[Hahahahaha!]
[Good question!]
[Broaden your horizons. How can you say that doesn't count as eating him!]
The director choked, nearly dropping dead.
Were they determined to get the livestream shut down before they would be satisfied?!
Huh?
He stamped his foot and roared, "You're going to eat Teacher Song? How exactly are you going to eat him?!"
Jiang Mingxi was utterly dumbfounded. He looked at the director in disbelief. "You even want to watch me eat him? Why are you so indecent?!"
[Hahahahahahahahaha!]
[Fuck, I'm laughing my head off!]
[I admit it, I'm indecent! I'm a perv! Let me see! I want to watch! How are you going to eat him?! Waaaah, let me see, I'm begging you!]
The director: ...
His vision went black.
He opened his mouth and went-
"Hehehehehehe!
"During the day today, the four of you hosted a total of four tourists, with a hosting fee of nine yuan ninety per person.
"During the mission, Song Lan abandoned one task, resulting in a ten-yuan deduction. Qianqian abandoned one task, resulting in a five-yuan deduction each for Jiang Mingxi and Song Lan.
"There are fourteen minutes left in the mission.
"The production team is selling instant noodles at fifty yuan a cup. You're all welcome to buy some!"
That last sentence sounded exactly as though he were saying through gritted teeth, "You're all welcome to starve to death!"
The moment the director finished speaking, Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan exchanged an inexplicable glance, their coordination absurdly perfect-
Rob them!
The two took off toward the courtyard where the production team was based.
Behind them, the director laughed sinisterly, every bit the villain. "I hid the instant noodles ages ago! You could search your heads off and you'd never find them! Hahahahahahaha!"
Jiang Mingxi braked and turned back to look at the director, his scheming written all over his face. "Who said I was looking for instant noodles? Heeheehee~"
Once he finished giggling.
He jumped up and brazenly blew Song Lan a flirtatious kiss. "Teacher Song, wait for me to earn money to support you!"
Song Lan's face showed little expression, but what he said was, "Then do your best."
[They're dating, right? They are, right? Right? Right?]
[It's hard to believe Song Lan said that. Just three days ago-I remember it vividly-he said, "I'm not dating. Stop riding my coattails!"]
[That's why they say a man's mouth is full of lies!]
[Does this count as official confirmation of my ship? I'm shipping them openly now! Send You West, let's go!]
[Pfft, what kind of ridiculous ship name is that?!]
[Mess with my ship and we'll send you west! Heeheeheehee~ Jiang Mingle, for example.]
[As someone who's been Song Lan's fan for eight years, I have complicated feelings right now. I'm going for a smoke.]
The comments filled with laughter and banter.
On camera, Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan sprinted flat out, heading straight for the production team's courtyard.
The director's eyelid twitched. Sensing trouble, he hurried after them, shouting, "Stop them!"
For a moment-
They chased.
They fled.
They fled like wild donkeys, leaving their pursuers no chance of catching them.
Halfway there, Zhao Jiayuan belatedly realized something and turned to ask Jiang Mingxi, "You're getting food for Song Lan, so why did you bring me? Am I part of your play?"
Jiang Mingxi raised a hand and smacked him. "Don't you need to eat too?"
Understanding immediately dawned on Zhao Jiayuan. "Oh, right. I forgot I needed to eat too."
[My idiot son is embarrassing himself again!]
[If Jiang Mingxi weren't openly pursuing Song Lan, I'd actually want to ship these two. Waaaah.]
[Seriously, I'd never heard that they were close before, but they're so in sync. One glance and they know what the other means.]
Charging into the production team's courtyard, Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan worked in perfect coordination, one on either side, swiftly shutting the gate.
It slammed with a clang.
They locked it from the inside.
Outside, the director furiously pounded on the gate and cursed up a storm.
Inside-
The cameraman hadn't followed them in and couldn't film them, so the livestream viewers could only watch the director curse.
The director-
Had only gotten one curse out before the assistant director reminded him, "Keep cursing and the livestream will get shut down again."
So furious he couldn't even curse, the director could only order people to find a ladder, climb over the wall, and open the gate from inside.
Behind the chaotic crowd, Song Lan watched the commotion with his arms folded and struck up a conversation with Chen Chong. "Has anyone ever pursued you like this?"
Looking as though he'd been struck by lightning, Chen Chong turned to Song Lan in astonishment.
Huh?
Was he hearing things?
Song Lan clearly couldn't suppress the upward curve of his lips, yet he sighed helplessly. "You know, Jiang Mingxi really likes me."
Chen Chong: ???
The corner of his eye twitched, and he blurted out, "So, has he gotten to eat you yet?"
Song Lan: ...
The words had barely left his mouth, before Song Lan could answer, when the production staff up ahead opened the gate.
But before the staff could charge inside, Jiang Mingxi and Zhao Jiayuan were already standing at the entrance with devious grins.
Behind them sat an open suitcase.
The instant the gate opened, Jiang Mingxi planted his hands on his hips and laughed. "Hahahahaha! Let's hold a heart-pounding auction!"
Once Jiang Mingxi finished speaking, Zhao Jiayuan turned and lifted a pair of men's underwear out of the suitcase.
The director's eyelid immediately twitched.
Fuck!
Those were his!
Panic all over his face, he rushed forward to snatch them back.
As he moved, Jiang Mingxi said, "Our first auction item is a pair in size..."
"Don't say it!" the director roared as he charged forward.
Jiang Mingxi smiled at him like a demon. "All right, all right, whatever you say. Then... do you want them? Bidding starts at five yuan."
The moment Jiang Mingxi finished speaking, Song Lan, who had just been chatting with Chen Chong, immediately raised his hand. "I bid five yuan."
The director stared at Song Lan in utter shock.
He stamped his feet and bellowed, "They're my underwear! What are you bidding for?!"
Song Lan glanced at him. "Then raise the bid and buy them back."
Zhao Jiayuan gloated. "Livestreamed for the whole internet: the director never changes his underwear. He's the king of slobs."
As soon as Zhao Jiayuan finished, Chen Chong chimed in, "I bid six yuan."
The director was about to fall apart.
"Six yuan going once, six yuan going twice. If there are no more bids, this pair in size..."
The director stamped his foot. "I bid seven!"
Song Lan immediately said, "Ten!"
Chen Chong raised it. "Fifteen!"
The director: ...
His vision went black. "Twenty!"
Song Lan wouldn't give in. "Thirty."
Chen Chong wouldn't relent. "Fifty!"
[Hahahahaha! The whole internet is watching best actor Song Lan and rising young star Chen Chong fight over the director's underwear!]
[Fuck, this is bound to trend sooner or later!]
[It already is! The hashtag is #IrresistibleUnderwear#! Hahahahahahaha!]
[I feel like this show is going to break the director! For a moment, I can't tell who's actually facing a survival challenge.]
["Survival Challenge": can the director survive three episodes?]
In the end, thanks to Song Lan and Chen Chong maliciously driving up the price.
The director bitterly bought back his own underwear for two hundred yuan.
Once he got the money, Jiang Mingxi didn't waste a single second before slapping it back into the director's hands. "Four cups of instant noodles, thank you."
The director: ...
Dead.
Gritting his teeth, he handed over four cups of instant noodles.
The director snapped, "Give me the suitcase."
Jiang Mingxi looked thoroughly puzzled. "Why?"
The director fumed. "Because it's mine!"
Jiang Mingxi declared righteously, "But if I give it back now, what will I auction off tomorrow?"