ALL NOVEL chapter 14
Chapter 14: Receiving Two Fondness Texts (1 / 2)
The man’s singing, accompanied by the distant sound of waves, ushered everyone into the gentle cool of the night.
Dinner ended around eight, and after everyone had returned to their rooms to freshen up, it was nearly half-past nine—time to rest.
According to the game rules, Sun Haotian, who lost the competition, and Fang Zhou, who volunteered to switch places with Chu Xinran, had to spend the night in a cave.
They would return to sleep in the villa later in the night.
The production team was quite considerate, having found them a rather spacious cave in advance, which had been cleaned; the ground wasn’t dirty, and cardboard had been laid out.
Sun Haotian sat on the cardboard, sorting through his clothes, and said to Fang Zhou with a wry smile, “Brother, it’s been a long time since I’ve slept in such a simple place.”
Even when he started from scratch, Sun Haotian had slept under bridges, but at least there he was sheltered from the wind and rain.
Sleeping in a cave was indeed a novel experience.
He had thought that having the lovely Chu Xinran as company wouldn’t be too lonely, but now, replaced by a fellow man, all romantic thoughts were gone.
Fang Zhou spread out his sleeping bag, fiddling with it bit by bit, and responded to him with a smile upon hearing his words.
“Who says it isn’t? But it’s quite the novelty, haha, I can see the stars from here outside.”
The cave was spacious enough; he and Sun Haotian each occupied one side, with some space left in the middle.
Sun Haotian, fearing mice, insects, or snakes, didn’t dare sleep outside, so Fang Zhou had to.
Fang Zhou wasn’t afraid of these creatures and couldn’t be bothered to argue, so sleeping outside was fine by him.
The live stream viewers, seeing Fang Zhou’s good spirits, teased him.
“You have to admit, these guys are really brave, not afraid to sleep in a cave.”
“Big men like them, what’s there to fear? The whole island has been rented for the show, there won’t be any sudden appearances.”
“Anyway, it’s good that Fang Zhou switched with Chu Xinran; I can’t even imagine how terrifying it would be for a delicate girl like her to sleep in a cave.”
“Fang Zhou is quite the man; I’m rooting for him!”
As Fang Zhou was about to slip into his sleeping bag to rest, he suddenly heard the director’s voice coming from the camera in the cave.
“Ladies and gentlemen, you have one more task tonight, and that is to send an anonymous text message to a guest you feel fond of.”
Fang Zhou was indifferent; he raised his eyebrows, glanced at his phone, which the production team had provided, already loaded with the contact information of five female guests.
He twirled his phone in his hand, pondering: What kind of message should I send? Among the five, four are my ex-girlfriends; it wouldn’t be appropriate to send it to any of them.
He shook his head, about to put the phone away, when it suddenly vibrated, receiving a message.
“I don’t look at the moon, nor do I say I miss you, so both the moon and you are kept in the dark.”
The phone was set to one-way anonymity; when sending a message, you would know who it was sent to, but the recipient wouldn’t know who sent it, only the production team backstage would know.
According to the production team, this was to be revealed at the end of the first episode, to prepare for the next one.
Fang Zhou frowned, wondering, who sent this message?
Such a cryptic yet tender sentence, it seemed like Chu Xinran’s style.
However, before Fang Zhou could ponder for too long, his phone vibrated again, and the next message starkly caught his eye.
“In a world where I have a choice, I choose you.”
Although this message was also anonymous, Fang Zhou had a strong hunch that it was sent by Chu Xinran.
They say a woman’s intuition is very accurate, but Fang Zhou felt his own instincts were not far off.
So, who sent the other message?
He scratched his head, unable to figure out who it could be, and simply put his phone aside and crawled into his sleeping bag to sleep.
The shocks of the day had been too much; he needed a good rest.
Chapter 14: Receiving Two Affectionate Messages (2/2)
After sending the message, Sun Haotian slapped his forehead, pondering, “I almost forgot, there’s a camera here!”
He stood up, picked up his black jacket, and covered the camera completely, muttering to himself, “So many people watching me sleep live, I’m really not used to it, better cover it up.”
Not far from the cave, in a small villa, three girls were still sitting in the room’s small living area, each holding their phones, waiting for something.
Suddenly, Qiao Sisi’s phone vibrated. She looked at it and saw some straightforward, cheesy love words.
“Babe, I went for an infusion today. What did I get infused with? Longing for you at night.”
“Sis~”
Qiao Sisi was disgusted, quickly touching her arm, where indeed a small patch of goosebumps had formed.
“What’s wrong, Sisi?”
Qin Yun was sitting next to her, curious about her disdainful expression and actions.
“Look.”
Without any hesitation, Qiao Sisi showed her the message, somewhat puzzled, “Isn’t this too greasy?”
The camera zoomed in, and the audience in the live stream saw the message clearly.
“Ahahaha, I’m going to die laughing, where did these cheesy lines come from!”
“I’m really going to die laughing, did this guy get tricked by Baidu, picking out greasy lines to send.”
“Good thing Sisi has strong willpower, if it were me, I’d have thrown my phone away.”
Qin Yun glanced at it and laughed as well.
“Pfft.”
The remaining Chu Xinran, seeing them laugh so joyfully, also leaned in, laughing so hard she couldn’t close her mouth.
“I can’t take it anymore, I’ll lose virtue if I keep laughing, electronic mokugyo, strike for me, hahahaha.”
About five minutes later, Qiao Sisi’s phone received no more messages.
She put away her phone with a sense of loss and simply went back to her own small single room to sleep.
The three of them lived in one large room, divided into three small single rooms.
On the other side, Qin Yun’s phone also received a text message, but it wasn’t the one she was waiting for.
Qin Yun comforted herself in her mind: It’s nothing, it’s only the first day, he can’t escape her palm.
She pressed down her agitation silently and went back to her room to sleep.
The remaining female guests, Chu Xinran, Tang Wen, each received a text message, while Han Xi did not.
Among the male guests, only Fang Zhou and Liu Hao received messages, while the others got nothing.
The audience was watching with bated breath, and they started discussing it.
“What’s going on? The Ice Queen CEO doesn’t seem to have anyone with feelings for her?”
“Han Xi’s cold appearance is so intimidating that anyone who sees her will be deterred.”
“You guys don’t understand, it’s only the first day, you can’t tell anything yet! It’ll be fine later.”
“But Fang Zhou actually received two messages, that’s quite unexpected, isn’t it? He’s got a good track record with women.”
Fang Zhou, who was being discussed, had already fallen asleep.
When he was woken up by a sudden urge to urinate at midnight, he suddenly found someone standing next to him, staring at him with a pair of black eyes without making a sound.
Fang Zhou almost fainted, he didn’t play this kind of game!
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