"Get up-get up-the chickens next door have already crowed, and the dogs have been out for five rounds. Why aren't you up yet?"
"Young masters and young ladies, you don't actually think you're here on vacation, do you?"
"Oh my~ Some people are really something! They can sleep until the sun's high in the sky even when they're here to work?"
"I'm so jealous! What job could possibly be this easy? Introduce me to it too, won't you?"
"Oh~ Looks like your humble little brother came at a bad time! If I'd known you loved sleeping so much, I should've livestreamed you sleeping! Think of all the trouble that would've saved!"
[Hahahahahahaha Director Yang is going to lose his mind!! How can guests be this lazy!]
[I'd lose my mind too. Who would've thought the director would be up for almost an hour while the guests were still asleep.]
[This is very immoral, but allow me to laugh for an hour first!]
[I watched those two gathering inspiration make three trips around Incense Valley Town. I could draw a map in my head by now! The other five played cards until almost one. It'd be a miracle if they could get up!!]
[Oh, then why isn't Mistress Ji up when he went to bed earliest? Is he too used to being a pampered young master to get off his lazy ass? Look, even the actual young master isn't as delicate as him!]
[Lmao, Chu Gouzi isn't up either! Why aren't you yelling at him? Stop yelling at my new fave!]
Director Yang stood in the courtyard with a megaphone, playing the recording on repeat.
As for why, naturally, it was because he'd been up for an hour and had spent almost that entire hour shouting through the megaphone, yet not! One! Guest! Was! Up!
Nobody gave a damn about him, goddammit!!
If the contract penalties weren't too high for him to afford, he'd replace every last one of them next episode!!!
(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!!
Come on, let's see what these guests who refused to get out of bed were doing-
Since inspiration had struck Jian Yuanjia and Cen Yan yesterday, the two of them had practically explored all of Incense Valley Town three times over, except for its mountains.
They'd been so exhausted that they collapsed the moment they hit their beds and couldn't get back up.
Jiang Yue, Yu Lu, and Li Lan had been roped into playing poker by Bai Nanyu and He Jingyi until the early hours, leaving all five of them, who had already gotten up before dawn the previous day and spent the whole day tiring themselves out, uncontrollably sleepy.
As for Ji Nanshu and Chu Mo, needless to say, it had already been three in the morning when they returned to the courtyard after going to see Fu Yu.
The guests waved their hands: couldn't wake up, simply couldn't wake up!!!
Finally, half an hour later, thanks to Director Yang's tireless efforts-no, thanks to him spinning and leaping back and forth in full circles outside their doors, eyes closed, with the megaphone blaring-the guests opened their doors one after another, looking thoroughly languid.
Bai Nanyu came out first. The moment he emerged, he gave Director Yang a slight bow, his face full of apology. "Sorry, sorry, Director Yang. It's all my fault for insisting Sister Lan, Brother Yue, and Xiao Lu play poker with me yesterday! Don't be angry with them! If you have to scold someone, just scold me!"
He Jingyi happened to come out of his room just then. He took Bai Nanyu's hand and nodded apologetically to Director Yang as well. "Sorry, Director Yang. I'm to blame too. Xiaoyu just thought that since it was my first day here, he should help me get to know everyone, so..."
Director Yang replied with a smile that didn't reach his eyes, "It's fine. Some people are even later than you."
He meant Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu, who were the last to come out.
They went to bed earlier than dogs and got up later than chickens!
Ptooey!!
Director Yang expressed his profound contempt!
The guests turned around-
Ji Nanshu had practically come out hanging off Chu Mo.
It was easy to sense that the relationship between them seemed to have grown even closer.
He hooked one arm around Chu Mo's neck, rested his head on his shoulder, yawned, and waved. "Hi~ Good morning~"
Director Yang couldn't keep his composure. He sneered, "Morning? Take a look at the time! What do you mean, morning?! Is morning eleven or twelve o'clock in your family?"
Chu Mo's expression darkened slightly. So many people had gotten up late. Why was he singling out his little guy to scold?
Just as Jiang Yue was about to speak up to help Ji Nanshu out, Chu Mo said casually:
"Everyone in my family gets up at this hour. Is there a problem?"
A problem?
What could he do?
You're a big star, you've got powerful backing, you're amazing. I'm the little brother, the little brother of little brothers of little brothers (Ｔ▽Ｔ).
Director Yang raised his head haughtily. Hmph!!! They were on his show, anyway. So what if he was a film emperor? So what if he had powerful backing? Sooner or later, he'd "sort them out"!!
[Holy shit, has Film Emperor Chu been bewitched? Why is he so protective of Mistress Ji?]
[Ah~~~ The sight of my hubby and Film Emperor Chu stacked together is so beautiful~]
[You up there, this bus isn't headed for kindergarten! Hit the brakes!]
[Get lost, Mistress Ji!! Can you stop clinging to my Chu Mo!!!]
[No, no, no, am I the only one jealous of Bai Nanyu?? Didn't you see!!! What beautiful love!! Can't you pay attention to this instead?! This is genuine sugar!!!]
[Exactly! Real couples are what make shipping fun! Whatever you do, Chu Mo can't possibly actually get together with Mistress Ji!]
[What I ship is none of your business!]
[I don't care, I'm starting a call for ship names for my hubby and my former fave!!!]
Within minutes, a topic soliciting ship names for Chu Mo and Ji Nanshu slowly climbed onto Weibo's trending searches.
Ji Nanshu, however, didn't care in the slightest about Director Yang's sarcasm. Beaming, he echoed Chu Mo, "Exactly, exactly. Everyone in my family gets up at this hour."
"Hey, Director Yang, isn't our show called Ideal Life? Who doesn't love getting paid to sleep! Director Yang, don't you love it?"
Director Yang's chubby face scrunched up. He pressed his lips together, looking solemn. There really wasn't a damn thing wrong with that!! Was it that he didn't love it? He simply couldn't do it!!
This goddamn life. Why had he become a director?
Wouldn't it be nice to lie around counting money?
Oh, he didn't have any money to lie around counting.
He hated this!!!
Naturally, Ji Nanshu didn't know his words had left Director Yang weeping inside. He merely felt he'd voiced what most people were thinking.
Hey, that internet thing in this era really was useful! He'd learned so many new expressions!
He'd benefited immensely!
Jian Yuanjia smacked his lips. "Nanshu, what you said makes me seem a little stupid. I have plenty of money without working! My brother could support ten of me! Now that you put it that way, can I go on strike?"
Jiang Yue put on a panicked look. "Huh? No, Yuanjia! Wouldn't that leave me filming the show all by myself? I can't do it!"
Li Lan nodded repeatedly too. "You're right, but count me in."
Yu Lu raised his hand. "Me too, me too!"
Director Yang snorted and declared coldly, "Given how lazy you've all been, I have decided to change the task rules. The team that loses the competition will! Be! Punished!!"
Hah. That'll teach you to flaunt your wealth!!!
Jian Yuanjia's eyes went wide, and he started shouting, "Director Yang, you... mmph, mmph, mmph????"
You little director! Are you a sore loser!!!
Cen Yan reacted quickly, clapping a hand over Jian Yuanjia's mouth and apologizing at once. "Sorry, Director Yang."
Threatened by Cen Yan's look, Jian Yuanjia pouted. He'd said he shouldn't go on a show with his junior sister. Sooner or later, he'd get beaten up.
Not wanting to be punished, both teams put their all into livestreaming that day. Jian Yuanjia worked hardest of all, for no other reason than-what if the next episode's punishment was no food again!!!
With just one sentence from Director Yang, Jian Yuanjia was practically talking sparks out of his mouth!
A love-brained, domineering protector of his wife?!