Chapter 18

Chapter 18

What? Siblings?!

What? Affair?!

The two guests who had just arrived were completely bewildered.

What major scoop had they missed?!

Only Fei Cheng remained composed, typically uninterested in such emotional entanglements, yet he found himself eagerly anticipating the revelations from the young woman beside him.

It was as if her words held a special allure.

Meanwhile, Yi Tiantian, the source of all this gossip, was carefully observing everyone's reactions.

First were Li You and Shi Zhongzhong, who had just discovered they were siblings.

Upon hearing the phrase "affair," their first reaction was not to question but to feel guilty.

After several seconds, they finally tried to clear their names.

"I didn't," Li You mouthed to Shi Zhongzhong.

Shi Zhongzhong, looking somewhat embarrassed, nodded and echoed, "Me neither."

"Those two were whispering in the car? Don't they fear their relationship will be exposed?"

"However, they will break up due to an affair later on; this relationship only lasted a few months."

Hearing this, both siblings harbored their own suspicions, their faces turning grim.

Amidst the awkwardness, Li You took out his phone to message his father, asking if he had ever had a sister.

Shi Zhongzhong also bowed her head, anxiously messaging her mother to confirm if she truly had a brother.

Since they were sitting in front, Yi Tiantian couldn't see the reactions of the two behind them.

So she began glancing at the handsome actor Fei Cheng beside her with her peripheral vision.

"Who was the affair partner again? There's so much gossip in the system; I can't find it right now."

"It can't be... Fei Cheng, the actor, right?!"

"No, no, Fei Cheng wouldn't do something like that! So the suspect must be one of those two behind us!"

Yi Tiantian analyzed carefully in her mind.

Fei Cheng raised an eyebrow, surprised that he was so easily ruled out.

But one of the two people behind Yi Tiantian was not as calm.

He was sweating profusely but maintained a forced smile on the surface.

As the atmosphere grew increasingly strange, the director approached the gathered guests.

"Hello, everyone, welcome to 'Special Forces Action!' We need to determine our destination for this trip." The director held some white-backed cards in his hand. "First, we need one representative from the group to pick our travel card!"

Every episode of 'Special Forces Action!' features a thrilling blind box draw, which could lead to a relaxing island resort, a culturally rich ancient city tour, or a challenging mountain expedition.

The chosen itinerary directly determines the happiness index of the guests' trip, making the picker's luck crucial!

"Who should go pick the card?"

Yi Tiantian asked, breaking the tension.

Everyone quickly shifted their focus to competing for the chance to choose the destination.

Li You and Shi Zhongzhong, burdened by their secret, had no interest in being the chosen one and thus gave up the opportunity.

Wang Dachui and Ju Xue were eager to try, and Yi Tiantian also wanted to give it a shot.

The three of them were at a stalemate until Wang Dachui spoke up, "I'm the senior among us, so it makes sense for me to pick the card."

Before Yi Tiantian could object, Wang Dachui loudly declared, "No more talk!"

Wang Dachui looked smug, standing up without waiting for agreement.

He believed that having been in the industry for three years made him more experienced than Ju Xue, who had debuted a year ago, and Yi Tiantian, who had only been active for a few months.

Ju Xue's face darkened upon hearing this.

While Wang Dachui had indeed debuted earlier, he was merely a fringe figure in the industry, nowhere near as famous as Ju Xue, who had recently risen to stardom.

How dare he say such things!

But to maintain harmony, Ju Xue composed himself.

Fei Cheng frowned coldly, his lips moving slightly as if about to speak, but ultimately remained silent.

He saw no point in arguing with someone like Wang Dachui.

Though Yi Tiantian appeared calm, she was inwardly frustrated.

"Don't! Wang Dachui, you'll pick the mountain!"

In the midst of Yi Tiantian's sharp outcry, Wang Dachui swiftly drew a card and confidently showed it to everyone.

Sure enough, the card read: Mount Li.

The image in the center of the card was that of a desolate hillside, surrounded by nothing but trees and rocks, looking particularly... eerie.

"Alright, the location drawn is—Mount Li!"

The director announced to the guests.

"Ah?!" Shi Zhongzhong immediately let out a wail. "Where is Mount Li? I've never even heard of it!"

Sitting beside her, Li You also pondered, "It doesn't seem to be within our national scenic areas, does it?"

The director explained to the guests, "To be precise, Mount Li used to be a national scenic area, but it was canceled in recent years. However, the scenery is still very beautiful!"

"The director is being too tactful; this place is basically a ghost mountain!"

"The reason Mount Li lost its national scenic area status was because the developers there illegally damaged the natural landscape and then fled halfway through!"

"Now Mount Li is completely deserted and desolate, and it's even called Suicide Mountain by the locals, with stressed-out young people often going there to hang themselves!"

"Although the scenery is indeed natural, it's just too primitive..."

Yi Tiantian shook her head repeatedly in her mind.

Wang Dachui's face turned deathly pale after hearing this, his earlier arrogance extinguished as if doused with cold water.

Ju Xue, on the other hand, spat inwardly, cursing the arrogant fool for not only bringing bad luck upon himself but also dragging everyone else to that so-called Suicide Mountain!

The comments section was in chaos.

[This Mount Li is near my hometown! It's very desolate now; the guests are in for a tough time!]

[Ah? That bad? Wang Dachui, you've done too many bad things!]

[Wang Dachui, your bad luck and self-proclaimed seniority really amaze me...]

Everyone's morale plummeted, and no one continued speaking.

Only Yi Tiantian consoled herself.

"Never mind, Mount Li it is!"

"At least we'll see the sister meeting her lover at midnight on the first day!"

"Let me see who this lover is!"