Chapter 88: I Want to Live with This Older Brother!

"Yeah, we were bored anyway. This show looks interesting, so we figured we’d come over and have some fun."

Ma Yanbin grinned shamelessly, legs spread wide, looking utterly carefree.

Zhu Qiming nodded and spoke first. "Then let’s see what they left us and divide it up. Otherwise we won’t make it through a week."

As he spoke, he got to his feet and began taking inventory of the supplies.

"Let’s sort out the girls’ things first. Ladies first," He Zhiyuan said, standing up as well. He then deliberately rolled up the sleeves of his T-shirt, baring his arms all the way to the shoulders.

Lin Feng stared at the obvious, deliberate display of muscle and found it completely ridiculous.

He picked up the last half of a watermelon and settled into a good viewing position, ready for the show.

What he did not notice was that Xiao Ran, seated diagonally across from him, was staring at him without blinking, her eyes bright with amusement.

Soon, Zhu Qiming had finished checking the supplies, but when his gaze fell on the tents, he frowned. "The production team only prepared three tents for us."

"What?"

He Zhiyuan froze. He hurried over to confirm it, and once he saw there really were only three tents, he too was stunned. "Th-this... could they have sent the wrong thing? Three tents—how are we supposed to split that up?"

"How split it?" Ma Yanbin said with a sly smile. "Why split it at all? Isn’t this just perfect for three pairs?"

From the very beginning, he had never counted Lin Feng as a person worth considering.

Three men and three women, just enough to pair off. What did some factory worker have to do with it?

His words, however, stirred dissatisfaction in the others.

Everyone understood exactly what he meant. Among the six people present, all had some ability; the only one who truly did not belong was Lin Feng.

Though He Zhiyuan and Zhu Qiming did not agree, neither of them objected. They exchanged a glance and looked toward the women.

Miao Ruoyu bit her lip and spoke first. "I think these tents should be for whoever stays on the island. Didn’t they say we could choose?"

"Right!" Gao Yaqin nodded vigorously. "Even if we don’t end up matched, three people sharing one tent should still be fine..."

The men did not answer. By tacit agreement, they all turned to look at Xiao Ran.

At that very moment, Xiao Ran somehow produced two lollipops from who-knew-where. She unwrapped one and slipped it into her mouth, then held out the other to Lin Feng with a sweet smile.

"Big brother, you’ve been eating melon all this time. Are you hungry?"

Everyone froze.

Lin Feng blinked. "Huh?"

Xiao Ran’s eyes curved with a smile. Still hugging her plush teddy bear, she blinked at him and said with a playful smile, "Take this to tide you over, big brother. The sun is so strong here. It’d be terrible if you fainted from heatstroke..."

The first part sounded perfectly normal, but by the time he heard the second, goose bumps were already rising all over Lin Feng.

Why did that tone of playful mischief feel vaguely familiar...?

But when he looked again, Xiao Ran was dressed exquisitely, clutching the teddy bear in such an adorable way that Lin Feng took a deep breath. No, no—it was just that she looked a little like someone else...

After a moment, he still accepted the lollipop and stuffed it into his pocket.

Xiao Ran’s smile deepened. She hugged the fluffy teddy bear tightly, blinking with a grin that was half playful, half unreadable.

That adorable look instantly awakened the protective instincts of the other three men.

So cute it made them want to...

The thought flashed through Ma Yanbin’s mind, and he licked his lips greedily.

"Ahem!"

Zhu Qiming cleared his throat, and the bearing of a leader came through at once. "I think we should divide the tents first. The three ladies can make do sharing one tent, and the four of us can split the remaining two. Any objections?"

Miao Ruoyu and Gao Yaqin naturally nodded in agreement.

But Ma Yanbin grew anxious. "Then I’ll share with you!"

What he meant was clear: he did not want to room with Lin Feng.

What was there to talk about with some lousy wage worker?

Zhu Qiming looked awkwardly at He Zhiyuan, who gave a rather helpless nod.

Just as Zhu Qiming was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Xiao Ran’s voice rang out.

"I want to stay with that big brother!"

Following the direction of Xiao Ran’s finger, everyone froze.

Lin Feng stiffened and pointed at himself. "Me?"

The captain of a top girl group wanted to share a tent with a factory worker?

At the same time, the livestream comments exploded.

"Holy crap, and they’re starting off this wild?!"

"I saw it just now—Xiao Ran has been staring at Lin Feng the whole time..."

"No way, they’re really sharing a tent? Does the nighttime vote even need to happen now?!"

"If both the male and female guests are into it, isn’t there no need to go through the formalities anymore?"

"Damn, this worker’s luck is insane. Can they open up applications? I want in too."

"This guy really hit the jackpot..."

On site, Zhu Qiming was the first to recover from the shock. He stammered, "Miss Xiao, this is only the first day of filming. That wouldn’t look very good, would it?"

"Yeah! Why do you have to stay with him? Just room with me!"

Ma Yanbin was grinding his teeth. He had just been waiting to see Lin Feng make a fool of himself, only for Lin Feng to be chosen first. How was he supposed to save face now?

Miao Ruoyu and Gao Yaqin had gone pale. As female guests, Xiao Ran had taken the lead in choosing a man to stay with. If they kept hesitating, they would probably be mocked for acting coy.

The two women glanced at the other three men, already thinking about whom to choose next.

"I’ll stay with whoever I want. What business is it of yours?"

Xiao Ran gave Zhu Qiming no face at all and fired back at once, utterly unlike her playful, adorable self from moments before.

The sudden change in her expression left everyone stunned.

Snapping out of his daze, Lin Feng swallowed. Clearly, Xiao Ran’s move had shoved him straight into the center of the storm.

No, he was just here to earn a paycheck. Why was everyone fixating on him?

He had finally escaped that demon Chu Lingshuang, and he absolutely did not want to be targeted again.

Lin Feng casually tossed away the watermelon rind. In full view of everyone, he fumbled around for quite a while before finally pulling a hammock from inside it.

Seeing the stunned expressions on everyone’s faces, he said unhurriedly, "You can have the tents. I’ll just sleep in the trees."

With that, he carried the hammock straight into the woods. Before long, he had it hung up, climbed in, and started dozing off.

Everyone was left staring, dumbstruck.

The livestream comments rolled by in a frenzy.

"He actually refused, holy shit!!!"

"Xiao Ran’s background definitely isn’t simple. He probably didn’t dare make trouble..."

"Life is rough for a worker. Finally gets on a show, only to be pushed around by the big shots..."

"They’ve shoved our factory worker right up into the trees..."

Xiao Ran stared fixedly at Lin Feng, dozing in the distance, a faint, unreadable light flickering in her eyes.

He actually refused?

This man really was interesting...