to pry the new guest's identity out of him.

No camera followed the guest, and with so many people in historical outfits on the bridge, it was extremely hard to tell.

Fortunately, the bridge wasn't very big. They just had to spot whoever kept standing on it.

Chu Xinghui reached the foot of the bridge and looked up at the people walking back and forth.

Pei Hanmo followed close behind and stopped beside Chu Xinghui.

After several days apart, Pei Hanmo felt that he missed Chu Xinghui even more.

He was like someone desperately thirsty in a desert. Having no water was bearable, but if he had only a little, drinking it would make him feel even thirstier.

Chu Xinghui didn't sense the dangerous, predatory gaze behind him at all. Instead, he focused on the people moving across the bridge.

On the other side, Man Feiluan went straight up and questioned people one by one.

But he didn't seem to get anywhere.

There seemed to be someone...

Chu Xinghui had been watching one person for a while now. That person hadn't left the bridge in a long time.

She was still looking around on the bridge, though he didn't know what she was looking at.

Maybe she was the new guest!

Just as he was about to step onto the bridge, that person turned and met Chu Xinghui's eyes.

Joy immediately burst into her eyes.

She hurried toward him.

Could she really be?

Chu Xinghui held out a hand, intending to greet the young woman before him. Unexpectedly, she lost her footing and fell straight into Chu Xinghui's... no, into Pei Hanmo's arms behind him.

"Ah, sorry, sorry!"

She immediately straightened up and apologized repeatedly to Pei Hanmo:

"The Film Emperor found me! I'm the new guest, Wan Linqing!"

She wore a white gauzy outer garment over a pale green camisole, with a horse-face skirt below. In the sunlight, her arms were faintly visible through the fabric, looking very alluring.

Pei Hanmo took a step back and nodded at Wan Linqing.

[Was that half step back for real?]

[Wan Linqing? Is that the Wan Linqing I know?]

Like Hua Zhiyuan, Wan Linqing was a currently popular young actress.

Because of that, their fans often fought on Weibo.

But the two actresses themselves had never even met.

This show marked their first public meeting.

[The production team really splashed out!]

[Is the fan battlefield about to open?]

Wan Linqing pressed the button on her chest, and Wang Xiao immediately ran over with a crowd of camera operators.

"Who found her?"

He had thought he'd concealed things well, but hadn't expected her to be found so soon.

"It was Pei Hanmo."

Wan Linqing stepped forward and tugged at the hem of Pei Hanmo's clothes, covering her face with her sleeve in a somewhat bashful manner.

?

Nothing about this scene seemed right.

So she thought this was about choosing a partner?

Pei Hanmo frowned and took another large step back, moving behind Chu Xinghui. He raised a hand to hold the hem of Chu Xinghui's clothes and countered:

"Chu Xinghui found her."

Seeing Wang Xiao, Wen Liangtian ran down from the bridge and came up to Chu Xinghui:

"You found the guest?"

Looking at the hand on his clothes, Chu Xinghui reached out too and grabbed the hem of Wen Liangtian's clothes:

"Yes, we found her."

Wen Liangtian: ?

Was this some sort of game?

He hadn't heard their conversation, but judging by the situation, they were probably doing another task.

Confidently, he grabbed the hem of Man Feiluan's clothes as he ran over and gave him a resolute look.

"?"

Man Feiluan didn't understand, but he could follow along. He also reached out and grabbed the hem of Yuan Zhanpeng's clothes.

In the end, all nine were linked together. Apart from Chu Xinghui and the other two, the remaining six looked at the director in confusion.

Their eyes were as innocent as those of fresh college graduates.

Wang Xiao: ...

[I'm dying. What are they doing?]

[This is ridiculous. What exactly is Wan Linqing trying to do? She came up and deliberately fell in front of Pei Hanmo.]

[You all like tugging on hems that much? Tug mine~]

[What are they doing? Playing trains?]

Seeing that Pei Hanmo wouldn't even glance at her, Wan Linqing let go of the hem she was holding and stood obediently to one side, waiting for Wang Xiao's instructions.

Wang Xiao held his forehead and raised the megaphone, speaking with a headache:

"All right... then Pei Hanmo can choose the rooms."