Mental Illness Evolution Manual - Chapter 13

For An Ning, this energetic idol, walking for a few hours was nothing at all. She was the dance lead of her group, she had a lot of stamina, and she kept talking the whole time.

She would be happy to see a flower, excited to meet a small animal, and she would even talk about plants she didn’t recognize, as if she would never get tired.

She even had the energy to take care of Aqi, scouting the way ahead for him.

The two of them also had a lot of loot, they were the second group to eat.

Aqi could cook, and he was very good at it. He cut the fish he got online into thin slices, put them on a griddle and grilled them, the tender white boneless fish slices curled up as soon as they were heated, sprinkled with seasoning, the aroma of cumin was instantly stimulated, making people’s mouths water.

He saw An Ning’s carefree look at the moment, then thought about her future life, and felt sorry for her.

An Ning obviously loved being an idol now, she truly loved this career, but Doudouna’s family would definitely not allow her to continue working after marriage.

Her future was already predetermined, what about his?

Thinking about this, Aqi felt as if a heavy stone was pressing down on his heart.

“This is delicious! Your cooking is amazing!” An Ning said, eyes squeezed shut in happy contentment as she chewed. “Whoever marries you is incredibly lucky!”

“We’ll talk about the future later.” Aqi stirred the fish, not wanting to talk about it.

After all three groups had eaten, the staff led them together, host Jiang Fei clapped his hands and said, “Congratulations to Lu Mingqiu and Yan Xianchuan for taking first place, you can choose where you want to sleep tonight.”

“The wooden cabin.” Yan Xianchuan said.

Lu Mingqiu smiled, without any objection.

“The right choice!” Jiang Fei said, “The second place is Aqi and An Ning’s group, which one do you choose? The tent or the sleeping bag?”

Aqi looked at Doudouna, who winked at him, meaning he didn’t have to worry about her.

The two of them discussed for a few sentences, and finally decided on the tent.

The third place didn’t need to choose, they could only accept the remaining sleeping bag.

“The midday sun is very hot.” Jiang Fei said, “Let’s not waste any time, let’s directly release the content of the afternoon competition, which is, hide-and-seek.”

“After this morning’s search, you guys should have a basic understanding of this forest, so do you know how many rabbit holes and tree holes there are on the island?”

“Find the surprises in the holes, use the clues to distinguish between true and false, the group that gets the most surprises gets a big meal reward.”

“Let’s go!”

….

The afternoon shoot, as expected, Yan Xianchuan and Lu Mingqiu took first place again, and got a big meal as a reward.

The guests arrived by airship, but the director team came by cruise ship, which came in handy at this moment.

There was a table full of food, extremely sumptuous, at a glance, there were about a dozen dishes.

The two of them obviously couldn’t finish it, Lu Mingqiu suggested that the other two groups come over and eat together.

Yan Xianchuan had no objection, she didn’t mind eating with others at the same table.

After walking for a day, Lu Mingqiu still didn’t have a red face or shortness of breath, she looked very relaxed, but no one was suspicious – because Yan Xianchuan had done all the work.

Others were struggling to go through the forest, she was like she was taking a walk and enjoying the scenery.

After host Jiang Fei announced the results of the competition and their respective rewards, Lu Mingqiu said loudly, “Let’s all eat this big meal together.”

“We’ve been walking all day, if we don’t eat a good meal to replenish our energy at night, our nutrition will be insufficient.” She said, “Besides, there’s so much food on this table, it would be such a waste if only two of us ate it.”

An Ning was the most excited, “Really? Really?!”

“Really.” Lu Mingqiu nodded with a smile.

No one would want to refuse a normal meal, everyone followed the host onto the cruise ship.

The barrage was full of praise for Lu Mingqiu’s beauty and kindness, not only her fans were praising her, but also the fans of the others were praising her. Even if Lu Mingqiu didn’t let others eat together, it was normal, no one would say she was stingy, after all, this was a society where putting yourself first was the right thing to do.

Everyone was sighing, Lu Mingqiu was truly a good person.

Everyone said thank you, washed their hands, and then sat down at the table. From left to right, they were Yan Xianchuan, Lu Mingqiu, Doudouna, An Ning, Aqi, and Xie Chuxiao.

The six people sat in a circle, after Xie Chuxiao sat down, Yan Xianchuan moved her chair closer to Lu Mingqiu.

The fans were all shouting how sweet it was, saying that she must have wanted to be closer to Qiuqiu.

Little did they know that Yan Xianchuan simply didn’t want to talk to the movie emperor, she refused useless social interaction.

She tilted her head and body, she would rather look at Lu Mingqiu’s pleasing face.

Everyone at the table was chatting, talking about the various misfortunes they had encountered that day, such as bumping their legs, spraining their ankles, starving, getting lost, they were all talking, like they were personally performing a one-man show of a day of bad luck.

Lu Mingqiu also responded from time to time, creating a harmonious scene.

Except for Yan Xianchuan, she wasn’t interested in comforting people, she wasn’t interested in showing off, and she wasn’t interested in participating in the current topic.

Others complained about her eating, she was all about ignoring the world and focusing on eating.

Only when Lu Mingqiu occasionally mentioned her would she raise her eyes and look over.

[This A hasn’t spoken to anyone else yet]

[Don’t say it, don’t say it]

[What’s called personality (tactical leaning back)]

[I think this is called being arrogant, it’s so rude, everyone sitting here is famous, she’s just a pure civilian, what’s she putting on airs for]

[Come on, come on, you use your main account to talk, whose fan is pretending to be a passerby again, so not talking to your idol is putting on airs, right? Do people who don’t know him have to be dragged out and cremated?]

[If she didn’t want to be famous, why did she come to participate in the reality show, once you enter the entertainment industry, you have to follow the rules of the industry]

[Selective blindness, right? It’s the program team who deliberately invited Qiuqiu and her for the sake of popularity, she’s only on the show to accompany Qiuqiu, she doesn’t want to enter the industry at all, you don’t read a single word of the statement, you just close your eyes and spray, just like your idol, disabled but determined]

[Stop arguing, stop arguing, those who understand understand, isn’t it just stealing the limelight]

[The dog is jumping over the wall, why bother with him, you might as well spend more time looking at Qiuqiu’s face]

By night, everyone had to sleep according to the arrangement.

Those who had to sleep in sleeping bags slept in sleeping bags, those who had to sleep in tents slept in tents, and those who had to sleep in wooden cabins slept in wooden cabins.

The wooden cabin had bedding, all new. Lu Mingqiu was one of the shareholders of Dan You Media, of course, she wouldn’t deliberately make things difficult for herself.

But the cabin only had one bed, they each had a blanket, as the sky darkened, the room was pitch black, and the live broadcast was cut off.

Lu Mingqiu waited for a while, until the person next to her was breathing evenly, asleep, she silently got up, walked out of the wooden cabin barefoot, carrying her shoes, and walked towards the distance with her manager, Su Hong, who was waiting outside.

“Yesterday’s operation failed.” Su Hong said in a low voice.

“What happened?” Lu Mingqiu’s eyes instantly sharpened.

After clearing a small stronghold of the Holy Healing Church in Wu City last time, Black hacked into the base’s server and got a lot of information, including the location of another stronghold that had direct contact with the Wu City branch.

Lu Mingqiu couldn’t leave, this operation was jointly commanded by Black and White, the twins were both experienced psionics, they went to raid as soon as they got the information, logically, there shouldn’t have been any accidents.

“There were extra people at this stronghold, the search team, I don’t know how, they were nearby, they almost arrived as soon as the fight started.” Su Hong’s tone was heavy, “Raspberry, Maple Leaf, White were all seriously injured, they almost didn’t escape.”

“Something’s fishy.” Lu Mingqiu lowered her eyes, showing a thoughtful expression.

How could there be a team of searchers in such a remote place, and they happened to arrive directly. According to the records, this small branch was just a transit station for transporting supplies, it was one of the insurance policies for hiding their tracks, there were usually not many people there.

Black and White’s team had ten people, if the plan was right, even the city-level branch of the search team could be challenged, there was no way they couldn’t take down a small transit station.

Unless, it was a trap, a setup.

“Bring all the members in Nanjin City back, stop all operations, prohibit external communication, I’ll go back tomorrow, and do a full staff review tonight.”

Lu Mingqiu’s blue eyes seemed to be dyed by the night, as thick as unmeltable ink.

She suspected there was an inside man.

“Yes, understood.” Su Hong lowered her head and responded. After a while, she took out two syringes from her pocket, “Today’s medicine.”

Lu Mingqiu turned around, brushed her hair behind her head to the front, revealing her nape.

Su Hong raised her hand, wiped a layer of thin, cicada-wing-like artificial imitation skin on her neck, revealing a one-centimeter cut that hadn’t healed yet.

“You’re always using your mental power, it’s healing too slowly.” Su Hong picked up a syringe, skillfully pricked it next to it, and slowly pushed the medicine in.

The other one didn’t need to be injected, the transparent liquid was directly dripped into the wound, Lu Mingqiu slightly tightened her brows, her lips pursed into a line.

“It will heal eventually, no matter how slow it is.”

After the artificial skin was pasted back, Lu Mingqiu put her hair back, “Keep an eye on things during this time, don’t let your guard down against anyone except Black and White.”

“Yes.” Su Hong responded.

Lu Mingqiu returned to the wooden cabin, glanced at the bed, Yan Xianchuan was still in the same position as when she left.

The camera, which had quietly resumed its function, diligently filmed the bed, and only disconnected again when she came back.

No abnormalities, she wasn’t woken up.

Lu Mingqiu lay down on the bed, allowing herself to quickly enter a state of sleep.

Yan Xianchuan turned over, the obvious smell of medicine floated in the air, like a thin mist.