AITFYMIBP Chapter 35.2

TL: Hua

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Everyone had been busy all day, and now they were tired after all the bargaining with the production team to exchange for things.

So, when they finally realized they hadn’t been assigned rooms, they were too lazy to fuss and just let Lin Yanran handle the distribution.

The villa was quite large, but it didn’t have many rooms.

There was one large suite on the third floor, two small single rooms on the second floor, and one small compartment on the first floor.

Since Ye An and Cao Zhengpeng couldn’t tolerate noise while sleeping, Lin Yanran assigned the two small single rooms to them.

The most comfortable large suite on the third floor was naturally given to the two ladies. Lin Yanran gave the small compartment on the first floor to Gao Zitai, who claimed he didn’t like sleeping with others.

“Then where are you going to stay?”

Gao Zitai was the first to react.

Lin Yanran pointed indifferently to the sofa in the living room, “The sofa is fine to sleep on.”

Gao Zitai glanced at the small sofa in the living room.

“Don’t do that, you’re so tall and so strong, you won’t fit on the sofa.”

Fu Anqi nearly spat out her milk upon hearing this, “Where is Yanran strong? His waist is thinner than mine, okay?!”

Gao Zitai awkwardly looked away, “I mean, it’s not comfortable to sleep there, and it’ll be cold at night. What if you catch a cold?”

He couldn’t continue his words.

So he closed his eyes, “Forget it, forget it. Squeeze onto a bed with me. I don’t mind sleeping with people that much, either.”

Lin Yanran looked at Gao Zitai, a sentence—*You don’t mind, but I do*—already on the tip of his tongue.

However, before he could say it, the other seniors also started persuading him, “That’s right, how can you sleep on the sofa? Sleep on a bed; it’s more comfortable.”

Finally, at everyone’s strong request, and with Ye An voluntarily offering to switch to the small compartment downstairs, Lin Yanran could only agree to go to the single room upstairs and share a bed with Gao Zitai.

Gao Zitai was bold when he spoke, but his nerves started to fray as he sat on the edge of the bed and heard the sound of water in the bathroom.

He had never shared a bed with another man his entire life.

Now, his first time was with Yanran, who was the enemy of his idol and a celebrity he once deeply disliked…

The thought alone was a bittersweet thrill.

Gao Zitai dawdled awkwardly for a long time, not daring to get into bed.

Lin Yanran, who came out after showering, had long seen his reluctance. Since he himself was also unaccustomed to sharing a bed, he took out the extra bedding from the closet and spread it on the floor.

When Gao Zitai saw Lin Yanran making a bed on the floor, he quickly asked him, “W-what are you doing??”

Lin Yanran’s hands didn’t stop. He directly took a pillow from the bed. “This bed doesn’t look big enough for two people. I’ll just sleep on the floor.”

When Gao Zitai saw Lin Yanran, dressed in pajamas, quickly spread the blanket on top and flexibly climb in, he suddenly felt a little guilty.

This person had carried him to victory today and even gave him some money…

Morally and ethically, he shouldn’t let him sleep on the floor.

If he comfortably took the bed, it really seemed a bit unfair.

Gao Zitai thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said to Lin Yanran, “How about… I sleep on the floor, and you take the bed? I often slept on the floor when I went mountain climbing overnight before.”

Although Gao Zitai said this, he was actually quite resistant in his heart. The overnight mountain climbing was something he made up. Having been pampered with a privileged life since childhood, he had never slept on the floor…

Lin Yanran looked up at Gao Zitai’s awkward expression, curled his lips into a smile, and lifted the blanket.

“Then I won’t stand on ceremony.”

Hearing this, Gao Zitai’s face suddenly froze!

In the middle of the night, Gao Zitai, who couldn’t sleep a wink on the hard floor, was gnashing his teeth in frustration.

He propped himself up and, by the light of the night lamp, glared at Lin Yanran, who was sound asleep and dreaming.

The more soundly the other person slept, the angrier he became!

Was there something wrong with my head to voluntarily suggest swapping places with this devil!!

Wasn’t the bed comfortable? Why would I be considerate to my rival!!!!

Thinking this, Gao Zitai angrily lay back down.

Tossing and turning, he still couldn’t sleep, so he got up again to look at Lin Yanran.

Then he froze…

Long, thick eyelashes cast faint shadows on Lin Yanran’s fair, small face under the weak lamplight.

Perhaps because he was sleeping, the other person’s features looked especially soft right now, adding a bit of gentleness and vulnerability compared to his usual spirited appearance during the day.

Lin Yanran’s sleeping face was so beautiful, like a pure little angel, that Gao Zitai felt it would be too sinful to wake him up right now.

Gao Zitai sighed helplessly, turned away, no longer looking at the other person’s face, and casually turned off the night light.

Forget it, forget it…

Since he’s the one who saved me, I’ll let him sleep well.

With those slender arms and legs, and such a delicate body, sleeping on the floor must be even harder for him than it is for me.

The next morning in the villa lobby, the guests, looking refreshed after a good rest, gathered together again.

“Hey, Xiao Gao, why do you look so pale? Didn’t you sleep well last night?”

Sun Yuetong, who was doing a facial massage, originally wanted to greet Gao Zitai, who had just come downstairs, but immediately noticed the sickly look on his face.

Upon hearing Sun Yuetong’s words, Fu Anqi, who was jogging, also looked over, “Oh my, Brother Zitai, you have a fever blister on the corner of your mouth! Are you stressed?”

Gao Zitai, who had been kept awake all night by the hard wooden floor, didn’t want to talk at all and simply shook his head listlessly.

Why did I act so tough last night! Why did I suddenly go soft on Yanran TAT

Lin Yanran, who was helping Sun Yuetong brew wolfberry tea, added hot water to both his and the other person’s thermoses and then took out some chrysanthemum flowers from another box.

He put the chrysanthemums into a cup and used the warm water in his hand to brew a cup of chrysanthemum tea for Gao Zitai, “Drink this for your internal heat.”

He knew chrysanthemum helped with internal heat, but as a trendy cool boy, he never drank such things…

“Thank you.”

He thanked him but didn’t touch the chrysanthemum tea.

Ye An, who came out of his room, also had internal heat but hadn’t brought any medicine. When he saw a cup of chrysanthemum tea on the table, he happily picked it up.

“Whose chrysanthemum tea is this?”

Gao Zitai said lazily, “It was just brewed. It doesn’t belong to anyone.”

Ye An was delighted, “No one’s drinking it? Then I’ll have it.”

After saying that, he quickly drank the entire cup and then poured himself another one.

Gao Zitai was completely speechless.

It’s just a cup of chrysanthemum tea; does he have to be so dramatic?

Lin Yanran still had some money left over from what he distributed yesterday, so in the morning, everyone bought some breakfast from the production team.

However, since there wasn’t much money left, it was only enough for some bread, milk, and eggs.

It wasn’t a feast, but because they had eggs, the nutrition was barely acceptable.

After the guests finished breakfast, the production team came to rush them​ again.

“Everyone has finished spending yesterday’s wages, so for today’s living expenses, you all still need to find a way to earn them.”

The guests, having been tricked by the production team before, were not surprised by this news today.

They didn’t even regret spending all the money they earned yesterday.

Because they all understood that even if they hadn’t exchanged the items or used up the money, the production team would have found various excuses to keep it from them anyway.

At least we enjoyed it, so it doesn’t matter!

Seeing that the guests were completely unfazed after he announced the rules, the director shamelessly continued, “However, you don’t have to sell things today.”

“Today, we’ll be earning money through temporary work.”

After the director spoke, the guests still didn’t react.

????

He quickly asked, “Aren’t you curious?”

Fu Anqi also learned the director’s subtle sarcasm, “You’re going to tell us anyway, Director ^_^”

Director: …

This is mutiny!

How did the sweet and innocent girl become sarcastic in just one day!!!

Gao Zitai fearlessly whistled at the director, “Director, hurry up and tell us! What kind of job is it?”

Zhang Shanfeng took a deep breath before speaking again, “Everyone will draw to see the specific job.”

Then he brought over a transparent box filled with small balls.

Ye An let out a soul-searching question when he saw it, “Director, can’t you change the method of drawing lots?”

Director: “No ^_^”

So, the six people each drew a ball again.

Lin Yanran opened his small ball and found a blank piece of paper inside.

“Art museum docent?” Ye An held up his ball and waved it at the camera.

“Mine is a cat litter cleaner! What a cute job,” Fu Anqi said cheerfully, also happily waving her small ball.

“Mine is street cleaner.” Cao Zhengpeng looked at the slip of paper and smiled helplessly.

Sun Yuetong also sighed speechlessly, “Porter…”

After the four finished speaking, they all looked at Lin Yanran.

“Yanran, what’s your job?”

Lin Yanran held up the blank paper, “I’m not sure. Mine is completely blank.”

“Huh?? How can that be??”

Gao Zitai, who had been staring at his own slip of paper without saying a word, had his internal alarm bells ring loudly after hearing Lin Yanran’s words.

Oh, no, no, no. The thing I hate most isn’t going to happen again, is it?

“Zitai, what about yours?”

Gao Zitai held up his slip of paper speechlessly, “It’s blank too…”

That’s right, his was also blank, with nothing written on it.

Already having a bad premonition, he couldn’t help but look at Sun Yuetong’s job, porter…

Forget porter, I’d be willing to go move bricks right now!!!

It has to be said that sometimes a person’s sixth sense is so accurate; what you fear most is what happens.

When Ye An curiously asked the director what the blank paper meant, the other party explained with a smile, “It means the production team doesn’t arrange the location, and the guests have to find work themselves.”

“To give the blank slip guests some consideration, we’ll allow the two of you to automatically form a team ~”

Gao Zitai’s facial expression gradually became distorted.

Zhang Shanfeng, do you want to die!!!

Afterward, the unfortunate Gao Zitai, who received the blank slip, could only reluctantly team up with Lin Yanran.

After some simple preparations, the others went to their respective workplaces.

Lin Yanran and Gao Zitai, however, were exiled to the streets.

“Where do we look for work?”

Gao Zitai had been messed with by Lin Yanran last night and didn’t want to talk to him.

But being unfamiliar with the streets and unable to communicate with people, he could only cling tightly to Lin Yanran’s thigh.

“Wait a moment, I need to check first.”

Then Gao Zitai saw Lin Yanran take out the phone the production team had given them and look down to search.

He walked curiously behind Lin Yanran, wanting to see what he was looking at.

However, just as he caught a quick glimpse of something, the other person put away the phone.

“There’s a place that might be able to offer us a job. Let’s go and try there first.”

Is he that magical? He found a place so quickly?

Although Gao Zitai didn’t say anything, he was a little skeptical in his heart. But given that he had been proven wrong yesterday, he obediently followed Lin Yanran.

The two walked for about half an hour. Just as Gao Zitai was getting furious from the walk, Lin Yanran suddenly stopped.

He pointed to a place for Gao Zitai, “We’re here.”

Following the direction of Lin Yanran’s finger, Gao Zitai looked over and saw that it was a Chinese-style theme restaurant!

Suddenly seeing something related to his own country in a foreign land, the previously listless Gao Zitai suddenly became energetic.

Since it was a Chinese-style restaurant, the language must be the same!

So, Gao Zitai quickly pulled Lin Yanran’s sleeve, “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s apply for a waiter job! The boss might be willing to give us a job since we’re fellow countrymen.”

Lin Yanran didn’t correct him, nodded, and jogged inside with him, “Let’s go, let’s go in and try.”

Gao Zitai walked into the restaurant full of confidence, but after meeting the boss, he realized how naive he had been.

It was a Chinese-style restaurant, and the boss was his compatriot, but they didn’t hire waiters because every position in this theme restaurant required training before starting work.

Whether it was the welcoming staff at the entrance or the servers serving dishes, they all dressed in ancient style and must be bilingual in Chinese and French.

Gao Zitai watched a waiter dressed as an inn servant skillfully pull the white cloth from his shoulder, flick it twice over the antique table, and then place the plate down.

“Sir, please~~”

After the person finished his pretense, he even translated it into French…

Gao Zitai suddenly realized that, without his parents, he was completely useless!

He was in a foreign country and was not even qualified to clear tables!

Gao Zitai was crushed and dejected. Just as he was about to pull Lin Yanran away, he heard the other person talking to the boss.

“Excuse me, are you in need of a Qin player?”

After Lin Yanran spoke, his gaze fell on the most conspicuous stage in the center of the restaurant.

The stage was antique in style.

In the magnificent pavilion, several women in ancient costumes were playing the flute and the pipa.

The boss saw Lin Yanran staring at the guzheng placed in the center of the stage and understood what he meant.

“You know how?”

Lin Yanran nodded.

“But our requirements are very high. Our restaurant is very famous in this area, and our previous musician was once our prized possession.” The boss smiled, “But he resigned a while ago, and we’ve looked for a few people but haven’t found a suitable one, which is why this position has been vacant.”

The boss finished speaking and looked Lin Yanran up and down, “Your temperament and appearance are quite good, but I wonder how well you play?”

Lin Yanran met the other person’s gaze and smiled faintly, “You can test me first. Hire me if you’re satisfied.”

The boss saw the young man standing gracefully and looking calm, so he smiled and readily agreed.

“Alright.”

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