The Villain Just Wants to be a Salted Fish

 

Although the two of them had lowered their voices, these words still fell in He Jinyun's ears, who was walking over.

Hearing this, He Jinyun turned his head and glanced at Ye Zexi who was following him.

Ye Zexi noticed He Jinyun's gaze and immediately smiled at him. He saw the corners of the boy's beautiful mouth bend immediately, and his peach eyes became even more dazzling because of his smile.

The eyes of the two touched in mid-air for a second, and He Jinyun took the lead to look away.

Ye Zexi like him very much?

To be honest, He Jinyun didn't see it.

But to say Ye Zexi likes his fried dried fish, this is true.

Greedy little cat.

He Jinyun's mouth curled without him knowing, and a smile flashed across his eyes, even though he himself hadn't noticed it.

With the arrival of the last guest, the recording of "Foodie Journal" officially began.

Before the guests had breakfast, the director team also announced today's mission.

On the first day, the four guests need to be divided into two groups in advance, and then they can tour Atlantis's Water World and Dolphin Bay according to the route planned by the program group.

To put it simply, the first day was to let the four guests have fun and have good meals.

After receiving the mission, Wei Bei looked in disbelief and said: "There is no mission today? We only need to play to our hearts' contents? Really?"

The director answered him sincerely: "No mission."

"Really, no mission?" Wei Bei obviously didn't believe it, and continued to ask, "Are you sure you haven't set up any invisible pits for us to jump in?"

The director nodded.

Wei Bei blatantly rolled his eyes at the program team, "I don't believe you can be so kind! Don't try to script me!"

The director was helpless: "There really are no pits." [1]

Wei Bei hummed: "Since there is no pit, then you tell me, why do you want us to divide into two groups before breakfast? If today is really a touring day, we don't need to group at all, just go and play together!"

"You made us divide into two groups, and said there is no mission? I'm sure something is definitely not right!" Wei Bei stomped.

The director was amused by him, and said with a smile: "There is really no mission, why on earth do you think there is a mission?"

Wei Bei: "My keen intuition!"

The others were getting amused in an instant.

But no matter how Wei Bei asked, the director said there was no mission.

After asking about it, Wei Bei was also unsure.

Is it true that he was thinking too much?

The director couldn't help but laugh: "No mission! Really no pit! We are letting you get familiar with each other in groups on the first day, and the mission will not be available until the next day."

Seeing the director's insistence, Wei Bei couldn't hold back his suspicion. Could it be that he was really worried too much this time?

"Okay, I will trust you this time." Wei Bei snorted and then explained to the other three with a smile, "I have been tricked by the director team many times. Now what does this tell me? There is no variety show that has no pits, I'm really afraid that they would tell me that they had prepared a hidden mission that the guests need to discover by ourselves."

He Jinyun participated in relatively few variety shows. He couldn't help but ask: "Is there such a thing?"

"Of course!" Wei Bei raised his voice, frowning and complaining, "I got traumatized by other shows."

You Jia listened and said with a smile: "But didn't we read the contract very clearly this time? A pure traveling foodie show, so it is normal for us to just tour around on the first day, Brother Bei, don't be too suspicious."

Wei Bei was still a little uncertain: "Really?"

The director followed up: "Yes!"

You Jia patted Wei Bei on the shoulder: "Well, Brother Bei, don't worry too much. Even if the director team sets a trap for us, it won't be at breakfast. Let's have breakfast first. I'm almost starving to death!"

Wei Bei couldn't ask anything, so he could only give up and sit down.

Seeing this scene, He Jinyun smiled faintly and completely relaxed.

But Ye Zexi became thoughtful after listening to You Jia's words.

Before eating breakfast, they briefly went over how to divide into groups, and finally decided Ye Zexi and He Jinyun to be one group, and Wei Bei and You Jia to be one group.

Everyone began to eat breakfast.

At the dinner table, Wei Bei was really good at talking. With him taking the initiative to find topics, even though they were not familiar with each other, after breakfast, the distance between the four was shortened a lot.

He Jinyun felt extraordinarily leisure and at the same time sighed in his heart that recording a variety show was indeed easier than making a movie.

When he was about to turn back and chat with Ye Zexi, he found that Ye Zexi was frowning and playing with the milk carton in his hand.

He Jinyun was puzzled, and leaned over to ask: "What's the matter?"

Ye Zexi blinked at him and shook his head quickly: "It's nothing."

After breakfast, the first destination was Atlantis Water World, which was the nearest to the hotel.

Wei Bei and You Jia got up first and walked to the entrance of the hall.

Ye Zexi took a step slower than everyone, and when He Jinyun also got up to follow everyone, he stopped the man: "Teacher He."

He Jinyun paused and looked back at Ye Zexi: "What's wrong?"

The corner of Ye Zexi's mouth slowly conjured up an arc, picked up a carton of milk on the table, and lightly tapped his finger under the milk carton: "Let's go to the hall to take a picture."

He Jinyun saw a line of small characters under the milk carton, and his pupils shrank slightly.

Lifting his eyes again, He Jinyun saw Ye Zexi smile slyly at him.

There really a mission?

He Jinyun looked at the director in disbelief.

The director pretended that he did not see He Jinyun's gaze.

How could a variety show have no hidden missions?

If the director tells the guest no, then the subtext of course is to let the guests discover the task by themselves!

Seeing that the two hadn't come out for a long time, You Jia came back and took a look: "Are you all right?"

Ye Zexi took the lead to return to his senses, and his expression turned to natural as he threw the milk carton into the trash can next to him: "Coming!"

 

Even though He Jinyun was surprised, it was not shown on his face and he followed Ye Zexi out.

The two triggered the mission, and the director team also handed over the four cell phones prepared in the morning to the guests with the reason of "easy to communicate".

The only difference was that Ye Zexi and He Jinyun have a list of all missions that need to be completed this time in the phone photos file.

Wei Bei's and You Jia's phones, there was nothing.

When the four people walked to the front lobby of the hotel, the cars for the program group had already been parked at the door.

Before getting in the car, Ye Zexi suddenly said, "Hey, since we're traveling, Teacher He, let's take a picture?"

With that said, he naturally pulled out the phone.

He Jinyun received the message from Ye Zexi's eyes, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and nodded: "Okay."

Seeing that Ye Zexi and He Jinyun were about to take photos, You Jia also took out her phone with a sudden look on her face: "Yeah, I said why the program group gave us cell phones, this is for our convenience to take pictures!"

"After all, there is no money in the phone. I can't think of any other use besides taking pictures." Ye Zexi said, "Sister Jia, do you need me to take a picture for you?"

You Jia smiled in surprise: "Can you?"

Ye Zexi nodded: "Of course, I'm pretty good at taking pictures for people."

With that, Ye Zexi squatted down in a professional posture.

After taking two shots, Ye Zexi looked at Wei Bei on the side and said with a smile, "Brother Bei, won't you take two photos?"

Wei Bei thought for a while, and simply stood up with him: "Okay, I'll have to trouble Zexi."

Ye Zexi pressed the shutter.

The first task: "take photos of the four guests" completed.

Now that they had been divided into groups, it was normal for the four guests to split and get into the car with their own group member.

As soon as he got in the car, Ye Zexi couldn't hide the smile in his eyes anymore, and happily gave He Jinyun a "yeah" gesture.

He Jinyun laughed, and it was only then that he asked the doubts in his mind: "How did you discover the mission written under the milk carton?"

Of course, it was because he had attended too many variety shows before. Like Wei Bei, Ye Zexi was also afraid of being pitted, so he kept an eye out.

At first, Ye Zexi was also very relaxed, feeling that it was unlikely for the program team to set traps for them.

But Ye Zexi gave it another thought, and he also had the same thought as the director: How could a variety show have no pits.

The program team clearly stated that there is no such thing. The subtext is a hidden mission that needs to be discovered by the guests themselves.

But after all, they also need to consider the observation ability of the guests, so the program team will not place missions in places that are particularly difficult to find.

Since the recording this morning, Ye Zexi and the others had never left the table. That was to say, the task could only appear on the table where they were.

So when Ye Zexi ate breakfast, he tasted every dish and carefully observed the plate.

However, nothing was found. Until the end, when Ye Zexi picked up the milk to drink, he felt a strange texture at the bottom of the milk carton.

Ye Zexi couldn't help but heave out a sigh with emotion in his heart, the director team was really well-intentioned.

How could a normal person drink milk upside down? If he didn't touch it deliberately, it would be until the evening, when the director team reminded them, that they would know of the hidden mission.

But not necessarily.

"Why?" He Jinyun couldn't help but ask when he heard this.

Ye Zexi raised his eyes and glanced at He Jinyun.

He Jinyun looked at him quietly, with doubts in his eyes.

Ye Zexi suddenly found it interesting.

It seems that what the netizens said is really true. He Jinyun really rarely participates in variety shows and does not understand the routines of the variety shows at all.

Ye Zexi's lips curled, and he explained to him: "The show must have something for the audience to watch."

He Jinyun understood in an instant, and nodded thoughtfully: "In this case, it also means that in the next segment, the program team will still set up mission hints in certain places."

Talking to smart people is a blessing. Ye Zexi nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, that's it! So if we want to win, we must not only complete the missions in the next location, but also discover them before Brother Bei and Sister Jia. Hide the mission and destroy the mission hint."

He Jinyun's deep eyes were smiling, and he looked at Ye Zexi with a smile.

Ye Zexi's beautiful eyes widened, and he said seriously: "The quest reward Poseidon Undersea Suite, one hundred thousand one night!"

This expression is exactly the same as that of when he was eagerly waiting to be fed every day during the New Year. Exactly like a greedy little cat, rubbing his master's leg every day, meowing, his round eyes widening, just to eat a small dried fish.

He Jinyun didn't know why a sentence suddenly appeared in his mind--"I want to spoil him".2

Thinking of this, the smile on He Jinyun's lips deepened.

Since Ye Zexi likes it.

Then let him have it.

"Okay, then let's do as you said." He Jinyun's voice was tinged with magnetism, which was very pleasing to the ear.

Ye Zexi's mouth curled up.

Plan got approved!

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Notes:

[1] pits - an internet slang, usually used in variety shows. Pits here represent hidden missions, hidden surprises, or traps created by the program team to catch the guests by surprises, it's to create the "real" effect. Usually, guests hate these kinds of pits, because they always get caught by surprises.