Ye Ran: "...Can we not use the motorized tricycles?"
Song Tiantian: "Of course, but the mango orchard we're in covers a total of 25,000 mu. Without a vehicle, you'll need to carry a hundred jin of mangoes on foot for two and a half hours."
Seeing everyone's faces turn green,
Song Tiantian continued with a smile, "The production team considered that you might not know how to drive motorized tricycles, so we've specially arranged instructors for you. For just twenty points, you can receive hands-on instruction."
Jiang Yifeng: "...Can I ask how many points the task rewards?"
Song Tiantian: "Fifty points for first place, thirty for second, and twenty for third."
Shen Xingcan looked thoughtful. "Then if Jiang Xiaobai comes third, won't he basically be working for nothing?"
Jiang Yifeng protested, "How do you know I'll come third? Why can't I come first?"
Shen Xingcan said confidently, "Because I'm coming first."
Jiang Yifeng: "We're all starting from scratch. What makes you so confident? I'm definitely fighting for first place today!"
Shen Xingcan gave Jiang Yifeng a pitying look. "Who told you I was starting from scratch? Standing before you is the number one motorized tricycle driving god in Chinese entertainment, with nearly ten years of driving experience."
Jiang Yifeng stared at Shen Xingcan in disbelief. "You can drive that thing? That's a motorized tricycle, not a helicopter!"
Shen Xingcan took it for granted. "Of course I can. My grandparents have an apple orchard, and I often went there to help when I was little. My driving skills are great. Ask Xie Linchuan if you don't believe me!"
Jiang Yifeng instinctively looked at Xie Linchuan.
Xie Linchuan: "Great as in driving yourself and the tricycle into a ditch?"
The smug smile on Shen Xingcan's face stiffened a little. He gritted his teeth. "...That was my first time driving. Didn't I get much better afterward?"
Xie Linchuan reminded him calmly, "No, you crashed into five chicken coops after that."
The smile vanished from Shen Xingcan's face. "Xie Linchuan, shut up!"
[His grandparents have an apple orchard?]
[We rarely hear Xingcan mention his family. It was only through this show that we learned he grew up on an island and that someone in his family runs an apple orchard.]
[Of course he wouldn't mention it. If people knew he grew up on an island and had grandparents who sold apples, how would our Young Master Shen keep up his persona?]
[Why are Bai Lin's dogs out barking again? If Shen Xingcan really is like you say, why would he be saying this now?]
[Little Xingcan careening around on a motorized tricycle is so cute, hahahaha.]
[Shen Xingcan said he already has over ten years of driving experience, and Xie Linchuan was there the first time he drove. Doesn't that mean these two have known each other even longer than we thought?]
[Maybe they're childhood friends who wet the bed together. sly_grin.jpg.]
[I used to think these two probably didn't get along in their group, so they fell out when it disbanded. But if they grew up together... that really doesn't make sense.]
[What's not to understand? It's just the old dog-blood plot where they secretly love each other but each thinks the other is straight.]
Bai Lin suddenly understood why Xie Linchuan still defended Shen Xingcan even though the two had already fallen out.
In the end, it was only out of consideration for their childhood bond.
What he needed to do now was expose Shen Xingcan's true colors to Xie Linchuan completely, leaving him no room at all.
Song Tiantian: "Please discuss how you'll divide yourselves up. We'll reach Group A's destination in a few minutes."
Shen Xingcan looked at Xie Linchuan and haughtily announced his decision. "Xie Linchuan, you're going to Group A. Then wait for me to drive over and take you to die together for love."
Making fun of me, are you? Then let's crash into a tree together!
Xie Linchuan: "..."
Jiang Yifeng looked bewildered. "...Why do you have to die for love? Isn't being alive good?"
Shen Xingcan said coldly, "Because according to a certain film emperor, my driving skills only allow for one ending: dying together for love."
Jiang Yifeng swallowed. "...But you could let the youngest drive."
Shen Xingcan gave a menacing grin. "I insist on dying with him!"
Jiang Yifeng: "...Fine."
Xie Linchuan: "..."
[Pfft, hahahaha.]
[He's so cute, I can't take it.]
[Xie Linchuan, your pretty wife is so cute. Can I give him a kiss?]
[Aaah, I'm going to kill all you shippers.]
[Isn't Shen Xingcan disgusting? What's a grown man being so cute for? Aaah, get lost, you desperate cling-on.]
[Desperate cling-on? Are you talking about a certain film emperor?]
[When is this show going to end? If it won't end, reshuffling the groups would work too.]
Bai Lin: "I'd like to go to Group B. I want to try driving that motorized tricycle."
Jiang Yifeng actually wanted to be with Shen Xingcan, but since Bai Lin had spoken first, he couldn't very well object.
In the end, Shen Xingcan, Bai Lin, and Ye Ran would drive, while Jiang Yifeng, Lin Cen, and Xie Linchuan would pick mangoes.
A few minutes later, the three mango pickers in Group A got off, while the other three continued toward the deepest part of the orchard in the sightseeing vehicle.
Bai Lin: "Our show is A Fruit, so Xingcan's family apple orchard actually fits the requirements too. If the production team films a second season, I think they could definitely consider Xingcan's family orchard."
Shen Xingcan glanced at Bai Lin and gave a derisive laugh. "Don't bother considering it. You can't film at my place."
Bai Lin: "Why?"
Shen Xingcan lounged back in his seat, his tone utterly matter-of-fact. "To hide my true identity, of course."
If the production team really went to his family's apple orchard, wouldn't the whole world find out he was the son of Empress Shen, Shen Lingxun?
Shen Xingcan had no intention of playing games where mother and son pretended not to know each other. He hadn't revealed his identity before simply because he didn't want to use his mother to get attention.
Besides, he had been a nobody back then. Shen Xingcan didn't want anyone thinking the illustrious "Empress Shen" had a good-for-nothing son!
But now, although he still couldn't compare to Ms. Shen, at least he wouldn't drag her prestige down too much.
Bai Lin said gently, "An apple orchard is great too. I don't think there's any need for you to hide your identity, Xingcan."
Shen Xingcan said meaningfully, "I'd better keep it hidden. If I don't, I'll miss out on a lot of fun."
If Bai Lin knew whose son he was, Shen Xingcan figured that even if he gave him a hundred times the courage, Bai Lin wouldn't come provoking him.
Ms. Shen Lingxun hadn't spent all those years establishing herself for nothing, and the Konoh Family wasn't just for show.
If he didn't hide it, how would he pull off his three-hit face-slapping combo later?
Bai Lin thought Shen Xingcan was merely being deliberately mysterious. He wanted to see whether Shen Xingcan could remain as composed as he was now once he exposed his true colors in front of Xie Linchuan.
[Hiding his identity? Is he mocking him?]
[He's obviously mocking Bai Lin. That's what Bai Lin gets for constantly taking roundabout digs at Shen Xingcan's background.]
[An apple orchard? Speaking of apple orchards, I just remembered something. The famous "Empress Shen" seems to have an apple orchard at home too. Shen Xingcan, Shen Lingxun... they both have the surname Shen, and they're both the strikingly gorgeous type... plus they both have peach blossom eyes. Could they be mother and son?]
[Their only similarity is their surname. There's no way they're mother and son. If they really were, it would've come out ages ago.]
[Empress Shen married the head of the Konoh Family back then and later had two children. I don't need to tell you who those two children are, do I? How could Shen Xingcan possibly be her son?]
[Shen Xingcan's face really does look a little mixed-race...]
[Stop talking about it. Watch out for haters taking screenshots to mock him with.]
[But does spending lots of time around apples make you beautiful? Shen Xingcan's face is flawless, and Empress Shen's is even more so.]