After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

40

Ye Wanyin thought quickly, but before she could reach a conclusion, she heard Yin Xiangming confirm with the director, "Director Zhu, is this in accordance with the rules?"

Zhu Song: "No problem, as long as you're sure."

In reality, Zhu Song probably thought that the brothers would stay in the largest room, Ye Sanqing would stay in a double room, and then a lucky woman would be randomly picked to stay with them; then Ji Wanyin and Xiang Ming would stay in a double room, and the remaining two would have two rooms.

Thankfully, he hadn't made a bet with anyone else! Zhu Song secretly breathed a sigh of relief. After so many years as a variety show director, he'd actually made a mistake himself; the guests this time were getting more and more anticipated.

"No, son, how can you live alone?" Pan Hongyu tried to persuade him. What a joke! She never imagined that one day she would face a choice between Ye Wanyin and Deng Lingxuan.

"But I live alone at home too, don't I?" Yin Xiangming's courage, which had only lasted for a moment, was now gradually fading away, and he said softly.

Why is Yin Xiangming like this? I've completely lost any goodwill I had towards him.

[That's right, how hard has it been for his mother? She even fell out with Deng Lingxuan because of him, and all he thinks about is himself. He doesn't even consider what will happen to his mother if she has to live with Deng Lingxuan. How selfish!]

[Are you crazy? It's actually inappropriate for such a grown son to live in the same room as his mother.]

[Are you the kind of male-dominated mom who fantasizes about every woman in the world being her daughter-in-law?]

[Tsk tsk tsk, if he were a minor, this would be somewhat normal, but Teacher Pan is being a bit too controlling.]

[After thinking about it, I realized the main problem was that Ye Sanqing didn't follow the rules. Logically, she should have chosen a double room, and this wouldn't have happened.]

[Why is it Ye Sanqing's fault again? The three of them discussed it and it's become her problem in your eyes? How much do you hate her?]

[Fine, fine, even if Ye Sanqing chose a double room, do you dare say Pan Hongyu wouldn't choose one of the remaining double rooms and make the same request? Is there any real difference? What are you doing? Your wig?]

I'm not bald!!!

[anxious]

"In short, I don't want to stay in this room!!!" Deng Lingxuan was still shouting.

"Or... why don't you ask my sister? That house is big, maybe she'll let you stay with us?" Ye Wanyin whispered, trying to persuade her. In short, she wanted Deng Lingxuan to take the lead first, and then she would act according to the situation.

"Oh?" Deng Lingxuan clearly hadn't expected this, and immediately turned to Ye Sanqing, "Ye Sanqing, you..."

"Don't even think about it. Are we that close that we'd share a room?" Ye Sanqing refused outright.

"What? Your house is so big, why are you being so stingy? Besides, there are two rooms. I'll stay outside, so I won't bother you." Although Deng Lingxuan didn't want to sleep on the sofa either, at least this way she would have her own room, which was better than sharing a double room with the old lady.

"I don't want to, is that against the rules?" Ye Sanqing asked Zhu Song.

"It's not against the rules; everyone gets to choose their own apartment," Zhu Song said.

"So my answer is, I don't want to live with you." Ye Sanqing emphasized this point again to Deng Lingxuan, glancing at Ye Wanyin, and added, "Besides, this is a decision made by the three of us. You only asked for my opinion, have you considered what the other two people might think?"

[Yeah, how come I didn't think of that if she hadn't mentioned it?]

[It was still the ingrained mindset that led them to believe that since the house was now hers, they only needed to ask her opinion. In reality, it was a joint decision by all three of them for her to live in the house.]

【I don't understand? Isn't that still hers?】

It's very simple. For example, two friends give you something, but it's not a gift from them; rather, all three of you receive it at the same time. They entrust it to you simply because they trust you. Do you think it would be fair to them to just grab anyone else to share it with?

[This extra person only saw that the item was in your hand and only asked for your opinion, ignoring the other two people. Is that polite? Besides, it's not like they were unaware of the situation; they just said it in front of everyone.]

Wow, social etiquette and interpersonal relationships... I really don't understand them unless you break them down and explain them in detail.

[If it were me, I probably would have foolishly agreed. Now look what's happened, I've offended everyone.]

Ye Wanyin, who was just about to play the family card, was stuck. Ye Sanqing seemed to have anticipated her prediction, meaning that she either needed the consent of the three of them, or she should just go away.

Sheng Hanyu nodded in agreement. He had actually anticipated this situation to some extent, which was why he hadn't said it was "given" to Ye Sanqing.

Moreover, he felt that Ye Sanqing's personality meant she wouldn't accept things from others.

Deng Lingxuan didn't understand, but that didn't stop her from continuing her tantrum, "So, I don't have any other place to live?"

As she was speaking, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "That's right! If only one person lives in Ye Sanqing's room, doesn't that mean there's still one person without a place to live?"

"It's one thing if you don't know me, but Wanwan is your sister. Are you going to leave her homeless?" Deng Lingxuan shouted, pulling Ye Wanyin up with her.

Ye Wanyin: Thank you, but I still feel like this isn't that simple...

“That’s not right,” Zhu Song interrupted. “Actually, there’s another room, but it’s downstairs and the conditions aren’t very good. I was thinking that you could choose one first and then take the rest of you downstairs to stay. Anyway, there’s no problem with not having a place to stay.”

Facing everyone's questioning looks, as if to say "Why didn't you say you had rooms earlier?", he smiled slyly and said, "I didn't say that the rooms listed above were all the rooms, did I?"

"Then I want to go see!" Deng Lingxuan was determined not to live with Pan Hongyu, so she asked Zhu Song to take her downstairs.

Ye Wanyin followed, but her bad premonition grew stronger.

The others followed, eager to see what the less desirable houses looked like.

So, everyone saw a... well, although it was fairly clean, it was obviously a small room that had been cleaned up from the original storage room for farm tools in the yard. It was next to the kitchen, and separated by a small open space was the poultry area.

Upon seeing the environment, Deng Lingxuan immediately decided that she didn't care. No matter how annoying the people she lived with were, she just didn't want to live next to chickens, ducks, and geese!

"I'll live with Teacher Pan!" she decided quickly.

Ye Wanyin, who had just looked at the room and hadn't quite reacted yet: ...

Pan Hongyu: ...I feel like I've been doubly hurt.

But since things had come to this, she couldn't say anything and could only nod.

"Hahaha." Laughter rang out at this moment. Everyone looked over and saw that it was Ye Sanqing, who was laughing very happily for some reason.

"Sister, even if you hate me, you can't be so obviously gloating... We're still live streaming right now..." Ye Wanyin said with red eyes, looking like she was saying, "My sister is bullying me again, but I'm still thinking of her."

"Who said I was gloating? I just think this room is perfect for you, it's a match made in heaven! Great!" Ye Sanqing said, giving her a thumbs up.

"Why are you so mean to Wanwan?" Deng Lingxuan said as soon as she recovered from escaping the fate of staying in this room.

"You think this room isn't suitable for her? Then why don't you stay here?" Ye Sanqing retorted. "As long as you stay here, everything will be fine, and I won't laugh."

"Uh." Deng Lingxuan was once again so discouraged that she shut up. She didn't want to live in a place like this either!

"Didn't you guys watch yesterday's replay?" Sheng Hanyu asked in surprise.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he continued, "When the production crew came to pick her up yesterday, Ye Wanyin's room was just like this. She even said she likes small rooms."

He even gave a "No way, no way, am I the only one who watched it?" look, which made the others who wanted to ask him why he watched the replay start to doubt themselves.

“Yes, so letting her stay in the big room is actually putting her in a difficult position.” Ye Sanqing finished laughing and then said, “Ye Wanyin, you wouldn’t be putting everyone in an unjust position, would you?”

"This..." Ye Wanyin bit her lip. How could she have known there would be a room like this today? Upon closer inspection, the layout of the room was very similar to the small room she had set up at the Ye family home. She was starting to suspect that the production team had done it on purpose!

Ye Wanyin not only lost the first round, but also suffered a blow to her forehead from a boomerang.

"Of course I don't want to make things difficult for everyone. I'm fine staying here anyway, and I like small rooms too~" she said, trying to sound strong.

【hahahahahahahahahahaha】

I also like small rooms!

[They still say it's not bullying? Wanwan was forced to live in a room like this at home, and she still has to live in this kind of room on the show, and she has to smile and admit that it's her own choice. What is this if not bullying?]

[My heart aches for Wanwan! Bully, get out of here! Bully, quit the industry! You're all laughing now, you're all accomplices!]

[I'm saying some people shouldn't be so blind.]

[She could have just said she didn't like it. Sleeping under the open sky isn't so bad, is it? She was already last place, and she still picked this one. If she had any backbone, she could have stayed in the dorm.]

[Some people are really strange. Ye Wanyin clearly stated that she likes small rooms, so how can you interpret it as her being forced to say it? Weren't you all agreeing when she said she liked small rooms yesterday?]

[But Ye Sanqing is so stingy! He just watches his sister stay in this kind of room and even laughs about it. Doesn't this woman have a heart?]

You didn't read a single word of the analysis I just gave you!

[Heh, don't even mention Ye Sanqing, Deng Lingxuan could have given way too. Or anyone else could have given way, why are you only targeting Ye Sanqing? You only suck blood from one person, right? Even leeches would call you their ancestor.]

You're right, so why won't they allow it?

[You get all cocky when I say you're fat, you think you can do whatever you want when I give you an inch, you think you can take a mile when I give you a nose, and you think you can lift the earth when I give you a fulcrum.]

This kind of moral blackmail is so refreshingly unconventional; it's truly unprecedented.

[Nobody knew this room existed until Deng Lingxuan told them, then the director brought them down to see it.]

Wasn't the director doing this on purpose?

[Of course it was intentional, otherwise where would the show's effect come from? Okay, next time, don't spread that nonsense.]

So everyone's already made up their minds, are we going to start making concessions again just because of Ye Wanyin? She's so important, shouldn't we report this to the United Nations?

So this isn't group bullying?

Ah, yes, yes, yes.

[You've already said you like small rooms, so what do you suggest we do to accommodate that?]

[Ji Wan can't give in? Yin Xiangming can't give in? They have absolutely no gentlemanly manners!]

"So they owe you something, huh? Fine, fine, I give up. I'll admit defeat if I say another word to you."

[You all think rankings are just for show, huh? Seriously, that's laughable. Let me ask you this: if you got first place, would you give it to the last-place student?]

Is it even possible for someone like that to get first place? Don't make things difficult for them with such a statement.

Oh, I see. Then it's my fault.

Haha, the show is great, but the comments are even better!

In fact, Ji Wan did consider for a moment whether or not to give it to Ye Wanyin.

After all, no matter what, Ye Wanyin's status was still higher than his, who was like an extra.

However, if he were to rush into being the first to stick his neck out, he wasn't sure if Ye Sanqing would target him for it.

It's strange, even though Ye Sanqing and Ye Wanyin have similar social status, and in terms of their status in the entertainment industry, Ye Sanqing is only slightly higher than Ye Wanyin. If Ye Wanyin stars in a hit drama later, she may very well surpass him.

But Ji Wan still had a vague feeling that Ye Sanqing was even more untouchable than Ye Wanyin.

Besides, those two brothers were probably on Ye Sanqing's side... so he decided to let it go. After all, he was just a nobody. If he didn't step forward, no one would notice him. But if he did, who knew what would happen to him?

Yin Xiangming was still immersed in the joy of finally succeeding and had no time to think about this problem.

Deng Lingxuan, needless to say, would not have chosen to live with Pan Hongyu if she were to give way.

Pan Hongyu would never give in. Was she crazy to give way to a junior? Even if she did, Ye Wanyin wouldn't accept it, so why bother?

Ultimately, the room arrangements were finalized.

However, Zhu Song also said that there will be another opportunity to choose a room in two weeks. If you are not satisfied with your current room, you can work hard to complete tasks and try to change to a satisfactory room next time.

Hearing this, Ye Wanyin's fighting spirit was rekindled. Excellent! This time she absolutely wouldn't lose; she was determined to get the biggest room! Let Ye Sanqing stay in this… this shabby storage room!

After everyone dispersed to tidy up their things and had lunch, Zhu Song began to announce the afternoon's arrangements.

"This is the last meal provided by the production team! From now on, you'll have to use your mission points to get food!"

"One question: can fish that you catch yourself be used as food?" Sheng Hanyu raised her hand and asked.

"That's fine too. If you find fish or wild game in the wild, the production team won't interfere. But please note that it can't be anything raised or grown by villagers, and you should also avoid protected animals and plants." Zhu Song revealed a sinister smile.

Haha, wild game? You might not have time to go find it after you accept the mission!

"And I have an extra task for the last place: firewood for today! As the name suggests, this task doesn't count towards your score, but you absolutely must complete it, otherwise you won't have anything to cook for dinner. That's all for my reminder."

"Also, the first place prize is the ability to choose any one item from the supplies here, without deducting points."

Zhu Song stepped aside, gesturing for them to come forward and see the prepared supplies.