Chapter Eight

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I really don’t understand whether the production team is afraid of offending Qin Ye or deliberately trying to offend him. If they were afraid, they wouldn’t dare touch his skills or personality at all; but if they’re not afraid, then how else do you explain them hitting exactly on Qin Ye’s most disliked topic—finding a partner?

Actually, isn’t Qin Ye twenty-nine this year? It’s not strange for him to want to find someone; it’s the right age to settle down. He’s no longer active in the entertainment industry, so why are the fans making such a fuss?

We’re not against Qin Ye looking for a partner, okay? We’re against the fact that he doesn’t want to look for someone right now, but the idiotic show insists on planting this “looking for a partner” persona on him. He even said in a magazine interview last month that he currently has no one he fancies. There’s a huge difference between wanting something subjectively and being forced to accept it.

Exactly. Who doesn’t know my brother is destined to stay single? Asking a workaholic to want to find a partner is as pointless as expecting someone with impotence to suddenly perform.

I slowly type out a question mark. Wait, is the person upstairs defending Qin Ye or trolling him?

Damn, this stupid show. No wonder Qin Ye’s reaction was so strange just now. Could it be that he’s taken a liking to Shen Jinfeng?

Can Shen Jinfeng just get lost from this crappy show?

Are you sick? Since the show started, what has Shen Jinfeng done wrong? No one’s forcing Qin Ye to respond.

Let’s not be too sensitive... People who’ve never had a relationship might stay single because they don’t want to be in one. Wanting to be in a relationship and being able to are two different things. Qin Ye was obviously joking just now; given his standards, it’s no wonder he hasn’t dated.

Don’t get distracted; no matter what, it’s all the stupid production team’s fault.

I just looked it up on Baidu. Here are the newspapers and marketing accounts that went bankrupt years ago due to spreading rumors about the Best Actor’s scandals: … And here are the companies that went bankrupt or were acquired because of the rise of the Qin Group: … Old Dog Sun, good luck to you.

Sun Xinping wiped the sweat off his forehead.

A few minutes after the persona announcement, the “What Kind of Person Are You” show was trending with backlash.

Sun Xinping received special treatment, with a dedicated hashtag #OldDogSunComeOutAndExplain#.

Xiao Li hesitated a bit. “Director, are you going to respond?”

Sun Xinping glared at him angrily. “What the hell am I going to respond to?”

What could he even say? Respond that Qin Ye himself disagrees and that it was a joint idea between him and Qin Ye’s mother, Mrs. Yun?

Mrs. Yun simply wanted her son to experience the feeling of wanting to find a partner, and her only idea was to embed that persona in the show.

He just hoped that once the truth came out, Mrs. Yun would protect him.

Fortune favors the brave; he was gambling everything.

Sun Xinping mentally prepared himself and calmly continued watching the live broadcast.

Fortunately, on the screen, when Qin Ye saw Shen Jinfeng’s troubled expression, a wicked smile briefly curled at the corner of his lips, then smoothed out.

His cold, sharp eyes held a hint of amusement, almost defiant: “I was joking; don’t misunderstand.”

Shen Jinfeng’s expression stiffened as he looked up in disbelief.

Qin Ye lowered his gaze, smiling beautifully at him.

Shen Jinfeng slowly uttered, “Oh.”

Got it; Qin Ye’s too shy to admit it.

The two returned to the team, holding fish.

He Erwang jumped up: “So many fish? Where did they come from?”

Shen Jinfeng said calmly, “Caught by the sea.”

Gu Shengsheng was stunned: “Catching fish is that easy?”

“Well, then we don’t have to worry about food!”

Mo Fan’s expression turned cautious. “Xiao Gu, don’t stare at the fish in the leader’s hands. If you want fish, come with me to catch some in the sea later.”

Gu Shengsheng was speechless.

He didn’t mean to freeload.

Wait, Shen Jinfeng is the team leader; isn’t it normal for him to take care of the members?

But Mo Fan glared at him, and Gu Shengsheng pressed his lips, not daring to speak further.

Shen Jinfeng waved dismissively. “It’s fine; I can’t eat all this by myself.”

Qi Xiu, showing good initiative, gathered dry branches and grass nearby, then trotted over with sparkling eyes. “Leader, what do you need me to do? Are we grilling the fish?”

He set up the branches and grass like they do in movies.

“But I don’t have a lighter.”

Others quickly rummaged through their backpacks. “I don’t have a lighter either; how do we—”

Before they finished, flames suddenly flickered on the dry grass.

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Shen Jinfeng casually tossed aside the branch in his hand and blew on the spark. The small flame quickly flared into a blaze.

Gu Shengsheng’s expression went blank. “Was that fire started by friction?”

Shen Jinfeng nodded and took the fish Qin Ye handed him.

“First, you need to remove the scales and guts,” Mo Fan reminded.

Shen Jinfeng flipped the fish over, exposing its red flesh under the sunlight through the slit belly.

Mo Fan swallowed his words when he saw Qin Ye, who had been silent until then, crouching beside Shen Jinfeng with a military knife.

With a few precise movements, the fish was gutted and lifeless in seconds.

Sss!

Qin Ye looked up at the sound, glanced at him with a cold but polite expression, and asked, “Is it clean now?”

Mo Fan’s voice faltered, “Y-yeah, it’s clean.”

It’s normal to gut a fish, but why did Qin Ye’s movements look so practiced, as if he’d done it hundreds of times before?

Smoother than a professional fishmonger.

“I’ll help too.” He picked up a fish and mimicked Qin Ye’s actions.

The slippery fish felt slimy. Mo Fan steeled himself. When he cut open the fish’s belly, it twitched, and he screamed, throwing it away.

“Oh my god.”

The fish landed right on He Erwang.

He dropped the two sticks in his hands.

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