The show’s production team had prepared four different accommodations for them: one one-bedroom apartment, two two-bedroom apartments, and one three-bedroom apartment.
Considering the problem of the cat making noise at night, Mu Zhengqing wanted to live in the single-person residence.
Of course, it wasn’t as if Mu Zhengqing could just choose to live wherever he wanted. Instead, it would be decided by the netizens’ votes.
The voting had already started earlier that morning, and now the results were in Liang Qi’s hands.
Naturally, the guests didn’t know the results as their phones had been confiscated the moment they set foot on the island.
Before Liang Qi could announce the results of the voting, Long Cheng raised an objection: “I feel like this is unfair. We should have the right to choose who we live with.”
As soon as Long Cheng said this, everyone turned their attention to him.
Wow. To actually dare say on a live broadcast that the netizens’ votes were unfair… no one knew whether to say he had a few screws loose, or just that he had guts.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Long Cheng thought they all agreed with what he said. Feeling smug, he said to Liang Qi: “Director, it looks like everyone agrees with my suggestion.”
Everyone represented by him was speechless.
Seeing everyone's reaction, Liang Qi chuckled and said, "It's not that you can't choose on your own, but if you can't come to a decision, then we'll have to go by the netizens' votes. After all, the opinions of the netizens are very important."
"No problem," Long Cheng said confidently.
Other than Lu Yiwei and Mu Zhengqing, he was the most famous one here. He was very confident in himself, thinking that even if the others didn’t choose him, he still had Fu Kaile to fall back on.
Fu Kaile was a nobody. Other than him, who would be willing to live with Fu?
The show’s production team gave them five minutes to discuss.
Long Cheng immediately went over to Lu Yiwei. “Senior, I know you the best here. How about we live together in one of the two-person rooms?”
“We’re not close,” Lu Yiwei said coldly.
After that, he went to find Mu Zhengqing. Holding Mulu for so long, no one knew if his arms were sore.
But just as he was about to leave, Long Cheng blocked his way, refusing to let him pass, and started talking about irrelevant things.
At this time, Mu Zhengqing and Fu Kaile were sitting in the corner.
It wasn’t something they had planned in advance. It’s just that neither of them had any intention of discussing things with the others, so they both instinctively chose to distance themselves from the crowd. And by coincidence, they ended up sitting together.
"Do you want to pet it?" Mu Zhengqing noticed that Fu Kaile had been sneakily glancing at Mulu, so he moved the cat forward and asked.
Fu Kaile looked down at Mulu, then up at Mu Zhengqing, and finally couldn’t resist reaching out his hand.
Who would have thought that the previously calm Mulu, which had been quietly resting in Mu Zhengqing’s arms, started squirming as soon as Fu Kaile touched it?
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to…” Seeing Mulu struggle, Fu Kaile instinctively started to apologise.
Mu Zhengqing looked at the cat in his arms and, a little uncertainly, said, "Maybe Mulu wants you to hold it?"
“Really?” As soon as Fu Kaile heard this, his eyes lit up.
He had always loved cats since he was a child, and cats were particularly fond of him. But because Long Cheng said he was allergic to cat fur, he could only feed the stray cats outside. Then, when he got home, he would quickly change clothes and never dared to bring them back into the house.
After learning that Mu Zhengqing and Lu Yiwei had brought Mulu back home, he would hang around in their live stream room whenever he had time, just to catch a few more glimpses of Mulu.
"It should be like this, as expected," Mu Zhengqing said, glancing at Mulu, somewhat sadly.
He was genuinely sad. His own "son" wanted to throw itself into someone else's arms just because it had been petted once.
However, he could tell that Fu Kaile genuinely liked Mulu. He wasn’t like Long Cheng, who obviously just wanted to get more camera time.
As soon as Fu Kaile took Mulu, Lu Yiwei—who had managed to get away from Long Cheng—came over to them.
"Holding Mulu—doesn't it make your arms tired?" Lu Yiwei sat down next to Mu Zhengqing, massaging his arm while asking.
“Not tired. Why did you come over?” Mu Zhengqing asked casually as he enjoyed Lu Yiwei’s massage.
Although he said he wasn’t tired, he made no move to pull back his arm.
Seeing them talking, Fu Kaile, holding Mulu, moved a bit to the side.
"Do you not want to live with me?" Lu Yiwei asked directly
"Why would you think that?"
Even though Lu Yiwei wasn’t wrong, hearing him say it so bluntly, Mu Zhengqing still felt a little guilty.
It gave him a weird feeling, like they had gotten into a fight and he’d run away from home with Mulu.
What a strange feeling—retreat, retreat, retreat!
Lu Yiwei didn’t continue the previous topic but kept massaging Mu Zhengqing.
It didn’t matter. Even knowing that Mu Zhengqing didn’t want to live with him, he would still choose him.
As for the final result, he glanced at the others in the group and already had the answer in his heart.
Long Cheng, after being rejected by Lu Yiwei, saw Fu Kaile holding Mulu. He immediately walked over and, in a commanding tone, said, "Give me the cat."
"Aren't you allergic to cat fur?" Fu Kaile asked, looking at Long Cheng.
“I was joking, and you believed it? Give me the cat.” Long Cheng replied nonchalantly.
Although he wasn’t allergic to cat fur, he hated all creatures that shed.
In order to prevent Fu Kaile from keeping a cat at home, Long Cheng deliberately said he was allergic to cat fur.
Even though he already knew the answer, Fu Kaile’s heart still ached.
Looking at the person in front of him, someone he had loved for ten year, he felt as though he didn’t recognize him anymore.
He had been by his side since their school days, from obscurity to becoming a genius creator. Should he continue walking this path with him?
“What are you standing there for? Give me the cat,” Long Cheng urged impatiently when he saw Fu Kaile not moving.
“No.” Fu Kaile tightened his hold on Mulu and turned to leave.
Who would have thought that as soon as he turned around, Long Cheng grabbed his arm? Long Cheng leaned in close to his ear and reminded him, “Don’t forget why you’re participating in this show”.
“Director, the five minutes are up,” Fu Kaile ignored Long Cheng and instead spoke to Liang Qi.
Seeing everyone looking in their direction, Long Cheng glared at Fu Kaile before reluctantly letting go of his hand.
With the voting concluded, Liang Qi announced the final result.
One-bedroom: Long Cheng.
Two-bedroom: Mu Zhengqing, Lu Yiwei; Yong Xinyi, Wu Pandan.
Three-bedroom: Fu Kaile, Shang Jingwei, and Di Jiaxun.
Upon hearing the results, everyone had different reactions.
Mu Zhengqing frowned — he had wanted to live alone.
Lu Yiwei was very happy — as long as he could be with Mu Zhengqing, it didn’t matter how.
Long Cheng was furious. Living alone meant he would have to take care of everything himself, and he didn’t want to live alone.
Fu Kaile was surprised. He hadn’t expected not to live alone. He thought, as a nobody, no one would choose him.
Shang Jingwei and Di Jiaxun seemed to have expected it. To avoid any surprises, they had already agreed on it in advance.
Yong Xinyi and Wu Pandan were satisfied. As the only two women among the guests, although they weren’t familiar with each other yet, living together was the most convenient.
"I want the show to publicly release the voting results, or I won’t accept them," Long Cheng stepped forward again to say.
“What, are you accusing the show of cheating?” Liang Qi asked coldly.
How could he not pick up a thing or two after interacting with Lu Yiwei a few times? When it came to imitating aloofness, he had somewhat gotten the hang of it.
Seeing Liang Qi’s face turn cold, Long Cheng opened his mouth but didn’t say anything.
Although he was the third-biggest name in the show after Mu Zhengqing and Lu Yiwei, he was still far below the director.
However, while he didn’t continue arguing, his face practically screamed “I’m not convinced”.
Following the principle of fairness, justice, and transparency, Liang Qi still revealed the voting results.
Shang Jingwei and Di Jiaxun voted for each other, Yong Xinyi and Wu Pandan voted for each other, Long Cheng voted for Lu Yiwei, Lu Yiwei voted for Mu Zhengqing, and neither Mu Zhengqing nor Fu Kaile wrote down anyone’s name.
Seeing the voting results, Mu Zhengqing glanced at Lu Yiwei. He had told him before the vote that he wouldn’t choose anyone.
Yet despite knowing he wouldn’t choose him, Lu Yiwei still chose Mu Zhengqing.
After announcing the group’s voting results, before Long Cheng could say anything, Liang Qi immediately revealed the netizens’ votes.
Unexpectedly, the netizens’ votes matched the current groupings exactly.
Long Cheng could only shut his mouth.
As for this outcome, the netizens in the livestream were very satisfied.
The fans of Mu Zhengqing and Lu Yiwei shared the same thought: no matter who the two of them ended up with, there would always be a risk of being dragged down, so they might as well stay together.
As for why they didn’t fight over the one-bedroom, it was because the competition was too fierce. After struggling for so long without a clear winner, they painfully conceded and gave the spot to Long Cheng.
Of course, the reason they allowed the two to stay together was also because of Mulu's sleeping habits at night.
Mulu was now the beloved pet of both their fan bases. Even if their own idols were to suffer some inconvenience, they couldn’t let their darling Mulu be wronged.
As for deeper reasons, they couldn’t say anything for now, they needed to observe a bit longer.
The reason they chose Long Cheng to live in the one-bedroom was purely because they didn’t want to see him.
Ideally, he would stay in his room all day, obediently writing songs, and not causing trouble.
In fact, Long Cheng knew what the netizens thought of him. They couldn’t stand him but still wanted to hear him sing, which is why he spoke and acted so recklessly. He just didn’t know yet that the level of dislike the netizens had for him had already reached this extent.
Lu Yiwei, feeling fully satisfied, pushed the luggage for both him and Mu Zhengqing and arrived at their new residence.
Their place was a small two-story building. The first floor was the living room and kitchen, and the second floor had the bedrooms.
The layout of the two bedrooms was identical, even the view outside was the same.
Mu Zhengqing casually chose a bedroom and went inside. Lu Yiwei helped carry Mu Zhengqing's luggage into the room.
Seeing that Lu Yiwei had no intention of leaving, Mu Zhengqing continued, “Aren’t you going to go back and pack your things?”
Lu Yiwei looked at Mu Zhengqing. Even though he didn’t say anything, his attitude clearly showed he didn’t want to leave.
Mu Zhengqing didn’t argue with him. After putting Mulu on the bed, he directly pushed Lu Yiwei out of the room.
Looking back at Mulu, who wouldn’t stop meowing, Mu Zhengqing pretended not to hear and started unpacking his things. By the time he finished unpacking, Mulu was still meowing.
Looking at Mulu, whose throat was sore from all the meowing, Mu Zhengqing felt sorry and picked it up.
Just as Mu Zhengqing was about to go find Lu Yiwei, Lu Yiwei knocked on his door first. When Mulu saw Lu Yiwei at the door, it immediately stopped meowing. Seeing this, Mu Zhengqing’s head hurt even more.
He couldn’t possibly sleep in the same room as Lu Yiwei, could he? No, this time he had to correct its bad habit.
But before fixing its bad habit, he should let it rest its throat first.
The two of them lay on the bed, each on one side, resting for a while, when the crew came to inform them it was time for dinner.
Mu Zhengqing and Lu Yiwei discussed and decided to leave Mulu in the room.
Of course, the final decision was made by Mu Zhengqing.
