"Sister Li really gave it to her!"
"No wonder she’s my Sister Li, hahaha, her tongue is still as sharp as ever."
"Even Demi Immortal has spoken up; this sister will surely end up with nothing, hahaha."
"What she said makes so much sense. Righteous worldviews there. There are plenty of good people in the world. We, who are less than they, should just focus on doing our best. Why make such malicious assumptions about others? Wouldn’t it be nicer to have more goodwill?"
"Ugh, not only is this girl lovesick, she’s also engaging in some female rivalry, disgusting."
Having been thoroughly criticized inside and out, Ai Xiaochun felt both aggrieved and angry.
Unable to outargue Jiang Li, she could only resentfully look towards her boyfriend.
"She talked about me like that, can’t you say something for me?"
Luo Xuan’s face also looked somewhat displeased, and he pulled Ai Xiaochun back, reproaching her in a low voice, "Stop making a fuss, can’t you say less? Are the people opposite us ones we can afford to offend?"
Each one of them was either a dean or from Hua University, and they all followed Jiang Li’s arrangements, which also indicated that Jiang Li must be even more formidable than they were.
Judging by her appearance and temperament, she didn’t seem like someone ordinary, likely from a class they couldn’t afford to offend.
There was no need to be so confrontational with them on a show.
His own girlfriend was not as capable as they were, and yet she insisted on competing; she was really too naive.
Ai Xiaochun looked at her boyfriend in shock, then tears couldn’t help but spill over her eyes.
"You’re being too much!"
After saying that, she shook off Luo Xuan’s hand and ran straight into the forest.
Guo Xing, somewhat worried, said, "Xuan, aren’t you going to comfort her? It’s pretty dangerous on this island."
Luo Xuan spoke irritably, "Let her run. It’s about time she changed her temper."
Saying that, he looked towards Jiang Li opposite him.
"Sorry, it’s my fault I didn’t manage her properly. Don’t take it to heart."
Jiang Li gave a meaningful smile, said nothing, and turned to leave.
Bai Lu quietly leaned in, "That Ai Xiaochun is no easy opponent, but I think her boyfriend is even worse. Not defending his own girlfriend is one thing, but this place is so dangerous, and he lets her run off alone. And then he looks at you with those eyes; it sickens me."
Even she wanted to punch that Luo Xuan a couple of times!
How dare he covet her idol, as if he could really compare!
Jiang Li slightly lifted her lips, "You noticed too?"
"So, you mean to say that..."
"Those two’s appearances indicate they’re inherently troubled. One has recessed ’parents palace,’ an unhappy childhood, a severe lack of security, always compromising; the other overflows with rotten romantic entanglements, fickle and unfaithful. Just looking at them, it’s clear they’re in a karmic entanglement, and a serious one at that. If they continue to bind themselves together, they’ll simply drain each other’s karmic energies until nothing is left. Only then will they repay their karmic debts."
Bai Lu’s eyes widened, "It’s that serious? Lili, you have to check whether I have such karmic entanglements too!"
Jiang Li laughed, "Didn’t I calculate that for you before? For the next few years, your focus isn’t on relationships. Seize the opportunities to advance your career."
When the topic shifted to her career, Bai Lu sighed.
Joining this show was a sign that her company had given up on her, guessing that she wouldn’t be far from being shelved after leaving the island.
Where was her opportunity then?
"Team 2 has a total of 34 points. Team 2 wins! Team 2 will receive a 2000 points reward, and Team L will lose 500 points!"
Once 500 points were deducted, Shang Shaojing’s team fell from second to third place.
Meanwhile, Zhao Lang, who gained two thousand points, rose another rank, transforming into the new fourth place.
Watching the over eight thousand points in his account, Shang Shaojing felt his sense of crisis soar.
Beside him, Ren Yue finally closed his jaw, dropped from shock.
"No, no," how did you two manage to find 34 kinds of plants within two hours?!"
They, a group of four, had found just over 20 kinds in two hours.
What’s more, they had Zhuola in their team, whose martial strength was off the charts.
Ren Yue and Su Yinwan couldn’t figure it out, but Shang Shaojing and Zhuola knew exactly what was going on.
That guy called Pei Ye was certainly not an average Joe.
As everyone’s gaze fixed on him, Pei Ye tugged at the brim of his hat.
Why were they all looking at him?
Most of these things were found by the Young Master, alright.
The audience, aware of the whole process, kept exclaiming in admiration.
[I didn’t expect the Crown Prince, who looks so frail, to be so capable.]
[Amazing, managing to find so many things, some of which I didn’t even notice before he did.]
[The Crown Prince has a vast reserve of knowledge; he can recognize some plants by their names alone.]
[Turns out the heir of a wealthy and prestigious family really is different from the usual good-for-nothing young masters.]
Zhao Lang could hardly fail to recognize those things.
He had grown up in Chixia Village, surrounded by mountains. He had been herding cattle since he could walk and had seen more plants and trees than most people had eaten meals. This game was nothing to him.
Shang Shaojing didn’t say much, just said with a stern face, "Since the competition has already ended, we’ll be going first. Take care, Young Master Gu."
"Wait a minute." Zhao Lang blocked their path, "Since we’ve met by chance, why don’t we team up? What do you say, nephew?"
Shang Shaojing’s face darkened momentarily.
Zhao Lang smiled, "After all, as an elder, I should take care of the younger generation, shouldn’t I? Or do you not want to?"
Shang Shaojing narrowed his eyes.
After a moment of thought, he said, "Sure."
It was a good opportunity for him to figure out what this so-called "Gu Yu" was all about.
And so, Zhao Lang and Pei Ye trailed behind the four of them.
"Young Master, didn’t you want to find that person? Why are you following Shang Shaojing and the others now?"
"Haven’t you watched the previous episodes?"
"That figures." Zhao Lang said earnestly, "You don’t know, but wherever Shang Shaojing goes, he always ends up meeting them. I believe this time will be no different. So, as long as we stick with them, we’re bound to encounter her!"
[!!!! The Crown Prince is so clever.]
[Hahahaha, I noticed that bug too! Could there really be some mysticism involved?]
[I’m dying of laughter. So even the richest man believes in this stuff?]
In the meeting room, Shen Lan was desperately looking over the company’s financial statement for the month.
"Is there really no way to allocate some funds to invest in that show?"
The head of finance said with difficulty, "Sister Lan, although the Shang Group recently gave us a substantial amount of money to buy variety show rights, most of those funds went to cover past financial records and our company’s external debt. There’s hardly anything left. Although sponsoring that show isn’t too expensive, just one or two million, under the current circumstances, our will is there, but our strength is lacking."