Chapter 118: Her Chance To Strike Has Come
The door had just been knocked on when Jiang Chuyun suddenly snapped back to his senses. Realizing what he was doing, his body stiffened abruptly.
When Jiang Xinxin saw Jiang Chuyun carrying the noodles out, she immediately followed. Seeing him knock on Nan Yuanman’s door, she immediately became unhappy and questioned him: “Third Uncle, what are you doing? Are you trying to give the noodles to Nan Yuanman to eat?”
Jiang Chuyun’s expression stiffened slightly as he made up a random excuse: “Didn’t you say mine tasted bad? Feng Langqing’s tastes good. I can swap some with him for you.”
“But I think we just had a conflict with them, so he probably won’t swap food with us. Let’s go back.” Jiang Chuyun said hurriedly, pulling Jiang Xinxin’s hand as he quickly returned to the room.
They had just left when Feng Langqing opened the door. But outside, besides the filming staff, there was no one else.
Feng Langqing: “?”
“You knocked on the door?”
The staff didn’t speak and silently pointed toward Jiang Chuyun’s room.
Feng Langqing’s face darkened instantly. With a cold expression, he slammed the door shut with a bang and turned back to the small courtyard.
In the small courtyard, Nan Yuanman sat in front of a small table, eating with sweat beading on her forehead. Her little lips were red. She asked curiously: “Third brother, who was it?”
“No one, just a nutjob knocking.” Feng Langqing said with a grin, continuing to feed Nan Yuanman.
In the adjacent small courtyard separated by just a wall, Jiang Chuyun and Jiang Xinxin sat in silence facing each other. Both couldn’t help but perk up their ears to listen to Nan Yuanman’s praises of Feng Langqing’s cooking skills.
Jiang Xinxin couldn’t help but swallow her saliva. A look of longing appeared on her face. Was it really that delicious? She wanted to eat it too…
Seeing this expression on Jiang Xinxin, Jiang Chuyun’s self-esteem was even more wounded. He ate the noodles silently without paying her any more attention.
Jiang Xinxin waited a long time, but Jiang Chuyun didn’t coax her to eat like he usually did. Feeling a bit aggrieved, she also felt a little panicked.
She clutched her stomach and looked timidly at Jiang Chuyun: “Third Uncle, I’m hungry…”
Jiang Chuyun sighed heavily in his heart and said in a hoarse voice: “Xin Xin, Third Uncle is hungry too. Third Uncle made food for the first time… Bear with it a little. After Third Uncle eats, he’ll go find Uncle Ge to get you something to eat, okay?”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xinxin’s heart sank. She immediately realized she had said the wrong thing. She hurriedly said: “It’s not bad! Third Uncle’s cooking is delicious! It’s Xin Xin’s taste issue!”
As she spoke, she picked up the chopsticks and ate some noodles, then: “Yue—!”
Jiang Chuyun: “…”
He felt even more depressed inside.
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After the guests finished breakfast, the director announced the task for the day—catch fish for the villagers of Hundred Fox Village.
The villagers of Hundred Fox Village had jointly built a fish pond to raise grass carp, black carp, silver carp, and so on. Once the fish grew big, they sold them in the town or city to restaurants. This was also a source of income for the countryside folk.
The guests changed into the equipment prepared by the Program Group and arrived at the fish pond.
The water in the fish pond had been drained, leaving only a layer of thick mud. However, this mud was still somewhat dangerous for children. One slip could mean falling into the muddy water and choking.
Therefore, the area around the fish pond was filled with staff, specifically to watch the children’s movements.
Nan Yuanman looked excitedly at the fish pond, eager to try. For a child, catching fish was the most attractive thing.
Director Ge still held the megaphone: “Your task this morning is to help the villagers catch all the fish in the fish pond. Guests will pair up in twos. As before, whoever catches the most gets the most ingredients. The tools have already been prepared for you.”
“Of course, if you can’t keep going, you can call for outside help. But each time you call for outside help, 10% of the ingredients will be deducted as reward.”
“Alright, now guests, show your skills and start catching fish!”
The hot-tempered Su Hu cheered, then jumped straight into the pond with a howl.
Su Yilan’s vision went black: “Su Hu!”
She hurriedly grabbed the fish basket and followed, catching Su Hu who wanted to roll in the muddy water.
Nan Yuanman, eyes sparkling, carried a small fish basket and pulled Feng Langqing into the pond. The other guests followed one after another.
Meng Xi stood not far from Nan Yuanman, her peripheral vision occasionally glancing at her. The words the Fox Great Immortal had said to her that morning kept echoing in her mind.
Her hand gripping the fish basket tightened slightly, her heartbeat gradually quickening. As long as she presented Nan Yuanman to the Fox Great Immortal, she could become a person above others with the Fox Great Immortal’s help!
She had to find a way to make her move on Nan Yuanman as soon as possible…
The little dumpling who was focused on catching fish suddenly felt a chill on her back. She hugged her fish and vigilantly turned to look behind her, only to meet Jiang Chuyun’s gaze.
Looking at the little dumpling in front of him, hugging the fish with a chubby little face, the thought that had flashed through Jiang Chuyun’s mind intensified.
After all, he was Nan Yuanman’s uncle. It was perfectly normal for him to ask Nan Yuanman to record an episode of the Baby Variety Show with him, right?
The more Jiang Chuyun thought about it, the more tempted he became. He opened his mouth, just about to say something to Nan Yuanman to ease the atmosphere between them, when the little dumpling frowned and turned her head away.
The big grass carp that Nan Yuanman was holding in her arms was struggling for its life. As she turned her head, the fish tail slapped her right in the face with a series of smacks.
Nan Yuanman: “!”
Feng Langqing: “Hahahahahaha!!!”
Nan Yuanman puffed up angrily and stuffed the grass carp into the fish basket: “Bad fish, bad fish! We’ll eat you tonight!”
Watching Nan Yuanman and her brother happily catching fish, Jiang Chuyun felt envious, but also a bit unsettled.
Originally… he could have had this kind of happiness too…
Jiang Xinxin noticed the expression on Jiang Chuyun’s face and felt a surge of unease. Not daring to complain about the pond being dirty, she huffed and puffed, working hard to catch fish to please Jiang Chuyun.
The cheerful morning fish-catching task ended quickly, providing plenty of emojis and laughs in the livestream room.
The ultimate winners were still Nan Yuanman and Feng Langqing. One had started practicing martial arts as soon as she could walk, the other had lived on the battlefield as a child—their mobility went without saying.
He Junnan and Lin Lean came in second.
Meng Xi and Meng Juanjuan came in third.
Su Yilan and Su Hu came in fourth.
Jiang Chuyun and Jiang Xinxin were still last.
According to the task rules, Nan Yuanman and Feng Langqing got the most ingredients, distributed in order, with Jiang Chuyun’s group getting the fewest.
Noon was free time for the guests.
Feng Langqing had work matters to discuss with Luo Wei over the telephone. After saying goodbye to Nan Yuanman, she went out to stroll around the village by herself, planning to inquire about the Village Ancestral Hall.
Director Ge secretly found Nan Yuanman and pointed at her small shoulder bag, looking somewhat troubled: “Perfection, if you wanted to take your own small shoulder bag, you could have told me. Don’t just take it without a word. I thought it was lost and got a scare.”
Nan Yuanman blinked her eyes: “I didn’t take it myself. You gave it to me last night.”
Director Ge was stunned and pointed at himself: “Me? I gave it to you?” He didn’t remember that at all.
“Yeah!” The little girl said righteously: “You gave it to me last night! Don’t you remember?”
Director Ge scratched his head: “I have absolutely no memory of it…”
Nan Yuanman was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized—could it be that no one except her and Third Brother knew she had gone out last night?
Nan Yuanman’s expression became serious as she realized she must quickly find the source causing the villagers to go out at night and resolve it. Otherwise… something terrible might happen.
She hurriedly said goodbye to Director Ge and ran out dah-dah-dah, straight to Grandpa Hu’s house.
For her, the person she was most familiar with in Hundred Fox Village was Grandpa Hu. Starting with him to inquire about news was sure to be right.
Next door, Meng Xi stood at the courtyard entrance, watching Nan Yuanman’s small figure leave. Her eyes turned slightly, her gaze slowly falling on Meng Juanjuan, who was seriously doing homework.
She hadn’t had a chance to get close to Nan Yuanman all morning. Now, her opportunity to act had come…
