Chapter 56: Chapter 056: Shen Yan is Safe and Reliable! Chapter 56: Chapter 056: Shen Yan is Safe and Reliable! Tao Rongye, as the biggest celebrity guest on the scene, had to bow his head in front of the seniors, even with the influence of the male and female leads.
Shen Yan stood by the side, watching them compliment each other back and forth.
Qin Dingyue squeezed herself next to Shen Yan with a gloomy expression, casting several glances at Liu Qiang that she just couldn’t hide.
Qin Dingyue’s agent wished she could cover her expressive eyes, but in the end, it was Shen Yan who turned her away.
“Yanyan, when did Liu Qiang and Teacher Tao become so close?”
She thought, all dressed up and constantly rubbing up against Tao Rongye.
If Qin Dingyue were Tao Rongye, she would have been stirred into restlessness by now.
Looking at Tao Rongye, she saw his smile was seamless.
Just like an emotionless person.
Qin Dingyue stole another couple of glances before leaning closer to whisper to Shen Yan, “Teacher Tao’s self-control is really impressive.”
The ferry brought them to the island, and the production team handed out a tent to each person.
The place was the same as before, only that now there were many more people from the production team.
The fact that Tao Rongye was even there showed that the production team wasn’t short on money.
With Tao Rongye around, the popularity of Mu Jincheng and Chu Jinghe dissipated, and after nightfall, the production team started a bonfire gathering.
Shen Yan excused herself early, claiming she felt unwell, and went to rest in her tent.
Shen Yan felt that the production team was somewhat inconsiderate of the reality, having a bonfire in such hot weather, as if they weren’t afraid of baking everyone into jerky.
“Miss Shen.”
Liu Su was going to stay on the island to supervise, so he would be staying with the crew.
“Come in, I’m not asleep.”
Liu Su entered with a freshly made bowl of nutritional soup: “The soup was made with the help of others, it has cooled down, and you can drink it now, Miss Shen.”
“Uncle Liu, you’re an elder, you don’t need to take such good care of me,” said Shen Yan, looking at the soup box on the small table with somewhat indescribable feelings.
“This is what Uncle Liu should do,” he reassured her. “Tomorrow Miss Shen will be working outside in the sun and rain, doing physical labor. Drink more nutritional soup to strengthen your body!”
“From now on, let Xiao Zhao handle these kinds of things,” Shen Yan took the soup.
“Miss Shen,” Liu Su hesitated before asking, “Have you called your husband, or sent messages? It’s only been a few months since your registration… Take this time to foster some affection, so it won’t be awkward when you live together later.”
Liu Su was gentle as he advised Shen Yan, gauging her reaction. If Shen Yan wasn’t angered, he would push slightly further.
Shen Yan’s expression was odd.
Uncle Liu had not heard what Qi Si told her; if he had, he probably wouldn’t have mentioned fostering affection.
Qi Si had made it crystal clear that their marriage arrangement would only last for two years, and it was purely a verbal agreement.
So all of Uncle Liu’s efforts were in vain.
Shen Yan’s gaze fell on the box of nutritional soup, and she inexplicably softened, nodding, “I will send him more messages.”
Glancing at Liu Su’s expression and considering whether to bring up the topic of asking for local specialties, Shen Yan still didn’t speak up.
Liu Su cleared his throat, “Miss Shen can send a goodnight message to your husband now…”
He finished and stood at the tent entrance, watching Shen Yan.
Shen Yan: “…”
He was going to stand there until she finished sending the message.
Shen Yan emotionlessly took out her phone, emotionlessly sent a ‘good night’, and then emotionlessly handed it to Liu Su.
Liu Su left with an especially benevolent smile.
*
Shen Yan had initially wanted to retract the message but let it be.
Time to drink the soup.
She picked up the bowl and took several sips. The soup tasted great!
And she wondered who had made it.
Overseas, Qi Si received Shen Yan’s goodnight message and looked up at the blazing sun, falling into a brief silence.
He had just flown from F country to S country; his local contacts had not yet arrived, but he received a goodnight greeting from Shen Yan.
His recent chat history with Shen Yan, compared to before, had become abnormally frequent.
Shen Yan wondered what to do.
He couldn’t guess what profound things that foolish brain of Shen Yan could hold.
He concluded that she sent those messages simply because she found them amusing.
Or perhaps she was maliciously teasing him.
“Mr. Qi!”
Several figures in suits and leather shoes gathered around Qi Si under the scorching sun.
Each of them oozing with an imposing air.
Not far off,
A luxurious fleet from the S country arrived in parallel with helicopters, with monks in white robes and suited bodyguards inside the vehicles.
This call of “Mr. Qi” highlighted another layer of Qi Si’s identity outside.
This time, he wasn’t standing here as a true businessman.
Qi Si glanced indifferently at the impressive procession and leisurely responded to Shen Yan.
“There’s a time difference.”
Shen Yan received the message, merely glanced at it, walked around in the tent for a while, rode the waves for some time, and then collapsed onto the small bed to sleep.
*
Tao Rongye had just arrived, and the production team wouldn’t possibly give them the most difficult survival task right from the start. First, they needed to let Tao Rongye acclimate.
It was still the pairing of males and females.
Tao Rongye and Liu Qiang drew the same group; the two had a friendly relationship prior to this and now being in one group, the other guests couldn’t help but steal glances at them.
Liu Qiang seemed unaffected, still red-faced and excited about being paired with Tao Rongye.
Shen Yan was paired with Wen Yan again.
Wen Yan was actually happy.
Since after the last episode, Shen Yan’s popularity had surged, and she was close to having her image cleansed, plus Shen Yan was competent. Wen Yan was naturally pleased to be in the same group as Shen Yan.
It made no difference to Shen Yan who she was grouped with.
Mu Jincheng and Chu Jinghe were still in one group, leaving the final pair to be Qin Dingyue and Zhou Jingming.
Except for replacing Xu Zishen, it was surprisingly similar to the setup in the first episode.
Shen Yan couldn’t help but suspect that the production team was playing tricks.
The main task for the first day of the third episode was to find food ingredients.
This seamlessly connected to the food-finding theme of the last episode.
Lacking originality.
Tao Rongye joining the survival show brought a flood of fans directly into the livestream, bringing a fresh dynamic to the program.
Director Li was outside, laughing his head off!
Although hiring Tao Rongye was expensive, just looking at this surge in popularity, it was worth it!
What surprised Director Li the most was Shen Yan. Although there were still many haters, new fans had also joined.
The two waves of fans coming in actually managed to push Chu Jinghe down a notch!
Chu Jinghe’s agent, Zhong Chi, kept an eye on several livestreams. It was no use comparing with male artists, but amongst female artists, Chu Jinghe was nearly overtaken by Shen Yan, the newcomer.
This was incredible.
And a dangerous signal.
No matter how anxious Zhong Chi was outside, he had to admit, the recently inactive Chu Jinghe, without a boost in popularity compared to Shen Yan, seemed somewhat dim.
Liu Su held his phone like he was watching his own daughter, his smile becoming more and more gracious!
Shen Yan and Wen Yan walked a few steps behind. Shen Yan glanced forward and happened to see Liu Qiang “accidentally” spraining her ankle and then successfully falling into Tao Rongye’s arms.
Shen Yan and Wen Yan turned around unanimously, pretending they hadn’t seen it, and then, with their backs to those ahead, they exchanged a look.
Both sets of fans were thrilled to see this!
Wen Yan signaled Shen Yan with a look that screamed ‘let’s take another path,’ as if avoidance was the only option.
Even the foolish Wen Yan could see that Liu Qiang was making a play for Tao Rongye, and having witnessed Liu Qiang’s “skills,” Wen Yan truly became afraid.
Suddenly, Wen Yan felt that staying by Shen Yan’s side was far safer!
Remembering the scene where Liu Qiang almost clung to Tao Rongye, Wen Yan shuddered and then quickly moved closer to Shen Yan.
Shen Yan was safe, reliable!
Shen Yan: “…”