I'm in Wuha, and the whole internet is shipping me and Song Yuqi as a couple.

Jiang Che's face was less than ten centimeters away from her; she could even count the number of his eyelashes.

Song Yuqi's back was pressed against the soft cushion of the recliner, with nowhere left to retreat.

"How would I know?"

Song Yuqi looked away and stared at the second unbuttoned button on his shirt. "You only ever say half of what you mean. How can anyone understand you?"

Jiang Che chuckled softly, the vibration of his chest traveling through the air.

"Can't figure it out?"

He raised his free hand and brushed the back of his fingers against her cheek.

"Who touched my face on the floor last night?"

Song Yuqi's head went blank.

How did he know all of this?!

"I……"

Song Yuqi steeled her heart, ready to pour out everything on her mind.

"Snapped!"

From the coconut grove fifty meters away, a very loud slapping sound suddenly came from the thigh.

Then came Deng Chao's suppressed cry of pain: "Ouch! This mosquito is some kind of monster! It bit my whole leg!"

Chen He's furious curses followed immediately: "Can't you fucking hold it in! We're about to kiss, what are you slapping your leg for?!"

Lu Han: "Brother Chao, you stepped on my foot..."

Quiet.

The sea breeze swept across the beach, and the VIP area fell silent.

The energy that Song Yuqi had been holding back instantly dissipated.

She shoved Jiang Che away, sprang up from the recliner, and blushed crimson.

"There...there are people over there!" she said, pointing to the dark woods, her words slurred.

Jiang Che was pushed back into his chair by her.

He closed his eyes, the champagne glass in his hand creaking as he gripped it.

Those people deserve to die!

Jiang Che put down his cup, turned to look at the coconut grove, and spoke in a cold, piercing voice.

"Brother Chao, should I send you two coils of mosquito coils?"

The sounds in the woods instantly ceased.

A few seconds later, Deng Chao's chuckling voice came out.

"Wow, this beach is huge! Chen He, look at that crab over there, it's enormous!"

"Yes, yes, let's go catch crabs!"

Three figures tumbled and crawled out of the woods and ran wildly toward the hotel without looking back.

Song Yuqi stood by the recliner, clutching the hem of her cardigan, not daring to look Jiang Che in the eye.

"I...I'll go catch crabs too."

She left those words behind, turned and ran, her back view looking utterly guilty.

Jiang Che sat on the recliner, watching her flee in disarray, and laughed in exasperation.

Row.

You were quick today.

...................

The next morning, the sun was blindingly bright in Yalong Bay.

On the beach, all five huskies gathered.

Song Yuqi wore a pair of large sunglasses, trying to hide her puffy eyelids from not sleeping well last night.

She deliberately stood on the far left of the line, a good distance away from Jiang Che who was standing on the far right.

Jiang Che was wearing a white short-sleeved shirt today, looking clean and refreshing, but his eyes kept glancing at Song Yuqi.

Dilraba stood between the two.

She was wearing a bright red beach dress today, twirling a sunscreen spray in her hand, glancing at Song Yuqi and then at Jiang Che.

"What's wrong? Were the mosquitoes in the VIP area so bad last night that they bit you so badly you became withdrawn?"

Dilraba spoke, her tone sharp, but mostly teasing.

She's not the kind of person who can't accept defeat.

During this time, she clearly saw Jiang Che's protective attitude towards his own.

Even if she tries to argue, she'll only embarrass herself.

Song Yuqi pushed up her sunglasses: "My head hurts from the sea breeze."

"Oh." Dilraba drawled out the last syllable, "My head hurts from the wind, not from being flirted with."

Song Yuqi's ears burned, and she glared at Dilraba.

They're live streaming!

How can this woman say anything?

Jiang Che walked over, completely ignoring Dilraba's teasing, and stopped in front of Song Yuqi.

"What are you hiding from?" he asked.

"Who's hiding?" Song Yuqi straightened up. "Can't I sunbathe here?"

"Okay." Jiang Che nodded. "Wearing sunglasses and sunbathing under the shade of a tree, Teacher Song's hobby is quite unique."

A burst of laughter erupted around them.

Deng Chao leaned closer, his eyes full of gossip.

"Old Jiang, did you catch any crabs last night?"

Jiang Che glanced at him.

"If you don't cause trouble, we should be able to catch them."

Deng Chao immediately shut up and shrank behind Chen He.

Wu Zheng, carrying a large megaphone and wearing floral shorts, walked out from behind the camera.

"Everyone! Today is the last day of our Sanya leg! Yesterday's mission was very... intense for everyone."

"So today, we've prepared an ultimate mission that will test our teamwork and courage!"

"What kind of ridiculous nonsense is this now?" Chen He scoffed.

Wu Zheng pretended not to hear.

"Today's mission is called the 'Bridge of Life and Death at Sea'!"

"Two people will run a relay race on a wooden bridge floating on the sea, and they will be attacked by the production crew's high-pressure water guns along the way."

"Teams that fall into the sea are eliminated immediately!"

"What about the punishment?" Lu Han asked.

Wu Zheng revealed a sinister smile.

"There will be no material penalties today. The losing team must make an appearance in tonight's final live stream."

"In front of 30 million viewers, I will confess the secret I have kept the deepest."

He paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over Jiang Che and Song Yuqi.

"Or, to finish saying what you didn't finish saying in front of the whole nation."

The entire audience erupted in uproar.

【Well done, Lao Wu!!】

[Give me that unfinished line!! I bet ten packs of spicy strips they didn't kiss last night!]

Wu Zheng, you really know what we want to see!

Song Yuqi's heart skipped a beat.

What wasn't finished being said? That's just...

She immediately turned to look at Jiang Che.

Jiang Che was also looking at her, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"How should we group them?" Jiang Che asked Wu Zheng directly.

"Free team formation! Red vs. Blue matchups are canceled. Today, everyone can team up with whomever they want!"

Wu Zheng shouted through a megaphone.

Jiang Che turned around and looked at Song Yuqi.

"Did you hear that?"

Song Yuqi took a step back.

"I'm not in your group! I'm in Lu Han's group!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Han quickly waved his hand.

"No, no, no, Yuqi, please let me go. If I'm in your group today, I'm afraid I won't see the sun rise tomorrow."

As he spoke, he moved closer to Dilraba, "Sis, shall we make do for a bit?"

Dilraba rolled her eyes at him, but didn't refuse.

Deng Chao and Chen He had been hugging each other for a long time, as if afraid of being separated.

Jiang Che and Song Yuqi were left.

Jiang Che took a step forward, getting closer to Song Yuqi.

"Now you only have me."

This statement has a double meaning.

Song Yuqi gritted her teeth: "You'd better not intentionally lose the game, I don't want to..."

She wanted to say, "I don't want to reveal my deepest secret in front of 30 million viewers."

But if you want to hear it, I can be honest with you alone.

Or perhaps, the words left unsaid.

"It's hard to say, since there were some things I didn't finish last night."

Jiang Che lowered his head, leaned close to her ear, and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "I probably don't have much of a desire to fight today."