Even After My Death
Chapter 201 - 145 Program Group

Chapter 201: Chapter 145 Program Group

In fact, not just the audience, but even Shen Zha and Chen Yan, who had designed the show’s format, never expected "Survive for 30 Days" to eventually take this direction.

When they were first preparing for the eighth season of "Survive for 30 Days," Shen Zha and Chen Yan initially followed the previous pattern. After all, they had been making this program for seven years and had already tried all kinds of formats, making it difficult to come up with anything new.

That changed when the person in charge of Qi Corporation contacted them, expressing a desire to collaborate...

The equipment provided by Qi Corporation was simply too advanced!

Shen Zha and Chen Yan keenly sensed the shock that this equipment, if released, would bring to the viewers.

After much contemplation, they finally came up with the idea to livestream the variety show without the knowledge of the guests.

Initially, Shen Zha and Chen Yan just wanted to show the audience the most genuine reactions of the guests. They had anticipated some celebrities might flop, but they never imagined the collapse would be so spectacular!

They also expected someone to be very competent, but they never guessed that the most capable person would be the one nobody had faith in at the start!

Shen Zha, seeing the audience feedback given to him by the staff, called Chen Yan and said, "What do we do next? Just let Jiang Ning and Little Young Master Qi saw trees and build a ship in the forest?"

Shen Zha emphasized the words "Little Young Master Qi."

This person was the primary party of the contract.

Even in virtual reality, to maintain authenticity, the programmers set the guests’ five senses to 100%. Sawing trees is hard manual labor, very tiring!

Chen Yan said, "I’m already on my way to the office, we can talk in person in ten minutes."

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Jiang Ning, oblivious to all this, was diligently stripping unnecessary branches. Occasionally, she would look up at Qi Xingzhou, because she had noticed that Qi Xingzhou was too earnest, not even resting after sawing down a tree but immediately going on to the next one.

Sawing trees is hard work!

Even this morning, the two of them had taken turns, how could one go without resting!

So Jiang Ning would glance over at Qi Xingzhou now and then. As soon as she noticed he had finished sawing a tree, she would pull him aside to sit and rest for a while.

Jiang Ning also took out the two kiwifruits that Jian Tiantian had stuffed into her pocket earlier, and like rewarding a hard-working child, placed them in Qi Xingzhou’s hand for him to peel and eat.

Qi Xingzhou was especially obedient to Jiang Ning. When she told him to rest, he rested. After peeling the kiwifruits, he would even offer them to Jiang Ning’s mouth, and when she wasn’t paying attention... he turned around and went back to sawing trees with the chainsaw, showing off his hardworking nature.

The audience in front of the screen was dying of laughter:

[This guy might not like to make a fuss, but he sure is obedient!]

[Looking at my boyfriend lying on the couch, enjoying himself while constantly yapping, I realize I’ve been a pushover all this time.]

[Where did Jiang Ning find this boyfriend? Isn’t he like a dream come true for someone with social anxiety!]

[Same here, I hope Jiang Ning releases a tutorial soon, I just love this kind of quiet and docile, less talkative type...]

[Slurp, if my future boyfriend looks like this, just for his face and his figure, I’d wake up smiling from my dreams.]

[Located in Northeast, it reminds me of ten years ago when my husband and I were dating. He was just as diligent, coming to my house every year to pick corn and harvest wheat. He did it for three years in a row, and then my dad agreed to let us get married.]

A bunch of people in front of the screen were praising Qi Xingzhou’s diligence, and Ji Shuang, who was watching the live broadcast, laughed so hard that her crow’s feet showed.

Although she also felt her youngest son was excellent and had never caused her worry in anything apart from his innate emotional deficit, Qi Xingzhou had achieved excellence in his fields of expertise and had always been her pride and joy.

But this was the first time that so many people were praising him just because they saw Qi Xingzhou’s beautiful and diligent character, not for his identity or anything else, but a pure recognition of him as a person!

Ji Shuang couldn’t help but take screenshots of these comments and send them to the family group, sharing them with Qi Jingshan, father and son.

The next second, new messages popped up in the WeChat group:

Qi Jingshan: Are Xingzhou and Jiang Ning together now?

Qi Chen: Yes, after the show ends, have Xingzhou bring Jiang Ning to our house for dinner.

Qi Jingshan: We need to prepare a big red envelope in advance.

Qi Chen: We really should prepare in advance.

Qi Jingshan: When family meets family, besides red envelopes, should we also consider some presents that younger relatives might like?

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It had been only two minutes since Ji Shuang had last checked her phone, and she found that Qi Jingshan and Qi Chen had already reached the topic of what gifts to give to Jiang Ning. Noticing that their conversation was becoming more and more far-fetched, she was full of black lines and quickly intervened to put a stop to it.

Ji Shuang: Enough already... That’s just netizens teasing, it’s not real.

Ji Shuang: If Jiang Ning did like Xingzhou, the ancestors of the Qi Family would have to be blowing smoke out of their graves.

Ji Shuang: I sent you that screenshot so you could see how much the audience likes Xingzhou. So many viewers are praising Xingzhou for his diligence and capability~

Qi Jingshan: It’s only in front of Jiang Ning that he is so obedient.

Qi Chen: Dad’s right.

Qi Chen: Cat sighing.jpg

Qi Chen: Is there really no chance for Xingzhou and Jiang Ning?

As Ji Shuang read Qi Chen’s message, she couldn’t help but sigh while holding her phone.

Having watched the live streams for so many days, as Qi Xingzhou’s mother, she of course knew about Qi Xingzhou’s special feelings for Jiang Ning.

She was certain that Qi Xingzhou definitely liked Jiang Ning.

This discovery filled Ji Shuang with both joy and worry.

She was happy because she wholeheartedly felt joy for Qi Xingzhou, glad that he had finally encountered that special someone in his life.

Her worry was because, aside from being more lively in Jiang Ning’s presence, Qi Xingzhou remained indifferent towards other matters concerning the outside world.

As someone who had been through it all, Ji Shuang could tell that Jiang Ning was a good kid and she could also see that Jiang Ning didn’t have romantic feelings for Qi Xingzhou.

It seemed that her youngest son was caught up in unrequited love.

However, Ji Shuang soon came to terms with it. Any experience is a beautiful one, even if it ends in failure, it’s not scary. What’s truly terrifying is not having experiences at all.

If Jiang Ning hadn’t come along, Qi Xingzhou would still be cooped up at home, not living these exciting days.

Some things just have to be experienced, learned, and endured.

As a parent, all she needed to do was provide silent support from home.

Ji Shuang’s gentle gaze fell on the screen as she continued to watch the live stream.

Jiang Ning had meticulously cleaned all the trees they had sawed that morning, stripping away unnecessary branches. Cleaning off these branches was a physical job; some were so thick that they almost matched the girth of Jiang Ning’s arms. When they encountered such branches, she would either call over Qi Xingzhou to help or take the electric saw from his hands to do it herself, then let Qi Xingzhou rest by the side.

As the day nearly drew to a close, Jiang Ning dusted off her hands, looked at their afternoon’s work, and prepared to call it a day.

They left the ax and the electric saw behind and walked back, returning to where Nong Chun and Wang Ye were enthusiastically digging for yam beans.

Even Jian Tiantian, who had initially been picking yam beans beside them, was now scrabbling in the dirt.

Jiang Ning asked, "How’s it going? Did you get a lot?"

"Sister Jiang! You’re finally back!" Hearing her, Nong Chun immediately lifted his head, his once handsome face smeared with mud, and excitedly said, "Come here, come quick! We found so much! Look, there’s this really long one that Tiantian and I have been digging out for half an hour!"

Jiang Ning walked over to take a look and raised her eyebrows slightly, "It is indeed deep. Keep at it and dig it out."