After Transmigrating as a Scumbag Alpha, I Ended Up with the Movie Queen - Chapter 19

For this trip, the six of them first had to fly for one hour from KM City, the provincial capital of Dian Province where they currently were, to LC City. Then from LC City, they would take a four-hour bus ride before finally reaching their destination, Yingpan Village.

Because there were only two flights a day from KM to LC, one at 9 a.m. and one at 4 p.m., the production team had planned the timing early on and booked an airport hotel only a few minutes away from the airport. As long as everyone woke up a little earlier, all the guests could take the 9 a.m. flight together.

If nothing unexpected happened on the road, then by the time they arrived at Yingpan Village in the afternoon, they could begin filming the first day.

While Gu Nan and the others were packing their luggage and preparing for the day’s schedule, the production team had already posted the pilot episode, which the post-production team had edited overtime, online.

As the explosive highlight, Gu Nan and Shen Zhibei were naturally placed at the finale.

They did not disappoint the production team’s expectations. As soon as the pilot episode aired, the way the two of them behaved at home successfully caused the discussion around the show, as well as the number of people waiting in the livestream room, to surge once again.

Some netizens even watched their segment frame by frame, trying to prove that the two of them looked harmonious on the surface but were not truly close.

However, Gu Nan knew nothing about all this. They had already gotten off the plane and transferred to the bus rented by the production team.

A program assistant sitting in the first row took out several documents and handed them to the guests one by one.

“This is the brief script for the Yingpan Village filming this time. However, during filming, we’ll also make new plans according to how things actually progress.”

There was not much in the script. It only wrote roughly what games or farm work the guests would be doing during each time period, so it took only a few minutes to finish reading.

The long journey made everyone who had woken up early feel drowsy.

Seeing that Shen Zhibei was not sleeping comfortably, Gu Nan, who had not brought a U-shaped pillow, small blanket, or anything of the sort, could only contribute her own shoulder.

She adjusted her sitting posture and patted her shoulder. “Lean on me and sleep.”

Shen Zhibei did not refuse. Ever since meeting Bai Rui, she had felt as if a pair of eyes were secretly watching them.

Leaning against Gu Nan’s shoulder, Shen Zhibei tugged Gu Nan’s ear, telling her to lean over too.

If only their bodies leaned together, the position would be very awkward, so Gu Nan reached out and half-embraced Shen Zhibei.

The two of them formed a very intimate posture.

“Be careful of Bai Rui,” Shen Zhibei whispered beside Gu Nan’s ear.

Shen Zhibei truly was very worried about Gu Nan.

All kinds of signs showed that Gu Nan had been framed that time, just like her.

The person most likely to have made a move was Bai Rui, who was now sitting behind the two of them.

And if Bai Rui wanted to make a move, between the two of them, she would probably still choose Gu Nan, who was relatively easier to deal with, as the breakthrough point.

Gu Nan nodded. “I know. Sleep.”

Shen Zhibei was still worried. But under the jolting of the bus and Gu Nan’s rhythmic pats of comfort, she soon fell into a deep sleep.

When they were still about an hour away from the village, the program assistant called out to them again.

This was because this was already the last expressway service area on the road to Yingpan Village.

It was also the last place where the guests could freely buy whatever they wanted to eat before the filming of this episode ended.

None of them had eaten lunch, and the flight they took had not provided an in-flight meal either.

So everyone chose to go to the rest stop and eat something. Most importantly, they wanted to ease their bodies after sitting on the bus for several hours until their backs and waists ached.

Gu Nan had maintained nearly the same posture for three hours, so her shoulders and neck were stiff.

At this time, of course she moved around properly before sitting at the table, preparing to eat.

Everyone bought the food they wanted.

Among them, Gu Nan’s plate full of various fried foods, giving off an enticing aroma, was especially eye-catching.

The tables in the service area were relatively large, so the six of them sat at one table.

For some unknown reason, Bai Rui once again sat beside Gu Nan.

Gu Nan was too embarrassed to say to Bai Rui, “Why don’t you sit on the other side?” so she could only pretend not to see her.

Shen Zhibei bought a serving of udon noodles. There was only a small portion, but she still could not eat too much.

“Can you still eat a little more? I’ll pick some out for you?” Shen Zhibei asked Gu Nan.

Gu Nan looked at Shen Zhibei’s tiny bowl and knew that she could not persuade Shen Zhibei, who was trying to diet before the show officially began. So she did not say anything and pushed her own plate over. “Pick it over.”

Shen Zhibei directly picked half a bowl’s worth onto Gu Nan’s plate.

“Sister Zhibei is only eating that little? I read the script, and there’s farm work to do later. Won’t your body be unable to handle it?” Bai Rui looked worried, then turned to Gu Nan and said coquettishly, “Gu Nan, why aren’t you persuading her a little?”

Gu Nan’s scalp went numb.

What relationship do I have with you? Why are you acting coquettish toward me?

At this moment, she was extremely grateful for the shadow’s previous image in the entertainment industry. It allowed her, after hearing words that made her uncomfortable, to directly snap back.

“How do you know I haven’t persuaded her? Zhibei just wants to eat a little less. Is that not allowed?”

Tang Ling saw that the atmosphere at the table had become awkward because of Gu Nan’s words and hurriedly said, “Ruirui is also thinking of Sister Zhibei’s health. Maybe she’s just young, so the way she said it made you misunderstand. Don’t be angry with her.”

Bai Rui had already cooperatively begun to have tears shimmering in her eyes. “I’m sorry. I was only concerned about Sister Zhibei’s health. I didn’t expect my words would make you misunderstand.”

Shen Zhibei leisurely finished eating one udon noodle and wiped her mouth. “Nannan is twenty-four this year. If I remember correctly, Bai Rui, you’re one year older than Nannan, aren’t you?”

As if she felt the critical hit was not enough, Shen Zhibei continued, “Oh, right. If I said something wrong, you all have to forgive me too. After all, I’m already getting older.”

Peng Yushu could not hold back and laughed out loud.

The atmosphere at the table became even more awkward.

Lu Xuehai, who had been silent all this time, perhaps in order to keep things from being so awkward and ease the team atmosphere that was about to collapse before recording had even started, suddenly asked, “By the way, among the six of us, is there anyone who knows how to cook? I saw in the script that we’ll have to cook for ourselves later using a rural clay stove. Who among you knows how? I only know how to make diet meals.”

Diet meals—the nightmare of meat lovers.

A kind of meal composed of water, fruit, vegetables, and whole-wheat crackers, where skim milk and eggs were already considered a blessing.

To make that kind of meal, one probably only needed to know the calorie count of the food.

As for how Gu Nan knew this, of course it was because Shen Zhibei had eaten that way before filming her endorsement and before going on the show.

“I can make some home-style dishes.” In order to avoid having to eat diet meals, Gu Nan very honestly raised her hand first. “But using a clay stove and burning firewood, that…”

Gu Nan looked a little troubled, but she still said firmly, “I can try.”

“I can do some too,” Shen Zhibei immediately followed. “I can help you.”

Peng Yushu came from a very good background and had been raised in a family with housekeepers since childhood. He had never cooked for himself. When he heard that Gu Nan could actually cook, he was very surprised.

“You can actually cook? When did you learn?”

“When I was in school. I was renting a place outside then and didn’t want to keep ordering takeout, so I learned how to cook.” Gu Nan combined her own experiences with the shadow’s experiences.

“Young people nowadays all love ordering takeout. This habit of yours is quite good. It’s good for your health.”

Being praised by Peng Yushu, Gu Nan merely smiled and did not say anything.

The reason she had not eaten takeout before was not because it was good for her health. It was purely because cooking for herself was cheaper. As for renting outside, that had been because she had to work part-time jobs. If she lived in the dormitory, there would be dorm supervisors and curfews.

Bai Rui and Tang Ling had also always been spoiled by their families. Their cooking skills were only at the level of making deluxe instant noodles.

After all that, among the six of them, only Gu Nan and Shen Zhibei actually knew how to cook.

After eating and resting enough, the group got back on the bus and continued toward Yingpan Village.

Sure enough, after passing that service area, the bus got off the expressway and entered a dirt road.

The rest of the journey was not smooth. By the time they reached their destination, Yingpan Village, it was already an hour later than the originally estimated time.

At this time, because the broadcast had been delayed, a large number of viewers had already flooded into the livestream room, posting all kinds of irritable comments as they waited for the show to begin.

After receiving the earpieces handed over by the staff and putting them on, the group got off the bus one after another.

Below the bus, the cameras had already started working.

“It started, it started! It finally started! It’s more than an hour late.”

“Where’s the bullet-comment army? Start flooding the screen!”

“Ruirui, Ruirui, I love you!”

“From the preview, Gu Nan and Shen Zhibei actually seemed quite well matched. It made me sigh that the production team really has uncanny craftsmanship, but livestreaming probably won’t work, right?”

“Licking the screen, licking the screen. What are you all talking about? Anyway, my eyes only have our baby’s beauty in them!”

As the inserted advertisement finished playing, the camera aimed at the guests, who were already standing in a row with their luggage, and the broadcast officially began.

The chief director did not appear on camera. He only shouted through a loudspeaker, “Dear guests, your first mission after arriving at Yingpan Village is to first find the villager’s home where you will be staying.”

“Yingpan Village has a relatively small population, and basically every household knows one another. So please ask for directions and find the home of Elder Tang Chunhua. This will also allow all the guests to better get to know the whole of Yingpan Village.”

“What!?”

Everyone who had watched the previous two seasons was speechless.

“Didn’t they give maps before? Now that it’s our season, why did it change to asking for directions?”

“Exactly, exactly!”

Facing a siege from the guests on the very first segment, the production team was completely unafraid.

They maintained an attitude of: find it or don’t find it, up to you. If you don’t find it, just waste time here. When you can’t eat dinner later and have no room to sleep in, let’s see who’s more anxious.

“Let’s search first,” Lu Xuehai said, speaking up for the production team. Then he finally revealed his true intent. “If we can’t find it, then we’ll come back and threaten them.”

Everyone was just creating a show effect. Seeing Lu Xuehai step forward to do the host’s job, they all put on their backpacks, pulled their luggage, and began walking to find Elder Tang Chunhua’s home.