Xiaoyu?!
Everyone was stunned when they heard Cheng Mengting's words.
Chen Shi was obviously very nervous and angry. He shouted "What are you talking about" and tried to push Cheng Mengting.
However, Song Yanchi grabbed the wrist of his outstretched hand.
Song Yanchi turned to look at Cheng Mengting: "Tell me the details."
Cheng Mengting had not expected that Chen Shi actually wanted to take action just now. Her expression revealed disgust, and then she spoke and told everything she knew.
It turned out that Cheng Mengting didn't want to eat bread, so she thought of going out to find Xiaoyu and ask her if she had anything else to eat. Unexpectedly, she ran into Xiaoyu and Chen Shi talking.
Chen Shi had his back to her, so Cheng Mengting could only see Xiaoyu's dazed look.
Chen Shi seemed very emotional. After noticing that Xiaoyu had not responded, he asked directly: "Why are you silent?"
"I was right..."
Xiaoyu: "But why should I do this? What evidence do you have?"
Chen Shi: "Evidence? Isn't your expression at that time evidence?"
"Does it count as evidence if we have to arrest you?"
But the next second, he suddenly lowered his voice and whispered something into Xiaoyu's ear.
As Chen Shi finished his words, Xiaoyu suddenly turned around and started running.
Chen Shi didn't expect Xiaoyu's reaction to be like this. He subconsciously wanted to chase her, but was immediately grabbed by Cheng Mengting.
Cheng Mengting could sense Chen Shi's aggressive attitude just now, so she wanted to find out what happened and why Xiaoyu ran away. But as soon as she said a few words to Chen Shi, the other party's tone became impatient.
The two soon started arguing, until the noise of the quarrel attracted other people.
Everyone's attention fell on Chen Shi again.
Chen Shi's eyes fell on Song Yanchi who was still holding his wrist: "Let me go, and I'll tell you."
He usually likes to exercise, and thinks his grip strength is pretty good, but he didn't expect Song Yanchi's grip strength is even greater than his. But after a while, Chen Shi already felt a dull pain in his wrist.
Song Yanchi knew that Chen Shi couldn't run far, so he quickly let go.
Chen Shi rubbed his aching wrist and said, "I discovered that Xiaoyu was the culprit behind the trick, so I confronted her directly."
"I thought the show would be over, but I didn't expect her to just run away."
Cheng Mengting: "... the culprit who pretended to be a ghost?"
Cheng Mengting's repeated actions have successfully made her the person Chen Shi hates the most. He was not prepared to answer Cheng Mengting's words, but soon thought of something and said angrily, "Yes."
"We're going to solve a mystery on this show, right? I figured it out. In fact, all of this was Xiaoyu's way of rebelling against the developer, so she deliberately played tricks on us. Her sister wasn't dead either, and the two of them were teaming up to play tricks on us."
Cheng Mengting and Xin Min both gasped, obviously not expecting Chen Shi to guess it so quickly.
Qiao Yuan had guessed this answer before, so she was not too surprised when she heard Chen Shi's words. After all, when Xiaoyu heard that they were sent by the developer, although her movements were gentle, her micro-expressions still revealed disgust.
Especially after mentioning that the developer had acquired Xiaozhou Island, the brief expression on Xiaoyu's face was an obvious hint.
But she didn't expect Chen Shi to be able to see it. After all, the other person has a carefree personality and doesn't seem to care about these things.
Qiao Yuan noticed that Chen Shi was looking in another direction while speaking, with a hint of guilt in his eyes.
Following Chen Shi's gaze, Qiao Yuan and Zhao Rulan's eyes met.
Although Zhao Rulan looked like she was watching a show and her attention seemed to be on Chen Shi and Cheng Mengting, she was still keenly aware of Qiao Yuan's gaze when it fell on her. She raised her head and looked over. After staring at Qiao Yuan for a few seconds, she smiled.
Qiao Yuan also smiled, but he already knew in his heart why Chen Shi felt so guilty. It seemed that he had heard it from Zhao Rulan.
Qiao Yuan had indeed guessed it right.
Chen Shi could only see that Xiaoyu was gentle and virtuous, suitable to be a wife; Qiao Yuan and Xin Min looked similar, but they felt different, both were vases, although they were also suitable to be taken home, but he didn't like this type, and it was obvious that they couldn't take care of the family, and it was estimated that only people like Sheng Guiye could afford it; Fei was a foreigner, who could improve their family's bloodline, but she was younger, a few years younger than him; and Zhao Rulan was a bright and beautiful woman...
He didn't even want to mention Cheng Mengting.
But Chen Shi was just thinking about it in his mind. After all, he was not crazy yet. He just felt in his heart that he had come to the right program crew this time.
Chen Shi heard the truth about the matter because last night, on the way back from the shore, Zhao Rulan actually came to him and talked to him.
Zhao Rulan mentioned this mission to him. Chen Shi was listening absent-mindedly at first. He was just thinking in his heart that why the other party did not pick anyone else but took the initiative to greet him, did she like him? Unexpectedly, he heard Zhao Rulan say that she had vaguely guessed the truth, but she didn't know if she was right, and wanted Chen Shi to judge.
Chen Shi heard from Zhao Rulan about Xiaoyu's tricks. After some thought, he felt that what the other party said was right.
Chen Shi: "Why don't you tell others? Or tell Xiaoyu directly?"
Zhao Rulan smiled brightly: "Because the director specifically told me before that he didn't want the show to end too early, and I heard that the NPCs in the show also have tasks to assess, and they have to control the development of this episode. They have to confuse us, but also guide us at the right time, otherwise we will be easily fired."
"Xiaoyu is obviously a student who graduated not long ago. It's not easy for her to find a job."
"Okay, have a good rest tonight."
After she said this, she turned and left.
Chen Shi thought Zhao Rulan’s kindness was boring, but he thought of something, and then he made up his mind.
Chen Shi originally wanted to find Xiaoyu early in the morning, but Xiaoyu had already gotten up early in the morning to deliver meals to everyone, so he was unable to find her for a while. Fortunately, Chen Shi stopped Xiaoyu in the corner after a while.
He had deliberately looked for nearby cameras and made sure that there were no cameras in this place before choosing to speak to the other party here. He then told Xiaoyu what Zhao Rulan had told him.
Xiaoyu's expression changed several times, making Chen Shi more and more certain that he guessed correctly.
He was finally able to say what he had been thinking about for a while. After Chen Shi's observation, he liked Xiaoyu the most among this group of girls, so he wanted Xiaoyu's contact information.
After all, when he leaves here, he still needs to ask the program crew for the other party's contact information, and he doesn't know how long it will take. Moreover, Zhao Rulan already knows the truth, and the other party can always say it in front of the program if he wants to, so that he and Xiaoyu will spend even less time together.
What Chen Shi didn't expect was that Xiaoyu's reaction was to run away.
However, because he felt embarrassed, Chen Shi omitted asking for Xiaoyu's contact information.
After talking about Xiaoyu's problem all at once, Chen Shi's guilty conscience quickly surged back into his heart. After all, he knew very well that he had heard it from Zhao Rulan.
If Zhao Rulan were to speak out and expose this matter now, he would be embarrassed in front of Cheng Mengting and others.
With this thought in mind, Chen Shi looked over nervously. Fortunately, maybe because he noticed the pleading in his eyes or because of his innocence and kindness, the other party did not expose him, which made Chen Shi feel relieved.
Chen Shi's heart was temporarily relieved, and his tone became fierce again: "I am just telling the truth, who knows why she ran away?"
“Is it a program setting?”
This is certainly not the setting of the show.
Qiao Yuan guessed that one reason was that Chen Shi did not produce any evidence, and two because Xiaoyu did not want the show to end so quickly, so she could only escape temporarily to delay time.
The correct approach is for them to pretend they don't know, then collect evidence and tell the program team directly.
"The little girl ran away. What should we do now?" Aunt Zhong's puzzled voice rang out.
The movements of the few people finally attracted the old couple and Huo Ling out.
However, Huo Ling didn't say much, just listened quietly.
Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong's worried tone sounded like another kind of accountability to Chen Shi, making him impatiently say, "What else can we do ? Let's contact the production team directly and tell them that we know the truth."
"Besides, she's an NPC, how could she just leave us like this?"
"Let's first find out where the radio is..."
Chen Shi's tone of commanding orders paused when he noticed Song Yanchi's gaze. He also realized that his attitude was arrogant and almost changed the topic: "How is it?"
He became polite suddenly.
Before anyone could say anything, Chen Shi said, "The island is so big, and Xiaoyu seems to be more familiar with the terrain than we are. If she really wants to hide, we won't be able to find her for a while. We might as well ask the program team why this NPC suddenly ran away."
"And I saw Xiaoyu didn't bring any food or anything, so she will definitely come back."
Xiaoyu ran into the woods in one breath.
She arrived at Xiaozhou Island a few days earlier than the group of guests and had walked back and forth on the island many times, so she was very familiar with everything and naturally knew where to hide best.
After finding a suitable place to hide, Xiaoyu calmed his chest which was heaving due to the intense running, and took out the radio prepared by the program crew for communication.
Xiaoyu's full name is Qin Yu, and she has a twin sister, Qin Ning.
Both of them are students of the acting department, but their family background is average. They usually work as extras on the set or NPCs in the program group to earn a living until they received the invitation to this program.
In addition to the strong strength and publicity behind the program team, the most important thing for Qin Yu and Qin Ning is to be able to show their faces and receive generous remuneration.
Just like what Zhao Rulan said, the program team was also quite strict with the two of them, requiring Qin Yu, the main NPC, and Qin Ning, the deputy NPC, to both provide help to the guests and control the guests so that they don't solve the puzzles too quickly, otherwise there would not be enough material for post-editing.
However, Qin Yu herself also liked the latter point. After all, she had already decided that she would enter the entertainment industry in the future, so it was good to be able to show her face more often. Moreover, the director promised that if the two performed well, he could recommend them to his friend's agency as an exception, and it was very likely that they would get better resources through the agency.
Qin Yu was sure that there was nothing wrong with his and his sister Qin Ning's acting skills. After all, they were both excellent students in the school and were recommended as excellent examples by their acting teacher. Although they were a little bad at randomly arranging scripts, they should be able to confuse the other party for a while.
After all, she and Qin Ning had read the script for this episode thoroughly, and even rehearsed it privately several times, just to achieve the best effect.
What Qin Yu didn't expect was that a guest actually answered the question so quickly.
Qin Yu wanted to cover it up at that time, but Chen Shi's tone was firm, and he even asked for some contact information.
Because of her outstanding appearance, Qin Yu had also come into contact with people who asked for contact information, but the threats in the other party's tone made her very disgusted, not to mention that the other party actually wanted to arrest her.
In order to think of the next solution, Qin Yu could only run away first. He wanted to contact the program team to ask for countermeasures and whether to temporarily change the real answer.
The radio was quickly connected, and the voice of the assistant director, who was usually responsible for communicating with the two of them, came: "Hello?"
Qin Yu usually calls him Shan Ge.
Qin Yu quickly said, "Brother Shan, a guest has already figured out the answer."
Brother Shan: “What?!”
“It’s only the second day!”
Hearing Shan Ge's words, Qin Yu's tone also became painful: "I know."
"But I really tried my best. What should I do? I don't know how he knew. I think there is nothing wrong with my acting skills..."
This was also what made Qin Yu feel at a loss. After all, the guests had discovered the problem in just one day. Naturally, the resources that the director had mentioned before would not be available to her and Qin Ning.
This may very well affect their future.
Brother Shan: "Calm down, let me think about it..."
Qin Yu took a few deep breaths and managed to calm down. After hearing what Shan Ge said, she was no longer as panicked as she was at the beginning.
A gust of sea breeze blew by. If Qin Yu had only felt comfortable before, she would have thought about buying a private island like Xiaozhou Island after making enough money and retiring from the entertainment industry. But now, she is thinking about her own future.
This time Qin Yu did not bring a watch, so he did not know the exact time that had passed, but he could feel that a long while had passed, maybe ten minutes, or maybe more than twenty minutes, and Shan Ge on the other end of the line had not responded.
Qin Yu: "...Brother Shan? Are you still there?"
“Have you figured it out?”
Shan Ge did not respond.
Was this discussed at a meeting?
Sure enough, this question was so tricky that Brother Shan didn't answer it for a while.
Zizi—zizi—
It is the sound of electricity emitted by radio equipment.
Just when Qin Yu was about to put down the radio contact device in his hand and wait for Shan Ge to speak again before picking it up again, he suddenly felt a sticky feeling on his hand.
It was just like the feeling when she was smearing blood on Qin Ning's body and accidentally splashed blood on her hands...
Qin Yu realized something and his eyes fell on his right hand holding the radio.
There was sticky blood on her right hand, and more blood was coming out of the radio receiver. The smell of blood filled Qin Yu's nose, as if it was going to completely envelop her.
Wait, what's going on...
Why is there blood on the phone?
Qin Yu's pupils shrank suddenly and he subconsciously threw the radio away.
She threw the phone out with force. After it fell on the ground several times, a voice came out soon: "Hello? Hello?"
It's Brother Shan's voice.
And most importantly, as Shan Ge's voice rang out, the telephone receiver stopped bleeding.
The other Shan Ge said impatiently: "Hey, Qin Yu, are you listening? I discussed what you just said with others..."
"Can you please reply to me?! What's your attitude? Do you know that the situation is urgent? How can we dare to employ you if you are like this?! You and your sister are both worrying..."
Qin Yu had subconsciously stood up and wanted to run away because of the bleeding radio receiver just now, but when she heard Shan Ge's words, she stopped abruptly.
After all, this involves the present and future development of her and her sister.
Qin Yu trembled and said, "The radio phone was bleeding just now..."
Brother Shan: "Bleeding? Did the liquid crystal inside the phone leak out? Never mind, I remember I have a spare one, I'll tell you where it is later."
Qin Yu: "Liquid crystal liquid? But the liquid is red..."
Brother Shan: "Nonsense, that means it's red liquid crystal."
Qin Yu had never seen what liquid crystal liquid looked like, so when he heard Shan Ge's impatient voice, he couldn't help but wonder if he was wrong.
Qin Yu smelled the sticky liquid on his hand again, and it didn't smell like blood now.
It seems that she really made a mistake because of nervousness.
And most importantly, the voice on the other end was indeed Brother Shan’s…
Shan Ge's voice continued: "Hey, you young people are just unreliable. If you continue to be like this, how can I dare to use you and your sister?"
"And the director also knew about this at the time. He was almost furious. It was only because I spoke well of you in front of him that he calmed down temporarily and did not ban you. I have done so much, and you actually..."
Qin Yu became nervous after hearing what Shan Ge said. After all, she hadn't even entered the circle yet and was facing the possibility of being banned from the industry. What kind of hell was this?
Thinking of this, Qin Yu quickly said that he was listening and picked up the wireless phone receiver: "Brother Shan, I remember everything you said ."
"Thank you for speaking up for me..."
Because of Qin Yu's politeness, Brother Shan's tone became much better: "Well, after all, we had the same instructor before, and you are also my junior sisters."
Qin Yu: "Yes, yes, thank you very much..."
Brother Shan: “So I came to find you.”
Qin Yu paused and said, "...Looking for me?"
Wait, Brother Shan means that the other party is going to come to find her by boat?
Qin Yu felt really embarrassed now: "I'm sorry, because of me, you have to come here specially to solve the problem."
"Then I'll pick you up at the shore? The guests haven't caught up yet, so they shouldn't be around..."
Before she could finish her words, Shan Ge interrupted her directly: "No, I'm here."
Qin Yu:?
Arrived, arrived?
You have to know that this place is at least half an hour's sailing journey from the land. Shan Ge now says that he has arrived, which means that when she called, Shan Ge had already boarded the ship?
Qin Yu finally understood why Brother Shan had said before that she and her sister were very lazy. After all, Brother Shan's serious and responsible attitude and execution ability were something they could not match.
Brother Shan: "I've seen you."
Hearing Brother Shan's words, Qin Yu came back to his senses and looked around subconsciously: "Ah, Brother Shan, where are you..."
Brother Shan: "I've seen you."
Isn’t this what you just said?
Qin Yu was a little puzzled, wondering when the other party had become a repeater. But she didn't know if it was her illusion, but she felt that Shan Ge's tone was a little more weird than last time.
At the same time, she felt the sticky liquid again.
Looking down, I saw that blood was coming out of the radio equipment again.
Qin Yu shook his hands, thinking that Brother Shan had also arrived and said he had some new wireless equipment, so he put it aside for the time being.
Just as she was about to let go of the radio, she heard a cold voice behind her: "I'm here."
Qin Yu turned around: "Brother Shan?"
After seeing the shadow behind her clearly, her pupils shrank sharply.
"We have searched the house, but we didn't find any radio equipment." Cheng Mengting said as she turned to look at Chen Shi: "This means that the radio equipment should be on Xiaoyu."
Chen Shi: "Really? He's actually running around with a radio device..."
"They're probably worried that we might abuse it," Zhao Rulan explained, "so we still have to find Xiaoyu first."
After hearing the whole story, Xin Min was not very interested, and her attention was on Sheng Guiye who was standing beside her. However, after hearing what Zhao Rulan said, she still reminded him, "The weather is not good now."
"Look outside the window, there are dark clouds, it's going to rain heavily."
Everyone's attention was focused on looking for the radio equipment, but when they heard Xin Min's words, they subconsciously looked out the window, only to see that the originally clear sky was now covered with dark clouds, with rumbling thunder heard from time to time, and it was obvious that it was going to rain heavily.
Song Yanchi: "Then let's go out now..."
Before he could finish his words, he heard the sound of crackling rain outside the house, accompanied by flashes of lightning and thunder. The house was illuminated by the lightning without the need for lights.
The rain really started to fall.
Song Yanchi: "..."
His expression was as gloomy as the weather outside.
The rain was falling like a river pouring down from the sky. Several people seemed to be trapped by the heavy rain. Not to mention that they didn't find an umbrella at all, the rain was too heavy, which made it more difficult to find people.
Not only would they not be able to find Xiaoyu if they went out, but there was a high possibility that they would also get lost on the island.
"Hey, it's raining so hard, she must know how to find a place to hide, or how to come back." Chen Shi said. Because he didn't want to go out in this weather, he tried his best to persuade everyone: "She will come back when the rain stops."
Because they were looking for the radio just now, they are now at Xiaoyu's house.
Aunt Zhong's tone was still a little hesitant: "But..."
Perhaps it was because they had become parents and Xiaoyu didn't look very old, so Aunt Zhong felt a little distressed when she thought that he might be hiding somewhere alone from the rain.
Chen Shi: "Then you can go out and look for it. The door is not locked."
Uncle Zhong frowned, obviously very dissatisfied with Chen Shi's attitude. However, he could only be angry in his heart, after all, he was not as aggressive as Chen Shi.
And if the weather was good, he could go out with Aunt Zhong to look for it, but the weather was so bad now that the two of them couldn't go out, not to mention that they didn't have the physical strength to keep up.
Qiao Yuan is thinking of a way to have the best of both worlds.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, they suddenly heard a knock on the door.
Cheng Mengting's eyes lit up: "Is it Xiaoyu?"
Zhao Rulan, who was closer to the door, opened it directly.
There was a petite figure standing outside the door. Some of her short hair had stuck to her scalp due to the rain, and her entire body was completely wet.
However, everyone recognized the person outside the door. It was Xiaoyu, whom they had just discussed.
Seeing Xiaoyu appear, Chen Shi said, "See, I told you she would come back."
"You're all too nervous."
Like Chen Shi, Cheng Mengting also disliked Chen Shi now, and directly counterattacked: "Come on, you were not relaxed just now."
"If something really happens to Xiaoyu, you will be the first one to be killed."
Chen Shi snorted coldly: "Xiao Yu is right here, and you are still there saying 'what if'. Why, you like to make assumptions so much, what's your major?"
He didn't want to admit that what Cheng Mengting said was the same, but he did feel relieved, after all, the other party was right.
Fortunately, Xiaoyu was not in trouble.
And the other party would probably be like Zhao Rulan and would not expose what he had done before...
Cheng Mengting heard the sarcasm in Chen Shi's words: "You..."
Qiao Yuan had already taken out a large white towel and handed it to Xiaoyu, asking her to wipe the rain off her body first.
I don’t know if it was because of the rain, but Xiaoyu was shaking violently and his face was extremely pale.
Fei followed Qiao Yuan's instructions and went to the side, took out a kettle from the cabinet, and wanted to boil water for Xiaoyu.
When Qiao Yuan was looking for the radio, he had already memorized the layout of the room, so he could quickly retrieve what he wanted from his memory and also remembered where the kettle was.
The kettle soon began to make a gurgling sound, and Xiaoyu sat on the sofa in the room while drying her hair.
She had been silent since just now, with only her body trembling slightly.
Because they knew that the other party had just walked into the room from the heavy rain, the people present were not too surprised by Xiaoyu's reaction, but let him rest first.
Uncle Zhong and Aunt Zhong also took out some bread and asked Xiaoyu if she wanted some.
Chen Shi and Cheng Mengting stopped arguing for a while, and a brief peace was reached in the room.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Qiao Yuan heard the cold voice of the system: [A copy of Xiaozhou Island has been detected.]
Qiao Yuan:?
She had asked the system a few days ago whether she should enter the dungeon recently, but the system said that the time had not yet come, so Qiao Yuan was temporarily relieved.
But what's happening now?
Qiao Yuan had experienced the sudden opening of a copy before, and she was even used to it. However, this time the system mentioned a name that was particularly familiar to her: "Did you mention Xiaozhou Island?"
Isn't this where she is now?