He understood.
Another conspiracy, he felt like this variety show was playing him for a fool.
"Director Fang, I'm not hungry!" Shi Xinxin raised her hand.
"I'm not very hungry either," Yin Xue said coldly, a smile in her eyes.
"You two, shut up." Director Fang was so angry his teeth itched, fearing the prize he was about to catch would slip away.
"I actually have no plans to eat yet." Gu Qi was clever, deciding it was best not to make a decision yet.
"You shut up too. Everyone who isn't hungry, shut up. I'm asking the ones who *are* hungry."
He held his small megaphone, looking quite imposing.
However, no one responded anymore.
Yang Xi, who had been starving, heard Shi Xinxin and the others speaking and suddenly felt she wasn't that hungry after all.
"It's dinner time now. Since there wasn't enough time to prepare ingredients, we've only prepared ready-to-eat cooked food for you."
"Only for today. Tomorrow, you can choose your own ingredients." And cook for yourselves.
Director Fang cunningly didn't finish his sentence.
"Hey, why do I still feel like he's holding back?" Shi Xinxin, Yin Xue, and Gu Qi huddled together.
Gu Lin slowly shuffled his feet, seemingly contemplating whether to join them.
"Mhm, he wants to mess with us. We opposed him earlier, and he got flustered," Gu Qi said, speaking the most words he had all day.
Shi Xinxin let out a chuckle.
"You're the one most suited to confront Director Fang. Even I couldn't argue back."
"By the way, A'Xin, did you anticipate he'd charge for room selection?"
Yin Xue started asking Shi Xinxin again.
"I did, but I didn't expect him to be so ruthless."
"I thought it would be something like point redemption, cash equivalents," Shi Xinxin frowned.
Gu Qi calmly analyzed, causing Shi Xinxin to stare at him.
"What is it?" Gu Qi felt uncomfortable under her gaze, not understanding why she was looking at him.
"Nothing much. With your IQ, why would you even need to be in the entertainment industry? You'd just be harvesting fools."
Shi Xinxin teased, her words seeming to flow effortlessly.
Before Shi Xinxin could finish her retort, Gu Lin, who had quietly moved closer, elbowed her.
"What?" Shi Xinxin immediately turned her head. Gu Lin hadn't expected such a reaction from her.
He had intended to subtly remind her.
All three pairs of eyes turned to him. He cast a veiled glance at his brother and cleared his throat.
Gu Lin: Brother, I'm going to help you fill your cup.
"Ahem, actually, my brother accompanied me into the entertainment industry because my family worried about me."
"He has already from
"There are so many universities in country M, and not everyone gets into Yangjin."
"Yangjin? That's impressive. No wonder you're so smart."
Shi Xinxin sincerely praised. She knew how low the acceptance rate and how high the threshold were for Yangjin.
It wasn't like she hadn't attended.
Gu Qi gave her a mysterious look, contemplating whether to help her.
"Mhm, it's just alright."
Shi Xinxin thought Gu Qi was being modest.
"If you're amazing, you're amazing. No need to be humble."
"As a senior, you're so amazing, I'm not being humble at all."
Gu Qi smiled politely.
"What do you mean?" Yin Xue and Gu Lin said in unison.
Gu Qi smiled bashfully, ignoring Shi Xinxin's warning glance.
"The senior is Shi Xinxin. I saw her on the distinguished alumni board at Yangjin University before."
"She double-majored in Economics and Medicine. Yangjin University already has a heavy academic load, but she even obtained her doctorate two years early. She's the pride of Yangjin."
"CL in China was her first company."
Gu Qi explained sternly. Even the others turned their attention to them.
"Amazing, Sister Xin! I'm proud of you!" Yang Xi applauded enthusiastically.
She admired confident and beautiful people, and even more so, capable and patriotic ones.
Shi Xinxin turned around and saw them all applauding, their eyes filled with respect and their faces with smiles.
This was something she had never experienced abroad, in the jungle of the strong.
Her actually cool heart was touched.
"Thank you. I will not fail everyone's expectations." Shi Xinxin bowed deeply.
Her eyes were a little moist, and she quickly turned away, preparing to return to her room.
"How can you be cold to Director Fang? Hurry and eat if you're hungry."
"I'm not very hungry yet."
She said as she walked, her voice uncontrollably choked with emotion. She quickly walked into the small house and closed the door.
She faced away from them the entire time.
"Oh dear, she's getting emotional for the first time in a while, and it's here."
Yin Xue said, then ran over, preparing to ask her if she wanted to eat or not.
"I'm truly happy to have met someone as tsundere and adorable as her." Ye Xun curved her eyes.
[She's completely broken down!]
[Even through the screen, I can feel the emotion.]
[The keyboard warriors' keyboards have mysteriously vanished, the contrarians' muscles will be fatigued, and the jealous people will suddenly realize their lemons are going to go sour!]
[Don't worry, everyone. I know Sister Shi just got some dirt in her eyes.]
"Ahem." Director Fang turned up the volume of the megaphone a notch.
"Let's eat. Beef noodles are five coins, sandwiches are five coins, vegetarian rice noodles are four coins, whole wheat bread slices are three coins, fruit salad is three coins."
Director Fang was like an unfeeling money-grubbing machine.
"Are you letting us live?! I only have nine coins in total. How am I supposed to survive tomorrow!"
Xiao Jue was furious, giving the impression that he wouldn't back down until Director Fang lowered the prices.
"Whatever you eat today, you can earn double back tomorrow. Moreover, you don't have to buy food tomorrow."
Provided you have the ability.
"One bowl of beef noodles!" Xiao Jue grandly placed five coins on the table, as if eating it would allow him to achieve great things tomorrow.
"Director Fang, one sandwich and one fruit salad."
Eight coins solved the hunger pangs for their Long Yang team.
"Director Fang, one salad and one rice noodle." With one man who could eat a lot, they all needed to maintain their figures.
The Gu brothers only ordered whole wheat bread. They didn't have much money left and dared not order more.
Now, only the Xin Xue team hadn't ordered anything.
"It's alright, the Xin Xue team will come out shortly." Director Fang, not looking at the camera yet, didn't know that Shi Xinxin was no longer feeling emotional.
She secretly took out a cup of instant noodles from her bag.
"I'll go outside to ask for some hot water."
The door creaked open.
Shi Xinxin walked out, her normal demeanor restored.
"Director Fang, do you have any hot water? I want some to cool down later. I heard hot water has a stronger feeling of fullness."
Shi Xinxin was making up excuses with a poker face.
"Hot water is one cup for free. One pot is one coin!"
Director Fang was wary of Shi Xinxin, fearing she would come up with some new trick.