CHAPTER 10: GU YUAN WILL NEVER SEE YOU AGAIN

When Chi Yu arrived at the Gu Mansion, Gu Yuan was already on a plane to Sydney.

But he didn’t know that yet, so he searched the entire Gu Mansion.

Sheng Yi watched Chi Yu frantically making calls, frantically searching for someone, and could only muster a cold sneer. This pitiful appearance of being ’abandoned’, who is he performing it for?

"Stop acting. Yuanyuan is immune to any of your performances now, not to mention, she can no longer see your clumsy acting. Save it."

Chi Yu walked over, stood in front of Sheng Yi, a person so proud, yet at this moment he was pleading with Sheng Yi: "Tell me, where did Yuanyuan go?"

Sheng Yi was expressionless: "No comment."

"I beg you, tell me." He uttered each word with such determination, his clear eyes seemed to have a mist of tears.

Honestly, Sheng Yi had never seen Chi Yu like this before.

However, thinking about how deeply this man hurt Gu Yuan, Sheng Yi felt he deserved it: "You won’t find her. She will never see you again, ever."

Evening.

It was pouring rain.

When Yi Shu arrived at the Gu Mansion to pick up Chi Yu, he witnessed a scene he might never forget in his life—

...

Four months later.

The time when twin-leaf gardenias were blooming, along with the mountain-covered azaleas.

In the countryside located on the outskirts of Sui City—Ancient Water Village, a crew came to record an outdoor reality show.

Ancient Water Village didn’t have any particularly beautiful houses, just small bungalows, but it had lifted itself out of poverty. The only place available for the crew to rent was Yanyan Farmhouse, a particularly beautiful guesthouse.

However, four months ago, Yanyan Farmhouse wasn’t this beautiful and wasn’t even called Yanyan Farmhouse. It was suddenly purchased by a female owner who spent ten days expanding and decorating it into a guesthouse, then renamed it Yanyan Farmhouse.

That lady owner was pretty but spoke very little, and was particularly reclusive.

When the program crew came to inspect in advance, they were immediately enamored with Yanyan Farmhouse and planned to rent the place. Upon hearing this, the village chief was troubled, thinking the female owner wouldn’t rent it as she kept to herself and surely disliked the bustle.

The program crew asked the village chief to negotiate. Hearing about promoting culture, the village chief had to muster the courage to ask.

Unexpectedly, the lady owner agreed.

This made the village chief overjoyed and he promised her: "Yanyan, if our Ancient Water Village’s culture gets promoted, it will be all thanks to you."

The lady owner merely smiled and said nothing.

...

"Desired Ecology" is an outdoor reality show, as well as a large-scale life service documentary.

The first season had only recorded two episodes, both of which were extremely popular, mainly due to their authenticity, as this was a rare variety show with little scripting. The audience craved authenticity, thus the continued high ratings.

Each episode is set in a different location.

This episode was recorded at a farmhouse in Ancient Water Village.

The regular guests included the famous host Yu Yang, and veteran movie star Lin Xijiang.

There were three new guests.

The popular male celebrity Chi Yu, a phenomenon-level top star in the entertainment industry, an absolute idol with substantial talent, known across the country, from cities to countryside.

The popular second-tier actress Sheng Yi, this year’s queen of hit dramas, predicted to reach the top tier with several awards by the end of the year.

The popular fledgling actress Li Yan, saying she’s popular is generous. A little-known debutant from a girl group, neither good at dancing nor singing. It wasn’t strong backing that got her on this show but having a capable agent.