Chapter 19: Chapter 019: Treated as a Useless Person Chapter 19: Chapter 019: Treated as a Useless Person Watching Mu Jincheng’s pale, panicked face, Shen Yan said softly, “Don’t be scared, it’s just a slightly larger mudfish.”
To prove it was indeed a mudfish, Shen Yan climbed ashore, picked up the wriggling creature, and held it in front of Mu Jincheng. It wriggled just enough to slap Mu Jincheng across the face.
His already pale face turned even whiter.
The fishy smell invaded his nostrils, making him want to vomit.
Mu Jincheng clenched his teeth and pressed his pale lips tightly together, barely holding back.
His hands, clenching the ground, were so tight that veins bulged visibly.
For Mu Jincheng, who had embarrassed himself so badly for the first time, his face went from pale to ashen, contorting with the effort of restraint.
He gritted his teeth and managed to squeeze out two words, “Shen Yan.”
Shen Yan shook her head, clicking her tongue in disapproval.
So little courage, yet daring to join a survival show.
To her, such an unchallenging program was like child’s play.
Such minor difficulty caused these pampered stars, whose fingers had never touched spring water, to end up in utter disarray.
If not for the last-minute leniency from the production team, these pampered stars wouldn’t make it to the finish line the next day.
Actually, every task like this had some hints provided.
If there hadn’t been a contract and a need to use the show to trend online and shake off a deadly illness, Shen Yan, upon arrival, would’ve definitely thrown in the towel.
Instead of helping him up, Shen Yan dug a shallow pit on the shore, padded it with some leaves, scooped some water into it, and placed the mudfish inside.
After finishing this, Shen Yan returned to the water to continue catching shrimp.
[[Hahaha … I’m dying of laughter!]]
[[Pfft! Hahaha…]]
[[Mu Jincheng looks so embarrassed, I’m discovering more and more how brave and cute my Yanyan is!]]
[[Mistaking a mudfish for a snake, unbeatable! Allow me to laugh a bit… Hahaha!]]
[[Sorry, I just can’t help it, hahaha…]]
The screen was filled with floating “hahas.”
Mu Jincheng’s fans hated Shen Yan to death.
To catch their Brother Mu’s attention, Shen Yan really used every trick in the book, how despicable.
They might curse horribly outside, but they dared not make a sound in the live stream.
Afraid it would reflect badly on Mu Jincheng.
Mu Jincheng tried hard to adjust his facial expression, taking a long time to suppress his scowl.
Breathing deeply, he cleaned the dirt off his body while Shen Yan had already caught many small river shrimps.
Shen Yan loved stir-frying these small shrimps, eating them completely, antennae and all.
Shen Yan took the two small mudfish she caught later and the earlier big one to the riverbank to clean them. The VJ, snapping out of it, quickly focused the camera on her.
It clearly captured how Shen Yan cleaned the mudfish, astonishing the viewers.
Her crisp and skillful technique was that of a wilderness survival expert!
Looking at the others and then back at this team was like a tragedy in comparison.
Mu Jincheng, having calmed down, still stood foolishly aside, clueless about what to do.
Earlier, the fish they had caught “with great difficulty” were just thrown into a frying pan, not even bothering to gut them.
Their outer scales were particularly throat-grabbing.
Last episode, no one had really caught wild fish; they were all feed fish prepared in advance by the production team.
The fish were placed near them off-camera, and then they were allowed to catch them.
Even so, only a few caught any.
It took another round of leniency to barely catch one or two half-dead ones.
Director Li turned this desert island survival show into a romance-selling spectacle to draw in viewers.
The male and female leads in this couple’s group brought in a lot of public attention steadily.
This time, Director Li had also intended to stir up some controversy between Mu Jincheng and Chu Jinghe to boost the show’s popularity, but Shen Yan, an unexpected dark horse, charged into the scene!
Director Li was surprised.
He had initially chosen Shen Yan for her ability to attract controversy, just to bring a sharper edge to the topic.
Yet now looking at Shen Yan’s haters, despite their continued negativity, there seemed a somewhat half-hearted vibe about it.
Shen Yan was clearly on her way to stardom!
Director Li looked at the data and laughed like a fool.
Shen City.
A high-tech skyscraper on the tenth floor.
The man sitting in the cold office leaned back slightly as he answered a video call, his tone as chilly as his demeanor, “Speak.”
The person on the other end wasn’t just anyone, it was the housekeeper sent by his family to assist him.
“Sir, the situation at Star Language Media has been dealt with. Who do you plan to appoint to manage the newly acquired company?”
Star Language Media, the very entertainment company where Shen Yan had signed.
It had now become a small subsidiary under the Qi Family.
“Her manager isn’t good enough.”
The laconic man simply pointed out that Zhang Lu, the manager, was inadequate, and said nothing more.
Liu Su knew he might have to handle it personally.
The company wasn’t too large or too small; managing it should not be too difficult.
Liu Su understood that Qi Si had dispatched him precisely to rid himself of him and to pave the way for Shen Yan to enter deeper into the entertainment circle.
Despite how terribly Miss Shen treated his boss, the boss had no choice but to smooth the way ahead for Miss Shen.
After all, Miss Shen was the prized gem of the Shen Family.
Perhaps this truly had angered the Shen Family.
The group from the Shen Family had thrown Miss Shen to their boss and then completely disregarded her. In a few months, they were to register their marriage, and Miss Shen would become the boss’s wife, thus naturally, they left her in the boss’s care.
Actually, Liu Su felt that the Shen Family was incapable of managing her and that’s why they had tossed this hot potato to Qi Si.
“Regarding this, I will handle it properly,” Liu Su stated solemnly.
“No need to make a fuss over the company’s matters.”
With that, he ended the video call abruptly.
Liu Su: “…”
That is to say, he still needed to keep a low profile around Miss Shen.
What was he managing, then?
He might as well work behind the scenes.
Liu Su now understood what he needed to do.
Shen Yan had once again performed the act of creating fire by friction on a live stream, earning an uproar of praise from the viewers!
Mu Jincheng watched the entire process dumbfounded, completely useless.
Passersby even felt embarrassed for Mu Jincheng’s fans.
Shen Yan started a fire, using stones and wet clay to build a small stove, placed a flat pan on it, added oil and salt, then small fish and shrimp, and cut a wider piece of wood to make a spatula to flip the fish and shrimp.
The aroma of the small fish and shrimp quickly filled the air. It wasn’t just Mu Jincheng, even the VJs and PDs who followed with the camera had their mouths watering!
Those who only had dry food to chew now heard their stomachs protesting.
The dry food in their hands no longer seemed appetizing!
Shen Yan picked some thick and smooth leaves, washed them by the riverbank, and used them to serve the stir-fried fish and shrimp.
It was strange how the production team operated, providing some things while omitting others, like providing a flat pan but no bowls or chopsticks, forcing her to utilize resources from her surroundings.
Those loaches, Shen Yan fried them last.
She again started with oil and salt as having salt at the bottom prevents sticking to the pan.
Mu Jincheng observed these simple survival skills up close for the first time and was amazed more times than he could count.
To Shen Yan, these were basic survival skills, but in the eyes of Mu Jincheng, they were complex, high-level skills.
Mu Jincheng knew he was incapable of doing such things.
The person he disliked suddenly appeared very formidable, and Mu Jincheng felt extremely uncomfortable.
He felt that such skills shouldn’t belong to Shen Yan, yet the reality was right before his eyes.
As Shen Yan performed these tasks, she radiated a dazzling aura that couldn’t be concealed.
He was forced to acknowledge, albeit reluctantly, Shen Yan’s prowess.
Feeling useless in Shen Yan’s presence, Mu Jincheng’s mood was somber, and his expression darkened.
He needed to find an opportunity to prove himself…