Chapter 90: Chapter 90 Watch the Waves
Chapter 90: Chapter 90 Watch the Waves
The typhoon hadn't approached yet, but a fine sea breeze was already whipping up on the island.
At the breakfast stall, Xu Qingyan was sitting on a small plastic folding stool. In front of him was a table full of carbohydrate breakfast gathered from various places, his expression rather complex.
Pork offal soup, a series of steamed dumplings, dried seafood noodles, pan-fried buns, seafood congee, braised pig's feet, ginger brown sugar eggs, crawfish, and that six yuan soy milk.
"Can you finish it all?" Shen Jinyue asked.
He held his forehead, somewhat speechlessly said, "Isn't it because you insisted on following me? At least half of this is what you bought, Shen Jinyue. Are you a pig or something?"
"Hmph, Mind your own business!" Shen Jinyue puffed out her chest, the small watermelons trembling slightly, and spoke righteously, "Sister Zhou Zhou said it's okay!"
Lin Wanzhou was sitting in the middle of the two, cradling a bowl of brown sugar eggs and eating them in small bites. Hearing Shen Jinyue mention her, she only looked up and smiled, appearing slightly embarrassed.
Under those circumstances, it was really hard to refuse.
Who could say no to a pitiable young girl? Besides, it was just eating breakfast, and she looked as forlorn as a stray dog lost on the streets.
"The wind is so strong, Shen Jinyue, does your thick skin feel cold?"
"Hmph! Not at all!"
Today's wind was truly boisterous.
Xu Qingyan realized that Shen Jinyue was really impermeable to reason, only to oil and salt, and had entirely given up on bickering with her. The wind was getting stronger; It was time to hurry and eat.
"Let's go, let's go. The stalls are going to get flipped soon."
"Oh." Lin Wanzhou stood up. She had long finished eating and was sitting on the side, replying to Qi Ting's messages.
Qi Ting had only seen the message from her this morning and was terribly anxious. It took a long time for Lin Wanzhou to reassure her, and then Qi Ting didn't immediately drive to take her to the hospital for a check-up.
Seeing the two of them get up, Shen Jinyue grabbed the cup of soy milk and hurried after them, biting a straw in her mouth.
Her eyes narrowed, seemingly quite content.
"Why don't you have breakfast with You Zijun next time? I hope you'll be more considerate," Xu Qingyan, walking ahead, delivered a frosty comment, though his voice was warm.
"I don't want to, I can't stand just eating bread and milk. It's more interesting to follow you." Shen Jinyue took a strong sip of soy milk, "The food here is more suitable for a Summer Country treasure's stomach."
"Is it that delicious?" Xu Qingyan glanced back at her.
"Delicious, indeed. Usually, I'd have no chance to eat this." Shen Jinyue swung her little fists, "Hiding in the show means no one can control me, I can eat whatever I want."
"Outrageous, did you come on the love reality show just for this?"
"Not entirely, only partly," she chuckled mischievously, then turned to look at Lin Wanzhou, "Why don't you ask Sister Zhou Zhou why she is on the love reality show."
"Me?" Lin Wanzhou walked beside him, not side by side, but always maintaining a half-step behind, "Because of work requirements, it just so happened that Xu Qingyan was also here."
"Oh~ because you know someone!" Shen Jinyue cleverly inferred.
Lin Wanzhou smiled without refuting.
Xu Qingyan wasn't really listening to what they were saying, his mind preoccupied with the idea of going to see the waves at noon. If the typhoon wasn't coming until the afternoon, he should hurry and would probably have enough time.
Back at the love cottage.
Lin Wanzhou and Shen Jinyue headed upstairs together, while Xu Qingyan glanced at the time. The official activity time for the program team was nine o'clock, and it was now eight forty.
After pondering for a moment, he decided to just wait playing with his phone in the living room on the first floor.
Not long after, Nian Shuyu was the first one to come downstairs.
Their gazes met, and Nian Shuyu hadn't expected the usually punctual Xu Qingyan to be waiting here so early. Perhaps because they hadn't interacted much, her expression was somewhat awkward.
"Hi," she initiated.
"Morning..." Xu Qingyan waved his hand and exchanged a few pleasantries.
It wasn't long before Chen Feiyu also came downstairs. He greeted Xu Qingyan just like the others, but what was odd was that when Chen Feiyu greeted Nian Shuyu, her attitude was somewhat cold.
Xu Qingyan couldn't help but take a few more glances at them, thinking to himself what was going on with this model CP from "Love Hunter"? They were fine yesterday, yet today their faces had changed all of a sudden.
Had they argued?
Forget it, it must be the show's script; better not to meddle in others' affairs.
After a while, the rest of the guests came downstairs one after another. Xu Qingyan couldn't be bothered to greet each one individually and simply stayed in the kitchen until he felt that nearly everyone had arrived before coming out.
He walked over to Pei Muchan and struck up a conversation, feeling reassured after seeing her in good spirits. If Pei Muchan kept staying up late for the scores every day, he would indeed feel guilty about the money he was taking.
Nine o'clock.
The show's staff appeared on time, bringing today's task card.
[Watching the waves.]
This task was also about making do with the situation. A typhoon was heading straight for the island, but it wasn't too dangerous. They could still go outside to shoot some material in the morning, but they would have to stay in the dating cottages in the afternoon.
"This is a group task, right?" You Zijun asked.
He was really about to be driven crazy by Xu Qingyan, who took away three female guests by himself, leaving him to pair up with Cui Ying. Not that there was anything wrong with Cui Ying, but...
God knows where the production team found such female guests, who appeared pure and reserved on the outside but acted so competently.
Hearing that it was a group task, Bai Jinze and Liu Renzhi, who had been sifting through the day, also couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Both of them had been left out yesterday and hardly had any screen time.
After sitting in the cold palace all day yesterday, they now finally had the chance to be on camera.
"What does watching the waves mean?" Liu Renzhi asked. "Is it just for looking at the waves at the seaside? It seems like it could be quite boring."
"Don't know, let's just follow along," Bai Jinze replied somewhat perfunctorily, walking a few steps ahead and striking up a conversation with Cui Ying next to him, leaving Liu Renzhi looking bewildered.
The crowd headed out, the wind howling and thunderous.
They walked along the coastal road for a while and climbed up a small hill before approaching the destination for wave watching. At the bottom of the hill was a stone path that led to the harbor.
As far as the eye could see, most of the fishing boats had already returned to the port and had been properly secured.
The morning was still sunny, and other than the strong winds, there wasn't a hint that the weather was going to change soon. The group continued down the stone path, and before long, they reached the shore. Read latest stories on m_v-l'e|-NovelBin.net
"Look! There are so many foam crests on the waves over there!" Shen Jinyue exclaimed excitedly, yelling into the wind, "The color of the sea waves has changed!"
"Be careful, we can't go any further," Chen Feiyu warned. "If we go any farther, we might get wet from the waves crashing against the cliffs."
In such windy weather, if someone got soaked with the cold seawater, it would indeed be easy to catch a cold.
Xu Qingyan turned his head, intending to see what Pei Muchan was doing, but suddenly he caught a glimpse of Nian Shuyu's subtly expressive look toward Chen Feiyu, which made him ponder.
Are they being this dedicated to acting, even arranging little details?
The sea indeed looked yellower because of the typhoon.
Everyone present was somewhat excited, watching the waves continuously break against the coast, with spray flying everywhere like a surge of white sand.
Xu Qingyan casually picked up a sun-dried seashell from the ground and, as he looked up, he saw that Pei Muchan was standing right in front of him.