Chapter 42

In Song Anan's eyes, Qiú Qiú was still a relatively intimate little cat.

Since bringing it back to the villa, although not particularly enthusiastic towards other guests, it was quite cooperative when others wanted to hold it and pet it.

But for some reason, it seemed a little indifferent towards Song Linchuan.

When she carried Qiú Qiú back to the living room again, she had originally wanted it to get closer to Song Linchuan, after all, they would still have to live under the same roof for some days to come.

But who knew, as soon as she put it on the sofa, it immediately turned its butt towards Song Linchuan.

Song Anan thought it was just a coincidence, and tried to move Qiú Qiú around, but it was completely uncooperative. After trying several times to no avail, Song Anan was quite puzzled at first, but when she knew about Song Linchuan's actions, she suddenly became speechless.

Given that one person and one cat were simply incompatible, Song Anan helplessly sighed, she could only take Qiú Qiú back to her room for the time being.

Let the little cat cool down first.

Song Linchuan didn't expect this little thing to be so resentful. He glanced at Pei Kuang and clicked his tongue, "Tsk, your son has quite a temper, huh."

Pei Kuang said helplessly, "Are you childish?"

Song Linchuan snorted, it was clearly that little broken cat that provoked me first.

"Who are you saying is childish?"

Pei Kuang glanced at him lightly, tacitly indicating the obvious.

Song Linchuan was not convinced and shouted into the room, "Little auntie, am I childish?"

There was a moment of silence from within the room.

Song Linchuan: "......"

[Hahaha, Song Linchuan are you childish or not, don't you know yourself?]

[Hahahaha, little auntie's silence is so eloquent.]

[I thought Song Linchuan had always been known for being aloof and cool, didn't expect him to be like this in private, this counts as breaking character, right?]

[Laughing to death, what's breaking character, think about how you interact with your family and friends, and then think about how you are outside, it's clear.]

In the morning, Song Anan would come out for a while, but most of the time, it was Pei Kuang and Song Linchuan chatting in the living room.

Since they were livestreaming, the two didn't talk about anything else, mostly just idle chatter.

Song Linchuan was really bored, and reached out to grab the bag of snacks he had earlier, wanting to eat something to pass the time.

He subconsciously went to take the pack of dried squid strips, which were really quite tasty.

But halfway through, Pei Kuang reached out and snatched them away.

"Eat less of these."

Song Linchuan was puzzled: "What are you doing, did you buy them?"

So petty!

Pei Kuang didn't answer him, but calmly replied, "Lunch is coming up soon, eat less snacks."

After saying that, he got up and put the pack of dried squid strips on the cabinet next to him.

Still the one furthest from Song Linchuan.

Song Linchuan: "......"

[Oh my god! Is Pei Kuang taking revenge for Qiú Qiú, stopping Song Linchuan from coveting the dried squid that made our Qiú Qiú drool?]

[Shouldn't be, Pei Kuang didn't see it, he wouldn't be so observant.]

[If I remember correctly, didn't little auntie say before that she found the dried squid strips tasty?]

[I see! Looks like it really was.]

[Damn, that's so thoughtful, wuwuwu, Pei Kuang makes me melt again!]

[Ahhh, Pei Kuang really pampers little auntie, so envious, I also want such a considerate nephew.]

[Hahaha, compared to Pei Kuang, Song Linchuan is like a silly guy, with how he is, still wants to compete for affection, just admit defeat!]

In addition to Song Anan and the others, the guests from the other groups had all gone out. At noon everyone ate out separately.

There were some specialty restaurants on the island with pretty good taste, it was convenient to just eat nearby after walking around.

Song Anan and the others made their own meals, still with Pei Kuang as the chef and Song Anan as his assistant, while Song Linchuan, with an injured leg, was playing games in the living room. Their lunch was very simple, because there were elaborate plans for the evening, they would be having a barbecue in the backyard lawn of the villa.

The program team had prepared the ingredients and barbecue grill for them, all that was left was for the guests to get hands on themselves.

They didn't have much to do in the house either, so they came down early in the afternoon to prepare things for the evening barbecue.

Pei Kuang set up the barbecue grill, while Song Linchuan, on crutches, lent a hand beside him.

Song Anan was not far away, helping to sort out the ingredients, some of the skewers still needed to be manually skewered.

Everyone worked together, busying themselves with their own tasks.

Not long after, there were sounds of activity at the villa entrance.

Some of the guests must have returned.

Sure enough, Qi MuShi soon came trotting over, followed closely by Shi Qing and her husband Qi Hui.

"Anan, why didn't you wait for us to come back and do it together," Shi Qing said, "Have you been at it long?"

Song Anan replied, "No, we just came down too."

Qi MuShi bounced to Song Anan's side, "Little auntie, let me help you."

"Ok, go wash your hands over there first." Song Anan said with a smile.

Qi MuShi readily agreed, quickly washed his hands, then pulled over a small stool and sat next to Song Anan.

"Little auntie, you guys didn't go out today?" Qi MuShi asked.

Song Anan nodded, "Well, Linchuan's leg is not convenient, so we didn't go out."

Qi MuShi oh-ed, "Actually there's not much to do going out, I should have known, and just stayed at the villa to play with you guys."

Song Anan glanced at him and asked, "What's the matter, isn't it good to be able to go out and have fun with your parents?"

Qi MuShi waved his hand, looking utterly hopeless, "Don't mention it, what's so good about being with them, humph! Not good at all."

Song Anan was a little surprised, "Why is that?"

Qi MuShi silently sighed, gnashing his teeth, "They abused the dog!"

Song Anan: "???"

[Hahaha, laughed my way to fortune, abusing the dog, seriously?]

[Let's be fair, we've been in their livestream all morning, the child really was abused miserably, but Shi Qing and Director Qi are so sweet.]

[Right, I never thought middle-aged married couples could still be so sweet in love, wuwuwu, such a satisfying ship.]

[I'm dying at little auntie's bewildered expression.]

As if finally finding someone to confide in, Qi MuShi started complaining to Song Anan.

"Little auntie, they were really too much. You said they're already an old married couple, yet they still don't know to tone down the lovey-doveyness, really didn't consider at all there was still an underaged person present!"

"Humph! Aren't they afraid I'll learn badly from them, and have a precocious romance!"

Song Anan scratched her head, "Then that means your parents have a good relationship, you should be happy about that."

Qi MuShi of course understood this reasoning, but was still annoyed.

After all, no one would be happy to be a light bulb, especially one of exceptionally high wattage.

"That's true too, if they didn't get along well and got divorced, having to choose which one to go with would be even more troublesome."

Song Anan: "......"

She really didn't know how to respond to that.

Luckily Qi MuShi had a lively disposition, after venting for a while, he went on to chat about other things with Song Anan.

After they had been busy for a while, the other guests also gradually returned.

Indeed, many hands make light work. The ingredients were prepared, the barbecue grill was set up.

Before long, this barbecue stand was fully operational.

Everyone started grilling and eating.

Pei Kuang's barbecue skills were pretty good, Song Anan got him to teach her.

After several failed attempts, unexpectedly, she who usually flunked cooking, had regained confidence in barbecue.

She didn't care about eating anymore, and enthusiastically rooted herself at the grill, ready to go all out.

Seeing this, Qi MuShi also came over, declaring he wanted to compete with Song Anan.

At this point, Song Anan was fully confident, naturally she didn't hesitate at all, and readily agreed. "Little auntie, can I join in?"

The speaker was Li Yu's niece, Li Duo, 15 years old today, a friend of Li Yu and Guo Xiu.

The little niece calling little auntie, a bit cute.

Song Anan smiled and replied, "Of course you can."

Ji An and his teammate Gao Yang also expressed their wish to join in, both also quite young, 18 or 19 years old, just the age to play around.

The few of them directly took over the barbecue grill spots, while the others were happy to leisurely sit aside, chatting while waiting to eat.

Though they said it was a competition, there weren't even any judges. So in the end everyone just grilled on their own, then brought what they had grilled to their own people to eat.

Qi MuShi bounced over to bring the grilled food to his parents, and bragged that it was definitely super delicious!

Li Duo brought over what she had grilled and gave it to Li Yu and Guo Xiu, while the skewers grilled by Ji An and Gao Yang were placed in Ji QiuBai's hands.

Song Anan was a little slower than them. She divided all the grilled food evenly between two plates, both the amount and variety were exactly the same.

Then, one plate each for Song Linchuan and Pei Kuang, very fair.

[Hahaha, what has little auntie experienced to make two portions that precisely identical?]

[Laughing to death, the contemporary master of impartiality, who else but little auntie!]

[Little auntie: They're both nephews, I can't play favorites.]

The livestream viewers naturally also caught what the on-site guests noticed.

So, they were teased again.

"Linchuan, you're lucky you came." Shi Qing joked.

Song Linchuan also played along very cooperatively, pretending to be grievously hurt, "Little auntie, you've changed!"

Song Anan was a little embarrassed as she scratched her head.

She knew everyone was just joking around, and could also see Song Linchuan was deliberately messing around, so she didn't explain.

Just let everyone tease, there was no malice anyway.

In fact, she didn't think too much just now either, it was just a subconscious reaction.

"Linchuan, don't be upset, you're not little auntie's only nephew anymore, it's fine. You're still our Duo Duo's one and only idol!" Li Yu said with a smile.

Li Yu had mentioned earlier when they met in the morning that Li Duo was a fan of Song Linchuan, so everyone knew.

But who could have expected, the next second, the little niece hurriedly denied, "No, no, I've changed sides, I have two idols now."

Song Anan said shyly as she looked at Song Anan, "I'm also Xiao Mei's fan now."

Everyone: "???"

【Hahahaha, Song Linchuan's fans are awesome, crawling the wall in person, can you do it?】

【Laugh to death, wasn't the daughter of the police uncle before also Song Linchuan's fan? She also crawled the wall to Xiao Mei, didn't she?】

【Fuck! Got rich by laughing, are Song Linchuan's fans collectively crawling the wall?】

【Okay, I'm a Chuan fan, I admit I also crawled the wall】

【Hey, in my brother's words, she is his auntie, they are all one family, so it's just one wall away】

【Um, just want to weakly say, I'm a Pei Kuang fan, I also crawled the wall】

【Woo woo woo, I'm a CP fan of Pei and Song CP, I also crawled the wall to Xiao Mei】

...

The discussion was in full swing inside the live studio.

At the scene of the show, everyone sat in a circle, eating and drinking, and the topics were all over the place.

The sun slowly fell below the horizon, and the crew turned on all the lights in the villa yard.

The lively barbecue lasted late into the night.

Not until the live broadcast ended a long time ago, and the moon rose to the mid sky, did everyone go back to rest one after another.

The last get-together time flew by.

According to the plan, after the flight guests of 'Friends Group' arrived, they would record another day.

Everyone had a great time on the first day, and the lawn barbecue brought everyone closer together.

On the second day, the crew arranged a sea trip, and the guests sailed on a large cruise ship all day, with professionals taking them fishing.

Soon it was the last day of recording.

And on this day, the crew specially invited photographers.

To take a set of seaside photos for each group of guests!