【Oh my god!】
【Am I worthy of seeing this? I ask you, am I? What did I just see…】
【Xu Shuyan, did you not notice something was off? If something really happened to Lin Yi, would the production team react like that? I think you’ve just been wanting to kiss her for a long time, haven’t you?】
【To everyone watching the livestream, please don’t learn from this. This posture and method for CPR are incorrect. We usually call this behavior “kissing.”】
【Heard the news and rushed over. I don’t understand it, but I’m utterly shocked.】
【I can’t breathe, Mommy, I think I’ve stumbled upon a real couple!!!】
【Help, I’m literally screaming for help!】
【Xu Shuyan! I’ll fight you today! How could you kiss my wife! Ahhh, my defenses are broken, they’re really broken. I thought I was invincible, but now I know how fragile I am.】
【The company forced you, right? Forced you to meet today’s business quota, right? I knew this dogshit company would go bankrupt sooner or later with all their forced pairings and leeching!】
【This palace has arrived late. How lively it is.jpg】
【Is Lin Yi Sleeping Beauty? Xu Shuyan kisses her and she’s instantly revived, launching herself up and staring at Xu Shuyan dumbfounded. I’m dying of laughter.】
【Xu Shuyan: My first aid knowledge really wasn’t wrong.】
【This is what they call “concern breeds confusion”!】
【Hey??? Why did they cut the livestream? What are they feeling so guilty about!】
…To be honest, the moment Xu Shuyan’s lips touched Lin Yi’s, the director wasn’t thinking about CPR at all. His mind was filled with “It’s over, I’ve accidentally outed someone,” so after he snapped out of it, he immediately had someone cut the livestream.
Only the on-site camera was still faithfully recording the scene.
Lin Yi was kneeling on the deck, still in a state of profound shock. As if in a dream, she touched her lips, thinking, How did this happen? She had already accepted that her first kiss was gone and wanted to save her second for Chen Yuan, but now her second kiss had flown away too?
And it was Xu Shuyan again!
Rage burned within Lin Yi, but then she suddenly remembered how badly she had just tricked Xu Shuyan. She couldn’t help but feel a pang of guilt. She shuffled closer to Xu Shuyan, who was still frozen in place, and waved a hand in front of her face. “Yanyan-”
Xu Shuyan’s eyes shifted and fixed on her face. After staring for a long moment, her thin lips finally moved, forcing the words out through gritted teeth: “You. Were. Faking. It?”
Each word was deliberate, showing she was seriously angry.
Lin Yi gave a dry laugh. “It was… for the show’s effect, right?”
Her big eyes blinked pitifully. “You’ll forgive me, right?”
Xu Shuyan stared at her, her expression blank.
Suddenly, she smiled. “Of course.”
A glimmer of hope appeared in Lin Yi. “You’re really not angry?”
Xu Shuyan’s tone was light. “I’m not angry.”
Lin Yi: “…”
Okay, so she was angry.
And the kind that wouldn’t be easily coaxed.
But Xu Shuyan reached out, pinched her cheek, and patted it tenderly. Her smile was gentle and soft. “How could I bear to blame you? As long as you’re okay. Come on, let’s go have lunch.”
Lin Yi: “…”
The lunch has already been poisoned, hasn’t it?!
It wasn’t the first time Lin Yi had made Xu Shuyan angry. But those times were for a bit of playful fanservice, and Xu Shuyan was easily coaxed back into a good mood.
Other times, in private, they would bicker and annoy each other out of mutual dislike. There was no need for coaxing then; they’d rather the other person drop dead from anger.
A situation like this was truly a first.
She had made Xu Shuyan lose face in a big way. It was a low blow, and she needed to make it up to her.
Lin Yi went to change her clothes first. By the time she returned to the yacht’s dining area, the livestream had already resumed. The look on Xu Shuyan’s face had softened a little. She was sitting quietly at the table, eating seafood rice.
She ate in small bites, looking like she didn’t have much of an appetite.
Lin Yi sat down across from her.
She glanced at the livestream viewer count, which had already reached fifty million. The bullet comments were flying by. Without even reading them, she knew it was a bunch of onlookers who loved the drama, getting all excited.
【The scene I’ve been waiting for has arrived!】
【Baby’s outfit is so pretty and sunny, I love it w】
【Xu Shuyan! Just look at her!】
【I’m so annoyed. How the hell can you ship this? How old is Lin Yi? Isn’t there a limit to jokes? Was my big sis wrong to worry about her teammate? Is it fun to mess with her?】
【Only love the sugar, who gets it?】
【Even though it was a joke, I don’t think it’s a big deal. It’s a young couple thing, right? Wanting to know how important you are in the other person’s eyes? Xu Shuyan probably didn’t expect to panic like that either, right?】
【Was Xu Shuyan panicking? I thought she was pretty calm.】
【Mhm, so calm. So calm her voice was trembling on the verge of tears. So calm she gave Lin Yi CPR (the wrong version) in front of tens of millions of people.】
【Since sitting down, Lin Yi has already snuck twenty-one glances at Xu Shuyan, hahahahaha. Say something!】
…So this was what it felt like to cast flirtatious glances that went unreceived.
Lin Yi gloomily ate her tuna salad, trying to figure out how to say the first words to Xu Shuyan. After racking her brain to no avail, she simply stuck her foot out under the table and gave Xu Shuyan a light kick.
Xu Shuyan raised her eyes, then lowered them again. Beneath her long lashes, her gaze was calm and undisturbed.
“Yanyan~” The tables had turned, and now it was her turn to be the wheedling one. Lin Yi felt no psychological burden as she acted cute, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Xu Shuyan. “Pay attention to me~”
Xu Shuyan took a bite of rice. “Don’t speak while eating, don’t talk before sleeping.”
Lin Yi muttered under her breath, “Then why do you pull me aside to whisper secrets before bed?”
Xu Shuyan: “…”
【For those who haven’t shipped them, kswl kswl】
【I know this one! Pillow talk time! It deepens the bond between lovers!】
【Lin Yi, this little idiot, is exposing herself.】
Xu Shuyan didn’t speak.
She’s pretty hard to coax, Lin Yi thought resentfully. I’m giving her an out and she’s not taking it. This is getting ridiculous. Does she really expect me to treat my love rival like a princess and appease her in front of fifty million people? I have my dign-
“We’ll head to the next campsite later,” Xu Shuyan said.
Lin Yi immediately agreed. “Okay, okay.”
Xu Shuyan glanced at Lin Yi.
Lin Yi was still looking at her with an eager expression, like a puppy that had just received its owner’s attention. If she had a tail, it would definitely be wagging furiously right now, afraid she wouldn’t be noticed.
No one can resist a puppy.
Unless the puppy is your love rival, Xu Shuyan thought.
With that thought, she felt justified in “tormenting” Lin Yi a little longer. Seeing that she was still being ignored, Lin Yi’s head drooped dejectedly. But after giving herself some kind of pep talk, she was full of energy again once they were on their way, trying to strike up a conversation with Xu Shuyan.
【Is Xu Shuyan having a princess fit? Making my big sis coax her endlessly? Don’t go too far!】
【When Xu Shuyan isn’t smiling, she’s so noble and aloof. With her sunglasses and red lipstick, she looks like a leader on an inspection tour. I really want to call her CEO Xu, who gets it?】
【I’m dying. A Lin Yi solo fan just said to me, “Why won’t that damn Xu Shuyan forgive my daughter? She’s not planning to torture her in bed tonight, is she?” I said, “Solo fan sister, if you’re going to ship, ship boldly. Come join our big CP fan family!”】
【Lin Yi: Xu Shuyan, give me a smile~
Xu Shuyan is expressionless.
Lin Yi: Just one smile~
Xu Shuyan: Sis is a queen, shining with confidence, cool.jpg
Lin Yi: Fine, if you won’t smile, I’ll smile for you [^^]】
【Xu Shuyan! I saw you secretly smile! I’ve already screen-recorded it and sent it to Lin Yi privately! I’m the little helper on your road to love, don’t thank me too much.】
“Xu Shuyan!” One plan having failed, Lin Yi came up with another. She took small, quick steps to Xu Shuyan’s side and threw an arm around her shoulders. “Let me tell you a joke!”
Xu Shuyan pried her hand off and stared straight ahead. “I don’t recall there being a mission to make me laugh.”
“There isn’t a mission like that.” Lin Yi’s hand slid down to grab Xu Shuyan’s sleeve as she wheedled in a tiny voice, “But my life’s mission right now is to coax you.”
Xu Shuyan: “…”
She finally relented. “I’m not angry anymore.”
Lin Yi: “Really?”
“Really.” Xu Shuyan reached out and pinched her nose, then added, “But you’re not allowed to play that kind of joke on me ever again, you hear?”
Lin Yi nodded vigorously. “I won’t!”
【Am I watching some kind of yuri romance drama? Why is this little livestream room constantly bubbling with pink hearts?】
【Yan Zhi You Yi, you two are really dating, aren’t you???】
【The way Xu Shuyan looks at Lin Yi is so gentle. You really can’t blame her, right? If anyone’s to blame, it’s Lin Yi for scaring her with the person she likes, wuwuwu.】
By the time Xu Shuyan and Lin Yi reached the campsite, it was already late. Their phone batteries were critically low, and after giving out five thousand free light sticks at eight o’clock, the livestream was turned off.
Lin Yi put the new map from the director into her backpack and asked Xu Shuyan if she wanted to go shower together.
Yan Qi hadn’t skimped on their food and accommodations. Aside from a few grueling missions, compared to their first time here, this trip was practically a vacation in paradise.
The showers were in a nearby, undeveloped manor. The hotel inside the manor was fully equipped, it just hadn’t opened for business yet.
The production team had gotten them a presidential suite. Xu Shuyan closed the door to the room, and both of them felt a sense of relief, as if they had escaped from the omnipresent cameras.
Lin Yi flopped onto the bed. “You shower first.”
“I told them to get two rooms, but you insisted on one. What are you plotting?” Xu Shuyan grumbled, but her body was already honestly starting to undress.
“What could I be plotting?” Half of Lin Yi’s face was pressed into the white sheets as she watched her. “I just hope you take a long shower so I can take a nap on the bed. I miss beds so much QAQ!”
Xu Shuyan said, “Oh.”
Just before entering the bathroom, as if she’d just remembered something, she suddenly said, “You didn’t actually think I was worried about you today, did you? I was just doing it for the show’s effect.”
Lin Yi paused for a moment, then retorted, “You didn’t actually think I was trying to coax you, did you? It was just for the fanservice.”
Xu Shuyan nodded thoughtfully. “Fine.”
She stepped into the bathroom, and soon the sound of trickling water could be heard.
Lin Yi gave a sleepy yawn, pulled the covers over herself, and curled up into a small ball on the huge bed.
A moment later, hovering between sleep and wakefulness, she muttered softly, “Whatever. And here I thought she was actually worried about me.”
