Chapter 676: Chapter 19: The Cannon Fodder Starlet Who Gives Up on Struggling (Part 19)

For the first time, he lost so badly.

Crushed by the first place, he wasn’t even left with the second position.

Speaking of this, even the always proud Lu Ming had a major outburst of negativity.

He directly threw down the rag in his hand, turned, and walked into the rain, leaving Lu Huan sitting alone, dumbfounded, with a look of bewilderment in her eyes.

She couldn’t understand why Lu Ming suddenly got angry.

It was clearly his fault, insisting on spacing out and watching Jiang Lai shear sheep, otherwise she definitely would have been second place!

Being second place wouldn’t require living in this shabby house.

The more Lu Huan thought, the more aggrieved she felt.

Having been busy all day and starving was unbearable, she looked around and found no food.

"Lu Ming! Lu Ming, where are you going?"

Lu Huan stood at the door and loudly asked as she watched Lu Ming walk towards the mountain.

Lu Ming ignored her and kept heading straight for the mountaintop.

At this moment, the director also realized something was wrong and quickly instructed the cameraman to cut the live stream footage of him, then led others to follow.

"Lu Ming, what’s wrong? Climbing high places in such heavy rain is dangerous."

But Lu Ming just kept his head down and walked forward without speaking.

The director was helpless, so he followed him in the rain.

Quite a few people followed along.

"Why don’t you just say what you want directly? You’re not a child anymore, can’t you learn to communicate with everyone when there’s a problem?"

At this moment, Lu Ming turned around to look at him.

"I want to quit this reality show filming."

The inexplicable words left the director confused.

"We signed a contract initially; quitting now probably isn’t possible."

Lu Ming squinted his eyes.

"Not quitting is fine, just tell me the upcoming task segments."

"No way, that wouldn’t be fair to the other contestants."

"Is it fair to us when you leak insider information to Jiang Lai then?"

The director heard this and furrowed his brows.

"You enjoyed privileges yourself, so you naturally assume everyone has privileges?

Lu Ming, I initially thought you were a child with stable emotions; overthinking things isn’t good for your future development."

"I only know staying silent gets me bullied. Promise me, and I’ll cooperate for good filming.

Before I joined this program, you promised to present my best side to the viewers.

So now? Living in that rundown place, how am I supposed to showcase?"

Lu Ming had a feeling that continuing to live there would certainly drive him to a breakdown.

It was bound to happen sooner or later.

And then lose control in front of the audience, just like Jiang Qu, becoming the target of everyone.

The director maintained a stern face.

He wasn’t someone easily threatened.

"You can choose not to film, but you’ll have to handle the breach penalty with your sister."

"Director, this won’t benefit you, because my sister might say unpleasant things. My demands aren’t excessive; just a hint is all I ask. I’ll still do the tasks myself, and no one will notice."

The rain was getting heavier, and the director suppressed his anger.

"Come down with me first, and we’ll talk!"

If an accident happened, he would be responsible too.

Lu Ming nodded.

"I’ll cooperate with you next, let’s work well together."

As long as there’s no refusal, that’s agreement.

After coming down the mountain, Lu Ming went to the director’s temporary accommodation, took a hot shower, and changed his clothes.

When Lu Huan saw him return, she first glared at the director, then urgently asked.

"What’s wrong? Where did you go just now?"

"Nothing, the director thought we were really pitiful and agreed to give us a chance for a change of residence."

"Really?"

Lu Huan was overjoyed.

"That’s great! Didn’t expect the director to be quite nice."

The director remained silent, maintaining a stern expression.

This was entirely Lu Ming’s own initiative!

But there was no choice. To ensure smooth filming, he had to arrange a task on the spot for the siblings to complete.

It was a somewhat difficult challenge but one that Lu Ming was very skilled at: the digital slider puzzle.

The task went smoothly, and Lu Ming also showed off his intelligence in front of the camera, garnering a wave of new fans.

The goal accomplished, the director had no choice but to give them a new residence.

Although it wasn’t very luxurious, compared to the previous rundown place, it was practically heaven.

The day’s tasks finally came to an end.

The live stream was cut, set to reopen at six the next morning.

Before six arrived, already millions of viewers were scheduled for the live stream.

At six o’clock sharp, the live stream commenced.

Four streaming rooms appeared simultaneously on one screen, allowing viewers to watch any single group’s content according to preference.

Based on the current live stream popularity, the data between Jiang Lai and Lu Huan’s siblings and Lu Ming and Lu Huan’s siblings were roughly equal.

[Let me see if Little Deer is cuter today than yesterday!]

[How did the house change? What did I miss?]

[Yesterday the director added a task on short notice, and upon completion, there’s the right to change houses. Little Deer completed it, so they got a new house.]

Lu Huan woke up and immediately clamored for food.

"Lu Ming, Lu Ming, I’m so hungry."

In the kitchen, upon hearing this, Lu Ming’s eyes betrayed a hint of impatience, but his expression remained calm.

"It’ll be ready soon. Go freshen up first."

"Okay."

[Awww, Little Deer is truly an angelic brother! Love him!]

[Full of performance traces, the cooking methods feel like shortcuts]

[People with a cynical heart see filth everywhere. Little Deer is undefeatedly number one, nobody can argue!]

[Ha, I wonder who was the young master failing the task yesterday and throwing a tantrum, hilarious. You all keep licking the young master’s feet!]

On the other side, Jiang Lai also woke up.

As soon as she got up, she vaguely smelled a burnt odor.

She walked to the kitchen, seeing Jiang Qu fumbling as he stir-fried the rice in a pan.

Jiang Lai yawned, leaned against the wall quietly watching, then Jiang Qu turned around, a hint of embarrassment flashing across his face upon seeing Jiang Lai.

"The egg is burnt."

"I smell it."

"Do you want to eat it?"

Jiang Lai looked at the blackened mess in the pan and shook her head without hesitation.

"I’ll just have coffee this morning."

The original owner’s dieting habits affected Jiang Lai, making her not hungry, though she still needed to cook.

"This can’t be eaten. Step aside; I’ll show you how to make fried rice with eggs."

Jiang Qu felt a bit defeated.

"I’ll eat this."

"Eat it and end up with indigestion? Who will take care of you when you’re sick?"

"Don’t need you to take care of me..."

Jiang Lai smiled, then glanced at Jiang Qu’s hand.

It was still wrapped in bandages.

"When you say that, do you feel guilty?"

Jiang Qu fell silent, standing quietly beside Jiang Lai, watching her expertly crack eggs with one hand and quickly stir in yesterday’s leftover rice.

"Fried rice with eggs doesn’t need lots of extras, just a little salt and MSG, stir evenly and serve, it’s simple. Give it a try."

Jiang Lai handed the spatula to Jiang Qu.