Still half asleep, Shen Xingcan didn't realize something was wrong with her until a few minutes later.
He and Xie Linchuan were indeed very close before he fell asleep, but there was no intimate contact whatsoever. But after waking up... could someone tell him what was going on with the hand on his waist?
Shen Xingcan lifted the blanket, stared at the hand on her waist for a few seconds, and then decided to remove it.
The moment his hand touched Xie Linchuan's hand, the sleeping man seemed to sense it, and with a slight exertion of his arm, he pulled Shen Xingcan into his arms, as if Shen Xingcan were some kind of giant body pillow.
Shen Xingcan: "..."
He suspected that Xie Linchuan was pretending to be asleep to take advantage of him! He struggled to move his body, wanting to look up and see what expression Xie Linchuan had on his face.
But as soon as he moved, he was held even tighter.
Shen Xingcan: "(> dishes<)"
Alright, there's no need to doubt it now, Xie Linchuan simply wasn't asleep!
Shen Xingcan reached out and nudged the person next to her with difficulty. " Xie Linchuan!"
No response.
Shen Xingcan frowned and said in a low voice, " Xie Linchuan, let me go."
Xie Linchuan still didn't react, as if he were really sleeping soundly.
Shen Xingcan looked down at the arm that was wrapped around her and opened her mouth to bite it. She originally wanted to bite hard, but after thinking about it, she didn't use too much force.
Predictably, Shen Xingcan's bite had no real effect.
Xie Linchuan was still fast asleep.
Shen Xingcan was a little annoyed and wanted to explode, but because the live stream was still going on, she didn't dare to make too much noise, so she could only lie there in a daze, feeling very frustrated.
The temperature in the cabin had dropped significantly due to the continuous wind and rain, but the embrace of the person beside me was incredibly warm.
Shen Xingcan got sleepy again after sitting there for a while, and soon fell asleep again.
After noticing that the breathing beside his ear had gradually become even, Xie Linchuan opened his eyes and looked at the person in his arms.
When Shen Xingcan is asleep, she looks exceptionally well-behaved, just like a kitten. No matter how naughty she is during the day, she becomes incredibly cute when she's asleep.
Xie Linchuan pulled the thin blanket back a little for Shen Xingcan, and then quickly closed his eyes again.
The two were awakened by a knock on the door.
Shen Xingcan was sound asleep when she heard the knocking on the door and was a little annoyed, so she subconsciously buried her head in Xie Linchuan's arms.
After completing the action, he realized what was happening, and his whole body stiffened.
Xie Linchuan seemed oblivious to Shen Xingcan's stiffness. He simply said, "It must be the production crew. Get dressed, I'll go open the door."
"Oh."
Shen Xingcan stood up, took the shirt Xie Linchuan handed her, and put it on.
As Xie Linchuan had predicted, the people outside were indeed the production crew.
Song Tiantian stood under an oversized umbrella, smiling broadly, "The production team is here to deliver dinner to everyone. Guests can redeem dinners of corresponding value based on their points."
As she spoke, she carried a huge dinner price list into the cabin.
Shen Xingcan yawned. "They really do use points to exchange for dinner. I thought the production team would be generous and provide dinner for free."
Song Tiantian: "The production team is also trying to give everyone more options. If you don't have enough points, you can choose a discounted package that only requires one point."
Shen Xingcan carefully examined the dinner price list in her hand and finally found the discounted set meal that Song Tiantian had mentioned in the last row.
He was utterly shocked and exclaimed, "... Your so-called special offer is just a piece of candy?"
Song Tiantian: "Yes."
Shen Xingcan complained, "... I thought it would at least be a steamed bun."
Song Tiantian: "How could the production team be so kind?"
"Too."
If steamed buns cost one point, it's easy to imagine many guests choosing to exchange them for steamed buns. Although the selection isn't extensive, they're cheap.
Seeing Xie Linchuan return, Shen Xingcan Xie Linchuan the price list back to him. "What should we choose?"
Xie Linchuan: "What do you want to choose?"
Shen Xingcan: "Choose the most expensive one."
Anyway, they don't have to worry about plane tickets.
"Okay, then let's choose the most expensive one."
Song Tiantian: "Aren't you going to reconsider? Tickets to France are very expensive."
Although Song Tiantian knew what was going on, she still had to ask the questions.
"We'll go on your Brother Linchuan's private jet, no need to worry about airfare."
Song Tiantian exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, that's great! I'm living a good life now, getting to experience a private jet. Thank you, Brother Linchuan!"
Xie Linchuan: "No need to thank me."
No need for thanks, I mainly wanted to make my wife happy.
Are you two little pigs? You've been sleeping for hours.
[I fell asleep while watching it, and I just woke up.]
She quickly wrote Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan's names after the line for the deluxe meal.
"The production team will send someone to deliver food to the two of you in an hour."
"Good."
Did you go to see the other guests?
"No."
Shen Xingcan: "Then Tiantian also tell the other two groups of guests that they don't need to save points."
"Good."
Song Tiantian agreed and quickly led the people out of the wooden house.
After Song Tiantian left the cabin, Shen Xingcan lay back down on the wooden bed and kicked Xie Linchuan beside the bed. "Why weren't you saying anything just now?"
Is doing good deeds anonymously a way of becoming Lei Feng?
Saying it now and saying it later are completely different things, okay?
Xie Linchuan grabbed Shen Xingcan's ankle and placed that foot under the thin blanket. "Didn't you already speak for me?"
Shen Xingcan choked. "... I can't be bothered with you."
[ Xie Linchuan clearly doesn't care what others think or whether they're grateful, but Xingcan Kitty clearly doesn't want her husband to suffer any loss. This couple is truly something else, hahaha.]
[You're so good at grabbing ankles? If you can't stand it anymore and have to crawl away, it'll be just as easy to drag you back by your ankle.]
[The upstairs neighbor will explain in detail.]
[They're already having midnight screenings before it's even dark?]
Song Tiantian shared this good news with the other two groups of guests, who were naturally overjoyed and grateful to Xie Linchuan.
Jiang Yifeng was cheering on the surface, but in his heart he was marveling at how much influence his captain had.
Yes, Jiang Yifeng knew very well that the reason they had a private jet this time was because of his captain.
An hour later, the production crew delivered the prepared dinner to all the guests' cabins.
The lavish dinner was well worth the price of each dish, consisting of four meat dishes, one vegetable dish, and a soup, along with some fruit. I remember Xie Linchuan is allergic to mangoes, so Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan didn't receive any mangoes.
After eating and drinking her fill, Shen Xingcan collapsed back onto the bed, since it was too heavy to go out for a walk in the rain.
The heavy rain continued until midnight.
The next morning, the group went out to sea again to sell mango products.
This time, instead of going to the nearby market, they went to a nearby shopping mall to sell their goods.
Even without prior notice, due to the large crowds in the mall, Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan's stall was quickly surrounded by layers of people.
In less than an hour, all the mango products they brought were sold out.
Because there are many items to sell this time, the overseas trip doesn't have the same strict schedule as last time.
The points shop now opens at 3 PM, so they just need to return to the port before 2 PM.
Shen Xingcan asked the fans around her, "There are still several hours before we meet up. Are there any good places to eat or have fun nearby?"
As more and more fans arrived, in order to avoid disrupting the mall's normal operations, Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan moved to a park near the mall after selling out all the items.
There's an amusement park nearby, which is pretty good.
"The zoo is alright too."
"There's also a Daoist temple, which is said to be very efficacious, and the scenery on the mountain is also quite beautiful."
There's a delicious coconut chicken place in Xin'anli.
As soon as Shen Xingcan asked the question, the fans immediately started talking all at once.
Shen Xingcan listened attentively, occasionally asking a few questions about things that interested her.
"Doesn't the Daoist temple have a name?"
White Cloud Temple.
" White Cloud Temple? Is it related to the White Cloud Temple in Binhai?"
"It's said to be a branch of theirs."
"It's not just hearsay, it's a branch of theirs."
[Ughhhh, why am I not near Chongshan Island?!]
[So down-to-earth! Just sitting on the grass chatting with fans, sob sob.]
[Long live the Mimi Cult!]
[You know what, you really have to admit, the way Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan sat in the very center, surrounded by people in circles, actually gave off a rather missionary vibe.]
Shen Xingcan glanced at Xie Linchuan beside her. "Is there anywhere you'd like to go?"
Xie Linchuan: "Let's go to White Cloud Temple."
This was the only place Shen Xingcan asked twice.
"Hmm? Okay, let's go here."
[With so many food and entertainment options, why did you choose White Cloud Temple in the end? Of course, I don't mean to say White Cloud Temple is bad, it's just that I feel amusement parks and zoos would be more suitable for couples on a date.]
[It's very simple. These two people's fans mentioned so many places, and Shen Xingcan asked many questions, but only White Cloud Temple was mentioned twice by Shen Xingcan.]
[Oh my god, I've fallen for it! I've fallen for it!]
After deciding where to go, Shen Xingcan said goodbye to her fans and got into a taxi with Xie Linchuan.
The fans stood by the roadside waving goodbye to the two, reluctant to part, but none of them seemed inclined to follow.
[The fans of these two are so well-mannered.]
Twenty minutes later, the group arrived at White Cloud Temple.
Chongshan is not a very large city, and since it was a weekday, Shen Xingcan and Xie Linchuan did not encounter many worshippers when they went to the Daoist temple.
Because filming is not allowed inside the Daoist temple, the production crew stayed outside after reaching the mountaintop.
Shen Xingcan never believed in ghosts or gods; he was a staunch atheist. But he had been reborn, so he felt that there might really be some inexplicable things in this world.
Immediately after confirming his rebirth, he instructed his assistant to anonymously donate a sum of money from his account to the Taoist Association.
Visiting White Cloud Temple was a spur-of-the-moment decision; I didn't have any particular plans.
Inside the main hall, the statues of the Three Pure Ones in the center are solemn and dignified, their eyes seemingly containing an ancient solemnity, while the statues of the Twenty-Eight Mansions on both sides are imposing.
After bowing, Shen Xingcan inserted the three incense sticks in her hand into the incense burner, and then bowed three more times on the prayer mat.
Although he didn't know if God existed, Shen Xingcan was incredibly devout at this moment, grateful for the existence that allowed him to start over.
Xie Linchuan knew very well that Shen Xingcan never believed in any gods or Buddhas. At first, he thought Shen Xingcan was just curious about the internal structure of the Daoist temple, but when Shen Xingcan knelt there devoutly with three incense sticks, he suddenly realized that things were not as he thought.
Even though Shen Xingcan didn't say a word from beginning to end, Xie Linchuan still realized that something was wrong.
That night, Xie Linchuan had a dream.
He seemed to be at someone's funeral, surrounded by a noisy crowd, but he couldn't make out the faces of the people. It seemed like many people were saying something to him, but he couldn't hear anything.
Everything around him was absurd and bizarre, until he saw the photo of the deceased at the funeral... It was Shen Xingcan!
A person who was once vibrant and radiant has been transformed into a cold, lifeless black-and-white photograph.
Xie Linchuan woke up from a nightmare. He subconsciously reached out his hand and touched something warm and soft.
When Shen Xingcan returned in the afternoon, she insisted on having coffee.
Although Xie Linchuan stopped him at the time, he couldn't resist Shen Xingcan's skill in acting cute and pitiful, which was simply too masterful.
So Shen Xingcan, who had successfully enjoyed coffee in the afternoon, suffered from insomnia. Just as she was starting to feel sleepy, someone touched her face again.
Disturbed from her sleep, Shen Xingcan snapped, "I knew you'd take advantage of me while I was sleeping! I caught you red-handed!"
The pain in his hand brought Xie Linchuan back to his senses instantly.
Xie Linchuan looked at the person biting his hand and said irritably, "... Shen Xingcan, are you a puppy?"
Shen Xingcan's tone was foul. "You take advantage of others and then call them dogs? Xie Linchuan, do you dare to be any more unreasonable?!"
"I just didn't mean to."
Shen Xingcan clearly didn't believe Xie Linchuan's words. He abandoned his sleep, sat up, crossed his arms, and interrogated Xie Linchuan: "Accidentally? If it was an accident, why didn't you touch somewhere else? You just wanted to take advantage of me, and after taking advantage, you're making excuses. I despise you!"
Knowing that no amount of explanation would help, Xie Linchuan, "Yes, I just wanted to take advantage of you."
Shen Xingcan was a little speechless for a moment before she found her voice. "... You actually dare to admit to such a lewd thing? You are simply morally corrupt and utterly shameless!"
He said it with great conviction.
Xie Linchuan's voice was calm, without any inflection or argument, as if he were simply stating a fact. "Mutual affection is not despicable."
Shen Xingcan reached out in shock to touch Xie Linchuan's forehead. "You don't have a fever, so why are you talking nonsense? Who said you're in love with someone?! We're mortal enemies, you understand?"
Xie Linchuan was silent for a few seconds. "... Okay, it wasn't mutual affection. It was just me having a one-sided crush on you, which is why I couldn't help wanting to be close to you."