You were asked to be on a dating variety show, but all the guests failed?

Chapter 279: Diving into the Tent at Midnight

Island, shelter.

The live broadcast was over and the PDs were relieved. After the guests entered the cave, they set up their tents and planned to rest early.

If the cameras were not so expensive that they could not withstand the wind, frost, rain and snow and might break if they were bumped into anything, they would have wanted to put all the cameras outside the tent to give themselves more space to turn over when sleeping.

As soon as the PDs entered the tent, other staff members of the program team also returned to the camp. For a moment, only two people were still awake and quiet.

Next to the campfire.

Lu Siyuan and Zhao Mingtao are warming themselves by the fire.

The two of them are on guard tonight, but under normal circumstances, only one person should be here now. The other one has to take a nap first and guard the second half of the night after the first half is over.

Both of them are here now because they have something to discuss.

"You were deliberately arguing just now. You must have your own plans."

In the silence, Zhao Mingtao lowered his voice and said in a volume that no one else could hear:

"Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Lu Siyuan smiled.

It turns out that people of the same kind understand each other better.

Han Fei's aloof personality made him wonder why he suddenly started to pick on Ren Tuo. At most, he thought he was just being picky. Only Zhao Mingtao, after noticing something was wrong, waited until everyone fell asleep before asking.

Lu Siyuan threw a thicker dead branch into the campfire and whispered:
“It was intentional.”

"Boss Zhao, think about it. Although we haven't had our phones except for that rest day, you can easily tell that Han Fei's recent performance is impeccable. The more I cause trouble for him, the better he will perform in the eyes of the audience when he handles it properly."

"I couldn't help but make trouble for him, but I'm not stupid. Audience popularity is a mysterious thing. Since he won the reputation by saving people in the first episode, no matter what troubles he causes in the future, as long as it's not a big mistake, the audience will probably dote on him."

"Unless... we make an effort."

"But I don't think the possibility is very high. After all, he has saved two people and has a golden ticket for mental illness. If it's not a crime, it should be difficult to nail him to death."

"After you told me about Ren Tuo's incident today, I finally understood it—"

"I have to coax this guy before the show ends. Coaxing him won't do me much good, but if I provoke him, the harm to me will be huge."

"I thought, since it's already like this, why not just be a clown and provoke him in front of the camera, which will also allow me to separate myself from him. The audience won't be able to think that I have any connection with him. Even if my reputation has been ruined, I can take this opportunity to praise him. It's like making good use of waste!"

Zhao Mingtao thought to himself that it was no wonder.

No wonder Lu Siyuan usually acts like a smug villain to Han Fei, but he is still so popular outside. It turns out that only by enduring the most hardships can one become a superior person.

Even though this guy has all kinds of flaws and troubles, there is at least one good thing about him, that is, Lu Siyuan does not have the problem of "everyone is equal above me, and there is a clear hierarchy below me", and he is very active in being a bootlicker.

It doesn't matter if the acting skills are bad and the professional ability is not good. How can this not be considered as a struggler and a careerist in another sense?

Zhao Mingtao carefully observed the surroundings and said:
"I just took the opportunity to check the safety of the shelter and looked around. I can confirm that there are no cameras inside or outside the cave."

"Just in case, I've taken off the microphones on you and me and stuffed them into the pile of clothes. We'll take them out when we go to bed."

"Anyway, we must not let the same shit happen again as it did at Cangyun Mountain last time. We should learn from our mistakes."

"Are you going to talk to Ren Tuo alone later?"

"If you want to talk, then be careful. Ask him to be careful not to talk with the microphone on."

Lu Siyuan's face froze, and he obviously remembered that in the first episode, everyone was tricked by the hidden camera of the production team.

At that time, the guests thought there were no cameras in the cave, so they acted recklessly. Some fought, some quarreled, and some things that could not be told to others were revealed. As a result, audiences across the country saw it!
If that incident hadn't happened, he wouldn't still be suffering in this godforsaken place.

"I know. I will be careful this time."

Lu Siyuan stood up and looked back at the shelter, confirming that no one was awake. Then he dusted himself off and said to Zhao Mingtao:

"Then I'll go over first. You don't need to sleep for now. If there's anything I can't explain clearly, I guess I'll have to ask you to come over."

"We are all on the same boat. It's okay to have misunderstandings, but if it gets too ugly, then it's really unnecessary. What do you think?"

Zhao Mingtao nodded silently.

No matter what arrangements are made in the future, whether the company gives up on Lu Siyuan or not, at least for now, Lu Siyuan is still useful.

…………

Outside the shelter, inside a single tent.

The program team provides single-person tents, but this does not mean that each tent can only accommodate one person.

There is enough space for two people to sleep, but the moisture-proof board for sleeping is only just one person wide. Unless you have extraordinary endurance or are very skilled, it is difficult for a normal person to sleep on the ground directly through a layer of tent cloth.

But what this show lacks the least is talent.

"Sister Wenjin, I insist on sleeping next to you in the tent. Would you find it annoying?"

Qi Qingyi spoke in a whisper, stealthily like a thief.

Nie Wenjin turned his head to look at her and felt amused.

This silly girl spread all the clothes they brought with them all over the bottom of the tent, not even leaving out a suspender T-shirt, making the simple tent extremely soft. Although she didn't say it, how could Nie Wenjin not guess what she was thinking.

It was because Nie Wenjin had a leg injury and she was worried that the ground in the tent was too hard to sleep on, so she simply sorted out her clothes and spread them all out underneath as a cushion.

It was because of this action that Qi Qingyi had no clothes to spread in the shelter of the cave, so she had to come over and sleep with her.

Nie Wenjin smiled and patted her head:

"Don't think about those things. Don't I know what you are thinking about?"

"Director Li has no objection to this matter. It's just that the PD is resting now, there are no cameras filming, and I'm injured, so he probably feels a little guilty. It doesn't matter to us privately, but after the show starts tomorrow, if the audience finds you in my tent, it will be really troublesome."

"So, you should go to bed quickly, go to bed early and get up early, and sneak back to the shelter tomorrow morning to avoid any trouble."

Qi Qingyi immediately became obedient.

She knew that what Nie Wenjin said made sense. Her action was against the rules in the first place, and no one knew what the audience would think. If she did this and affected Nie Wenjin's reputation in the outside world, it would be a loss.

"Okay, okay, I'll go to bed right away, right now!"

As he was muttering, Nie Wenjin next to him suddenly spoke again.

Nie Wenjin whispered, "By the way, throw both of our microphones at the door of the tent."

Qi Qingyi was stunned:
"why?"

Nie Wenjin patiently explained:

"That microphone, I think it's probably tied to the program team's signal. What if you're still not awake when the show starts tomorrow morning? We're caught off guard, and your voice and mine are together again, wouldn't the audience know about it?"

"Just in case, it's best to throw the microphone directly at the door of the tent. There's no one else here anyway, so the equipment can't be thrown away. If the camera wasn't so expensive, I think the PDs would want to throw the camera outside as well."

Qi Qingyi's head was full of question marks.

She always felt something was wrong.

For example, the microphone issue sounds reasonable, but what if the PD takes a camera and conducts a surprise check tomorrow morning, filming the shelter inside and out? Even if it is not easy to open the female star's tent without permission, the audience will be able to immediately find out that Qi Qingyi is not in the cave.

Isn't this just covering one's ears and stealing the bell?

But, never mind.

My sister must have her reasons for doing this!

Qi Qingyi has an advantage, that is, if she can't figure it out, she simply stops thinking about it. She is too lazy to dwell on it, so she gets up decisively:

"Okay, I'll throw it at the door now."

Nie Wenjin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

If she hadn't been disabled, she would have released it herself.

This leg injury was neither good nor bad. Since Nie Wenjin could not leave the wheelchair and move alone, Ren Tuo and others were less alert. So even though their tents were only a few meters apart, Ren Tuo did not keep a close eye on her, which gave them this opportunity.

But unfortunately, this did greatly limit her ability to move. If Qi Qingyi hadn't come and sleep with her, she would have had little chance to put this thing outside.

Seeing that Qi Qingyi had already used her hands and feet to crawl to the door of the tent in the dark, Nie Wenjin whispered a reminder:
"Two microphones, one facing Rentuo's tent, and one facing the shelter."

"If we get discovered tomorrow, this microphone might record something else and make us take the blame."

Qi Qingyi finally felt that something was wrong.

Good guy——

It turns out that Sister Wen Jin also suspected that there was something wrong with Ren Tuo!!!
She was about to say something, but Nie Wenjin made a gesture to silence her, so she had to shut up and obediently leaned half of her body out. She placed a microphone on the side and front of the tent, just as Nie Wenjin had just said, facing the direction of Rentuo's tent and the shelter respectively. After that, she pulled the tent curtain and slowly crawled back.

Everything was properly handled. Qi Qingyi could not wait to rush back to Nie Wenjin's side and whispered in her ear:

"Sister Wenjin, do you suspect Ren Tuo?"

"Oh, I've been wanting to tell you for a long time. I can tell from the first glance that Ren Tuo is not a good person. He usually pretends to be nice, but sometimes when I secretly observe him and find that when no one is paying attention, his eyes and expression are very fierce!"

"You must keep your eyes open and don't be fooled by men who are good at pretending. When I was in college, I heard that many classmates were coaxed into dating and living together by those fake men outside the school, but very few of them ended up having a good ending..."

She kept mumbling and nagging about all sorts of random things, but Nie Wenjin didn't interrupt her. She just kept laughing and listening, as if she was really an older sister listening to her younger sister's complaints.

However, Qi Qingyi couldn't keep talking for long.

Nie Wenjin's expression suddenly became stern and he said "hush" softly. Qi Qingyi quickly shut up and listened carefully, then she heard some rustling sounds coming from outside.

There were footsteps approaching, whispered conversations, and the sound of the tent curtain zipper being opened and quickly closed.

Qi Qingyi was horrified, and leaned close to Nie Wenjin's ear and whispered:
“Was the zipper noise this loud when I opened the tent just now?!”

Nie Wenjin was stunned. He didn't expect that her first reaction would be to ask this.

She shook her head helplessly and laughed, her voice lowering a little:
"No, you were very careful just now. The noise from his end was probably because he wanted to open and close the door quickly, so he zipped it too fast, which made the zipper make such a noise."

"By the way, who do you think is coming?"

Qi Qingyi heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that she hadn't caused such a big commotion, but she was also wondering in her heart:
"I do not know……"

"There are too few people in this show who are familiar with Ren Tuo. Shu Yi was one of them, after all, they worked together in the last show. But Shu Yi has been very quiet since she fell into the water today. It is unlikely that she would enter the men's tent in the middle of the night. Xu Qing'an and Zhao Mingtao are both in the cave. No matter how brave she is, she would not be so brave."

"If someone else saw this and told them, Shuyi would probably get beaten for the third time..."

"Could it be Han Fei? No, that's not right. Even if he wants to do something, he will at least tell me in advance. It can't be him."

Nie Wenjin thought for a moment and said:
"Is it possible that it was Zhao Mingtao or Lu Siyuan?"

Qi Qingyi had a toothache expression on her face, completely abandoning her mask of being a gentle and virtuous white, rich and beautiful lady:
"Sister, this can't be possible. Ren Tuo just scolded them a few minutes ago. Those two people are not so mean as to come over and try to build relationships with him after being scolded."

"Oh, it would be nice if those two microphones could record. I really want to know who would come to see Ren Tuo in the middle of the night."

Nie Wenjin said nothing, just frowned in thought.

It was pitch black in the tent, and Qi Qingyi couldn't see the expression on her face.

It's a kind of playfulness mixed with a little excitement, as if the show is about to begin.

The tent next door.

Ren Tuo looked at Lu Siyuan, who was hurrying over with suspicious behavior, and quietly stepped back in the tent, keeping a safe distance from him so that his spit wouldn't spray on his face, and said in a low voice:
"What do you want to say?"

"I'm warning you, keep your voice down, Wen Jin is right next to me. No matter what you want to say, if she hears it, I won't let you go."

Lu Siyuan smiled and nodded repeatedly:
"Of course, of course."

"Boss Ren, I came here just to explain something to you. There may be some misunderstanding between us, so it's better to explain it clearly."

"How about you listen to me first, and then scold me after I'm done?"

Ren Tuo was a little surprised and confused for a moment.

Could it be that this idiot knew that he wanted to kill him?
Han Fei was the only one in the entire program crew who knew about this matter, but anyone could leak the secret, except Han Fei, who could not tell Lu Siyuan.

Even if Han Fei didn't want him to die, he would probably be happy to see Lu Siyuan get into trouble. After so many years of deep hatred, even if Han Fei was really the Holy Father, he would not forgive him easily, not to mention that Han Fei was a good white-cut black.

After a moment of silence, Ren Tuo chose to wait and see.

He nodded:

"You speak first."

(End of this chapter)