The production crew was highly efficient. Not long after the results were announced, a black luxury van that looked expensive pulled up to the villa entrance.
Amidst a chorus of "congratulations" and expressions of envy, Su Manni and Gu Xinglang boarded the private vehicle with the smiles of victors. As the doors slid shut and the car pulled away smoothly, it took with it half the clamor of the villa, along with the extravagant surf-and-turf feast that symbolized their victory and special treatment.
Inside the living room, the atmosphere turned subtly somber.
Chapter 30