Chapter 675: Chapter 18: The Cannon Fodder Starlet Who Gives Up on Struggling (Part 18)

This house was originally built to serve as a filming base. The quality of the temporary structure is imaginable—only the appearance is prioritized, and all the pillars inside are filled with the cheapest internal foam. Whether it’s the bed or other furniture, everything is just for show!

Upon entering, there was a puddle of water on the floor, which was due to the recent rain and the house leaking. Since no one managed it, the water just pooled there for a long time.

This caused even the slightly better quality filming props to become soaked and ruined. Trying to sit down to take a break, the chair under me collapsed with all four legs breaking, and the sensation of falling onto the ground was enough to make anyone break down.

In stark contrast with the second room was the fourth room.

From the outside, it looked unremarkable, just an ordinary two-story building with a somewhat mottled exterior. In photos, it looked just like a typical rural self-built house with no highlights.

But once you walked in, you’d find the inside was a completely different world from the outside.

The first floor had a living room, kitchen, and a bedroom. The living room was equipped with a sofa, TV, air conditioning, and sound system. The kitchen had all the pots and pans, an oven, an induction cooker, and even a dishwasher, all in full arrangement.

The two bedrooms on the lower and upper floors were both equipped with top-notch, comfortable big beds, and the air conditioning worked normally.

In addition, there was a gaming room on the second floor, equipped with a complete set of gaming equipment luxurious enough to make professional esports players envious.

In every aspect, the renovation of the fourth room was completely comparable to model rooms displayed in big cities.

And it was in such a room that Lu Huan and Lu Ming spent the next twenty-one days of their survival challenge.

In contrast to Jiang Lai and Jiang Qu on the other side, they seemed to be on vacation, lying comfortably on a big bed watching TV with air conditioning after a day of exhaustion.

While Jiang Lai and her brother still had to worry about a bed that could collapse at any moment.

Living in such an environment for twenty-one days, only Jiang Lai and her brother truly understood what a survival challenge was.

Because every day, they had to work hard to survive.

The hardships the original owner went through, Jiang Lai definitely couldn’t bear them once more.

She brought Jiang Qu to the door, and upon pushing open the door, even the photographer behind was shocked.

Jiang Qu was even more incredulous.

Standing at the door, he didn’t dare to go inside for a while.

"Is this... our house?"

This is too lavish.

Upon entering, there was a carpet covering the entire floor. And looking at that sofa, it was clearly designed by a renowned designer, exuding luxury and extravagance everywhere.

It was completely beyond expectations.

Who would renovate such a shabby self-built house in the countryside like this?

It had a world of its own; that’s exactly what this was.

[Wow—completely can’t tell from the outside, it’s so luxurious inside!]

[This isn’t survival; this is a vacation!]

[Envious, I’ve never lived in such a beautifully decorated house in my life.]

[Sisters, go look at Lu Huan’s group, I’m about to die of laughter!!]

The camera switched to the other group.

In the quaint yard, Lu Huan squatted on the ground, Lu Ming stood nearby, and though the house door was open, neither sibling wanted to go inside.

Lu Huan was crying with puffy eyes.

The nice house she arranged to be decorated was occupied by someone else.

While she herself was stuck in such a dilapidated, garbage-like house.

Why is that?

What was the point of her putting in all the effort to get along well with the director?

Lu Ming frowned; he didn’t want to live in such a house either.

"Stop crying."

"How are we supposed to live here for twenty-one days? Director, are you still a person or not?"

The director himself was helpless. The house arrangements had been informed in advance, and she had cheated during the games—he didn’t say anything. In the end, she still ended up in third place despite the cheating, what else could he do?

Listening to the sobbing, it started raining from the sky at this time.

So, there was heavy rain outside and light rain inside.

The scene was utterly bleak.

[Wuuu, this is too pitiful, why is the inside of the house in this state?]

[I don’t know why, but seeing Lu Huan cry is a bit annoying. She chose the house herself, so why is she crying?]

[Damn, did Jiang Lai specifically choose the fourth room because she knew what the inside of the house was like beforehand?]

Lu Huan continued crying, while Lu Ming looked at the director and directly asked the camera.

"I want to ask, did the other participants know about the condition of the houses in advance? I don’t mean anything else, I’m just simply asking."

[Yeah, yeah, there must be something fishy going on! Why did Jiang Lai choose the most rundown looking one first?]

[Are you kidding, she won first place and chose a house, why do you care which one she picked?]

[Lu Ming’s question is clearly targeted at Jiang Lai, it’s better to explain a little more clearly.]

Hearing this, the director almost laughed in anger.

This sibling pair sure was asking questions they already knew the answers to. They were given the information in advance, yet they failed to choose the house they wanted, and now they suspect him?

Surely they didn’t think he informed Jiang Lai as well?

"It’s a matter of luck. The time is getting late, so I remind you to get your place set up quickly."

The director was also too lazy to waste words with the siblings.

If he hadn’t owed their family a favor, he wouldn’t have been willing to repeatedly break the rules to accommodate them.

In the leaking house, Lu Huan sat on a stool in a daze.

She had completely given up.

"Forget it, let it be. I’ll sleep on this table tonight; it’s like sleeping in a pigsty no matter where I sleep."

Initially, Lu Ming could tidy up a bit, but upon hearing this, his expression immediately darkened.

"If you’re sleeping on the table, where do I sleep?"

"I don’t know, the floor, the bed, wherever you want."

Lu Huan wasn’t capable of looking after herself, let alone considering Lu Ming.

"Lu Ming, come over and help me wipe this place, it’s so dirty there’s nowhere to put anything."

Lu Ming ignored her and continued tidying up the bed.

"Lu Ming, I’m calling you, come over and tidy up the chair."

"Do it yourself."

"It’s too dirty; I can’t do it. Lu Ming, what are you doing? What’s so great about that broken window? Come over quickly."

"Can’t you see I’m busy? Why can’t you do it yourself?"

Finally, Lu Ming snapped, his tone full of dissatisfaction and anger.

Even though he was trying hard to control his emotions, in such an environment, listening to Lu Huan bossing him around, he couldn’t help but lose it.

Upon hearing this, Lu Huan’s eyes immediately widened in disbelief.

"Did you just yell at me?"

"I didn’t yell at you."

"You did yell at me! Do you think I want to live here? Did I say anything when you failed the last game? If I hadn’t only gotten third place, we wouldn’t be living in this kind of place."

Lu Ming looked at her, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes.

"If at that time you were willing to lend a hand to help me, at least I wouldn’t have been in third place."