Chapter 5
The moment Qin Ye’s face appeared on the screen, the bullet comments seemed to jam for an instant.
Only after a long while did someone ask in an uncertain tone:
[This person seems to be wearing Qin Ye’s face. (terrified.jpg)]
[Holy crap, I’m not seeing things, right? That’s Qin Ye, right? That’s Best Actor Qin, right? That’s President Qin, right? That’s my white moonlight who retired from the industry so early, right!]
[I came because of the hype and now I’m stunned. It really is a heavyweight surprise!]
[I was wondering what kind of important person was worth Old Dog Sun buying a special trending search for. The official Weibo of “Being Human” was even deliberately teasing us, saying the sixth guest was a heavyweight surprise and everyone should come watch. I came here refusing to believe it, and now I’m completely convinced.]
[I’m sliding to my knees. Old Dog Sun—oh no, Director Sun is awesome! He actually managed to invite Qin Ye!!!]
[This is Qin Ye’s first variety show since debuting, right?]
[Upstairs, you said it wrong. Not since debuting. Since debuting plus after leaving the industry.]
[Silence. If you hadn’t said it, I would’ve forgotten Qin Ye has already left the industry, wuwuwu.]
[No, when did Qin Ye ever say he was retiring from the industry? He only said he temporarily had no plans to take on more acting projects, right?]
[Temporarily no plans… It’s been more than three years, almost four. This “temporary” sure is long.]
Qin Ye was a legendary figure in the entertainment industry.
He entered the industry at twenty-two. With only a few photos, he was praised for his divine looks and became popular all over the internet.
In four years, he only filmed three movies, yet won all three major Best Actor awards. It was simply unprecedented, and there might never be anyone like him again.
At that time, everyone was discussing whether Qin Ye was the legendary Ziwei Star of the entertainment industry.
Who would have thought that after receiving his Best Actor trophy, Qin Ye would casually say that he was going to leave the industry?
The scene erupted in shock. Fans were dumbfounded, and they caused an earth-shattering uproar in the comments on his Weibo. There were even irrational youngsters who threatened him with dropping out of school or committing suicide.
Qin Ye had no choice but to clarify on Weibo that he only “temporarily” had no plans to accept more acting roles.
Then, he completely disappeared from the noise and turbulence of the entertainment industry.
By the next time netizens saw him in public online, it was actually in a financial magazine.
Only then did everyone learn that Qin Ye was the only son of the chairman of Qin Group. He had gone home to inherit the family business!
Then, in just over three years, netizens once again saw Qin Ye’s name in an unexpected place.
Qin Ye’s personal wealth had ranked among Forbes’ top ten.
Before and after his name was a whole line of familiar big-shot names.
But Qin Ye was only twenty-nine this year.
Perhaps because of the double blessing of his entertainment-industry popularity and billionaire identity, Qin Ye had been selected last year as a nominee for the world’s 100 most handsome faces.
With all kinds of halos added to him, no one had long dared to regard him as an ordinary entertainment-industry star.
And yet today, everyone actually saw Qin Ye, who had not appeared for a long time, in the variety show livestream of What Kind of Person Are You?
Sun Xinping smiled as he watched the explosive discussion in the bullet comments. One moment, he looked at the comments; the next, he browsed the trending searches.
Xiao Li reported the real-time numbers from beside him.
“Director, the number of livestream viewers has increased by one million!”
“It’s up by three million!”
“Five million!”
“Ten million now!”
The data was still rising. Qin Ye’s appeal was simply terrifyingly high.
Sun Xinping stroked his nonexistent beard in satisfaction. “As expected of my second trump card.”
“With Qin Ye here, it’ll be hard for this season not to be glorious.”
If He Erwang’s traffic earlier had somewhat surprised him, then the even greater traffic Qin Ye brought was completely within his expectations.
After all, when Qin Ye was still in the entertainment industry, to use today’s terms, he was a capable top-traffic Best Actor. Most importantly, he had retreated at the height of his glory and become countless people’s white moonlight.
He was also a business big shot, able to attract countless netizens who were not interested in the entertainment industry but were interested in watching the private life of a business tycoon.
Add to that his first-ever participation in a variety show.
Qin Ye was not some god descending the mountain. He was an existence people had always looked up to from an even higher place.
Under all these gimmicks, What Kind of Person Are You? would definitely make a fortune.
Besides, Qin Ye really was worth liking.
Sun Xinping could not help sighing inwardly that he had truly stepped in dogshit luck to have invited this great Buddha.
Although the fact that this great Buddha had “agreed” to participate in What Kind of Person Are You? also had some special reasons.
Just look at the scene. Among so many guests, Shen Jinfeng’s initial persona was team leader, so it was one thing for him to divide the food.
Of course, Sun Xinping had not expected his own “selfless” persona to be that effective either. Shen Jinfeng had actually been willing to divide all the food.
But the other guests, who also had no food and were in the same physical condition, had accepted the distribution without hesitation.
Only Qin Ye actually refused and insisted on giving half of the food he had received to Shen Jinfeng!
Clearly, everyone else was stunned when they saw this scene.
He Erwang had already opened the packaging and taken a big bite of the compressed biscuit. After hearing Qin Ye and Shen Jinfeng push the food back and forth, his mouth stopped moving.
He looked at Shen Jinfeng’s empty hands, then at Qin Ye handing Shen Jinfeng the larger half of the bread, then at the compressed biscuit in his own hand with more than half left.
He only hesitated for two seconds before reaching out, breaking off another half of the remaining large portion of compressed biscuit, and handing it to Shen Jinfeng.
Because the compressed biscuit in his mouth had not yet been fully chewed, his voice was a little muffled.
“Boss, I’m really hungry… I’ll eat half. This half is for you. You can eat it with the bread and change up the taste.”
The bullet comments were shocked by this scene.
[This is truly a development I never expected. Shen Jinfeng gave up all the food. Qin Ye refused to accept it and thought of him instead. Also, Qin Ye clearly saw from the start that Shen Jinfeng only had five portions of food, but he didn’t stop Shen Jinfeng from giving the food to the others. Only when it was his own turn did he choose to give up the food that could have been his, surrendering his own benefit. Then the selfless behavior of the two of them moved He Erwang, and He Erwang also shared his own food!]
[Holy crap. He Erwang’s persona of being willing to help others wasn’t set up for nothing. The way he looked at that compressed biscuit was like he was looking at a lover, yet he was actually the first to stand up and express support.]
[It’s all because Qin Ye led by example so well!!!]
[This is the first time I’ve seen such a harmonious scene from the “Being Human” guest team. Looks like the others are going to give up their food too.]
Sure enough, just as the bullet comments thought.
Seeing Qin Ye and He Erwang’s actions, Qi Xiu immediately split out his own half of the bread too.
“Boss, this bread is a different flavor.”
Shen Jinfeng: “…”
Mo Fan followed their example and broke off half of his compressed biscuit. Seeing that Shen Jinfeng would not accept it, he found a very good reason.
“We don’t know how long we’ll be on this deserted island. We need to save food.”
In the end, only Gu Shengsheng had yet to move.
He held his own compressed biscuit, had not taken a single bite, and had already split the biscuit into two halves.
Seeing everyone’s gazes focused on him,
Gu Shengsheng hesitated for a moment, his expression somewhat conflicted. “I’m really hungry. Half a compressed biscuit won’t fill me up.”
Mo Fan’s brows furrowed tightly. “We were all washed onto this island together. You’re the only one hungry?”
His tone was a little fierce, and Gu Shengsheng was startled, but he quickly steadied himself.
“This is what Shen Jinfeng gave me. He didn’t say anything, so why are you talking?”
Shen Jinfeng spoke at the right moment. “You don’t need to give it to me. One compressed biscuit won’t fill you up. Eat something first to pad your stomach.”
But before Gu Shengsheng could nod, He Erwang also spoke in disagreement.
“But the previous distribution wasn’t fair. The five of us received food, but Boss has nothing to eat. Now each of us should take out half so Boss can eat first. The rest can be redistributed afterward.”
When he said “Boss” the first time, it had been awkward and unnatural, but after saying it several times in a row, it started to feel smooth.
Gu Shengsheng also felt that there was some reason to this.
But he still felt that giving away this compressed biscuit after already getting it would be too much of a loss.
For a moment, the situation actually froze.
The netizens watching the livestream were once again shocked by the development.
[We were clearly about to reach a harmonious, humble, happy ending, and then Gu Shengsheng came out as a shit-stirrer.]
[All I can say is, as expected of him.]
[He could be ungrateful even to the mentor who discovered him. You still expect him to be grateful to a team leader?]
[But Gu Shengsheng’s initial persona is selfish and self-serving. His current behavior isn’t really out of line either. I advise some people not to stand too high on the moral ground and criticize. First ask yourselves what you would do in this situation.]
[Gu Shengsheng’s persona really is damn accurate, but… did you forget what Mo Fan’s persona is?]
Mo Fan’s persona?
Somewhat irritable?
Starts fighting whenever someone annoys him?
Fuck!
Sure enough, on the screen, Mo Fan’s expression as he looked at Gu Shengsheng was extremely impatient.
After several rounds of pulling back and forth, he angrily snatched the half compressed biscuit from Gu Shengsheng’s hand and put it back into the packaging bag.
[!!! What is Mo Fan going to do?]
[Shit, as expected, one disagreement and he starts fighting! He wouldn’t be about to hit Gu Shengsheng, right?]
[No, this doesn’t seem like it has reached the point of violence, right?! That’s way too scary!]
Just as the bullet comments were filled with fright and all kinds of guesses,
under Gu Shengsheng’s equally stunned gaze, Mo Fan moved again and once more broke the compressed biscuit in his own hand into two halves.
“Here!” His attitude was not very good as he handed one half to Gu Shengsheng. “You’re not full, so I’ll give you half of mine.”
“You selfish brat, I guarantee you this: on this deserted island, as long as I have one bite to eat, half of it will definitely be yours.”
Gu Shengsheng stared at him blankly, so shocked that the other half of the biscuit in his hand fell to the ground.
[??? What just happened? Did something go wrong with my ears?]
[Mo Fan looked so aggressive, like he was about to start a fight, that I even closed my eyes because I couldn’t bear to watch. In the end he just… just… just… and that was it?]
[Who understands? This is actually kind of shippable. Sorry, I’m toxic, I’ll leave first.]
[Is this dissatisfaction? Is this what they call having a bad temper?]
[It is, actually… He couldn’t stand Gu Shengsheng’s behavior, directly snatched his biscuit back for Shen Jinfeng, and then gave his own half back to him.]
[No, what is his behavioral logic?]
On the screen, Mo Fan spoke in a fierce voice.
“Don’t let me see you being this selfish again.”
[…]
[Iconic.]
Even Shen Jinfeng had not expected things to develop this way.
The corner of his mouth twitched, and he finally spoke.
“Stop yielding to each other.”
“Do you think I’m stupid? That I’d starve myself to death so you could eat?”
This was the first time he had encountered such a group of foolish teammates—or rather, he had rarely had teammates before.
These people were about to starve to death, yet they were still tangled up over how much to eat and how much to share. They were foolishly adorable.
After thinking for a moment, he added, “I was the first to wake up.”
The others let out a breath of relief, thinking that Shen Jinfeng’s implied meaning was that he had already eaten.
After that round of “yielding,” they were truly so hungry they were about to faint. Now that they had set down their psychological burden, they all obediently began eating.
Shen Jinfeng watched for a couple of moments, straightened up, and prepared to head toward the sea.
After taking two steps, he discovered that Qin Ye had not eaten and had actually followed him.
?
Seeing him stop, Qin Ye lowered his eyes in slight confusion. “What’s wrong?”
Shen Jinfeng pointed at the bread that had been put back into its packaging. “You’re not eating?”
Qin Ye shook his head. This deserted island was filled with danger, and food was precious. While he still had strength, it was better to first check whether there was anything edible nearby.
“The bread can be kept as backup.”
Shen Jinfeng withdrew his gaze with a somewhat strange expression. “Oh.”
What did he mean by keeping the bread as backup?
Was he afraid that Shen Jinfeng would not be able to find food and wanted to keep it as backup so he could share it with him?
