Chapter 320: Hungry
After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Shu groggily opened his eyes.
He casually pushed aside the mosquito net and looked out the window, instantly feeling as if struck by lightning.
At some point, the sky outside had already darkened, and there were no longer the white clouds and blue sky from before he slept.
He quickly picked up his phone and was even more bewildered when he saw the time: 3:43 PM.
Had he misread it?
3 PM? Shouldn't it be 3 AM?
Thinking this, Jiang Shu nimbly jumped out of bed and went to the swimming pool outside, looking up.
The sky was overcast and pitch black, the dense dark clouds like a giant hand covering the entire firmament, blotting out the sun.
The oppressive feeling of 'black clouds pressing down on the city, as if it's about to crumble' was fully visible.
The next second, before Jiang Shu could react, large raindrops fell on his head, and then, the heavy rain poured down.
Seeing this, Jiang Shu quickly ducked back under the eaves.
He opened his phone and found that the group chat for this Maldives trip already had 999+ messages.
Maldives (39)
— Latest News —
Zhang Yuanying (Travel Edition): Why did this rain just start pouring down without giving anyone time to find shelter! 【Kitten Grinning.JPG】
Kwon Eunbi (Wants to Sleep Edition): You're lucky. Kim Minju and Choi Yena went out to play and haven't said anything yet, so they're probably looking for a place to hide from the rain.
Ahn Yujin (Call Me Youzhen Ni): Hahahahaha @Kim Minju (IZ*ONE First Love Edition) @Choi Yena (It's Yena, Not Yena)
Jiang Huiyuan: I'm hungry.
Jiang Shu saw the latest message, then typed a line into the search bar.
Jiang Shu: I'm hungry too.
After Jiang Shu sent his message, there was silence for over ten seconds.
Zhang Yuanying (Travel Edition): @Jiang Shu, Chairman Oppa, you've woken up?
Zhang Yuanying (Travel Edition): Come over to our side, let's go have afternoon tea together?
Jiang Shu: How can I go over with such heavy rain?
Kwon Eunbi (Wants to Sleep Edition): I just asked Candy (the island butler), and she said the weather in Maldives is like this; this rain will only last for half an hour at most.
Jiang Shu: Okay.
Jiang Shu: What are those things after your names?
Zhang Yuanying (Travel Edition): Of course, it's to express your mood or what you're doing. Young people play like this now, Chairman Oppa, you're getting old. 【Kitten Smirking.JPG】
Jiang Shu: ?
Jiang Shu: @Jiang Huiyuan, is Guang Bei getting old too?
During the Japan activities, the nickname Guang Bei, which came about by a strange coincidence, once again became Jiang Huiyuan's nickname.
Jiang Huiyuan (Wants to Eat Edition): Chairman, I'm very young!
Jiang Shu: 【Screenshot】
Jiang Shu: I don't have presbyopia yet.
Cao Rouli (Ocean Edition): The rain is getting smaller.
Seeing Cao Rouli's message, Jiang Shu immediately put down his phone and looked outside. The sky was still dark, but the frequency of the raindrops had significantly decreased.
Li Caiyan (Wants to Dye Hair Edition): Where are our Japan trio? Why aren't they speaking?
Jiang Huiyuan (Wants to Eat Edition): They're outside in the rain 【Photo】
Jiang Shu opened the photo sent by Jiang Huiyuan. Sakura, Hitomi Honda, and Yabuki Nako were playing and frolicking in the rain by the sea.
Well, it looked quite fun.
Manager (Driven to Self-Isolation Edition): Tell them to come back quickly, what if they catch a cold?
Jiang Shu: @Manager (Driven to Self-Isolation Edition), why do you have a suffix too?
Manager (Driven to Self-Isolation Edition): Uh, Xiao Yuan changed it for me.
Zhang Yuanying (Travel Edition): It wasn't me! Ahjussi is lying!
Manager (Driven to Self-Isolation Edition): ...
Jiang Shu: So, I'm the only one who hasn't changed it?
Sakura: Me neither.
As soon as Sakura showed up, the other lurking members immediately surfaced, and messages in the group chat started popping out one after another.
Jiang Shu didn't send any more messages, silently lurking and peeking.
As the rain lessened, the dark clouds outside gradually drifted away, flying towards the depths of the ocean. With the clouds gone, the sunlight returned.
Jiang Shu watched the sky turn into a clear blue sky in an instant, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
This weather is really unpredictable.
He turned and went back to the living room, asking for a speedboat to pick him up.
The speedboat, always ready, arrived quickly. The speedboats here serve Jiang Shu twenty-four hours a day, on call.
After Jiang Shu called for the speedboat, it arrived in less than two minutes.
By the shore.
Those who received the message in the group and were ready for afternoon tea had already gathered. When Jiang Shu disembarked, he saw the girls, all dressed in cool summer clothes.
Although they weren't swimsuits, they were all summer outfits that revealed large areas of fair skin, looking quite pleasing to the eye.
"Chairman!"
"Chairman."
Several people greeted Jiang Shu one after another.
"Didn't Candy come?" Jiang Shu glanced around; it was just Jiang Huiyuan and three others, and he didn't see the island butler Candy.
"Candy isn't coming, we know the place, we can just go directly," Kwon Eunbi said from the side.
"Just the four of you?" Jiang Shu asked, looking at them.
"They're not hungry. I just wanted to drink something cold, so I came over," Kwon Eunbi explained.
"Kim Minju and I came to play," Choi Yena said, linking arms with Kim Minju.
Kim Minju nodded in agreement, secretly glancing at Jiang Shu before quickly lowering her head.
"I'm hungry," Jiang Huiyuan said, rubbing her stomach and looking at Jiang Shu pitifully.
Seeing this, Jiang Shu couldn't help but laugh.
"Then let's go, lest our Guang Bei faints from hunger."
"Yes~" x4.
In a water villa not far away, Li Caiyan and Sakura had changed into swimsuits and were both soaking in the water villa's private pool.
Swimming in the sea and swimming in a water villa are two different things. Sakura was fine, but Li Caiyan didn't dare go into the sea, so the two played in the water villa's own pool.
Watching Jiang Shu and his group walk towards the restaurant from afar, Li Caiyan retracted her gaze and looked at Sakura opposite her.
"Aren't you going with them?"
"I'm not hungry." Sakura lay on her back in the pool as if taking a bath. "It's rare to have time off, so I want to relax properly."
After filming the MV all morning and having to continue filming in the evening, she wanted to take advantage of the afternoon to rest.
It wasn't that she was sleepy; artists rarely take naps. She simply wanted to lie down and relax.
"Relax? Can't you relax in the evening too?" Li Caiyan said with a smile.
"Aniyo!" Sakura looked at her friend helplessly. "You have something else to say."
"Of course." Li Caiyan raised an eyebrow. "You don't need to play dumb, I know you understand."
They both knew each other too well.
"What are you thinking?" Li Caiyan pressed.
Sakura reached out and rubbed her neck, glanced at Li Caiyan, then looked far off towards Jiang Shu's water villa. She didn't say anything, but Li Caiyan understood.
"Still quite shy," Li Caiyan couldn't help but tease.
Sakura rolled her eyes at her and buried half her face in the water, but even so, Li Caiyan still saw the blush on her face, whether from the sun or some other reason.