Chapter 12
Qin Ye looked at the two competitors who had suddenly appeared and frowned in confusion.
Gu Shengsheng and Mo Fan were also bewildered.
But they instinctively defended the “big brother” they had just acknowledged.
Gu Shengsheng said, “Brother Ye made the beds. Does Brother Ye not even have the right to choose a bed partner?”
Mo Fan said, “Exactly, that’s right. Wait… what did you say?”
[What? Bed partner?]
[Pfft, what dangerous thing is Gu Shengsheng saying?]
[No, what did I miss? How did we fast-forward to bed partners?]
[What the hell, choosing a bed partner? Qin Ye’s face has turned green, hahaha.]
[I’m dying. Do “godly” teammates like this really exist?]
[Hahahahahaha, I was watching both livestream rooms and thought Gu Shengsheng and Mo Fan were at least a little more reliable than He Erwang and Qi Xiu. But facts prove that “godly” teammates may arrive late, but they’ll never be absent.]
Gu Shengsheng looked at Mo Fan in confusion. “One hut has one bed. If you sleep on the same bed, what else is it besides a bed partner?”
“Mo Fan, I don’t want you to be my bed partner.”
Qin Ye finally could not help coughing twice. He turned his face away, feeling his throat a little dry.
He corrected him, “Just roommates.”
Gu Shengsheng blinked and realized that this word did seem more suitable. “Fine.”
After thinking about it, he decided to take the initiative to help Qin Ye solve his worries.
“Qi Xiu, you sleep in the same room as me.” He waved at Qi Xiu.
Qi Xiu looked stunned and subconsciously wanted to ask, Why do I have to share with you?
Then he saw Gu Shengsheng smile at him. His beautiful, delicate face bloomed like spring flowers, but his tone was extremely arrogant. “Otherwise, I’ll deduct your money.”
Qi Xiu: “?”
He suddenly remembered that the reason he had ended up stranded on this deserted island was because he had come exploring with this young master. Otherwise, he would have had no way to pay his tuition.
With an aggrieved expression, he looked toward Shen Jinfeng.
“Boss, then should I share with Gu Shengsheng?”
Shen Jinfeng: “…Go ahead.”
Seeing one teammate and also competitor disappear, He Erwang straightened his back a little.
“I have a reason why I must sleep in the same room as Boss!”
?
Shen Jinfeng looked over in confusion. What reason?
The others also looked over curiously.
Even the bullet comments filled with question marks.
[Does He Erwang have some hidden connection with Shen Jinfeng?]
[It’s over. As a fan, I have a bad feeling. This silly kid’s brain circuits are sometimes very different from ordinary people’s.]
He Erwang weighed a coconut in his hand, his flamboyant purple hair dancing in the wind.
He said proudly, “Boss saved my life. I have to repay Boss and protect Boss.”
[???]
Qin Ye looked straight at Shen Jinfeng. “Did you encounter danger just now?”
Qi Xiu suddenly laughed out loud. He covered his mouth, his shoulders shaking, and said nothing.
But He Erwang did not feel embarrassed at all. “We found a coconut grove, and then I climbed a tree to pick coconuts for everyone.”
Mo Fan asked in confusion, “Climbed a tree to pick coconuts? You climbed with your bare hands? That impressive? Why didn’t you pick up a longer branch and knock the coconuts down?”
He Erwang froze, then replied, “Where would there be such a long branch? Throwing a branch would be so much effort.”
“Heh, my Boss held a few pebbles and whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—down all the coconuts fell.”
“You don’t know how cool it was! Boss promised to teach me how to knock coconuts down with pebbles!”
His way of speaking always seemed a bit exaggerated.
The stay-behind trio did not take it to heart.
Gu Shengsheng suddenly understood. “So Boss was still the one who knocked down the coconuts?”
“No, wait. Picking up branches is effort, but climbing trees isn’t more effort? Did you not manage to climb up?”
He Erwang shook his head and honestly said, “I climbed up, but I couldn’t get down…”
He recalled it emotionally. “Just when I was at the top of the tree, helpless and in despair, suddenly, Boss descended from the sky and appeared beside me.”
“If it weren’t for Boss, you wouldn’t be seeing me now!”
Because he was afraid of heights, he had not dared to look down at all, so he had no idea how Shen Jinfeng had climbed up.
“That coconut tree was over ten meters tall, almost twenty meters. I climbed for more than ten minutes. Boss only used a few seconds!”
Qin Ye turned his head in surprise to look at Shen Jinfeng.
As far as he knew, even the top veterans in special forces were only about this level.
He Erwang said, “Then Boss tied a rope around me and lowered me to the ground. You don’t know how awesome it felt! It was like riding a slide, even more exciting than a drop tower at an amusement park!”
Although he spoke exaggeratedly, his feelings were abundant. No one doubted his intense gratitude right now.
“So when we sleep tonight, I have to pay attention to Boss at all times. If Boss’s eyelids move, I’ll fan him. If Boss wakes up, I’ll feed him water. If Boss turns over, I’ll cover him with a blanket. If Boss frowns, I’ll drive away mosquitoes. If Boss gives an order, I’ll…”
Shen Jinfeng’s eyelid twitched, and he could not help interrupting him. “No need.”
“You sleep by yourself.”
He Erwang stopped reluctantly and obediently nodded.
His flamboyant purple hair drooped too.
[No, why does this repayment sound like something a stalker would say?]
[He Erwang, I really misjudged you! You’re actually this much of a bootlicker!]
[Good grief, I can only say good grief. Old Dog Sun’s persona is kind of powerful. He Erwang is evolving from a sharp-tongued little prince into a little genius at flattery.]
[Why doesn’t he just say he’ll repay the life-saving grace with his body?]
[Upstairs, you really dare to say that? Aren’t you afraid his army of fans will rush over and tear you apart?]
[Heh, this fan is right here. This fan only wants to say: you people really overestimate him. He doesn’t have the romance nerve. Saying he wants to imitate the Peach Garden Oath would be more reliable. I bet his head is full of “holy shit, I need to acknowledge a big brother” right now.]
Sure enough, He Erwang lowered his head shyly and could not help asking Shen Jinfeng, “Then, Boss, will you still teach me how to smash coconuts with pebbles tonight?”
[…Iconic.]
[So after going around in such a big circle, it was still for smashing coconuts.]
[Child, give up. I have observed your bones and they are truly too poor. You’re unlikely to become a great talent!]
Mo Fan’s eyes moved, and he suddenly spoke. “I also want to learn how to smash coconuts with pebbles! We can’t let Boss go smash coconuts every day. We need to divide labor and cooperate. Later on, it’ll be our turn to go into the dense forest and look for food.”
He Erwang angrily turned his head. Why was this person coming to steal his chance to ride the aerial slide?
On what basis? On the basis that you look like a weakling?
The words reached his lips, circled around, then were swallowed back.
“This task can just be left to me,” he emphasized again.
Qin Ye looked at the two of them and did not participate in this childish argument. Instead, he looked directly at Shen Jinfeng. “Little Captain, who do you want to sleep with?”
Shen Jinfeng met three pairs of eyes staring straight at him.
Outside that were Gu Shengsheng’s eyes watching the show and Qi Xiu’s eager, accusatory gaze.
Numb.
He shook his head and refused. “I’ll sleep alone.”
Shen Jinfeng opened his backpack, revealing the long leaf rope, and tossed it toward two trees that were about two meters apart.
The leaf rope had been woven with a special method. Earlier, even after lowering He—Kite—Erwang down from the tree, not a single leaf had fallen off, which showed how sturdy it was.
Then he gathered some bed boards. Quite a few leftovers from when Qin Ye had made the beds earlier had fallen nearby, so he picked up the ready-made materials.
Everyone saw that he did not use nails at all when assembling the bed boards.
The military knife flew in his hand. It flipped back and forth as if it had come alive, only carving oddly shaped notches into the key joints of the bamboo and other wood, and then all the pieces of wood were joined together.
Very soon, a large bed measuring about two by two meters was completed.
Then, using the leaf rope to tie it to the tree trunks on both sides, it suddenly became a swing bed in the forest, the kind that made people feel relaxed and yearn for vacation.
Shen Jinfeng picked up the leftover tattered tent fabric and banana leaves, then wove them together with leaf rope.
Very soon, a bedsheet that looked fresh, natural, and highly artistic was completed.
The swing bed in the forest was full of green life, rustic and rich with wild charm.
[Holy crap!]
[This bed looks way too comfortable to sleep on!]
[So beautiful, my god! What the hell kind of survival world is this? Isn’t this Shen Jinfeng’s vacation trip?]
[Holy crap, after the show ends, can the production team post a link to this bed? I want to buy it! Or tell me the location, I want to go!]
[Upstairs, sister, have you gone silly watching this? This is a bed in the virtual world! The bed is fake! Once Shen Jinfeng comes out, it won’t exist anymore!]
[Smart merchants have already started making knockoffs.]
On the screen, Shen Jinfeng leapt slightly and sat on the swing bed that had now captured the hearts of countless people in the livestream room.
His body moved slightly, and the bed swayed gently in midair, looking extremely comfortable.
Facing the stunned, envious, and dazed gazes of his teammates, Shen Jinfeng said, “I’ll sleep by myself.”
“You can divide the remaining three rooms.”
Qin Ye: “…”
With such jade before him, the small hut he had made by hand, which he had originally thought was passable, suddenly looked so cramped.
He Erwang: “…”
What should he do? He was super tempted by that bed!
Qi Xiu: “…”
Wuwu, it was all Gu Shengsheng’s fault! He had lost the chance to sleep in the same bed as Boss!
Gu Shengsheng: “…”
If he gave Shen Jinfeng two bottle caps of water, could he also go up and sit for a while?
Mo Fan: “…”
He Erwang was right. There really was a reason to follow Boss no matter what!
He had not had one before, but now he did!
In the end, Shen Jinfeng enjoyed the large swing bed alone.
Qin Ye, as the builder of the huts, enjoyed one small hut alone.
Qi Xiu and Gu Shengsheng shared one, while Mo Fan and He Erwang, the two competitors, slept together.
As the guests entered dreamland, the first day of the What Kind of Person Are You? livestream came to an end.
Sun Xinping looked at the data Xiao Li fed back and smiled so wide his mouth could barely close.
The average number of livestream viewers on the first day had actually reached as high as seventy million, and the peak value had even broken through one hundred million.
The trending searches on all major social media platforms had almost been completely dominated by the Being Human show.
This was simply a miracle in the history of variety shows.
Only, what no one had expected was that at least half of this popularity had actually been brought by Shen Jinfeng.
And it was positive popularity.
This made Sun Xinping hesitate quite a bit.
When Xiao Li asked him, “Director, netizens are all discussing that the first day was too easy! Should we arrange the plot earlier?”
He struggled inwardly, then finally shook his head. “It only seems easy because our guests are capable.”
“And the biggest taboo in making a show is listening to everything netizens say. Don’t look at that bunch of people online pointing fingers at everything. They probably don’t even understand what they themselves like. Today’s livestream data was very good. That means those netizens are saying one thing and doing another. This is only the first day. Tomorrow, continue letting the guests act freely. Observe first.”
However, this order of his failed to last until noon the next day.
Because the next day, once the livestream began, the guests woke up one after another.
This time, when they woke up, they were no longer so miserable.
Instead, they leisurely washed their faces and brushed their teeth.
They cooked coconut fish and drank coconut juice.
Early in the morning, the fragrance in the livestream room already made people’s mouths water.
As they ate, Mo Fan suddenly spoke. “Boss, if we can’t go back, living like this every day isn’t bad either.”
For some reason, he felt that although these days seemed bitter and miserable on the surface, there was actually a long-lost peace inside his heart.
Uh, the few times he yelled at Gu Shengsheng yesterday did not count.
Shen Jinfeng followed his words. “Why wouldn’t we be able to go back?”
