Love Me Or Leave Me

Chapter 25

Meanwhile, Charlie saw the increasingly absurd speculations in the chat and was rendered utterly speechless.

"I'm not in a relationship, nor am I pursuing anyone. Becky is my friend, so don't overthink it," he explained seriously.

At that, the comment section became even more lively, with many fans joining in the conversation. Charlie focused on the comments and started chatting with his fans seriously. Because of his interaction, the livestream became more lively, and the number of viewers continued to rise. The other live streams were doing well, too. In live Room One, the fans watched with keen interest as the dad helped his adorable child get out of bed.

In Room Two, Phoebe woke up early, sat in the yard, and played a song on her guitar, which the fans really enjoyed.

In Room Three, Lesley and Angie had slept in the van overnight. Once they woke up in the morning, they immediately started their livestream right from the yard. Now, Lesley was also trying hard to chat and interact with the viewers to keep the momentum going.

Meanwhile, Janet, who was in the live Room Four, proved to be a bit smarter than Lesley.

Although Janet and Karen had spent the night in the van like the Bretherton sisters, Janet brought Karen back to the room arranged by the production crew at the villager's house early this morning and acted as if they had slept there.

They got up early and started tidying up.

Janet carefully folded the blanket and then took a broom to sweep the room. Her fans in the livestream enthusiastically praised her for being so virtuous and even said that whoever married her would be very lucky.

The videos of everyone waking up in the morning were done separately, so the livestreams were also conducted separately. After about half an hour, when it was time for breakfast, the production crew called everyone to gather at the elders' house from yesterday to have breakfast together.

Once they had breakfast, it was time for the next task.

The production team didn't keep everyone waiting and quickly had the staff distribute the task cards. However, when everyone saw the tasks, they were all stunned.

The task cards read: "The villagers in the mountain keep many chickens, and these chickens are typically free-range in the mountains rather than being kept at home."

"Now, we ask the five groups of guests to catch chickens in the mountains in their respective groups.

"The time starts now and ends at five o'clock this afternoon."

"After you return, the production team will rank your performance based on the number of chickens each group catches."

"The top three groups will receive special prizes prepared by the production team!"

"What are the prizes, Mr. Hofmann?" Daphne, the three-year-old, asked in a sweet, childish voice. As she spoke, her big eyes sparkled with curiosity.

Ben, who was behind the camera, looked over at the little girl upon hearing her and smiled. Afterward, he deliberately replied, "I'm not revealing the prize for now, but I can assure you, it's something everyone in the world likes."

"Is it money?" Charlie immediately asked.

Ben was instantly rendered speechless by him.

The comment section of live Room Five was instantly flooded with laughing comments, and his fans were nearly rolling on the floor laughing.

[Isn't money the one thing everyone loves? Chuck is so clever. He's spot on!] [Judging by the director's speechless look, Chuck must have guessed it right!]

[This is hilarious. With Chuck in the show, Ben can hardly keep it together!]

After a moment of silence, Ben irritably said, 'Alright, alright, the task has started. You should hurry up and get to it. Be back in the village by five this afternoon!"

Everyone then suddenly laughed out loud. The director's reaction made it clear that he was enraged and embarrassed because Charlie had uncovered his secret.

However, with the task given, everyone now had a target to focus on.

Janet didn't want to lose, so she immediately turned and headed into the mountains first. She knew they must catch the most chickens today to win against Charlie and Rebecca.

When Lesley saw her leave, she hurriedly went after her.

She and Janet worked for the same company. Before Lesley joined the show, the company had reminded her to find opportunities to help Janet more in the show, so Lesley naturally had to take action now.

Lesley knew that if she didn't, the company would never let her have such a good opportunity again after this show ended.

Meanwhile, Charlie, who was still in the yard, looked in the direction Janet and the others left, turned to Rebecca with a smile, and said, "We should get going too."

With that, he began to walk toward the mountains empty-handed.

Rebecca then held Charlie back. 'Hold on."

Charlie was confused and turned to look at her in bewilderment.

Afterward, Rebecca turned to look toward Phoebe and her grandfather, Tamron.

When Phoebe noticed Rebecca looking at them, she blinked, couldn't resist running over, and asked, 'Why are you looking at us, Rebecca?"

Rebecca chuckled at her words and looked over at her grandfather to ask, "Did you grow up in the countryside, Mr. Hemsworth? Do you know the quickest way to catch chickens?"

As soon as she asked this, tens of thousands of fans on the livestream were stunned. When they realized what was happening, the screen was flooded with comments praising her.

[Impressive! Whoa, Becky is brilliant. Mr. Hemsworth really did grow up in the countryside. He should be very familiar with catching chickens, right?!]

[Mr. Hemsworth is definitely the most professional person to ask about catching chickens in this show!]

[Becky is awesome and clever!]

At that, the production crew panicked. Ben hurriedly grabbed a megaphone and announced a new rule, 'No team members can form alliances or exchange information during the game!"

Just as Tamron was about to say something, he heard the production crew's announcement and turned to look at them.

Ben, who was standing behind the cameraman, then shamelessly repeated the rule with the megaphone.

Tamron then fell silent, and Phoebe was also at a loss for words.

At the same time, the comment section in the livestream blew up again, with viewers mocking Ben for being a bad sport. He, however, shamelessly didn't care about the viewers mocking him as he was only concerned about the show's ratings and entertainment value.

He thought that as long as the variety show had a lot of viewers and people enjoyed watching, it was good enough.

Once the new rule was announced, the production team's staff quickly went to find Janet and Lesley to warn them against teaming up, as it would break the game rules.

On the other hand, Tamron, who was in the yard, realized he couldn't share information with the other guests anymore and decided to stop speaking altogether.Belongs to (N)ôvel/Drama.Org.

Phoebe smiled apologetically at everyone and said, "Sorry, it's the show's rule. In that case, my grandpa and I... will get going then, okay?"

With that, she hurriedly pulled Tamron aside and quietly asked if he had any tips.

When Rebecca asked about the chicken earlier, Phoebe hadn't realized and didn't expect. Tamron to be of any help. But now, Phoebe was delighted because out of the five tearns, her grandpa knew the most about catching chickens. She and her grandpa might even win first place.