Second Take On Romance - The A-List Actor Wants Me
Chapter 105 : A Night Filled With Tension

Chapter 105: Chapter 105 : A Night Filled With Tension

The cameras pointing at them turned the dining experience into a delicate balancing act between maintaining appearances and allowing their true emotions to surface.

Lang Yuxuan and Feng Jietang were obviously displeased on many levels, but they still had to smile, laugh, and chat with the other participants like what happened just now did not affect them at all.

Once the camera crew was gone, though, all manners of pretense fell from the table and a frosty atmosphere descended upon the six participants.

The ladies were more than happy to retreat to the Lotus Room. It was like escaping a burning house.

The men, with fewer buffer to ease the tension, not as much.

Uncle Huang looked at one sour face to another and, bless his heart, dared to make a comment, "Why does it feel that the temperature has dropped so low in this room? Hahaha should we close the windows?"

"No," Feng Jietang said. "Fresh air is good."

"I agree," Lang Yuxuan murmured.

Otherwise, they would all suffocate from the accumulating resentment over night.

Neither Shen Jingwei nor Yan Renzhong had anything to add.

Shen Jingwei sighed inwardly.

He did not know what to say.

Or whether he should say anything at all.

He wanted to apologize for the unintentional pain he caused Feng Jietang, but empty apologies would not make the latter feel any better.

Especially because the full extent of their crime had yet to be disclosed.

Shen Jingwei did not only visit the Eternal Love Pool with Yan Renzhong. He also made out with Yan Renzhong like two lovesick birds by the edge of the pool.

His only saving grace was the absence of surveillance cameras and spectators in the pool area.

The four men only wanted to sleep, but Uncle Huang did not understand the assignment.

It was his last night with the youngsters, so the elderly decided to have a nice little parting chat into the night.

"Apparently Little Shen and Little Yan found the Eternal Love Pool, good job, good job!"

"..."

Shen Jingwei wanted to disappear into the air.

Yan Renzhong subconsciously rubbed at his lips, reminiscing about the kisses he and Shen Jingwei exchanged by the pool.

"Yes," he confirmed.

"Wonderful!" The elderly praised. "And on your first visit too! If one of you were a woman, I would urge you to tie the knot on the spot, hahahah!!!"

"..."

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No one planned to enlighten Uncle Huang regarding their gender preferences. They did not want to shock the elderly too much.

"To be very honest, I also came to this hot spring with my wife -- then girlfriend -- decades ago.

At that time, the owners of the inn and hot spring were the parents of the current owner. The hot spring had yet been turned into a complicated maze, but finding the Eternal Love Pool had always been challenging."

Uncle Huang’s eyes grew misty as he recalled the past.

"We came here once every week until we found the Eternal Love Pool. By then, she was already twenty-five years old and I was already twenty-seven years old. Back in our time, that was way past the marrying age."

"I was so relieved that I proposed to her on the spot and even more relieved when she said yes."

The four younger men listened to Uncle Huang’s story with rapt attention.

"Apparently, all six big pools are connected to the Eternal Love Pool through secret, narrow waterways.

Well, I can’t even remember the exact pool we accessed to enter the Eternal Love Pool back then.

Good for Little Shen and Little Yan! In the future, you can bring your girlfriends back here and take them to the Eternal Love Pool for a grand marriage proposal."

"..."

Gloom fell upon the four younger men again.

Uncle Huang was rather perplexed. How did they not get moved by this inspiringly romantic story?

Were these men so consumed by their relentless pursuit of fame and success that romance had become a mere afterthought?

"Thank you for sharing, Uncle Huang," Yan Renzhong said. "It is already quite late. Maybe we should go to sleep."

"Oh. Right, right, we all need to go back tomorrow morning."

They murmured their good-night wishes before lying down on their mattresses and closed their eyes.

The filming concluded that night, and this year’s season of "3, 2, 1... Action!" formally ended.

The six participants, Uncle Huang, and Auntie Bai gathered for one last time at the breakfast table.

The elderly couple thanked the six participants profusely for their assistance at the rice field.

"If not because of your hard work, we will not make it to the next harvesting season!"

In return, the six participants also expressed their gratitude for the elderly couple’s hospitality during their stay at the farm house.

"Auntie Bai, I am going to miss your roast pork very much!"

"Uncle Huang, thank you for teaching us how to use the tractor!"

"Uncle Huang, please take good care of the water buffalos! Don’t forget to send pictures!"

Ye Lingxia had become quite attached to the water buffalos. She even gave them names -- Da Niu for the slightly bigger one and Xiao Niu for the other one*.

Shortly after, a convoy of four cars emerged to pick them up.

There was one for Shen Jingwei, another for Ye Lingxia, another for Lin Ruoye and Feng Jietang, and the last one for Yan Renzhong and Lang Yuxuan.

"Little Shen, I miss you so much!!!" Zhu Dongyi wrapped his protégé in a tight hug. Once Zhu Dongyi let go of the younger man, he looked Shen Jingwei’s figure up and down, his eyes brimming with admiration.

"Thank God you lost a lot of weight. Now you only have to go to the gym once a week!"

Shen Jingwei was not sure whether to laugh or cry. He decided to respond with a half-hearted chuckle.

Just as he was about to step into the car, someone called out for him.

"Shen Jingwei, can we talk?"

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Author’s note :

*Those are no complicated names at all.

Da Niu = Big bull

Xiao Niu = Small bull

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