You have time to hurl insults at each other, but no time to do any work? Do you really plan to make Xu Wenyi cook for six people all by herself?
Just because the company is big, they're bullying people...
Shen Qing frowned. "Why don't you go cook?"
Wei Xin wore a look that clearly said, *Are you stupid?* "You dare make the prisoners cook? Aren't you afraid you'll end up in the bathroom after eating—mmph mmph?!"
Why was this Xu woman covering her mouth again?
Xu Wenyi chuckled dryly to smooth things over. "Xinxin is just trying to use reverse psychology to make us run away. Sister Qiu, Sister Hua, we mustn't fall for it."
An Quan also recovered from her shock. "I think the open space by that pot is pretty big. All six of us can sit there. How about showing some mercy and untying us? Having more people means we can eat sooner."
Ji Zhili indicated that he could go fetch water by the river.
Tan Xiao struck a pose and laughed scoldingly, "In your dreams!"
What if they let them escape? What would they do about tomorrow's sacrificial ceremony?
The tribe had totem worship, and naturally, these loose savages did too.
It was just that the savages were used to being free and undisciplined. Except for sacrificial ceremonies and attacking the tribe, they each went their own way the rest of the time.
Once the atmosphere eased up, Xu Wenyi dared to take her hand away and lowered her voice to instruct, "Be a good girl, or there won't be any fish soup for you."
Wei Xin replied with total composure, "Then starve me to death, why don't you."
Xu Wenyi: "..."
[Sister Xin: She's got her wrapped around her finger.]
[An Quan is completely stunned, hahaha. She probably hasn't seen a celebrity quite like Sister Xin.]
[This is my first time seeing one too... Wait, is she really not afraid of offending people like this?]
[Your Sister Xin only has acting on her mind; she couldn't care less about gossip outside.]
[Actually, I quite like her—as long as she's not talking.]
...
Under Wei Xin's earnest teachings, Shen Qing and Tanhua felt too embarrassed to keep pretending they didn't see, and both pitched in to help cook.
Tan Hua was still alright, at least she didn't add to the chaos.
"Sister Qiu, why don't you go ask the priest's family about tomorrow's procedure?"
Once Shen Qing left, the progress sped up a lot.
Before dark, a bonfire was lit inside the cave.
Using the large bonfire in the center as the focal point, it radiated waves of delicious food aromas.
The three unlucky prisoners were locked up in the innermost part of the cave, able only to gaze at the fire and sigh.
"Sister Xin, do you think there's any hope for us?" An Quan was feeling cooped up on her own, and didn't dare strike up a conversation with Ji Zhili for fear of being scolded for trying to cozy up, so she could only try communicating with Wei Xin.
"Nope. Just wait to die." Wei Xin looked up at the cave ceiling at a forty-five-degree angle. "Can you endure bitterness?"
"Bitter gourd juice? I can, yeah. I like eating bitter gourd."
"One hundred thousand per cup. Help me drink it, how about that?"
"How much?!"
Thinking she thought it was too little, Wei Xin said, "One hundred and fifty thousand a cup, final offer."
Though she wasn't short on money, she couldn't just throw it around either; this was a very high price.
"Deal!" An Quan nodded fiercely, having discovered a new path to wealth.
Ji Zhili was also tempted. "Um, isn't ten cups a bit much for An Quan alone? I can help."
"Don't trouble Teacher Ji, I can handle it myself!"
"Let me share some of the burden with you. Five cups each, how about it?"
An Quan fell silent, neither saying yes nor no—she had no desire to split the money with anyone else.
Just as she was pondering how to refuse without offending anyone, she heard Wei Xin say faintly, "Ji Zhili, you still owe me twenty yuan and fifty cents."
An Quan: "???"
Ji Zhili: "???"
"Half a month ago, your dog snatched my steamed bun."
Ji Zhili looked a bit awkward. "Haha, I thought you were just joking with me."
"What joke is there for me to share with you?" Wei Xin said in a serious tone. "Pay up after we finish recording the show."
[Call her stingy if you want—she hands over 150,000 without blinking, but she remembers a 20.50 yuan bun crystal clear.]
[150,000 a cup, that's 1.5 million in total!]
[Does An Quan even realize what drinking 150,000-yuan bitter gourd juice means?! Let me drink it!]
[Well, half of that was recorded for nothing.]
[Doesn't Ji Zhili raise a cat? How did it turn into a dog again?]
[Maybe he raises both cats and dogs? A big celebrity wouldn't care about that pocket change.]
[Take it easy, Sister Xin, we still have a family to feed.]
[Leave the family-feeding to Xu Wenyi; Sister Xin just needs to enjoy herself.]
[What are you even talking about? Teacher Xu is having a great time too, alright.]
[Are you guys talking about the same thing???]
...
"Are you really not considering untying me?"
Looking at Xu Wenyi holding a bowl of fish soup, Wei Xin offered a sincere suggestion, "We can eat together."
"Then will you run away?" Xu Wenyi scooped a spoonful of soup.
Wei Xin drank the soup. "I won't run."
"Liar."
Wei Xin paused for a second. This Xu woman's words sounded rather strange.
A bit sad, a bit resentful, and a little bit... heartache?
Kind of like... a faithless man whose legs were broken by someone, while his legal wife wiped away tears and took care of him.
Pushing those thoughts aside, Wei Xin re-hid what she was holding. "Put the bowl on the stone. I'll drink it myself, go eat your own meal."
"Isn't it inconvenient since you're tied up?"
"I'll overcome it. An Quan and the others are eating that way too."
An Quan disagreed. "Sister Xin, I don't have your conditions."
With a girlfriend feeding you, who would want to use their own hands to eat?
Wei Xin choked on her food, and Xu Wenyi immediately rushed over to wipe her mouth. "You okay?"
"...This rag... you just wiped the stone with it."
"Sorry!"
"It's fine, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger."
An Quan let out a "tsk." "That's not what you said yesterday."
Xu Wenyi asked, "What did she say?"
"Toilets indoors, separation of wet and dry food at the canteen..." An Quan reeled off a long list in one breath. "She practically wanted to abolish the chieftain system and smash the superstitious priest."
At this, An Quan grew quite excited. "Sister Xin is actually the apprentice of our tribe's priest—a branch storyline!"
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Wei Xin widened her eyes. "You just went and told the enemy my identity like that???"
An Quan: *Oh no ∑(；°Д°)*
All Wei Xin could do now was pray that the priest's storyline was completely unremarkable.
Then she watched Xu Wenyi flash a sly smile. "Oh~ so my dear Xinxin is this amazing~"
[Yes yes yes, your~ dear~ Xinxin~]
[Xu Wenyi, you're done for. You've fallen head over heels.]
[Does being the priest's apprentice have hidden plots?]
[Yes. Eliminate the priest, and the team disbands automatically. Didn't the tribe team's livestream mention that?]
[The priest on the tribe's side... is emotionally exhausted.]
[Sister Xin is done for, she's going to be sacrificed tomorrow, hahaha.]
[An Quan: A critical hit on my own teammate.]
[Seriously, is this woman doing this on purpose?]
[Either she's scheming, or she's genuinely stupid.]
[As everyone knows, nobody who makes it to the top in the entertainment industry is stupid.]
[My Sister Xin enters a formal objection!]
[Wei Xin isn't stupid. She even knew to hide razor blades in the savage's clothes beforehand.]
[Does the savage team's priest have an apprentice?]
...
"Why'd you tell her?" Wei Xin asked in bewilderment. "We're not even on the same team."
"Courtesy demands reciprocity." Giving it no further thought, Xu Wenyi blurted it out while making the bed. "How did you trigger the plot?"
Wei Xin fell silent.
Xu Wenyi put down the quilt and turned to look at her.
"...I kowtowed a lot, and it moved the priest."
Xu Wenyi: "???"
"And you?" Wei Xin had a bad omen.
"I don't know. She grabbed my hand and said we were meant to be."
Wei Xin: "???"