Even After My Death
Chapter 119 - 101 Preparing to Save Oneself (Makeup Update)

Chapter 119: Chapter 101 Preparing to Save Oneself (Makeup Update)

Huo Miao was the first to spot Jiang Ning and Nong Chun coming towards the sea, and she immediately walked over to Huo Ziheng to tip him off, whispering, "Second brother, Jiang Ning and the others are also here looking for seafood."

"Let her come if she wants, we’ve pretty much scoured the place anyway," Huo Ziheng glanced at Jiang Ning, then confidently looked at his own catch. Although it wasn’t much, the thought of Jiang Ning arriving later and also not finding any seafood brought him some pleasure.

Huo Miao spoke up, "Should we tell her there’s no more seafood here?"

"No need to tell her, why should we?" Huo Ziheng frowned, "She didn’t share any of her roasted rabbit with us last night, so from now on, we’ll just pretend we don’t know her."

Huo Miao obediently nodded, "Mhm."

However, watching Jiang Ning approach with her upright posture and decisive strides, a deep surge of envy flashed in the depths of Huo Miao’s eyes.

Her tender skin had suffered severe mosquito bites over the past two days, leaving her body covered in swollen, itchy welts.

Her backpack was filled mostly with skincare products, with no fresh water to speak of, making it troublesome even to wash her face and remove makeup, let alone take a bath. Even without a mirror, Huo Miao knew she must look unkempt.

In contrast, Jiang Ning appeared to be thriving since her arrival, seemingly unaffected by the wilderness life. Her black form-fitting storm jacket only highlighted her fair complexion, and her charismatic, breezy walk was full of poise. If Jiang Ning wore sunglasses on her head, one might believe she was here on a travel shoot.

Huo Miao bit her lip in secret, while Jian Tiantian was beside her, earnestly knocking off oysters attached to the rocks. Jian Tiantian had seen them in the breakfast Jiang Ning provided yesterday and knew that, although they didn’t have much flesh, they were edible.

[Pay attention to Huo Miao’s eyes, she’s been staring at Jiang Ning with a somewhat ominous look]

[Can Huo Miao actually focus on working? She’s been by the seaside for so long and only picked up two snails, just slacking off. If she can’t find seafood, can’t she at least pick oysters like Jian Tiantian next to her?]

[Has Huo Miao completely given up, showing a stark difference between her public and private persona?]

[Who says our Miaomiao has given up? Doesn’t everyone in the entertainment industry have a persona? Are your idols truly as they appear?]

[That’s right! We love Miaomiao no matter what she’s like!]

Now, every time Huo Ziheng saw Jiang Ning, he felt some pain in his body, uncertain if it was psychological or because the injury from being hit by Jiang Ning yesterday hadn’t healed yet. Anyway, Huo Ziheng didn’t want to come into close contact with Jiang Ning.

Seeing Jiang Ning approach step by step, Huo Ziheng couldn’t help but urge, "We’ve already turned this puddle inside out, there’s no more seafood to find here, let’s go back and see if Mu Mingxuan and the others have returned."

"Sure," Jian Tiantian immediately stood up; her hands were cut in several places as she wasn’t wearing gloves, and she’d had enough of knocking oysters.

Only Huo Miao’s gaze kept darting towards Jiang Ning, her expression hesitant, her intentions unclear, and her steps exceedingly slow.

Although Jiang Ning had also noticed Huo Ziheng and the three of them, she merely glanced at them before refocusing.

She headed straight to where she had left the bottle yesterday; it was an out-of-the-way spot, which is why her bait had gone unnoticed by Huo Ziheng and his group.

After locating the large stone tied with a rope, Jiang Ning grabbed the rope from the water and yanked the three bottles out of the sea.

Nong Chun quickly caught up from behind, then exclaimed in surprise, "There are so many fish!"

Inside the three bottles, they were filled with finger-sized fish, and on one of the bottles, a large octopus clung, probably hoping to feed on the small fish inside. Its long legs tightly gripped the outside of the bottle, enveloping it completely.

Jiang Ning looked at the catch and was also quite satisfied, "Not bad at all."

There was no rain last night, and the ocean was calm. Without a high tide, seafood seldom makes its way to the shore. Jiang Ning’s makeshift trap greatly reduced the time needed for the two to find food.

[How impressive! Turning trash into treasure!]

[Jiang Ning actually caught food with it!]

[So many little fish!]

[Hahaha, look, Huo Ziheng and Huo Miao suddenly walked away so fast.]

Huo Miao and Huo Ziheng could not have anticipated that within merely a day, Jiang Ning would have set up a fishing trap by the sea, let alone that she would catch so many fish!

Compared to that, the seafood he, Huo Miao, and Jian Tiantian spent nearly an hour foraging for on the shore now seemed rather insignificant.

Why stay if not to invite humiliation?

Huo Ziheng left with a dark expression and brisk steps.

Jiang Ning tossed the octopus to Nong Chun, poured the sea fish from the three bottles into the titanium pot that Nong Chun had brought over, then took out the Survival Knife, planning to process the fish by the sea.

The fish were small and easy to handle, with no need to scrape off scales, only to cut a slit on their bellies and squeeze out the entrails.

As for the squeezed-out entrails, Jiang Ning didn’t waste them but stuffed them back into the three bottles and then threw the bottles back into the ocean.

Today, Jiang Ning and Nong Chun’s breakfast was still lavish, with fish soup and naan. Yesterday’s bamboo bowls and chopsticks made by Jiang Ning came in handy, just right for serving the soup, while the viewers in front of the screen praised their meals.

On the other side, Huo Miao and her group also cooked the seafood they had picked up from the shore that morning.

Although both Huo Miao and Jian Tiantian’s backpacks were filled with various clothes and skincare products, the other male guests were more reliable, with pots and seasoning packets in their packs. After piecing things together, they managed to assemble the cooking tools.

Mu Mingxuan, Ling Bo, Yuan Wei, and Lin Qi had searched the forest for over an hour, finding only one supply package, which contained just compressed biscuits and water.

The four had initially wanted to catch chickens and rabbits, but after chasing them around the forest for half the day, leaving everyone breathless, they hadn’t even touched a feather or a strand of fur.

[Hahaha, Yuan Wei is always checking in on social media, boasting about how much he enjoys working out. It looks like that was all a lie!]

[Where are those who mocked Jiang Ning, saying that her catching chickens and rabbits was just good luck? Come and watch, your idol’s running with the speed of a hot wheel and still catching nothing!]

[What’s going on? Why are the chickens and rabbits that quietly waited to be caught by Jiang Ning suddenly so agile in the presence of Best Actor Ling and Yuan Zai?]

[Quietly waited to be caught? Do you have some misunderstanding about the moves Jiang Ning executed? Her reflexes and jumping ability are frankly not what ordinary people should have!]

With no taste for food, after they finished the meal, Ling Bo spoke up, "We can’t keep waiting like this. It’s already the third day, and the program staff hasn’t shown up. If they never come, what then? Are we just going to wait forever?"]

Yuan Wei snorted, "Who wants to stay here? But this is a desolate island, and we don’t have a boat or a yacht in our possession. What can we do other than wait?"

As this issue was raised, a trace of anxiety appeared on everyone’s faces.

It was the third day today. No matter what had happened outside, as long as the program staff were still there, they should have come looking for them.

Suddenly, Yuan Wei cursed under his breath and then said, "It’s impossible that the entire program staff is dead, right!"

"Even if something happened to the program staff, the rescue teams outside should be searching for us," Jian Tiantian said fearfully. "Could it be that the outside world thinks we’re on a closed set?"

The program team had collected everyone’s phones prior to the start and taken all other electronic devices as well, leaving only the watch on their wrists that, other than telling time, seemed to have no other functions.

Who would have thought that just coming to participate in a reality show, they’d run into such a mess?!

Mu Mingxuan, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly raised his fist and hammered it down hard against the earth.

He was still so young; he absolutely couldn’t afford to waste the rest of his life here!

Raising his head, Mu Mingxuan declared with conviction, "We need to rescue ourselves! We have to find a way to send out a signal that there are people on this desolate island."

"Exactly," Ziheng chimed in, then turned to Jian Tiantian and said, "Go, call over Jiang Ning and that amateur."

There are only so many ways to send signals from a desolate island. Even if there had been disharmony before, everyone was now in the same boat, and of course, he wouldn’t let Jiang Ning and Nong Chun have an easy time reaping the benefits.

[Self-rescue? Sending a signal? Is it what I’m thinking?]

[Hahaha, that must be it, but too bad for them, they’re in a Virtual World. There won’t be any ships passing by nearby, nor will there be a satellite navigation system.]

[Ah, when are they going to the safe house? There are two mysterious guests waiting there! I really want to know who those two mysterious guests are!]