QKYJ - 36

The origin of this event can be traced back to the beginning of the game.

Shen He and Shen Zhi were simply getting used to the cameras, seriously analyzing the situation, and passionately expressing their goals.

“We really need to try harder,” Shen Zhi said worriedly.

“We have to aim for first place,” Shen He vowed.

The flags were set.

And then they were about to fall.

As soon as they arrived at the designated field, Shen Zhi, without any celebrity airs, used her sun hat to cover her face and began searching for tomatoes like a farmer spraying pesticides.

At first, Shen He was also looking.

However.

It didn’t last long before his gaze was locked on an elderly woman by the side of the road.

The location they chose for filming was quite remote, and the confidentiality work was also very well done. The local residents had been informed not to come and watch during the filming. But the road was not closed, so occasionally someone would pass by.

An old lady’s electric scooter had run out of battery.

She wasn’t in a hurry and simply got off and sat under a tree by the roadside to cool off.

When Shen He saw this, the editing would probably have some suspenseful special effects, with subtitles like “What did Mr. Shen see?” and then an advertisement break.

He greeted Shen Zhi, and without waiting for a response, he rushed over, nimbly climbed over the short slope, almost causing the cameraman following him to fall.

When he reached the old lady, Shen He bent down to greet her. The old lady was a little hard of hearing, but he wasn’t flustered and raised his voice to repeat his question.

In the end, he decided to take the old lady home.

The production team also started discussing how the competition would proceed.

However, a sharp light suddenly lit up in the wise eyes of the chief director.

“Let him go. Keep filming!”

The chief director made a decisive decision.

So everyone could only dispel their doubts and follow Shen He to film.

The old lady sat on the scooter, and Shen He pushed it forward. The old-style electric scooter was quite heavy, and the weather was hot. Shen He chatted with the old lady as he walked, asking her how old she was and who else was at home. It was a lively journey.

The electric scooter was borrowed from a neighbor. After returning it, they had to climb a flight of stairs to get to the old lady’s house. Shen He didn’t hesitate to squat down and carry the old lady up the stairs on his back.

When they arrived at the old lady’s house, the old lady and her grandson, who was only about ten years old, both asked him to stay for a cup of tea.

Shen He declined.

But just as he was about to leave, he noticed that the old lady’s bed was uneven and would creak and shake whenever she moved. According to her grandson: “My grandma doesn’t dare to turn over at night.”

Shen He rolled up his sleeves and thought for a moment.

Then he turned to the grandson and asked, “Can I take a look?”

After lifting the bedding, they could see that the wooden bed was old and some parts were loose. Shen He asked for tools and found a few pieces of wood in the backyard. After some effort, he finally solved the problem.

The old lady’s grandson’s eyes were practically glowing, and he kept saying, “Uncle, you’re so cool.” But Shen He pinched his cheek and teased him in a playful way: “Why are you calling me uncle? My brother is about the same age as you.”

The old lady watched from the side and couldn’t help but wipe away tears, also sharing some heartfelt words.

Her son and daughter-in-law had gone to work and would only return during the New Year. The grandson took care of his grandmother every day, never going out to play or having any friends. He was so sensible that it was heartbreaking to watch.

The cameraman who was following them the whole time couldn’t help but grumble to himself—Who is this guy? Is this really his first time on a reality show? The theme has been elevated too much, hasn’t it?

“Shen He, do you know?” Alone, after several hours of labor accompanied by complaints, Shen Zhi said to the camera, “You’re a dead man when I find you.”

She fully acted the part of a wife who was shocked to see her husband drive away.

Then, limited by the camera, she could only turn her dissatisfaction into motivation, saying, “Here we go again,” “It was bound to happen,” and “That’s just how he is,” while continuing to bury her head in searching for tomatoes.

But the resentment would accumulate.

In the end, Shen Zhi still said those heartfelt words to the camera.

Then she turned around and saw the confused Cheng Ruiyi and the dumbfounded Ji Luoluo.

“Luoluo, Ruiyi,” she walked over.

“Sister Shen, why are you here alone?” How could Ji Luoluo let such a good part go? She quickly walked over.

Shen Zhi said, “Shen He just ran off somewhere.”

At that moment, Cheng Ruiyi couldn’t control his emotions for a moment: “He left you here alone?”

“Yeah,” If this were to be edited into the show, it would probably be very comedic. Shen Zhi smiled, “He probably forgot that he was even on a show.”

When she said this, Shen Zhi looked up. The brim of her hat fell to the sides. Her fair face was slightly covered in sweat, reminding people of plants like daffodils.

Compared to animals, Shen Zhi was more like a plant.

Without having time to think further, Cheng Ruiyi subconsciously said, “What the heck—”

After saying it, he immediately stopped, and with great difficulty, pulled his gaze away from Shen Zhi’s face and looked at Ji Luoluo, who was his safe zone: “Sister Luo, do you want to have a sip of water and rest for a bit?”

Ji Luoluo smiled and said, “Why are you calling me ‘Sister’ but calling Sister Shen by her name?”

She set up the joke very naturally.

Shen Zhi picked it up and said, “Because I’m not his sister, I’m his ‘mother’.”

“That’s right,” Cheng Ruiyi also reacted quickly, and took the opportunity to promote The Unpleasant Door. “In the show before, we were mother and son.”

No one knew that Cheng Ruiyi’s heart had suddenly become clearer.

He and Shen Zhi could completely act as a mother-son duo. They could interact frequently without any issues and it would also increase his airtime. This would allow him to get more screen time and also satisfy his little hidden selfish desire—

Shen Zhi bent down to continue looking for tomatoes.

Cheng Ruiyi handed her a bottle of soda.

Shen Zhi held it in her hand and continued to talk to him: “You guys must be finding them quickly, right?”

“It’s okay,” Cheng Ruiyi replied, “but...”

For a moment, he really wanted to fix the hair by her temple. However, that action was too intimate, and the camera was filming, so he could only politely pull his hand back.

Shen Zhi smiled calmly.

She looked at him for so long that Cheng Ruiyi thought she was going to say something. Little did he know, she was just waiting for the second half of his sentence.

But even that brief wait was fleeting.

Shen Zhi’s gaze went past him and landed in the distance.

The smile was gone.

“Shen He!” She frowned, looking both annoyed and amused, and walked toward him. “Where did you run off to... did you go steal something?”

The road was much higher than the field. Shen Zhi had to look up to see Shen He. When he left, he didn’t take anything but the cameraman. When he came back, he was riding an electric tricycle with a cart full of lumber.

It’s also worth mentioning that the cameraman and sound engineer had been squatting in the back of the electric tricycle, singing songs together all the way back, and captured some valuable footage of Teacher Shen He, the first person in the entertainment industry to carry people on a tricycle.

“Who stole it?” Shen He said. “The scooter is borrowed. The lumber was left over from a renovation and the owners didn’t want it.”

Shen Zhi was very confused: “What are you going to do with all that?”

At this moment, Shen He was silent.

The cameraman was about to burst out laughing.

Fortunately, the production team soon announced that time was up, and they began to tally up the tomatoes.

Out of 10 tomatoes, 5 were found by the senior couple, 4 were found by the “Cheng-Ji-san” pair, and the Shen couple only found 1.

The results were obvious.

Cheng Ruiyi and Ji Luoluo moved into their mediocre new house. When they went in, Ji Luoluo was still very optimistic: “At least it’s not the worst.”

And Cheng Ruiyi played his role perfectly: “It’s okay. No matter what the conditions are, I’ll do my best to help Sister Luo.”

The staff motioned for them to stop filming.

So Ji Luoluo said a line for the scene: “Brother Shen will definitely take good care of Sister Shen too—”

What she didn’t know was that this sentence had an unexpected effect.

The situation with Shen He and Shen Zhi was completely different.

Walking into their simple house, even Shen Zhi couldn’t hide her worried expression. The interior furnishings reminded her of Snow White’s first time arriving at the seven dwarfs’ home in the animated film. It was messy and filthy everywhere. The cameraman even made sure to take close-up shots of everything, as if to portray the Shen couple’s predicament as miserable as possible.

Shen Zhi walked in and looked around. After the staff left, she tried to sit on the bed. There was a thick layer of dust on the sheets.

“You guys are a little too hard on us, production team,” she smiled at the camera fixed in the room.

Shen He happened to walk in: “There are chickens out back.”

“Can you reflect on yourself?” Shen Zhi said while sitting. “Could you please follow the rules in the future?”

“I’ll clean up then,” Shen He said.

“Of course you should,” Shen Zhi extended her fair arms. “I’m exhausted today, you know?”

Her fingers were red, and she looked completely worn out.

Shen He replied very directly: “Okay, then I’ll go put the chickens away first.”

The director behind the monitor seemed to see a question mark appear above Shen Zhi’s head.

That night, while the other guests had a smooth and peaceful rest, Shen He spent several hours building a chicken coop, with a very legitimate reason: “The house is borrowed from the villagers. If a fox eats their chickens at night, that would be very disrespectful.”

He only went to clean the room after he finished the chicken coop.

As a result, Shen Zhi was just left waiting there.

When he walked in, her voice was soft: “Why are you like this? I’m so sleepy—”

“You can go to sleep,” Shen He said.

Shen Zhi’s breath sank.

She hugged her knees, frowned slightly, and her hesitation scattered like smoke. If there was a little more, she would look fragile. If there was a little less, she would seem resentful. Therefore, anyone who saw her now would only feel a sense of pity and wish they could go through fire and water for her to solve all her problems.

However, the person she was facing was Shen He.

He completely ignored her and began cleaning up briskly.

And she just stayed where she was.

It had to be said that regardless of whether Shen He was reliable, his efficiency was very high.

In a short while, the room was thoroughly cleaned.

Everything was wiped spotless. The floor was swept, and even the curtains were taken down to be washed with the dirty sheets.

Not only that, but he also put the daily necessities in order and figured out how to set up the mosquito net according to the instructions.

But the room was very quiet.

After a while, Shen He seemed unable to hold back and walked over to Shen Zhi, saying, “Okay, I’m sorry. I apologize. Don’t think about it anymore.”

What were some typical male statements that would anger a significant other?

“What’s wrong with you now?” “Fine, I was wrong this time.” “I apologized, isn’t that enough?”

Shen Zhi didn’t lift her head and just said softly, “Why are you so annoying?”

“Yes, yes, I’m annoying.” With a perfunctory reply, Shen He had already taken out some ointment from his bag and bent down in front of Shen Zhi. He grabbed her hand to continue, but Shen Zhi suddenly took the ointment and threw it on the bed.

She said, “I don’t want to deal with you right now.”

“Don’t be petty,” another dangerous statement from Shen He. “You should still put on the medicine, right?”

She still struggled, but he was better. When persuasion failed, he just did it himself, held down her knees, and forced the medicine onto her while she complained.

The production team was, to say the least, dumbfounded.

Just as the staff were still speechless for a long time, a sharp light once again shone in the wise eyes of the chief director.

The chief director snapped his fingers and immediately instructed: “The topic will be ‘The Shen Couple’s Argument.’ Pay close attention when editing. Write that down!”

At the same time, the director’s assistant was staring at the monitor screen.

After a moment, an idea popped into his head like a soap bubble, and he couldn’t help but say to himself—

“So they’re a ‘total dudebro’ and a ‘drama queen’.”