"If you could easily get through three months, then the 5 and 10 million prize money would be too easy to obtain."
"Do you think ten million is a lot for a celebrity? Before she became less popular, Qiao Ci was a scorching hot, powerful actress. She doesn't care about this ten million at all; she's just here to pursue Gong Han."
"Yesterday, I was lucky enough to catch a lobster. I don't know about today, family. Let's wait and see."
"Sigh, to make yourself like this for a man, wouldn't it be better to be beautiful alone?"
"Shut up upstairs, our Gong Han deserves it!"
"Gong Han's dogs bite anyone they see."
The livestream chat erupted into an argument. Qiao Ci, oblivious, felt a warm sensation all over her body from the sun and then got up and walked towards the sea.
Just like yesterday, she dove into the water with a splash.
When she emerged, she was holding a large lobster.
Wang Lele, Gong Han, and Lin Yinyin, who had come to watch the commotion, were all stunned.
What kind of incredible luck did Qiao Ci have to catch a large lobster for two consecutive days? Could it be that the show was rigged?
As soon as Lin Yinyin thought of this, she immediately dismissed it.
It was she who had asked people from Xinghai Entertainment to find a way to get Qiao Ci into this variety show. If even she didn't get preferential treatment, how could Qiao Ci, an outdated movie queen whom she had recommended, possibly have any?
"Axi, help me check what's going on with Qiao Ci," Lin Yinyin called out to the Queen's Strategy System.
After a long while, a cold and wicked voice replied, "What's there to be surprised about? Her swimming skills are just a bit better than average. Catching a lobster is purely due to luck."
"Stop thinking about dealing with women who have no value. Focus on this variety show and strategizing with more quality men; that's the real business."
"I know, Axi. I miss you so much. When can you come out and accompany me again~" Lin Yinyin said in a cooing tone.
"When you've slept with five more quality men, I can shapeshift again. I'll maintain human form for 12 hours, and then I'll satisfy you properly," the voice said mischievously.
"You're terrible~"
Seeing the large lobster, Wang Lele's eyes lit up. She quickly stepped forward and reached out to snatch the lobster: "Hehe, you must be tired. Let me help you carry it."
Qiao Ci dodged with a flash: "No, thank you."
Little Spoon temporarily stopped listening to the disgusting conversation between Lin Yinyin and the Queen's System, cheering: "Host, you're amazing! We're civilized and polite. Little Spoon even wants to reward the host with a red scarf. Keep it up~"
Qiao Ci's lips twitched.
Stupid system~
Wang Lele wasn't angry either. She followed closely behind Qiao Ci.
Qiao Ci simply boiled the lobster and prepared to enjoy the feast with the sauce the system had helped her make.
Seeing that she wasn't invited, Wang Lele proactively reached for the lobster claws. Qiao Ci hit her hand with a pincer, immediately reddening the back of her hand. Wang Lele exploded in anger: "Qiao Ci, what are you doing? We're on the same team. I have the right to share the food you find."
"Two days ago, you voluntarily requested it, and the show already assigned you to Yu Xi's group. Still you, haven't learned your lesson?" She glanced meaningfully at Wang Ke Ke when she said the second part.
Wang Lele quickly covered her face, afraid Qiao Ci would hit her. But remembering it was daytime and various cameras were filming her face, her courage grew. She pretended to act cute: "You can't eat such a big lobster yourself, please, please, I'm so hungry. Share some with me. When I find food, I'll definitely share it with you."
"I can eat this lobster myself today; it's small." Adhering to the principle of not wasting, she had caught yesterday's lobster again.
"Qiao Ci, look at Lele, she's almost crying from hunger. Just give her some," Lin Yinyin chimed in appropriately, showing off her kindness.
Qiao Ci gave her a sidelong glance, "Notre Dame burned down, and you have nowhere to go, so you're looking for a sense of presence here?"
Lin Yinyin, unable to tell if she was being insulted, said aggrievedly: "I didn't mean anything else, I just feel sorry for Lele."
"You feel sorry for her? Then let her join your group, treat her well with good food, or share the food you and Gong Han found with her. After all, she's so pitiful, and you're so saintly," Qiao Ci instantly transformed into "Qiao the Mouthy."
Seeing Qiao Ci bullying Lin Yinyin again, Gong Han walked over with a darkened face: "Qiao Ci, that's enough. Yinyin has good intentions, why are you always so sharp-tongued and mean? It's just a bit of food; who couldn't afford it before we came to the deserted island? Now that we're going through this together, don't be so selfish."
"Going through this together? Then why did the show group us into teams? Aren't we supposed to rely on our own abilities? When I was hungry a few days ago, why didn't you think about going through it together? Now you're trying to morally blackmail me?"
"Do you know that your left eye writes a double, your right eye draws a mark, and your forehead is engraved with a dog?"
"Qiao the Mouthy" was online, with a look of disdain and a tone of contempt.
The three were utterly defeated and left angrily.
They were all people with reputations, and any further arguments would be a laughingstock for the audience.
Qiao Ci hadn't eaten much in the morning and had a great appetite, finishing the entire lobster. After eating, she patted her belly and muttered, "If I had any cooking skills, I would have tried to catch a fish. I'm getting tired of eating lobster~"
Lin Yinyin gritted her teeth in anger at her smug appearance, continuously hinting to Gong Han that she also wanted to eat. Gong Han could only brace himself and dive into the sea. His legs were almost cramping, and he hadn't even seen a single strand of lobster hair. Finally, afraid of losing too much strength, he quickly swam back to shore.
On the third day, everyone thought Qiao Ci was just lucky and was sure she wouldn't be eating a seafood feast today. Unexpectedly, she dove in with a splash and directly caught a king crab...
Not only that, but Qiao Ci found food in various ways every day – large abalones, king prawns, sea cucumbers, oysters, scallops... Apart from fish, anything you could think of, she could catch.
"Good heavens, is Qiao Ci the daughter of the sea? Every day it's lobsters or king crabs, feeding us in different ways?"
"Am I the only one wondering why she doesn't catch fish? Does she dislike eating fish?"
"Confirmed, Qiao Ci is royalty without a doubt."
"If anyone is royalty, it should be Lin Yinyin. I heard that the high-level executives of Xinghai Entertainment personally gave her their backing."
"You're talking nonsense upstairs! Our Yinyin was invited based on her own merit. Refuse to spread rumors; be careful of our Yinyin's lawyer's letter!"
"Oh, I'm so scared~ Hurry up and have her send me a lawyer's letter. I'm not short of that tens of thousands of yuan."
Qiao Ci stayed on the island for 15 days. She ate seafood every day until she was almost sick of it. However, she only knew how to do simple steaming and boiling; anything slightly more difficult turned into culinary disasters.
Because of her, the difficulty of surviving on the deserted island increased by at least one level. After all, if everyone were eating grass, it would be a competition of who could endure. But Qiao Ci gorged herself daily, directly creating a vast disparity in everyone's taste and vision, leading to great torment for everyone at mealtimes.
Wang Lele secretly caused trouble for Qiao Ci but was beaten by her multiple times. Since the injuries couldn't be proven, she finally couldn't bear the double torment of body and mind and announced her withdrawal from the show.
The person originally scheduled to be eliminated first was the original host, who couldn't hold on by the thirteenth day of the variety show.
Given Wang Lele's early withdrawal, the show team decided to air drop a mysterious guest.