Even After My Death
Chapter 143 - 118: Huo Miao and Two Others Sneak a Snack (Make-up Update)

Chapter 143: Chapter 118: Huo Miao and Two Others Sneak a Snack (Make-up Update)

Jian Tiantian grew more and more angry as she thought about it. She especially wanted to loudly question Huo Ziheng and Mu Mingxuan, asking why they couldn’t bow their heads and wash together, why they had to eat the wild water chestnuts she and Ling Bo had washed, and why everyone couldn’t just wash them together and then eat.

But as these words reached her lips, Jian Tiantian choked them back down.

Everyone was stranded on the desolate island, and the current situation was very unfavorable for her.

If she started arguing with Huo Ziheng and Mu Mingxuan, she might end up suffering in the end.

This time, Jian Tiantian suddenly began to envy Jiang Ning. If she also had Jiang Ning’s kind of ability, if she also had great strength, she wouldn’t be afraid at all!

She also wanted to press Huo Ziheng and Mu Mingxuan to the ground and scrub them!

With a belly full of anger, Jian Tiantian’s speed in washing the wild water chestnuts also increased.

Once the wild water chestnuts were washed, the four left the beach together, just in time to run into Yuan Wei and Lin Qi returning from foraging.

Everyone gathered and shared the results of their morning’s efforts. Apparently, everyone’s luck that morning had not been very good; they hadn’t found much to eat except for some small-sized wild fruits.

The wild water chestnuts were small and required peeling, making them bothersome to eat.

The cactus fruits were not only small but also completely covered in thorns, and similarly required peeling, making them even more troublesome to eat.

After eating for a long time, everyone’s stomachs still felt emptily hollow.

Huo Miao, who sat in the tent, couldn’t wait to come out and also received her share of wild water chestnuts and cactus fruits.

"Is this all we’re eating?" Disappointment and disdain were hard to hide on Huo Miao’s face.

Yuan Wei rolled his eyes.

It was hard enough for them to find and pick these, and yet Huo Miao, who had not lifted a finger, was being picky?

The other guests remained silent.

Mu Mingxuan and Huo Ziheng, on the other hand, exchanged a special look with Huo Miao, an unspoken understanding between them.

The wild water chestnuts and cactus fruits were not filling, so after eating, Yuan Wei and the others decided to go out again to look for more food. The sun was not too fierce at the moment, but later in the day, when it would rise higher, the scorching sunlight and the feeling of being roasted while walking on the sandy beach would make it even less suitable to go out foraging.

Ling Bo and Lin Qi also agreed with Yuan Wei’s decision, and after some thought, Jian Tiantian decided to go along as well.

After all these days, she had never left the stretch of beach, so she might as well try her luck with the others.

After several guests had departed, only Huo Miao, Huo Ziheng, and Mu Mingxuan were left behind.

Mu Mingxuan couldn’t wait to urge, "Miaomiao, where is your backpack? Let’s go, go, go, bring it to our tent, let’s eat."

The ’food’ Mu Mingxuan mentioned was, of course, what they had found in the forest the day before, had not finished eating, and had not told the other guests about.

"Yes, yes, yes, I’ll go get it!" Huo Ziheng couldn’t wait to speak.

"No! Second Brother, I’ll get it." Huo Miao panicked and quickly stopped Huo Ziheng, "To keep Jian Tiantian from discovering that there’s food in the bag, I put some clothes in it last night. You guys go ahead to the tent and wait for me; I’ll be right over after I get it."

Huo Ziheng and Mu Mingxuan nodded without suspicion, "Okay, we’ll wait for you."

[These three people... they refresh my worldview time and time again.]

[I almost forgot they still had their own food.]

[This morning everyone found so little, and despite having their own food, they still ate the cactus fruits that Yuan Wei and the others picked, which is really speechless.]

[Not only did they eat, but they also complained while eating a lot!]

[How could they not eat? Otherwise, wouldn’t that immediately raise suspicion from Yuan Wei and the others?]

[Ah, I’m so angry, I really hope Yuan Wei and the others turn around quickly and launch a counterattack on Huo Ziheng!]

This viewer’s wish was destined to be unfulfilled, as Huo Miao soon emerged from the tent she shared with Jian Tian Tian, carrying her backpack.

The three of them hid in the tent, with the tent flap down, and even though the live audience couldn’t see inside, they knew the trio was inside sneaking food.

The behavior of the three was bound to receive condemnation from the audience.

In recent days, companies under the Huo Corporation and Mu Group had been exposed by zealous netizens, leading to some of their products facing boycotts, and the groups’ share prices continued to tumble.

It was one thing for the Huo Family, Huo Miao was a star in the entertainment industry, and the Huo family members were supportive of her decision to join the reality show. They not only supported her but also had Huo Ziheng join the show to keep her company. Little did the Huo Family expect this reality show to be different from the past.

But the Mu Family was relatively more innocent.

Mu Mingxuan was not an entertainer, and his participation in the reality show was solely due to an invitation from Huo Miao. To make time for the reality show, Mu Mingxuan had dealt with a lot of work in advance. Before the show was officially announced, the Mu Family wasn’t even aware that Mu Mingxuan was going to participate.

When they found out, they thought it was just a simple variety show. Although they didn’t like Mu Mingxuan doing things that belonged to actors, when he insisted on going, nobody really objected.

And yet... such a big fuss had been caused during the show!

Not only was he pressed to the ground by Jiang Ning, but he also lost all dignity, causing the audience’s disdain for him to spill over to the company!

As the group’s shares fell, shareholders bombarded them with questions. Old Master Mu was nearly enraged to death, and immediately contacted the program’s team, demanding that Mu Mingxuan is brought out immediately, but the damn production team was stubborn as hell, always talking about the contract, and refusing to let him go.

Old Master Mu then vented all his displeasure upon the Huo Family, blaming them for Mu Mingxuan’s involvement in this godforsaken reality show which led to these incidents.

The Huo family members were not in a good mood either. Huo Song had just spent a lot of money to get the hot search topic about Huo Ziheng wetting his pants taken down, only to receive a call from the Mu Family.

The Mu Family’s shares had taken a hit, but the Huo Family’s shares had fallen even more sharply!

Besides, Mu Mingxuan was an adult; it wasn’t as if Huo Miao had forced him to join the program. Why should the Huo Family be responsible for the Mu Family’s losses?

The two families, normally harmonious, now started to accuse each other of faults.

Huo Miao and the others were completely unaware of the turmoil in the outside world. After finishing the last of the food in their supply packs, Huo Ziheng and Mu Mingxuan prepared to venture into the forest to find food, while Huo Miao, injured, went back to rest in the tent.

As the tent flap fell, the relaxed expression on Huo Miao’s face changed to one of cautious suspicion as she carefully removed a pile of clothes from her blanket, revealing some biscuits and snacks hidden under them.

With a complex expression, Huo Miao put the biscuits and snacks back into her backpack, then covered them with a few pieces of clothing.

These biscuits and snacks were Huo Miao’s private stash, which she had kept in her backpack since the start of the shooting.

Huo Miao had never revealed these items to anyone, and only when she was alone in the tent did she secretly eat a little.

Huo Miao felt incredibly relieved; thankfully, on the first night spent on the desolate island, she didn’t share the food from her pack. Otherwise, she would have had to join everyone else in hunger.

Huo Miao unwrapped a piece of candy, put it in her mouth, carefully packed her belongings, and then lay down comfortably inside the tent.

Her medicated hand would occasionally send out sharp pains. When she thought of Huo Ziheng mentioning that Jiang Ning refused to lend her the medicine, Huo Miao couldn’t help but reveal a resentful look in her eyes.

No doubt, Jiang Ning was just trying to make her a laughingstock, wishing her hands would be covered in ugly and embarrassing scars. There wasn’t a girl in the world who didn’t care about her looks, and Jiang Ning must have known what she was going to face without the medicine. Refusing to help her even when she was dying, Jiang Ning’s heart must be thoroughly malicious!

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Jiang Ning was unaware that someone was already holding a grudge against her in secret, but even if she knew, Jiang Ning probably wouldn’t care too much.

Those who like to hold grudges and speak ill of others in secret, like rats living in the sewers that cannot tolerate light, deserve nothing more than to be beaten the moment they show their faces.

Jiang Ning put on her jacket and took her knife, preparing to take a trip into the forest.

After a few steps, she suddenly stopped, turned around, and sure enough, saw Qi Xingzhou stubbornly following behind her.