Chapter 24: The Pathological Chen Jinseng

Chen Jinseng waited quietly, staring blankly at the door.

When he came back to his senses, he saw Ye Yan standing by the door, looking at him with a complicated expression on her face. He couldn’t quite understand the meaning in her eyes.

“Yanyan, let’s talk?”

Chen Jinseng pondered for a moment before speaking.

“That’s not necessary. Everything’s been resolved, isn’t it?” Ye Yan didn’t want to have too much contact with Chen Jinseng. This time, the program could’ve been ruined, and Chen Jinseng also caused himself to lose millions of followers.

“Yanyan, you’re avoiding me!” Chen Jinsong’s dark eyes stared intently at the person before him.

“Hahaha… What are you talking about?” Ye Yan tried to change the subject.

Chen Jinseng paused for a few seconds, looking at Ye Yan and saying, “Yan Yan, do you really have to do this? Hmm? Will my sister regret it later?”

The boy suddenly started laughing. His laughter was a mockery and satire of himself.

The more heartbroken he was, the brighter and more stunning his smile became.

Even the eyes were filled with a blood-red hue that burned with intensity…

Chen Jinseng’s voice was drawn out, carrying a hint of startlingly coolness.

“Tch~ Sister, just pretend you never heard those words. Consider it nonsense from me.” Chen Jinseng sneered at Ye Yan’s shocked eyes. His gaze gradually dimmed, and he turned to leave.

………

Ye Yan stood frozen in place, staring blankly as Chen Jinseng walked away. Her mind was in a complete mess.

She doesn’t understand, and she doesn’t want to understand either.

Ye Yan closed her eyes in exhaustion, rubbed them, then turned back to her room. She had no intention of going for a morning run. She felt irritable and confused.

………

The director’s team looked at the guests who seemed somewhat unenthusiastic, and he felt helpless as well.

“Today, let’s proceed as usual. Everyone, go and plant the rice.”

The production team also didn’t dare let the guests feed the pigs, for fear that something similar to what happened to He Xiaoxiao might happen again.

………

Ye Yan seemed somewhat distracted today. While planting the rice seedlings, she wasn’t as quick as usual. Her brows were furrowed, giving her a worried and gloomy appearance.

The other guests were also a bit tired, as the sun was extremely harsh. Everyone felt lazy.

He Xiaoxiao wanted to give up. Doing farm work every day made her skin darker and her hands rougher. She hated stepping barefoot in the mud, but since everyone else did it too, she couldn’t act any differently.

He Xiaoxiao looked at her dirty hands and felt extremely uncomfortable. Turning her head, she saw that Ye Yan also had a furrowed brow. He Xiaoxiao smirked. So, the little troublemaker was just pretending to be indifferent all along!

He Xiaoxiao approached Ye Yan unnoticed. Then, out of sight of the live broadcast camera, she quietly stretched out her foot and, with a bit of skill, kicked Ye Yan in the knee area.

Ye Yan had been lost in thought, so she didn’t notice. All she felt was a sharp pain in her knee, and she started to lose balance and fall.

Ye Yan looked at the rice fields covered in mud, her lips pressed together. Instinctively, she wanted to pull something.

Just as He Xiaoxiao started to smile, Ye Yan reached back and grabbed the clothes on her chest.

“Ahh! Ye Yan! You did this on purpose!”

He Xiaoxiao looked at her clothes, which were in a mess, with tears welling up in her eyes. She was on the verge of crying. Her peach-like eyes were filled with tears, making her appear rather pitiable.

“Yeah… I’m sorry.”

Ye Yan didn’t expect such a thing to happen. He Xiaoxiao’s buttons on her chest had just been undone by her, revealing a glimpse of her chest.

He Xiaoxiao crossed her arms anxiously, almost to the point of crying.

No one else understood what was happening. They only heard He Xiaoxiao shouting, so they all turned to look in that direction.

At this moment, He Xiaoxiao was truly terrified. She certainly didn’t want the entire audience to see her in such a state.

Ye Yanc glanced around, quickly took off her outer garment, and forcefully pulled He Xiaoxiao into her arms, covering her completely. Now, He Xiaoxiao couldn’t possibly expose herself anymore.

Ye Yan also sighed in relief.

After all, she was at fault in what happened just now.

He Xiaoxiao never expected that Ye Yan would take off her own clothes to cover her, instead of just standing by and watching her embarrassment. He Xiaoxiao felt indescribable emotions inside.

A faint scent of gardenia filled the air between her noses. He Xiaoxiao felt complicated inside, and the look in her eyes at Ye Yan contained meanings that Ye Yan couldn’t understand.

………

Chen Jinseng saw everything with his own eyes. He lowered his gaze to hide the thoughts in his heart. He had been paying attention to Ye Yan the entire time. He tried to ignore her, not to think about her, not to listen to her. But it was impossible. He simply couldn’t do it.

But he can’t go over there.

He can’t bring her any more trouble.

“It’s okay, Chen Jinseng. Just wait a little longer, be patient.” He silently told himself in his heart.

………

The other guests saw that He Xiaoxiao was quietly working away with her head down, so they didn’t ask any further questions.

But the audience for live broadcasts is different.

………

[What just happened? Ye Yan pulled He Xiaoxiao into her arms and put her own clothes on her. Weren’t He Xiaoxiao and Ye Yan fighting last night? Now they seem like best friends again?]

[I have to say, I really didn’t understand this at all. I thought I’d be watching a story about the complicated relationships between various couples today. But instead, I ended up watching Ye Yan, the female boss, trying to flirt with other girls? What kind of story is this even?]

[Please, I really will thank you! What are you doing, Chen Jinseng? Weren’t you very clear in your attitude on that social media platform last night? Why aren’t you trying harder to bring Ye Yan home today?! Is planting rice any better than having a wife??]

[Oh my! What’s going on here? Did that little troublemaker make up with He Xiaoxiao? Why can’t Ye Yan stand up to her and switch to a more conciliatory approach?]

………

The comments are diverse, with each one presented from a unique perspective and in a distinctive style.

They're ready to watch Chen Jinseng’s efforts to win over his girlfriend.

There were still those who continued to call Ye Yan a seductive woman.

Some people want to see Ye Yan and He Xiaoxiao continue to fight.

None of these guests knew anything about it. Probably, they were all people who had gone through many hardships. So, aside from He Xiaoxiao acting up a little this morning, things were relatively calm.

Since there were no highlights or funny moments, today’s live streaming traffic was much lower than usual. The director kept watching the decreasing number of viewers, and he was practically going bald from frustration.

He took advantage of the guests’ lunch break to discuss things quickly.

Director A: “What should we do? There’s no creativity anymore. The audience isn’t interested at all!”

Director B: “Why not stop them from transplanting rice seedlings? If they keep doing it every day, the audience might get tired of it. I think we should change the format, or maybe hold a competition or something. That way, they can win ingredients as prizes, instead of having to transplant seedlings to feed pigs and get paid like before.”

The directors ABCDE exchanged smiles and nodded their heads. It was decided that the winning ingredients for the competition would be determined in this way.

………

After the lunch break, the production team couldn’t wait to assign this new task.

Everyone was stunned. A competition?

What’s there to compare?

Director A cleared his throat and said, “To help the guests better experience the life they’re looking forward to, we’ve specially organized the ‘First Edition: If You Can’t Do It During This Anticipated Season, Who Can?’ Sports Competition!”

“Ahem! The opening ceremony of the ‘If You Can’t Do It, Who Can?’ sports event is now complete! Let’s begin the competitions!”

Everyone was stunned. After just a few words exchanged, the opening ceremony was successfully completed?

Whose opening ceremony is so sloppy?

………

[Laughing my head off! Was this opening ceremony timed to the second? The moment it started, it was already “completed”? Then straight to the competition? Did they do all those preliminaries just to make sure everyone noticed they were doing something?]

[Hahahahahaha, look at how stunned the guests are! They were just told that they were going to hold a sports meeting, and before they could even react, it had already started. Even the donkeys in the production team aren’t this hardworking!!]

[It’s started! If you can’t do it, then who can? What a great name! This definitely works! Lord Ye must show off her skills!]

[Laughing my ass off. Who would actually expect that little troublemaker to perform well?? Everyone knows that girl’s completely clueless when it comes to sports! This is just utterly ridiculous.]