CHAPTER 76: CHAPTER 76: SCHEMES, OR IS IT THE PRODUCTION TEAM’S SCHEME?

Pei Yan heard a voice and looked back, just in time to see Qin Yun, who was slightly out of breath from jogging over.

Because Qin Yun was backlit, Pei Yan couldn’t see her expression clearly from his direction.

He felt a slight twitch in his brow, sensing something amiss.

The staff continued, "Dinner time is at six. You can choose to eat in your room or in the dining room."

Qin Yun walked up to the program team, handed over the token, and tilted her head to smile at Pei Yan, "Congratulations."

"Thank you," Pei Yan suppressed the strange feeling in his heart, nodded slightly, and replied calmly.

"Congratulations on successfully finding the target person and obtaining the token. Since you are the second person to find and obtain the token for the target task, you qualify for dinner. Dinner is at six, and you can choose to eat in your room or the dining room." The staff said after verification.

Without a luxurious dinner, Qin Yun wasn’t very interested. She took a lollipop out of her pocket, unwrapped it, and started eating.

"Do you want some?" Qin Yun asked.

"No thanks."

"Oh."

Although the two sat in the hall, for some unknown reason, there was a faintly subtle atmosphere.

Even though they got first and second place, they didn’t seem very happy?

Compared to their smooth sailing, the others faced some difficulties.

Yang Leqi bought eight pieces of information before finding her target, surprisingly the pancake stall owner they bought from earlier. She painstakingly learned for an hour to make a complete pancake. The ones she made earlier were either ruined or unevenly spread. When she finally spread one evenly, it turned out too crispy from taking too long, and it broke when she folded it.

After several attempts, she finally succeeded with one.

Yang Leqi jumped up and down excitedly before eagerly asking the owner, "Wow! I finally succeeded in making a pancake!!! Owner, can I take this pancake with me?"

"You made it, so of course," the owner said, smiling.

"Thank you!" Yang Leqi packed the pancake and returned to the hotel with the token.

Since she was the third, after the program team verified the token, they said, "Because you are the third to complete the task, your meal will be fried rice. Dinner is at six, and you can choose to eat in your room or the dining room."

Yang Leqi didn’t care too much and hopped over to Qin Yun, stuffing a pancake into her hand, "Sister Yun! This is the pancake I just made myself! I ruined so many before succeeding with this one! It’s for you."

Then she eagerly watched Qin Yun, urging, "Quick, try it and see if it’s good. It won’t taste as good once it’s cold."

Qin Yun: "Do you have an extra bag? I can share half with you. After all, it’s the first one you made yourself, you should try it too."

"You eat it. I like watching you eat. The owner even praised me for having talent," Yang Leqi urged her to eat, then propped her chin with both hands, watching Qin Yun with a very happy grin.

Qin Yun glanced at her, confirmed she really didn’t want to eat, then smiled slightly and started eating.

"Hmm, not bad. The taste is pretty close to the owner’s. To make it like this in such a short time, you do have talent," Qin Yun said as she squinted her eyes, savoring the taste.

"Really?" Yang Leqi’s eyes immediately brightened with excitement.

Qin Yun nodded.

Yang Leqi tilted her head happily, in a good mood.

Before long, Qin Hao and Chen Yao came back, one after the other, with dinner consisting of a bucket of instant noodles and a bun.

When Wang Sirui came back, it was already past five. He returned physically and mentally exhausted, just wanting to lay down. He felt as if he could barely lift his arms.

Yang Leqi, seeing this, asked in surprise, "What was your task? Why do you look like you’ve been drained of energy?"

"I bought ten pieces of information just to get all of mine! It turned out to be a barbershop! I needed to independently cut someone’s hair and get the customer’s approval to complete the task. I ended up training for two hours, and the first cut was criticized as dog-gnawed. Luckily the owner salvaged it, then had me practice for another half-hour and barely passed after cutting two more. I can barely lift my arms now," Wang Sirui said with exhaustion.

"I suddenly feel like my task was quite simple..." Yang Leqi shrunk back at this.

Living people and static objects aren’t the same. Pancakes can be made skillfully, but cutting hair... that’s an art honed over time. If she had drawn that task, emmmmm...

She felt she might be doomed.

For once, she wasn’t being schadenfreude, and earnestly said, "Better go back and apply a hot compress, or your arms might be unusable in the morning."

"Don’t bother calling me tonight. I feel like I just want to sleep now," Wang Sirui howled in pain.

"Oh, sorry to say, since you’re last, you won’t get dinner, and you have to get up to make us breakfast in the morning," Yang Leqi announced expressionlessly.

Wang Sirui: "..."

He was shocked, "What kind of demons are you? I don’t even get dinner and still have to get up to make you breakfast? Are you sure you’ll dare to eat the breakfast I make?"

Hearing this, Qin Hao and Chen Yao, who had witnessed the morning, fell silent.

Their stomachs didn’t seem to be strong enough to endure Wang Sirui’s "creations" yet...

"How much money do you have left? Let’s go out for breakfast tomorrow," Chen Yao immediately suggested.

He didn’t dare to eat anything Wang Sirui made.

"I have 20 yuan left," Yang Leqi took out 20 yuan, saying pitifully with a blink.

"I remember you had 300 yuan in total! Did you buy over 20 pieces of information??" Wang Sirui stared, wide-eyed in disbelief.

"No... um, Mr. Pei gave me the money, and I plan to frame it," Yang Leqi mumbled shyly.

Wang Sirui looked complicated, "..."

Why hadn’t he thought of that!

But the 100 yuan Pei Yan gave him, he had already spent!!

Would he still have time to get it refunded from the program group now?

It seemed impossible to tell which bill it was anymore.

"I have 10 yuan left," Qin Hao calmly pulled out some money.

At the end of the day, he’d earned the least.

"I still have 150," Qin Yun showed the money she had left,.

"1185," Pei Yan said.

Everyone: "..."

Forget it, let’s not compare.

"Just Pei Yan’s money alone is enough for us to have a good meal tomorrow morning," Qin Yun said confidently, glancing at Pei Yan.

"Yeah, we’ll be leaving tomorrow, and we can’t take the money with us anyway, so let’s just go out and eat in the morning! We have money! We’re not afraid!" Yang Leqi waved her little hand, striking a pose as if the world was her oyster.

In their view, the program team couldn’t possibly stop them from doing this and could only let them have their way.

Everyone reached an unspoken agreement to go out for breakfast the next morning.

But then the director unexpectedly said, "Losers still have to get up and make breakfast in the morning."

With those words, Wang Sirui was utterly stunned!