"The typhoon has stopped, right?" Shen Jinyue rummaged near the small door on the first floor, curiously asking.
"Yeah, we're getting some outdoor shots."
Before long, a staff member arrived late and glanced over the living room full of guests. After confirming no one was missing, they looked at their cue card, reading it without any emotion.
"Today's heart-fluttering task theme is...."
[Summer Sea Breeze]
Never mind Xu Qingyan, the other guests' faces also spoke volumes upon hearing the theme. With this weather, the only 'sea breeze' you'd get is from a typhoon!
"Didn't the typhoon just pass?" Nian Shuyu ruffled her hair, looking exasperated.
The staff member maintained a serious face, as if to say, I'm not embarrassed; it's someone else who should be. Seeing everyone looking in their direction, they coughed once and swiftly made their escape.
What could you possibly do outdoors after a typhoon?
Xu Qingyan thought and thought, but a certain curse kept haunting his mind. During a typhoon, the old folks in the village would say, don't stand under coconut trees, or else.....
The group began trickling outside, only to find that the so-called 'Summer Sea Breeze' task involved ice skating in the morning and jet skiing by the sea in the afternoon.
Whether the afternoon jet skiing by the sea would happen depended on the weather; if it rained, it would be cancelled. Otherwise, if something went wrong, a car accident on a romance reality show would indeed provoke a fierce backlash from the whole internet.
The production team had tried their best. Though the typhoon had passed, the winds around the island were still strong. Surfing by the sea was definitely out of the question, and so was paragliding.
But since they had already spent a day filming indoors yesterday, they could not repeat that. After racking their brains, they realized there was a large ice rink on the island, and a plan formed.
The team took advantage of the post-typhoon period to rent the rink at a low price. It was just that the rink was a bit far, so the guests would need to drive there themselves.
Nine guests, Nian Shuyu and Liu Renzhi shared a car.
Ever since the campfire reading session yesterday, the relationship between these two had progressed rapidly. Liu Renzhi, despite his playboy look, acted like an awkward virgin.
Xu Qingyan didn't even have to guess; Nian Shuyu was likely a gold-digger.
However, he wasn't sure whether Liu Renzhi was just putting on an act. It seemed like Nian Shuyu had Liu Renzhi completely figured out, but Xu Qingyan couldn't guess what her true intentions were.
Cui Ying got into You Zijun's car, maintaining a "comedian's" protective work attitude. Though she sat in the back seat, there was still the illusion that Cui Ying was the one driving.
Bai Jinze was left with no partner, as three of the five female guests had gone with Xu Qingyan in one car. One was an insider from the production team, and the other was the victim of the hot topic bad boy, Nian Shuyu.
Basically, Bai Jinze was left without a role in the whole show.
The production team was pragmatic, even when dealing with celebrities. If a guest still put on airs and couldn't attract traffic, then they were pretty much useless.
Why did Nian Shuyu know the news before even the production team and even reacted beforehand?
There could only be one explanation... there was an insider!
You Zijun, though wealthy, was not an idiot, nor was he likely to do something so foolish. Having money is one thing, avenging himself is understandable, but targeting Chen Feiyu made no sense at all.
Liu Renzhi didn't have the money, at most he could beat up Chen Feiyu.
The one who leaked the news had to be a professional team, posting, buying hot searches, and hiring water armies all in one go. Without the right connections, even with money, it would be impossible to reach such a team.
Eliminating all possibilities, only one remained.
Bai Jinze, that bastard, really deserved to die.
Inside the car.
Suddenly, he spoke up, "Who do you think is the Money Hunter in tonight's vote?"
Shen: "....."
Pei: "....."
Lin: "......"
The three women were simultaneously speechless, their gazes all turning to Xu Qingyan at the same time, the silence in the car was deafening.
Xu Qingyan felt a bit awkward and coughed before saying.
"Why are all of you looking at me? Aren't we free to vote? If you think I'm the Money Hunter, feel free to vote for me. The most important thing is to ensure fairness."
The silence of the three women in the car once again hung in the air, unsure of whom he was secretly planning to harm this time.
Pei Muchan didn't want to bother with him and played with her phone with her head down, planning to follow Xu Qingyan's lead in voting when the time came. Shen Jinyue opened her mouth wide, her face one of shock, as if she had discovered some secret.
"Who do you think it is?" Lin Wanzhou humored him, willing to go along with the act.
Xu Qingyan secretly praised the up-and-coming little empress for her thoughtfulness and pretended to ponder for a moment before saying, "I find Bai Jinze quite suspicious, always trying to isolate us."
Lin Wanzhou was momentarily at a loss for words, realizing she may have underestimated Xu Qingyan's ability to stir things up without a trace.
It was like a revelation, cutting right to the chase.
"Bai Jinze is unsociable, always liking to go it alone, not like a Love Hunter," he said earnestly. "I'll vote for him. He's most likely the Money Hunter."
Xu Qingyan's shameless maneuver even rendered the live comments silent.
About twenty minutes later, the crew arrived at the ice skating rink without incident.